The difference is in the work in advance and/or after.
An interview has a format to be followed to get
optimum info. A 'phone call' without the preparation
for the interview may get good stuff anyway, but is
more likely to go off on tangents, or get a lot of 'I
don't remember' statements.
Rich
Is there a way to create a printable *list *of all individuals who are
buried in a specific cemetery? On the Individual's Information screen I have
entered the cemetery name in the address section. For that matter, it also
seems important to me to be able to create reports of where, meaning the
Wayne,
I don't suppose there is any really. and it's probably me being rather
pedantic. I introduced it as a Source in my early days and usually the
information obtained was an aside in the call rather than its object, more
informal, if you like.
However, a bit like arthritis - since I've
Alice,
The way I do this is to use the Residence Event and put time of death in the
Description field. In my view the place of Residence and the place of Death are
two different things in that a residence is permanent.
I admit to not being wholly consistent in this as I will use the address
Hi June,
For the caption and description to stick and be available when you
want to attach the same picture elsewhere you must use the Picture
Centre.
Or are you saying that you are using the Picture Centre and attaching
a picture with caption and description but when you go back and look
at it
Could someone please assist with names. My husband is Chinese and my
children also have Chinese (as well as English names).
I call my husband John, however his Chinese name is Chan Chung Sing. When I
put in his Chinese name it doesn't print correctly. In Chinese his surname
is first, then his
Thad,
Yes there is. The explanation is quite detailed and I have, therefore. put on
my website at http://www.fergys.co.uk and it is in the Blogs section, Blog 5
Search Events, Locations and Married Names.
Ron Ferguson
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For
More help needed please
If you have many sources for something do you enter them all?
When my children were baptised there is information via personal knowledge
because I was there, information from the register in the church and then
information from the Baptismal I received. Do I enter
Hi Thad,
Try the Master Address List (View Master Lists) and Show List for
the particular address you are interested in. I think that's how it
works - like the other Master Lists, but I'm not at home at the
moment to check.
Cheers,
Cathy
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Cathy,
That does work providing the addresses are exactly the same or, one makes
multiple selections. In my cemetery addresses I include the plot number so I
have many entries for the same cemetery and I find it easier to set up the
Search by Example and let Legacy do it for me.
Similarly
June wrote
If you have many sources for something do you enter them all?
I do.
I know the purists say you should have at least 3 independent sources
for every fact. I'm not that fussy, but I do put in everything I have.
--
Jenny M Benson
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You could try if you could use quoted names as a workaround.
In the Help see Report Options:
Use Quoted Names for Narratives-If names have been entered within
quotation marks, use them in narrative sections. For example, William
Bill Martin would use Bill in narrative paragraphs.
Evert
On 9/26/07, June [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could someone please assist with names. My husband is Chinese and my
children also have Chinese (as well as English names).
I call my husband John, however his Chinese name is Chan Chung Sing. When I
put in his Chinese name it doesn't print correctly.
That might help in the narrative but would not help when entering them on
Legacy. I would still have to have 6 brothers with different surnames, Or am
I mistaking what you are saying.
I will check that section though.
Regards - June Chan
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You'll have to use PAF for this - it is available with an option for
the Chinese language characters.
Download it for free from: http://www.familysearch.org/
just click on download PAF and follow the instructions. Be sure to
download it in English first - and then activate the Chinese option.
Thanks Ron and Cathy!
Cathy's suggestion for arriving at a list of individuals buried in a
particular cemetery is certainly easier and does provide just what I asked
for. Ron's suggestion doesn't seem to answer the question that I asked, but
I will give it a try when I have the time to go through
You can enter an address for marriage. When on the marriage information screen,
click on the house icon that is above the field for location.
Nancy
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:31:12 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject:
Thank you very much, Nancy!
On 9/26/07, Nancy Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can enter an address for marriage. When on the marriage information
screen, click on the house icon that is above the field for location.
Nancy
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007
Thad,
I guess that you are in the USA, or at least you format the burial location as
per the geo format and put the full address in the Address Burial Notes. I have
just checked my method in this case you are correct, the Search facility which
I describe will not find the addresses for which
Ron's suggestion does work for me because I include the cemetery name in the
location field of the burial. For example, Saint Mary's Cemetery, Unity
Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
You are right, his website looks interesting. I've added it to my list of
websites to eventually
Hi Thad,
At 09:31 PM 26/09/2007, you wrote:
It seems odd that legacy didn't provide a way to enter an address
associated with a marriage. I have been putting the address in the
marriage notes if there is not already a news article in the
marriage notes identifying the church or other marriage
I use a question mark after the uncertain location and that way it has one
more character and comes up second to the same location.
Smith County,
Smith County?,
Also, this prevents it from being filed in the p's instead of with the
other Smith county records.
Carol
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Ron,
Yes, I am in the U.S.A. So many people using this User Group are from other
countries that I'm surprised that Legacy hasn't yet created a Geo format
that works for you folks. Your web site still looks interesting!
Thad
On 9/26/07, ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thad,
I
June wrote:
If you have many sources for something do you enter them all?
When my children were baptised there is information via personal knowledge
because I was there, information from the register in the church and then
information from the Baptismal I received. Do I enter them all?
June,
That would work if someone wanted to expand their location listing to
include every cemetery, church, hospital, etc. in each *true* location.
Using the master list location/event/show system works much better and
doesn't require nearly as many steps.
On 9/26/07, Jerry Wisneski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can anyone help me with questions on Apple computers and Legacy?
My father keeps telling me that he wants a genealogy program because he
can’t “see” what I’m talking about. However, he has an Apple. I saw on the
Legacy site that some interface is needed. His Apple is very new and maybe
has it
--- TH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As the information for births, marriages, deaths,
and burials is of primary
concern to most of us, it's too bad that Legacy
doesn't seem to highlight
how to generate detailed reports concerning these
events. At the risk of
starting a dialogue on what's
There was a very recent discussion about this subject available in the archives.
Bob Rowe
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From: familyjesse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can anyone help me with questions on Apple computers and Legacy?
My father keeps telling me that he wants a genealogy
Thad,
One shouldn't really blame Legacy as it's not their geo database. It was,
however, developed in the States and naturally follows their format. I am not
aware of one specifically designed for Europe and elsewhere - no doubt I will
now be told :-).
It is not really a problem putting full
Hi Thad, if you want to print a list of all the people buried in a certain
cemetery all you need to do is the following: with your program open go to
the top of the page and click on ViewMaster ListsLocation: now scroll to
the cemetery address that you are interested in, chick the tag box to
On 9/26/07, Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Thad,
As the information for births, marriages, deaths, and burials is of
primary concern to most of us, it's too bad that Legacy doesn't seem
to highlight how to generate detailed reports concerning these events.
In what form do you want this
June:
I treat these facts in different ways. With modern events where there is no
question about the date, place, etc., such as those dealing with me
personally, my children, or my parents, I cite a single best source. With
older events and earlier generations I cite every source available,
Leo,
Thanks for responding. Your method would be fine if I included cemetery
names in the location field. But I don't. I use the Legacy method of
including only city/county/state/country in the location field so your
method wouldn't have any cemeteries in the list of locations. Cathy's method
Thad,
I may not be understanding what you want but - - -
using Cathy's method to id the people in the cemetery
you want, create a tag for that list of people. Then
go to Search and search for the people with that
tag. Then Create List, click on Print and include
whatever items you want on the
Alice wrote
In addition to the event entitled Residence which I make full use of, I
have created and event entitled Usual Place of Residence which I always
generate when the death place is distant from the normal home place.
Great idea -- I like that ! Thanks, Alice.
--
Pat
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That's good to know about!!
--
Pat
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Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to get captions to stick
June, It seems that a long time ago, it was found that
With the already available ability to record a death location and to show a
person's residence location at any point in time, including death, WHY
create the Usual Place of Residence, and if you really think you need that
extra event, why not name it Usual Place of Residence at Death? That's
Hi
is there some way to set the messages to come as a Digest once a day instead
of messages all day
thanks
sandy
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June,
Perhaps this is something to request an enhancement on. If someone
marks the name (somewhere) as Chinese then it will print in the
order that makes correct sense. It would require extra programming. I
would bet that something like this might work for Spanish names, too,
if they are
No, Sandy, you can't. If you had searched the archives for Digest, you
will have noticed this has been asked at least monthly by new users.
=) You can read the explanations in the archived emails why it is not
possible.
Susan Daily
On 9/26/07, sandy w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
is there some
Linda,
This works! I wasn't going to try it at first because I haven't really
gotten into the tagging thing yet, but I did try and it worked. Now if
reports like this could print a title so that I would know what the report
is, such as Individuals Buried in Asbury Cemetery
Thad
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There is a Report Title field under the Options
tab.
--- TH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Linda,
This works! I wasn't going to try it at first
because I haven't really
gotten into the tagging thing yet, but I did try and
it worked. Now if
reports like this could print a title so that I
would
TH wrote:
Linda,
This works! I wasn't going to try it at first because I haven't really
gotten into the tagging thing yet, but I did try and it worked. Now if
reports like this could print a title so that I would know what the
report is, such as Individuals Buried in Asbury Cemetery
Thad
It took me awhile but I finally found it.
On 9/26/07, Linda McCauley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is a Report Title field under the Options
tab.
--- TH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Linda,
This works! I wasn't going to try it at first
because I haven't really
gotten into the
On 9/26/07, Phil Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
TH wrote:
Linda,
This works! I wasn't going to try it at first because I haven't really
gotten into the tagging thing yet, but I did try and it worked. Now if
reports like this could print a title so that I would know what the
This has happened to me more than once and each time it turned out to be a
Firewall problem, I had updated my security, or it had updated its self and
put up roadblocks. You may want to check that first.
Bill Runolfson
In a message dated 9/26/2007 5:37:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
Hi Sandy,
The solution - which actually works much better than a Digest as you
can sort the mail and make it much easier to read - is to filter the
Legacy list mail to its own box. Then it will sit there out of the
way until you decide to look at it - once a day or once a week or
once an
Thad,
The answer to your question lies in the minds of the Scottish authorities
who, just prior to 1855, decided what information would be recorded in the
Statutory Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Scotland.
When I began to search for and transfer the data from the Scottish civil
I know how to tag all the children of a family.
Now is it possible to add (easily) an event source that I have on the
event clipboard via the tag?
Thanks. (I looked in Legacy Help, but as usual I can't understand their
explanations.)
--
Pat
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Thanks ever so much,,, gee I cant believe I forgot about the filter. I have
one set up now...
Thanks
Sandy
a new question but will start a new thread for that one, s
On 9/26/07, Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Sandy,
The solution - which actually works much better than a Digest as you
Another thank you to those people who continue to help me with sources. I
think I have finally got my head around to the understanding that I need
three pieces of information to prove that something actually did happen and
these are what I put in sources. Another question though - If I have 10
I do, although I may not have them all print in a repost.
To paraphrase a Grand Dame of Society... You can never be too rich or
too- or have too many sources
*GRIN*
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From: June [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 9:05
I apologise in advance if my queries seem basic. I am trying to work out
what I want my reports to look like and what I want to include. There is a
lot I don't understand and a I have worked out. I do though find it
interesting to hear how other people enter their data so I can change if
another
It is for me, June, common practice to enter the census data for every
individual in the household (with rare exceptions - like a boarding house or
hospital). Because our research sometimes takes a sibling path, in order to
make a breakthrough in our direct line, it is so much better if you can
Hi June,
I don't see it as duplication to enter an event for someone in each census.
However, if you don't always want them in a
report, there is an easy way. Just edit the Event
Definition to make it private and no census
events will appear unless you choose to include private events.
Hi John and June,
I think John meant to put the first name and generation name in the
Title Suffix field given that you want the Surname to print first.
You could also put the first name and generation name in double
square brackets in the Given Name field followed by a quoted name -
the name
Hi June,
I put in all sources I have with the exception that I don't continue
to add census sources for a name and birth if they haven't added
anything more AND I already have at least 3 high quality sources. I
probably should but my source listing is all ready very extensive and
the census
To do this right you really need the correct tools.
I actively use Legacy - but for Chinese names, you just have to use
PAF - a work around is just not appropriate for this.
Go with a program set up for this.
Tom
On 9/26/07, Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi John and June,
I think John meant
June:
Yes to that, too. It might seem like a lot with the more recent
generations, but with the older ones you will often be very grateful at
finding even one source for a given fact.
Kirsten
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Sent:
Hi June,
With regard to census reports – many many of my families are large and
when I find them on the 1841 census (for example) I enter the
information on everyone’s file, then when I come to 1851, 1861 etc I do
the same so obviously there is a lot of duplication if I do a book report.
I
Understanding that some people are tired of this thread, I contend that it
is one of the most important issues with which we deal. It is on-topic,
because we have to figure out how to handle these issues in this software.
I am presently overhauling all of my sources. I have, to my shame (you
Thank you June. Of course the given and generation names should be in the
SUFFIX field. Be sure that the Put comma before titles suffix on the
Customize/Data Format screen is UNCHECKED.
Sorry for confusing things further.
John S. Adams
Hermosa Beach, CA
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From:
Hi Pat,
You can't add an event like you can add sourcing to a tagged group.
You still have to cycle through the tag group and go to each one
individually to add the event.
With siblings, this is easiest done by placing one in the main
position in Family View and then clicking in between the
Hi Listers;
When I was young my family moved many times.
How do you list multiple addresses?
Art Seddon
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Cathy, not June. Sorry again.
John S. Adams
Hermosa Beach, CA
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From: John S. Adams
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changing the order of Chinese names
Thank you June. Of
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