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
it should be under Starting Family options Display Preferred startup family. To make your family Preferred go to menu item ToolsSet Direct Line as Preferred and change the name in the box to you then click Set Preferred Line. -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes Sent: Friday, October

Re: [LegacyUG] RIN numbers

2012-10-01 Thread R G Strong-genes
She does not have to change the number 1 person and then change herself to number 1. Whenever she changes a rin number for example herself, since she is number 2255 when she changes that to number 1 then the original number 1 will become 2255. In other words when changing RINs if the number

Re: [LegacyUG] Displaying URL window

2012-09-24 Thread R G Strong-genes
If you are using Windows 7 and have windows snap enabled then with Legacy opened in one window and your browser in another, just grab the title bar of one window and drag it all the way to the right side of the screen then grab the title bar of the other window and drag it to the left side of

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about web site building with legacy

2012-09-19 Thread R G Strong-genes
Rich, Perhaps a url link to your site so we can see if we can see it. Did you clear your browsers cache? From: Rich Falzini Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:55 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question about web site building with legacy I placed the coding

Re: Re[2]: [LegacyUG] attachements, plain text

2012-09-18 Thread R G Strong-genes
Very simple to fix! In receivers email program is to go to properties for the addressee (ie the usergroup) and check the box to send only in plain text, seems to work for me! Russ -Original Message- From: Ron Bernier Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 11:30 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] attachements, plain text

2012-09-18 Thread R G Strong-genes
Might I add to those that use gmail (my genealogy email is from the gmail server) that there are instructions on gmail how to set up your email client to retrieve those emails. My email client is Windows Live Mail and I have no problem setting up this group email to send only plain-text). And may

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Sources added when addding to do item

2012-09-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
From the HELP section: How to Use the Suggested Sources If you would like to search the source, click on the Plan to Search button to add it to your To-Do List. This is an important step - adding the source to your To-Do List helps you keep a log, or a history, of the sources that you have

Re: [LegacyUG] when I open Legacy

2012-09-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
M, Go to OptionCustomizeGeneral tab and check under Program Startup and see what you have selected. -Original Message- From: MJ SA Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 8:53 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] when I open Legacy it used to just open to my family

Re: [LegacyUG] Clicking between screens in Family View

2012-08-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Actually, as the mouseover help note says, it rotates through the siblings of the highlighted person. -Original Message- From: Mike Fry Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 6:35 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Clicking between screens in Family View On 2012/08/26

Re: [LegacyUG] Andrews Newspaper Index Cards

2012-08-23 Thread R G Strong-genes
You have to unsubscribe from the list via the link at the bottom of the message -Original Message- From: Brenda Searles Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:47 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Andrews Newspaper Index Cards Please unsubscribe...leaving for

Re: [LegacyUG] Source template for funeral memorial card

2012-08-21 Thread R G Strong-genes
You could use either the Generic source and create your own or you could use the Artifacts template. From: milite...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Source template for funeral memorial card I tried to search the archives

Re: [LegacyUG] What about deleting old ZIP backup files?

2012-08-17 Thread R G Strong-genes
I only keep probably the last 5 backups and delete all the other ones. From: Shack Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 2:13 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] What about deleting old ZIP backup files? I see that there are a number of old backup files on my hard drive from

Re: [LegacyUG] error 3163

2012-08-10 Thread R G Strong-genes
Robert, According to the error number: • Backup Error 3163 This error is caused if the zip file being created reaches the 2GB maximum file size that is allowed in Windows. So how big is the GEDCOM file you are trying to import? If you imported it into a new family file then you could just

Re: [LegacyUG] County List

2012-08-10 Thread R G Strong-genes
Marianne, First you can customize Legacy to Verify USA Counties in Place Names: OptionsCustomize and on the Data Entry Tab under Adding/Editing check the box for that option. You can get to the County verifier list by going to ToolsGeo Location List and then click on the Flag button or from the

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

2012-08-01 Thread R G Strong-genes
The links are stored in a .usr file and not in the legacy file so if you told it to delete the links there is nothing stored in the .usr file. I believe the usr files are not backed up with the legacy file when backups are done. Russ -Original Message- From: Ian GARDENER Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying a master source to make a new master source

2012-07-25 Thread R G Strong-genes
The key to be able to copy it as a new source is to make sure the original is being used by someone in the database, otherwise it will just change the original without asking. russ -Original Message- From: Gene Young Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:45 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree Chart - Printing with 4 line colors

2012-07-11 Thread R G Strong-genes
Jenny, If those ancestors were added after you last set relationships and then set ancestral colors then you need to reapply those settings again as they do not update automatically. First set relationships and then apply the colors. Russ -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy split screen view on 2 monitors-RESOLVED

2012-06-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Hi, You can also purchase it through Legacy’s store From: Don Brown Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy split screen view on 2 monitors-RESOLVED Hi Ian There is. The program is called “GenViewer”. It reads your Legacy file

Re: [LegacyUG] REPEAT function

2012-06-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
For this to work there must also be something linked to this source, otherwise it will just change the original source and not ask to apply it to a new source. Russ -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 10:29 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do Tasks

2012-05-25 Thread R G Strong-genes
I submitted a bug report on this last year and it is still an open bug. Russ -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:05 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do Tasks On 25/05/2012 15:47, Ron Ferguson wrote: Check that your

Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do Tasks

2012-05-25 Thread R G Strong-genes
? I can look up the status. Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA On 5/25/2012 2:18 PM, R G Strong-genes wrote: I submitted a bug report on this last year and it is still an open bug. Russ -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:05 AM To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying an event from one db to another in split screen

2012-05-02 Thread R G Strong-genes
Bill, You cannot copy an event using the clipboard from one splitscreen to the other splitscreen. Russ From: William Toomey Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:17 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Copying an event from one db to another in split screen Hi All, I am trying to

Re: [LegacyUG] 1851 1861 Census of Canada East, Etc. Locations? Colonies?

2012-05-02 Thread R G Strong-genes
To add to Kirsten's message. I have this note in the Upper Canada and Lower Canada location: 1791-1841 In 1791 the Constitution Act divided Quebec (the former New France) into Upper and Lower Canada. Each had its own legislature and its own unique civil law codes and rules of land tenure. Upper

Re: [LegacyUG] Compiling Family History

2012-05-01 Thread R G Strong-genes
Larry, I agree with Terri, each person’s detail citation would be for the page that the info was from. Russ From: Terri Brown Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 6:44 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Compiling Family History Larry, I think that would work using the

Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions

2012-04-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
What I do if I cannot read that stamped or written page number is go forward or backward in the images and see which one it is to determine what page I am looking at. Russ From: Paula Ryburn Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 5:14 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 1940

Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions

2012-04-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
amen!! From: Michele Lewis Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:03 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions The page number is important in conjunction with the COUNTY not the enumeration district. There is only one page 122 in Lamar County,

Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions

2012-04-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
That’s why I also create and use the repository that I used! -Original Message- From: Michele Lewis Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:34 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions This is a good question. Legacy’s templates have

Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions

2012-04-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
I too create the master source at the county level and I create another master source for the new county. So I don’t have to repeat everything I go to one that I previously used (must have someone using it already) and click edit fill in the particulars for the new one then click Save and

Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 census template questions

2012-04-29 Thread R G Strong-genes
Paula, To get the full source information when you are on ancestry.com you will see on the right side of the image a little green tab with arrows pointing left that when you hover over it it says “view source” click on it and it will slide out you will get the full source. However this does not

Re: [LegacyUG] Drag and drop from one database to another

2012-04-27 Thread R G Strong-genes
MessagePlease turn off your receipt requests for this user list. Thank you, Russ From: RHS Consulting Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 1:57 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Fw: [LegacyUG] Drag and drop from one database to another Carl ... I needed to link the transfer to the new

Re: [LegacyUG] Patronym with no surname

2012-04-27 Thread R G Strong-genes
Have you used the Legacy suggest a new feature link on their website? Suggesting it here does not put it in their suggestion files. Russ -Original Message- From: Bert van Kootwijk Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:45 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Patronym

Re: [LegacyUG] Event in marriages

2012-04-27 Thread R G Strong-genes
Noddie, Mike, Adding a source citation to the marriage details WILL highlight the source Icon on Family View. The Events icon will highlight only if you have created an event in the marriage information screen and is listed in the Events/Facts box. ie a Residence, census or other event. Russ

Re: [LegacyUG] Web pages for locations

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Tony, Have you looked at TNG: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding? This is the link: http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php and you can see it in use on my website, the link is in my signature line. It will read your GEDCOM file and it dynamically creates your pages. Russell G.

Re: [LegacyUG] Syncing my Legacy file with the Families app

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
As far as I know it is not an automatic sync. Russ -Original Message- From: Brian Lehman Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:46 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Syncing my Legacy file with the Families app Hello, I am syncing my Legacy file to the Families app on

Re: [LegacyUG] Viewing step children

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Brian, Where is the setting to turn on in the children Settings, I opened up the children settings and cannot find it. When I highlight a child and right click no options show. Russ -Original Message- From: Brian/Support Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:56 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Viewing step children

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
I was referring to Brian's message saying to turn on the second option in the Children Settings Screen which I tried (help says to highlight child) but there is no option on that screen to view 1/2 siblings. I know there was at one time because I have done it before but in the current version it

Re: [LegacyUG] Viewing step children

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
menu. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 26/04/2012 1:41 PM, R G Strong-genes wrote: Brian, Where

Re: [LegacyUG] Patronym with no surname

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Bill, Go to OptionsCustomizeData Entry and the last box under Adding/Editing uncheck Add a default surname when adding a new father or child. That should solve your problem. Russ -Original Message- From: runolf...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:16 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Viewing step children

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
And the two are independent of each other, you can have one on and the other off. Russ -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:04 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Viewing step children Brian, I found the setting, I knew

Re: [LegacyUG] Web pages for locations

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Tony, The Gedcom is only used to build the tables for the database. Then you can delete the gedcom from your site. You can configure the site to not allow gedcoms. Russ -Original Message- From: Tony Rolfe Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:02 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Patronym with no surname

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Bill, Since it is an option that you can turn on and off, you could disable it when you are doing your Icelandic research and enable it when your are not. Russ -Original Message- From: runolf...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:13 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Option to include one space between fields?

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
found it with your clean directions and it worked perfectly! -- From: R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG

Re: [LegacyUG] Viewing step children

2012-04-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
Paula, I just tested my file of my current marriage, I set the relationship as follows: For my children I set relationship to father as biological and mother as step and for her children I set father to step and mother to biological. The 1/2 does not go away it should stay as 1/2 for that

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering Canadian Locations - Changing boundaries?

2012-04-22 Thread R G Strong-genes
Marg, Depending on the time frame I have locations that are Upper and Lower Canada, Canada West and Canada East. For those locations I also edit the place location and put the time frame that it was with that name and I include the following explanation: 1841-1867 In 1791 the Constitution Act

Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with the I think and maybe individuals?

2012-04-21 Thread R G Strong-genes
Have you thought about using the User ID field in the lower left corner of the individual screen. This field is searchable and you can have anything in it numbers, text, etc. Russ From: Marg Strong Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 8:08 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Window sizes

2012-04-13 Thread R G Strong-genes
Yet, it is only the Legacy program window that opens in a 5 inch square window, all the other programs open in their pre-snapped window size and position when closed from the snapped position. So it seems that the Legacy window does not remember it's pre-snapped window position if it is closed in

Re: [LegacyUG] Window sizes

2012-04-13 Thread R G Strong-genes
, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:53 AM, R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com wrote: I am using Windows 7 and have found that if I have tiled two windows (Legacy and some other program) side by side and have closed both windows and have

Re: [LegacyUG] Window sizes

2012-04-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
I am using Windows 7 and have found that if I have tiled two windows (Legacy and some other program) side by side and have closed both windows and have come back to do a Legacy session, that when Legacy opens it is a little square window that I have to resize all over again. Usually this happens

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging

2012-04-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
Why not Use the Legacy suggestion page for new requests for them to know. -Original Message- From: Brian Lehman Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:43 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Tagging 9 tags are enough for me. But I would appreciate have more tag

Re: [LegacyUG] Window sizes

2012-04-12 Thread R G Strong-genes
Sherry, I am not referring to the dual monitor application, I only have a single monitor. I am referring to the Windows 7 feature of snapping two windows side by side by dragging the Legacy window by the title bar to the left and then dragging another window to the right and they snap together

Re: [LegacyUG] Using IntelliShare

2012-04-11 Thread R G Strong-genes
Ron, CE, Though I too agree with you and also use the web to display my family tree, however, I do believe this should not affect those RIN and MRINs already in your database, since the only RINs being renumbered would be the incoming file and since the duplicates would be merged into the main

Re: [LegacyUG] Using IntelliShare

2012-04-11 Thread R G Strong-genes
Our replys crossed! :) Just what I was saying! Russ -Original Message- From: Ron Taylor Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:01 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using IntelliShare This is an excellent point. The most important thing to remember is that when all

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Pictures

2012-04-11 Thread R G Strong-genes
I confirm this too and also the other reports that before you could not print event pictures (at least in my versions prior to .182 ie: Ancester report and descendant reports I could only print them in the descendant narrative, FGR and individual reports). From: Paula Ryburn Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [LegacyUG] Using IntelliShare

2012-04-10 Thread R G Strong-genes
Ron, Well explained, I was also going to suggest splitting the database for each collaborator, as you suggest in point 9 but did not. Russ -Original Message- From: Ron Taylor Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:48 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using

Re: [LegacyUG] Run-time error 3021

2012-04-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
I believe what he meant was that by you not saving the new person and new event before you add another event you are creating the runtime error because there is no record because you did not save the first record and event. You should save the first event before you create another event. By not

Re: [LegacyUG] Census tool pick up census sources in the marriage?

2012-04-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
Mike is right on that point, and support is working on the bug where the census event is under marriage events that it doesn't pick up the person. -Original Message- From: Mike Fry Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 5:51 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census tool

Re: [LegacyUG] Using IntelliShare

2012-04-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
Bill, Ron, The main question you did not answer was what file to use GEDCOM or what? The answer is you should use the Legacy file and not a GEDCOM! And if the file is to use the media files also then you MUST HAVE the file directories the same on all computers (this is why it is better not to use

Re: [LegacyUG] New Census Tool

2012-04-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
From April 5th: I have entered a problem report on this issue. The intent was that marriage events would be used to exclude individuals from the search list and the reports. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing

Re: [LegacyUG] Census tool pick up census sources in the marriage?

2012-04-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
I have: Event Name: Census Discription: 1940 U.S. Date: I use the date that it was written on the form Place: whatever Notes: depends on if I have it under marriages or individual. If under marriage then I show the family group, if under individual I just use their line of info Source citation

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate Problem

2012-04-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
I agree. Are you importing the gedcom directly into your file? You should import it into a NEW file then do all your duplicate checking, place name formats etc, etc. BEFORE you merge it into your main database. This will eliminate most of your duplicates and will merge more smoothly plus you

Re: [LegacyUG] Search List Question

2012-04-07 Thread R G Strong-genes
Tony, OK, this is what I am seeing: Depending on how you have the cursor set on the sort order, ie RIN, First Name, or Surname the F3, Shift-F3 works as it should next or previous person in the search list as sorted, if the current person is in the list he/she will be highlighted when the list is

Re: [LegacyUG] New Census Tool

2012-04-07 Thread R G Strong-genes
Michele, For my Great Grandmother I entered a 1930 census event under her info and the 1940 census event under her and her 2nd Husbands marriage. I then went to her and had her highlighted and changed to Chronology tab and both events show up 1930 and 1940 Apr 4 is the Census Event listed with

Re: [LegacyUG] New Census Tool

2012-04-07 Thread R G Strong-genes
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New Census Tool If the 1930 event had been added to her PARENT’S marriage event, it would not have shown up on the chronology. Michele From: R G Strong-genes [mailto:rgstrongge...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 12:32 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] Search List Question

2012-04-06 Thread R G Strong-genes
From: R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thu, April 5, 2012 11:38:12 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search List Question And that is why I said use the Bookmark on the person that you want to comeback

Re: [LegacyUG] New Census Tool

2012-04-06 Thread R G Strong-genes
Randy, Some of us like to put it there when the whole family appears in the census as it was an event for the family. Russ From: Randy Clark Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 3:51 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New Census Tool Why is a census event under a marriage

Re: [LegacyUG] Search List Question

2012-04-05 Thread R G Strong-genes
And that is why I said use the Bookmark on the person that you want to comeback to and then just call up the bookmark from within the list! The little book icon in the lower left screen opens the bookmarks and you can set three people bookmarked on the family view screen so it is just one click

Re: [LegacyUG] families app

2012-04-05 Thread R G Strong-genes
Kathy, Are you aware that your signature kicks your message into the spam folder? Russ From: Kathy Meyer Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:47 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] families app I'm going to the family history library tomorrow and I realize I should have

Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about Sorting and Printing

2012-04-04 Thread R G Strong-genes
That is correct. You have to select it from the Include tab. From: Paula Ryburn Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:19 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Questions about Sorting and Printing Brian, I agree; however, on the Pictures tab, the box was grayed out for me...

Re: [LegacyUG] Research Notes--how do you do it?

2012-03-30 Thread R G Strong-genes
Jane, When you open the To-Do list from either the menu bar or ViewTo-Do List and click on the Add button then choose “Add to General”, you will create a “general to-do’. However, when you click on the To-do icon from the individual’s screen and click Add, you are creating an “individual

Re: [LegacyUG] Direct Line Descendant Report

2012-03-27 Thread R G Strong-genes
Debbie, There is! Have your cousin as the Current individual then Go to ViewFocus Group at the bottom of window select “Add an Individual and Ancestors” in Ancestor Options box if your cousin is not the person showing click on change and select him then select the number of generations and then

Re: [LegacyUG] Stability of V 7.5.0.166

2012-03-20 Thread R G Strong-genes
Bob, Open a search and you will see that the last tab is the census research tool. Russ -Original Message- From: sarge1...@cox.net Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:51 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Cc: Linda Hauley Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Stability of V 7.5.0.166 Please elaborate

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with using Master Location List

2012-03-18 Thread R G Strong-genes
Bing is not a web browser, it is a search engine. Russ -Original Message- From: David Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 7:18 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Problem with using Master Location List 1) I chose Google as the Legacy Alternate Web Browser(using the

Re: [LegacyUG] Persons with only assumed/acquired surnames

2012-03-15 Thread R G Strong-genes
kb, For your phantom people you could mark them as private and then when you export to a gedcom they won't transfer unless you include private data in the export. Russ -Original Message- From: britton...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:46 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] census event

2012-03-13 Thread R G Strong-genes
same names and ages would be a clue From: Bill Paulson Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:26 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] census event John, How do you know it's the same family? On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Louise louiseboo...@gmail.com wrote: I never

Re: [LegacyUG] Prompt to Backup when Closing Legacy

2012-03-10 Thread R G Strong-genes
or better yet if you want to make it backup then just go to FileBackup and do that. Russ From: Ron Taylor Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 9:51 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Prompt to Backup when Closing Legacy The backup reminder will only show if there has

Re: [LegacyUG] Census List Needs Refining

2012-03-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
To find the people to exclude then use census list to find the people for the census year you want, then tag everyone in list, then go to first tab and do a search for the individuals with a Census Event= to What ever you named the event as and search only the tagged list then the results should

Re: [LegacyUG] Census List Needs Refining

2012-03-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
it as a bug a long time ago (over a year I would say) but I honestly don't know if it has been fixed. I haven't tried to do a search like that since then. You might want to test it. Michele -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes [mailto:rgstrongge...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Census List Needs Refining

2012-03-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
Also if you entered the census events under the marriage then when you go to the Detailed Search tab you could change the secondary to OR and Search for whom to Family and then have the third criteria be the AND and tick the Add to search list -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes

Re: [LegacyUG] Census List Needs Refining

2012-03-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
not pick it up (unless they have fixed the problem) Michele -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes [mailto:rgstrongge...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 3:58 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census List Needs Refining Ok here is my example: I have

Re: [LegacyUG] Census List Needs Refining

2012-03-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
(unless they have fixed the problem) Michele -Original Message- From: R G Strong-genes [mailto:rgstrongge...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 3:58 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census List Needs Refining Ok here is my example: I have people that I

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Legacy Merging Feature

2012-02-22 Thread R G Strong-genes
Morris, ToolsMergeFind Duplicates Russ -Original Message- From: Morris M. Sonnier Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:30 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: Legacy Merging Feature What settings do I use if I want to automatically merge identical records. No

Re: [LegacyUG] Back Up Help - PLEASE

2012-02-16 Thread R G Strong-genes
Not true. But she should put them in their own directory and not the root. Usually the Legacy backups would go into the Legacy\Backup folder. I have almost all my genealogy files in C:\Roots\ and prefer it that way. If windows gets corrupted and I have to reinstall then my files are still in that

Re: [LegacyUG] What name to use?

2012-02-14 Thread R G Strong-genes
Actually all you have to do in Family view is right click on the person and then pick the menu item Addbrother or sister Russ -Original Message- From: Mike Fry Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:05 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What name to use? On

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Problem

2012-02-14 Thread R G Strong-genes
The word “Half” means that one of them had the same mother or the same father but not both. Did you check to see that there were not two marriages in the line. Russ From: Colin Liddell Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:09 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Relationship

Re: [LegacyUG] MISSING MESSAGES

2012-02-09 Thread R G Strong-genes
Carol, Since you missed his message here it is though it doesn’t help in tracking why you didn’t receive it. First, add the child Add New unlinked individual Then, in family view (the child will be the only one in the view) Right click on Child -- Add -- Mother -- Link to existing Person

Re: [LegacyUG] Undocumented lines

2012-02-08 Thread R G Strong-genes
it is called “sourcing” if there is a source attached the info will be a different color from the unsourced data. Russ From: Jane Sarles Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:06 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Undocumented lines I, and I suspect many others, have 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Script errors on Research Guidance

2012-01-27 Thread R G Strong-genes
The script error most likely is from the website that you were going to and not Legacy. Not much you can do about those. Russ From: Marilyn Clark Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 11:59 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Script errors on Research Guidance I just began

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Roots Legacy

2012-01-26 Thread R G Strong-genes
If it is a DOS program and it cannot create a gedcom then I don't think you will be able to get Legacy to convert it. How did it save its output? As a text file or its own format? Russ -Original Message- From: Tim Rosenlof Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:24 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to install Legacy

2012-01-16 Thread R G Strong-genes
Unfortunately, If the user chose to reformat the harddrive before reinstalling windows then the files are probably lost. If however, just the Windows directory was written over and Legacy had been installed in the default directory of C:/Legacy then the files should still be on the harddrive. Russ

Re: [LegacyUG] Colors for events

2011-12-11 Thread R G Strong-genes
Marli, I don’t think it is possible to do what you would like it to do. Search for customize color. I think his comment was an exaggerated form of “Ouch”! Russ Strong From: Marli Yoder Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Colors for

Re: [LegacyUG] Colors for events

2011-12-11 Thread R G Strong-genes
: R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sun, December 11, 2011 1:56:20 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Colors for events Marli, I don’t think it is possible to do what you would like it to do. Search for customize color. I think his comment

Re: [LegacyUG] Colors for events

2011-12-11 Thread R G Strong-genes
the death certificate. Marli From: R G Strong-genes rgstrongge...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sun, December 11, 2011 2:29:06 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Colors for events I don’t know but why

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