Re: [LegacyUG] Siteing sources for Griffiths Valuation ?

2007-08-20 Thread Dermot McGlone
Slightly OT, but just to add a little more to this, for those of you not familiar with Griffith's Valuation, the following is copied from http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php: Irelands Valuation office conducted it's first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864. This

Re: [LegacyUG] sourcing SSDI (was lumper or splitter)

2007-08-20 Thread Dermot McGlone
Jim, No firm date has been mentioned yet, although I seem to remember Sherry saying it would be after the Legacy Cruise this year, which I believe takes place 19 Sep to 01 Oct (I can be corrected on those dates). Hope that helps, Dermot. On 19/08/07, Jim Keener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Dermot McGlone
Dave, You the man!! I knew Renee's tip, but not the distinction between left- and right-click. Looks like you even surprised Geoff too, which is extra kudos to you ;) Dermot. On 18/08/07, Dave Naylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You didn't mention that if it's a Left-Click it goes forward,

[LegacyUG] Vacation

2007-08-20 Thread myrna20
Hello Listers, I have really enjoyed reading all the 'favorite Legacy tips.' Some I know and some I didn't - see, an older person can still learn new tricks. I am trying to beat the hurricane out of Mexico (I am down south of Guadalajara).I am headed for Texas Wednesday morning. I will

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread myrna20
If there are no birth or death dates available for someone I ALWAYS add Est to my birth date. All other dates are as I receive them, i.e, about, cir, etc. This way I know it is plus or minus about 20 years and gives me something to look for. I know that anything with the Est is MY'''

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Name History

2007-08-20 Thread Jenny M Benson
Mike Fry wrote Or, if they want a really good argument, try broaching the subject on soc.genealogy.britain :-) Do you really want to unleash DM on the nice folks of LUG?! -- Jenny M Benson Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7

2007-08-20 Thread Renee Zamora
I have no idea - it's not something that was discussed at the sneak peek of Legacy 7.Renee Zamorawww.harrisena.com Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:16:10 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7 Quoting Renee Zamora [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

[LegacyUG] county as a person

2007-08-20 Thread Janis Gilmore
In the same vein as a Surname persona, which collects surname-pertinent data, I have a persona for each of the four counties in which I do the most research. I enter events such as courthouse burnings, iconic moments in history (the night the dance hall blew up, the Jesse James bank robbery, etc)

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 76

2007-08-20 Thread Susan Daily
Bill, It works fine for me, following your steps, in XP. Perhaps someone with Vista can verify. Susan (Sorry about your Vista problems.) On 8/20/07, William Haines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I go to Reports and then Publishing center and add a Descendant Narrative book to the Chapter and

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 76

2007-08-20 Thread Anne Picketts
Bill - I have just generated exactly what you did. If you choose which ever way you want your file - I chose *.pdf, and then click save, it all comes back to 'normal' and those preview and print areas are not greyed out. Vista is fine - we just have to except that it behaves differently and

Re: [LegacyUG] Please truncate your mail

2007-08-20 Thread Kirstin Martinez
I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen hyphen space in thunderbird? -- Kirstin Mike Fry wrote: Mike Fry wrote: Wayne Martell wrote: Millenia could do its part by minimizing the amount they tack on at the end of each message. I see no reason why it has to be more

Re: [LegacyUG] Please truncate your mail

2007-08-20 Thread Gene Young
Kirstin Martinez wrote: I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen hyphen space in thunderbird? There is an add on for Thunderbird called Signature which can be installed from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/578. Just create a custom signature with the

Re: [LegacyUG] Please truncate your mail

2007-08-20 Thread Wendy Howard
I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen hyphen space in thunderbird? I don't know about automatically, but what I do is keep a draft email (subject: signatures) in the Templates folder with the various signatures I use at times, along with some URLs that I use almost

Re: [LegacyUG] Please truncate your mail

2007-08-20 Thread Ed Lawler
Kirsten, You can add a signature without using an extension. Use the following steps: 1. Create a text file to contain your signature in an appropriate place (My Documents, etc.). 2. In the signature file, add -- on a line by itself as the *first* line. Add any other lines that you want to

RE: [LegacyUG] More Lumping and Splitting

2007-08-20 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Ron: Actually I wouldn't consider your BMD example lumping at all, but simply efficient use of the Master Source feature, since probably several GRO details remain consistent from one record to the next. In the US, however, maintaining these records is a state or county function. Lumping these

[LegacyUG] Adding pictures problem

2007-08-20 Thread Jeff Golden
Can someone please tell me what causes the Load Picture window not to recognize certain photos in standard formats? I use 4.0 Deluxe. When I navigate to these photos in the Load Picture window, the preview box stays empty. If I click OK anyway, the Display Picture window is empty, too,

RE: [LegacyUG] Adding pictures problem

2007-08-20 Thread Sherry/Support
Jeff, It sounds like you have TIF files with LZW compression. Legacy v4 won't recognize those (patent issues) but v6 will. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding pictures problem

2007-08-20 Thread Susan Daily
Jeff, I did a search in Help for TIF and came up with this possibility: Legacy recognizes all TIFFs, except those employing LZW compression, which should be avoided. Not sure how you can tell which is which. Hope this helps. (There are more TIF items in Help which I did not read.) Susan On

Re: [LegacyUG] how to set living indicator default to NO

2007-08-20 Thread marilyn cebrowski
How do i set the indicator to NO as you mentioned. I also have a lot of people in my file without dates. I tryed to do it using tools but it would not let me do it when there are no dates in the birth or death fields. from marilyn From: Renee Zamora [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread marilyn cebrowski
OOPs, I found it, needed to re-read the email, DUH !! sorry from marilyn From: Renee Zamora [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:51:37 -0600 I also

[LegacyUG] New Bundle Pricing - Legacy 6.0 Deluxe AND the PDF manual

2007-08-20 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
Starting today, you can now download Legacy 6.0 Deluxe AND the manual for the discounted price of $34.95. Separately, these end up totaling $39.95. If you're still using the standard edition of Legacy, now's the perfect time to upgrade! Purchase at

[LegacyUG] Chronology Report issues

2007-08-20 Thread Leon Chapman
Hi folks! I am having problems with Chronology report with date errors. I am using Legacy 6.0.0.155, the latest version and have Windows XP, SP2. When I select the Chronology tab for a given person, it works fine. When I then select Report, I get a date error window message that says:

[LegacyUG] Re: Chronology Report issues

2007-08-20 Thread Leon Chapman
Ok, I fixed it. I delete the file: Chron.usr Thanks. On 8/20/07, Leon Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks! I am having problems with Chronology report with date errors. I am using Legacy 6.0.0.155, the latest version and have Windows XP, SP2. When I select the Chronology tab for a

RE: [LegacyUG] More Lumping and Splitting

2007-08-20 Thread ronald ferguson
Jack, Thank you. You are, of course, correct and it was a sloppy example to give. I obtain my certificates from the GRO hence that is generally the repository which I use rather than the local office at which the event was first registered. The point I was making still remains valid, that

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 76

2007-08-20 Thread William Haines
Bill - I have just generated exactly what you did. If you choose which ever way you want your file - I chose *.pdf, and then click save, it all comes back to 'normal' and those preview and print areas are not greyed out. 1 Every chapter I try, to add in the publishing center, does the

[LegacyUG] Tag Living

2007-08-20 Thread aseddon.com
Is there a way to tag all living individuals? Art Seddon Everrett. WA Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Please truncate your mail

2007-08-20 Thread Phil Hawkins
Ed Lawler wrote: Thanks Ed for putting me straight I had looked for that information a coouple of days ago and read the website wrong - obviously! (Now let's see if it works grin -- Phil Hawkins (Rather be Fishing) Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92

RE: [LegacyUG] Tag Living

2007-08-20 Thread C.G. Ouimet
How about ... Search - Find Individual - Living - Equal To - Yes Create List When the List comes up ... Options - Advanced Tagging - Everyone in Search List (with your tag number) ... C.G. Ouimet Kingston, ON _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread TaylorResearch4u
Myrna... But... isn't est. the same as writing abt./about, ca./circa??? My preference is abt. Happy hunting... Pami Main Lines: TAYLOR, RICHARDS (Welsh), LIPPINCOTT, KIRKBRIDE and all related inter-related lines (too many to mention). ** Get a sneak

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
I'm not Myrna, and I don't use estimated dates; but I see them as different from about or circa. For example, I use about when I read in the 1850 census that John Jones was 25. I enter his birth date as about 1825, knowing full well that in ten years he may report his age as 33 and that his

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Heather Stovold
no, to me they are all different. cal - means I was given an age and a time so he was 34 in 1834, so his birth is: cal 1800 abt - means that someone gave me an about time, like in an interview so I ask someone when their parent was born and they say oh, it was about 1910, then I put abt

Re: [LegacyUG] abt / c / est - was: Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Susie Zada
Hi Pami, I use abt (about) and est (estimated) quite different and I believe they mean very different things. If I know that someone was x years old when they married and I have the year of marriage, then their year of birth is abt because they may have been born early in the year, late

RE: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Paul A.
Heather, I am interested where you get the years that women marry at about 21 and men at about 25. Are you basing the past on today's estimates? Men and women used to get married at much earlier ages than they do now. It was nothing for men and women to marry at 14 and 16. It was probably

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Cathy
Hi Heather, That's precisely how I use them as well - though I rarely actually enter the Est dates but do it when I'm researching that person and if I make a To Do to find that birth or marriage I put the Estimated dates in the To do. Cathy At 09:04 AM 21/08/2007, you wrote: no, to me

RE: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Cathy
Hi Paul, I'm not Heather but you are right that different countries, different times and different families have different norms for marriage age (can I get another different in there? ;-)) You need to get a feel from your research. In my family very few people marry in the 18th and 19th

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Sara Binkley Tarpley
Heather, I certainly understand the nuances, but I have to admit that in eleven years of genealogical research, I have never seen anyone use cal. Good idea though. Am I just exchanging data with the wrong people? Sara On 8/20/07, Heather Stovold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, to me they are

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7

2007-08-20 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
IMHO, I do think that the current Gedcom program, has not been changed, and probably won't, so Legacy 7 has no control over it. When the committee that monitors and edits/upgrades Gedcom does this, it will be mentioned. L7 may create a tool to send data into an 'Event' type field, but Gedcom won't

Re: [LegacyUG] county as a person

2007-08-20 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I have added those types of things into my Chronology lists. It is much easier to check/uncheck the many lines, than to retype them again. Rich in LA CA --- Janis Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding pictures problem

2007-08-20 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
IMHO, some of the current types of photos, (jpg, bmp, etc.) may not be recognized by the program L4 which came out a few years ago. (date unknown). I know that in the past I had problems with new photos and old programs. You should go to the L4 book for a 'list' of what existed then, and the

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding pictures problem

2007-08-20 Thread Brian/Support
Rich, Legacy 4 was the current version from 6 mar 2002 to Nov 2003 when the last update for 4.0 was issued. These dates were taken from the revision history for Legacy 4.0 here: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/RevisionHistory4.asp Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL

RE: [LegacyUG] More Lumping and Splitting

2007-08-20 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Ron: Then I would classify you as a True Blue Lumper. Thanks for the explanation of your system; it does help to have these specifics to define general terms. Kirsten -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Monday, August 20,

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Mitch Mackrory
I use the same three terms as Heather for the same reasons. I also use the exact same calculations and have done since the mid 1980s. I was given them by a friend in the LDS church (I am LDS) and I understood them to be the recommended method within the church. They have always worked reasonably

RE: [LegacyUG] More Lumping and Splitting (for Gail)

2007-08-20 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Hello Gail: Your list was extremely informative. Thanks for doing that tabulation. Your breakdown appears to pretty closely follow Elizabeth Shown Mills' recommendations. Now, of course, it generates a few additional questions: 1) Does a list of 800+ Master Sources become cumbersome to

Re: [LegacyUG] Tag Living

2007-08-20 Thread aseddon.com
Thanks C.G., Fast and very good. And I find people with spouses in the 1500's, even though I had run the advance set living tool yesterday. Art Seddon - Original Message - From: C.G. Ouimet To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 5:40 PM Subject: RE:

Re: [LegacyUG] how to set living indicator default to NO

2007-08-20 Thread Cathy
Options Customise - Data Default tab top of screen - Living Indicator Default Cathy At 06:38 AM 21/08/2007, you wrote: How do i set the indicator to NO as you mentioned. I also have a lot of people in my file without dates. I tryed to do it using tools but it would not let me do it when

RE: [LegacyUG] More Lumping and Splitting (for Gail)

2007-08-20 Thread Cathy
Hi Kirsten, You need to use the Source List Name to keep things together and findable on the Master Source list. It sorts (currently) only by Source List Name. How you do it depends on how you think about sources. I do it by type. Some people put location first so that all sources for a

[LegacyUG] Sourcing a directory

2007-08-20 Thread Valeris Garton
I have the following and I would like some help as to how to enter this information with sources the correct way please: Dublin Directory 1814 DYAS Robert tailer 22 Castle Street DYAS George pharmacist Mill Street DYAS Richard Warburg Co druggist 26 Bridge Street Dublin Directory 1848 CULLODEN