Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems List

[Trevor Carlson]

Run the Potential Problems Report, found under 'Tools' section. Choose what
you want to check for, as there are lots of options.

 

Thanks,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of vbgarton
Sent: 12-Jul-22 9:30 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems List

 

How do I find out how many problems there are ?

 

Valerie

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Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy & Ancestry - photos

[Trevor Carlson]

Ancestry is a website, and Legacy is a program. You can scan your photos
once, but need to upload them separately into their respective programs.
Media is stored separately from your family files, so uploading the family
file isn't enough.

At least that is my understanding.

Thank you,
Trevor Carlson
Edmonton, AB

-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of vbgar...@gmail.com
Sent: 14-Mar-22 11:49 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy & Ancestry - photos

Do I have to add them to these two places separately. That is scan the photo
then add it to Legacy & then to Ancestry.

Cheers from Valerie Garton nee Vaughan in sunny Sydney


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Re: [LegacyUG] Occupation Description

[Trevor Carlson]

I personally would use 'musician' as the occupation, and then give the details 
about playing the banjo.

 

Thanks,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Howland Davis via LegacyUserGroup
Sent: 29-Nov-19 5:52 PM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Cc: Howland Davis
Subject: [LegacyUG] Occupation Description

 

   I have an individual in my Legacy file that played banjo with a group in the 
1930s.  Do I put, as an event, Occupation with played banjo as the description? 
 Or have others used a different event/fact word for band 
members/musicians/etc.?

   Your thought would be greatly appreciated.

 

Howland Davis

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Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Issue

[Trevor Carlson]

Thank you everyone for your input and advice. Cathy's explanation definitely
cleared up the why it is happening. I will be trying a few tricks and/or
programs suggested.

Thanks again,

Trevor Carlson


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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: 6-Aug-17 8:37 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Issue

With Windows 10, perhaps one of the Picture viewers that you have already is
Windows Photo Viewer* ? (it was available as a free Microsoft program in
earlier versions of Windows - probably easily found to download but I
haven't tried)

I use WPV* for photos taken with my phone (sometimes they are upside-down;
often at 90 degrees) and I use this free application to rotate 90 or more
degrees L or R as appropriate. When moving on to the next pic, it
automatically rewrites the image to disk - but the useful EXIF data - for
example, the GPS info, etc - is retained.  
I also use Irfanview (have done so for 15+ years) but it does have some
features that are confusing for newer users. I would recommend WPV* instead.

Ian Thomas
Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia


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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: Monday, 7 August 2017 9:48 AM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Issue

Trevor,

You need to find the setting in FastStone Image Viewer or whatever you
choose to use to not automatically rotate images using the EXIF metadata.
Then you can truly rotate and save the picture in the right orientation. In
FastStone see Settings - Settings - Viewer  and uncheck Auto-Rotate by EXIF
orientation tag.
Legacy doesn't use the EXIF metadata to orientate the pictures, your phone
and many programs do.
Note you can edit images linked to Legacy in other programs - to rotate
them, remove flaws or crop them, resize them, ... provided you don't change
their filename. They'll still be linked.
Just make sure that if it's your only copy, you copy it somewhere else for
an archive copy first.

Cathy
> Hotrum family <mailto:hotrumfam...@gmail.com> Monday, 7 August 2017 
> 7:10 AM
>
> I recommend that you download and install either IrfanView or 
> FastStone (or both) and get your pictures the way you want them 
> (orientation, cropping, size, colours, brightness, etc.) before 
> attaching to Legacy. Both are free and can be downloaded from the 
> internet.
>
> FastStone has a more up-to-date user interface and is better at adding 
> text/graphics.
>
> IrfanView has the advantage of being able to convert to/from PDF files 
> and does more precise cropping.
>
> I use both of them.
>
> Cheers! -- Dave N.
> Trevor Carlson <mailto:trevordcarl...@shaw.ca> Monday, 7 August 2017 
> 5:13 AM
>
> Well, I have a particularly perplexing issue that I cannot figure out. 
> I've taken a number of photos on my iPhone 6 in which the photos are 
> showing perfectly fine in the files (downloaded to my computer), but 
> are all on its side when opening the folder in Legacy. No amount of 
> 'rotating' the pictures in the file folders helps, and you cannot edit 
> photos directly in Legacy. What do i do?
>
> Note, when the photo was taken in landscape, there is no issue. It is 
> a problem only when taken in portrait.
>
> I'm using the latest version of Legacy9 Deluxe, and use the default 
> photo program from Windows 10. What is truly disturbing is that I 
> never had the problem in Legacy 8. I've also attached into Legacy9 
> pictures which had been downloaded prior to the Legacy9 upgrade 
> without issue only two weeks ago. Why is this a problem now? Is there 
> some setting on the iPhone6 screwing this up while snapping the 
> pictures as well? If so, I cannot understand why the rotating function 
> wouldn't work.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Trevor Carlson
>
> Edmonton, AB
>


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[LegacyUG] Picture Issue

[Trevor Carlson]

Well, I have a particularly perplexing issue that I cannot figure out. I've
taken a number of photos on my iPhone 6 in which the photos are showing
perfectly fine in the files (downloaded to my computer), but are all on its
side when opening the folder in Legacy. No amount of 'rotating' the pictures
in the file folders helps, and you cannot edit photos directly in Legacy.
What do i do?

 

Note, when the photo was taken in landscape, there is no issue. It is a
problem only when taken in portrait.

 

I'm using the latest version of Legacy9 Deluxe, and use the default photo
program from Windows 10. What is truly disturbing is that I never had the
problem in Legacy 8. I've also attached into Legacy9 pictures which had been
downloaded prior to the Legacy9 upgrade without issue only two weeks ago.
Why is this a problem now? Is there some setting on the iPhone6 screwing
this up while snapping the pictures as well? If so, I cannot understand why
the rotating function wouldn't work.

 

Thank you,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

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Re: [LegacyUG] Prep for Version 9 - Media Links

[Trevor Carlson]

You may have the media image attached in more than one location on the same 
person. Birth, Christening, Death and Marriage all have its own picture gallery 
separate from the main individual picture gallery. So, too, does each event. It 
may be in one of these other locations that this media image link is broken.

 

Thank you,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Pat Hickin
Sent: 18-Apr-17 5:48 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Prep for Version 9 - Media Links

 

How do I do that??

 

Pat

 

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 6:52 PM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com> wrote:

Pat,
Check that it's not also attached somewhere else and that's where it is missing.

Cathy

Pat Hickin wrote:




When I do that and click on the image, it becomes larger.

Pat

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Michele/Support 
<mich...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com>> 
wrote:

Open that person’s media gallery and actually click on the media
image and see what happens.

__ __

__ __

Michele Simmons Lewis, CG

Legacy Family Tree

mich...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com>


www.legacyfamilytree. com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> 

__ __

Certified Genealogist is a registered trademark and the
designation CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of
Genealogists®, used under license by Board certificants who meet
competency standards.

__ __

*From:*LegacyUserGroup
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<mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>] *On Behalf Of
*Pat Hickin
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*To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>>

*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Prep for Version 9 - Media Links___ _

__ __

I assume you're talking about missing media files.  What do I do
if I'm told a media file is missing when it is NOT missing -- it's
right there and showing up just as it should be??

__ __

(This has happened to me on several occasions.)

__ __

Pat

 


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[LegacyUG] FW: Place names - olde vs current

[Trevor Carlson]

Well, it would appear that I responded to the wrong post - the name had
changed. I was catching up on a week's worth of emails and thought I was
responding to the last one of this topic...

 

Others have more or less suggested what I just did; however, I have added
the date ranges for the 'alternate locations' as an actual field rather than
notes.

 

Thanks,

Trevor

 

 

From: Trevor Carlson [mailto:trevordcarl...@shaw.ca] 
Sent: 18-Apr-17 8:29 AM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current

 

What I'd like to see is the ability to link locations, and have dates
associated with locations. That way, you can have the progression of a
location throughout history easily visible. If you have the location listed
one way, but put in a date where it should have a different 'name' at that
time, Legacy could recognize it due to the linked dated locations and then
auto-correct.

 

By historical progression, for example Bethabara, Rowan County, North
Carolina Colony, British North America is where some of my ancestors lived
in the 1750's (and beyond). That same location is now within the city of
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. Every level of
jurisdiction has changed (if only because state level changed from colony to
state) - and more than once on the county level. The following are all the
same location, in a historical progression:

 

1753-1771 - Bethabara, Rowan County, North Carolina Colony, British North
America   

1771-1776 - Salem, Surry County, North Carolina Colony, British North
America [they actually built a new town nearby, and all villagers moved
there. The county coincidentally changed in the same year.]

1776-1789 - Salem, Surry County, North Carolina, United States

1789-1849 - Salem, Stokes County, North Carolina, United States

1849-1913 - Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States

1913-today - Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States

 

This is not to say I expect the Legacy team to expand the Geo Locations to
include all historical names. Rather, I'd like the locations expanded to
include dates that users can add, and then the ability to link them. Getting
historical accuracy could be helped with forums or Facebook queries if a
person is stuck and cannot find an answer online (which is where I look).

 

Thank you,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler
Sent: 12-Apr-17 7:47 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current

 

Sounds like a great idea for the suggestion box.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of CE WOOD
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:35 PM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current?

 

It's a real shame that Legacy does not use the same Access ability and
create an alternate location index as they have done for the alternate name
index. It would be S helpful!

 

CE 

 

  _  

From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of
Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 5:43 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current? 

 

Cathy

Thanks for the information; I had noticed some posts here about reverse
sorting addresses, but I didn't think it applied to my situation. And I do
occasionally "correct" the mapping / Bing Maps positioning for locations
that end up in the wrong continent, etc. But not for the historic place
naming. 

Also, I should use the additional description you cited for
Newcastle/Toodyay - the "(now Toodyay)" is more explicit than how I have
been doing it.  

I would like to include the farm/property names - "Summerhill", New Norcia,
Western Australia, Australia - but I have been putting this in Notes or a
residence event, assuming that the quotes and specific property names would
guarantee that the location couldn't be found by Bing Maps. 

The article you referred to is good - I hadn't seen it.

Also, Brian Kelly's suggestion for positioning is a very logical method for
registering the historic location name at essentially the location of the
currently-used name for the location. Thanks, Brian.   

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: Wednesday, 12 April 2017 7:59 PM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current?

 

Ian,

You can plot anything on the Bing maps in Legacy. Just highlight the
location you are mapping then right click on the map to put the pin in the
right place.

I include addresses, including farm names like your examples, in my
locat

Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current

[Trevor Carlson]

What I'd like to see is the ability to link locations, and have dates
associated with locations. That way, you can have the progression of a
location throughout history easily visible. If you have the location listed
one way, but put in a date where it should have a different 'name' at that
time, Legacy could recognize it due to the linked dated locations and then
auto-correct.

 

By historical progression, for example Bethabara, Rowan County, North
Carolina Colony, British North America is where some of my ancestors lived
in the 1750's (and beyond). That same location is now within the city of
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. Every level of
jurisdiction has changed (if only because state level changed from colony to
state) - and more than once on the county level. The following are all the
same location, in a historical progression:

 

1753-1771 - Bethabara, Rowan County, North Carolina Colony, British North
America   

1771-1776 - Salem, Surry County, North Carolina Colony, British North
America [they actually built a new town nearby, and all villagers moved
there. The county coincidentally changed in the same year.]

1776-1789 - Salem, Surry County, North Carolina, United States

1789-1849 - Salem, Stokes County, North Carolina, United States

1849-1913 - Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States

1913-today - Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States

 

This is not to say I expect the Legacy team to expand the Geo Locations to
include all historical names. Rather, I'd like the locations expanded to
include dates that users can add, and then the ability to link them. Getting
historical accuracy could be helped with forums or Facebook queries if a
person is stuck and cannot find an answer online (which is where I look).

 

Thank you,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler
Sent: 12-Apr-17 7:47 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current

 

Sounds like a great idea for the suggestion box.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of CE WOOD
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:35 PM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current?

 

It's a real shame that Legacy does not use the same Access ability and
create an alternate location index as they have done for the alternate name
index. It would be S helpful!

 

CE 

 

  _  

From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of
Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 5:43 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current? 

 

Cathy

Thanks for the information; I had noticed some posts here about reverse
sorting addresses, but I didn't think it applied to my situation. And I do
occasionally "correct" the mapping / Bing Maps positioning for locations
that end up in the wrong continent, etc. But not for the historic place
naming. 

Also, I should use the additional description you cited for
Newcastle/Toodyay - the "(now Toodyay)" is more explicit than how I have
been doing it.  

I would like to include the farm/property names - "Summerhill", New Norcia,
Western Australia, Australia - but I have been putting this in Notes or a
residence event, assuming that the quotes and specific property names would
guarantee that the location couldn't be found by Bing Maps. 

The article you referred to is good - I hadn't seen it.

Also, Brian Kelly's suggestion for positioning is a very logical method for
registering the historic location name at essentially the location of the
currently-used name for the location. Thanks, Brian.   

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: Wednesday, 12 April 2017 7:59 PM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current?

 

Ian,

You can plot anything on the Bing maps in Legacy. Just highlight the
location you are mapping then right click on the map to put the pin in the
right place.

I include addresses, including farm names like your examples, in my
locations. Others don't.
Because I do this I always sort my location list from right to left when I
need places close to each other together on the list.

RE recording historical names. You might want to read this for one
suggestion.
 <http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-01014>
http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-01014

Sometimes I simply put the current name in brackets.
Newcastle (now Toodyay), Western Australia, Australia.

Cathy

Ian Thomas wrote:


What's the best practice for preserving the older plac

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

[Trevor Carlson]

Works very well if you sort the list in reverse order - largest denomination to 
smallest - which is what I do. It even allows for a 5th field which I sometimes 
use (Ward in a city). If I need to search for a particular city, but don't know 
exactly where it is, I will just temporarily reverse my sort, search it, and 
then put it back after I'm done.

 

Would be nice if Legacy had a search function that would search for a given 
location name regardless of position, though. That would make the re-sorting 
unnecessary.

 

Thanks,

Trevor

 

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Sherry
Sent: 4-Apr-17 8:49 AM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

 

The Master Location List doesn't do well with no leading commas. You can't sort 
correctly if you select a custom sort and the Expand/Contract Location Parts 
(under Options) won't work correctly.

Sherry

 

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Steve Hayes  wrote:


There is no option to "remove" it, though there is an option not to show it
in reports.

If, say, I know that someone was born in Ohio, USA, I can enter it as

Ohio, USA

and Legacy will display and print it like that.

but I can also enter it as

 ,  , Ohio, USA

to show that the city and county are missing.

And then I can have Legacy print it like that, or to strip away the leading
commas.

I generally enter just what I know, so I don't put in blank spaces. If I
later find the name of a town where the person was born, I'll just add that,
like

Columbus, Ohio, USA.

and not

Columbus,  , Ohio, USA



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Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

[Trevor Carlson]

Brian, I do much like you do. Long place description is fully written, but I 
use abbreviations in the short descriptions. I also have an example like yours 
for Kasota, Le Sueur County, Minnesota and Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, 
Minnesota, (among quite a few others). Like many other users, I found it 
difficult to know where a particular event really was until I cleaned up my 
location list by writing them out in full. I also agree with someone else's 
point that it is more useful this way for other people who look at my work.

 

Thanks,

 

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Brian Lightfoot
Sent: 2-Apr-17 6:31 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

 

I started adding the additional word “County” to all my county descriptors, 
regardless of if the city or township was also known. I found that I have a 
great deal of ancestors in and around Ashland County, Ohio so I noticed many 
docs from a variety of sources merely stating “Ashland, Ohio”. But a close 
examination of the source itself revealed some were from the city of Ashland, 
some were from the Township of Ashland, and others were merely describing the 
county of Ashland. I found other citations giving the location as “Ashland, 
Ashland, Ohio” which by many others’ convention would seem to be describing the 
city of Ashland in Ashland County but in reality was describing the Township of 
Ashland (not all parts were within the city limits) in Ashland County.

 

Thus I end up with the following variations:

Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio (meaning in the city of Ashland)

Ashland Township, Ashland County, Ohio (self-explanatory)

And finally “, Ashland County, Ohio” meaning a location somewhere in the county 
with the township not known.

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Sherry
Sent: Sunday, April 2, 2017 3:58 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location list, Place names

 

I add "County" only when I don't know the city.

, King county, Washington, United States 

Seattle, King, Washington, United States.

Although I can understand how confusing it might be if the city and county are 
the same.

Plus I'm not a fan of abbreviations so I spell "county" out. There might be 
those who aren't sure what "Co." means.  It's a common abbreviation for 
"company"

The WA abbreviation for Washington state is also the abbreviation for Western 
Australia and there's a town there with the same name as where I live in 
Washington!

 

Sherry

 

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Leonard J. McCown <leon...@mccown.org> wrote:

Years ago I learned to leave a space for a place that was
missing, to mark its place, and also to tell the person that
it is a town, village, etc., and the next is the county (at
least in the USA). I have continued that, but have started a
no-no also, by adding Co. to the county so it is clear. Too
many places and counties are named the same . . . Dallas,
Dallas Co., Texas. I decided what's best for me and to make
it clear when I am dead and others might be using my
database. If they don't like it, they can change it then.

Personally I think it is a good idea. Was there an option to
remove that in the set up for Legacy?

 

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Re: [LegacyUG] Searching given names

[Trevor Carlson]

Actually, the Name List can do what you want, Ian. If you set the Name List
to include AKA (Go to Options at the bottom of the list and click 'Include
Alternate Names" - you can also include Married Names), you can type in your
Surname, Comma, Given Name(s). You should find Hazel easily.

For those individuals that you don't have a surname (which shouldn't be much
of an issue if you've included Married Names), you can search by first name
instead. Just start typing the given name in the Given Name field at the top
instead of in the Surname field. AKA's also apply there.

For those individuals that you have more than one person with the same
names, more information about each person is clearly shown on the right -
several tabs worth. I find it most useful looking at Family to easily see
who their parents, spouse or children are, but there is also a 3-gen
pedigree on the Details tab.

I find the index view to be very cumbersome as it keeps having to
re-populate as you go through it. Name List zips through the names easily,
and like I mentioned above, is also easily searchable.

Name View is so useful to me that I use it very frequently and have it under
'My Toolbar' for most common tools.

Thank you,
Trevor Carlson


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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: 8-Feb-17 4:58 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Searching given names

Thanks Jenny - that's what I had discovered and it's a bit cumbersome. I
like to use the "universal" Control F which has been adopted by most
software developers. Within Legacy v8 Deluxe, as far as I have tested, that
key combination is unallocated, so it could be programmed quite easily.

Ian Thomas
Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia


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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
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Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2017 10:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Searching given names

On 08-Feb-17 11:22 PM, Ian Thomas wrote:
> I use the Index view to try to find persons, and it can take longer 
> than I would like to find a person when they have 3 or so given names 
> and the one I'm after isn't the first name.
>
> James is a simple example, in persons' names  where James is not the 
> first name. A specific:  Annie Hazel Isobel Mary WILSON - for that 
> person, I use the *aka* Hazel because she was called that by the 
> family, and Legacy in Index view shows these separately.
>
> Is there a more sophisticated search  facility within Legacy v8?
>
There is a "proper" Search function; rather confusingly it is either called
Search or Find depending on which icon you are looking at.

But in order to find the lady you cite as an example if you don't know her
full name, you would need to set up a Search to look for an Individual with
Given names containing "Hazel" and perhaps get a short list, or narrow the
options by adding a condition AND Surname equals Wilson.

This may or may not be quicker than scanning the Index view or Name list.


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Re: [LegacyUG] Use of item of interest field in database sources

[Trevor Carlson]

Barton,

 

Since you have just the one record, your item of interest should be “entry for 
John Reeves’s 1954 death.”  You only have the one record. That record contains 
other details, including his birth, but it is still the death record. The 
reason you wouldn't change it to 'birth' when using this record to cite his 
birth is that his birth is actually a secondary source in his death record- it 
is someone who was likely not around at the time of his actual birth that 
recorded his death (there are of  course exceptions, such as for the deaths of 
children recorded by their parents).

 

I hope that makes sense.

 

Thank you,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB.

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Barton Lewis
Sent: November 16, 2016 7:47 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Use of item of interest field in database sources

 

Cathy, I apologize if I am being dense.  But …

 

I am referring to the same “item” or “record” (the one, and only one, for this 
particular John Reeves), in the “database” (in this case, let’s say the Texas 
Death Index).

 

The death record provides John’s date of birth, his date of death, and his 
mother’s name.  I understood you to say (and correct me if I’m wrong) that you 
would put in the “item of interest” field the same language, regardless of 
whether it was to source John’s birth, his death, or his mother’s name, and 
that language would be “entry for John Reeves’s 1954 death.”  I had been 
entering such language for his death field, but for his birth field, I had been 
entering “entry for John Reeves’s 1878 birth.”  

 

Is this not what you would do?  And if so, why not?  Even though it’s a death 
record, it can still act as a source for other information in the record, can 
it not, and the item of interest field reflect that?

 

I understand Brian Kelly’s reasoning for styling the entry “entry for John 
Reeves’s 1878 birth” with the mother’s name in the source details as a source 
for her name.

 

Thank you,

 

Barton

 

 

 

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 7:14 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Use of item of interest field in database sources

 

Barton,

When I said you wouldn't change the source details every time you attach that 
source, by "source" I was meaning the particular record concerning the birth of 
John Reeves. 
If you find some other record in that same database, of course you change the 
source details. You're referring to another "item".

Cathy

BARTON LEWIS wrote:


Thanks, Jenny, but the question was specifically would you change the 
"item of interest" field to "entry for John Reeves's 1878 birth" in 
the birth field and "entry for John Reeves's 1954 death" in the death 
field?  Cathy said "it's for the item of interest in the database" and 
you "would not change the source details every time you attach the 
source to a piece of information."  I don't understand her distinction.

Barton


On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote:




On 16-Nov-16 03:06 PM, BARTON LEWIS wrote:


But what if you are using the same source (e.g. Texas Death Records) 
for
both John's birth and his death? If you attach it in the death field
and it says "1878 birth of John Reeves" and you are using it as a 
source
for his death, isn't that odd? Why would you not change it to "1954
death of John Reeves" if there are different vitals data in the record
and you are using it for different vitals?



Yes, if citing a Death Register (or Index thereof) entry I would use 
"entry for John Reeves' death, 1954" and attach the same 
Source/Citation to all relevant fields - name, date of birth, date of 
death, names of parents ... whatever is included in the database entry.

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Re: [LegacyUG] Capitalisation

[Trevor Carlson]

Ian, click on the drop menu next to the surname of one of your people with
McFADDEN. This opens the surname list. You can now edit and save the
surname. It will ask if you want to make changes to all records with this
surname, and you say 'yes'.

 

Thank you,

Trevor Carlson

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: November 8, 2016 8:06 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: [LegacyUG] Capitalisation

 

Somehow I have a capitalisation problem (surnames) that I can't fix. I think
at some time I must have entered a part of the name in all capitals.

Subsequently, when I enter a person with the exact same surname, it mimics
that error. I'm not sure how to fix all of them (about 10).

The name is McFadden, and I see them as McFADDEN - if I enter another in the
edit screen, it is changed to that. 

My other surnames, in the edit screen (Individual's Information), will be
like Wilson or McIntosh. 

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

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Re: [LegacyUG] Adding newspaper articles about a murder trial - Getting Event Date out of Range warnings

[Trevor Carlson]

Go to your Master Event Definitions List. Select the event you are using (I
assume Newspaper Article, if you created a new one), and click 'Edit'. Check
the 'Exclude from Potential Problems report' and then save.

All persons with that particular event will no longer show up as a potential
problem. If you look at 'Obituary', you can see it is already like that
because it will always happen after death.

Thank you,
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Re: [LegacyUG] Changing Master Sources

[Trevor Carlson]

I don't believe you can. Would be wonderful for me too, as I make errors
like that on occasion too. When I do, I copy the detail information to a
document (Word, Notebook, whatever). I then create the master, and paste the
info back into the Details.

If anyone else has a better suggestion, I'm all ears.

Thank you,

Trevor Carlson
Edmonton, AB.


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Subject: [LegacyUG] Changing Master Sources

I couldn't find that this question was asked before so:

Every now and then when entering a new source, I forget to change the Master

Source and only change the detail. For example, I may have:
1)Master Source = Death Certificate, detail = John Smith, New York 1929, 
#25649

then I change to a census and accidentally forget to change the Master 
Source so I have:
2)Master Source = Death Certificate, detail = 1940 NY, Ulster, ED 76, sheet 
2B, line 68

Now I want to change the Master Source on the second one to "Federal 
Census", not "Death Certificate" and leave  the detail as is. How can I do 
that?
I can't use Edit as it Edits the Master Source, it does not change it. It 
seems I can change a detail but I cannot change the Master Source without 
entering complete new sources for the ones in error.

Help please.  Thank you, Elsie


-Original Message- 
From: Michele/Support
Sent: September 14, 2016 3:46 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Mailing List vs Online Forum

Yes, it is searchable.  If it is a tip that the staff or a beta tester
posted it will also have a hashtag making it even easier to find things.
#LegacyFamilyTreeTips.

The posts are in a rolling format.  If someone responds it pops back up to
the top.  They aren't entered by category.


Michele
Technical Support
Millennia Corporation
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
www.legacyfamilytree.com

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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Gene White
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 3:39 PM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Mailing List vs Online Forum

Thanks, Michele, I inferred that from other posts here in the list.

Is the Facebook page searchable?  Are the questions/posts organized by
subject or category?

Although I have a Facebook account, I don't have a high regard for it and
refrain from using it as much as possible.

On 9/14/2016 2:22 PM, Michele/Support wrote:
> We do have an online forum, it's called the Legacy Users Group
> Facebook page
> :)
>
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyUserGroup/
>
> It functions very much like a forum.
>
>
>
> Michele
> Technical Support
> Millennia Corporation
> mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
> www.legacyfamilytree.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com]
> On Behalf Of Gene White
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 3:11 PM
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Mailing List vs Online Forum
>
> I'm new to this mailing list (but not to genealogy).  I seems to me
> that the mailing list format is a bit 'old school'. I wondering why
> Legacy doesn't create an online forum instead?  Forums have the
> advantage of allowing the user to pick and choose the topics they want
> to read and reply to, instead of getting 10s of emails every day (I
> joined on the 6th and already have over 120 emails).
>
> Are there reasons Legacy doesn't have a Forum?  Opinions?
>
> Gene White
> Winfield, KS
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Re: [LegacyUG] Adding placenames to Legacy locations

[Trevor Carlson]

In answer to finding unlinked individuals:

 

View

Trees

 

This lists all of the separate trees in your file, including any unlinked
individuals. It is a good idea to hit 'Refresh' each time you look at this.

 

Thanks

Trevor

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Ian Thomas
Sent: September 10, 2016 5:01 AM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding placenames to Legacy locations

 

Some more good advice, MikeFry and Chris. Thank you both. 

 

I have another different question (which arose when I wanted to create a new
Location). 

I had stuffed up the actual coords for a correct location (Guildford, a
suburb out from Perth in Western Australia) by searching in the Locations
list for Guernsey (it found the right place in the Channel) . The search
found Gu (Guildford) and I had discovered that Right Click would attach the
coords and make a pin on the map - it gave Guernsey's DMS to Guildford. Not
what I intended. 

After correcting that by clicking the Geo-Code button, I found out how to
create an unlinked person (M or F) from the ribbon. So I have that "person"
a silly name and used the born and died to attach places (in this case,
Guernsey and Channel Islands, UK). There did not seem to be another way to
add a new location (ie, without that place being attached to a person). In a
way that makes sense, though awkward and potential corrupting.

 

My question: How can I find ALL the unlinked persons in my Legacy file? I do
have a few - and I don't necessarily want to discover them one by one out of
hundred - and then waste a Tag on them (not yet, anyway).  

 

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

 

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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of MikeFry
Sent: Saturday, 10 September 2016 8:43 PM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding placenames to Legacy locations

 

On 10 Sep 2016 11:49, Chris Hill wrote:

 

> One thing to watch out for is the Registration 

> Districts in the BMD Civil Registration lists. These cover a number of 

> parishes, from 1 to 20+, and a number of villages/towns. Frequently 

> they do not appear in the Legacy list since the name does not match 

> any village or town. The best way is to use the Registration District 

> as a name and try to find where it actually is (or was) from the list of
parishes that Ancestry can give you.

> 

> I got caught on that looking for Milton in Kent. There 

> is a parish called Milton next to Gravesend and another just north of 

> Sittingbourne, about 15 miles east, which is the name for the Milton 

> Registration District. I got the wrong one!!

 

I enter Registration Districts as, e.g., Milton Registration District/RD. No
need for any county or country information as they  only occur in the UK. As
for 'pinning' them to a map, you can use Family Search <
 http://maps.familysearch.org/> to display a
map of the UK with all the Registration Districts superimposed on the
counties. Only problem is that it shows the districts as they were in 1851
:-) I think it holds pretty well for the 19th century if you couple it with
the information on GENUKI.

 

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Re: [LegacyUG] how to get started

[Trevor Carlson]

There is one more tool that I recommend Ian check out. Legacy has its own built 
in search function, which will give a host of sources which should be visited. 
It is relatively simple, although for one person at a time. Whoever is 
highlighted in your Family View will be the one searched. Simply click on the 
Research Guidance button, and it will generate. Some of the suggested sources 
even have website links you can go to, although you'd have to search again at 
each website visited.

 

Thanks,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: July 29, 2016 7:23 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] how to get started

 

Excellent advice about backing up from Brian.

One correction: the Legacy backup is saved to whatever drive you choose. I 
choose to backup to a folder in Dropbox, so yes it is on the same hard drive, 
but minutes later, it is also in the cloud safe from a disaster to my computer.
I also periodically back up to external drives.

Cathy

Brian Lightfoot wrote:




And as Cathy said, do the File – File Maintenance – Check/Repair 
often. How often depends how often you use the program and just how 
much data you add each time you use it.

But there is one more bit of advice that I always tell people. Make a 
backup! Not only a backup created within the program which stores it 
on your same hard drive but create a backup copy of your .FDB file and 
store it elsewhere such as another computer’s hard driv e or burn it to 
a DVD, or save to an external hard drive, or even send it to the 
“cloud” especially if you have access to your own web space that can 
accommodate it. There is only one thing that I can guarantee you that 
will happen in the future: your hard drive WILL crash and fail. You 
could lose all data on the hard drive. I always thought it’s a good 
idea to burn your genealogical data to a DVD once every 6 months or so 
and then lock that DVD up in a safe so that burglars or other 
calamities don’t leave you empty handed.

Brian in CA

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[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of *ian 
matthews
*Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2016 5:22 PM
*To:* Legacy User Group
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] how to get started

Thanks Cathy for your very helpful response. I just needed a kick start

Regards

Ian

*From:*Cathy Pinner <mailto:ge nea...@gmail.com <mailto:ge%20nea...@gmail.com> >

*Sent:*Friday, July 29, 2016 6:31 PM

*To:*Legacy User Group <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>

*Subject:*Re: [LegacyUG] how to get started

Hi Ian?

Welcome to more rigorous genealogy.

The easiest way to learn to use Legacy is to watch some of the 
Videos/Webinars. You'll find a collection at: 
http://www.familytreewebinars.com/legacy_videos.php
Many are free, some are by subscription.

You also sound as if you need to learn how to search Ancestry without 
relying on Shaky Leaves, and how to search other sites. 
findmypast.com.au is particularly useful for South Australia, 
Victoria, England - but is another subscription site. Then of course 
there is familysearch.org which has heaps of data for free from all 
over the world.

There are numbers of Australian resources in the Legacy Research 
Guidance. It's being updated all the time so if yo u know a site that 
doesn't seem to be there you can send in a suggestion that it be 
added. For them to show, you have to have added locations that in 
clude the state and country.

There is also the option to Search various Internet sites with the 
initial search term filled in from the current person in Legacy. See 
the Internet Ribbon - Search internet.
If your subscription is with ancestry.com.au, then just edit the 
ancestry.com one to add the .au. I can't recall if that's what I did 
or whether it was in the default list.

I suggest that before you do much, you do a File - File Maintenance - 
Check/Repair on your file. This is something that needs to be done 
regularly but particularly after a gedcom import.

You may like to join the Facebook Legacy User Group at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyUserGroup/
If you're not a Facebook member, not you can join Facebook, and just 
join groups ra ther than Friend people. You can tie down your privacy 
by checking the Privacy Settings.
This is a lively group and has the advantage of being able to use 
screenshots which are not allowed on thi s list.

Cathy
Perth, Western Australia

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Re: [LegacyUG] Divorce source

[Trevor Carlson]

I have a couple of those documents too. The ones I have are court documents,
and that is the source I use.

Does anyone else have a better alternative suggestion?

Thanks
Trevor Carlson
Edmonton, AB


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Behalf Of smm
Sent: July 1, 2016 4:59 PM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Divorce source

Different couple than 1st question ()

A couple is divorced, and I have a copy of the original decree. What source
do I use? Or is this another one that I have to make up out of whole cloth?

I am very frustrated with the program today...it seems to be stuck in a
1950s "Leave it to Beaver" world...

Sue

Susan Wallace Masse
Stayton, Oregon


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Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a gedcom from my legacy's fdb file

[Trevor Carlson]

Brian is correct - in both the variety of opinions and that Legacy itself is an 
excellent viewer, but you may want to check out Genviewer. Pretty good - and 
sees more than just gedcoms.

 

Thanks

Trevor

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Brian Lightfoot
Sent: June 29, 2016 10:25 AM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a gedcom from my legacy's fdb file

 

If you ask 100 people about the best gedcom reader, you are likely to get 100 
different answers.

 

Keep in mind that gedcom files were not designed to be viewed by the human eye 
but rather were developed as a means of data exchange between genealogy 
software. So any reader that you use is merely a peek at what the information 
looks like.

 

You already have one of the best gedcom readers at your fingertips…Legacy 
family tree. But since that is where you started from, I might suggest another 
easy way of viewing your data and that is to upload it to Ancestry.com. You 
could use one of their paid subscription accounts or use their freebie service 
at their “World Connect” servers (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/). 

 

Brian in CA

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Gloria DeSousa
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 5:47 AM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to make a gedcom from my legacy's fdb file

 

Thanks Jenny and Brian for responding. I will suggest to Legacy to change the 
wording. Your emails really helped in making the gedcom. 

 

I just downloaded gedcom reader and don't like it. Do you have a suggestion to 
what app to download in order to read GEDCOMs?

 

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Jenny M Benson  wrote:

On 28-Jun-16 01:37 PM, Gloria DeSousa wrote:

The instructions in Legacy on how to make a gedcom leave me hanging. I
get to where I am suppose to choose a file to make into a gedcom, and I
get the message: *"Family tree.fdb already exists. Do you want to
replace it?"*


Just open your family file in the usual way, select Export from the File menu 
and proceed from there.  When you click on "Select a filename and START EXPORT" 
the filename you are asked to select is the name you choose for the Gedcom you 
are creating.

I think the use of the word "Select" there is misleading as it implies you are 
going to click on an existing filename, but you are not, you are creating a new 
file with a new name.

-- 
Jenny M Benson



 

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Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

[Trevor Carlson]

It is a city that is not within another municipal or county jurisdiction. 
Several in Canada like this too. Washington D.C. is an example where it isn't 
even in a state.

 

I use 'City of' as my placeholder. Works well.

 

Thanks,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB

 

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Diane Christensen
Sent: June 14, 2016 5:03 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Independent cities

 

For a person living in Australia could you please what an Independent city is?

Thank yo

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On 15 Jun 2016, at 8:57 am, Hogrooter <dgadam...@gmail.com> wrote:

I also have a lot of Virginia activity.  I also use the Independent City term.  
However, Legacy does not like that.  Every time I use it, Legacy tells me that 
it does not exist.

Dean Ada,s

 

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Gene Young <n2...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

On 6/14/2016 5:30 PM, Poppke Genealogy wrote:

For locations, I try to use 4 levels - City, County, State, Country.
I have a couple of independent cities that are not part of a county.
Example is Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

For a best practice, do I leave the county blank, or do a put a placeholder in 
the spot.
Something like (Independent City)?

Thanks,

Ted



Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA is what the Geo Location Database uses 
and it works well.

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RE: [LegacyUG] Change of Surname

[Trevor Carlson]

Cathy is correct that there is no way to link to the event itself (other than 
adding the name shown in the notes for the event), but what I do is tag the AKA 
name with the source, in this case the 1911 Census entry.



Thank you,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB







From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:genea...@gmail.com]
Sent: October 14, 2015 9:01 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Change of Surname



Hi David,
You can't link the AKA to an Event.

I'd add a change of surname event to every relevant person using the Date field 
for the possible date range for the change. You could use the Description field 
for the surnames eg Grimason to Grimshaw.
Have a sentence like "[His/Her] surname changed [fromDesc] [onDate]."
[onDate] and handle a between date.

If you want to experiment, remember you can use the Sample file.

Cathy

Sherlock Holmes wrote:




Hi,
I have a situation where family in the 1901 census of Ireland can be
shown to be using the surname given at birth in this case Grimason and
then in the 1911 Census of Ireland turn up using the Grimshaw surname.
What I would like to know is there some way of linking the Also Known As
(AKA) to the event in this case the Irish Census of 1911, thi s link then
would demonstrate the time period when the change of surname happened
This is not a one off for the Grimason family as such as others have
done the same thing from as early as 1865.
The above 1911 case is the latest I have found this change to happen so far.
Tracing the families forward becomes problematic once they move to the
likes of England as the Grimshaw surname is rather common where as the
Grimason surname is very uncommon.

Regards,
David J Grimshaw (or is it Grimason?)
Genealogical Researcher of the "Grimason" surname and variations of the 
"Grimason" surname World Wide.
A One Name study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS): 6138 
formerly 2962
The "Sherlock Holmes" of this family according to some.





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RE: [LegacyUG] adding death cause in notes

[Trevor Carlson]

Judy, it is not in the Death Notes located in the + next to the vital stat for 
death. It is in the Main Notes (the icon is the third from left in the ribbon 
below the words 'Individual's Information' at the top right). The third tab in 
the notes section is for Medical, as Ian mentions, and that is where the cause 
of death is located.



Thank you,

Trevor Carlson

Edmonton, AB





From: I Macaulay [mailto:semibo...@yahoo.com]
Sent: October 7, 2015 9:27 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] adding death cause in notes



The tab is called Medical, and if I am up to date its still there.



Ian



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From: Judy Hogel <hog...@hotmail.com>
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 11:17 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] adding death cause in notes



I am working with the 8.0.0.516 version of Legacy, build date 4 Sep 2015.

In the past, I was able to add a individual's death cause and have it show in 
the family view screen for them, but I don't seem to be able to do this since I 
updated my Legacy version.

In the past I was able to add the death cause by clicking on the + sign to the 
right of date and place of death in the family view and then choosing "notes".  
When I opened the "notes" there was a tab that I believe was labeled "Cause of 
Death".  When I opened that tab, I could enter the cause. If I am remembering 
correctly, there may even have been a box to add primary cause and another box 
for secondary cause. Then the cause the would be displayed for the individual 
in the family view (I had added the Death Cause to be displayed for an 
individual in my family view.) For those individuals that I had previously 
added "Cause of Death" using that process, the cause of death still shows up 
for those individuals in the family view.

However, now when I open the "notes" for death, all I get is a box in which I 
can type notes. I no longer have a tab labeled "Cause of Death" as before.  If 
I just type the information in the box, the death cause does not show up in the 
individual's box in the family view.

I checked the Help menu and I cannot find anything that addresses adding the 
"Death Cause" in the notes.  There is only general information about adding 
notes.

Has the ability to add "Cause of Death" been eliminated in the newer version of 
Legacy?

Thank you in advance for any guidance you may be able to offer.

Judy



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RE: [LegacyUG] direct line report

[Trevor Carlson]

Relationship Calculator. You can print the report form this as well.

Thanks,
Trevor Carlson
Edmonton, AB


-Original Message-
From: Jane Sarles [mailto:sarlesinsi...@gmail.com]
Sent: April 12, 2015 12:41 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] direct line report

I often need a report to send to cousins I have located online to show
exactly how we are related to the same ancestor.  This means I need a
report that shows me, my parent, grandparents, gg grandparent, etc. back
to the ancestor.  Only this line - not other relatives.  Someone showed
me a report that would do this, but I do not remember, nor do I find my
notes on this.

Can anyone enlighten me about such a report.  I remember it was fairly
simple thing.

Jane S.




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