Re: [LegacyUG] Research Guidance

2014-10-14 Thread Chris Bayley
Anne, I too have also thought it would be great to be able to add your own research sites. My work around to this is 2 fold. - Try changing the default country for an individual by going to options in research guidance. Save go back to options and select refresh RG results. I have obtained

Re: [LegacyUG] guardianship

2014-10-14 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 14/10/2014 02:18, Reuben Marchant wrote: How would I add a guardianship to the events/facts? Should I just add it to the general notes? My 3rd great-grandfather took guardianship of his son's children after the son and his wife died and the grandfather was then living with them on their

RE: [LegacyUG] Research Guidance

2014-10-14 Thread Michele/Support
Anne, You can’t add your own websites but I can :) The next update to Legacy has a lot of updates to current sources and a lot of new sources including some new Australian ones. I still have time to sneak in a few more so I will add the ones you have listed. If there is anything else

RE: [LegacyUG] Odd Legacy 7.5 error

2014-10-14 Thread Judy Jim Novinger II
Sherry Cathy, Deleting the .LNG file and reloading fixed the problem. Many thanks. JIM From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 9:37 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Odd Legacy 7.5 error Jim, The solution to

Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity

2014-10-14 Thread singhals
I hope consideration is given to the unfortunate fact that ethnicity and birthplace are largely unrelated. When I run that Origins report on myself in one ff, it admits 33% of my ancestors were born in Virginia, 33% in Pennsylvania, 33% in Germany, and 1% other. We Virginians may THINK of

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to legacyusergroup mailing list

2014-10-14 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 13 Oct 2014 23:38, lhbrig...@earthlink.net wrote: I apologize for this automatic reply to your email. To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand. If you would like to be added to my list of approved senders, please fill

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to legacyusergroup mailing list

2014-10-14 Thread MikeFry
On 14 Oct 2014 16:25, singhals wrote: MikeFry wrote: On 13 Oct 2014 23:38, lhbrig...@earthlink.net wrote: I apologize for this automatic reply to your email. To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand. If you would like to be added to my

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread BARTON LEWIS
Dear Wendy, I don't know why my messages won't post.  But obviously this one did, eventually, since you and Kathy Meyer replied.  What's odd is that yours and Kathy's replies are the first evidence I had that my post went through -- i.e., I never saw my original post come through.  I did include

Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity

2014-10-14 Thread Brian/Support
I wonder how the Origins Report suddenly became a report on ethnicity? The help for the report says this: It's nice to know where we came from - where our ancestors were born. Most of us are a mixture of nationalities who have joined together and split apart for centuries. Legacy can gather all

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread MikeFry
On 14 Oct 2014 16:43, BARTON LEWIS wrote: Dear Wendy, I don't know why my messages won't post. But obviously this one did, eventually, since you and Kathy Meyer replied. What's odd is that yours and Kathy's replies are the first evidence I had that my post went through -- i.e., I never saw

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread BARTON LEWIS
So if a person is showing as having 2 marriages, both to the same person, you unlink one of them?  Which one, does it matter?  Will it result in the children being unlinked from the parent, even though it's the correct parent (but a duplicate one)?  I don't understand how there can be a link to 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity

2014-10-14 Thread Sherry/Support
Brian and Cheryl, Nationality and ethnicity are two different things - Nationality (Merriam-Webster) is defined as : a group of people who share the same history, traditions, and language, and who usually live together in a particular country : the fact or status of being a member or citizen

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread BARTON LEWIS
I only have one email address. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:56 AM, MikeFry wrote: On 14 Oct 2014 16:43, BARTON LEWIS wrote: Dear Wendy, I don't know why my messages won't post. But obviously this one did, eventually, since you and Kathy Meyer replied. What's odd is that yours and Kathy's

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread MikeFry
On 14 Oct 2014 16:59, BARTON LEWIS wrote: I only have one email address. When posting, you have to allow the mailing list server time to send messages out. If you just want to see whether your message made it to the list, look at the archives. But again, allow time. Depending on intervening

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread Brian/Support
supp...@legacyfamilytree.com is NOT the address for this list. That address is only for reporting problems with using Legacy and not for queries to the user community. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 14/10/2014 1043,

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread Kathy Meyer
I would go to the spouses list and click on each one to see which was linked to the children. In my case, the erroneous marriage didn't have children linked to it so I could unlink safely. The program is able to link them twice because technically the same couple could have married twice -

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread BARTON LEWIS
Well, that's a bit ironic, because someone from that email address just replied to my query, and told me where to find the workaround for my problem. Barton On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Brian/Support wrote: supp...@legacyfamilytree.com is NOT the address for this list. That address is

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread BARTON LEWIS
okay, thank you, Kathy. Barton On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Kathy Meyer wrote: I would go to the spouses list and click on each one to see which was linked to the children.  In my case, the erroneous marriage didn't have children linked to it so I could unlink safely.   The program is able

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread Sherry/Support
Your email to support was forwarded to the tech who handles issues with emails. Since you're now seeing them, he apparently has reset your subscription. Most often the email problems we receive are when emails are posted to the group but they're not coming back to you or they're landing in your

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread R G Strong-genes
Barton, For the person showing 2 marriages the one to unlink would be the one that has no children attached to the marriage. The quickest way to go through the marriages of the individual is if it is male click on the bar that appears to the left of the husband when the mouse hovers over it or

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread BARTON LEWIS
Thank you, Sherry. Barton On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Sherry/Support wrote: Your email to support was forwarded to the tech who handles issues with emails. Since you're now seeing them, he apparently has reset your subscription. Most often the email problems we receive are when emails

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread ronfergy . aul
Barton, It seems to be OK now, so why not post your problem. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ BARTON LEWIS bartonle...@optonline.net wrote: Dear Wendy, I don't know why my messages won't post.  But obviously this one did, eventually, since you and Kathy Meyer replied.  What's odd is that

Re: [LegacyUG] Using GoogleDrive -- Conflict errors

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Hall
GoogleDrive works the same way as Dropbox, in that a file is stored on each computer you have connected, which then synchronizes to the file on GoogleDrive. If the file is open on more than one device at the same time, a conflict version is created. I'm not certain the timing of the sync ... I

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Merge issue

2014-10-14 Thread BARTON LEWIS
Ron, multiple replies have come back about my post (re duplicate marriage), so I will trouble shoot them tonight at home. Thanks, Barton On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:55 AM, ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Barton, It seems to be OK now, so why not post your problem. Ron Ferguson

Re: [LegacyUG] Using GoogleDrive -- Conflict errors

2014-10-14 Thread Sherry/Support
Just a suggestion - since Dropbox worked fine for you why not use both, DB for the Family File and Google Drive for whatever else you use? Unless the Family File is too big. I have both Dropbox and Skydrive for different purposes and have yet to get close to running out of free space on either!

Re: [LegacyUG] guardianship

2014-10-14 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Reuben, Thanks for asking a question I should have asked myself. Thanks to Jenny and Wendy for your answers. My 3rd G Grandparents died with 3 minor boys and an infant girl. The girl was adopted by a half aunt but had financial interest in the estate so the guardian was mostly concerned with the

Re: [LegacyUG] Using GoogleDrive -- Conflict errors

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Hall
Sherry: Yes, if necessary, I'll have to split it like that. I have enough Dropbox room to handle the Legacy data files. Just a little frustrating, as it seems more of a workaround than a root cause fix. I'm no techie, but I'm guessing it has to do with how Dropbox and GoogleDrive perceive a

[LegacyUG] Book Report Title Page Overlaying

2014-10-14 Thread Jessica Morgan
Is there a known issue with the title page of any book reports in publishing center overlaying the title? My title should read Descendants of So and so goes here instead, both lines are on same line, thus making it illegible. This happened with all the reports I tried to run with a title page,

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] guardianship

2014-10-14 Thread Pat Hickin
I have an event named Family into which I put these kinds of things. Pat On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Robert57P_gmail robert...@gmail.com wrote: Do not overlook the Relationship to Father and Relationship to Mother. * Right click on the child list * Select Children's settings * Put

Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity

2014-10-14 Thread M Sandvig
I changed 'christening' to 'Tribe'. On Oct 12, 2014 2:07 PM, fersken fers...@verizon.net wrote: Since the emergence of the Origin’s Report, I have been considering the difference between place of birth and ethnicity. I have Montaukett Indian ancestry in my background but on the Origin’s

Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity

2014-10-14 Thread johnbernacki1
Knowing the country of origin or nationality is a step toward finding an ancestor’s culture or ethnicity, but even recording an accurate name of the nation may immediately say a little more about an ancestor. For example, Italy was not a nation-state until 1861. If an ancestor lived before

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative .pdf General Notes - double-bracketed included - why?

2014-10-14 Thread Jerry
Hi Pat. I'm not sure what you mean by re-starting Windows? Do you simply mean shutting down your computer and re-starting. Couldn't hurt anything as long as you have your Legacy database backed up and saved properly. But did you re-create your report again from scratch after you made your