for the update. FamViewer seems to be the best one for the
iPhone at this time.
It also appears you cannot edit or add any Notes to anything - Is that
true?
No picture support either?
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Leon Chapman
chap...@gmail.com
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:16 PM, hwedhlor hwedh...@cox.net
Hi, Leon,
I am running FamViewer on my 32GB iPhone 3Gs, and am in communication
with the developer. It is an adequate program at present, and provides
a satisfactory way of viewing my Legacy data. Response to suggestions
from the developer has been very good, and I expect this program will
As someone who was also adopted as a baby, I
chose to research my adoptive family for several decades, not knowing
much of anything about my birth family, as the records were sealed. I
continue to research my adoptive family, and have entered all of the
data I found in Legacy, as they are my
/EN/Marketing/competition.htm
We
actually get a fair number of emails asking about Blackberry
devices, for example, but as far as we know there is nothing available.
Kevin
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of hwedhlor
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 6:23
now that they have some competition shaking
things up itll get interesting to see whats coming in the next
couple of versions of Windows Mobile.
Kevin
Phillips
Northern
Hills Software
From:
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Sent: Saturday, August
DD,
Here's another related reply to the subject of pdf file adds.
BJ
ronald ferguson wrote:
By "similar to the way pictures are" I take it you mean add them to event sources, if so go to Detailed SourcesMultimedia and instead of using the Picture Icon use the File Icon. You can also
I have used GEDStar Pro for several years,
running it on a Sony Clié NX60. I have been very satisfied with the
program, and with the Sony Clié, which operates with the Palm O/S.
Recently I bought an Apple iPod Touch 32GB device, which I like very
much. I was disappointed to find that the
it on their official list.
Bob
- Original Message - From: hwedhlor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:05 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Y-DNA test results for women?
I recently submitted samples of my DNA for testing. I have received
I recently submitted samples of my DNA for testing. I have received the
12-marker results, and a day later received the 25-marker results. The
37-marker results are due any time now, as they come in stages. I also
received results of mtDNA testing.
When I entered the 12-marker, and
Jess,
I have viewed all of the training CDs and they are very well done, and
extremely useful. My only question at present would be whether they are
relevant to the soon-to-be-released Legacy Version 7.0? I would suspect
that the bulk of the Training CD content would apply to Version 7.0,
Geoff,
Why do I need to buy a third-party program to view the data stored in a
Legacy database? If there is an important capability provided by
GENViewer I would hope that Millennia is working hard to give me that
capability from within Legacy.
Your thoughts?
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa,
Gee, John. I don't think I like that option. With a surname beginning
with Z that would result in my not being able to download for nearly a
month. G
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
John Blair wrote:
Maybe they could assign each day to download matching surnames, ie.
All “A” surnames
Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hwedhlor
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 11:45 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Add-on - GENViewer - 15% off for Deluxe
Customers
Geoff,
Why do I need to buy a third-party program
There's a unique idea! G
John Blair wrote:
Well we could start with the back of the alphabet! :)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack
Earnshaw
Sent: 14 October 2007 01:03
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE:
and will not steal someone elses program to put into
Legacy. The cost of Genviewer is in addition to Legacy but is well
worth it.
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- Original Message - From: hwedhlor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 11:44
I wasn't aware that there was any mandate to choose one or the other.
Mike Fry wrote:
hwedhlor wrote:
Perhaps the ISO standards need to be changed. :-)
Perhaps. But the USA is just 1 against the vast majority! It's for
ANSI to retire in favour of the ISO.
Mike Fry wrote:
hwedhlor wrote
Mike,
They simply have no sense of humor. :-)
John
Mike Fry wrote:
aseddon.com wrote:
Shall we drop the politics and get back to Legacy?
Of course. People might have taken some notice of the smiley on the
original message and not taken things so seriously.
Legacy User Group
Perhaps the ISO standards need to be changed. :-)
Mike Fry wrote:
hwedhlor wrote:
A4 and 4 holes would not work for U.S. customers.
They would if the USA became part of the international community and
joined the rest of the world in adopting the ISO standards :-)
Legacy User Group
It's an Excellent idea.
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Tish wrote:
I realy like this idea too.
Tish
I wish the owner's manual was printed on 8x11-1/2 paper, drilled for a
3-ring binder, and shipped loose leaf. We could then put the manual
in a binder
and insert our own note
A4 and 4 holes would not work for U.S. customers.
I suggest if there might be a loose-leaf format, that it be offered in
8.5 x 11 with three holes, _or_ A4 with four holes, depending on the
wishes of the customer.
It is possible/probable that such issues are what kept the manuals in
bound
As an adopted child, I have to say that I am in complete accord with
Sara. I am now 63, and found my birth mother, plus a half-sister and a
half-brother, last year after a 40 year search. I am thrilled to have
made a connection with all of them, and love them very dearly. We get
together
Elaine,
I'm glad that you're not holding your breath, but you should know that
Legacy (and several other genealogy programs) already offer that
'switch' between adoptive and blood lines.
I have all of the data for both my adoptive and biological lines in a
single database. When in the
Jim,
Do you have a recommendation for how to sort bookmarks in Acrobat 6 or 7
or 8?
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Jim Liddil wrote:
This document is not bookmarked or hyperlinked( hot spots as you call
them). I ea-mailed footnote about this and the fact that there is no
security on the
There is a free printscreen program that allows the user to capture all,
or part of a screen, with, or without the cursor showing, and place the
results in the clipboard, or anywhere else on the computer they desire.
The resulting captured image may be pasted into the location of your
choice,
Thanks, Jenny!
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Jenny M Benson wrote:
hwedhlor wrote
Incidentally, referring to your example of the Lancashire location,
my previous genealogy program, Ancestral Quest, would have dealt with
that issue simply by searching on all entries like the one
OptionsCustomiseLocationsView Current List of
Multimedia Locations and (on same screen) Test All Multimedia Paths.
And the Help File Index under Picture:Locations.
Hope this helps.
Mary Young
On 8/26/07, hwedhlor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Mary,
That's not what I have found. Perhaps I have something set
of N.W. England See:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/
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From: hwedhlor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Keeping two databases
will not get everything
backed up.
You might want to back up the total picture folder yourself to include
everything that is contained, linked or not.
Clancy
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of hwedhlor
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:28 AM
Hi Art,
Your supposition is correct, in that Legacy doe only backup files that
are linked to the database.
That is both a blessing and a curse. From a Millennia programmer's
point of view it makes perfect sense. If an end-user has thousands of
image files in various folders (and I do),
Heather,
Thank you for your thoughts on this issue. I believe that you are
correct in that philosophy, and it makes good sense.
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Heather Stovold wrote:
I think it is more a case that because you CAN have pictures anywhere,
Legacy only recognizes it as a
with that
issue simply by searching on all entries like the one with the shortened
version of Lancashire, and replacing them with the preferred version.
Does Legacy have a similar capability.
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Jenny M Benson wrote:
hwedhlor wrote
In an attempt to follow the (I
Hi Richard,
I'm glad that this exchange of information made clear to us all what the
multimedia backup in Legacy actually accomplishes.
Although I initially expected Legacy to back up _all_ multimedia files,
I like this format better, where only the linked images are backed up.
If there
Mike,
Thank you very much for that clear explanation. Knowing that will make
using Legacy that much more enjoyable.
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Mike Fry wrote:
hwedhlor wrote:
Assuming that your supposition about how the Combine option
functions, that might be useful to those
Wayne,
As you know the address where the death took place, and perhaps the date
of death(?), and the name of the deceased, you could try to find a city
directory for that place and time, and look up the family name. If the
address were the same you would then have a clue as to the name of
...
all I have to do is find on-line London city directories from the
mid-nineteenth century.
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Wayne Martell
Victoria, BC, Canada
- Original Message - From: hwedhlor
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: Re
Here's a question. My sister and I are both running Legacy 6.0. We
want to keep our databases in sync, and can exchange backup files, then
merge them to accomplish that.
Is there an easy way to do the same with media files? Mine is about
40MB right now, and so can't be sent as an e-mail
Karl,
Thanks for those ideas. My ISP does provide that much space, so the FTP
is an option, and we both already have Yahoo e-mail accounts through
which we could transfer. I believe that using the Yahoo Photo Share or
Send File options might also work.
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Thanks, Mike. That's a good idea
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I also do this regularly with my sister.
One item to check: use the File | File Maintenance | Compact Family
File selection to reduce the size of your file. I've had occasions
that it reduced 50%.
Hi, Mary,
That's not what I have found. Perhaps I have something set incorrectly,
but my Legacy Multimedia backup included only what was in the
Legacy\Pictures folder.
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Mary Young wrote:
AFAIK, a Legacy Multimedia backup includes every photograph and
Paul,
My understanding of Intelli-Share is that it is designed to allow
researchers to share research issues.
I'm used to working with a collaboration file (the entire database),
kept online by Ancestral Quest, wherein one user of the file is the
administrator, and others access it by
Thanks, Fred. I'll check out that link.
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Fred P. wrote:
For sending large files (where both sender and recipient have high-speed) I
used a free account
through
www.yousendit.com
Fred
St. Thomas, ON
--- hwedhlor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's
Thanks, Melanie. I'll give it a try.
John
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Melanie Armstrong wrote:
Sherry sent me this website address when I was having
problems with my family file and it was too big to
send through my e-mail provider.
https://www.sendthisfile.com/ I hope this helps.
Melanie
Renee,
Just as you can change a TIF to a JPG or 'print' a TIF to a PDF file, it
is perfectly possible to change a PDF or JPG file into a TIF.
To change a PDF to a TIF you must have a program that will open the PDF
and allow a Save As function, or a program designed specifically to
Of hwedhlor
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 16:45
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Scan File Formats
Renee,
Just as you can change a TIF to a JPG or 'print' a TIF to a PDF file, it is
perfectly possible to change a PDF or JPG file into a TIF.
To change a PDF
to mark that as
Private.
Leon Chapman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 8/18/07, hwedhlor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am porting my database over from Ancestral Quest 12, where I used a
custom event called Photograph to enter dates and places for the
principal photos shown in reports for each person
Phil,
Thank you for your understanding. There are so many variation in the
circumstances of conception. Many of them tend to be associated with
pejorative tags for the participants, and for the children. With the
passage of time the circumstances are far less important than the people.
Hi Phil,
How about Mother?
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Phil Hawkins wrote:
A relative of mine had a brief affair when she was 15 and ended up
pregnant and had the child
Can anyone suggest a suitable tile as a substitute for husband/wife?
Male/Female seems ridiculous, Partner seems to imply
Hi again, Phil,
Please pardon the ridiculous suggestion in my previous message. I had
been looking at the entry for my birth mother in my own records, and was
focused on her relationship to me, not her title in relationship to my
father.
You see, I was the result of a date-rape in 1943. I
Substituting at for @ only works on the dumb spammers. All the others
have taught their bots to read. Fortunately they haven't taught them to
read graphics yet, so entering your e-mail address as a graphic image
works well. For now. Eventually they'll figure those out as well,
probably
Hi Pat,
I'm a newcomer to the Legacy environment, but have been a researcher for
40 years, and have worked with computers since 1965. The issue of
keeping separate paternal, and maternal databases has cropped up many
times, and is almost always a habit carried over from when genealogical
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