A direct line ancestor, Heinrich Ladendorf, has been found listed as Henry
Lander in the 1860 census. He has also been found listed as H Ladendorff (an
extra F), Henry Landenderf, etc. on different sources. There are several
other variations.
Would you list every spelling you find, or just the
I think every alternate name that you come across should be recorded
together with the source where you came across it. These names do not
have to appear in Individual and Family Group reports but for anyone
following on from your research they could be very useful.
David
On 09/01/2014 11:57,
This is really a personal preference thing but I will tell you that I record
ALL akas that I find in the records. In your census example, I would record
each one and I would use the specific census as the source for each AKA. That
way I can easily see how his name was recorded and where it
On 09/01/2014 11:57, Ed Ladendorf wrote:
A direct line ancestor, Heinrich Ladendorf, has been found listed as
Henry Lander in the 1860 census. He has also been found listed as H
Ladendorff (an extra F), Henry Landenderf, etc. on different
sources. There are several other variations.
Would
I customize the family view with AKA1 (1st alternate name) and AKA2 (2nd
alternate name), then I list all the different Given names and spellings
in AKA1 separating each with a space. (Heinrich Henry)I do the same for
Surnames in AKA2. (Ladendorff Landenderf) That way I can easily see all
the name
This is not a criticism, just a question.
Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard document
clipart in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the document like we
can with jpgs and other pictures?
Just curious,
Thanks!
Rob Miller
Legacy User Group
I don’t think there is a standard Windows function for doing that. If you look
at Windows file explorer, at a folder with mixed jpg and pdf files, and you
have in Thumbnail view, you’ll see thumbnails of the jpg files but just a big
icon for the pdf files.
The only place I can remember
Haven't been receiving mail from the group for the last week or more.
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Ed Ladendorf wrote:
A direct line ancestor, Heinrich Ladendorf, has been found
listed as Henry Lander in the 1860 census. He has also been
found listed as H Ladendorff (an extra F), Henry
Landenderf, etc. on different sources. There are several
other variations.
Would you list every
I record all the AKAs with the source. Not only for the sake of people
following-up my research, but for myself! There is nothing worse than being
pretty sure about something, but not being able to find where the information
came from!
On Thu,
Your email came through to the group. There has been plenty of activity on the
group the past week.
I guess you’ll need to contact support (supp...@legacyfamilytree.com). Don’t
know if the reset function they use will work in your case. That usually
solves the problem for new users whose
I have always wondered about obvious misspellings of names from records such as
the census. I transcribe records myself if an image is available because some
of the transcriptions I've found online are incorrect and completely destroy
the spelling of names. Should we include the misspellings
I continue to reclaim my lost census records and link them with the
relinker. Sometimes it is not clear whether they should be located in the
county folder or the city folder. I have learned how to discover the name
of the lost file. Is there a way to discover where Legacy is expecting to
find
I have a feeling that the Relinker tool will only work if your Legacy data has
already been set up with the images linked. I don't think it will work if you
are trying to establish the linking process unless an FTM GEDCOM has preserved
the path to those images.
What version of FTM are you
Bill, I am using FTM2009. Thanks!
From: William Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com]
Sent: January-09-14 11:58 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] How to get FTM media files to export to Legacy8
I have a feeling that the Relinker tool will only work if your
I always place my census record images by the year of the census then the
individual files are renamed by Roll number, State, Census Page Number, and
name of head of household (i.e., 1920 CT T625_190 Pg 3-B Wm B Shalkop). I say
renamed because some online websites use a meaningless number for
At one point Diane I believe you said you chose an option in FTM to
export only to GEDCOM 5.5. In Legacy when we present that option we only
export a limited subset of the data for individuals. Did you also choose
to include the links to your media in the GEDCOM? If there were no links
to media in
This is a totally different question. Ancestry.com is the worse. If the
index says Joan Davis but I clearly see John Davies on the actual page, I
record the name as John Davies. I don’t care what the indexer wrote. This
happens all the time.
On your other point, I would be careful
If the person is indexed under the name, incorrect as it may be, how
will you find them again in other places which derive their data from
the original place which contains the error without having recorded that
spelling error as an AKA? Yes you said you put the name as it was
recorded in the
I got it to work in FTM 2014. I exported my FTM data file with images to a
GEDCOM 5.5.
Click on OK.
The box Export to GEDCOM pops up.
Instead of selecting Other select FTM 16
Leave character set at ANSI
Click OK
Name your GEDCOM
Watch the box that pops up to make sure it is
Create a GEDCOM for FTM with Family Tree Maker as the destination. That
will include all the FTM information and give Legacy the maximum amount
of data, including links to any media files you have linked in FTM.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
Rob,
The Legacy program includes an internal picture viewer. Other file types
depend on your computer's default program to view them.
--
Richard Van Wasshnova
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:09 AM, robs_familytree .
robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca wrote:
This is not a criticism, just a question.
Since
Thanks. I know about Ancestry.com. I believe they use software to transcribe
most of their records which is why I don't trust their transcriptions. If no
image is available with the transcription, it gets a low-star rating from me
until I find something better.
I guess I should have been
I’m wondering if all those that responded saying that they record every AKA
along with the source where they found it really mean that they record every
common variation of a name. What I mean specifically if someone’s given name
was Robert, do they record an instance of Bob, and Bobbie, and
I attach a number of PDF files to sources, but also when possible include the
text contained or related to that PDF that way I don't have to keep opening an
external file. Another alternative, if available to you, is to convert PDF
files to JPG's if it doesn't contain a lot of pages. I just
That is true about an inflated family file and all those variations.
For abbreviations like Robt (Robert) and Jno (John), I normally spell them out
since they're obvious. Something like Hattie (I have a lot of Hattie's) or
Fannie I have to assume are nicknames so I have to list them.
Diane:
Brian has the correct answer.
Create a GEDCOM for FTM with Family Tree Maker as the destination. That
will include all the FTM information and give Legacy the maximum amount
of data, including links to any media files you have linked in FTM.
Chap
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On 2014/01/09 19:18, Michele/Support wrote:
This is a totally different question. Ancestry.com is the worse. If the
index
says Joan Davis but I clearly see John Davies on the actual page, I record the
name as John Davies. I don’t care what the indexer wrote. This happens all
the
time.
I have input a suggestion to our enhancements list to have the Name/Rin
reinstated either in the title bar or in the header of the screen.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
On 08-Jan-2014 3:32 PM, robs_familytree . wrote:
In
Hi Brian,
I opened the GEDCOM file in Word - all 3198 pages of it. I searched for a few
names of images I have in my FTM Tree and it found none. I then searched for
the term “jpg” (without the quotes) and it only found instances where the term
jpg came up in notes I had made.
The main
On 09/01/2014 17:19, Brian/Support wrote:
If the person is indexed under the name, incorrect as it may be, how
will you find them again in other places which derive their data from
the original place which contains the error without having recorded that
spelling error as an AKA? Yes you said
On 09/01/2014 18:22, MikeFry wrote:
This is a totally different question. Ancestry.com is the worse. If the
index
says Joan Davis but I clearly see John Davies on the actual page, I record
the
name as John Davies. I don’t care what the indexer wrote. This happens all
the
time.
And
And without a correction to the transcription (which Ancestry _NEVER_ do) how
is someone else going to find the record?
Probably the same way everybody else finds it--spelling the name correctly.
That's how I found most of the records with misspelled names. In a few cases,
I didn't find the
In Legacy 8, if I look at the Edit Children screen I can see the
asterisk to indicate the Preferred Child but in Family View the asterisk
is not showing, whether the children are in columns or scrolling list.
Is this a known bug?
--
Jenny M Benson
Legacy User Group guidelines:
I cannot create a GEDCOM for FTM with Family Tree Maker as the destination -
The dialog box shows that I have three exporting choices under “Output format”,
namely “Family Tree Maker” – “GEDCOM 5.5 (standard)” and “GEDCOM for FTM 16”.
Below this there are boxes next to 7 items, namely:
•
All I know is the media links from FTM to Legacy worked using FTM 2014 to
export a GEDCOM so Diane might have to upgrade or try the instructions I gave
in another post.
I noticed in my test that I had to choose FTM 16. It might work choosing one
of the other FTM versions, but I didn't try.
I’m afraid that is not the answer. My only choice to make a “GEDCOM for FTM16”
and when I checked it in Word it did not include either the media files or
links to the files. As with the “GEDCOM 5.5” option the box to include media
files was greyed out.
However I did try it and imported the
Jenny,
The asterisk for Preferred Child is showing on my Family View screen.
(have latest build of Legacy)
Virginia
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.ukwrote:
In Legacy 8, if I look at the Edit Children screen I can see the
asterisk to indicate the Preferred
Brian/Support wrote:
recorded in the source transcription but the AKA is a more visible place
to see that somewhere his name was recorded with that transcription error.
Do I actually /want/ 36 variant surname spellings to be
more visible in reports that cover 328 people would be a
question to
Maybe FTM 2009 doesn't have the capability to export links in a GEDCOM. All I
know is the current version of FTM will do it if the links in your FTM data
file are actually linked. You have to select your destination as FTM after
selecting GEDCOM 5.5 otherwise it won't work. I selected FTM 16
It's part of Options - Customize 3.8.
-Original Message-
From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk]
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:56 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Preferred child indictor
In Legacy 8, if I look at the Edit Children screen I
Diane,
Have you tried posting your problem on the FTM Message Board on Ancestry?
There appears to be several discussions regarding the transfer of media
files via a gedcom from FTM. (Make you sure mention which FTM program you
have.)
Virginia
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Diane Marcotte
But whether AKAs print in reports is up to you because it is an option.
CE
From: singh...@erols.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] When to use AKAs
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:22:23 -0500
Brian/Support wrote:
recorded in the source transcription but the AKA is
On 09/01/2014 19:33, Kurt Kneeland wrote:
It's part of Options - Customize 3.8.
Thanks, Kurt! I must have not thought to check the options, seeing that
the asterisk was displaying on the Edit Child screen and presuming that
I had selected an option for that.
--
Jenny M Benson
Legacy User
I was going to say “good point” to Cheryl’s comment but your response is even
“gooder”. Legacy makes these things all so flexible for the user. Just gotta
love a program that does that!
From: CE WOOD [mailto:wood...@msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:01 PM
To:
Choose the Family Tree Maker Format Option. Then those other choices
should no longer be greyed out.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
On 09-Jan-2014 1:57 PM, Diane Marcotte wrote:
I cannot create a GEDCOM for FTM with
Just a different way to keep something that has been available a long
time. In 7.5 and earlier that box opened when you clicked on the date in
the bottom of the screen. In 8.0 the date is no longer on screen so the
hotspot box was added as a trigger point.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia
Brian:
It's also missing from the title bar of the Assigned Sources (just noticed
this). Are you able to have this reinstated also?
Thanks,
Rob Miller
From: br...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do Items
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 13:23:59
I do :) It gives me a better idea of what the person actually went by.
Michele
Technical Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 12:45 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Thanks Virginia… I just did that. Diane
From: Virginia Dunham [mailto:geistdn...@gmail.com]
Sent: January-09-14 2:33 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to get FTM media files to export to Legacy8
Diane,
Have you tried posting your problem on the FTM
Thanks Brian
-- Original Message --
From: Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com
Sent: 1/9/2014 4:29:36 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] AniMap
Like Legacy, Animap is a Windows program. You may be able to run it on
a
Mac using any of the virtual machine
I would like to tag all direct ancestor marriages to tagged 8th and 9th
generation grandparents. I have them tagged #1 and have a search list.
Is there a way to use this to tag the intervening marriages as marriage
tag #1. This presumes that the tags are different between general and
marriage
If I choose the Family Tree Maker option it is not a GEDCOM that is created but
a backup of my FTM tree.
Diane
-Original Message-
From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: January-09-14 3:20 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to get
Marriage Tags and Individual Tags are separate. Unfortunately, there is not
yet an advanced tagging function for the Marriage Tags. They can only be
turned on/off one at a time.
Best I can think of is to use advanced tagging to tag your direct ancestors
(exclude siblings, etc, and limit to
Thanks Kurt.
Don Hanson
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Kneeland [mailto:kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:07 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adding USA to Locations
It is already reported as fixed for the next release.
Diane:
I am not sure you have specified which version of FTM you have?
They all work a little different and have different options.
Chap
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On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Diane Marcotte dianemarco...@bell.netwrote:
If I choose the Family Tree Maker
She's using the 2009 version. I just installed it to test and she is right.
There are no options for exporting to a GEDCOM that will include the links to
her image files. She would need a later version. The only one I know that
will do it is FTM 2014 if exported properly.
Bill Boswell
Dave,
The text file of missing media given to you by the Media Relinker or
by clicking Test all Media Folders button at Options Customise 6.2
and then checking Make a list of all missing media includes the
path of the missing media as well as the name.
You need to keep checking that - though
Jenny:
1. As I mentioned when I started my family tree I didn't source my documents (I
never in a million years thought it would get as big as it is, and did not
understand why it was so important).
I'm now trying to redo my tree, but this time sourcing each documents (I do
have copies of
David:
Thank you very much for the explanation. That really helped make it clearer for
me. I'm now teetering on switching over to lumping and using shared events
(from splitting and creating separate events).
As I'm playing catch-up I think using the shared events will help me in the
time
Confirmed. Problem report raised to have this fixed. To reset the
display you just need to close and restart Legacy that is a lot easier
than generating new web pages without FSID. It will occur if you create
any sort of report with FS ID included.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
Hi Leo,
I'm not Jenny and haven't read the whole thread - but if you can put
the transcription in the Master Source text, then you are almost an
extreme splitter.
For example: I have a Census source for each year for each country.
(most of my research is in the UK) But even if I had one for each
To get a complete picture, you also need to do the paragraph 3 search for
females. There are more marriages where the ancestry of the wife is unknown,
but there are several in my 100+ generations where the ancestry of the husband
is unknown. To be thorough, do both.
Considering the number of
“in my 100+ generations”
That is a bit to many, I think you need to do another count?
That is back to the BC time period?
Thanks,
David C Abernathy
Email disclaimers
This message represents the official view of
Chap I have version FTM2009 and it does not have the necessary features that
FTM2014 has. Diane
From: Leon Chapman [mailto:chap...@gmail.com]
Sent: January-09-14 5:48 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to get FTM media files to export to Legacy8
Diane:
I am
Thanks everyone for doing your best to help me. Bill Boswell has confirmed for
me that my only choice, if I want to save months of work, is to upgrade to
FTM2014. So I shall do that.
Diane
From: William Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com]
Sent: January-09-14 6:05 PM
To:
I have a case where two children, Ann and Mark lost both parents in an
accident. Both were adopted by their mother’s sister. The children are
shown biologicaly with their birth parents, and I also show them as adopted
by their aunt and uncle. This is easily explained in notes. BUT, in
Legacy
Thank you, Brian, our intrepid support person.
Bryan
Sent from Windows Mail
From: Brian/Support
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 12:51 PM
To: Legacy
Confirmed. Problem report raised to have this fixed. To reset the
display you just need to close and restart Legacy that
Isn't it prompting you to double check that any notes or comments that need
to be added have been added?
For example, I copy Jane's baptism register source, and paste it to her
father's occupation event, prompted for detail I add in Text/Comments
Citation for daughter Jane's baptism, gives
My gggrandfather was born in Feb 1814. His supposed father died before Jan
1812. How do I unlink from the father but not the mother? When I try to
unlink it will only let me unlink both. Do I do this then link back to the
mother, or is there a simpler way?
Jim
Legacy User Group
Yes, it is.
CE
From: da...@schmeckabernathy.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Tagging marriages
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 16:19:33 -0800
“in my 100+ generations”That is a bit to many, I think you need to do another
count?That is back to the BC time period?
How do I control where Legacy looks for timelines? I don't see it under
CUSTOMIZATION.
I just discovered that Legacy version 8 on my desktop is looking for the
timelines in the old version 7 folder. Not a major problem until I
eventually delete the version 7 folders. How to I tell version 8 to
On 2014/01/10 05:55, JAS POWELL wrote:
My gggrandfather was born in Feb 1814. His supposed father died before Jan
1812. How do I unlink from the father but not the mother? When I try to
unlink
it will only let me unlink both. Do I do this then link back to the mother,
or
is there a
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