There will be links to the images. As long as you don’t move your images
that are linked to Legacy, RootsMagic will find them, once you import your
DEDCOM into RootsMagic. This is assuming you are installing RootsMagic on
the same computer hard drive where your Legacy resides.
On Mon, Jan 24,
If RootsMagic is installed on the same computer and your images linked in
Legacy remain where they are, there will be links included in your GEDCOM
file used to move your Legacy data. Once imported into RootsMagic, this
program will find the images, based on the links. If you then, at some
point,
May I ask the name of this file?
On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 10:51 AM J M wrote:
> Legacy Family Tree tech support just solved the problem for me. A simple
> fix of just deleting the correct *.rc3 file.
>
> Everyone can go back to their regular programming!
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 8:30 AM J M
ocated?
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On
> Behalf Of *Mary Fowler Leek
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 26, 2021 5:55 PM
> *To:* Legacy User Group
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures Not Showing in Reports
>
>
>
> Are you using the Descendant Report or the Descendant Book R
Are you using the Descendant Report or the Descendant Book Report? If the
Descendant Report, I think you need to turn off compacting information on
one line. Including photos in this report requires individual information
to use four lines. I don’t remember the exact wording but you will see what
Mr. Leavitt,
You don't mention what version or build of Legacy you are using. I think
there might have been some recent Legacy changes to FS.
Please provide a bit more information as to your Legacy version and build.
Mary
PS: your message arrived in my inbox empty of text but a follow-up
Martha, I don't know if this is the file(s) you're asking about but the
following info is from a note I saved from an earlier discussion. I've never
experienced this resize problem so unable to verify this information. Maybe
you will recognize and know if it is the file you're asking about. Good
Jennifer, I think you are referencing the History Icons you can place on the
shortcuts toolbar found under the 'My Toolbar' tab.
If so, and if your 'My Toolbar' menu bar is lacking these icons, in Legacy 9
you can add them by clicking on the little tiny arrow in the far right lower
corner of
Stan,
I’ve just now tried this by setting up a test family with a single mother named
‘Mom delete’ and a child named ‘daughter delete’ and I have no problem with
creating a report with the correct wording.
I realize you are not getting this same result so we just have to figure out
why.
To
Stan,
I’ve just now tried this by setting up a test family with a single mother named
‘Mom delete’ and a child named ‘daughter delete’ and I have no problem with
creating a report with the correct wording.
I realize you are not getting this same result so we just have to figure out
why.
To
Stan,
I've just now tried this by setting up a test family with a single mother
named 'Mom delete' and a child named 'daughter delete' and I have no problem
with creating a report with the correct wording.
I realize you are not getting this same result so we just have to figure out
why.
To test
the same message? This is the fourth time I have
received this message?
Ronald Bernier
Woonsocket, RI
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 2, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Mary Fowler Leek <ml...@comcast.net> wrote:
Stan,
I’ve just now tried this by setting up a test family with a single mother named
‘Mom
Stan,
I've just now tried this by setting up a test family with a single mother
named 'Mom delete' and a child named 'daughter delete' and I have no problem
with creating a report with the correct wording.
I realize you are not getting this same result so we just have to figure out
why.
To test
Brian,
Am I understanding you to say that an attached image file will print in a
report so that it can actually be read, not just print as a tiny image? If
attached to a source, it will upload and be readable on a Legacy generated web
site, if media is selected to be included on the web site?
Hi Barton,
So happy you’ve gotten things sorted out and have found the additional work you
thought you might have lost. Thank you for letting everyone know. It is
frightening to think something isn’t working as it should, but in my case, it
is usually my error, rather than the program. J
Barton, I don’t know which version of windows you use but for windows 7, from
your desktop you could click on Start in the lower left hand corner, then in
the search box (where it says search programs and files), type in the name of
your Legacy file with the extension, then click on the little
While this doesn’t help Brian, another suggestion is to import a GEDCOM into a
new Legacy file first and go through and clean it up to your standards before
importing into your primary file.
Also, if the deed is already done and you find yourself with an unwanted EVENT,
you can set the EVENT
I just created a pdf standard descendant chart using Legacy Charting build
8.0.033, in Legacy 8, using Win 7Pro and it completed properly. The chart was
able to be opened and viewed in Adobe Acrobat.
What is the chart style you are trying to create? Has this chart worked for you
in the past?
Oops, not under the privacy settings!
The private setting for the EVENT is in the lower right hand corner of the
event screen.
~Mary
On 06/05/2015 10:17 AM, Syble Glasscock wrote:
I'm not sure when this happened, but I accidently realized that my
grandfather's webpage is excluding the last
Be sure it isn't set as a private event. Look down in the lower right hand
corner under Privacy Settings to see if the private box is ticked.
~Mary
On 06/05/2015 10:17 AM, Syble Glasscock wrote:
I'm not sure when this happened, but I accidently realized that my
grandfather's webpage is
Both are narrative reports. I guess it is just the way Legacy decided to name
and differentiate between these two reports.
Personally, I would describe the Descendant Book Report as what some
genealogists refer to as a register report.
The Descendant Narrative Report shows each child of the
Welcome to the List, Dick.
You will find links at the bottom of your message if your LUG message is
returned to you. If not, here are the links you can use:
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
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If you are referring to AKA Events, look under 'Options' for the delete button.
Not certain by your description just where the notes are located that you're
attempting to delete.
MEL
-Original Message-
From: wheat...@hotmail.com [mailto:wheat...@hotmail.com]
Subject: [LegacyUG]
Brian,
Manually resized the Legacy window to about ½ of the monitor screen. My window
size remains the same size, following a close and reopen.
The only place I can find where a setting might dictate the Legacy screen size
was where you can set Legacy to display two open files side by side,
If this is posted on the LUG, would someone mind sending me a quick email to
let me know. I've received no LUG messages for two days. I checked the
archives and there are messages since I last received one so something is
amiss. I subscribed again but still nothing. In all the years I've been on
Priscilla,
Another suggestion is to download the little free utility, Nemo PDF to Word.
http://www.nemopdf.com/pdf-to-word.html
It will convert your Legacy PDF reports to Word. I haven’t tried it with a
chart but the report conversions turned out very well. I use a lot of photos in
my
I would Google ….
I don’t know about best way but if I wanted to add them to the family, I’d add
as gender unknown (which will show up as a different color) and use Infant
Surname as their names placeholder. Generally I add in double brackets in the
SUFFIX area the name of the dad. This info in double brackets
my build 8.0.0.427 has a bug.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Mary Fowler Leek ml...@comcast.net wrote:
Tom,
Have you tried resetting to the default settings for this particular report and
see if this clears up your problem?
On the Descendant Book Report Options page, see in the lower right
Tom,
Have you tried resetting to the default settings for this particular report and
see if this clears up your problem?
On the Descendant Book Report Options page, see in the lower right hand corner
the box ‘Reset’
MEL
From: Tom Weiss [mailto:tomgwe...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February
I think you will have to ‘remove’ the photo from the individual.
Mary
From: Jo Poi [mailto:jo...@hush.com]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred picture
Lary
Many thanks, but I dont want to not have the preferred facilty working, but
just 'undo' the preferred option on the pictures of a couple of
Jane,
I ALWAYS enter my locations with city, county, state so my example may not work
as well for you but I used 'Search and Replace' to add USA to the end of a
particular state and it worked perfectly. Since there are only 50 states, it
wouldn't take but a few minutes to add USA to the end of
on him. Only pictures linked to events.
I do not know what to do anymore..
Again, thanks for your support,
Rob
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Mary Fowler Leek ml...@comcast.net wrote:
Rob,
I just tested this with 7.5 (last release) and all of my photos, for individual
and events, were
Rob,
I just tested this with 7.5 (last release) and all of my photos, for individual
and events, were pulled and do appear in a html report when using the identical
settings used for a pdf report.
To be certain we are all on the same page:
Are you using the very last release of Legacy 7.5
Barbara,
Can you duplicate each basic source in Source Writer to get the look you want
when used in a report, then figure out how to edit and paste the formatted info
into your basic source that will closely achieve the same style? Once done,
when you save the edit, it will ask if it should be
Hi Dennis,
Another idea to consider while you’re working with a particular item of media,
you might want to link a copy to your individual as well. I link copies of
death certificates, birth certificates, military records, a register report
I’ve come across on line that I might want to refer
Ken,
Go to Customize Data Entry Tab and be sure under the _When Adding and Editing
information_, the box is unticked next to “Jump to Notes when saving individual”
Mary
From: Ken Neundorf [mailto:kwn...@gmail.com]
This evening the window to add note has started automatically opening
Ron,
So nice to see you feeling up to working with your genealogy again.
It sounds like you might have clicked on the shortcut for Legacy v7.5. There
was a recent update that would bring it up to the version you report below.
Look for a shortcut of a bright blue icon with a white L in
May I ask what build you are using?
From: rfvanwasshnova [mailto:rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com]
Subject: [LegacyUG] L8 file check repair not compatible with web site sources
Use sample file. Add a basic source WWW to the home husband. Attach a web
address www.google.com and a 2nd longer
I would probably add as a son (or daughter) of the family I felt might be their
family, then add a ? in the Title field. This would alert me to a dubious
connection; maintain notes in the research notes explaining why I feel this
person 'might' belong. If you find the person doesn't belong to
Kathy,
The Relationship Calculator can create simple charts. To get what I think
you’re asking about, you first would set the relationships by using you as the
focus person. Go to Tools set relationships with you as the focus person.
Then you use the Relationship Calculator to get the
Following the problems Cheryl was having trying to figure out how to tag a
family line in order to create Name Tags for a family reunion, I took a
first look at the process.
I must admit this is a very neat feature of Legacy v8. To be able to include
a photo of the named person on the Name Tag,
I’m a bit late to this thread so it’s possible I’ve completely misunderstood
the problem. If I’ve understood correctly, would this help? Import the gedcom
again, but use a different name for the file, and use the setting that will
result in clean notes. Then you could tag everyone who has a
Reply sent to the list not trimmed! My bad.
Mary
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Jane,
I love the style and content of this report and feel it would be a wonderful
addition to the Legacy Reports. The old Family Origins Genealogy software
allowed one to select the individual facts/events to be included in a given
report. It was a nice option.
I hope you've already sent in
Judy,
Could you identify which version of Legacy you are using.
From: Judy Weber [mailto:jwe...@centurylink.net]
How can I get my ancestor’s second husband, not the father of her children, to
print in addition to her first husband and father of her children in a
descendants book
The free FastStone Image viewer will also ‘save to’ many different formats,
including to and from pdf format.
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
Mary
From: Jay 1FamilyTree [mailto:1familytree@gmail.com]
Dave,
Thanks, I am not familiar with that Plug-in And I dont
Susan,
I don’t know what might be considered the correct way but my personal
preference is to use (_) for an unknown name. I enter everything based
on the way it reads in the narrative descendant report and I like to have the
reader see immediately where a name is unknown. Sometimes
I think there are a few users on this list who have one name studies who can
hopefully address your questions.
If these people in your file aren’t linked, I don’t know what options you have
for reports other than an individual report or a customized report based on the
Index. Have you
This homemade video is made with basic screen capture software and is
nothing fancy but if you can view it in HD 720P on YouTube, I think it will
be satisfactory for viewing and following the steps.
I believe the default viewing begins with 480P. It is much clearer if viewed
in 720P. If it
Kurt,
In Legacy v7.5, there does not appear to be an ‘Options for default settings
Tab’ under Customize. Could you be a bit more specific.
Mary
From: Kurt Kneeland [mailto:kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 7:16 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject:
Very helpful and informative comments. I think we can safely conclude there is
more than enough space in the notes fields to meet all needs.
My thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. As the kids would say, you
guys rock!
Mary
Legacy User Group guidelines:
I have a Legacy user who has asked me this question and while I know it has
been asked before, I can't remember, didn't save the answer and cannot find
this in the Help file. Is the capacity actually controlled by a limitation
of Windows?
I also searched the mail archives but s many messages
Steve,
Just to let you know that for me, the copied Legacy 7.5 data file worked
correctly and all of my notes appear to be in place under the various tabs.
Sebastian, I've no idea what to suggest other than to delete the imported file
and try again. Maybe make a copy of your Legacy 7.5 data
Fred,
Are you referring to the Descendant Book Report (Register Report)? If so, you
can change the wording for Married Couple under the Wording 1 tab to read:
‘children of this family’ or wording of your choice. Would this work for you?
Whatever you change it to will be reflected for all
This is how I would do it …
Go to the Legacy website and download the installation file to each computer,
then run it to install.
If this isn’t practical, download the file to one computer, copy the install
file to a CD or flash drive, then go to each computer and install it from the
Kathy,
You can get something like what you want by altering ONE event sentence for the
event.
The example I used was the Immigration Event and the entered information will
read in the order you requested …
Event Name - Date - Location - Description
I altered one sentence
I see by looking under my 'Legacy Home Tab' that v7.5.0.257 is now available
for download. Is there a way to download the file before installing it,
rather than installing from the web?
All I can find on the website is v7.5.0.219
Mary
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Jay,
Did you add each burial site as a child of the cemetery? I would think, if the
burial sites were entered this way, a FGS report (it would be very longJ) could
then include each entrant and headstone photo. If not, I wonder if there is a
simple way to make all the entries a child of the
Kay, I'm so sorry you're having to go through all of this work again. I don't
really have a suggestion other than to maintain the exact folder structure. If
doing that, I'd expect you could just open each folder and have Legacy
recognize the photos and files again but I can't confirm this
Mary,
To add to Jenny’s helpful reply:
A suggestion would be to enter the beginning double bracket in the Event name
without a space, following the Event Name.
Example: Living[[…]] as opposed to: Living [[…]]
When you type in the name of the event to bring it up, type a privacy
Rita,
Left Click on the photo you want to move, hold and drag it to the new position
and release.
Mary
From: Rita Lynn McKale [mailto:cagr...@comporium.net]
Is there a way to change the picture order in the Picture Gallery? Is so how?
Thanks
Rita in South Carolina
Legacy
Rich,
Is your Legacy created site accessed via the index.html created by Legacy or do
you enter your Legacy site via another page?
If you would share a link to your site, it could help those who might offer
advice or suggestions.
Mary
From: Richard Falzini
Marg,
You aren’t the only one; I have some of those clippings, too! For these, I use
as a lead in for the obituary transcription in the Obituary Event notes:
… he (or she) was remembered in a published obituary
And then I type in the obituary transcription
If we have a clipping, we
I use the URL as a generic source, then simply paste the copied memorial number
in the citation text that pops up;
Example: Find A Grave Memorial# 50043453
Example of how the source could look in the sources Index at the end of the
report:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi, 'Find
Syble, I just wanted you to know I can see the info you've provided in the DESC
box by hovering my mouse pointer over the photo. It won't show if I hover over
the white space under the photo. The pointer needs to be placed over the image.
I'm using W7 pro 64 bit and IE browser v9. I just
One suggestion would be to expand the photo canvas on the bottom, then add the
date (or name and date or whatever information you wish to add) by adding the
info into a text box. I usually ‘save as’ and give the edited photo a new name,
just so I can keep the original. This process is easy to
Shirley,
the labels for the various Notes can be removed so they don’t print in the
reports.
Go to the Book Reports, click on the Narrative Report or other style book
report and click on the Tab ‘Wording 2’. Now delete any of the labels you
don’t want to print out in your book reports. Just
Once my Legacy family file is synced to my iPad or iPhone, can I control the
sync feature? I want my desktop file to be the only one I edit and never
have the iPad file sync back to the desktop. I see in the Families Sync
utility that there are two selections, write to device and read from
Please check the following forum thread and read the last entry. Hope it helps.
http://www.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?f=104t=13595
From: Randy Clark [mailto:ceddaco...@gmail.com]
I'm not sure there is a Windows ALT code for the kahako.
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Paul Gray
May I ask a favor of a Flip Pal scanner user . would you send an example of
a small newspaper article scan to me via email? I would like to order this
little scanner from the Legacy Store before the discount ends but I don't
know anyone personally who uses this scanner so am begging on bended knee
]
On 02/12/2011 01:56, Mary Fowler Leek wrote:
First, I don't think the information in the vitals notes prints anywhere.
They do as long as you select for that in Report Options.
--
Jenny M Benson
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after
sorry for the misinformation.:-(
Mary
On 02/12/2011 14:31, Mary Fowler Leek wrote:
I've misunderstood the discussion. I was referring to the notes at
the end of each vitals' box. Birth Address, Notes, Pictures. If Tony
was referring to something else, then oops, please disregard my
reply
be removed. Am I missing something?
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Mary Fowler Leek ml...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Tony,
First, I don't think the information in the vitals notes prints anywhere.
If you put the burial notes in an Event note, you can have it placed exactly
where you want it to read
Tony,
First, I don't think the information in the vitals notes prints anywhere.
If you put the burial notes in an Event note, you can have it placed exactly
where you want it to read in the narrative reports. The individual events can
be moved up and down in the 'List of Events', depending on
Fowler Leek [mailto:ml...@sbcglobal.net]
Does the new Android version of Families work on the just released Amazon Fire
Tablet?
Mary
-Original Message-
From: Malcolm Green [mailto:malc...@telgen.co.uk]
Families 1.4.0 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is now available from the App
Store
Does the new Android version of Families work on the just released Amazon Fire
Tablet?
Mary
-Original Message-
From: Malcolm Green [mailto:malc...@telgen.co.uk]
Families 1.4.0 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is now available from the App
Store. Families 1.4.0 for Android is available
Olwyn,
I do apologize for the misinformation. I always add (_) for any unknown
names so I'd not noticed the 'Leave Blank' was no longer working! Yikes, Ron,
this needs to be corrected. Few things are more exasperating than having a
format option that doesn't work as expected.
Mary
Olwyn,
For the ‘Had No Children’, go to the report options and under Include, tick the
‘Child Status’.
For the word Unknown, go to Options Customize Data Format and look to the
lower right hand side of the screen. Try ticking the box for “Word for Blank”
Records to ‘Leave Blank’ and see if
Joan,
If you have a ton of these attached as graphic images, then my suggestion might
not have value but if you have only a limited number, I would suggest using the
free graphic viewer from Faststone to convert your graphic images of
certificates into PDF files, then reattach as a file. This
@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Pictures
Hi Mary
If you add a pdf to Legacy does it display when you create a book or the
descendant narrative?
Kimc
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Mary Fowler Leek ml...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Joan,
If you have a ton of these attached as graphic
THANK YOU, Jan, for bringing this to the users attention. I obviously missed
the first discussion regarding this issue and had no idea this was happening.
I cannot for the life of me understand why this is now working as it is. To me
it is illogical that it should apply to the events. I would
[mailto:kowal...@iglou.com]
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:47:34 -0500, Mary Fowler Leek
ml...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I cannot for the life of me understand why this is now working as it is.
It has worked this way as far back as I remember (2001).
--
Dennis Kowallek (LTools)
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http
Don't forget the use of privacy [[ ... ]] brackets. Anything entered inside
double brackets will not print but will be visible on the monitor screen. These
brackets can be used in the name fields and/or the prefix and suffix fields.
They will also show on screen in the Index and Marriage and
There is a little utility called ABBYY Screenshot Reader that will read your
scanned text from your computer screen and convert it to text, which can be
then pasted into the notes of Legacy. It costs $10 and is one of the best ten
dollars I've ever spent. I own and use Abbyy OCR software and
Ollie,
From Menu Bar ... Look under
Internet Create Web Pages
Web Page Creation WHAT Tab
and look to middle right side of the selections at the EVENTS
Be certain you have PICTURES ticked/checked
Mary
From: Ollie Dunne olliedu...@eircom.net
Hi Linda
I added photo's to events, however
Kathy,
Unless there's a big 'something' I haven't thought of, I've decided to use
Legacy for creating my reports and charts to a book in Publishing Center,
saved to a pdf file and then finishing my 'books' in Adobe Acrobat.
KISS is what I'm looking for (Keep It Simple, Stupid). :-)
Most programs
Barb,
Please forgive me if this has already been asked of you.
Are you using Basic Legacy v7 or Deluxe v7? If basic, perhaps the more full
featured searches aren't available to you.
Mary
From: Barbara Lewis
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 12:37 PM
I use and have done so for a long time, (_) in place of an unknown
name when I am entering a new person. This way it prints out in my reports
like the example below. I don't have to do anything more unless I discover
the missing name. It is easy to edit and type in the name, once known.
Scott,
Click on Search:
Click on: Detailed Search tab
Look for: Individual
Where to look: Notes-General
How to look: Not Equal To
What to look for: don't have ANYTHING showing in this box, it should
visually appear blank/empty
tick Clear List before this search
Click on Create List
This
, and repeat
= 40 degrees plus .5867 x 60 = 35.202 minutes plus .202 x 60 = 12.12
seconds, or 40d 35m 12.12s.
Make sense?
Scott
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Mary Fowler Leek ml...@sbcglobal.net
wrote:
Is the Legacy preferred format for GPS settings degree's, minutes and
seconds? Sorry
Is the Legacy preferred format for GPS settings degree's, minutes and
seconds? Sorry to be so dense but I'm totally ignorant of how to enter the
GPS locations in Legacy and I 'think' there are two GPS recognized formats
for entering a location.
My thanks,
Mary
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Diane,
Click on Search Detailed Search tab
Look For: Individual
Where to Look: Notes-General
How to Look: Not Equal To
What to Look For: leave this totally blank, NOTHING to be inserted in
this field
Now click on Create List and be certain the Clear List before this search is
ticked.
looks neat.
Syble
--- On Sun, 1/3/10, Mary Fowler Leek ml...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
From: Mary Fowler Leek ml...@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Family Group Report with Editable Text and
Pictures
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Cathy,
In order to organize your report with the notes at the beginning, just
create a new 'event' titled Notes and copy and paste your hard coded notes
into the event titled Notes. After that is done and you're sure you have the
notes section all copied, then delete the identical information
I just sent message with a large attachment to the LUG instead of the
individual requesting it. I so hope the new server blocks attachments or you
are all going to want to throw me off the the user list! I'm so very sorry
for not paying more attention. I should stick to being a lurker!
Mary
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