[LegacyUG] My problem is fixed

2013-08-19 Thread Michele Lewis
I want to thank everyone that tried to help me fix my problem (I couldn't copy events from person to person without getting a 3021 error). Jim from tech support (one of my most favorite people at the moment) worked hard on this problem last Friday to no avail but this morning he came up with the

RE: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed

2013-08-19 Thread Alan Pereira
Michele, are there any lessons learnt from this that we apply to our own files? Alan Pereira From: Michele Lewis [mailto:ancestor...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 August 2013 16:35 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed I want to thank everyone that tried to

Re: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed

2013-08-19 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 19/08/2013 16:53, Alan Pereira wrote: Michele, are there any lessons learnt from this that we apply to our own files? Yes, tell Support *everything*! -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

RE: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed

2013-08-19 Thread Michele Lewis
The thing that I failed to mention I thought was total insignificant but obviously not :) Michele -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 12:12 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] My problem is

RE: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed

2013-08-19 Thread Michele Lewis
All I had to do to fix my file was delete the usr files. I lost all my customizations but that took me a whopping 5 minutes to fix. Much better than the 3 full days I lost J Michele From: Alan Pereira [mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 11:54 AM To:

[LegacyUG] How to remove blank lines?

2013-08-19 Thread yolanda olsen
Hello, can anyone tell me how to remove blank lines, for dates in the Descendant Narrative Book Report and in the Multiple Lines of Descent Book? the blank line removal button does not seem to be active with these reports? thanks in advance -- Yolanda Olsen cell: 239-240-7015 |

[LegacyUG] Lost data!

2013-08-19 Thread Lavern Hall
Hello everyone, I am trying not to panic, but it seems that all of the data I entered has disappeared and I don't have any idea why. I'm on v 7.5 and have my family file hooked up with Dropbox. Before I'm told to go to my last backup, I'll fess up and say while I usually back up daily, I my last

Re: [LegacyUG] How to remove blank lines?

2013-08-19 Thread Sherry/Support
On the main report window for that book, deselect the option Insert underlines for missing Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:42 AM, yolanda olsen olsen.yola...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, can anyone tell me how to remove blank lines, for dates

[LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Do More with your Photos with TEMPLATES from Heritage Collector Software

2013-08-19 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
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Re: [LegacyUG] How to remove blank lines?

2013-08-19 Thread yolanda olsen
Hi Sherry, Thanks I could do for the Descendant Narrative report, but do not see how to do this for the Multiple lines of descent report? On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: On the main report window for that book, deselect the option Insert

Re: [LegacyUG] How to remove blank lines?

2013-08-19 Thread Sherry/Support
That option is in the same place for all book reports... upper left corner, just under the Options tab. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:13 AM, yolanda olsen olsen.yola...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sherry, Thanks I could do for the Descendant

Re: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed

2013-08-19 Thread Candace Wilmot
So what was it? On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Michele Lewis ancestor...@gmail.comwrote: The thing that I failed to mention I thought was total insignificant but obviously not :) Michele -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Monday,

RE: [LegacyUG] Lost data!

2013-08-19 Thread Paul Gray
Lavern, Take a deep breath. I’m sure it’s still there. A question... When you say ‘all of the data’ do you mean you can’t bring up any data, or have you just lost a few days? If nothing is coming up at all, it’s likely that Legacy has just lost ‘the what file do I open’ when I open up

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost data!

2013-08-19 Thread mikejames...@gmail.com
Hello Lavern From the Dropbox Help section: If your files were in a shared folder, and the folder is still shared, then keep reading. Use the web search to find files, including deleted files. All files, including recently deleted files, can be found on the website. Log into dropbox.com and

RE: [LegacyUG] My problem is fixed

2013-08-19 Thread Michele Lewis
What I failed to mention was that after I tried to paste an event to someone else and the program shut down, when I opened the program back up and when to the person where I had tried to paste the event, it looked like there was an event there even though the event was completely blank. I

Re: [LegacyUG] How many individuals are in each generation?

2013-08-19 Thread Paula Ryburn
Joey,  That sounds like a lot of fun!  I might just borrow your idea for our next reunion. ;)   --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-19 Thread singhals
Since I wasn't sure I understood what the OP was trying to do, I've stayed out of this one, but this one caught my attention, so -- I would have thought if *you* are the root person, and so marked, then your biological parents would become one another's preferred spouse, regardless of how they may

Re: [LegacyUG] Organization of Photos, Scanned Documents and etc.

2013-08-19 Thread Paula Ryburn
Brian, Let me see if I am understanding what you wrote. If I changed the surname portion of an image's file name to be UPPERcase using Windows, the Legacy program would still be able to find the image. However, if the Legacy program was sending the file name itself to another program, device or

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-19 Thread Ward Walker
Cheryl, as I said in my posting after the one below, Jay's evidence shows that what you say is true (and on up the ancestral line). The unusual situation arises if, for example, you set a direct line from a half-sibling or from a half-cousin. My only point is that if I have gone to the trouble

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost data!

2013-08-19 Thread Lavern Hall
Hi Paul and Mike, 1. Paul - the data that is missing is what I entered since my last backup two days ago. I checked, Legacy is set to open last used family file automatically 2. Mike - No, I'm not sharing files, it's just me. However, I did go to the Dropbox website where I found yesterday's

Re: [LegacyUG] How many individuals are in each generation?

2013-08-19 Thread Ron Taylor
Joey, I answered this question a short time ago.  Here's the link http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/msg29147.html Ron Taylor From: Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Monday, August 19,

[LegacyUG] How to handle adoptions?

2013-08-19 Thread Leon Chapman
I have a basic question on handling adoptions. Let me give an example: Family 1: Tom Jones and Mary Smith married and had 2 children: Joe Sara Tom Mary were divorced, and Mary married again: Family 2: Carl Johnson Mary Smith. Carl and Mary then had 2 children: Les and Lois Family 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-19 Thread singhals
Ward, Maybe I'm just more tired that I think I am. Clearly, I'm not following your line of thought. So I think I'll just go back into my little cave and play with my mental blocks a while. Cheryl Ward Walker wrote: Cheryl, as I said in my posting after the one below, Jay's evidence shows

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Questions

2013-08-19 Thread Paula Ryburn
If you want to save the citation for later use (like you need to use the clipboard for an entirely different citation in the meantime), you can Save Clipboard.  I believe there's room for 10 saved citations.  When you're ready to go back to it, just Load Clipboard.  Just for your future

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging

2013-08-19 Thread Paula Ryburn
Wendy, What a wonderful, insightful, kind, extensive response.  I've used tagging 'forever,' yet you've given me new ideas.  Thanks for being on our list sharing.   --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost data!

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

Re: SV: SV: [LegacyUG] czech names

2013-08-19 Thread Paula Ryburn
Helle,  Thank you for your kind offer.  I don't think I have any Danish ancestors, but how interesting that the man you wrote about was born in Detroit - so was I!  small world ;)   --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough

RE: [LegacyUG] Lost data!

2013-08-19 Thread Henry T. Peterson Jr.
Lavern Use dropbox for a backup DO NOT OPEN THE FILE IN DROPBOX FOLDER WITH LEGACY… Always copy the file on your hard drive to Drop box folder to have a backup. Every morning I copy approx. 1.6 gb of files to dropbox Then I can copy those backup files to my computer at work

RE: [LegacyUG] Lost data!

2013-08-19 Thread Paul Gray
Henry, I am not sure why you say ‘Always copy the file on your hard drive to Drop box folder to have a backup”. That is exactly what Dropbox is doing automatically. Dropbox is a folder on your local drive, and anything done in the local Dropbox folder is replicated to the Dropbox server, and

[LegacyUG] unattached people claiming relationships

2013-08-19 Thread Kathy Thompson
I have a couple of people who had been erroneously attached to my tree in the wrong place who I have now unattached. I am 95% certain they are related, just not where I had them so I have not deleted them, but left them floating until I can determine their correct position. However, these now