Re: [LegacyUG] pictures -- unlinking

2014-01-17 Thread R G Strong-genes
Or you go to the Media Center and find the picture you attached and go to that person’s Attached Photos tab and click the Remove button, highlight the correct individual and click Attach. If you had captions or anything first copy them from the Attached photo tab and put them on the first tab

Re: [LegacyUG] Shared Events - witnesses, clergy, doctors, etc.

2014-01-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
I only include them if they are family members or related to them. From: lio . Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 10:49 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Shared Events - witnesses, clergy, doctors, etc. With Shared Events its suddenly easy to include lots of extras

Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Names

2014-01-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
I only record it in the AKA if she remarried with her previous married name or signed a legal document with just her married name. From: lio . Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 7:36 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Alternate Names I've just finished Geoff's Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor/Descendant Interest

2014-01-01 Thread R G Strong-genes
Kathy, From the help: Ancestor and Descendant Interest The two fields in the bottom right corner of the Information window are used to express your interest level in the ancestors and descendants of the current individual. The value can range from 0 to 3. 0 indicates no interest. Use 1 for

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab - Updates

2013-12-19 Thread R G Strong-genes
I use gmail and read it through Live mail and have not gotten any of those messages that people are talking about. -Original Message- From: Mike Fry Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:19 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Home Tab - Updates On

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy8 w/Windows 32 or 64 bit (was: Highlighted colour)

2013-12-19 Thread R G Strong-genes
I am using Win7 in the 32 bit configuration and had no problems with installing Legacy8. It used the same GeoDB as Legacy7 was using. After the current build update I downloaded the GeoDB and installed the database and when I opened Legacy8 it started using the new one in the new location which

Re: [LegacyUG] Lack of Trust

2013-12-18 Thread R G Strong-genes
Everyone is assuming he has an upgraded program, however, I believe he is still using version 5. And also his main complaint was the changing of the letter case of country abbreviations that he uses. Could it be the change in letter case could be that these are not standard Abbreviations and that

Re: [LegacyUG] Input format for dates

2013-12-18 Thread R G Strong-genes
Elsie, From the help files: 5.1 Dates Displayed As Select from six date display formats: mmm dd, Nov 30, 1854 dd mmm 30 Nov 1854 mm-dd- 11-30-1854 dd-mm- 30-11-1854 mmm dd 1854 Nov 30 -mm-dd 1854-11-30 When entering dates into Legacy, they are reformatted and

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 GEDCOM import issues

2013-12-04 Thread R G Strong-genes
Dottie, If you have Legacy installed on both your laptop and pc and you have kept the file directory structure the same on both then the correct way to move your file between the computers is to use the Backup and Restore functions. Backup the family file and media files then copy the resulting

Re: [LegacyUG] Geobase international location questions

2013-12-03 Thread R G Strong-genes
I do that also and once I have both locations geocoded to the correct location I enter some information in the notes field as a historical date range of the location and other data as to what it is now. Then I put a check mark in the verified box so that I know not to delete that location or

Re: [LegacyUG] Restoring media files from a back up.

2013-11-02 Thread R G Strong-genes
When restoring the media files they should be extracted to the root drive of where they were originally stored ie. normally the C: drive. The paths are stored in the zip file and they will then restore to the correct folders and Legacy should be able to find them. Other wise just go to one of

Re: [LegacyUG] Numbers appearing on Descendant Report

2013-10-01 Thread R G Strong-genes
I agree with Bert! I have none of these in any general notes or marriage notes. and I have imported, entered manually and Integrated with FamilySearch but not synced to it, except individuals I was sure of. To see if it is possible if you linked with FamilySearch, there will be little left and

Re: [LegacyUG] Families App

2013-09-16 Thread R G Strong-genes
Yes, as long as they both have different names. I currently have “Kennedy Family” which is the sample database and “MyRoots” which is my main file. From: Michele Lewis Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 7:34 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Families App Can the

Re: [LegacyUG] Two Computers

2013-09-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
First you would be violating the terms of the Legacy License which states that it can only be used on one computer at a time. The second issue would be that the two computers may not be current with the correct update and may be out of sync with each other. Which one would have the working

Re: [LegacyUG] Last modified date reset on update

2013-09-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
Mine have not been changed. I show 16200 individuals with a modified date before 2007 and 8225 after 2007 with 173 modified after 20 Aug 2013. From: Richard Van Wasshnova Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 4:21 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Last modified date

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to log Twins?

2013-09-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
Go to the parents view of the said twin, tripplet etc., right click on the children list number pick menu item children settings then highlight the child you want and change the child status to twin, tripplet, etc. If one of the choices is not there then click on Add to add a new child status.

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to log Twins?

2013-09-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
to reset to standard what was in the Child Type Master list? It appears mine is blank (although that could be my fault). As such I don't know what kind of options this list should be used for. Kathy On 09/09/2013, at 12:29 PM, R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com wrote: Go to the parents view

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to log Twins?

2013-09-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
to standard what was in the Child Type Master list? It appears mine is blank (although that could be my fault). As such I don't know what kind of options this list should be used for. Kathy On 09/09/2013, at 12:29 PM, R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com wrote: Go to the parents view of the said

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to log Twins?

2013-09-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
I opened one of my blank databases and the default ones are Stillborn and Twin -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 10:42 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to log Twins? Kathy, to find out what the default ones

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to log Twins?

2013-09-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
To Import goto the child status list and click on the Options button and you will find it there. -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 10:44 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to log Twins? Forgot to add that you can

Re: [LegacyUG] Explanation, please?

2013-09-06 Thread R G Strong-genes
Cheryl, To get the AFN field to appear in family view, right click on any of the labels (born, died, etc) and a Customize Family View Information screen will pop up. Then in the last field click on the button with three dots in it and you can select which field to display, there you will find in

Re: [LegacyUG] FamilySearch Heart Icon

2013-08-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
it means they are marked as living From: Florence B Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 2:58 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] FamilySearch Heart Icon When I open Legacy FamilySearch from Legacy Family Tree software, many of the names in the My Legacy People List have a heart

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting/Displaying Children

2013-08-07 Thread R G Strong-genes
Children are not auto sorted in this version of Legacy, they are displayed in the order they were entered, if they are not in the order of birth then you have to open the children settings and click on Sort to put them in order of birth and then if any have no birth date but you know where they

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Sources

2013-07-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
My understanding is that a level 0 would be undetermined status and 1 would constitute unreliable. -Original Message- From: Brian/Support Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:13 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Sources In Evidence

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching a facebook page to a person

2013-07-17 Thread R G Strong-genes
Also when exporting to a GEDCOM be sure to check the boxes to convert those codes to html and makes spaces web friendly. From: Jay 1FamilyTree Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:31 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching a facebook page to a person Ron, Yes, I

Re: [LegacyUG] tag the Trees

2013-07-17 Thread R G Strong-genes
Cheryl, When you are in the Tree Finder Window you will find a Tag: # window in the lower right next to the Tag All the individuals in the List button. When you click any of those buttons it will use the Tag number shown in that window. If you want each tree to be a different number then choose it

Re: [LegacyUG] Necessary to rebuild my hard drive ...

2013-07-03 Thread R G Strong-genes
Kay, You may have to go into windows and reassociate the PDFs to Adobe and the RTFs to your wordprocessor program. Do they open up when you click on them in windows file manager? If they don’t then that is what the problem is. From: Kay Keating Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:28 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] list of sources

2013-07-03 Thread R G Strong-genes
Cheryl, You can get a source citation report from the ReportsBooks and Others tab. You can play around with it. If it is grayed out then it is a Legacy Deluxe feature. From: Cheryl Rothwell Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:57 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] list of

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: How to Handle Adoptions?

2013-06-28 Thread R G Strong-genes
Leon, If you want to use the hyphenated last name and don’t want the error message showing up you can open each individual’s info screen and at the bottom of the screen you can click on the button “Exclude from Potential Problems...” and then on the Standardization tab mark “Check for illegal

Re: [LegacyUG] How to clear the file id for all sources

2013-06-28 Thread R G Strong-genes
Jean, You can go to the ReportsBook and Other and click on the File IDs button and then you can use that list to find your common search terms. From: Jean Suplick Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:49 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to clear the file id for all

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding 2 sources to the same event

2013-06-28 Thread R G Strong-genes
Barbara, Yes you can enter as many sources as you need to. Open the Assigned Sources window for the individual. If the title of the source shows under the first source and the Events box is Empty that means it is the same event as above it. To add the citation then you need to highlight it and

Re: [LegacyUG] Repository call number

2013-06-19 Thread R G Strong-genes
Pat, It appears that the Repository call number can only be placed on the master source and not the detail citation. From: Pat Hickin Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:19 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Repository call number Is there a way to include the Repository call

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Q/A, new Tagging options, and other surprises

2013-06-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
Then you could add the other possible parents by putting the person in the current person view then clicking on the parents icon and add parents in the window that pops up. From: Robert57P_gmail Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 2:50 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I?

2013-06-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
goto Help Index and look at Deluxe Edition Features and there are some Source options that are available that are not available in the Standard version. From: Leon Chapman Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:22 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Can I? Cheryl: I will

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I?

2013-06-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
forgot to say that the source clipboard is a DELUXE feature From: Leon Chapman Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:22 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Can I? Cheryl: I will tell you the process that I use, generically, and it works fine. In Family view, edit a

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way To Use Legacy To Generate File Labels For Couples?

2013-06-07 Thread R G Strong-genes
Google is your friend !! It is for the 1/3 divided labels From: Howlanddavisii Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 10:33 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way To Use Legacy To Generate File Labels For Couples? Russ: Go to the Reports and go to the Books and Other tab.

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: location names

2013-06-05 Thread R G Strong-genes
Mary, Since no one actually answered your original question, I will. You can find most of what you want to know and links to the other places at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America I have it book marked so I can ref it easily. Russ From: Mary LeClerc Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [LegacyUG] czech names

2013-05-02 Thread R G Strong-genes
You don't really need to copy and paste. If you open any data entry screen (ie individual, marriage, etc.) to the right of the Events/Facts box is a special characters ribbon where you can store upto 8 special characters that you use all the time. When you need one of the characters just click on

Re: [LegacyUG] charts and adopted children

2013-05-01 Thread R G Strong-genes
Lavern, For him to appear as Adopted on reports and in family view you have to change the child Status to adopted from the children settings screen the father mother relationships are separate fields and would appear in a different section on reports when you select to show relationships.

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM 5.5 Import problems with media file links

2013-05-01 Thread R G Strong-genes
Don, The only way that I know of would be to search the GEDCOM file for .pdf and then make a note of them or copy and paste them into another document. Also go to OptionsCustomizeLocations tab and click on “View Current List of Multimedia Locations...” and you can print out a list of locations

Re: [LegacyUG] List of changes?

2013-05-01 Thread R G Strong-genes
you would have to search for records with a change date of greater than whatever date you want, and then do an advanced tagging and apply the tag to the list. This will only show the records that were changed after the date you choose but will not tell you what was changed. To get all records

Re: [LegacyUG] user group

2013-04-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
You are subscribed. If you are not receiving group mails than contact support to subscribe you manually. From: Debra Menser Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 7:07 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] user group hi I wish to subscribe to the legacy users group thanks --

Re: [LegacyUG] Child of unknown father

2013-04-04 Thread R G Strong-genes
Micheal, The easiest way would be to create the child as a new unlinked individual. Then in family view click on the blank mother box to add a mother and click on Link to an Existing person. This will automatically create a marriage for the mother with an unknown spouse. Now go to that new

Re: [LegacyUG] Installing two copies of Legacy on one machine?

2013-04-04 Thread R G Strong-genes
If you have the shortcuts pointing to each of the family files then there is no need to change the Starting Family File in the options as it will open the file that the shortcut points to. That option is for when the Legacy.exe file is opened from the default Icon so it knows what to do when it

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging all in a search list

2013-04-04 Thread R G Strong-genes
Once you create the list and that window is open goto OptionsAdvanced Tagging then when the Advanced Tagging window is open choose the tag number you want and then click the button Everyone in Search List. Also on that window you can edit the tags so that a text will show when you hover over the

Re: [LegacyUG] Installing two copies of Legacy on one machine?

2013-04-04 Thread R G Strong-genes
on a side note you could also set that option Prompt for the family file that way you know what file you are working on. -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 6:58 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Installing two copies

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows 7 Control Panel - Installing Legacy

2013-04-03 Thread R G Strong-genes
Except when you try to download something into a directory other than my documents. My computer is behind a firewall and I got tired of windows telling me that I was not the owner of the file and did not have access to it. So I turned Access Control off and I can put files where I want them.

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing media files

2013-03-28 Thread R G Strong-genes
Louise, Have you also checked to see if any of those files were attached to sources? I have had this happened before where it says a media file is missing from a person and I could not find it until I checked the source and source detail that was attached to them. Also the error message usually

Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-28 Thread R G Strong-genes
Nancy, How about this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_America will have links to other places as well! From: Nancy Stevens Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 6:09 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help The Atlas of Historical County

Re: [LegacyUG] Color use

2013-03-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
and then you can search for them by the tag number you choose! From: John Roose Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:37 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Color use Jane - No, you can't. But what I do, for the same reason - show DNA test lines - is to use one of the 9

Re: [LegacyUG] Support et.al on Legacy forms copyright protection

2013-03-20 Thread R G Strong-genes
you can turn on the “produced by Legacy” in the options for the forms, which may satisfy copyright protection. From: Jay 1FamilyTree Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:08 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Support et.al on Legacy forms copyright protection I dont

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM Export Privacy Question

2013-03-16 Thread R G Strong-genes
Jerry, Have you gone to your OptionsCustomize and on the Data Entry tab there is a block called Presumed Dead where you can input your cut off years for : Ask if Living if over (choose age) Set as dead of over (choose age) and Click the Apply button and it will go through your database and set

Re: [LegacyUG] Comparing duplicates but only for trees that are unlinked to main tree

2013-03-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
you could try Mudcreek’s GenViewer at http://www.mudcreeksoftware.com/ which will read a raw Legacy file. From: Jay 1FamilyTree Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 8:14 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Comparing duplicates but only for trees that are unlinked to main tree

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting URLs from Legacy in Gedcom files

2013-03-06 Thread R G Strong-genes
Cliff, It is possible! See my web pages for Capt. Daniel Harris at http://rgstrong-genes.com/getperson.php?personID=I11540tree=rgstrong1 and Peter Jones at http://rgstrong-genes.com/getperson.php?personID=I15895tree=rgstrong1 (has a broken link) in their notes. Please check the Legacy Help files

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting URLs from Legacy in Gedcom files

2013-03-06 Thread R G Strong-genes
For the second link I have corrected the broken link in the page at the end of Peter Jones' research notes it now points to the new page as the old one no longer exists and the author has moved stuff around. -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:56

Re: [LegacyUG] Error Report after running File Maintenance

2013-03-05 Thread R G Strong-genes
I too thought it was an error, however, I examined my website which was created from a GEDCOM created in a previous version before this error check (which showed I had 7 of these errors), I examined all seven of those individuals who were never married, however they did show an empty Family record

Re: [LegacyUG] Citation for photograph as source of info.

2013-03-05 Thread R G Strong-genes
Pat, According to Elizabeth Shown Mills Evidence Explained, ch 3 “Archives Artifacts” p. 150 “3.37 Photographs, Portraits, Sketches”: “A photograph that is held by the family also takes Basic Format: Family Artifacts, 3.25. The following example demonstrates the citing of a scanned image.

Re: [LegacyUG] New to Legacy

2013-02-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Bernie, For the answer to question 2. Open the Master Locations either by the menu bar or menu ViewMaster ListsLocation. Now you should tag all the items that are not places. To tag them all at once go through the list and highlight each one using the Cntrl key to highlight more than one at a time

Re: [LegacyUG] New to Legacy

2013-02-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
The “von” could be put in the Title Pre then it would be “von Bruck” but the options would have to be set so it displays correctly. also it is better to tag the non-location entries first so they are not lost and then the tagged ones can be copied or turned into notes then if there are non used

Re: [LegacyUG] How to see the gray prompts in typing fields...

2013-02-21 Thread R G Strong-genes
Roxanne, To see what the prompt is in the box, you can hover your mouse over the boxes label and you will see the prompt, this is also helpful once you start to type in the box then that is the only way to see what the prompt was. From: Roxanne Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 12:35 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] 2013 Reader's Choice Awards Legacy

2013-02-21 Thread R G Strong-genes
Depends on the day, people can vote more than once as long as it is once a day per category. From: David Midgley Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 3:48 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] 2013 Reader's Choice Awards Legacy FYI Everyone, Interesting survey going on right

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Search

2013-02-16 Thread R G Strong-genes
Another thought, since the AND search is not producing any results, have you tried advanced tagging? Search for all those that have the Find-A-Grave event then do the Notes search on those tagged individuals. -Original Message- From: Ron Ferguson Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 11:13 AM

Re: [LegacyUG] items in need of repair

2013-02-16 Thread R G Strong-genes
I too had 7 of this type errors, however, after checking my TNG database on line I found that the individuals reported in the error report showed them as having a blank marriage where none should have been and that these errors have not been reported to me before after doing a check repair, yet

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type

2013-02-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
What would you like to know? From: Sentz Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 11:08 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type Is this the appropriate venue to ask questions about source types related to source writer input? If not, please let me know

Re: Re[2]: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type

2013-02-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
Sentz, see my reply below each question. From: Sentz Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re[2]: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type Okay, I'll run the following up the flag pole again, since no one responded a while ago. How should one

Re: Re[4]: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type

2013-02-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
? Geoff Rasmussen used it in some of his demos. -- Original Message -- From: R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Sent: 2/15/2013 1:58:36 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LegacyUG] Questions regarding Source Type Sentz, see my reply below each question

Re: Re[3]: [LegacyUG] Source Writer and Individual Report Output

2013-02-05 Thread R G Strong-genes
Open the persons source records highlight the christened source and in the bottom of the window click on the clipboard to copy source to the source clipboard. Now put the cursor on the birth field in the list and click on the bar button which will paste the clipboard to that field. Now go back

Re: [LegacyUG] Two how do I record questions

2013-02-02 Thread R G Strong-genes
Tony, I don't know of any way around your first question. Why not create a residence event for him and use the school admission as the source. For your second question since the dates are consecutive just enter the date range and then source that with each of the dated registers. -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] DATE PROBLEM

2013-01-31 Thread R G Strong-genes
It is because you have double dating enabled and probably a cutoff year in the box in OptionsCustomizeDates tab entry for Use Double dating -Original Message- From: Ian Watkins Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:55 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] DATE PROBLEM I

Re: [LegacyUG] Wording for Descendant Narrative

2013-01-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:47 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Wording for Descendant Narrative But this is not in the Notes field. It's the wording outside it. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:37 PM, R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com wrote: Because

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom size

2013-01-16 Thread R G Strong-genes
Sam, Go to FileExport toGEDCOM then on the GEDCOM Export screen click on Record Selection and then on the next screen tick the second box All records with an individual tag of: and change the tag number to the one you chose and select the other records that you can check. -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] messed up my FDB file

2013-01-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
I don't think that will help in this situation since she change a state location , , Nebraska, USA that was linked to 600 people to a city location and that changed all 600 entries to the city which they probably do not link to. What probably happened is that you were on the individual entry page

Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia files transfer

2012-12-29 Thread R G Strong-genes
That file path name means it was a downloaded temporary file in the browser cache. She did not change the location of where the file was to be saved. From: David Abernathy Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 3:43 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Multimedia files

Re: [LegacyUG] Split View

2012-12-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
The world ended on the 21st and it is the Myan curse MERRY Christams and Happy New Year!!! :) -Original Message- From: Tessa Keough Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 2:45 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Split View The past week my Legacy has also been a

Re: [LegacyUG] Event sentences

2012-12-03 Thread R G Strong-genes
Pat, Go to Reports then open Report Options for that Report go to the Format tab and there is a box for “Remove one or more leading commas from locations” and a box for “Remove two or more leading commas from locations”, pick the one you want. Russ From: Pat Hickin Sent: Monday, December 03,

Re: [LegacyUG] Purchase of Geoff's new book

2012-11-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
Same here From: unique64 Riley Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 3:43 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Purchase of Geoff's new book I got my download (PDF) the same day I ordered it a month ago. Still waiting for the hard copy. Monique - Original Message

Re: [LegacyUG] Future updates

2012-11-25 Thread R G Strong-genes
AMEN -Original Message- From: Ellen Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 1:07 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Future updates Legacy is amazing as it is, but it would be great to have a new look. I just hope it's basically the same as now and not cluttered

Re: [LegacyUG] Suppressing Source Information for Private Individuals in Tree

2012-11-17 Thread R G Strong-genes
You should UNCHECK that box and then on the source detail screen for the individuals, CHECK the box Exclude from Reports. From: Michael Braunger Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:46 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Suppressing Source Information for Private

Re: [LegacyUG] EVENT SENTENCE DEFINITION

2012-11-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
To change the event sentence definition for one event for one Individual w/o it changing every one else you would use the tab marked Sentence Override. and then use that screen to make it appear how you want. From: Nick Diamand Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:47 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding existing parent problem

2012-11-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
Why would you want to do it the other way which requires two complete cycles (ie link father then link mother) where as if you have the mother and father showing then you can link an existing person as a child with only one cycle. From: Pat Hickin Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 1:24 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-07 Thread R G Strong-genes
-Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes [mailto:rgstrongge...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 9:54 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited Brian, Another way would be to keep them private in your notes by enclosing them

Re: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-06 Thread R G Strong-genes
it comes to a GEDCOM export, it has no bladder control whatever. Manual editing of my finished 38 meg GEDCOM is feasible but I've since learned that these un-intentionally exposed addresses in Source Comments occurs several times in my files. Not really an elegant solution. I suppose that R G Strong

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2012-11-03 Thread R G Strong-genes
From within Legacy enter a new location as City, ,State, United States then in the Master Location List find the new location then click on Edit, in the window that pops up click on the button with the binoculars and this will search for that location and if it finds it will have the county

Re: [LegacyUG] Question regarding website building

2012-10-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
AMEN I only show the names on my site to the public. To see more information they have to register and prove that they are connected to that branch before they are given such permission. From: Colin Liddell Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 2:13 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom of Direct Line Ancestors

2012-10-28 Thread R G Strong-genes
Also be aware, that if you use special characters for foreign words, that you need to change the GEDCOM character set to ANSI, as the characters will not export correctly with the default character set for the GEDCOM. Legacy changed the default and I have not found away to change the default back

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source List

2012-10-28 Thread R G Strong-genes
Pat, That’s because there is nothing to save. AltC does that because both buttons are programmed to do the same thing which is close the List window. So after you do AltC then hit enter when the button is highlighted. The window will close. From: Pat Hickin Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 2:34

Re: [LegacyUG] The + sign at the end of some event/fact entries

2012-10-27 Thread R G Strong-genes
Amazing what you find when you hit F1 when you are on that screen, see the last line under The Events/Facts List: From the Help file: Events / Facts You can add unlimited additional facts and events to an individual. These can include things like occupation, graduation, immigration, awards,

Re: [LegacyUG] Short bs long location names

2012-10-22 Thread R G Strong-genes
Louise, Go to the LocationsOptionsExpand Contract Locations and then choose the locations you want to work with. From: Louise Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 2:22 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Short bs long location names I take it there's not an easy way to

Re: [LegacyUG] Search for individuals with notes

2012-10-21 Thread R G Strong-genes
I meant to say set the last to Not equal to and then leave the field blank and that should catch all those that have something in the General Notes field -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 3:01 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re

Re: [LegacyUG] To Tech Support

2012-10-19 Thread R G Strong-genes
If you don't want to see two of those messages if you are a gmail user then set up a mail reader client to access your gmail. I use windows live mail and have it read my gmail account and the only messages I see from me on this list is the one that I posted. -Original Message- From:

Re: [LegacyUG] Reconnecting picture files

2012-10-19 Thread R G Strong-genes
. From: R G Strong-genes [mailto:rgstrongge...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:45 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reconnecting picture files Legacy only stores the Path to the image file. If you changed the names of them then you will have to relink them

Re: [LegacyUG] Measuring distance between two places

2012-10-17 Thread R G Strong-genes
Jemima, click on the little globe icon and a dropdown list will show so you can pick the calculator. -Original Message- From: ArdenholmeGenealogy Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:50 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Measuring distance between two places

Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler

2012-10-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
Ron, It depends on the doc type for the website and whether you wish the site to be compliant to that doc type. For example if the website is just HTML coding the ampersand has no problems, however some of the newer types are to be XHTML compliant and are encoded with PHP coding both of which do

Re: [LegacyUG] how I site my sources

2012-10-13 Thread R G Strong-genes
MJ, The purpose of sourcing is so that if someone else wanted to verify the data that you entered they could go directly to that source and find the same information. With the example that you have shown I would have no clue as to where it came from. I would recommend getting the Book Evidence

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing online Griffith's Valuation in Legacy

2012-10-13 Thread R G Strong-genes
You could choose “Add a generic source here” and then from drop down list choose “Online database images” then just fill in the fields you want. From Elizabeth Shown Mills, QuickSheet Citing Online Historical Resources: “Basic Principles: Online sources are publications. They have the same

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sourcing a census

2012-10-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
You can do this to either the source or the source detail: Open the source list for the particular family and find the source you are using for the census and click on Edit source detail and the edit window will open, click on the Media Tab and then click on Picture button and you can choose the

Re: [LegacyUG] Direct line preferred

2012-10-10 Thread R G Strong-genes
Plus when the window opens to set the preferred line, the Window Title says Set Direct Line Ancestors As Preferred Line and then above the box for the person to set it says Set this person's direct-line ancestors as the Preferred line -Original Message- From: Brian/Support Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] Direct line preferred

2012-10-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
Gene, Because they are not ancestors they are descendants. The set Direct Line as Preferred only works on the ancestors of the person that you chose as the person to set the line on. -Original Message- From: Gene Hutson Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 12:15 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Source Format vs Source Writer

2012-10-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
From what I can see that seems to be the only reason. I choose to keep mine as they are, a mix of SW and basic, and I have a website that I use gedcom to upload to. If you want to see some of the sources on my website just go to the link below under my signature. -Original Message- From:

Re: [LegacyUG] so when i open legacy, how do I set it that my family tree comes up automatically

2012-10-05 Thread R G Strong-genes
OptionsCustomizeGeneral tab under Program Startup tic the option you want -Original Message- From: MJ SA Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 1:40 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] so when i open legacy, how do I set it that my family tree comes up automatically --

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