Go to Master Location List. Then on the bottom pick
Sort. There are the nine fields. In the discussions
about the field naming, we refer to a different
system, because I tws what it was called years ago in
other programs. ySo to translate what I was writing.
Loc1 = City
Loc2 = County
Loc3 = State
Because some email programs determine threading based on information
held in the headers about which email you're replying to, rather than by
the subject line. This means that when someone replies to a post and
changes the subject line, it is still threaded with the old conversation.
It is
Larry, as of 3pm Aussie time no one seems to have replied to your question.
When you have Charting open click on the HOME tab and you will see
#Gen then a number and arrows up and down, this is where you add or
remove the amount of generations you wish to have in your chart.
Is this what you
I would like to search my complete file for individuals without a photo
attached. I want to known who I needs a photograph or a photo of grave.
Any help would be appreciated.
LW
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Archived messages:
I think it can be found, but.. it is not incorporated into the
Relationshipcalculator. That means that for all of the possible languages in
Legacy, there is a list with terms used for relations. I know pretty well
that the term you are asking for (nephew of aunt) is not in that list, nor
for
Toni,
I just move the map and reset the pin at the correct spot (right click)
Ron Ferguson
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http://www.fergys.co.uk
View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
Wendy Howard wrote
Because some email programs determine threading based on information
held in the headers about which email you're replying to, rather than
by the subject line. This means that when someone replies to a post
and changes the subject line, it is still threaded with the old
When I purchased Legacy 7, they sent me an email that had my customer
number. Maybe if you search your past emails you may find yours.
Jeff
June McDonald wrote:
Oh how I wish I could play in my sandbox. I had to resintall my XP and
foolishly hadn't made a note of my new V7 number. I have the
Ruth Nerud wrote
http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
which I got by googling rootsweb ssdi
That's not a search string, that is a URL. What the OP was asking for
is the search string to create a Customised Search within Legacy's
Search the Internet feature.
(I've never
Unfortunately I had to reinstall XP and doing that I lost all my emails
and addresses. I haven't been feeling at all well lately and am going
into hospital tomorrow so it has all been too much (reinstalling
everything I mean) which is why I was so anxious to get things all tidy
before I come
I had the same problem and here is how I did it.
Open the Index view.
Right mouse click on one of the column titles and open customize
Add a column for Picture Filename and close the customize screen.
Now you can scroll down the list. All those individuals that have a picture
will have
Art Seddon wrote:
Full name: Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant, also called 'Unconitional Surrender
Grant.
Actually, Hiram Ulysses Grant, Mother maiden name SIMPSON. The official who nominated him to West
Point erroneously listed his name as Ulysses S. Grant and the academy would not allow him
Jenny M Benson wrote:
Ruth Nerud wrote
http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
which I got by googling rootsweb ssdi
That's not a search string, that is a URL. What the OP was asking for
is the search string to create a Customised Search within Legacy's
Search the Internet
Is it possible to Print a Focus Group List?
(using Legacy 6 latest update)
Mary Young
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I'm getting close with this one in WVR.
http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/zsearch.aspx?ix=ssdiallqt=lzfn=[givenname]zln=[surname]zdate=1949
Need some help.
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Gene Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jenny M Benson wrote:
Ruth Nerud wrote
Dave,
THANK you for this very informative post. I've been doing (hi-jacking) forever
and never knew it was a bad thing to do. I use Outlook Express so was totally
unaware of the effect of my action.
Will cease and desist immediately, unless I intend to reply to the thread (like
now). :-)
In Search select Focus Group click on View / Select Focus Group ... Select the
Focus Group and click OK.
Click button Create List in the Search List click Print and select the Fields
you want in the report.
Evert van Dijken
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:50:52 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
Mary,
For your information if you had OE set up to receive LUG's mail in the News
function, rather than the Mail, you would see the problem for yourself!
Ron Ferguson
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Getting closer but need middle name.
http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/zsearch.aspx?ix=ssdiallqt=lzfn=[FirstName]zln=[Surname]zdate=
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Randolph Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm getting close with this one in WVR.
For Just Given Name, Surname use
http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/GlobalSearch.aspx?qt=gzfn=[FirstName]zln=[Surname]zplace=zdate=*content=se=Exact
[ ]=[%20]
For Given name, Surname, Death Date
Thanks to all who have enlightened me and others regarding the reply
vs. new thread problem. I use Mozilla Thunderbird, and had not a clue
that doing reply caused a problem.
Jane (a reformed replier)
ronald ferguson wrote:
Mary,
For your information if you had OE set up to receive LUG's
Can you manually give First and Middle on lookup.
I'm seeing FAILED if I use middle name.
Please given Name (First Middle) Last that you can use successfully on
manual search and I can then provide search string.
jdm
Randolph Clark wrote:
Getting closer but need middle name.
Thanks Evert. Your instructions print ALL Individuals in the Focus Group.
Sorry I didn't state my needs clearly. I would like to print a Listing
of the Individuals who show in the Focus Group Dialog Box, such as
Descendants (Direct Line 999 gen.) for Hector MUNRO [412] and **All Spouses**
Dermot,
What can't be cured must be endured, and I will do so.
Thank you for clearing that up.
Jane
Dermot McGlone wrote:
I think what Ronald and Dennis are talking about (and far be it for me
to put words in their mouths!!) is that there is no way for Legacy to
know that an AKA you have
Jeff,
Click the Edit button, delete the latitude/longitudes, check do not auto-geo
code.
Ron Ferguson
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http://www.fergys.co.uk
View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
What e-mail programs allow for threads, even if the board does not? Are any
of them free or cheap? Many people on this list have asked about this
option (at least in part) for this LUG - if a reader on the PC will do that
trick, it could help a lot of us.
Bob
- Original Message -
I used OE - how would I do the below? LUG's mail comes to my OE program via
GMAIL.
Thanks,
Bob
- Original Message -
From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:45 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New topic
Mary,
For
Tried searching Warren Jay Taylor who is in SSDI. Not found. Tried just
Warren Taylor and found him among 268 entries. Apparently middle name is not
a search parameter on WVR. Perhaps at FamilySearch.org
?
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:44 AM, John Magyari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can you manually
Further to this method.
If you add one of the tags to the custom columns you can tag each person
without a picture by double licking in the Tag column.
When you have gone through the list you can then search for everyone
with that tag number.
If you want to do the search by Descendant Lines
Robert57P via Gmail wrote:
What e-mail programs allow for threads, even if the board does not? Are
any
of them free or cheap? Many people on this list have asked about this
option (at least in part) for this LUG - if a reader on the PC will do
that trick, it could help a lot of us.
Bob
Ron Ferguson wrote:
For your information if you had OE set up to receive LUG's mail
in the News function, rather than the Mail, you would see the
problem for yourself!
Ok Ron, I know I have not been on the computer much in the last
two months but for the life of me I
Aha! Thank you.
Jeff
ronald ferguson wrote:
Jeff,
Click the Edit button, delete the latitude/longitudes, check do not
auto-geo code.
Ron Ferguson
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On 1 Jul 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How does one remove (not move) a balloon from the map in Legacy 7?
snipped there seems to be no mechanism to remove the balloon
altogether. Is there one?
Select the location (if you got into mapping from an individual then
first click Resolve) then
Bob,
Sorry about that - I was typing before my brain was in gear and thinking of an
entirely different group to which I am a subscriber!
Ron Ferguson
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Mary Young wrote
Thanks Evert. Your instructions print ALL Individuals in the Focus
Group. Sorry I didn't state my needs clearly. I would like to print a
Listing of the Individuals who show in the Focus Group Dialog Box, such
as Descendants (Direct Line 999 gen.) for Hector MUNRO [412] and
This would be great!
What server address do I use to set it up as a newsgroup? Is it available on
the Legacy website?
Mary
From: ronald ferguson
Mary,
For your information if you had OE set up to receive LUG's mail in the News
function, rather than the Mail, you would see the
Another alternative is to just read your GMAIL account email on line
without downloading to your PC. GMAIL
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Gene Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert57P via Gmail wrote:
What e-mail programs allow for threads, even if the board does not? Are
any
of them free
Is this in V6 or V7 or both?
Gene
==
At 09:45 AM 7/1/2008, you wrote:
Further to this method.
If you add one of the tags to the custom columns you can tag each
person without a picture by double licking in the Tag column.
When you have gone through the list you can then search for
Rootsweb wants only middle Inital, don't think we can pass just that.
This should work for most
Pass
FirstName
Surname
Year Death if known
I have a cousin whose birth certificate reads R. L. Corley - with full stop
after each
of the letters. His father was also R. L. Corley. His grandfather was
Robert Lee
Corley. My cousin's signature was quite illegible, so I don't know if he put
the periods
after the letters, even if that
Jane,
I've been mulling this over, trying to figure out why all of these married
names have been assigned to the Legacy AKA field.
I remember TMG had an option to also display and print the married name in
reports. I'm wondering if TMG places the married name in a field in the gedcom
that
I'm new to the list, so I apologize if this topic has been covered already.
I generated a set of website files and found it easy to customize the graphics, background, etc., but couldn't find any way to customize the text size or font. Some of the writing on the resulting pages is so small that
Which e-mail programs do this?
Elizabeth C
Wendy Howard wrote:
Because some email programs determine threading based on information
held in the headers about which email you're replying to, rather than
by the subject line. This means that when someone replies to a post
and changes the
Hasn't this conversation drifted totally away from Legacy support to a
general genealogy discussion?
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Penny
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:58 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Cc: [EMAIL
Sharron,
There is no option to change the font size in the Web Page Creation
utility; however, you can change the text size in your Web browser. With
Internet Explorer, for example, click on View and select Text Size to
choose from a range of viewing sizes from Smallest to Largest.
Thank you
A quick and dirty way to pick up the address (at least in Outlook Express),
when you have an e:mail open to read, if you right click on the To Address
and copy then open a new e:mail and in the To paste. It's quicker than
opening the address book and sure to get the correct address.
Art Seddon
I am sure it is, but I do not know the answer.
How does one upgrade to Outlook 7?
I can't find the answer - so I am hoping one of you kind people can point me in
the right direction.
Tish
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Archived messages:
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Tom Costello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Cathy,
I have found that the the VE feature almost never works outside of North
America without some sort of intervention. A lot of times it won't work on
the first try even in Canada. Yesterday I asked it to find
Sharron,
It can only be done page by page, or better by converting it to CSS to save
having to change each one should you wish to vary it again. Block changes can
be made using suitable text editors such as PSPad.
This list is not suited to detail discussions of html/css, as well as it being
That would be a good question for a computer forum. This list is for
support of Legacy and its add-on's only.
_
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tish
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:38 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG]
Thanks.
Jeff
Dave Naylor wrote:
On 1 Jul 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How does one remove (not move) a balloon from the map in Legacy 7?
snipped there seems to be no mechanism to remove the balloon
altogether. Is there one?
Select the location (if you got into mapping from an individual
Many thanks, John. You and Randolph Clark both did a nice job for us.
Judy
- Original Message -
From: John Magyari
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] SSDI Search String
Rootsweb wants only middle Inital, don't
Try it and let us know ...
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston, ON
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene
Wheeler
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:56
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help with a Search/Find
Is this in
In Legacy 7.0, I have an individual who married twice. For the second spouse,
the report indicates that the couple had a relationship, even though the
Never married option is not checked. I did not have this problem in Version
6.0. Has anyone else found this?
Stan
Hello all
I've just installed legacy via download. I'm still awaiting the arrival of
my manual and CDs.
I have a question on uploading my tree to ancestry.com. Is there a way to
mask the birth dates of living people? In the Legacy privacy options, I see
where you can mark individuals
Tish,
The purpose of the LUG is to provide a forum for mutual help and the
friendly exchange of ideas related to the use of Legacy Family Tree and
its add-on programs, only. Please keep on topic.
Outlook 7 is outside the scope of this forum.
If you have questions please see
Remembering that, at present, this is not reversible! Once you've checked
do not auto-geo code that remains set even if you try to remove it!
Jack
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald
ferguson
Sent: 01 July 2008 15:33
To:
Stan,
I am sure that always was the default for partners who did not marry even in
Version 6. Is is possible that, like me, you changed it to read something else?
Anyhow you can do the same in Version 7, globally by going to
OptionsCustomiseViewEdit default Marriage Wording. Alternatively,
I have just run an Ancestor Book Report starting with myself and a
Descendent Book Report starting with my paternal grandfather.
In both cases I had all the following options ticked:
Suppress details for living people
- Change name to Living
Suppress details for deceased spouses for living
I can't find the Index view in V6. And I can't seem to customize
columns in the Name List. Don't have V7 yet.
Gene
=
At 02:39 PM 7/1/2008, you wrote:
Try it and let us know ...
C.G. Ouimet
Kingston, ON
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom,
I think you are being somewhat unfair here. Most of the time, provided that the
road is in the Location field and it still exists then in England VE will find
it. I would agree, however, that it is not very good at finding places with
just a Town, County and Country - British system btw.
The free program Thunderbird allows you to select a threading option.
Patti
On Jul 1, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Dave Naylor wrote:
On 1 Jul 2008 Robert57P via Gmail wrote:
What e-mail programs allow for threads, even if the board does not?
Are any of them free or cheap? Many people on this list
On 1 Jul 2008 Robert57P via Gmail wrote:
What e-mail programs allow for threads, even if the board does not?
Are any of them free or cheap? Many people on this list have asked
about this option (at least in part) for this LUG - if a reader on the
PC will do that trick, it could help a lot
Tish wrote:
I am sure it is, but I do not know the answer.
How does one upgrade to Outlook 7?
I can't find the answer - so I am hoping one of you kind people can
point me in the right direction.
Is there an Outlook 7? I know there's an Internet Explorer 7. Try going
to www.microsoft.com
Since Outlook is a Microsoft product, you have to purchase it from them or
another vendor that sells it!
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That would be a good question for a computer forum. This list is for
support of Legacy and its add-on's only.
On 7/1/08, Robert57P via Gmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I used OE - how would I do the below? LUG's mail comes to my OE program via
GMAIL.
Read your mail on-line at Gmail - it's threaded there.
Mary
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Archived
The video and the help sections on mapping shows the options 2D, 3D, Aerial,
Hybrid, Bird's eye, Labels
My screen only shows2D, 3D, Aerial, Bird's eye, Labels
So what happened to the Hybrid option?
The Bird's eye option doesn't work. Can anybody help?
Thanks
Bob
Legacy User Group
In trying to get the subject item set for my daughter, I seem to have her
listed as a sibling to herself and I do not seem to be able to straighten it
out. How do I get rid this error of a double person with the same RIN , so I
can add her as my step/adopted daughter? I have tried deleting her
Tish, since the obnoxiously anal LUG police seem to be out in force today, I'd
cordially suggest you come join over here to ask your question:
http://genealogyclub.net/forum/
It's a little friendlier atmosphere.
Regards,
Penny
- Original Message -
From: Tish
To:
Tish,
I may be mistaken, but are you asking how to upgrade to IE7 (Internet
Explorer v7)... ? (instead of Outlook 7; I don't think there is such a
program).
If it is IE7 you are wanting (for use with Legacy's mapping features) then
you can go to Microsoft's website and get the download (free).
Penny,
Please review the etiquette guidelines at
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp.
2. Stay on the topic of Legacy and its add-on programs, which is the sole
purpose of the LUG User Group.
This list is very busy and off-topic messages make it harder for those of us
in Support to
Actually, the SSDI didn't put in middle names or
initials for them, in a (to us) random usage, for
various dates and locations. You can't find what they
didn't input.
Rich in LA CA
--- Randolph Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tried searching Warren Jay Taylor who is in SSDI.
Not found. Tried
Bob,
I just responded to your very same question which you sent to Support.
There's really no need to write to both Support and the LUG list..
So everyone else will know - Legacy is just pulling up the map and controls
from the Microsoft website. They changed the controls on their site. Of
Jenny,
I was setting this up to run it as I can pretty well exactly match your
circumstances (except I only have 1 ex and no successor). However I not that on
your email you imply by omission that you have not applied 'Change name to
Deceased' for Suppress details for deceased children of
On 7/1/08, Jenny M Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why not just select the people that you *do* want in a Focus Group and
create a new one?
Why not? Because it's a very complicated Group! I need the Listing so
I can study it.
you can have several different Focus Groups.
Yes, I am aware of that
Index View is one of the tabs (Family, Pedigree, Descendant, )
On Index, you can select OPTIONS, CUSTOMIZE COLUMNS
The NAME LIST isn't flexible with columns like INDEX is, but NAME LIST shows
you other goodies on the tabs along the right.
Bob
- Original Message -
From: Gene
Penny has been removed from the LUG subscriber list.
If any of you have questions about LUG guidelines, you had better read
them now: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
There is now a ban in effect on the subject This is a silly question?
Thank you for choosing Legacy,
Jim Terry
I am guessing here. Is your daughter's death date
entered in the proper place, or did you just choose
the no living button.
I have never used the below task, so didn't even know
the choice existed. Suppress details for deceased
spouses for living individuals - Change name to
Deceased
I can say as
What you have possibly done is input something twice.
Look at all the icons around her data in the Family
View. Choose the one that has the pop-up Parents of
---. Is the number correct at one. When you find a
place where you have a 'wrong' duplicate item, UNLINK
them, if not fixed, then UNLINK
That is a significant bug they should hopefully fix soon!
Jeff
Jack Earnshaw wrote:
Remembering that, at present, this is not reversible! Once you've
checked do not auto-geo code that remains set even if you try to
remove it!
Jack
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you have Deluxe. It is not in Standard?
Rich in LA CA
--- Gene Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't find the Index view in V6. And I can't
seem to customize
columns in the Name List. Don't have V7 yet.
Gene
=
At 02:39 PM 7/1/2008, you wrote:
Try it and let us know ...
On 1 Jul 2008 Jack Earnshaw wrote:
Remembering that, at present, this is not reversible! Once you've
checked do not auto-geo code that remains set even if you try to
remove it!
Of course it's reversible!
Clicking on Geo-code current location again turns the do not geo-
code off.
Cheers,
Jane wrote
I don't like the statement Another name for X is XY. I would prefer
it to say: Her married name is... Or no statement at all, for I
fail to see the reason for the statement.
Jane, are you referring to married names that *you* have entered as
AKAs? Or is Legacy creating them
You should be able to UNLINK both daughters from everyone. (on the Family
View screen, press G (for goto) and put in one of the daughter's RINs, then
do the unlinking - right click on her and select UNLINK).
Once you have them unlinked from everyone (including each other) - delete
the one you
Ron
Thanks!
Using your suggestion of OptionsCustomiseViewEdit default Marriage Wording
solved my problem.
Stan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject:
RE: [LegacyUG] Married couple shows as having a relationship Date: Tue, 1
Jul 2008 22:31:00
On 1 Jul 2008 at 23:00, ronald ferguson
LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com wrote:
One should also note that the accuracy does vary quite a lot with
resolution of the map - the higher the resolution the more accurate.
For anyone that is interested in getting their mapping side done as best
Birdseye view only works in some areas. Try going to a major US city and
zooming in (Chicago, Illinois, USA for example). When you've zoomed in
close enough, bird's eye should become active and you can see close up
pictures of the area. You can also use the circling arrows to change the
Jenny,
I have a similar individual in my database (deceased father, one of 6
children deceased, living mother, but with one husband). Pulling up in ver
6 Deluxe, I have ticked
Suppress details for living people
- Change name to Living
The other 2 options
Suppress details for deceased
Mary,
Thank you for the idea. Actually it isn't a major problem, and when I
want a really perfect (ha!) report, I can always edit it, since I am now
able to do reports in both Works and Word, thanks to the kindness of
these listers.
TMG does have the option, which you can engage or not.
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