Re: [LegacyUG] RECORDING SOURCES

create one master source for vital records by state. Hope this helps! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 9:06 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG

Re: [LegacyUG] RECORDING SOURCES

which people use this exact master+detail combo. This would be a huge benefit in my opinion. I keep hoping!! Gary and Marie, was this kind of what you too were saying? Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Marie Peer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing

the citation output to work if we had the component ordering flexibility. Can you tell I feel strongly about this??! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Nicholas Cirillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Tuesday, June 06

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing

. Again, I am not claiming my way is by any means the best way, just that it works for me. Happy sourcing!! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: winmcl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing

leave the rest of the Master Source fields empty. For detail, these are some examples from my database: 1) phone conversation between [Person A, city, state] and Gail Rich Nestor on [date] 2) e-mail from [Person A, e-mail address] to Gail Rich Nestor on [date] 3) visit/interview between

Fw: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing

I think I forgot to switch to plain text the first time, but my apologies if this note comes through twice. Gail Rich Nestor - Original Message - From: Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:40 AM Subject: Re

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing

make these changes. With sources, I have to resort to printing out some lengthy report in order to see what needs fixing. I may not be saying all this in a way that makes much sense, but people who understand databases will probably know better what I mean. Thanks, Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing

. Fortunately, this did not take too long, and I found it was well worth my efforts. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net P.S. I need to read *Isle on Canes*! - Original Message - From: Ann Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources (One More Time)

to standardize as much as possible. Hope this helps, Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Kay Fordham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 7:18 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Sources (One More Time) I wish to once

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources (One More Time)

in Birmingham, Alabama this June (see http://www.samford.edu/schools/ighr/ighr.html). I'm eager to hear her latest advice on sourcing! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Kay Fordham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming sources

to pull it out and be able to enter sources correctly in Legacy. Diane Murach - Original Message - From: Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming sources Hi Nick, two bits

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing - Attn: Cathy Gail Rich Nestor or anyone with time to respond

!). Sorry to be so long-winded Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Ann Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 7:26 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Help with sourcing

Re: [LegacyUG] Bug in publication field of main source window

Yes, I can verify this and it also applies to the title window. The text just flows past the edge of the screen and you have to highlight and scroll right in order to see it. Good catch! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: John D

Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming sources

is. My thoughts... Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Jim Winfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming sources John, I think this is an idea

Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming sources

(if used carefully) can be your friend in making broad changes to the source structure. Gail Rich Nestor www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Nicholas Cirillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG

[LegacyUG] Copy/paste of formatted source citations

there. If it is not currently possible, I will submit this to Legacy as an enhancement suggestion. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe

Re: [LegacyUG] Copy/paste of formatted source citations

Thanks Steve! Funny that highlighting and then right-clicking doesn't work but highlighting with CTRL+C does work. I should have checked this myself but I am such a mouse person that I sometimes forget those handy keyboard shortcuts. You have saved me much time - thanks! Gail Rich Nestor

Re: [LegacyUG] Recent Legacy Genealogy Web Sites?

good (at least very well-sourced) data out there and not to be able to share it! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help or if you find anything we can test out. Thanks for posting, Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: stephen

Re: [LegacyUG] AKAs and brackets with error 5 reports

. For example, Elizabeth M. Jones was listed in various sources as Lizzie Jones, Elizabeth Johns, Mrs. John Jones, Eliz. Jones, etc. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Jan Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions.

is consistent with what Slawson suggests in her book. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: John B. Lisle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 1:29 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Three questions

Re: [LegacyUG] Researchers' Addresses

. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Tamblyne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:26 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Researchers' Addresses Hi -- Do any of you have a system (using Legacy) to keep

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Sources and Getting Them to Print Properly

into v7. It's just another way to show we all care about professionalism in our genealogical research (whether or not we are actually professional genealogists!). Thanks, Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:10:17 -0400, Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Sources and Getting Them to Print Properly

really do hope Legacy will consider providing more flexibility in choosing the order and the formatting (parentheses vs. commas, etc) of source output between master sources and the accompanying citation detail. Thanks for reading Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net (with sources

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Sources and Getting Them to Print Properly

experienced the same problem with the Legacy citation. It would be nice if everyone would agree upon a standard, and then the software folks could implement it? Carol Elk Grove, CA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gail Rich Nestor Sent

Re: [LegacyUG] Search and Replace

Thanks for sending this Jonathan. For some reason I didn't see it the first time you posted it. I'll take a look at it this evening when I have a little more free time. Gail Coddgenealogy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snip 3) I also wish there were a way to strip the word County from *only*

Re: [LegacyUG] Search and Replace

that extra word. Basically, this expand/contract feature really doesn't help me at all and is confusing to use. I just caution anyone to test this feature on a sample or test database before clicking one of the options. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net Geoff Rasmussen

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citation - FamilySearch

Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Legacy User Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:43 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Source Citation - FamilySearch Hi I'm currently re-visiting my sources to ensure

Re: [LegacyUG] World War I Draft Registration as a Master Source . . .

. Format is secondary, but still important (in my opinion). Mine may not be best for all researchers, but it works for me (for now!). Hope this helps... Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia (note that I now *always* spell out the state for those abroad!) www.roots2buds.net Jennie Goodwin [EMAIL

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with Decendant Index Charts on screen

showing up for me? Thanks, Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding Events which use the Sentence Override feature

Yes, I was afraid that was going to be the case! Thanks, Gail Gail wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way to locate all events in which the Sentence Override feature is being used? Dennis Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded: I can only suggest MS Access. Enter the drawing for a FREE

[LegacyUG] Finding Events which use the Sentence Override feature

! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can

Re: [LegacyUG] *Major* Issue with the use of the } symbol

10:52 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] *Major* Issue with the use of the } symbol Hi Gail, On 2/25/06, Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm really hoping Legacy support or someone on the list has a solution to this issue for me. I just checked a will I had previously transcribed. Usually my

Re: [LegacyUG] *Major* Issue with the use of the } symbol

Oh yes! I told my husband last night that if I ever lost all my data and all my paper files, I might never be the same again. It is a true disease! Thanks, Gail - Original Message - From: Paul Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Saturday,

Re: [LegacyUG] HTML coding in note files????

Now that you mention this, I do believe I saw something similar in one of my event notes recently. I thought it was just a fluke so I cleaned it up. I don't recall what event it was, but I believe it was in some event notes. If I see it again, I'll let the list know exactly where it came

[LegacyUG] *Major* Issue with the use of the } symbol

a check/repair and closing the app. but the data did not return. Prayerfully, Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter

Re: [LegacyUG] Editing Sources

it as a PDF file and then toggled between the PDF and Legacy and made the needed changes. In some cases, I printed the report, but most times it was too long to print. Use Search and Replace to make the broad changes. Best of luck! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net (you

Re: [LegacyUG] Editing Sources

and Bill, Thank you for your input, hopefully I'll learn to be a little more patient when entering information in the future and won't need to do this again. :-( Lee Gail Rich Nestor wrote: Hi Lee, I recently went back and edited many of my source details to make them more uniform. I wanted all

Re: [LegacyUG] Editing Sources

Page 22, Dwelling 8, Family 9 Thanks, Lee Gail Rich Nestor wrote: Lee, although I entered sources for all my information from the beginning, I had to build up a sufficient base of sources before I could start to see patterns and standardize my formats. For example, I used

Re: [LegacyUG] source questions

. These are combined with a master source to make a complete citation. Book: 278 [meaning the page number], or 2:278 [for volume and page] Cemetery: grave marker for Euzema Rich, photographed by Gail Rich Nestor, 31 May 2004 Census: Elija Rich household, West Side Flint River, dwelling 568, family 568

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting the Master Location List

of the location field onscreen instead of having to scroll to see it. However, both formats will work. Of course, how they look in reports and charts, as you said, is a whole other ball game! Just some thoughts... Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna - at home, Cobb County, Georgia, USA! www.roots2buds.net

Re: [LegacyUG] If-then-else statements - solution; another sentence question

actually love it that way, but there are always a few bumps along the road. It's all a personal decision, but something to keep in mind... Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Elsie Saar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] If-then-else statements - solution; another sentence question

standard and custom event sentences such that the event still makes sense even if reported in nonsentence format. The trick, of course, is realizing the need to so ahead of time :-) Lisa On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:21:58 -0500, Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'll just throw in my two cents here

Fw: [LegacyUG] If-then-else statements - solution; another sentence question

actually love it that way, but there are always a few bumps along the road. It's all a personal decision, but something to keep in mind... Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Elsie Saar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] eliminating county in reports

fill the rest of us in! Thanks, Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia, USA (my long location!) www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG

Re: [LegacyUG] Changed topic: eliminating county in reports

this feature useful in its current state? Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: E.Rodier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changed topic: eliminating county in reports

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding dead Livings with Access

ago!) It's one possible solution, but I realize that it may not be desirable to some for several reasons. However, for me, I'm now able to better ensure that I don't have any people over 200 years old still living! Just a thought... Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding dead Livings with Access

to not living. Bert - Original Message - From: Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Finding dead Livings with Access One way to tackle this issue if you have a manageably-sized

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding dead Livings with Access

to the inside of my glasses that reminds me to hit the button when I'm entering the data originally. Jonathan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gail Rich Nestor Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:20 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Subject

[LegacyUG] Problem editing dates in the Search results screen

. Unfortunately, I then have to re-create the list over and over. With 700 names to edit, this is time consuming to say the least. Thanks in advance for your suggestions on this. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA www.roots2buds.net Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem editing dates in the Search results screen

, 2006 3:54 PM On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:32:27 -0500, Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a beep and the cursor just stayed blinking on the screen. The first thing I would do is reboot. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Event format in Pedigree web pages

and to make sure they read well, you can look at the events report under the Books/Other tabs of the reports center. Hope this helps, Gail Rich Nestor www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: M. Brenzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Monday

Re: [LegacyUG] Event format in Pedigree web pages

Sorry, disregard this - I forgot you were using list-style event wording. It sounds like already got some help anyway. Gail - Original Message - From: Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:59 PM Subject: Re

[LegacyUG] GEDCOM tag for the URL of a repository

Does anyone know if there is a tag that will let the user export the URL link for a repository? I see that the address and phone number exported for me, but I can't find the URL link in the exported file or in the export tag customization options. Any thoughts? Thanks, Gail Rich Nestor

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM tag for the URL of a repository

attached sources. I'm sure Legcay can probably show this too, but I like to see it in my web site. Thanks again for your comments. Progress is sometimes slow, but there are little new developments in many areas every day. Gail Rich Nestor www.roots2buds.net Leon Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [LegacyUG] Witnesses to Events

I'm very much looking forward to the day when a single event can be linked to multiple individuals (instead of the clipboard copying and pasting). This is one enhancement I hope Legacy will consider working on for the next version - or sooner! Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia, USA

Re: [LegacyUG] ? for Gail re: inserting blank lines between event sentence and event note

pages either way. By the way, I love the new web site because it functions very much like a database. However, the primary drawbacks (as I see them) are that I lose my event sentences and my short location names. I am still planning a lot of customization, but see what you think. Gail Rich

Re: [LegacyUG] ? for Gail re: inserting blank lines between event sentence and event note

To add the carriage return, I just edited my standard event sentence for the Census event. That fixed the problem in one fell swoop. Of course, other events might have the problem too, but the vast majority of the blank lines were in the census events. By the way, I discovered that it was

Re: [LegacyUG] ? for Gail re: inserting blank lines between event sentence and event note

- it is so clean and easy to read. It is really appealing. I take it that before you zapped all the blank lines that the spacing was really off. Carol -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gail Rich Nestor Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:52

[LegacyUG] Working with a Legacy File in MS Access 97

on this list mention using Access to manipulate Legacy data. Could someone help me figure out how to open a file? I think I can do what I need from there. Thanks in advance for your help offline. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net Legacy User Group guidelines can be found

Re: [LegacyUG] Working with a Legacy File in MS Access 97

PROTECTED] On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:08:35 -0500, Gail Rich Nestor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I only have Access 97 though. I think you need a newer version of Access. As I recall, Access 2000 is required. When you get it, just FileOpen, then type *.fdb in File name and hit Enter. Then select your

Re: [LegacyUG] Display Master Sources by type

the type in front of all my titles (i.e. newspaper, book, cemetery, census, vital, etc) so that they sort by type and then they generally sort by location. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, GA www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it possible to display master

Re: [LegacyUG] Searching Master Source

, State Will Books and just leave all the details to the citation detail. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net - Original Message - From: Mary Fowler Leek [EMAIL PROTECTED] |I want to use a Master Source that I've already created, but I can't find it | unless I read