RE: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Hello Cathy I loved reading about your aunt and the family relations--I distinctly remember being dressed down by my third cousin's aunt (my second cousin once removed) for correcting where her grandfather had died. She had been told where and THAT was the place, despite showing her his death certificate and a photo of me by his grave 2,800 km away. Peter -Original Message- From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:genea...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 1:42 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors Hi Pat, I was just reiterating what others have said. If you unlink people/a line because the link is disproved, it helps to add a note on your family member from which they've been unlinked so that everyone knows that another line was pursued and it was wrong. If only you know this, then the note can be private just for your benefit unless it's an error that others are likely to make. However, if it's an ancestry that is widely known in the family, then anyone seeing this part of your work needs to know why you've discarded it. There'd be uproar in my family if I contradicted the work my aunt had done by removing a line. It's bad enough when I correct a date or place despite the fact that I clearly have better sources than were available to her. Fortunately for me she concentrated on one branch only and was stunned when I took up research seriously in the 1990's and started following all lines. How times have changed from the pencil and paper days. Cathy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Pat, You might consider making a note on either the child or the parent that you just unlinked (or both) describing the situation... and including the corresponding RINs. I've done that in the Research Notes (which you can choose not to print), though it sounds like others here on the list prefer to make those notes in an Event (which you can choose to make private not print). What I've found is that I forget WHY I decided theirs was not a valid relationship, so I need to make those notes right then for my own future reference. (On the bright side, you don't need to clean up the extra source citations from these now unlinked branches for a while...!) --Paula From: Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:37 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors Well, it looks as though everyone feels it's best to keep them in and unlink them. I've already done the unlinking so I'll just let them stay there. Thanks for your input! Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Thanks, Paula, In both cases, these are royal lines and both are disproved by DNA evidence as well as by more traditional research. In one case there was only oral tradition (from my father, his father, etc.) for the descent and I never had a real link. In the other case no one ever found any documentation to support the link it has been firmly disproved by DNA testing. Pat On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Pat, You might consider making a note on either the child or the parent that you just unlinked (or both) describing the situation... and including the corresponding RINs. I've done that in the Research Notes (which you can choose not to print), though it sounds like others here on the list prefer to make those notes in an Event (which you can choose to make private not print). What I've found is that I forget WHY I decided theirs was not a valid relationship, so I need to make those notes right then for my own future reference. (On the bright side, you don't need to clean up the extra source citations from these now unlinked branches for a while...!) --Paula -- *From:* Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Sent:* Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:37 AM *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors Well, it looks as though everyone feels it's best to keep them in and unlink them. I've already done the unlinking so I'll just let them stay there. Thanks for your input! Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Pat, If there is an oral tradition for these lines being part of your family and someone has gone to the trouble to disprove it with DNA, all the more reason to include a note on your proved ancestor. Cathy Pat Hickin mailto:pph...@gmail.com Tuesday, 20 May 2014 4:36 AM Thanks, Paula, In both cases, these are royal lines and both are disproved by DNA evidence as well as by more traditional research. In one case there was only oral tradition (from my father, his father, etc.) for the descent and I never had a real link. In the other case no one ever found any documentation to support the link it has been firmly disproved by DNA testing. Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Cathy, I'm not sure what you mean by this: to include a note *on your **proved ancestor*. Can you be a bit more explicit? Pat On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote: Pat, If there is an oral tradition for these lines being part of your family and someone has gone to the trouble to disprove it with DNA, all the more reason to include a note on your proved ancestor. Cathy Pat Hickin mailto:pph...@gmail.com Tuesday, 20 May 2014 4:36 AM Thanks, Paula, In both cases, these are royal lines and both are disproved by DNA evidence as well as by more traditional research. In one case there was only oral tradition (from my father, his father, etc.) for the descent and I never had a real link. In the other case no one ever found any documentation to support the link it has been firmly disproved by DNA testing. Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Hi Pat, I was just reiterating what others have said. If you unlink people/a line because the link is disproved, it helps to add a note on your family member from which they've been unlinked so that everyone knows that another line was pursued and it was wrong. If only you know this, then the note can be private just for your benefit unless it's an error that others are likely to make. However, if it's an ancestry that is widely known in the family, then anyone seeing this part of your work needs to know why you've discarded it. There'd be uproar in my family if I contradicted the work my aunt had done by removing a line. It's bad enough when I correct a date or place despite the fact that I clearly have better sources than were available to her. Fortunately for me she concentrated on one branch only and was stunned when I took up research seriously in the 1990's and started following all lines. How times have changed from the pencil and paper days. Cathy Pat Hickin mailto:pph...@gmail.com Tuesday, 20 May 2014 11:31 AM Cathy, I'm not sure what you mean by this: to include a note /_on your _/_/proved ancesto/r_. Can you be a bit more explicit? Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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 Pat Hickin mailto:pph...@gmail.com Tuesday, 20 May 2014 4:36 AM Thanks, Paula, In both cases, these are royal lines and both are disproved by DNA evidence as well as by more traditional research. In one case there was only oral tradition (from my father, his father, etc.) for the descent and I never had a real link. In the other case no one ever found any documentation to support the link it has been firmly disproved by DNA testing. Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
It's fine to use the Name Field for a short easily seen note but I'd be putting the note in privacy brackets (double square brackets for those who haven't discovered them yet - they can be used in any field) so that it doesn't mess up publishing. These people may not be published but you can do this for real family members as well when you have trouble remembering which Mary is which. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are no t limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay = On 5/17/2014 7:26 AM, Michele/Support wrote: Pat, If I have done a lot of work on them I would simply unlink them and leave them in my file. If they were in the same location as your ancestors then they still might end up being connected in some way.  Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com  *From:*Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 6:51 PM *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors  I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved.  I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other L egacy users handle the matter.  I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just  unlink them so that they're no longer connected.  I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas.  Thanks,  Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Sorry Cathy, but on this one I do no agree Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote: It's fine to use the Name Field for a short easily seen note but I'd be putting the note in privacy brackets (double square brackets for those who haven't discovered them yet - they can be used in any field) so that it doesn't mess up publishing. These people may not be published but you can do this for real family members as well when you have trouble remembering which Mary is which. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are no t limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay = On 5/17/2014 7:26 AM, Michele/Support wrote: Pat, If I have done a lot of work on them I would simply unlink them and leave them in my file. If they were in the same location as your ancestors then they still might end up being connected in some way.  Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com  *From:*Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 6:51 PM *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors  I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved.  I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other L egacy users handle the matter.  I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just  unlink them so that they're no longer connected.  I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas.  Thanks,  Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Sorry Cathy, I can't really agree on this one. I may well make a note in one of the notes but not in specific fields. Wilst I do use privacy brackets, their disadvantage is that you either publish, or not, all of them. That is to say you cannot exclude one type but include another. In my view this limits their usefulness. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote: It's fine to use the Name Field for a short easily seen note but I'd be putting the note in privacy brackets (double square brackets for those who haven't discovered them yet - they can be used in any field) so that it doesn't mess up publishing. These people may not be published but you can do this for real family members as well when you have trouble remembering which Mary is which. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are no t limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay = On 5/17/2014 7:26 AM, Michele/Support wrote: Pat, If I have done a lot of work on them I would simply unlink them and leave them in my file. If they were in the same location as your ancestors then they still might end up being connected in some way.  Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com  *From:*Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 6:51 PM *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors  I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved.  I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other L egacy users handle the matter.  I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just  unlink them so that they're no longer connected.  I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas.  Thanks,  Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Not for me. I always exclude everything that is in privacy brackets. If I want some things sometimes but not others I use an event which I can make private when I don't want it. Now I guess you could choose to include or not include event notes but since I haven't entered notes with the thought of not including them, this wouldn't work for me as I have years of data entry. The thing is to be consistent. I'm consistent in never publishing things I put in privacy brackets (unless of course for research purposes I want a report of some kind for myself). Ron, you're free to not use them in particular fields so that you can choose to include or exclude things in privacy brackets on other grounds. It's just not my way of entering data to consider putting things in privacy brackets that I may want to publish. For me, they're too useful to not use in Name Fields. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Sorry Cathy, I can't really agree on this one. I may well make a note in one of the notes but not in specific fields. Wilst I do use privacy brackets, their disadvantage is that you either publish, or not, all of them. That is to say you cannot exclude one type but include another. In my view this limits their usefulness. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone Cathy Pinnergenea...@gmail.com wrote: It's fine to use the Name Field for a short easily seen note but I'd be putting the note in privacy brackets (double square brackets for those who haven't discovered them yet - they can be used in any field) so that it doesn't mess up publishing. These people may not be published but you can do this for real family members as well when you have trouble remembering which Mary is which. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are no t limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Just different ways of working - it's no bad thing for users to know the options. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote: Not for me. I always exclude everything that is in privacy brackets. If I want some things sometimes but not others I use an event which I can make private when I don't want it. Now I guess you could choose to include or not include event notes but since I haven't entered notes with the thought of not including them, this wouldn't work for me as I have years of data entry. The thing is to be consistent. I'm consistent in never publishing things I put in privacy brackets (unless of course for research purposes I want a report of some kind for myself). Ron, you're free to not use them in particular fields so that you can choose to include or exclude things in privacy brackets on other grounds. It's just not my way of entering data to consider putting things in privacy brackets that I may want to publish. For me, they're too useful to not use in Name Fields. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Sorry Cathy, I can't really agree on this one. I may well make a note in one of the notes but not in specific fields. Wilst I do use privacy brackets, their disadvantage is that you either publish, or not, all of them. That is to say you cannot exclude one type but include another. In my view this limits their usefulness. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone Cathy Pinnergenea...@gmail.com wrote: It's fine to use the Name Field for a short easily seen note but I'd be putting the note in privacy brackets (double square brackets for those who haven't discovered them yet - they can be used in any field) so that it doesn't mess up publishing. These people may not be published but you can do this for real family members as well when you have trouble remembering which Mary is which. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are no t limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
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Well, it looks as though everyone feels it's best to keep them in and unlink them. I've already done the unlinking so I'll just let them stay there. Thanks for your input! Pat On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote: Just different ways of working - it's no bad thing for users to know the options. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote: Not for me. I always exclude everything that is in privacy brackets. If I want some things sometimes but not others I use an event which I can make private when I don't want it. Now I guess you could choose to include or not include event notes but since I haven't entered notes with the thought of not including them, this wouldn't work for me as I have years of data entry. The thing is to be consistent. I'm consistent in never publishing things I put in privacy brackets (unless of course for research purposes I want a report of some kind for myself). Ron, you're free to not use them in particular fields so that you can choose to include or exclude things in privacy brackets on other grounds. It's just not my way of entering data to consider putting things in privacy brackets that I may want to publish. For me, they're too useful to not use in Name Fields. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Sorry Cathy, I can't really agree on this one. I may well make a note in one of the notes but not in specific fields. Wilst I do use privacy brackets, their disadvantage is that you either publish, or not, all of them. That is to say you cannot exclude one type but include another. In my view this limits their usefulness. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone Cathy Pinnergenea...@gmail.com wrote: It's fine to use the Name Field for a short easily seen note but I'd be putting the note in privacy brackets (double square brackets for those who haven't discovered them yet - they can be used in any field) so that it doesn't mess up publishing. These people may not be published but you can do this for real family members as well when you have trouble remembering which Mary is which. Cathy Ron Ferguson wrote: Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are no t limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Ron, Have not done an actual count, but have about 100 with notes in the given name field, out of about 65,000 people. And very few will be the ancestors of my descendants. I collect data on all Ingalls of all spellings in the USA and Canada, warn people when I send them data that they need to verify everything. I will not live long enough to do the work for everyone. The suggestion to put the notes in the given name field in the double brackets so they will not be published is good and bad. It may look better, but does not warn the reader that I suspect there is a problem with the data. I believe function or usability is much more important than beauty. Jay === On 5/17/2014 8:51 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are not limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay = On 5/17/2014 7:26 AM, Michele/Support wrote: Pat, If I have done a lot of work on them I would simply unlink them and leave them in my file. If they were in the same location as your ancestors then they still might end up being connected in some way.  Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com  *From:*Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 6:51 PM *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors  I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved.  I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter.  I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just  unlink them so that they're no longer connected.  I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas.  Thanks,  Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Hi Jay, I also have a few of notes in name fields to warn the reader. For example, when I think I've found the parents of an ancestor, I add them, make them invisible so they're not published and for my use visually on the screen add to the given name - guess (meaning best guess rather than wild guess), possibly or probably depending on my evidence. When I'm almost sure I remove the invisibility but leave the probably to make it very obvious I'm not 100% sure of this link. I also, of course, put the reasoning in notes. I agree that clarity is more important than beauty or keeping to name standards. Cathy J.M. Jay Ingalls wrote: Ron, Have not done an actual count, but have about 100 with notes in the given name field, out of about 65,000 people. And very few will be the ancestors of my descendants. I collect data on all Ingalls of all spellings in the USA and Canada, warn people when I send them data that they need to verify everything. I will not li ve long enough to do the work for everyone. The suggestion to put the notes in the given name field in the double brackets so they will not be published is good and bad. It may look better, but does not warn the reader that I suspect there is a problem with the data. I believe function or usability is much more important than beauty. Jay === On 5/17/2014 8:51 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperiaâ„¢ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are not limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
RE: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Pat, If I have done a lot of work on them I would simply unlink them and leave them in my file. If they were in the same location as your ancestors then they still might end up being connected in some way. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com From: Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 6:51 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Pat Hickin wrote: I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, You found 'em once, you'll see them again -- probably. Best to flag them in the notes or a place field as NOT MINE, put a note in their NOTE as NOT a child of..., and just unlink them. That way, next time you see them you won't waste time keying them in, and trying to place them. Been here, done this too. ;) Cheryl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are not limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay = On 5/17/2014 7:26 AM, Michele/Support wrote: Pat, If I have done a lot of work on them I would simply unlink them and leave them in my file. If they were in the same location as your ancestors then they still might end up being connected in some way. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com *From:*Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 6:51 PM *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Jay, Clearly you do not publish your work, so whatever takes your fancy is OK. However I would not like the job of sorting it all out should you change your mind. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sent from my Xperia™ smartphone J.M. \Jay\ Ingalls jay_inga...@pipeline.com wrote: Pat, I often put a note in the given name field, such as Mary-Not Pat's direct ancestor. Saves a lot of time, does not require reading the notes. I have some I need to work on, Like John-May be wrong wife, etc. Fortunately, we are not limited to 12 characters, or whatever it was in the first genealogy programs, for the given name field! Jay = On 5/17/2014 7:26 AM, Michele/Support wrote: Pat, If I have done a lot of work on them I would simply unlink them and leave them in my file. If they were in the same location as your ancestors then they still might end up being connected in some way. Michele Technical Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com *From:*Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 6:51 PM *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
RE: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
I've had the same problem, but I just leave them unlinked because I've never found a link. I'm only keeping them in my file because I have documentation or family member word of mouth that they are related so I just hope one day I'll find that missing link to connect them. In the past I have removed some lines, but they eventually get lost and if I need to put them back I have to search through backups to find them again. It doesn't hurt just to leave them in your file unless you find evidence there is no familial connection. Bill Boswell From: Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 6:51 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
[LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
I just unlink them and leave them sitting there. I've done quite a bit of research on some people before I realized I was barking up the wrong tree. Maybe someone else can benefit from your work. On 5/16/2014 3:50 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Unlink them and leave them where they are. In 6 months time when the names flash past your eyes again you will be saying to yourself I'm sure I had that somewhere!:-) Don't put them in a separate file. On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Liz Denis nehalemm...@gmail.com wrote: I just unlink them and leave them sitting there. I've done quite a bit of research on some people before I realized I was barking up the wrong tree. Maybe someone else can benefit from your work. On 5/16/2014 3:50 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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 -- Anne PICKETTS Waipu, NZ Phone: 09 432-0045; Mobile: 021 252 1013 NZSG #5331; KFHS #6151 http://www.waipumuseum.com/html/index.htm Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
The only other thing I'd do if the line had been thought by others as well to belong would be to put a Disproven Line event on the person(s) you're unlinking the wrong line from. This event could be made private for some purposes or published to let others know not to follow that path. But certainly leave them unlinked in your file for reference. Cathy Anne Picketts wrote: Unlink them and leave them where they are. In 6 months time when the names flash past your eyes again you will be saying to yourself I'm sure I had that somewhere!:-) Don't put them in a separate file. On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Liz Denis nehalemm...@gmail.com mailto:nehalemm...@gmail.com wrote: I just unlink them and leave them sitting there. I've done quite a bit of research on some people before I realized I was barking up the wrong tree. Maybe someone else can benefit from your work. On 5/16/2014 3:50 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Or worse you forget that you ever looked at that person in the first placeage! On 5/16/2014 4:49 PM, Anne Picketts wrote: Unlink them and leave them where they are. In 6 months time when the names flash past your eyes again you will be saying to yourself I'm sure I had that somewhere!:-) Don't put them in a separate file. On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Liz Denis nehalemm...@gmail.com mailto:nehalemm...@gmail.com wrote: I just unlink them and leave them sitting there. I've done quite a bit of research on some people before I realized I was barking up the wrong tree. Maybe someone else can benefit from your work. On 5/16/2014 3:50 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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 -- Anne PICKETTS Waipu, NZ Phone: 09 432-0045; Mobile: 021 252 1013 NZSG #5331; KFHS #6151 http://www.waipumuseum.com/html/index.htm Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
I disconnect them but leave them for a couple of simple reasons. Either later I need to know I have already looked at them - or I find out they are cousins and the information proves valuable but in other ways. On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Liz Denis nehalemm...@gmail.com wrote: Or worse you forget that you ever looked at that person in the first placeage! On 5/16/2014 4:49 PM, Anne Picketts wrote: Unlink them and leave them where they are. In 6 months time when the names flash past your eyes again you will be saying to yourself I'm sure I had that somewhere!:-) Don't put them in a separate file. On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Liz Denis nehalemm...@gmail.com wrote: I just unlink them and leave them sitting there.  I've done quite a bit of research on some people before I realized I was barking up the wrong tree.  Maybe someone else can benefit from your work. On 5/16/2014 3:50 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved.  I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter.  I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just  unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas.  Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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 -- Anne PICKETTS Waipu, NZ Phone:  09 432-0045; Mobile:  021 252 1013 NZSG #5331; KFHS #6151 http://www.waipumuseum.com/html/index.htm Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
RE: [LegacyUG] Disproved ancestors
Pat, Some years ago I also hit this problem and in my case decided to leave the individuals as a separate tree in my main file. At the time my main reasons were because the family had the same surname as the correct one, and lived in the same area they may prove to be related (still not the case), and to show to others via my website that I was aware of a possible conflict. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS # 5307 Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a couple of what were once thought to be ancestral lines and have since been disproved. I don't want to delete them entirely and I'm wondering how other Legacy users handle the matter. I could put them in a separate file or leave them where they are and just unlink them so that they're no longer connected. I'd appreciate your thoughts/ideas. Thanks, Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
