Re: [LegacyUG] Glitch in the Relationship Calculator

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Ferguson
Pat, I am not saying that the RC does not have a problem, although I have never found it, but are you certain that you have ghost marriages, or similar? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Listers, I probably shouldn’t be spending my time

Re: [LegacyUG] Glitch in the Relationship Calculator

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Ferguson
My last should have said, of course, do not have ghost images Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Pat, I am not saying that the RC does not have a problem, although I have never found it, but are you certain that you have ghost

RE: [LegacyUG] Glitch in the Relationship Calculator

2012-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
My dad and my stepmother are blood related (distantly but blood related). They relationship calculator will only say that they are husband and wife. Michele From: Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 11:51 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Glitch in the Relationship Calculator

2012-09-11 Thread Jacob Psutka
Michele, Are you limiting the RC by setting the number of levels in the bottom left of its screen too low? Jacob On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Michele Lewis ancestor...@gmail.com wrote: My dad and my stepmother are blood related (distantly but blood related). They relationship calculator

RE: [LegacyUG] Glitch in the Relationship Calculator

2012-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
Well that's weird. I didn't change the settings at all. I had blood at 999 and non blood at 10 already. Now it is showing them as 4th cousins twice removed and as husband and wife. I have only recently connected my stepmother into the family but the first time I ran it, it didn't pick it up

Re: [LegacyUG] Glitch in the Relationship Calculator

2012-09-11 Thread Pat Hickin
Ron, What is a ghost marriage? Michele, I think the RC must be like people -- exercise makes them more agile! :-) Pat On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Michele Lewis ancestor...@gmail.comwrote: Well that's weird. I didn't change the settings at all. I had blood at 999 and non blood at 10

Re: [LegacyUG] How to lump census records

2012-09-11 Thread Pat Hickin
I don't use SourceWriter for censuses. I'm very much a splitter. My Source List Name reads, e.g.: Year US State County - township/PO - repository (HeritageQuest, Anc or whatever) 1860 US Census-IL-Jackson Co.-Carbondale PO-HerQu For the Title, I simply copy and paste the Source List Name.

Re: [LegacyUG] How to lump census records

2012-09-11 Thread Tim Rosenlof
On 9/11/2012 7:58 AM, Pat Hickin wrote: Year US State County - township/PO - repository (HeritageQuest, Anc or whatever) Repository is not (HeritageQuest, Ancestry or whatever) U.S. Census are housed at the 'National Archives'. If HeritageQuest, Ancestry are no longer around, how would one

Re: [LegacyUG] How to lump census records

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Ferguson
Tim, I do not not disagree with you in absolute terms, but I do put (Ancestry, Findmypast etc.) in the repository. But I also make it clear where the actual documents may be viewed. My reason for this is that there may by a transcription error in Ancestry etc. which I have recorded as written;

[LegacyUG] Wednesday's Webinar: What is a Reasonably Exhaustive Search?

2012-09-11 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
The first step of the Genealogical Proof Standard is to complete a reasonably exhaustive search for all relevant records related to your research objective. This webinar, presented by Certified Genealogist Michael Hait, discusses what a reasonably exhaustive search constitutes, why this is

[LegacyUG] Paper filing question (by family)

2012-09-11 Thread Paula Ryburn
I file my papers by family (I believe it's the system by Mills?), and have a question for those of you who do likewise. I don't wish to change how I file the papers, because I do my research by family. For a daughter, I have been filing all her papers for events prior to her marriage (e.g., her

Re: [LegacyUG] How to lump census records

2012-09-11 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 11/09/2012 17:09, Ron Ferguson wrote: I do not not disagree with you in absolute terms, but I do put (Ancestry, Findmypast etc.) in the repository. But I also make it clear where the actual documents may be viewed. My reason for this is that there may by a transcription error in Ancestry

Re: [LegacyUG] How to lump census records

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jenny, There is no difference between us. I was thinking mainly in terms of transcribed data, but like yourself, if there is an image then, I agree, it is my view which I use; often with a comment such as Ancestry indexes the name as x , where it differs from my version. I still put the

RE: [LegacyUG] Paper filing question (by family)

2012-09-11 Thread Richard and Evita Piepho
For a daughter--yes For a son--I would follow same as for a daughter as you listed but remember everyone has a different way of filing and depends on the how you are developing the tree therefore there isn't a correct way of filing. You do what is comfortable to you...if you have Legacy use it

Re: [LegacyUG] Paper filing question (by family)

2012-09-11 Thread JLB
Although I file by MRIN, the question is still applicable. I put all records for a person in their MRIN folder (and under their MRIN in paper filing) regardless of whether it's before a marriage or after. Except, for instance, where they're in a census record as a child. All census records are

Re: [LegacyUG] New files

2012-09-11 Thread Lavern Hall
Sorry, I've tried, but I don't know how to accomplish this. I don't have a problem highlighting the text, then doing a copy/paste, but I don't know how do I get the source to copy? Thanks... Lavern Hall On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:00 PM, JLB j...@jgen.ws wrote: If your previous use of that

[LegacyUG] Living or Dead - take 2

2012-09-11 Thread Karen and Jim
Hi again, I'm using version 5 Deluxe. And I still think it is the best of the best. And I've been using genealogy software since Roots II and CP/M in the mid 1980s. But. Here is what is happening with Legacy. 1. Henry Kirk is born in 1917 and I enter him into Legacy. 2. When I save, I'm asked

RE: [LegacyUG] Living or Dead - take 2

2012-09-11 Thread Michele Lewis
There is something in the options you can change. It asks you if they are living or dead based on what age you have in this option. You can pump the age up to something like 999 and then it won't ask you anymore. Michele -Original Message- From: Karen and Jim

Re: [LegacyUG] New files

2012-09-11 Thread JLB
If it's an Event you're talking about and I think from what you said, it is, click the Edit button for that Event on a person where it's entered correctly. Over on the right side, under the bigger buttons - under Help are two smaller buttons, one for copy, one for paste. Click the copy button

RE: [LegacyUG] How to lump census records

2012-09-11 Thread Judith
Repository is not (HeritageQuest, Ancestry or whatever) U.S. Census are housed at the 'National Archives'. If HeritageQuest, Ancestry are no longer around, how would one find the record. One needs to enter where and how to drive a person to the actual source. Ancestry, are just tools to make

Re: [LegacyUG] New files

2012-09-11 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 11/09/2012 20:48, Lavern Hall wrote: Sorry, I've tried, but I don't know how to accomplish this. I don't have a problem highlighting the text, then doing a copy/paste, but I don't know how do I get the source to copy? Thanks... You don't usually use Copy Paste to replicate and Event and

Re: [LegacyUG] Paper filing question (by family)

2012-09-11 Thread SHIRLEY ANDERSON
I put all of the records for an individual together. (I use 3-ring binders, but I have described it as if the dividers were folders.) If I don't have any descendants for the person, I put their records with their parents. If I later find descendants, I move the records. I keep the photos in

Re: [LegacyUG] New files

2012-09-11 Thread Lavern Hall
Thanks. The procedure JL outlined is correct for copying the event; however, as Jenny confirmed, the source does not copy. I suspect the easiest (and quickest) option is to just re-create the source for this child, but I'm happy to read up on Events and the Source Clipboard again... always

Re: [LegacyUG] Show me your printer

2012-09-11 Thread Karen and Jim
Sherry, I'm assume that Legacy is using Windoz Print Preview for the report screen display. And I find no fault in that. In fact it is a plus in that Legacy doesn't need to add it to its own large code baggage. I see I have Microsoft XPS Document Writer installed in Printers and Faxes. Nothing

[LegacyUG] How to source change of gender

2012-09-11 Thread Tony Rolfe
The 1891 census shows Bertie Knight as a 4-year-old daughter. I added her as such. Then she appeared in 1901 as a 14-year-old son, working as a hay binder. In 1911, she is also a son and still working as a hay binder. It seems reasonably obvious that he was mislabelled in 1891, so I clicked

Re: [LegacyUG] How to source change of gender

2012-09-11 Thread Western Spirit Wood Creations
Tony I would suggest putting your findings in the Notes for the individual. You may also put in an Alt Birth using the same birth information but adding a note that the 1891 Census contains an error on gender and sourcing it with the 1901 and 1911 Censuses. If you also use new.FamilySearch verify

Re: [LegacyUG] Show me your printer

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jim, I am right in thinking that you are still using V5. If so do you really expect Legacy to amend such an outdated version? This does not mean I agree with your comments, I don't. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 J Karen and Jim sindbe...@att.net wrote: Sherry, I'm assume