RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread ronald ferguson
Phil, Having slept on your problem there may be a potential solution, it is one I have successfully used when I've had problems. Last time was so long ago that I had forgotten about. Download and run Windows Installer CleanUp from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 To use, run the

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Mike Fry
Phil Husband wrote: A little clarification here. In one of my recent E-mails I said something like Couldn't find Install.log file. I should have made it clear that the error message said that after I tried to uninstall. So Couldn't find Install.log file was an error message. I did look at

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Jenny M Benson
Connie Sheets wrote I am curious if anyone who (1) had been using Sourcewriter prior to the latest update, and (2) has installed 7.0.0.89 is able to use SourceWriter at all, for any template. If so, which templates work? This is interesting - FSVO interesting! Knowing I had created a few

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest of Legacy User Group

2009-03-12 Thread Ann Parsons
For what it is worth. I use MSN - I made a folder called Legacy under the Folders on MSN. Then I made a rule that messages from LegacyUG were to go to that folder. This has been working with no problem since 2003. Hope this helps, Ann - Original Message - From: CE WOOD wood...@msn.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread PHILLIP O HUSBAND
Laurence, Thanks but I've tried that and sure enough, I get the same error message.  namely, could not open Install.log file. Phil From: Laurence E Stephenson laurencestephen...@gmail.com To: Phil Husband LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread PHILLIP O HUSBAND
I've considered doing that but I've always been told never to delete, use Add/Remove.  May have to change my thought process here. Thanks From: Charles.Brasell c.bras...@xtra.co.nz To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread PHILLIP O HUSBAND
Ron, see a message from me, off list. Phil From: ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:35:04 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5 Phil, Having slept on your problem there may be a

[LegacyUG] Run Time error 5 - here too

2009-03-12 Thread Margaret Gagliardi
Last night I downloaded the newest update and now I cannot add my sources. Is this a problem with the update? What do I do? Thanks Margaret

[LegacyUG] Reunion

2009-03-12 Thread Joyce C. Wicks
I have the Deluxe Version of Legacy (7.0) Has anyone prepared for a reunion using Legacy? Previously, I never used the address book portion. Now I want to use it plus the genealogy to print a reunion book that includes the genealogy and everyone's address, phone, etc. I also want to print

[LegacyUG] Digest of Legacy User Group

2009-03-12 Thread Tom Watkins
Good Morning Wendy, Thanks for the excellent explanation of digests! I prefer them. When I was advised that they were not available for this list; I created such a filter so that I did not have to deal with the individual messages until I am ready. For me it seems much easier to hit the

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com

2009-03-12 Thread Duane Baker
Then I suppose things such as family letters,  newspaper clippings, etc. are just clues and not sources?  --- On Mon, 3/9/09, Diane Murach dmur...@starstream.net wrote: From: Diane Murach dmur...@starstream.net Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com To:

RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Sherry/Support
This is a known problem with the latest build and the programmers are working on it. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please

RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Sherry/Support
For the uninstall problem: With Legacy closed, go to the c:\Legacy folder on your hard drive. Delete the install.log file. Then go to the c:\Legacy\Backup folder and delete any files there with the word install in the file name. Reinstall Legacy with the latest build from our website and you

RE: [LegacyUG] Print Family Group Record

2009-03-12 Thread Sherry/Support
Use supp...@legacyfamilytree.com to contact Support with questions on using Legacy, problems with the program, error messages, etc. The staff have individual email addresses so we can receive inter-office communications and for our subscriptions to the various mailing lists - beta lists,

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread PHILLIP O HUSBAND
That's all well and good Sherry, except I've tried that several times.  I have no install.log file.  Repeat:  no install.log file. Phil From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com

2009-03-12 Thread Diane Murach
- Original Message - From: Duane Baker To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com Then I suppose things such as family letters, newspaper clippings,

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com

2009-03-12 Thread Diane Murach
I would source a family letter and newspaper clippings. I'd try to get a copy of the actual letter or newspaper clipping if I wasn't seeing a digitized version. To me, this is separate situation from donated family trees and published family histories. Actually based on the number of errors

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Gene Young
PHILLIP O HUSBAND wrote: That's all well and good Sherry, except I've tried that several times. I have no install.log file. Repeat: no install.log file. Phil Have you gone to the C:\Legacy\BACKUP folder as advised and deleted the 9 files there with the word install in the name? Have you

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com

2009-03-12 Thread CE WOOD
Unless the family tree has RELIABLE sources, it is just clues. Isn't the Garden of Eden a in YOUR database? Ha-ha. Primary sources are birth/death/marriage certificates and such. Compilations, histories, and such are secondary sources - reliable if they have used primary sources. There

RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Margaret E Ullman
I have been able to use Source Writer. It seemed to worked better after I ran 'check and repair' Margaret -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Connie Sheets Sent: Wednesday, 11 March, 2009 9:06 PM To:

RE: [LegacyUG] Exporting to a new Family File

2009-03-12 Thread Sherry/Support
The temporary backup isn’t a zip file. The backup through File Backup Family File is a zip file. And you all don't realize how we'd *love* to figure out what's going on! We can't find a pattern of what users are doing, which version of Windows they have or anything that can give us a clue. It

[LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com Error 91

2009-03-12 Thread Ann Parsons
Carolyn, I can think of a primary source that has erroneous data. When an ancestor of mine applied for a Social Security Account Number in 1937 he stated he was born Burley ID. I have an affidavit that he was born Malheur County, OR. I have a census where he is born in Italy. I figure if

Re: [LegacyUG] Reunion

2009-03-12 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
First, are you planning to put it to paper or disc? I guess paper, and work with that. Go to Reports, Publishing center. Explore the various options. Then use Preview to decide. You may want to make personalized reports and print the first five generations for everyone, and then tack on the

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread PHILLIP O HUSBAND
Sherry, I can read as well as ever, there are NO install.log file unless it's hidden undersomething else.  Maybe there has to be said file but I'm telling you there isn't one there.  Perhaps it got corrupted when I updated Legacy.  At the very bottom is the following files:  Unwise and just

RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Sherry/Support
The file name starts with I - it's *Install* . log and will be between Indiv.usr and Interview.usr (if you have accessed those two reports) and no way near the Unwise or Uninstall files. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com

2009-03-12 Thread Jenny M Benson
Duane Baker wrote Then I suppose things such as family letters,  newspaper clippings, etc. are just clues and not sources?  Everything that tells you something is a Source for that something which it tells you. So a Family Tree is a Source, a newspaper clipping is a Source, a letter is a

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting to a new Family File

2009-03-12 Thread Margaret Gagliardi
I am using VISTA and never had one problem until I upgraded the version last night Margaret On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: The temporary backup isn’t a zip file. The backup through File Backup Family File is a zip file. And you all

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread PHILLIP O HUSBAND
Sherry on my desktop, the one I'm having this problem with, I find the Indiv.usr file. The next file is iSearch and it's a USR file also.  There is no I for Install nor is there an Install or Install.log shown.  I looked at my laptop which has Legacy on and it's been updated though no data

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I source a Family Tree found on Ancestry.com Error 91

2009-03-12 Thread Janis L Gilmore
The trick is to evaluate all sources on these three bases: 1. Original or derivative source? (Digital or microfilm image can be treated as original. 2. Primary or secondary information. Was the record created close to the time of the event? Was the informant involved in the event personally? 3.

[LegacyUG] Muddled sources

2009-03-12 Thread Elizabeth
Some months ago now I tried to add individuals from a gedcom file. Every item is well sourced but, for some reason, the detail has gone into the Source Name List under the title Detail: x I have tried several times to move this information to the detail section but I am always asked if I want

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting to a new Family File

2009-03-12 Thread Mary Young
Ron You said my point is that although my objective is not to keep the date, as a spin-off, I do have the date after exporting/importing my own file. Are you saying, you found a way of keeping the Added and Modified Dates from your old file, while Exporting to a New File? Do tell!! Mary Young

RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Sherry/Support
I don’t know why it wouldn’t be there. It has to be created when the install is complete. Did you reinstall again? Make sure the install is not aborted. Do you have Legacy installed to the default c:\Legacy folder on your desktop? If you continue to have problems with this, please submit it to

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 91

2009-03-12 Thread CE WOOD
Ann, I'm still getting the error. It is so odd. Sometimes I have done as Support suggested and exported to a new file. That is SUPPOSED to eliminate the problem. I did nothing to the new file except a BackUp. Fine. Then immediately tried to back it up again, and BINGO, Error 91! I have

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting to a new Family File

2009-03-12 Thread CE WOOD
I realize that the temporary backup is not a zip file. That's the whole reason I suggested it may have something to do with zipping the files! It would also help is you would let us know what other files are zipped together with the fdb so that those of us getting this error could copy/save

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting to a new Family File

2009-03-12 Thread Gene Young
CE WOOD wrote: I realize that the temporary backup is not a zip file. That's the whole reason I suggested it may have something to do with zipping the files! It would also help is you would let us know what other files are zipped together with the fdb so that those of us getting this error

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting to a new Family File

2009-03-12 Thread CE WOOD
Thank you so much! Carolyn - Original Message - From: Gene Youngmailto:n2...@cfl.rr.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.commailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting to a new Family File CE

RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Charles.Brasell
Phil, I was a bit distressed after 8 days with no install file also. Are you using Vista SP1? I guess you have tried updating Legacy. Did you get error; 'file apdproxy.exe cannot open because ConnAPI.DLL not found' which I was getting at the time. I have no idea what they are but they seem to

Re: [LegacyUG] Reunion

2009-03-12 Thread Kris Strotman
Joyce, The biggest hit at the reunion I went to last summer was the wall chart I created using Legacy Charting. It was about 8' long x 2' wide. It had 7 generations. I chose to use pictures, which everyone loved, plus names, and year of birth and death. I kept it simple because it was to

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5

2009-03-12 Thread Colin Liddell
Charles those files are associated with Photoshop, version 6 in particular I think. Colin. - Original Message - From: Charles.Brasell To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:38 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error 5 Phil, I was a bit distressed