Try the Relationship chart and see if that will do what you want. I
frequently use it to show family - especially those new to genealogy - how
they descend from the oldest ancestor.
On Jan 11, 2015 3:40 PM, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote:
Still working on grandchildren's reports. Is
and people with no children.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 7:04 AM, John Roose jbro...@gmail.com wrote:
Gettin old :-) Could someone please tell me how to find (list desired)
the end of each of my lines? It's in there somewhere but I can't find
Gettin old :-) Could someone please tell me how to find (list desired) the
end of each of my lines? It's in there somewhere but I can't find the right
place and/or search words. Thanx in advance.
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
Legacy User Group guidelines:
You answered Anne - but I have no clue which spam message! Was it
concerning Big Y and continued research with the subject: [Action Required]
Big Y - Consent to Contribute to Scientific Research? That one raises
questions.
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM,
Family story and lots of facts (events) have accumulated over the years for
John Doe born in Germany and immigrated to the US, married with 11
children. However, recent research shows that the information and events
prior to 1852 are for a John Doe born in Germany who dropped out of sight;
Thank you Cathy - that was the aha moment I was looking for.
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote:
It might be quicker to export John Doe to a new
file and edit him there to have the facts of just one of them - say John
Good question. Just realized that I probably have not been consistent with
this. I generally have treated those in my family who, as it was termed at
the time, *migrated* west from eastern Pennsylvania to Ohio, or from
eastern Virginia to (now) West Virginia in the 1700's as a *migration* event.
Ah, but mine says 8.0.0.397 is the latest and greatest!
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Chris Seens cseens1...@gmail.com wrote:
No. You must be special as mine still says 385 is the latest and greatest.
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:12 PM, C.G. Ouimet
I previously reported, as others have done, that the Legacy Home Page box
updates was not notifying me of new updates.
Well - an update! This morning upon signing in it worked like it did in V
7. I have a notice that version 8.0.0.385 is now available for download.
Success!!!
John
Genealogy - -
Bob -
You are not alone in having this problem! In Legacy 7 it would notify me of
a new build; not so in Legacy 8. When I raised this issue before on this
list, support told me that I had to close Legacy for the notification to be
made. I started doing just that (previously I would let Legacy run
In V 8 I do not get any notice that a new update is available in the
Updates box on the home tab. Is there a setting I have missed.
I frequently have my computer on for extended periods (days) and keep
legacy open and connected to the internet; at least daily checking the home
page. When I read
The Longest Living Individual had me puzzled. I regularly saw my Aunt
Annie until she died at 105 - always had to read the current issue of Time
magazine because she would quiz you on it, especially if you disagreed with
her view! :-) She died in 1979. The statistic Individual who lived the
suggestion
could be correct until I checked my longest living between 1700 and 1799
and came up with an individual born in 1787 and dying in 1878. On this
basis your Aunt Annie perhaps could be longest living 1800-1899.
On 16/12/2013 17:10, John Roose wrote:
The Longest Living Individual had me
In V 8 I entered a known spouse to Mary Smith and the fact that they
divorced - but the status (Divorced) does not show up in the Marriage
record in Family View. I then added a date, but still there was no
recognition in the Marriage pane. Is this a bug or have I missed something
(I read the
Thanx Sherry and Paul -
I missed that one in Options and didn't think to recheck there. My goof.
John
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
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Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
BIG DITTO!!!
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:54 AM, JV Leavitt jleavi...@att.net wrote:
Thanks to the team for the good work! The improvements are appreciated.
Joseph Leavitt
Legacy User Group guidelines:
I appreciate the new problems icons, and what is found. I have one family
line that had numerous children with gaps of more than 36 months. On the
icon I right click, go to gaps tab, check exclude Warn if a child was born
more than 36 months after previous child, click save. Sometimes the icon
I ordered one for delivery in the US and received an email that it was
shipped on December 3rd via 1-3 day delivery. It has not arrived yet.
Perhaps the same thing is happening to shipments to the UK???
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Jo Poi
Perhaps - but I've not found this in any instruction yet: if I try to
resolve the problem from the Children screen it sometimes takes,
sometimes not. But, when I open each of the children's screens (ie,
individual screen) and make the change there - it seems to be working.
Does anyone know if
to the persons database it will be a local person
for the event.
So you have add all persons before you try to connect them to a shared
event.
Sven-Ove Westberg
On 12/5/2013 12:05 PM, John Roose wrote:
In working with shared events to see how they work, and reading help
files, I don't see
In working with shared events to see how they work, and reading help files,
I don't see the following mentioned.
In researching/finding/entering a census it has been common for me to find
new people, eg the name and existence of a new child. What is the
proper/recommended way to handle this?
In
I had no success in finding info on Legacy and Chromebook in the archives
but seem to remember some discussion of it.Could someone point e in the
right direction in the archives and/or has there been success or trouble
with Legacy on a Chromebook?
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
Legacy
requires Windows o/s I would not expect it to run.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
John Roose jbro...@gmail.com wrote:
I had no success in finding info on Legacy and Chromebook in the archives
but seem to remember some discussion of it.Could someone point e in the
right direction
Rasmussen
Millennia Corporation
ge...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:00 PM, John Roose jbro...@gmail.com wrote:
Great things are afoot! Will Legacy 8 override/replace Legacy 7? Will
there be any way to compare 8 7 before
Great things are afoot! Will Legacy 8 override/replace Legacy 7? Will there
be any way to compare 8 7 before making the conversion? For example - can
7 8 both be installed on the same computer or will there be a way to use
a split screen view? The past flexibility of Legacy may be an impediment
I have the ideal chart for my purpose - a simple Relationship Chart.
However, it runs to two pages [X is the 8th GGS of Y]. I want it on one
page so I can take it to a local copy shop that has printed other charts
from the charting program and have it printed in a *large* *continuous* format
so it
It d-d-d-d-d-dog-gone well better be! :-)
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Michele Lewis ancestor...@gmail.comwrote:
Geoff is presenting a “What’s New in Legacy Family Tree 8” on June 7th at
the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree. Will this information be posted
My Legacy file is in English (American) and I have had the good fortune to
be working with several people in Germany (perhaps relatives, not yet
sure). I know there is a German edition of Legacy. My questions are:
1) Do I export my file to his German Legacy via Export to a Legacy file
or a
of fields and such but does not translate
user entered data.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
--
On 24-Apr-13 12:13, John Roose wrote:
My Legacy file is in English (American) and I have had the good fortune
to be working
Rob -
A possible work around; enter the names in the order you want them to print
out (Vater Rob) in the *family box*, leaving the* given name* box blank.
Then, to have it sort in the name list, enter it as an alternate name (be
sure to enable alternate names in the name list) * given name *Rob
Thank you. That's EXACTLY the kind of information I seek.
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Terri Brown ridge...@yahoo.com wrote:
Here is some information that John and others on the list may find useful
regarding dates for some of the colonies that
My thanx to all who have responded, both on list and privately. The link
below comes closest to answering the original question. However, like most
responses it gives a history BUT not either a time frame (beginning/ending)
and associated proper political name.
Perhaps such a source does not
Re-watching Geoff's earlier webinar on locations has led me to try to clean
up my location lists, ie correctly record the location at the time of the
event. First I created the list of counties that need to be verified.
Animap is an invaluable source *after* the establishment of a state, but
Thanx for your response. Like Animap the Handybook is great for info after
the sate is formed. I'm seeking info for earlier times.
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:26 AM, mvmc...@aol.com wrote:
**
You might try The Handy Book for Genealogists by Everton
Thanx Tim. That's one I'm not familiar with - will check it out.
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Tim Rosenlof spa...@xmission.com wrote:
On 3/27/2013 8:20 AM, John Roose wrote:
Re-watching Geoff's earlier webinar on locations has led me to try
Jane -
No, you can't. But what I do, for the same reason - show DNA test lines -
is to use one of the 9 tags. Choose a color that suits you!
That's what I like about Legacy - it is very flexible!
John
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood!
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Jane Sarles
An example: I have a search list of people born, died, buried in Ohio.
From that list of several hundred names, what is the easiest way to
identify those that are direct ancestors? They are, of course, bold in
the resulting Search List but there has to be an easier way than
scrolling down and
with a
second tag number (tag 2, for instance). Then do a search for
Individuals with Tag 1 and Tag 2.
JL Beeken
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://jlog.jgen.ws/
On 1/21/2013 1:03 PM, John Roose wrote:
An example: I have a search list of people born, died, buried in Ohio
I've been using the Flip-Pal for about a year with very good results. No
problem with large size documents - they stitch together wonderfully. Also,
no problem taking it into courthouses and libraries.
John
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 2:41 AM, Garry F Bell ga...@woosh.co.nz wrote:
'evening
I am
Ian -
Open Legacy in split screen view. DO NOT maximize the screen in your
monitor.
Then, stretch Legacy across the two monitors (pull left or right side of
Legacy across to the second monitor).
You can then size the screen to both monitors - but DO NOT maximize.
John
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at
Windows then Windows based applications
might run on it. Legacy is Windows based. The other possibility is that
an app might be developed to run on it like those available for iPad.
Ron Taylor
--- On *Wed, 5/30/12, John Roose jbro...@gmail.com* wrote:
From: John Roose jbro...@gmail.com
Scott -
It goes to national (physically controlled) boundaries is my sense -
haven't done a thorough check.
But, as an example, in 1750 the area which is Germany in 2012 - all the
states, city states, electorates, etc are shown because that was the
reality at the time - there was no Germany.
Scott -
I am a happy user of both AniMap and Centennia. The short answers to your
questions are: Is Centennia as detailed as Animap - no. Is it worth its
price - yes.
First, I wish AniMap went to the township level, not just county
(township being smaller political jurisdictions). In many
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Michele Lewis ancestor...@gmail.comwrote:
Is there any work going on to fix the maps? About a year ago we had a
long conversation on here about the map feature not working properly.
Michelle -
Many moons ago, when mapping and the standard , delineated
Ron -
In obvious agreement - wish I were there to lift a pint with you!
John
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote:
Jerry,
Not only may there be disagreement on what form any standardisation should
take, but also on the need for it in the first
In the 1871 UK Census John (age 78) and Mary (age 69) Smith have in their
household in addition to only themselves Peter Jones - identified as
son-in-law - age 6 [six]!
If Peter's age were 26 I'd think he was the husband of John and Mary's
daughter. In that case, I'd enter a [blank] female
not been identified - another possibility.
Thanx for raising possibilities we hadn't thought of.
John
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.ukwrote:
On 07/01/2012 18:53, John Roose wrote:
In the 1871 UK Census John (age 78) and Mary (age 69) Smith have
likely, but I would not exclude (great) nephews/nieces or even
cousins.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
*From:* John Roose jbro...@gmail.com
*Sent:* Saturday, January 07, 2012 8:21 PM
*To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Entering son-in-law
Jenny -
Thanx
When I have questions like this I go to my [US] Chaplain friend, who
responded:
Baptism is the Christian Biblical Sacrament that symbolizes forgiveness of
sins and desire to accept Christ as Savior. I will forego the Biblical
references - you probably know them. While I grew up in a tradition
Hi
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Corinne Fordschmid
cfordsch...@bluewin.chwrote:
Although I’m on the mailing list, I don’t seem to be getting any
messages. Legacy support have re-subscribed me so this is just a test to see
if it now works.
Perhaps some of you could just respond with a
I recommended Legacy to a friend. He downloaded it and then said he could
ONLY use four generations in the free version - so he has now downloaded the
full version. That prioblem has been solved - but is that a new limitation
or was there something else at work?
I tried it and didn't seem to have
Geoff -
Thanx. Never thought of that wrinkle!
John
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Geoff Rasmussen ge...@legacyusers.comwrote:
There is a limitation of 4 generations in Legacy Charting. That’s
probably what he experience.
Geoff
*From:* John Roose [mailto:jbro...@gmail.com]
*Sent
James -
That's the beauty of Legacy! It is very flexible. I've been using it since v
3 and have been doing as your first option suggests. And, over the years
I've been able to substantiate or confirm the persons and/or data I entered.
Sometimes I have deleted info/persons when I found that was
For years I have been using dual monitors with Legacy. Great for having
Legacy open in one and Ancestry open in the other, for example. Frequently I
will open Legacy in one monitor and then slide the Individual's
Information screen to the other monitor [uncovers some info, larger screen,
etc] and
not get a window asking if I wanted to open a
different file after the 2nd window was opened, as I have in the past.
I'll pass this on to the programmers to take a look at.
John
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:37 AM, John Roose jbro
James -
Much appreciated because you answered the basic question about why I can't;
and you explained the part I missed about Sherry's way of doing it. I now
see what she meant and have played enuf to understand it.
Thank you both very much.
John
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:19 PM, James Cook
Sherri -
The way I have handle it when I have names (would work without names but I
haven't faced that yet) is to enter a child to the grandparents whose first
name is Placeholder and is of ? sex, ie, neither male nor female. I then
list all the grand children/great grandchildren as appropriate.
-
From: John Roose
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:28 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Search help
As a long time Legacy user I use the search feature quite often. I've hit
the same question twice and am not sure if I can solve it via search -
couldn't figure out
As a long time Legacy user I use the search feature quite often. I've hit
the same question twice and am not sure if I can solve it via search -
couldn't figure out how the first time - and now hope some guru out there
can help!
I have a mother's will that lists three female married children. The
I iknow how to show an adopted child when both sets of parents are known;
not a problem. However, can I - and how - show ONLY a biological mother and
totally seperately an adopting father?
Specifically: James (father) b 1775 had two wives and several children by
1829. Elizabeth (mother) b 1807
have an impact on what you do, IMO.
Connie
--- On Sat, 5/15/10, John Roose jbro...@gmail.com wrote:
From: John Roose jbro...@gmail.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Showing adopted child
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 3:27 PM
I iknow how to show an adopted child
If someone sends me a Legacy database developed in, for example, a German or
Finnish version of Legacy, can I open it [successfiully :) ] in an English
[American English] version of Legacy? And vice-versa? My foreign language
skills are nil!
All tips and suggestions welcome. Via DNA I have found
Diane -
I tend (because I haven't been consistent and haven't gone back - yet) to
use Property as the event. I do this because it may not be a residence
(often in the case of some ancestors). For description I enter info (acres,
price, property name, etc) that is easy to identify when it is sold;
Rick -
I've been using Legacy since before training videos. Some of my old ways
I've changed because of the videos, LUG, the instruction book and the Help
files.
However, I continue to do one thing that works for me: I do not use a
census event. Nor do I use a Tax list event; nor a City
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