[LegacyUG] Individuals marked as Not Duplicates

2020-10-11 Thread Boyd Miller
The table of "Individuals marked as Not Duplicates" provides two columns of names. The "Left individual" column appears to be sorted by RIN. If you have Customise 8.2 "Show RINs on all name lists" checked you can see this, otherwise the list appears to be randomly sorted. This RIN list is not

[LegacyUG] Burial address

2019-04-11 Thread Boyd Miller
I am trying to identify all the individuals for whom I have a Burial location but not a Burial address (particular cemetery). The Detailed search has a field "Burial place" which I presume means Burial location. There seems to be no way to find the cemetery (burial address) from this search.

[LegacyUG] Merge, Find Duplicates search, no RINs

2019-01-04 Thread Boyd Miller
When I do a search for duplicates, I expect to see RINs against the names that will potentially be merged. When you back out of the merge to verify or add to data to those people, the RINs are necessary to identify the individuals. Currently I see no RINs in the merge screens. Have I

[LegacyUG] Link to Ancestry.com

2017-12-21 Thread Boyd Miller
I have a subscription to Ancestry.com and I have the Ancestry icon on my toolbar. How do I configure Legacy so that the icon links the current person to Ancestry. It used to work but I have had so much trouble with reinstalling my Legacy file that somewhere the linkage has got lost. Boyd

[LegacyUG] Chronology screen

2017-12-16 Thread Boyd Miller
In the Chronology tab List style presentation I get the normal table. All events can be set to have the location at the beginning of the field EXCEPT marriage. This event puts the spouse name first and not the location. This problem has been around for some time and has been reported, but with

[LegacyUG] Name list User ID column

2017-12-03 Thread Boyd Miller
Recently I notice that the left hand column on the Name list, the User ID column, has become about the same width as five of the Tab columns. This means that the Name column is narrowed to the point that many of the dates after the names are obscured. I never use the User ID field. I want to

[LegacyUG] Backup error

2017-07-23 Thread Boyd Miller
I am using Version 8.0.0.189. I do a backup each time I close Legacy, attaching date and time to the file name. Recently the backup has failed every time, and I get "Backup error 508: Cannot move temporary file to target zip file", and no backup is carried out. However the backup location is

Re: [LegacyUG] need help with text size

2016-07-17 Thread Boyd Miller
I don't have any trouble with the five generation chart except that if you put boxes around the names the font reduces. With the six generation chart the font size changes after the first four generations, and if you put boxes around the names you loose a lot of data in the last two

Re: [LegacyUG] How to accomplish a working data base of one family?

2016-02-26 Thread Boyd Miller
5 against it. I went to preview thinking that it would show a list of something but it just had my name and the number 15. Could you please explain what that means? Thank you June From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Boyd Mi

Re: [LegacyUG] How to accomplish a working data base of one family?

2016-02-26 Thread Boyd Miller
Jane, There is no reason why you can't have her as an unlinked individual, with all her own data, within your main database. She will show in the name list, and can be linked when you find a connection but will generally not show in any other lists or reports. If you go to View > Trees >

Re: [LegacyUG] creating a Gedcom

2016-01-15 Thread Boyd Miller
RG, I have 67 families and 21,039 names in one of my files. I work on them in groups of about 2000 names (1 to 8 families in each) and periodically join the lot into one file. These are the main families we have data on at our local museum, and this is the easiest way for visitors to find people.

Re: [LegacyUG] creating a Gedcom

2016-01-13 Thread Boyd Miller
Have you by chance got two separate trees and not one complete family? View > Trees > Refresh. Boyd On 13/01/2016 4:11 p.m., R G Strong-genes wrote: > Daphne, > Did you create a private gedcom? I would recommend that you create a GEDCOM > for Legacy with the following settings which I use all

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations

2015-12-20 Thread Boyd Miller
Are folks perhaps overlooking the Event Clipboard function - see Help > Event > Clipboard. This copy process takes its whole source with it from person to person. Boyd On 21/12/2015 10:38 a.m., Marlene Williamson wrote: >I too have struggled with this (as a long time TMG user). The issue for

Re: [LegacyUG] Color schemes legacy 8

2015-12-15 Thread Boyd Miller
Its in the Help under Color scheme, save. Boyd On 16/12/2015 3:00 p.m., Noddie wrote: > Hello everyone > I have hunted the net for an answer to this without an joy. > > I would love to know how once you have set and changed the global background > of > the family view along with tab changes etc,

[LegacyUG] Master Location long and short form conversions

2015-12-09 Thread Boyd Miller
I am looking for a way to expand the range of states, provinces and counties that are available to be used in the Master Locations > Options > Expand/Contract location parts function. The /Preview a //l//ist of Codes/names/ gives the corresponding long and short names for the US states and

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo-Location Tool

2015-12-03 Thread Boyd Miller
If these GeoCountrycodes.txt and GeoCountyCodes.txt files are used by the Geo Location database, then which files are used for the Expand/Contract Location Parts? Can files used for the Expand/Contract process be modified? Boyd On 1/12/2015 6:13 a.m., Brian/Support wrote: > Yes, There is an

[LegacyUG] County and State codes in Short and Long locations

2015-11-30 Thread Boyd Miller
Has anyone had a look in this area? In My Docs/Legacy Family Tree/_AppData/_AppData/Misc there are several text files used to manage the conversions between short and long location names. The file GeoCountyCodes.txt includes codes for all counties in the United Kingdom with a second copy for

[LegacyUG] Source comment printout

2015-11-26 Thread Boyd Miller
I am using the Sourcewriter template for “Pedigree chart > Privately held”. On the Text/Comments screen, the field “Comments about this master source” includes among other things who prepared it and where I got it from. I want the main details of the source but not this comments field to

Re: [LegacyUG] Source comment printout

2015-11-26 Thread Boyd Miller
ubmit a Bug Report. > > A workaround is to put the comments in privacy brackets. ie: [[comment]] > > Cathy > > Boyd Miller wrote: >> >> I am using the Sourcewriter template for “Pedigree chart > >> Privately held”. On the Text/Commen

Re: [LegacyUG] Search Function Anomalies

2015-07-19 Thread Boyd Miller
Brian, Does this method of working through the tag list work better? Use F3 to move to the next person (or shift-F3 to go back). This uses the sort (RIN, given name or surname) that you used to sort the search list, so if you start with the top name you can work through the list. This system seems

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant chart titles

2015-06-18 Thread Boyd Miller
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 18/06/2015 5:23 PM, Boyd Miller wrote: When I title a Descendant Chart as Descendants of [CoupleNames] the chart displays as Descendants of Edward BARTLEY, husband only without any reference to his wife. If I change to Descendants of [HusbFullName

[LegacyUG] Descendant chart titles

2015-06-18 Thread Boyd Miller
When I title a Descendant Chart as Descendants of [CoupleNames] the chart displays as Descendants of Edward BARTLEY, husband only without any reference to his wife. If I change to Descendants of [HusbFullName] and [WifeFullName] the chart comes out as Descendants of Edward BARTLEY and, again with

[LegacyUG] Backing up user customised files

2015-05-09 Thread Boyd Miller
If you have a major problem you may need to totally uninstall Legacy, then reinstall from a new copy of the Legacy8setup.exe file. It is helpful to have saved a backup of all your Customise settings so these can be reinstalled. This backup file can also be copied to the program on another

Re: [LegacyUG] Add Event/Fact

2015-04-30 Thread Boyd Miller
I understand this resetting to default wording applies only to the current family and not to other family files. Is this correct? Does each family have its own set of sentence definitions, or is there one universal set? Boyd On 1/05/2015 11:29 a.m., Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: Hmmm...that might

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Mark a PERSON as Never Married?

2015-04-06 Thread Boyd Miller
Another reason to separate never married and had no children is that proof of each of these situations can come from different sources. You may know someone had no children (perhaps they were physically unable to) but you don't know whether or not they ever married. Thus it would be helpful to be

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding a wife to Legacy

2015-03-26 Thread Boyd Miller
I agree, I would not use Unknown for a field where I want to show that there should be a person. In the absence of a name Legacy introduces Unknown all by itself into too many situations - Unknown-Unknown marriages for example. If a name is not know I put not known (in lower case and without the

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem Checker

2014-12-10 Thread Boyd Miller
An event like Probate or tombstone is always after death. Try this. Select the Probate (or any event that always occurs outside lifespan) template Edit event sentence definition check the box Exclude from Potential Problems report. Boyd On 11/12/2014 1:08 p.m., Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: Yes,

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Children

2014-11-12 Thread Boyd Miller
Have a look at Asa Clark Brown in the Sample family. He has two sets of parents. Your adopted person could probably be the same. Boyd On 13/11/2014 10:40 a.m., Jenny M Benson wrote: On 12/11/2014 19:58, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: I just came across a little problem in my family file that I’ve

Re: [LegacyUG] Error Loading type library / DLL

2014-10-28 Thread Boyd Miller
I have Avast installed and have had it for several years. I have never had to disable it to install Legacy. When I'm installing a new program or new build of Legacy, I have sometimes used a small free program - EndItAll - with the Action of Close All. This shuts down any unnecessary programs,

Re: [LegacyUG] Location list question

2014-08-30 Thread Boyd Miller
The map often does not show if you start in Master Locations with that Show Map box not ticked. Tick the box, close the Master Locations screen, and then reopen it. The map should appear. Boyd On 31/08/2014 3:11 a.m., Paula Ryburn wrote: I did look this up in Help. I will submit a suggestion

Re: [LegacyUG] Delete key causes cursor to jump to next field

2014-08-25 Thread Boyd Miller
Hi Cathy, I have redefined the problem - it is the first use in a field of Delete followed by Right arrow that causes the cursor to move to the next field. The problem arises when working in any of the Notes or Source detail fields, and probably in other areas too. The clipboard isn't the

Re: [LegacyUG] Delete key causes cursor to jump to next field

2014-08-25 Thread Boyd Miller
Well I've definitely got the problem and can't find a reason or solution. I will work on isolating it further. Boyd On 25/08/2014 9:15 p.m., Evert van Dijken wrote: I tried to reproduce this but couldn't. Evert 2014-08-25 10:43 GMT+02:00 Boyd Miller bo...@vodafone.net.nz mailto:bo

[LegacyUG] Delete key causes cursor to jump to next field

2014-08-23 Thread Boyd Miller
When I've copied text to Notes or a field in a Source, I usually need to tidy it up a bit. After the first time I hit the Delete key to remove a space or text, the cursor jumps to the beginning of the next field on the screen (or disappears). I have to use the mouse to bring it back to the area

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8.0.0.439

2014-07-26 Thread Boyd Miller
I have found the safest and easiest way to install a new version is to download the whole program file from the Legacy website - Download Download update, fill in email address and the verification code at the bottom. I then download this file, Legacy8setp.exe to my Downloads/Legacy folder. The

Re: [LegacyUG] Comparing two different files of the same family in Legacy 8.0

2014-07-26 Thread Boyd Miller
You may be able to use the intellishare function in Legacy. See the Help file - MergeOptionsSpecial searchesIntelliShare. This process allows you to merge two slightly different files, highlighting any diferences and allowing you to choose what to do with the data. Boyd On 27/07/2014 10:07 a.m.,

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree screen font size

2014-06-30 Thread Boyd Miller
I trust the Pedigree Report has also been updated. That report for 6 generations was a bit of a mess. Boyd On 1/07/2014 2:26 a.m., Sherry/Support wrote: It's already been updated in the beta. It's ever so helpful if, when you refer to a Help topic, that you give us the name of the topic at

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy on 2 computers

2014-05-26 Thread Boyd Miller
Try this. To copy settings say from desktop to laptop, under Options Customize (in any of the fields), at the bottom of the screen click on Options for Default Settings Save ALL current settings as User-Defaults. Now on the desktop, copy all the .usr files in your My Documents/Legacy Family

Re: [LegacyUG] Event pictures

2014-04-27 Thread Boyd Miller
Moving the slider to the 4th position does not bring in four pictures side by side - it only makes the three pictures from the previous position smaller. Bug? Why is there so much wasted space on this screen? Surely the pictures could be bigger or closer together. Boyd On 28/04/2014 8:20 a.m.,

Re: [LegacyUG] FGR - could u pls verify this problem?

2014-04-25 Thread Boyd Miller
I'm getting the same problem. I think we have a bug - the function to combine events into one paragraph is not working. Boyd On 25/04/2014 4:50 a.m., C.G. Ouimet wrote: I get the same … C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON *From:*Paula Ryburn [mailto:paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net] *Sent:* April 24,

Re: [LegacyUG] Name List - Build 412

2014-03-03 Thread Boyd Miller
And what has happened to the G for Go To a RIN# ? That is (was) an essential function. Boyd On 4/03/2014 4:16 p.m., Bob Austen wrote: Including the “F” key to go to Search. Also missing are the ages of the couple after entering the marriage date. Now you have to click in the “Status

Re: [LegacyUG] Text size on pedigree reports

2014-03-03 Thread Boyd Miller
The Pedigree Charts in Build 412 are still a problem area. In the six generation if you don't put boxes around names names, some of the lines don't connect between generation, many are displaced from their central position on the previous generation. Font sizes change between generation. Gens 5

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Unknown People

2014-02-24 Thread Boyd Miller
This is my approach. In the absence of a name Legacy sometimes adds a non-person called “Unknown”. To distinguish from this, I usually put “not known“ in lower case in the given name field. · a second marriage but you don’t know who the first spouse was - put “not known” (all

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant chart filling only half page width

2014-02-24 Thread Boyd Miller
. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 23 Feb 2014 10:18 PM, Boyd Miller wrote: Thanks for your thoughts Peter. Try as I might, I cannot 'make' the problem happen. It occurs randomly, after several completely normal

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant chart filling only half page width

2014-02-23 Thread Boyd Miller
, OR check if it always seems to occur immediately after one particular person is the focus of the chart. In which case it may be a particular setting for that person. Peter -Original Message- From: Boyd Miller [mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz] Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 4:26 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Unknown People

2014-02-23 Thread Boyd Miller
This is my approach to people whose names are not known. In the absence of a name Legacy sometimes adds a non-person called “Unknown”. To distinguish from this, my choice is usually to put “not known“ in the given name field. You can find these not known people from a Given Name sort of

[LegacyUG] Descendant chart filling only half page width

2014-02-22 Thread Boyd Miller
Periodically, after several perfectly normal Descendant charts, the right margin on the next chart comes to come in to about the middle of the page, and any remaining data on a person is wrapped to the next line. This happens even when the margins are set to 1 cm. If I close the chart and go to

Re: [LegacyUG] Privacy issue when creating GEDCOM?

2014-02-15 Thread Boyd Miller
This has to be a Legacy problem. The data to be included (or not) in the Gedcom is selected by Legacy on the basis of its privacy settings. If private data is getting through then Legacy is not honoring its own settings. You would not expect any privacy tags in the Gedcom. Boyd On 16/02/2014 6:23

Re: [LegacyUG] v800-397 Internet

2014-02-13 Thread Boyd Miller
I sometimes get the same problem - a program stability issue?. If you click on the Updates box this usually wakes up the internet connection (or so it seems). Boyd On 14/02/2014 3:22 a.m., Debbie Medeiros wrote: I've cleared my cache and the Legacy News comes back then goes away again. When you

Re: [LegacyUG] File ID in source citation

2014-02-10 Thread Boyd Miller
If you go to Report menu Other Source Citations you can set up what you want from the Include and Options tabs. One of the options is to Include the source detail File ID. is that what you are looking for? As a matter of interest the Help File for Source Labels points to a Source Labels

Re: [LegacyUG] File ID in source citation

2014-02-10 Thread Boyd Miller
/10/2014 2:49 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 10/02/2014 19:33, Boyd Miller wrote: As a matter of interest the Help File for Source Labels points to a Source Labels report, which does not appear to exist. What is probably intended is to point to the Source Citations report which is one of the Other

Re: [LegacyUG] File ID in source citation

2014-02-10 Thread Boyd Miller
find to get from Help files to the Source Citations report , which may be the answer to the original query on this subject. Boyd On 11/02/2014 1:34 p.m., Bob Janice wrote: 8.0.0.397. Mine is under Reports - Other Reports - Source Labels . . . On 2/10/2014 6:55 PM, Boyd Miller wrote: Neither

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree Report Problems

2014-02-02 Thread Boyd Miller
I had this problem with the 6 generation report, and the fonts were also a variety of different sizes, which changed when I put boxes around the names!. Support suggested that I delete the Pedigree.usr file (My docs/Legacy family Tree/_AppData/Usr) but this didn't solve the problem. Sherry is

[LegacyUG] Legacy not backing up

2014-01-21 Thread Boyd Miller
I am using Build 385. The program has not been doing backups, either on request (File backup file) or when I exit the program after having made changes. All the usual checks have been made including rebooting. I also initially had this same problem with Build 367. The solution is to reinstall

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy not backing up

2014-01-21 Thread Boyd Miller
an update I see the skip file message also, which means that the file already exists and doesn’t need to update. *From:* Boyd Miller mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2014 2:14 PM *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems List

2014-01-19 Thread Boyd Miller
I find the easiest way to deal with the list of potential problems is to create a text file, not a pdf. By using ALT-TAB I can switch between the text file and database, and there is no need to remember the Rin for very long. Then I just delete each item from the text file as it is dealt with.

Re: [LegacyUG] Chronology Tab screen display.

2014-01-14 Thread Boyd Miller
I have lodged a request for this font to be increased to a readable size. Perhaps if a few more folks lodge a request along similar lines we may see a change. Boyd On 15/01/2014 6:12 a.m., Mary Young wrote: Using 8.0.0.367 Chronology, Report Style displays in a tiny font, while List Style

Re: [LegacyUG] Chronology Tab screen display.

2014-01-14 Thread Boyd Miller
-01-15%20report%20style.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/ze4o41kgqzti737/ROBERTS%20Augustus%20Louis%20Chronology%202014-01-15%20list%20style.jpg Is this what you get on your screen too? Wendy Boyd Miller said the following on 15/01/2014 7:32 a.m.: I have lodged a request for this font

Re: [LegacyUG] Quick Viewing of some Reports

2014-01-14 Thread Boyd Miller
Wendy, What Mary was talking about I think is in Legacy7.5, when you generate a pedigree or descendant chart using the icons on the toolbar, there is a brief flick through the Pedigree or Descendant Chart setup screen and the the chart appears. If you generate these charts in L7.5 by going

[LegacyUG] Last modified date

2014-01-08 Thread Boyd Miller
Where do I find the Last Modified Date for an individuals data? The Help file is no help in its text because the date is not where it says - bottom right hand corner - and it uses a Legacy 7.5 screen shot which is no longer relevant. Boyd --- This email is free from viruses and malware because

Re: [LegacyUG] Last modified date

2014-01-08 Thread Boyd Miller
Cathy and Mike, Thank you, problem solved. I was looking for the *Modified Date* in the lower right corner of the main window. I wasn't expecting to mouse over a blank space in my blue background to find the white box! If you search Help for Last modified date you get the old Legacy 7.5 series

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer

2014-01-07 Thread Boyd Miller
These notes from my own personal help file may a bit off the question, but may answer your problem. I use the terms desktop and laptop to distinguish between first and second computers. Copy Customise settings, desktop to laptop On your desktop, under Options - Customize (any section of

[LegacyUG] Short locations and Remove Quoted Given names

2014-01-06 Thread Boyd Miller
When Short Location Names on Screens is set from Options Customise 8.3, the locations are shown in short form on the Family screen, Pedigree (in the pop-up boxes), on the Descendants screen and Index screens. On the Chronology screen they have to be set separately from Options Display options

[LegacyUG] Backup not working

2013-12-26 Thread Boyd Miller
The backup function does not seem to be working, either when I exit Legacy after making changes, or when I specifically ask for the file to backup. I'm using the deluxe version 367 on a W7 computer. My last backup was 24 Dec which is about the time I installed version 367. All the file types and

Re: [LegacyUG] Backup not working

2013-12-26 Thread Boyd Miller
. Ouimet wrote: My 367 backup works fine. Do try another manual backup double checking where the backups are going before actually executing the backup … C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON *From:*Boyd Miller [mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz] *Sent:* December 26, 2013 01:57 PM *To:* LegacyUserGroup

[LegacyUG] Words in date fields

2013-12-19 Thread Boyd Miller
You can enter any one of these words in a date field without triggering a Potential Problems alert. dead, deceased, child, young, stillborn, infant I can find no mention in the Help files of using these or similar words. Apart from the standard qualifiers such as about, between, before, after

Re: [LegacyUG] Words in date fields

2013-12-19 Thread Boyd Miller
, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Boyd Miller bo...@vodafone.net.nz mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz wrote: You can enter any one of these words in a date field without triggering a Potential Problems alert. dead, deceased, child

Re: [LegacyUG] Font size on Pedigree report

2013-12-17 Thread Boyd Miller
1-4 it is trying to include all relevant data while in gen 5 it includes only name birthdate and in gen 6 it is name only, no dates at all. On 17 December 2013 12:09, Boyd Miller bo...@vodafone.net.nz mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz wrote: When I produce a standard six generation

[LegacyUG] Individual's details on Descendant screen

2013-12-08 Thread Boyd Miller
I understand from Page 18 of the User Guide that on the Descendants screen, /As each name is highlighted, the birth and death information is shown at the bottom of the window along with marriage details/. This worked properly in L7.5 but does not appear to work in L8. The picture on in the manual

Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event

2013-12-05 Thread Boyd Miller
Perhaps they should consider this. Britain for he uninitiated http://explore.noodle.org/post/21512465875/because-one-must-know-the-difference-between-the Boyd On 6/12/2013 3:52 p.m., Bryan Pratt wrote: Ron, I think I’ll enshrine that reply on the wall. Said with monarchic suave. I don’t

Re: [LegacyUG] Noted appear and disappear at random

2013-11-29 Thread Boyd Miller
ideas on what may be going wrong? Seems like a bug to me. Boyd On 29/11/2013 8:37 p.m., Boyd Miller wrote: In Family view, when the Notes icon is coloured you expect to find notes in at least one of the three notes fields. Often I am finding that there are no notes at all, and no asterisk

[LegacyUG] Noted appear and disappear at random

2013-11-28 Thread Boyd Miller
In Family view, when the Notes icon is coloured you expect to find notes in at least one of the three notes fields. Often I am finding that there are no notes at all, and no asterisk against any of the fields. Sometimes when I click across each field, one will show data but others do not, when I

Re: [LegacyUG] combining two databases with 99% same info

2013-11-09 Thread Boyd Miller
Kathy, Try Intellimerge. You could start a new file and import both versions of your file into that. This will double up on most of the entries. As a hidden part of each data entry there will be a different Intellimerge code which will have been given to each separate entry. Any data you have

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem 1 - View to name list

2013-09-18 Thread Boyd Miller
If you have the name list checked to Include Married Names, when you go from the highlighted person on the Family view it sometimes, but not always, goes from the to the top of the list for any married women. If you unckeck Include Married Names it always goes to the highlighted person. Boyd Boyd

Re: [LegacyUG] Last modified date reset on update

2013-09-13 Thread Boyd Miller
Perhaps the different results people are getting may arise from the sequence of updating. If you updated directly from v219 to v270 you may have skipped two other opportunities, v266 and v267, where the data format was changed, and where the problems may have been caused. Does this updating

Re: [LegacyUG] Explanation, please?

2013-09-05 Thread Boyd Miller
You might be better to start again and re-import from PAF. Just exclude that field when you export to the Gedcom. That will be much easier than mucking around within Legacy trying to delete these fields. Boyd On 6/09/2013 3:13 p.m., Ron Taylor wrote: Did the data you wish to keep also have

Re: [LegacyUG] import/export into Excel

2013-09-02 Thread Boyd Miller
Another alternative (also free) is GEDxlate. I've used it successfully. Remember that Excel doesn't handle dates before 1900. This is extracted from a promo for the program. GEDxlate translates genealogy data from standard GEDCOM format into MS Access dB (*.mdb), MS Excel Worksheet (*.xls),

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost data!

2013-08-19 Thread Boyd Miller
Have you tried searching the whole of your c: drive for any database files? Just go to Windows Explorer, click on C: drive, and Search for any *.fdb files. This should point you in the right direction if the files are still on the computer anywhere. Boyd On 20/08/2013 12:08 p.m., Lavern Hall

Re: FW: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Origins and Migration Reports

2013-08-06 Thread Boyd Miller
Perhaps this will help explain the situation. http://explore.noodle.org/post/21512465875/because-one-must-know-the-difference-between-the On 7/08/2013 2:30 p.m., CE WOOD wrote: From: wood...@msn.com To:

Re: [LegacyUG] how to determine number of individuals

2013-08-04 Thread Boyd Miller
Hi Norma, The easiest way to separate your families is probably to use Tree Finder. Clear four tags, one for each family. (Advanced tagging Untag selected tag Everyone) Go to View Tree finder refresh. This will show all the separate families in your database and how many people are in each

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-21 Thread Boyd Miller
This highlights the need to be able to source these two parts of the fact separately. Boyd On 21/06/2013 1:17 p.m., Tony Rolfe wrote: Can we go back to the original request and forget about all the extraneous waffle which has appeared on this subject. Just because Legacy must create a

Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8

2013-06-18 Thread Boyd Miller
Regardless of the biological issues, what we do need is a way to separaely source Did not marry (or the equivqlent) and the issue of Had no children . It is quite common to find the proof of these two matters from separate and different sources, However there is no provision in Legacy to source

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem going from family View to Name List

2013-02-07 Thread Boyd Miller
Richard, If you go to Name List Options and check Include Married Names, you get double listings for married women. When you go from the highlighted person on the Family screen to the name list, it sometimes, but not always, takes you to the top of the list, to the people with no surname, rather

Re: [LegacyUG] old files

2013-02-05 Thread Boyd Miller
As far as I can see the best way to dispose of old families is to Open the old family file in Legacy and then delete it using File Delete Family File. This takes out not only the .fdb file but also all the minor files that relate to that family file. The zipped backups are not connected to

Re: [LegacyUG] Citation for never married and had no children

2013-01-21 Thread Boyd Miller
- the split one I referred to is under the Marr. source and refers to the marriage. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Boyd Miller bo...@vodafone.net.nz wrote: Sherry, I don't see any option in the Assigned Sources to split the sourcing

Re: [LegacyUG] Short location name in reports

2012-12-17 Thread Boyd Miller
Report options Format tick the box, lower left Use short location names. You're right, the Help file isn't much help. Boyd On 18/12/2012 1:29 p.m., Pat Hickin wrote: I know that somewhere I can specify that Legacy use short location names in reports (I'm doing a descendant narrative report),

Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to add a new source to my Legacy File

2012-10-17 Thread Boyd Miller
On the Assigned Sources screen, about halfway down on the right there is a box Show all events. If this is not ticked you can only see events which already have sources assigned to them. You can't add any other sources except to the Unspecified category. Just tick that box and all will be

Re: [LegacyUG] Citation for never married and had no children

2012-10-08 Thread Boyd Miller
Sherry, I don't see any option in the Assigned Sources to split the sourcing for Had no Children and Did Not Marry, Is this coming in the next update? Boyd On 9/10/2012 5:52 a.m., Sherry/Support wrote: Click on the Assigned Sources icon and you'll find it listed there. It's split between Had

Re: [LegacyUG] Citation for never married and had no children

2012-10-08 Thread Boyd Miller
one I referred to is under the Marr. source and refers to the marriage. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Boyd Miller bo...@vodafone.net.nz mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz wrote: Sherry, I don't see

Re: [LegacyUG] Citation for never married and had no children

2012-10-08 Thread Boyd Miller
no Children. Are we talking bout the same thing?? Pat On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Boyd Miller bo...@vodafone.net.nz mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz wrote: IF there was a marriage you can have a source to confirm they had no children. However if the person was not married you

Re: [LegacyUG] Displaying URL window

2012-09-23 Thread Boyd Miller
Try this (it works in Windows XP, Windows 7 does it another way) Open Legacy Open your browser Close all other programs you had opened Right click on the task bar and choose Tile windows vertically This will put Legacy on one side and your browser on the other. You should then be able to copy and

Re: [LegacyUG] Name / Nickname entry.

2012-08-25 Thread Boyd Miller
Ron, Although this works in reports and basic charts, it does not work on Charting. On those charts you cannot hide the name in quotes. It would be relatively simple to have a check box under the Name option list in Appearance Box items. I have put this forward as a suggestion but have had no

Re: [LegacyUG] Vanishing burial place.

2012-08-22 Thread Boyd Miller
Brian, This problem is not new - I reported it in June 2011, and got an uninformative response. There was considerable correspondence on this at the time but I think everyone gave up at the lack of action from Legacy in the subsequent upgrades. The problem seems to be intermittent. It often

Re: [LegacyUG] Last Legacy 7 Starter Q

2011-10-30 Thread Boyd Miller
/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Boyd Miller ph 09 488 7595 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] Buried Location not sticking

2011-10-26 Thread Boyd Miller
wrote: Brian, I tried on my wife's computer, latest version and confirm that it works as I said. You just need to click any icon except calendar and close the window to go back to Individual screen and the edit is lost. -- Boyd Miller ph 09 488 7595 Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Archived Messages

2011-06-26 Thread Boyd Miller
This problem arises primarily because many who are the first posters of an issue do not head up their email with a concise subject title that relates to the issue itself. Please folks when you raise a new question on the forum, think how it will be indexed in the archives, think how others will be

Re: [LegacyUG] Saving Documents and Pictures

2011-06-01 Thread Boyd Miller
You can attach a .txt file or a .pdf file or a Word .doc file using the Multimedia Picture File tab. It shows on the screen as two blue pages but when you double click on them it opens the file. However I cannot see how you can get it to print the document in a report. Boyd On 2/06/2011 12:05

Re: [LegacyUG] A person with no name

2011-05-14 Thread Boyd Miller
Resent without the messy formatting! My approach is this: If you have -- a second marriage but you don’t know who the first spouse was - put “not known” (all lower case) as a given name -- children known to be siblings but don’t know either of the parents - put surname (same as siblings)

Re: [LegacyUG] A person with no name

2011-05-13 Thread Boyd Miller
My approach to people who exist but are not known to me is this. If you have •    a second marriage but you don’t know who the first spouse was - put “not known” (all lower case) as a given name •    known to be siblings but don’t know either of

RE: [LegacyUG] Unknown given name solution

2011-03-24 Thread Boyd Miller
My approach is this. You have . a second marriage but you don't know who the other spouse was - put not known (all lower case) as a given name . siblings but don't know either of the parents - put surname (same as siblings) for father only, leave mother blank .

RE: [LegacyUG] Slow loading of data

2011-03-22 Thread Boyd Miller
Before you open Legacy you can run a small free program called End-It-All, http://enditall.en.softonic.com/ Go to Actions Close all. This shuts down all non essential programs and gives you a free run to open only those programs you want. It may help to speed up your Legacy. This is a good

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