Hi Listers,
I'm looking to buy a genealogy program that is relatively easy to use
but powerful at the same time. I've read many good reviews on Legacy
and had a question that I didn't see answered in the FAQ.
My data is currently in TMG. My wife does not want to deal with its
learning
I've just started using the GeoLocation Database. Because I want to put
separate UK countries in the Country field, the database shifts the county
up into State/Province. Result, all my UK entries have a blank county,
giving e.g.
Pickering, , Yorkshire, England. and Durness, , Sutherland,
Cathy wrote
The data is of variable quality.
What annoys me is that you look up a UK location and it gives the town,
nothing under County and then puts the County under State/Province.
I can see the point of trying to make every country fit with the US
standard of 4 fields, but for UK
Mary,
Correct. Which is why I only use it for checking locations. As I have said
before and Jenny mentions in another email it is not really suitable for UK
addresses.
Ron Ferguson
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For Genealogy, Software and Social
Rich - can I ask what you use in place of the Descendent Report? Maybe I'd
try that one!
Ruth
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From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report
Debbie - you hit right on the head. And from what I am gathering, there is
no other choice but to have the same information print twice - just as you
said.
It is time consuming to remove everything under the children's section, but
I that's what I'm doing at the moment.
Thanks for being so
Hi Mary, with the individuals screen up click the Show Master Location List
button at the end of the address, in the next screen click the Edit button,
in the pop-up screen either backspace to take out the commas or add in new
information and then click save. This is the only way I have found
Hi Jenny and all,
When I searched my database for Birkenhead (City), Cheshire (County),
England (State/Province), United Kingdom (Country) it was found in my
database and filled in the Core+ and Core fields exactly as that. I
don't know why you are having trouble.
I never have had the problems
RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote:
When opening
the file in Excel, it will ask how delimited, use the
quotarion marks.
Actually you need to choose comma as the delimiter and the quotes as the
text identifier. It works perfectly then. Even easier, after you save
the file from Legacy, rename the file
Ruth,
I would like to advise that this is a standard way of writing descendant
reports. I have seen many written using different software and all adopt
this layout (or very similar) and to be honest I'd rather have it this way.
This is probably why I didn't fully get your meaning in the first
Mary,
I should have mentioned that if you go to SearchSearch and Replace, select
Location Lists and enter , , ( no inverted commas) with , it will
eliminate them. There would still be a problem with the locations which
start with a single or double comma however.
Ron Ferguson
Ron,
You make some very good points here. I think I should reconsider and
continue using the information the way it is generated. My only concern was
the length of the report because the information was repeated twice, but
maybe size of the report shouldn't be my focus. Thanks for your
Dennis,
Yes, Legacy allows you to work in an environment such as this. When the
database is opened for a second time, you'll get a message warning you that
it appears that this family file is opened by another user It will
explain a couple of things. After clicking OK, you're free to work
Is there anyway to import sources from one file into another? I started a
new file and I am going to be using some of the same sources that are in
another file. I really don't want to have to hand enter all that info
again.
michele
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Stuart Gregory wrote
When I searched my database for Birkenhead (City), Cheshire (County),
England (State/Province), United Kingdom (Country) it was found in my
database and filled in the Core+ and Core fields exactly as that. I
don't know why you are having trouble.
How odd!
To be honest, I
Dennis Davenport wrote:
The problem is that we both do genealogy and we both need to be able to
work on the database using two computers at the same time. Does Legacy
support a home network setup that allows multiple users to edit the
database?
If Legacy can't do this, what are my options
View Masterlist Source Options Import Lists.
or in Help choose chapter Import Lists
Good luck
Bert
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From: Michele Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Legacy Mailing List LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 4:00 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG]
On the Family/Pedigree views, on the particular person, click the icon that
looks like a temple.
On the descendant views, you can customize what is displayed by clicking on
Options - Customize Columns. You can select a BEPSC column, or add
whichever one individually. (Same with the index view)
I can look at the descendants tab, and set the columns the way I wish. In
this case, I would like name, b d dates, and current address, formatted in
descendant order. When I select print, I get the descendant report with it's
various selections, but I see no way to print the exact file I want
*Starting* with a single or double comma isn't a problem - there is a Report
option to remove *leading* commas in locations.
The problem is redundant commas *within* locations. I now realise these
aren't confined to so-called UK locations but appear in many other
countries, e.g. Ypres, ,
Michele,
Go to the Master Source List, click on Options, Import Lists. You can
select to import all Master Sources or tagged only.
For further help, click on the context sensitive Help button in that
window.
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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Just noticed this as I was trying to get a printout of the name list with
addresses and emails but when I selected print there were no email
addresses. Will watch list for answer to yours.
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Thank you for the extra instructions.
Rich
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RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote:
When opening
the file in Excel, it will ask how delimited, use
the
quotarion marks.
Actually you need to choose comma as the delimiter
and the quotes as the
text
I use To Do lists and Pedigree charts for the most
part. When sending to others I use the 'fill in the
blank' form and family group sheets. My family, in the
past complained about the duplication as confusing, so
I stopped using the multi-generational forms. I don't
know if there is a concept for
One of the ways is to create a person, add all the
sources to be moved to him/her, then gedcom one person
to the other file. It will carry all the sources to
the new file, then attach to the new files' persons,
then remove fake person. You will need to unattach the
sources from him first. BUT ADD
Hi Mary Young, Edinburgh, Scotland (yes, definitely Scotland) - check my
surname!!
I missed and also forgot about the leading comma option. To remove the spare
commas, as I said select Loaction List put comma, space, comma in the
find what box and comma in the replacement text box.
In the
While we are on the subject of Geo Location list, is there anything
that can be done to adjust the county listings for the states and
areas that do NOT have counties? There would be Louisiana and Alaska
for two and New York City.
Mary in Alaska
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Thank so much, Bert.
michele
View Masterlist Source Options Import Lists.
or in Help choose chapter Import Lists
Good luck
Bert
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Mary,
What do you mean by adjusting the county listings? Louisiana and Alaska have
something *similar* to counties - the Parish and the Borough and the Census
Area - and those show in the Geo under County. Although I see they
indicate the Census Areas with (CA) after the name.
The USA County
Melanie;
I don't know how many people already answered this, but here is what I did.
My Legacy file starts (and I do most of my work) in Family View. You can
change the information displayed for the people in the main view (the
husband/wife view) by clicking on the word born (or any of the
Point taken, Ron. We'll keep the flag flying smile
Yes, I realise I can Search'n'Replace to remove the extra comma - but
it's a workaround one would have to repeat after adding new
locations..
It would be nice to accept the standard format, and let Legacy Reports
strip out these commas. I've
That's what I do - mainly because when creating Pedigree web pages,
there is no place to check to remove leading commas, but there is a
place to check to use short location names. So if you ever plan to
use Pedigree web pages, you might want to use this work around.
Debbie
On 2/5/07, M.
Last December,someone asked how to handle persons with only one name. I have
found that if I add double brackets plus the wordswife of -, is helps to
differentiate among the various Mary,Maud, etc that I have for those wives
of persons for whom I have a more complete or more identifiable
G'day Ron,
I acknowledge that everyone can make up their own mind about how they
complete their locations. I also acknowledge that many people from
your country do not recognise themselves as coming from the UK or
Great Britain. I also confirm my previous post, that I include the
United Kingdom
I have a few ways back to an ancestor and want to display it using primarily
a female line, but even setting the preferred child back to a certain
person, it still overrides it to take it through the male line. Ex - I am
descended from William the Conqueror a couple of ways and want to show a
Ron,
Then what do you recognize it as? If it is not a country what is it
officially?
Russ
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Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location List
Stuart,
ditto me too
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Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location List
G'day Ron,
I acknowledge that everyone can make up their own mind about how they
Hi Stuart,
I wouldn't think of using empty meaningless commas in my locations.
Nor am I happy with UK as the country for England, Scotland,
Wales, Northern Ireland (or should that be Ireland - which is now
definitely a separate country ) etc as the combined entity has
changed name and
Wow! I don't have anyone in my 98,000 person file that live more than 102
years. But you have many that are over 300 to 400 years old ...
I just couldn't let this pass ...
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How do you set it to show 2 generations I can't figure it out. but i just
did the lds symbols instead of cause of death and its great . give me more
BASIC intructions to show 2 gerations. thanks i am new to the group
from marilyn
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Hi Stuart,
I wasn't having a go btw, but merely expressing how we see ourselves (or
probably the majority at any rate). It is interesting that since the
devolution of some powers to Scotland and Wales more people say they are
English, Scottish or Welsh rather than British as before.
It's
I figured it out from someone else saying set it in the decendancy view. it
works great, I can just jump from family tab to decendant tab and see if LDS
info is done. Its great. I work as a volunteer at a LDS research place and
lots of people love legacy, now I can add some helpfull info.
Hi Sally,
When printing the Name List, have you both customised it so that
chosen fields include the various address fields you want AND ticked them?
I just experimented and at first had problems getting the email
address - but when I went back I found I had chosen it in
customisation but
Hi all. New here. I've been lurking and trying out some of the solutions
posted. I feel like a kid in a candy store. I tried the view LDS events
suggestion and then modified it some more myself and discovered I can toggle
between the two family view views I created. Thought I would post this on
Just to add my pennyworth.
The Isle of Man and the Channel Isles are not part of the UK but of the
British Isles. As I well know in writing to my cousin in Jersey (under
instructions from him). I would'nt call the British Isles a country!
Judy in Australia
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From:
Russ,
Please see my reply to Stuart. Personally, being of Scottish descent (with a
mother whose family is Welsh) but living in England I say I am British to
avoid complications but my country of residence is England.
Great Britain was in all probabilty a name kindly given to all the
Hi Sarah,
Use the Relationship Calculator and enter yourself and William the Conqueror.
It should show both lines.
Choose the one you want and print that.
Cathy
At 10:07 AM 6/02/2007, you wrote:
I have a few ways back to an ancestor and want to display it using primarily
a female line, but
Sure thing, Judy, because the British Isles includes Southern Ireland and I
am certain they would not be happy about that!
BTW, the Isle of Man and the Channel Isles are technically Crown
Dependences and broadly speaking the British Parliament only represents
them in foreign affairs (this is
Thanks to all for the suggestions. I guess Legacy really can display the
LDS events, and I was worried about that before.
Just FYI, it looks like you can only set options in the descendant view if
you have the deluxe version. Also, you cannot disply LDS events in the
pedigree view. Is this
Just FYI, it looks like you can only set options in the descendant view if
you have the deluxe version. Also, you cannot display LDS events in the
pedigree view. Is this right?
Like in the family view, you can customize the icons you want to show in the
pedigree view, and can include the LDS
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