Oh yes - let's always remember to run a Potential Problems report - I fix so many things this way!
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Michele Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Peggy, > The nice thing about going through your file and doing cleanup is that you > will find mistakes that you didn’t even know you had. One more thing about > names. When you have initials, make sure you put a space between them. > > J.E. Simmons is wrong > J. E. Simmons is right > > Legacy WILL find this error if you have that particular option turned on BUT > it WON'T find them in the AKA field even if you do have the option turned on. > This is a known bug and they programmers say that it is on their list to fix. > > > Michele > > > From: Marg Strong [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 4:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location List (Geo options) > > I'm so glad to hear that Legacy doesn't recommend all caps anymore. I really > disliked the way that looked and never used it. I've learned to use the AKA > field instead of the nickname in quotes. I've been tempted to use "unknown" > in the blank name fields, but restrained myself because I read that is not > the best thing to do. I have learned quite a bit just reading this list so > it's worth the time it takes. > > So far I haven't had any, or anything that I remember, to put in the prefix > or suffix fields. And I've no reason to think I'll need peerage titles, even > though we do have the usual family myth about the great grandmother disowned > for marrying a commoner. :) Lots of "laborers" and no royalty in this line. > One murderer though to make it interesting. > > I've messed up on the short location name, just pasting the same as in the > long field. Now I would have to redo that too. Maybe some day. I wonder if it > would be too messy if I started doing it now as I'm working on the clean up? > Just on the locations I have left to clean up? > > Peggy > > ________________________________________ > From: Michele Lewis <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 4:15 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location List (Geo options) > > You can change how the date displays in Legacy so you must have it set right > :) :) :) > > Names are pretty straight forward. You don't want to put any descriptive > words in the blanks such as infant, baby, child etc. They do not recommend > all caps for the last name anymore. Enter the name Michele Lynn Simmons. > There is a way you can have it print in all caps if you want it to but don't > enter the name that way. (I would never print it that way because it looks > bad. If you want the surname in all caps the proper way is to reduce the > font by 2 point sizes so that you have small caps). Always use maiden names > for females. There are separate blanks to put prefixes and suffixes. All > alternate spellings and nicknames go in the AKA field. It gets a little more > complicated for patronymic names and peerage titles which you will run into > if your research is in the UK. Slaves are entered with their first and then > WHERE they were a slave as their last name in case you do any AA research. > > Another thing about locations. > > You will enter Purvis, Lamar, Mississippi, United States BUT you can also > enter a short location name like this Purvis, Lamar Co, MS. You can tell > Legacy to print reports using the short location name if you want. > > Legacy will let you do all kinds of things :) > > Michele > > > From: Marg Strong [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 3:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location List (Geo options) > > Thanks for the book recommendation. I like the way Legacy automatically > enters the date according to the default (maybe the default I set?) so I > can't mess that up. I have read a bit more about the standard ways of > entering names; such as not entering anything into the name field if it is > unknown. I kind of liked using "unknown" but since they end up at the top of > the list anyhow, it seems better to do it the standard way. I'm thinking that > after I merge my duplicate locations (result of sloppy entering) I could then > use the commas for the countries that have four locations. Then I won't have > to keep scrolling up to the to merge them. > > I have a lot of research to do for other countries. Ron gave me some good > links. but so far I don't have a large percent of people. Most ancestors > originated from Ireland and England, a few from Scotland (in the line I'm > researching now) so eventually I will have to do that research for sure. > > Peggy > p > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > -- Tessa Keough Guild No. 5089 Legacy Virtual Users Group Surnames - Keough, Murphy, Aylward, Kocevar, Lidman, Zagradisnik Places - Ireland, Newfoundland, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, USA (New York, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Washington) Blogs - The Keough Corner and Scandia Musings & More Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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