Re: [LegacyUG] What is TMG?

2008-05-30 Thread philip thorne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's probably easy, but I cannot figure out what it is referring to? It's a program The Master Genealogist Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy vs TMG

2008-05-30 Thread philip thorne
Rodney Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Legacy 7 does not yet support witness, but it does have a very good CHARTING addition. See for an example http://rmhh.co.uk/descendants_of_john_hall.pdf Thanks for the link to the PDF. For years TMG could print that kind of chart and many more. In

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy vs TMG

2008-05-29 Thread philip thorne
I have used both programs and yes TMG has a major learning curve but as stated it goes way beyond Legacy however the majority of us will never need the in-depth functionality of TMG. Speaking of which does the new version of Legacy include an entry for witnesses and can it print family trees?

Re: [LegacyUG] running Legacy on the new iMac

2008-05-12 Thread philip thorne
I've run Legacy using Virtual PC on my Mac and yes it is a little slower than my PC however I have been told that running PC programs on an Intel Mac using Parallels they run at the same speed. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Younger Members LUG

2008-02-12 Thread philip thorne
Hello Everyone, My daughter who is 7 is very much interested in family history and although I haven't let her try Legacy yet (I will having read the posts) what she does is create her own forms on blank paper and then she fills in names and dates and even draws pictures of the family. Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 7 family charts

2008-01-16 Thread philip thorne
Dear Patti, Why would you say that the Caribbean has so little significance for most genealogists? There is a lot of history between New England and the Caribbean that goes back hundreds of years. The same can be said for New Orleans and South Carolina. Take care, Philip On 1/16/08, Patti

Re: [LegacyUG] Step children

2007-11-01 Thread philip thorne
you have attached a child to a wrong set of parents I've found it hard to unlink them and sometimes when you do so they get deleted. Any thoughts or ideas? Thanks, Philip Thorne USA-NYC Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Step children

2007-11-01 Thread philip thorne
you have attached a child to a wrong set of parents I've found it hard to unlink them and sometimes when you do so they get deleted. Any thoughts or ideas? Thanks, Philip Thorne USA-NYC Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http

[LegacyUG] statistical reports

2007-10-02 Thread philip thorne
Hello, Just wanted to know if anyone knows how to set up statistical reports in Legacy? Thanks, Philip Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical

Re: [LegacyUG] statistical reports

2007-10-02 Thread philip thorne
I'd like to be able to print out a report that would tell me for example the average age of marriage, or age at first birth for a particular surname in my file. On 10/2/07, ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phillip, I'm afraid that your question is far too general to be answered

[LegacyUG] genealogy help

2007-09-18 Thread philip thorne
Dear Legacy Users, I wanted to know if there are any users out in Utah who might be able to look up something for me at the FHL? I have a reel number, item number and page number for a document and it's killing me as a wait (at least a month) for the film to reach my local FHC in NYC. Thanks,

Re: [LegacyUG] genealogy help

2007-09-18 Thread philip thorne
Dear Susan, I've seen posts like mine before, or the request is buried in an email that has relates to Legacy and yes I do understand the need to keep this UG focused. Anyway having said that, it would be great if Legacy users had a way of knowing if their fellow users are doing similar research

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source Data, Witness Information

2007-06-25 Thread philip thorne
Hello, Mitch, I'm using UK records is it possible to get a copy of your source templates? Also does anyone know how to to set up witness information in Legacy? In TMG it's a built in event for every person that is added. Would be nice if something like that was built into Legacy or