Re: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree

2014-12-17 Thread Nigel Willits
Multiple occupations would not be a problem if there was a way to select or flag a 'main' occupation. Genealogy nerds like us appreciate all the detail, but family members with a casual interest just want to get a quick handle on their ancestors' lives when they look at the tree. Nigel On 16

RE: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree

2014-12-17 Thread Alan Pereira
Family Tree Maker 2005 used to handle this on charting by allowing you to select a Preferred Occupation (similar to the way legacy allows you to select a preferred marriage). FTM2005 then allowed you to select only the preferred Occupation for display. Maybe an option for a legacy enhancement?

Re: [LegacyUG] Reverse to do list?

2014-12-17 Thread Brian/Support
I imagine, like most modern genealogy programs, TMG included special tags to output data for items that were not supported by the GEDCOM specification. The spec allowed for these special outputs by letting programs invent custom output tags preceded by an underscore _ that were unique to their

Re: [LegacyUG] Reverse to do list?

2014-12-17 Thread Nancy
I guess I'll plan to import my file again and then compare the 2 when the time comes. Sent from my iPad On Dec 17, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: I imagine, like most modern genealogy programs, TMG included special tags to output data for items that were

[LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Jan Rogge
How do I prevent mail from this group from going into my spam folder? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Brian/Support
That very much depends on what email program you are using, what anti-virus software you use and what spam filtering you do on your in box. Generally if you add legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com as an addressee in your address book your email program should have a setting to ignore addresses in your

RE: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread William Boswell
I have the Legacy User Group marked as safe and some messages still go to spam if the originating post is from someone using an AOL or outside the US email address. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with LUG because most messages come through while others do not. Bill Boswell

RE: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Michele/Support
I have my gmail accounts configured in Outlook. No matter how many times I tell Outlook AND gmail that the LUG is not spam it sends half of it there it there anyway. I gave up a long time ago. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Gene Young
On 12/17/2014 9:59 AM, Jan Rogge wrote: How do I prevent mail from this group from going into my spam folder? Add legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com to your address book. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread MikeFry
On 2014/12/17 06:10 PM, William Boswell wrote: I have the Legacy User Group marked as safe and some messages still go to spam if the originating post is from someone using an AOL or outside the US email address. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with LUG because most messages come

RE: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?

2014-12-17 Thread CE WOOD
Just a note. I too, always used two spaces between sentences because that was grammatically correct in the past. The new rules of grammar, as taught in schools and professional writing course specifies one space between sentences. This occurred with the rise of computers. Editors receiving

Re: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree

2014-12-17 Thread Brooke Eastburn
Would it be possible to put the info this way: 1823-1875 Shoemaker, cordwainer, labourer, cow keeper, rag dealer, greengrocer This would give all the info but not be specific to what years he held these jobs. At least all the info would be listed. Or is the field limited to fewer spaces?

Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?

2014-12-17 Thread Jerry
Thanks CE. I never realized that. That was one of the things that they should have figured out a way to NOT change because it is easier to read almost anything with TWO spaces between sentences. Just a note on the (Â) thing. For me, it always seems to occur when I use quotations, bold or

Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?

2014-12-17 Thread Jerry
Wow, worse then I thought. It might be difficult for me after over about 50+ years of typing to start to use only one space! Jerry On 12/17/2014 12:40 PM, Jerry wrote: Thanks CE. I never realized that. That was one of the things that they should have figured out a way to NOT change

Re: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree

2014-12-17 Thread Jerry
The scheme below would be good except for the fact that we generally want to be able to produce alphabetical lists of occupations and that type of thing. But it seems that it would be possible to consolidate all the Cordwainers into a single item and just list the different dates in the adjacent

Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?

2014-12-17 Thread Oregon Rain
I have a friend who uses a IMac and every time she sends a message to a mail list and some times to me the "Â "is scattered through her message.   I agree with Wendy,   I also believe it is the mail list software. Constance From: wendy.how...@gmail.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree

2014-12-17 Thread Olwyn Bourne
For my 2 cents worth. I would like the opportunity to include occupation and if I could vote on it I would.Preferred occupation would be my choice, rather than a string of them. I have a few job hoppers in my tree and for them I would not bother with a preferred. I'd leave them blank

[LegacyUG] Unable to import NOTE from Gedcom file, if event contains both note,media and source

2014-12-17 Thread Karsten Weikop
Hi all I'm about to migrate from MyHeritage/Family Tree Builder to Legacy but have found a serious problem which is causing the migrating to stop. I have produced a GEDCOM file from Myheritage but if an event for an individual contains both note, media and source, then the note is not imported.

Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?

2014-12-17 Thread gerald
Oh, man, did you ever get a lot of them!! It usually indicates that our email program didnt understand what you wrote, so puts in a symbol because it didnt know what else to say! I work for a firm that does a lot of publishing, so whenever articles are written, I have to go through them and

RE: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread William Boswell
Same with me. I'm using gmail and Outlook and I find most of the LUG mail in spam. I keep telling Google that it is safe and it keeps tagging it as spam. -Original Message- From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:27 AM To:

RE: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread David Abernathy
You also need to see what you have blocked. Blocking gets checked before safe to receive. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com Sent: Wed Dec 17 11:39:59 PST 2014 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Nancy Paget
I just checked “junk mail” and found some Legacy User’s Group mail. I need to remember to do that more often. From: David Abernathy Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 1:49 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] question You also need to see what you have blocked.

[LegacyUG] Bagging a Live One - Connecting with Cousins You Never Knew You Had - free webinar by Mary Roddy now online for limited time

2014-12-17 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
The recording of today's webinar, Bagging a Live One - Connecting with Cousins You Never Knew You Had, by Mary Kircher Roddy, is now available to view for free at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com http://www.familytreewebinars.com/. You're going to want to watch this one again! AND we had a fun

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Stratton
I use the Thunderbird program. To get the LUG e-mail into the correct folder I set the Filter Rules to TO - contains - legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com. I use the program: Mailwasher Pro using the Spam Tools to sort out the mail into friend list, blacklist. So the e-mail does not get to my

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread David Abernathy
I have been using Outlook since version 98 and now 2010. I have never hsd issues with the LUG email going to the junk folder. One needs to check all of the options within the Junk area of Outlook. You may even want to remove ALL of the blocked enteries and start over. Sent from my Kindle Fire In

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Jerri
Like Wendy, I find that the group emails are often put into my junk folder ON MY ISP's SERVER, and these are never downloaded to my local email program. I have to periodically sign on to my email account through my browser to find these. I can then mark them as Not Spam. Hopefully, at some point

[LegacyUG] Printing Family Group Sheet Issue

2014-12-17 Thread Margaret Gagliardi
I must have clicked on something that I did not want, because now, when I go to preview a family group sheet to be sure it looks like I want it to and then print it, I only see the Husbands General Notes and noting for the wife. Would someone please tell me where to go to fix this issue? I cannot

RE: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
For those that are having problems with their ISP's server marking mail as JUNK before you even retrieve anything, you might be better served if you disable your ISP's spam filter entirely, download everything, and let your smart APP or email client program apply your own filters. The

[LegacyUG] Index Tab

2014-12-17 Thread Nancy Paget
In today’s webinar (Dec. 17, 2014) at the very end Geoff showed us how to lock the names in place while scrolling to the right in a spread sheet list of people. He said in Legacy to freeze pane go to the Index Tab, etc. etc. Where is the Index Tab in Legacy? Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Index Tab

2014-12-17 Thread Tessa Keough
Nancy It is a view - so you have Legacy Home, Family, Pedigree, Descendant, Chronology and Index. That last one is what he was talking about. Hope that helps. Tessa Tessa Keough Guild of One-Name Studies, Keough (Keogh, Kough Kehoe) Registered ONS Legacy Virtual Users' Group Community on

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Family Group Sheet Issue

2014-12-17 Thread Tessa Keough
Not sure but perhaps you need to check the Chronology Options tab after you are in the Chronology Report (there are checkmarks for what to include as well as who to include). Perhaps something got unchecked. Tessa Tessa Keough Guild of One-Name Studies, Keough (Keogh, Kough Kehoe) Registered

[LegacyUG] Digest version

2014-12-17 Thread Don Henderson
Hi Support Team Does Legacy not have a Digest Version of the list? Every one I have ever been on has one. I find it too bothersome to find 15 to 20 messages in my Inbox every day, on top of all my friends and business e-mails. Thanks, Don Henderson Legacy User Group guidelines:

RE: [LegacyUG] Digest version

2014-12-17 Thread Ron Bernier
The Legacy User Group does not have a digest version. Ron Bernier From: Don Henderson [mailto:dan...@kwic.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:41 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Digest version Hi Support Team Does Legacy not have a Digest Version of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Index Tab

2014-12-17 Thread Nancy
Thanks. As you can tell I'm just getting going with this program. Sent from my iPad On Dec 17, 2014, at 7:40 PM, Tessa Keough murke...@gmail.com wrote: Nancy It is a view - so you have Legacy Home, Family, Pedigree, Descendant, Chronology and Index. That last one is what he was talking

Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?

2014-12-17 Thread Jerry
Yeah and speaking of grammar, I see I used /then/ when it should have been /than/ below - got in a hurry. The reason so many of those A's appeared was because I used lots of spaces, then typed my name. I am wondering if using the TAB key would be a different result. I will try it here.

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest version

2014-12-17 Thread Jerry
I agree with you, Don, and apparently the third-party that Legacy uses doesn't offer a digest option. But what I did, which helps, is to create a filter just for Legacy emails. That way, those emails go directly into my Legacy folder. Jerry On 12/17/2014 08:40 PM, Don Henderson wrote: Hi

Re: [LegacyUG] This link on your user group page does not work

2014-12-17 Thread Sherry/Support
What is the URL that you're on when you click to go to the Help? Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Don Henderson dan...@kwic.com wrote: Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] This link on your user group page does not work

2014-12-17 Thread Jerry
Sherry, it looks like Don was reporting that the LINK below for Online technical support - http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp - is not working. I also noticed on the website under Help Center that the links for Troubleshooting Help, How to import files from another... and Tips are not

Re: [LegacyUG] How to change names of documents

2014-12-17 Thread Pat Hickin
How are you using the document? Is the document one of your sources? If so, it's very easy to change the name. Just edit the source, and then when Legacy asks if you want to change all instances of the source, say yes, and it's done. Otherwise, I think you'll have to do a search and replace. I

Re: [LegacyUG] This link on your user group page does not work

2014-12-17 Thread ronfergy . aul
Clicking the link in Jerry's post does not work. Confirmed. Ron Ferguson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest version

2014-12-17 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Don, As others have said, there is no digest for this list. A better way to manage your mail than digests (which are untimely and awkward to reply to), is to manage your mail box with filters. Or rules, the name varies depending on the program/service you use. The idea here is to create a

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread MikeFry
On 2014/12/18 01:45 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: Oh, one final caveat. If you are downloading everything, make sure you have a good antivirus program which can sniff out your email attachments and links. And a postscript from me: Be careful of how you use the This is Junk button or reporting

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Family Group Sheet Issue

2014-12-17 Thread MikeFry
On 2014/12/18 01:47 AM, Margaret Gagliardi wrote: I must have clicked on something that I did not want, because now, when I go to preview a family group sheet to be sure it looks like I want it to and then print it, I only see the Husbands General Notes and noting for the wife. Would

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest version

2014-12-17 Thread MikeFry
On 2014/12/18 03:40 AM, Don Henderson wrote: Does Legacy not have a Digest Version of the list? Every one I have ever been on has one. I find it too bothersome to find 15 to 20 messages in my Inbox every day, on top of all my friends and business e-mails. What difference is there between

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread Charlene C
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 1:39 PM, William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: Same with me. I'm using gmail and Outlook and I find most of the LUG mail in spam. I keep telling Google that it is safe and it keeps tagging it as spam. This is a known problem, especially with Gmail and goes back