[LegacyUG] Tag Numbers not shown on Opening Family Page

2015-08-08 Thread Alan Pereira
on previous versions Alan Pereira 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 Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

RE: [LegacyUG] Tag Numbers not shown on Opening Family Page

2015-08-08 Thread Alan Pereira
On 08/08/2015 5:53 AM, Alan Pereira wrote: Deluxe Edition 8.0.0.509 Default set to Starting View = Family View (1.1) Since installing this update, the Tags that have been used against the individuals that are first displayed do not show. They subsequently appear correctly when I choose to edit

RE: [LegacyUG] Tag Numbers not shown on Opening Family Page

2015-08-08 Thread Alan Pereira
Did you mean Version 509. If so, do you open Legacy with Family View and does any tagging show up on the first screen before you edit anything? Alan From: Adrian Purkiss [mailto:a...@wavp.co.uk] Sent: 08 August 2015 14:19 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Cc: remotes...@wavp.co.uk

RE: [LegacyUG] \tab

2015-06-07 Thread Alan Pereira
lucky you didn’t lockup the entire computer. I also have Windows 7 with SP, Legacy 8.0.0.473. On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I am finding \tab and \tab\tab appearing in my marriage notes. I attempted to globally replace them with spaces but Legacy

[LegacyUG] \tab

2015-06-06 Thread Alan Pereira
I am finding \tab and \tab\tab appearing in my marriage notes. I attempted to globally replace them with spaces but Legacy 8 stops responding and I have to close it using task manager. Windows 7 64 bit Legacy 8 update 499 I can only think that an update changed actual tabs to the text \tab? Alan

[LegacyUG] Recall: \tab

2015-06-06 Thread Alan Pereira
Alan Pereira would like to recall the message, \tab. 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 Nov. 21 2009

RE: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Make a Family File Read-Only?

2015-03-16 Thread Alan Pereira
Has anyone tried burning the fdb file to a cd rom and seeing if it can be opened by Legacy? Alan From: Stephen Dowdy [mailto:stephen.do...@gmail.com] Sent: 15 March 2015 16:42 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Make a Family File Read-Only? The

RE: [LegacyUG] Direct Line Ancestor

2015-02-18 Thread Alan Pereira
tag then I ignore the information as a waste of time. Alan Pereira From: Ila East [mailto:sunnydays1...@gmail.com] Sent: 18 February 2015 15:52 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Direct Line Ancestor I have all my data in one database. I found I was getting side tracked

RE: [LegacyUG] Making Changes to a Descendant Report

2014-12-29 Thread Alan Pereira
Generate the report as a Rich Text File and edit it in a word processor. Alan Pereira From: Margaret Gagliardi [mailto:megsge...@gmail.com] Sent: 29 December 2014 14:14 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Making Changes to a Descendant Report Can someone tell me how

RE: [LegacyUG] Making Changes to a Descendant Report

2014-12-29 Thread Alan Pereira
the changes made? Also to have all the photos show, or do I have to do all of that manually? I have found a few typos, etc. Margaret On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Generate the report as a Rich Text File and edit it in a word processor. Alan Pereira

RE: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree

2014-12-17 Thread Alan Pereira
? Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: 16 December 2014 20:38 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree On 16/12/2014 20:19, carogene wrote: I add occupations after the marriage place, only

RE: [LegacyUG] UserID

2014-12-05 Thread Alan Pereira
with the record on which the field resides. Legacy allows you to search report, once you've entered it. Just my two cents; I don't use that field... er, maybe that's why? ;) --Paula _ From: Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday

RE: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs RootsMagic 7

2014-12-02 Thread Alan Pereira
You could try the userID field and display that field on the family page instead of RIN - using the same UserID for each group you want separated. Options View 8.2 AlanP -Original Message- From: Barbara Levergood [mailto:leverg...@att.net] Sent: 01 December 2014 16:40 To:

RE: [LegacyUG] UserID

2014-11-29 Thread Alan Pereira
and that's how that type of field sorts. If you put zeros in front of the numbers so they're all the same length, they'll sort correctly. 01 015 031 205 Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 5:29 AM, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Is there a way

RE: [LegacyUG] UserID

2014-11-29 Thread Alan Pereira
Sherry, is that field linked relationally to any other in the database? Alan From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: 29 November 2014 16:36 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] UserID The User ID field holds about 50 characters. I was just

RE: [LegacyUG] Recording uncertain dates

2014-10-03 Thread Alan Pereira
work but whilst usually true for a marriage or death (so in this case would normally be OK but may not be if an inquest is called) for births it could be between mid-November and 31 March. Ron Ferguson Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Jan-Mar 1862 works! Alan From: Pam Sim

RE: [LegacyUG] Recording uncertain dates

2014-10-02 Thread Alan Pereira
Jan-Mar 1862 works! Alan From: Pam Sim [mailto:dunric...@doctors.org.uk] Sent: 02 October 2014 13:50 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Recording uncertain dates Is there a way of recording doubtful dates in Legacy 8. For example an index has shown a death which may be

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy v8 any build - Windows 7 -- Check/Repair on large database

2014-07-22 Thread Alan Pereira
I have Win 7 and File Check / Repair does not work on any of my files. (1200-10,000 and various sizes between) i7 processor and 8Gb memory Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: JV Leavitt [mailto:jleavi...@att.net] Sent: 21 July 2014 16:17 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy v8 any build - Windows 7 -- Check/Repair on large database

2014-07-22 Thread Alan Pereira
/ Repair process your files okay on other computers? Does C/R just hang, or do you get an error, or do you mean it takes longer than expected? Joseph Leavitt On 7/22/2014 1:19 AM, Alan Pereira wrote: I have Win 7 and File Check / Repair does not work on any of my files. (1200-10,000 and various

RE: [LegacyUG] Find and Replace

2014-07-02 Thread Alan Pereira
# equals tagged. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Leon Moya [mailto:l...@mymail-box.com] Sent: 02 July 2014 00:20 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Find and Replace Hello, Is it possible to run a Find and Replace process against the results of a previously

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy fonts

2014-06-05 Thread Alan Pereira
Pat, I don't know if Wordperfect can use the equivalent of the Microsoft Word Edit; Paste Special function. I use that feature in word to Paste Special - Unformatted text. This function drops all previous formatting of the text and uses the default font of your word processor. Alan Pereira

RE: [LegacyUG] Clicking and/or right clicking is getting MORE than annoying

2014-06-04 Thread Alan Pereira
button about 3/4 of the way down on the form. Alan Pereira From: Lee Bruch [mailto:lbr...@nwlink.com] Sent: 03 June 2014 23:41 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Clicking and/or right clicking is getting MORE than annoying Question: are you having similar problems

RE: [LegacyUG] Errors with Update to 8.0.0.427

2014-06-03 Thread Alan Pereira
in the past. The only way that I have found around this is to uninstall all recent updates until such time as the scan is successful. Then allow windows update to download and install the updates again. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:emjay...@gmail.com] Sent: 03

RE: [LegacyUG] two instances of Legacy

2014-05-24 Thread Alan Pereira
in your host(primary) operating system. You also need to copy the fdb from the host to the Virtual Box system every time you want to keep the 2 fdb files in synchronisation. Alan Pereira From: Cheryl Rothwell [mailto:historysle...@gmail.com] Sent: 23 May 2014 19:07 To: legacyusergroup

RE: [LegacyUG] pdf's

2014-05-06 Thread Alan Pereira
If you installed Adobe writer after you installed Legacy 8 it is possible that Legacy 8 is associating any pdf with Adobe Writer. Try uninstalling and reinstalling Adobe Reader to correct the Legacy Association. Alan From: 2marion wimps [mailto:2wi...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 May 2014 10:28

RE: [LegacyUG] Tagging every ancestor and their offspring?

2014-03-26 Thread Alan Pereira
everyone on that tag Tag everyone in the Search list You now have tagged all the relatives including spouses of that individual. Alan Pereira From: Dave Johnson [mailto:davel...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 March 2014 22:34 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Tagging

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with text copied from Onenote 2013 to Legacy

2014-03-24 Thread Alan Pereira
Sherry, If you paste from Onenote directly into the field using MSAccess then it pastes as text and not an image. It must be something something the programmers have sitting between the Legacy View and the underlying table which is causing the problem. Alan Pereira -Original Message

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with text copied from Onenote 2013 to Legacy

2014-03-24 Thread Alan Pereira
It is available in Onenote 2007 because that is why I use it. Apologies for going off subject to correct a misdirection only. Alan From: Chris Seens [mailto:cseens1...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2014 00:25 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Issue with text copied

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with text copied from Onenote 2013 to Legacy

2014-03-24 Thread Alan Pereira
to Legacy On 24 Mar 2014 14:44, Alan Pereira wrote: If you paste from Onenote directly into the field using MSAccess then it pastes as text and not an image. It must be something something the programmers have sitting between the Legacy View and the underlying table which is causing

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with text copied from Onenote 2013 to Legacy

2014-03-23 Thread Alan Pereira
Ron, This problem existed in 7.5 as well as 8. It also applies to the 2007 version of onenote. I prefer notepad++. I only use Onenote for Image OCR Alan From: Ron Bernier [mailto:ronaldbern...@bernfrin.net] Sent: 23 March 2014 13:44 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

RE: [LegacyUG] Date Range for Quarters

2014-03-18 Thread Alan Pereira
1856 or Jan 3 1856 depending on your date settings Jan-Mar 1856 = Jan-Mar 1856 Jan-Feb-Mar 1856 =(data is deleted) - being corrected but not converted to Mar Q 1856 Bob A -Original Message- From: Alan Pereira [mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 4:45

[LegacyUG] Date Range for Quarters

2014-03-17 Thread Alan Pereira
effectively meaning the same thing. Can the L7.5 date range input be reinstated? Alan Pereira 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

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8; Fusion 6 vs virtual box on a Mac

2014-02-18 Thread Alan Pereira
I use Legacy 7.5 with Windows XP in Virtual Box including the Family Search link without any problems. Alan From: Pam Gosling [mailto:pg...@comcast.net] Sent: 18 February 2014 03:28 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8; Fusion 6 vs virtual box on a Mac Hello,

RE: [LegacyUG] syncronizing two computers

2014-02-09 Thread Alan Pereira
You could SyncToy do synchronise the files from you Laptop to the Router's memory stick and from the PC to the router's memory stick. Personally I use SyncToy and a portable hard drive. Alan -Original Message- From: Brian [mailto:blr...@optonline.net] Sent: 09 February 2014 03:30 To:

RE: Evernote : was Re: [LegacyUG] Research notes

2014-01-27 Thread Alan Pereira
You will only have access to your Evernote when you are signed in. Hence, no good offline. Alan -Original Message- From: singhals [mailto:singh...@erols.com] Sent: 27 January 2014 16:00 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Evernote : was Re: [LegacyUG] Research notes OK, I

RE: Evernote : was Re: [LegacyUG] Research notes

2014-01-27 Thread Alan Pereira
Correction, providing you don't log out you can edit and add notes offline. When connected to the internet then sync takes place. Apologies! Alan -Original Message- From: singhals [mailto:singh...@erols.com] Sent: 27 January 2014 16:00 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

RE: [LegacyUG] v7.5 General Notes - how much text will this field hold?

2014-01-26 Thread Alan Pereira
Note is a MSAccess MEMO field A Memo field can store up to 65,536 characters. MSaccess Help file Alan -Original Message- From: Mary Fowler Leek [mailto:ml...@comcast.net] Sent: 26 January 2014 15:06 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] v7.5 General Notes - how much

RE: [LegacyUG] v7.5 General Notes - how much text will this field hold?

2014-01-26 Thread Alan Pereira
hold? According to the field capacities list on the Legacy web pages, all of the note fields in Legacy (General, Medical, Research, and Marriage notes) have a length of 1,000,000 characters. On 1/26/2014 11:24 AM, Alan Pereira wrote: Note is a MSAccess MEMO field A Memo field can store up

RE: [LegacyUG] Research notes

2014-01-21 Thread Alan Pereira
unrelated. This file, I have found to be helpful for others who are not part of my tree but claim kinship. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: 21 January 2014 10:05 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Research notes

RE: [LegacyUG] Spacation Problem [was Re: LEGACY Digest, Vol 8, Issue 65]

2013-12-15 Thread Alan Pereira
figure whether that is in the middle of a word or not. Alan Pereira From: William Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 December 2013 18:11 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Spacation Problem [was Re: LEGACY Digest, Vol 8, Issue 65] I've had the same

[LegacyUG] Field Descriptors in Family View

2013-12-10 Thread Alan Pereira
I have noticed that the field desciptors of Parents and Children that appear on Family View now take up a line each of visible space. Can these descriptors be turned off or moved to the left hand edge of the data fields so as to allow for a larger stretched font in a windowed view. Alan Pereira

RE: [LegacyUG] Backup to external hard drive

2013-12-10 Thread Alan Pereira
Maybe legacy 8 checks to see whether the backup path is valid when Legacy is opened. If not, then revert to C:\ A possibility that maybe the programmers can shed some light on. I would have thought the path check would have been done when the backup was invoked. Alan Pereira -Original

RE: [LegacyUG] Field Descriptors in Family View

2013-12-10 Thread Alan Pereira
of Legacy7.5 Family View. The Toolbars still take up more space that 7.5 unless you want to put up with them minimised and have extra mouse control (not something I enjoy with a Laptop). Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:emjay...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 December 2013 11

RE: [LegacyUG] Backup to external hard drive

2013-12-10 Thread Alan Pereira
Brian, That must be wrong behaviour as you would only insert the backup drive when you wanted to use it. You may want to use the USB connections for other devices when legacy is connected. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: 10

Sourewriter and gedcoms, was RE: Exporting Shared Events [WAS: Re: [LegacyUG] Shared vital Events]

2013-12-05 Thread Alan Pereira
with the Comments field by some software, effectively making the source unintelligible. To my knowledge, this still applies - maybe Sherry has an update on this? Alan Pereira From: John B. Lisle [mailto:leg...@tqsi.com] Sent: 05 December 2013 17:32 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE

RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search Integration [was: E mail test and customer number]

2013-12-02 Thread Alan Pereira
In Legacy 7.5 a sourcewriter source is added FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org) for each event pulled back from FamilySearch to Legacy. If you want to enter the actual source assigned to the event in Family Search, you have to manually transcribe it. Alan Pereira -Original

RE: [LegacyUG] Quick Access Toolbar changes

2013-11-30 Thread Alan Pereira
There also appears to me a limit on the size oof that toolbar. I tried to modify it to make it similar to my 7.5 toolbar and it would not allow that many items. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: John B. Lisle [mailto:leg...@tqsi.com] Sent: 29 November 2013 18:28

RE: [LegacyUG] Quick Access Toolbar changes

2013-11-30 Thread Alan Pereira
it to make it similar to my 7.5 toolbar and it would not allow that many items. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: John B. Lisle [mailto:leg...@tqsi.com] Sent: 29 November 2013 18:28 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Quick Access Toolbar changes Bobby

RE: [LegacyUG] Quick Access Toolbar changes

2013-11-30 Thread Alan Pereira
- From: Alan Pereira [mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 30 November 2013 11:41 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Quick Access Toolbar changes Only one and no clutter by any others. Alan -Original Message- From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:genea...@gmail.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Quick Access Toolbar changes

2013-11-30 Thread Alan Pereira
should be able to be set on or off and positioned where you want them. Alan -Original Message- From: Alan Pereira [ mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk ] Sent: 30 November 2013 11:41 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Quick Access

RE: [LegacyUG] Keyboard Shortcuts

2013-11-28 Thread Alan Pereira
with control of the mouse and prefer keyboard shortcuts - maybe it should be a priority to bring shortcuts back even if they key press has to be something different. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: 28 November 2013 02:55

[LegacyUG] Event Sharing

2013-11-28 Thread Alan Pereira
Does Event sharing transfer through gedcom as Paf 5 without corruption? Alan Pereira 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

RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event

2013-11-23 Thread Alan Pereira
compatibility. I use the Burial event only when I know there has been a genuine Burial. Alan Pereira From: CE WOOD [mailto:wood...@msn.com] Sent: 24 November 2013 05:00 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event Yes

RE: [LegacyUG] If this is find-a-fault week --

2013-11-21 Thread Alan Pereira
You could use an access query SELECT tblIR.GivenName, Count(tblIR.IDIR) AS CountOfIDIR FROM tblIR GROUP BY tblIR.GivenName; This will give a count of each forename variation. Take this output to a spreadsheet and play with it to get what you are looking for Alan Pereira -Original Message

RE: [LegacyUG] Produce a Tree Chart/Report with specific events

2013-10-25 Thread Alan Pereira
still use FTM2005 for that option. Since FTM2008+ the event option only allows the preferred Event, which for me is useless as I prefer all the events. Alan Pereira From: Lavern Hall [mailto:lavernh...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 October 2013 14:56 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re

RE: [LegacyUG] One couple, Two weddings, No divorce, how to record both dates?

2013-10-23 Thread Alan Pereira
I believe the first to be a marriage by Licence and the second to be a Church wedding. {Belt and Braces springs to mind] Alan Pereira Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup

RE: [LegacyUG] Copying names from Legacy Docs folder

2013-09-22 Thread Alan Pereira
When you get to the paste part of the process, hold the shift key down and using the mouse right click menu select Copy as Path Alan From: Lavern Hall [mailto:lavernh...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 September 2013 18:17 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Copying names from

RE: [LegacyUG] Where are census events recorded.

2013-09-01 Thread Alan Pereira
I transcribe census information into Marriage notes where the whole or part of the family are together with their parent(s). I transcribe the census information into general notes where the individual is not with their family and not married. I record events against each individual as

RE: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed

2013-08-19 Thread Alan Pereira
Michele, are there any lessons learnt from this that we apply to our own files? Alan Pereira From: Michele Lewis [mailto:ancestor...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 August 2013 16:35 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed I want to thank everyone that tried

RE: [LegacyUG] 'de' in a family name

2013-08-09 Thread Alan Pereira
I have seen some systems that work around that problem by having a second surname field which is used for sorting purposes (UK National Burial Index uses that process). I'm not sure that Legacy could accommodate that without a major rewrite. Alan Pereira From: Tim [mailto:t@tesco.net

RE: [LegacyUG] Version 8

2013-08-08 Thread Alan Pereira
of the same database in their own windows. (You need an old Installation CD of Windows XP for this). Alan Pereira From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com] Sent: 08 August 2013 00:38 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Version 8 All these workaround seem

RE: [LegacyUG] Version 8

2013-08-06 Thread Alan Pereira
Mike, Access can be opened as many times as you like to different databases. I regularly have multiple access databases open at the same time. Alan -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:emjay...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 August 2013 16:03 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re:

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 revealed - Shared Events and Automatic Sorting

2013-07-16 Thread Alan Pereira
Geoff, Will these shared events pass through gedcom without being retranslated like the Sourcewriter templates? i.e Export file in GEDCOM 5.5.1 format and then import that gedcom back into Legacy. Alan From: Geoff Rasmussen [mailto:ge...@legacyusers.com] Sent: 15 July 2013 17:23 To:

RE: [LegacyUG] Treatment of Historic Surnames

2013-05-29 Thread Alan Pereira
Titles which can change over time. You can then put a date range where they were known by one Title, which subsequently changed to another Title. Alan Pereira From: Jay 1FamilyTree [mailto:1familytree@gmail.com] Sent: 29 May 2013 01:50 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re

RE: [LegacyUG] Strange behaviour

2013-05-11 Thread Alan Pereira
The way I get around this is to produce a search list for Tag 9 After each edit, remove the Tag 9 Every now and then, refresh the search list (which will bring you back to the top of the list), otherwise use F3 to move through the list. If you want to retain the original list, then use a

RE: [LegacyUG] Source Writer

2013-04-19 Thread Alan Pereira
Brian I would have a problem with Repositories being exported, but have just checked and they are not if you have chosen not to. There is a REPO entry being exported but it is not the name, address and email details of the source (Phew!). I had a problem with my database producing nulls on

RE: [LegacyUG] Panic!

2013-04-09 Thread Alan Pereira
I wonder whether the op has turned off UAC(User Account Control) as suggested for Windows 7. She may have missed this requirement if installing an earlier version of Legacy? Alan -Original Message- From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: 09 April 2013 16:27 To:

RE: [LegacyUG] Panic!

2013-04-09 Thread Alan Pereira
: [LegacyUG] Panic! How do I do that? I should add that I have recently been getting occasional errors where Windows Explorer closes. Sent from iPhone On Apr 9, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I wonder whether the op has turned off UAC(User Account Control

RE: [LegacyUG] Organization of Photos, Scanned Documents and etc.

2013-03-16 Thread Alan Pereira
I use a variation of the surname approach within an upper folder called Genealogy I only have 2 surnames, one for each of my parents. Within that folder I have folders for Each Census Year storing records for Families in form Paternal Surname, Forename, Marriage date ccyymmdd

RE: [LegacyUG] Combining Event Types

2013-02-28 Thread Alan Pereira
You could try (after making a copy of your legacy.fdb file) 1) Exporting your existing file to gedcom 2) Opening up the gedcom in wordpad and do a replace all CENS with RESI (Matching case and whole words only) 3) Import gedcom back into Legacy Alan -Original Message- From: Cliff

RE: [LegacyUG] FTM vs Legacy

2013-02-03 Thread Alan Pereira
I have authorised versions of FTM 2005, 8 9. If our version was any of these, I can convert them for you. We will need to work offline. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: gcr...@juno.com [mailto:gcr...@juno.com] Sent: 02 February 2013 18:27 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

RE: [LegacyUG] FTM vs Legacy

2013-02-03 Thread Alan Pereira
It looks like all later versions of FTM will open any prior version, so I could use FTM2009 to import your FTM file and then export it as a gedcom. -Original Message- From: Alan Pereira [mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 03 February 2013 10:11 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Can you embed a Hyperlink into Legacy

2013-01-25 Thread Alan Pereira
I get around this problem by referencing the file as a comment like see genealogy\surname\1891Census\filename.jpg Not as convenient as a hyperlink, as that would take you directly to the file. The problem with both my approach and hyperlinks will be on how a gedcom export will handle

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting

2012-12-03 Thread Alan Pereira
If you download and install the Bullzip pdf Printer http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php You can then select this printer in Legacy charting by going into Print setup and selecting a Paper size of PostScript Custom Page Size which is about 100x100 inches. Illegible at normal size but

RE: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-06 Thread Alan Pereira
I also export in gedcom to worldconnect. I make sure personal details associated with a source are held in the source repository only. I then exclude the source repository on the gedcom export to worldconnect. -Original Message- From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com]

RE: [LegacyUG] syncing files

2012-10-27 Thread Alan Pereira
I use microsoft syncToy (Free) to synchronise to a backup drive from my Laptop and my wife also uses an identical syncToy process using the same backup folders and files. This effectively keeps both Laptop PC in synch. Caviat: Need to be very carefull when you both want to modify the same

RE: [LegacyUG] Basic Source Format vs Source Writer

2012-10-08 Thread Alan Pereira
to other Genealogy packages (as yet). As a principle I try to avoid any options that only apply to one genealogical package. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: 08 October 2012 14:59 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re

[LegacyUG] legacy and Access

2012-10-02 Thread Alan Pereira
It would be interesting to know whether Legacy will move away from it's Jet Engine (Access) database on the next release. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:emjay...@gmail.com] Sent: 02 October 2012 16:02 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG

[LegacyUG] Last email from Alwyn du Plessis

2012-09-16 Thread Alan Pereira
I don't know whether this is genuine or a spammer. I do know that this user requested a read receipt. Is this a way to collect email addresses? Alan Pereira Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

RE: [LegacyUG] How to lump census records

2012-09-09 Thread Alan Pereira
as source repositories. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Tim Rosenlof [mailto:spa...@xmission.com] Sent: 08 September 2012 18:39 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to lump census records On 9/8/2012 10:27 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: Just to take the 1851

RE: [LegacyUG] Best way to enter Multiple year event

2012-08-29 Thread Alan Pereira
Wes, I have to say from the start that I do not place pictures in Legacy but you may be able to use my method in this one example. Use, as you already suggested the from to date for the Occupation. Use one source and include in the source detail the description and whereabouts in your filing

RE: [LegacyUG] How to specify the size of a chart, first.

2012-08-16 Thread Alan Pereira
If you install Bullzip pdf printer as your default printer, you can set the default page size for the printer before going into legacy charting and creating a chart. The chart will then take on that default page size of that printer and output will be a pdf file. This logic is true for other

RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship

2012-08-15 Thread Alan Pereira
to somehow formalise negative proof discussion within Legacy fields and facilities? kb _ From: Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:35:40 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship Thanks Charani Ron I think I

RE: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship

2012-08-14 Thread Alan Pereira
reply is not quite the same. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Alan Pereira Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 2:28 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Proof of relationship I am starting a research task in the todo list in providing proof(s

[LegacyUG] Proof of relationship

2012-08-13 Thread Alan Pereira
the research notes. Just wondering what others do... Alan Pereira 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 Nov. 21

RE: [LegacyUG] Ref: Wall Charts

2012-07-07 Thread Alan Pereira
this in a Windows 7 64 bit environment. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 06 July 2012 16:48 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ref: Wall Charts Brian, No argument from me! I know it's one or the other or both

RE: [LegacyUG] Ref: Wall Charts

2012-07-07 Thread Alan Pereira
? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co uk/ Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: The limit may be 200 inches but the Amyuni PDF Converter 2.10b that came with Family Tree Maker 2005 allowed you to shrink the font/graphics to fit within the 200 inch limit. It produced a PDF which was unreadable

RE: [LegacyUG] Ref: Wall Charts

2012-07-06 Thread Alan Pereira
in 32bit pre Vista Operating Systems. Maybe there are other pdf printers that do not have this limit? Alan Pereira From: Alan Pereira [mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 06 July 2012 11:08 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ref: Wall Charts If you install a pdf

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy split screen view on 2 monitors

2012-06-25 Thread Alan Pereira
is enabled between environments). I can copy text from a notes field and paste as text into the other database notes field. Event copy / paste only works on split screen on the same file. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Ian GARDENER [mailto:ijg3...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 June 2012 06:04

RE: [LegacyUG] Double Dating

2012-05-11 Thread Alan Pereira
: Re: [LegacyUG] Double Dating On 11/05/2012 11:16, Alan Pereira wrote: Version 7.5.0.191 Build date 2 May 2012 Windows 7 64 bit Double Dating in Options is checked and set to 1752 All Jan-Mar dates prior to 1752 should show double dates by since this release now only show single dates. Do

RE: [LegacyUG] Double Dating

2012-05-11 Thread Alan Pereira
Apologies to all Looks like Double Dating works in Legacy for date range 1582-1752 only, which is in line with their help file on the subject. Alan -Original Message- From: Alan Pereira [mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 11 May 2012 12:19 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from Ancestry.com!

2012-04-25 Thread Alan Pereira
all notes as I can't be sure that some may contain references to living individuals. (It means if fellow genealogists want to copy my research, they will have to contact me for all the details). Alan Pereira From: Marg Strong [mailto:tiny...@yahoo.com] Sent: 25 April 2012 02:01

RE: [LegacyUG] Non Family Members on Census

2012-04-20 Thread Alan Pereira
Census e.g. Census 1861 UK and identify in source details whether the transcript is in marriage or general notes. Alan Pereira From: Marilyn Clark [mailto:paddypeppe...@yahoo.com] Sent: 19 April 2012 19:15 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Non Family Members

RE: [LegacyUG] Tagging

2012-04-17 Thread Alan Pereira
on feedback to this group I think the answer is no, so I'll drop the idea instead of making a suggested improvement. Alan Pereira From: Ron Taylor [mailto:doit4...@yahoo.com] Sent: 16 April 2012 13:45 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging Paul and others

RE: [LegacyUG] Search List Question

2012-04-11 Thread Alan Pereira
Sherry, I am one of those who use tags extensively but not todo. Is there a way of generating a todo list of only one line per person similar to the individual search list? Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: 11 April 2012 17

RE: [LegacyUG] What is the point of FamilySearch 2?

2012-04-09 Thread Alan Pereira
to format. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Graham Love [mailto:love-fam...@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 08 April 2012 18:17 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] What is the point of FamilySearch 2? Thanks to all those who have given their views to my first post

RE: [LegacyUG] What is the point of FamilySearch?

2012-04-09 Thread Alan Pereira
Eliz, How did you manage to add sourcing? Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Eliz Hanebury [mailto:elizhg...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 April 2012 22:21 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What is the point of FamilySearch? I was able to add new data (my 2X ggmother

RE: [LegacyUG] What is the point of Family Search 2?

2012-04-09 Thread Alan Pereira
, April 09, 2012 11:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What is the point of FamilySearch 2? On 09/04/2012 10:42, Alan Pereira wrote: Graham, if you show the quarter in the format from Jan to Mar 1856 then it will transfer as Mar 1856, which apart from manually entering

RE: [LegacyUG] What is the point of FamilySearch?

2012-04-09 Thread Alan Pereira
sure they will get that feature eventually. On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:48 AM, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Eliz, How did you manage to add sourcing? Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Eliz Hanebury [mailto:elizhg...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 April 2012 22:21

RE: [LegacyUG] Search List Question

2012-04-06 Thread Alan Pereira
will be back to your revised list with the first person being someone you have yet to do. Alan Pereira -Original Message- From: Tony Rolfe [mailto:geneal...@gillandtony.com] Sent: 06 April 2012 00:58 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Search List Question Mike I'm probably

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