Re: [LegacyUG] master source list

2011-01-20 Thread Randy Clark
The usual advice is to be sure there are no check marks anywhere in the show only column of the master source list. On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:06 PM, lisagarre...@verizon.net wrote: PLEASE HELP! My Master Source List just disappeared!  I was entering data and went to Cite a Master Source from

Re: [LegacyUG] township and cemeteries

2011-01-20 Thread Ron Ferguson
Kevin, There are a couple of thoughts here. Firstly, you do not have the country so mapping will not know where to look, and secondly, have you tried zooming in? When the map is zoomed out the location can seem to be many miles from the true location, but as one zooms in the more accurate it

[LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Elizabeth
I have people who have their own RIN correctly but a second RIN appears if they are shown as married women on the name list, as follows: RIN 70 Revd. Henry Charles PHILPOTT (1794-1873) - This is the correct person and RIN RIN 70 Mrs Eliza Annie CLARKE (1794-1873) - This person does not exist

RE: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available

2011-01-20 Thread Charles Apple
I too have been following this thread for a while. If memory serves me correctly, the Legacy Training CD's support what Cynthia stated below. The plethora of information available to us such as family group sheets on LDS, Ancestry, etc. should be viewed as nothing more than Clues or Leads as to

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Hutson
I'm discovering basically the same thing... only different, I set up wife's new computer and generated a ged.com for her, when we opened it up, everyone was doubled with new RINs. Not sure what happened, I've done this litterally dozens of times w/o this happening. Gene -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] It's official - Legacy 7.5 is now available

2011-01-20 Thread Kay Fordham
Charles, I agree with you. I use these sources as leads. And, as you stated, I have broken through a number of brick walls with these resources. I would never have found these people had it not been for the LDS sites, Family Trees on Ancestry, etc. I prove everything myself before information is

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Ron Ferguson
Elizabeth, Why swap RINs? it can be a major cause of confusion, depending on how one does it. Nevertheless, you are where you are, and I suspect that your only way of dealing with this is to delete the wrong person. I would check first using the Index or Name list to ensure that you do actually

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:14:39 +, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: I have people who have their own RIN correctly but a second RIN appears if they are shown as married women on the name list If you have Generate Married Names turned on, try turning it off. Then try turning it back on

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Elizabeth
Well, it was a long time ago and I wanted to give my immediate family (newly arrived grandchildren etc.) low numbers. I can't delete anyone as the phantoms are not there in person - just their names wrong with the details etc. of the correct person with that RIN. They appear on the Index and the

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Elizabeth
Yes, I've tried turning it on and off and exiting the program and re-opening, file maintenance etc. - nothing works. On 20 January 2011 16:54, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: Well, it was a long time ago and I wanted to give my immediate family (newly arrived grandchildren etc.) low

[LegacyUG] just a test

2011-01-20 Thread Susan Swindell
I have been trying to subscribe to this group and the only thing that I have received is the confirmation email. Thanks for your patience. -- Susan swind...@value.net Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] just a test

2011-01-20 Thread Ron Ferguson
Guess you made it, Susan!! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Susan Swindell Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:39 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] just a test I have been trying to subscribe to this group and the only thing that I have received is the

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Ron Ferguson
Elizabeth, I wonder if this is an obscure bug, and the married names are retaining the RIN prior to your change. I have no idea if this is possible, and if you have Access or Open Office, you may be able to have a look for yourself - table tblIR contains Individual records. It maybe that Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] just a test

2011-01-20 Thread Jerry
Susan, you might have received a message because Ron sent you a cc: of his response. If you only received the one response, then the indication is that you are NOT yet subscribed to the list. Many of us have had problems subscribing or re-subscribing to the list for some strange reason. When we

Re: [LegacyUG] just a test

2011-01-20 Thread Ron Bernier
My mail goes through the Postini service and that service has been flagging a lot of Legacy messages as junk here lately. No rhyme or reason why. Ron Bernier Sent from my Blackberry From: William Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:32 PM To:

[LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Wheeler
I've been using v7.4, and just upgraded to v. 7.5. In neither of them can I export latitude/longitude, even though I have places geo-coded. I've tried various GEDCOM types, and NONE of them show LATI nor LONG as export options to be included in the GEDCOM. Can anyone explain why this is?

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Jerry
Did you try exporting from Legacy as a Legacy file, not as a gedcom file? You might want to try that - it does make a difference on several things. However, I still have Legacy 7.4 and have not upgraded to 7.5 yet. --Jerry in Michigan On 01/20/2011 02:10 PM, Gene Wheeler wrote: I've been

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
Try unlink. Rich in LA CA --- On Thu, 1/20/11, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: From: Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 8:54 AM Well, it was a long time ago and I

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Wheeler
Yes, I have. Still no options to select; however, I exported it anyway then searched the file for LATI and LONG to no avail. Gene = At 02:15 PM 1/20/2011, you wrote: Did you try exporting from Legacy as a Legacy file, not as a gedcom file? You might want to try that - it does make

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Jerry
I don't know if this will shed any light on what you are experiencing or not, but I exported my file as a Legacy file, then imported into my TNG website and the coordinates appeared without a problem. I don't know how TNG handles the importing of the coordinates, but there is no LATI or LONG in

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Elizabeth
Well, that's beyond my capabilities, but Dennis is kindly looking at it for me. On 20 January 2011 17:42, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Elizabeth, I wonder if this is an obscure bug, and the married names are retaining the RIN prior to your change. I have no idea if this is

Re: [LegacyUG] Agriculture template in Legacy - thanks

2011-01-20 Thread mbstx
Thanks to all for the suggestions. I think I'll try making my own template as Robert suggests. I might not remember about using override with the normal census template. I'm assuming that once the template is created it will appear somewhere in the list in Source Writer? -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread James Cook
I've exported LATI and LONG in 7.4 before. (I've not upgraded to 7.5 yet) To clarify, are you saying the LATI and LONG options do not appear in the customize options, or that the actual GEDCOM you've exported does not contain those tags? If it's just that they do not appear in the customize

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Wheeler
I'm saying that LATI and LONG options do NOT appear in the list of Items available for export from which you choose items to include in the list Export these items. This is true in 7.4 and 7.5, regardless of whether I choose to export a GEDCOM as a Legacy version, GEDCOM 5.5 only, or any of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Robert E. Carneal
*Let me ask this: If I print an ancestor as an Individual Report, the portion that prints data from General Notes, which font is supposed to be used? Anyone know for sure?* ** *Thanks.* ** *Robert * On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Gene Wheeler bridge...@gmail.com wrote: I'm saying that LATI

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Wheeler
Sorry, but I have tried that several times! If they should up, they should show up as 4 LATI and 4 LONG. Gene = At 03:56 PM 1/20/2011, you wrote: Just search the GEDCOM for LATI and LONG (without the 4). I just tried it with 7.5 and they are included. Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:52:54 -0500, Gene Wheeler bridge...@gmail.com wrote: I'm saying that LATI and LONG options do NOT appear in the list of Items available for export from which you choose items to include in the list Export these items. This is true in 7.4 and 7.5, regardless of whether I

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Robert E. Carneal
Gene- This doesn't help your case, but they *DO* show up like for me. They showed up six or seven times, I think for everyone I do have Lat and Long information for. Obviously, we have something different, probably a different setting somewhere. Yes, I am on Legacy 7.5. Or, did I misunderstand

RE: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread CE Wood
What on earth does this have to do with latitude, longitude and gedcoms? Start a new thread for a new topic, please. CE From: Robert E. Carneal [mailto:kentuckygenealog...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 1:00 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot

RE: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Paul Gray
I'm at 7.4.0.45. I cannot export LATI or LONG for locations, using Gedcom 5.5. In fact, in customize, it's not even in the list of items available for export. However, in the 'export these items', the tag _PLAC_DEFN is there. However, although I have a record with lat/long, I do not get a

Re: [LegacyUG] Agriculture template in Legacy - thanks

2011-01-20 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 20/01/2011 19:56, mbstx wrote: Thanks to all for the suggestions. I think I'll try making my own template as Robert suggests. I might not remember about using override with the normal census template. I'm assuming that once the template is created it will appear somewhere in the list in

[LegacyUG] Font for General Notes in Reports

2011-01-20 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 20/01/2011 20:59, Robert E. Carneal wrote: *Let me ask this: If I print an ancestor as an Individual Report, the portion that prints data from General Notes, which font is supposed to be used? Anyone know for sure?* Please do not post in HTML. Please do not hi-jack a thread to discuss

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Jerry
Hi Gene. Did you resolve your issue? Lost in all the discussion, at least for me, is what program you are transferring your Legacy gedcom into? Just wondering if that might make any difference. I simply used the defaults, but saved my export as a Legacy file, not a gedcom, imported into TNG

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Wheeler
Jerry, No joy yet. I'm importing into TNG; however, that is a moot point. When I inspect the GEDCOM created by Legacy, I'm not finding the LATI or the LONG statement, even though virtually every location in my database has been Geo-coded, even the Event locations. Gene = At

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Ron Bernier
Gene, If you are importing into TMG, why not use their import feature. TMG can import a Legacy .fdb directly. Ron Bernier Sent from my Blackberry - Original Message - From: Gene Wheeler [mailto:bridge...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 06:41 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Ron Bernier
Sorry, I misread. Ron Bernier Sent from my Blackberry - Original Message - From: Gene Wheeler [mailto:bridge...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 07:20 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long Ron -

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Wheeler
Ron, I'm using the very same setup and file. GEDCOM 5.5 does not, by default, include _PLAC _DEFN. You have to use the export to Legacy type file to get that element. so I started the process by selecting Legacy GEDCOM, then moved _PLAC _DEFN to the right column, then saved the customized

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Jerry
Why not just select export as Legacy, use defaults and don't change back to gedcom? I think that might negate your changes?? Gene Wheeler bridge...@gmail.com wrote: Ron, I'm using the very same setup and file. GEDCOM 5.5 does not, by default, include _PLAC _DEFN. You have to use the export

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Jerry
When you use the EXPORT menu selection on Legacy, even when you select LEGACY as the type of file and not GEDCOM, in reality you are still creating a GEDCOM file. The only thing I can tell you is that I used LEGACY for my EXPORT (NOT GEDCOM). Then I just let the defaults take care of themselves,

RE: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread David C Abernathy
Charles, Check out the Help of RIN's. For those who want to control the number used by Legacy, I would look into the use of User ID numbers. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Wheeler
Jerry, I did as you suggested, and lo and behold, the resulting GEDCOM did indeed have the _PLAC_DEFN and LATI/LONG entries! I'll import it into TNG and see what happens. Thanks for your persistence and help! Perhaps TNG can now adapt their position that GEDCOM 5.5 is required. Gene

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Jerry
Great! I hope it works out for you! --Jerry On 01/20/2011 08:57 PM, Gene Wheeler wrote: Jerry, I did as you suggested, and lo and behold, the resulting GEDCOM did indeed have the _PLAC_DEFN and LATI/LONG entries! I'll import it into TNG and see what happens. Thanks for your persistence

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:30:49 -0500, Charles Apple apple1...@embarqmail.com wrote: I have been following this thread with interest. Someone please correct me if I am wrong, however, am I to understand that renumbering RINs can cause confusion and is not necessarily a good thing to do. I was

[LegacyUG] Renumbering RINs (was: Phantom people - duplicated RINs)

2011-01-20 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Charles, I was considering renumbering some RINs, until this thread came up. Now I am not sure whether to do it or not. What are your reasons for considering renumbering your RINs? These could be important in your decision-making. If it is, as was mentioned earlier, to give someone close