Re: [LegacyUG] AniMap

2010-08-17 Thread Ron Ferguson
Tim, You are quite right, Czechoslovakia has had so many boundary changes over the years that it has disappeared from the maps !!! ;-) Ron Ferguson _ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family

RE: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread Richard and Evita Piepho
Wen .. The acceptable and standard entry for dates in genealogy is 16 Feb 1933 ... anyone using any other method confuses the issue and we stress this is the only way for all concerned world wide to enter dates... If I understand your discussion Dad From: br...@the-lightfoots.com To:

[LegacyUG] Problem with source reference formatting in PDF descendant book

2010-08-17 Thread john . woods
m having trouble with the positioning of the source reference number in the pdf version of a descendant book. It displays correctly at the end of the sentence in Legacy but when I create a pdf from it the number shifts left and overlaps the text. This makes both the number and the last bit of

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread BMcL Robinson
HI Ron What about after 21 Feb 1942 if you can't commit to an end date? Cheers, Brett BMcL Robinson, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand - Original Message - From: Ronald E Howell rehowell0...@earthlink.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:34 AM Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with source reference formatting in PDF descendant book

2010-08-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:03:05 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Sorry, John, but I cannot repeat your problem either. I created a small Ancestor Report with the Sources at the bottom of each page and created the PDF using the Legacy Option. My Reader is version 9.3.3.177.

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy file on a Kindle or other tablet device?

2010-08-17 Thread Robert Runion
I'm interested in the Families program under discussion for use with an iPAD (planning on buying one, but need APP info). Can you direct me to a site that provides information on it? I did a few researches but could not come up with a web site to explain the program and its features? Is it

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with source reference formatting in PDF descendant book

2010-08-17 Thread john . woods
Great idea, didnt think of that. The defaults worked nicely so Id stuck with them. In fact, simply by changing the font size from 10 to 11 Ive vastly improved it. Ill keep playing with that option. Thanks. Re the Acrobat Reader version suggestion, I feel its very unlikely to be the reader thats

Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees

2010-08-17 Thread Sherry/Support
And I've written to *numerous* people who have posted trees, asking for more information (usually to confirm a source because their info differs from mine) and have *never* received a response! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Kirsten

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with source reference formatting in PDF descendant book

2010-08-17 Thread Ron Ferguson
Brian, Why? Dennis has already drawn attention to a potential problem area with Acrobat reader. Ron Ferguson PS. If you wish everyone to read your posts, I suggest that you use Plain Text, rather than relying on others to change from your HTML

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with source reference formatting in PDF descendant book

2010-08-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:20:46 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Dennis has already drawn attention to a potential problem area with Acrobat reader. Ron: I don't know if the problem involves how the Acrobat Reader renders the PDF for viewing, or how Legacy constructs the PDF.

RE: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
Maybe a little more explanation would be in order of why I said that 02/21/1942 has nothing wrong with it. Taken in context, the OP stated Legacy was marking 02/21/1942 - Present as BAD. I stated that it was the word Present that caused Legacy to declare it BAD and not the entry of the date as

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy file on a Kindle or other tablet device?

2010-08-17 Thread Leon Chapman
Bob: Here is their URL: www.telgen.co.uk/families In the iTunes Store, search for Families Leon Chapman Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/

RE: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread Ronald E Howell
Thanks Brian and BMcL Robinson, Knowing that the problem was not with the date of '02/21/1942', but with the word 'present' or even 'current' (I had tested both and gotten the same BAD. I have opted for using the word 'From' in front of my date(s) with no '-' after that date. While it is not

Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees

2010-08-17 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
In one instance, one person had borrowed my data, including unknown errors, then died. His copies of my errors were still there the last time I looked. Some sites became 'owner' of the data, and wouldn't let me edit it. So the people you needed to contact may be dead already. Rich in LA CA ---

Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees

2010-08-17 Thread Sherry/Support
If they were, I would expect a bounce message. Not getting any bounces from these people. Just silence. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:50 AM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES fourpa...@verizon.net wrote: In one instance, one person had borrowed my data,

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread Eliz Hanebury
I have tons of those, and Legacy lets me do after (date) and before (date) when all the dates are from a Will, being written and dated and being probated. Eliz On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:53 AM, BMcL Robinson b...@vodafone.co.nz wrote: HI Ron What about after 21 Feb 1942 if you can't commit

RE: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
More about Dates.. I thought that the only permissible word in a Legacy date field was the word unknown. Until I found this little gem in the Legacy Help File: You can also enter the following words into any date field: dead, deceased, child, infant, stillborn and young. Huh?

RE: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees

2010-08-17 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
I'm wondering if the person might not have felt intimidated especially if your email gave any sort of reference to a tie with Legacy or Millennia Corp? I could understand where they might just want to ignore you under those circumstances. But as I stated before, there are many people out there

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread Kathy Meyer
that is helpful, thank you. On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote: More about Dates.. I thought that the only permissible word in a Legacy date field was the word unknown. Until I found this little gem in the Legacy Help File: You

Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees

2010-08-17 Thread Sherry/Support
No it was always with my personal email address just like anyone else looking for more info on a web posting! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote: I'm wondering if the person might not have

Re: [LegacyUG] Date question

2010-08-17 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
To correct a possible misunderstanding. People (me included) reccommend not putting Unknown into name fields. Since the program autofills empty fields on the screen, I prefer the printouts to have a blank area to eventually write in, when data is found, instead of crossing out unknown on the

Re: [LegacyUG] information from other online trees

2010-08-17 Thread Ron Ferguson
You are not on your own, Sherry, I too have had a very poor response (if any) when I have tried to contact owners of Rootsweb and Ancestry sites. At one time I used them for fishing trips (even then I didn't trust the information), but now I only look if a link crops up when I am looking for

[LegacyUG] Legacy (Families) program for iPhone

2010-08-17 Thread Graham
Hello all, and am I the only one having trouble with the Legacy Families program? Maybe I've done it wrong, but I have just gone through many hours of the most convoluted downloading procedure I have ever encounted. For starters, I received an email which stated Use this coupon for 10% off your