On 21 Nov 2013 Mike Bridgeford wrote:
I have changed the paths in optionscustomiselocations.
This happens every time. For some reason it will only search
windows/C drive.
Have you included the drive letter etc. in the location you
specified?e.g. D:\...path
Cheers! -- Dave N.
On 25 Nov 2013 Diane Szabo wrote:
Today I tried splitting my family file unsuccessfully, even though I printed
out and followed the steps for Splitting Family Files in Legacy by David
Berdan. For some reason, even though I selected the name of my maternal
grandparents, it selects everyone
On 12 Dec 2013 Jay 1FamilyTree wrote:
My 'general' notes are filled with these 'spacation' errors as you call
them. Do you have any idea on a good way to resolve them?
If you imported a gedcom and got spaces in the middle of words then
this is *not* a bug. It's caused by using an incorrect
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:11 PM, singhals singh...@erols.com wrote:
In either Deluxe or free *IS* there a way to delete an
entire line? Nor just unlink them, delete them?
Using Windoze make a copy of the original database under a new name.
Then in Legacy unlink between the person you want
One line of my previous message somehow got deleted so I'm re-sending
it with corrections.
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:11 PM, singhals singh...@erols.com wrote:
In either Deluxe or free *IS* there a way to delete an
entire line? Nor just unlink them, delete them?
Using Windoze make a
On 29 Jan 2014 Syble Glasscock wrote:
#6706, I have Hays/Hayes
I received this:
[6706]The following characters are not usually found in a name:
!@#$%^*_ +=|\/;:~` []{} 0123456789.
Remove any erroneous characters.
But you do not have any of those characters in your surname field so
the
On 30 Dec 2011 Robert Runion wrote:
Brian - Can you expand on what/how to do this 'linking'? I've
tried the 'repeat' button, but it doesn't attach the 'notes'
portion of the previous entry to the current data.
I believe you are both discussing *different* Notes. Brian is
referring to the
Hello Elizabeth,
On 22 Mar 2012 Elizabeth wrote:
Yes, I've done that File Restore Family File - migrate to folder
highlight the file click open - nothing happens.
What do you mean by nothing happens? Just Legacy just sit there
with no family data and no messages?
I've tried unzipping
Hello William,
On 28 May 2012 William (Bill) R. Linhart wrote:
Would you please look at your highest number of pictures in any one
picture gallery and respond with the maximum count of pictures you
have in that gallery?
My largest for one individual contains 12 pictures and these are a
mix
On 11 Jan 2010 smegraw wrote:
Is it possible to produce Pedigree Web Pages where individual and
marriage events are neither numbered or bulleted? This option is
offered in Descendant Reports, but doesn't appear possible for
Pedigree web reports.
If the formatting is OK then you could use a
On 17 Jan 2010 Robert Mann wrote:
I would like to record all county names as X county and use
two-letter state abbreviations in all my USA locations. But, I
can't find any way to control the location format to that extent.
A little-publicized feature of Legacy is the ability to change these
On 31 Jan 2010 Alan Jones wrote:
it is my understanding that Legacy has never liked the word County in
there. I came from a program that actually suggested putting Co. at the
end of every county and I really liked that as it was more specific.
I wish Legacy was nicer about that.
Legacy by
On 9 Mar 2010 Elizabeth wrote:
I have, in the past, used the Chapman codes for county abbreviations
(England) and I wanted to change them.
Legacy already has a feature to change Long and Short UK locations to and from
Chapman codes.
Master Location List Options Expand/Contract Location
On 8 May 2010 Monika wrote:
Can Legacy be set up in 2 different languages e.g. English and
German for the 1 Family Tree?
Not quite enough information provided to answer properly . . .
Do you want to *operate* Legacy in both languages or do you only want
to generate reports/printouts in both
On 30 May 2010 Ron Taylor wrote:
While on this topic it should be pointed out that there are a few
names with a single letter that does not represent an abbreviation
of some name but is just a letter. Example: Glade S Price has an
S in his name but it does not stand for anything...it's
On 6 Oct 2010 Jerry wrote:
Does anyone know why a message from the Legacy program states that
all initials should be followed by a period?I am now accustomed to
not using periods in abbreviations because it is the new computerized
way of doing things. Does anyone really see a problem
Hello Tom,
On 21 Nov 2010 Tom Hobbs wrote:
Is there anyone using Legacy 7.x for Surname Research Compilations?
This would involve multiple unrelated lines with the same surname.
I'm using it for a couple of One-Name Studies, both of which also include
DNA research -- but Legacy lacks the
On 2 Apr 2011 sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote:
I should like to have a list of all locations that are associated with a
particular Mayo family. I would also like a list of all locations
associated in any way with all Mayos in my data base. I know I can do a
chronology and get the information
On 28 Oct 2012 Don Hendershot wrote:
I can't help but smile. Twenty-three steps to do this? I
think you need to be standing on just your left foot, it has to
be done on a Tuesday and it will only work on Dec. 21st when
all the stars are in alignment. Here is an opportunity for
Legacy to
On 26 May 2013 Virginia Blakelock wrote:
JPG is extremely poor quality for chart output and not recommended.
Photos and text will be grainy - particularly noticeable in a large
chart. The genealogy software native chart output is best quality;
second is PDF to a virtual printer or to a
On 28 Feb 2014 Jay 1FamilyTree wrote:
I had many .pdf files that just contained one picture...
I just opened them and did a screen capture and saved the screen capture as
the same filename.jpg
(I use the free irfanview, but there are many options for photo/image
software)
Jay, I'm
On 1 Mar 2014 Jay 1FamilyTree wrote:
I am not familiar with that Plug-in And I dont see any ones on
my list other than the one that allows you to SAVE in .pdf format.
What is the plugin name or .dll file?
I was thinking the one to save PDFs was also the one needed to open
them, but it
On 19 Apr 2014 Brian/Support wrote:
No I do not have the access to control subscriptions! I am the one who
has been warning the list over the last few messages.
Please tell me what I'm missing here? The Legacy List subscriptions
haven't any checks and balances. Surely *anyone* can go to the
On 26 Jul 2014 Prof. Dr. Alvaro Hernandez wrote:
I have two different files of the same family and I'd like to know
the best way to go about comparing them and highlighting the
existing differences (individuals, dates, notes, events, etc.)
preferably in an automated way.
One automated way
On 11 Nov 2014 David Cripps wrote:
Now my argument is, I would agree with his method if only the whole
process could be automated. The only way I could see that happening
is for an external program to run as Legacy closes. Now in the old
days we might have considered a batch file
On 10 Nov 2014 Leon Chapman wrote:
Dave:
It would be nice if you shared your other batch commands you use.
Thanks
Leon Chapman
Answered privately -- with attachment!
Cheers! -- Dave N.
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On 30 Dec 2014 Jane Sarles wrote:
I searched the message archives but did not see a solution to the
problem I have with a report. I wish to search a number of surnames
that are in a particular state. For example, I plan a trip to the
Kentucky History Center and would like to get a list of
On 9 Jan 2015 Jane Sarles wrote:
I am trying to find a brief readable easy-as-possible- to understand
report for my grandchildren (in their 20's) to see their forebears.
One thing I create that goes over really well is a fan chart of each
person's ancestors.
I've created them using Legacy
On: Mon, 10 Aug 2015
shirleyr...@clear.net.nz wrote:
I have purchased a Laptop with Windows 10 and in the process of
transferring the files over. Is there any known problems I of
which I should be aware that would affect Legacy 7.5? Regards
Shirley NZ
For me, Legacy (ver. 7.5 and 8) are
Actually, further to my previous message, there *is* a Legacy problem
with this Windows 10 feature change
Legacy's title bar does *not* grey-out the title to show whether it
is active or not. Perhaps that's the reason I am finding this
Windows change in functionality to be so problematic
Hello Chris,
If all else fails... one trick I've used for a few things like this is
to generate a gedcom of your database. Obviously for this time you need
to include graphic links. Then open the gedcom with a text editor and
do a Search for part of the filename. The line with that
Hello Gary,
Further to what others have posted...
On 2018-12-21 5:17 p.m., Gary Crull wrote:
I'm thinking of putting my research on to a web site.
2) are any notes for individuals put on the site
Because this is only selectable by type of notes I keep information to
be published on the
One trick I used many Legacy versions ago to duplicate a few different
individuals probably still works but it may be more complicated than you
wish.
First, as with all experimentation, make sure you have a good backup of
your files.
Open a new *empty* Legacy file -- I named mine "empty.fdb"
Then
On 2019-06-30 10:10 a.m., John Francis wrote:
I have recently had a hard disk failure, following which I have had a
solid state drive installed to replace the failed disk. This has meant
re-installing Legacy. Fortunately all the data was backed up. However, I
now find that I cannot resize the
On 2020-01-05 3:49 p.m., Debbie Medeiros wrote:
I'm having problems with the media files. Some of my files are jpeg and
others are pdf. It doesn't look like the pdf files are showing up on the
print preview. Under the picture scrapbook options, I have checked off
include picture files and
Years/versions ago I made many suggestions for DNA features to be added
to Legacy but as a lone voice in the wilderness they were all ignored.
The current DNA features in Legacy are so out-of-date that they are
worthless. There was never any benefit to putting all the STR values of
a Y-DNA
On 2020-04-23 10:30 a.m., RAYMOND RHOADS wrote:
I am currently downloading Baptism, Death and other records from the German web
site archion.de. When I try to add them to my media files I am unable to do so.
I am assuming this is because they are Adobe files. Is there anyway around this
short
desktop to the other, and it snaps to full screen, but
it snaps to full screen on the other display, not the one it was moved
to. Now it appears that Legacy is at fault, not me (and none of my
other programs have this issue). Definitely a programming issue.
CIao,
Christopher
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Dave
border and it often begins to drag, but then pops
back where it was ... or perhaps goes only 2% of the way.
I am glad for you, Alan, if you have not had this problem. I am sure
others have.
I don't know what causes it.
Peace, Loren Johns
Stuart, Florida
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Dave Naylor
Hamilton, Ontario,
nor can I find it anywhere on the drive.
I am at a loss. I have tried several scenarios, I have checked the
help and I have searched the previous emails.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Wes
--
Dave Naylor
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
<https://sites.rootsweb.com/~hotrum/>
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Hello folks,
I use an "Obituary" event and have it set to be excluded from Potential
Problems. Then it doesn't matter what dates they have.
Cheers! -- Dave
On 2022-12-17 4:17 p.m., Terry Montgomery wrote:
I had been putting the date of a newspaper clipping as the date of an event.
But
Ian...
Are you allowing for the currency difference? My renewals are
approximately US$135. So when converted to Canuck dollars it hurts!
Cheers! -- Dave
On 2023-08-07 3:48 p.m., Charlene A Williamson wrote:
$135.31 including taxes
On Mon, Aug 7, 2023, 1:51 PM Ian Macaulay wrote:
Hello folks,
This question keeps arising, so out of curiosity I just checked my own
recurring MH subscription to see what I was charged this year. My 2023
invoice from "Blue Snap Inc., Waltham MA" shows the item as "Complete
Subscription" with a price of 125.29 USD. Then an additional VAT of
Hello fellow Leggers,
I have been placing a zero in the FAG field when I know there's a grave
but don't know the cemetery. So YES I have duplicates but they haven't
been any problem to me or to running Legacy.
If the FAG field is made unique I will come up with some other method to
suit my
Hello Kim,
I believe this only happens when Legacy is maximised.
Try this... with Legacy on your number-3 screen, un-maximise it then
drag Legacy's window borders out to fill the screen. Now close Legacy
and reopen it to see where it goes.
Works for me.
Cheers! -- Dave N
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