[LegacyUG] Suggested Legacy Improvement

2007-10-08 Thread Stacey Connella
of luck to everybody! Stacey Connella Maybe a new customer, maybe a lost sale Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http

RE: [LegacyUG] another sticky problem that will arise

2007-10-07 Thread Stacey Connella
Interesting you should raise the subject. I've been wondering about handling of a similar difficulty in my tree that is even more complicated. One of my distant cousins was determined to be a male at birth. This was done in the usual manner -- a slap on the bottom, count the toes and fingers,

RE: [LegacyUG] Please take it off list -- IT'S A LEGITMATE QUERY, FOLKS!

2007-10-06 Thread Stacey Connella
I certainly hope the petty arguments I see on in this list aren't representative of all the Legacy users. I'm currently evaluating Legacy against RootsMagic after 15 years on FTM. All things being equal between the two (i.e., same number of pros and cons, and neither being lacking in any key

RE: [LegacyUG] Foster children

2007-10-06 Thread Stacey Connella
Carol, I haven't yet begun dealing with this in Legacy as I am still evaluating the software. However, over my many years as a user of FTM, I have tended to record family data in the marriages area, usually as notes (given FTM's severe sourcing and events limitations). It's not ideal, but I've

RE: [LegacyUG] OT: marking spines of leather binders/boxes

2007-09-22 Thread Stacey Connella
If it's not cost-prohibitive, I would purchase new view binders - the ones with the clear outer cover that allows you to slip in a custom cover and spine on cardstock. I wouldn't think it would cost much more than those metal-framed tag holders that might be difficult to attach to a binder.

RE: [LegacyUG] Correctly entering in independent cities in location field

2007-09-21 Thread Stacey Connella
Hello. Legacy newbie here (another refugee of the FTM2008 bomb after nearly 15 years with FTM). Before I launch into my query, allow me to extend my enthusiastic thanks to the FTM folks for making me realize that I was using FTM because I'd always used FTM, which is totally out of character for