Another place to put photo information is in the IPTC-info fields. I
also like to keep track of where I get pictures from and other
information. You can use Microsoft's program called Photo Info. It's
free. Or Adobe and others. Unfortunately, with the exception of the
Description field, th
I didn't see that one listed in Millennia's Help page. Was there a
number with that? A lot of the errors are listed according to number.
Robert
Noddie wrote:
Hi
I am having trouble with my Legacy file and cannot open it at all. I
am getting an error message similar to
WERa921.dir000\Legacy.e
Myrna,
This post contains no answers to your 3 questions, rather just an idea
that has helped me in some of my presentations.
Just introduce some of the Legacy features that you use. If you present
information you are reasonably familiar & comfortable with, your
presentation will be less stress
Hi
I am having trouble with my Legacy file and cannot open it at all. I
am getting an error message similar to
WERa921.dir000\Legacy.exe.mdmp error. Has any else had this problem.
I am currently using SP2 XP pro
and Legacy 6 deluxe.
Thanks for any help with this.
Regards
Gwen
Thanks to all of you that responded to me.
I have followed all the suggestions, but to no avail. I have now contacted
Support.
What a great group!
Tish
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) . . . I'm in Southern
California, Murrieta, Riverside County. I'll put you on my "list."
In a message dated 2/17/2008 7:30:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If you don't mind, I'm curious where you are. I'm in Fountai
Well you could do that, but that is not what I had in mind. When
I have a photo I obtained from someone else I like to say so, but
the only place I found to do this is in the Description area of
the photo. It is not a big deal, I just don't know if the site
should say we can source Media Files. Unl
Just a word of advice.
*Never* *EVER* incorporate a GEDCOM into your "real file" unless you have first
imported it into its own database and checked it and cleaned it up as to
sources, notes, etc. Also check for duplicates that might be in your "real"
file" and either mark them for merging l
Try this:
File
Close Family File
Import From
During the subsequent screens, you'll have a chance to name your new file.
Dawn
Barbara Ford wrote:
When I receive or download a GEDCOM from another source, I would like
to be able to open it in Legacy as a new, separate file, with
assurance that i
If you don't mind, I'm curious where you are. I'm in Fountain Valley.
Dawn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
About your Genealogy group that is meeting: Idea: We had someone, not an
LDS member come to our last Family History Consultant meeting and now it seems
the whole group is getting into Leg
Sorry, folks. I meant to respond to momalot66 directly, but got
interrupted. When I glanced back at the email, I saw that my remark was
complete and sent it without changing the email address.
Dawn
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Archive
Hi
If Tree Finder is finding more than one tree yet you know people in
the smaller trees should be linked, you need to go to those people
and link them in correctly.
However, first click the Refresh button as you may have already done
some of that. In the Tree Finder, you must click Refresh ea
I always create a new file, using the main name of the
family for a file name. When using Gedcom it asks for
a filename. Then when I have fixed the locations and
naming rules, I add them to my main file.
Rich in LA CA
--- Barbara Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I receive or download a GEDCO
I would say that the support from this group should be
a selling point also.
Rich in LA CA
--- Kirsten Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Myrna:
>
> Others have answered your specific questions about
> charting and number of
> databases but perhaps there's a different tactic you
> might consid
I wish.
JL
JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html
JD Liddil wrote:
For some reason the archive search is not working so pardon me if this
has been answered before. Is there a way to search the Source Detail
- Detail Text field? I looked over the
Thanks for the added explanation. Those very tiny trees in my database
are folks who are not yet linked to the main tree. In my database, this
includes people with my surname who live in the same area at about the
same time as my family. Sometimes they have the same name as my
relatives, but
Hi Momalot,
YOu don't need to Merge these trees, since they are all in the same
Legacy file. What you need to do is select "existing" individuals when
you need to add a mother, for example.
Let's look at: "Next is my first cousin's Mother-in-law . . . still
don't have her maiden name! I'm trying
Are they e-mailing you directly or just sending a
request to the User Group, which you get along with
the rest of us. It is the price of being in a group.
It can be a good thing or a bad thing. You don't have
to answer or even read any of them. I welcome anyone
to 'lurk' on the group, because we al
Just to cause trouble, why should they all be
attached. I just ran the tree tool, and had over 1000
trees (maxed out at 1000)! The point is anyone that
MIGHT be related but can't be connected yet is a new
tree. Since I have two groups in my DB (ex: the entire
population of parishes in Norway, and e
I would second the recommendation of Replicator. Jobs can be scheduled to
run unattended, and because they can be configured to only copy new and
changed files, even large multimedia databases can go quickly. I use it in
my business, and scanning a folder (and sub-folders) with almost 6000 files
Carmen,
When you downloaded Legacy you must have signed up for this user group as well.
Instructions are given at the bottom of every email as to how to unregister.
Ron Ferguson
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For Genealogy, Software and Social visit:
ht
For some reason the archive search is not working so pardon me if this
has been answered before. Is there a way to search the Source Detail
- Detail Text field? I looked over the help file but found nothing.
Jim
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Ar
Actually, you create a source which describes and
contains the photo. Then you can attach same photo or
the source carrying the photo to the person. I used
photo instead of Media File, becuse that's what I do
most of.
Rich in LA CA
--- Jennifer Crockett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> In the review
Hi Carmel
It seems you have inadvertently subscribed to the users group when you
downloaded Legacy - it happens from time to time. Just go to the link on
the next line and follow the directions. Easy. But if you read the emails
you'll learn a lot about your new program.
To unsubscribe: http:/
PS! Sorry bout that. I tried to catch the first message
before it was sent in Rich Text format. Instead I sent it twice.
Please, Please forgive me???
Myrna
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When you Import a Gedcom, you'll get a screen asking whether you want
to add it to the family file that is open or to a new family file.
Importing to a new family file is the default and recommended.
When the file is cleaned up to your standards of data entry, then
import this new Legacy file
CB & TC - Clipboard files
FG - Focus Group files
PPL - Potential Problems List
FDB - the main Family File.
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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We are changing the world of genealogy!
When replying to this mess
Hi Jan and others,
The Single Parent options are only activated if no partner has been
entered in Legacy and the partner is simply the automatically
generated by the program blank or unknown when you add a child to someone.
Once you've added data to that unknown - even if you simply go in and
Coming in Legacy v7. There will be a new search tab to search for a whole
bunch of different types of missing data.
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
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We are changing the world of genealogy!
When replying to t
I am with you, Moma! I have a 160 GB external
drive and a flashdrive as well! I have never lost all
my information, but have clicked on a few things by
mistake, only to watch with horror as it deleted a few
of my family lines. :( This will never happen
again!! I am much less stressed using
Sorry, I forgot the etiquette . . . and to change to "Compose as Plain
Text." I'm in AOL and it took me awhile to figure out that if I rt click I
can
composed to plain text!!!
**Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living.
(http://living.aol.com/video/how-t
In the review it has a tick for Legacy in "Assign source to Media
File". Am I missing something obvious? I don't know where you can
do that for a picture.
Jennifer
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
G. C. Oliver
Sent: Monday, 18 February 20
Myrna,
Do not forget that Legacy has a number of add-ons of which Tree Draw Legacy is
one. This will produce Ancestor Charts and Descendants charts. Sounds like
your friend is talking about Descendant Charts.
Ron Ferguson
The cost of hard-drives has come down considerably. A friend bought one
just the other day, 250 GB's for $130 at Costco. They only needed about
10 GB and 250 was the smallest they found there. I don't know why
you'd have to leave your computer running all night to do backups. It
just doesn
When I receive or download a GEDCOM from another source, I would like
to be able to open it in Legacy as a new, separate file, with
assurance that it is not going to come into my "real" file. I'm sure
everyone does this often, but I have not had occasion to try it
before. So, I have two questions:
Open Legacy and start a new family file. Then Import your gedcom into
it. You cannot mix it up with your other one unless you import it into
that one. When you want to join the two you can use Split Screen or
import one Legacy file into the other and then use the Merge function.
JL
http://
I think this is probably right in regard to the # of
data files. I tried out Roots Magic at one time and
one database is saved in many, many separate pieces
(files). I never counted but wouldn't be surprised if
there were 35. This would seem to be an odd thing to
compare and probably misleading
In terms of drag and drop charting, I think what is referred to is the
sort of thing that comes with The Master Genealogist V7 which you can
download and try for 30 days, which is what I did and found the charting
superb, and intelligent, and you can buy the charting itself separately
which will op
Whether an external hard drive is the best solution for backup
depends on how much data you generate.
I'm a heavy computer user and so have many Word Documents, Pictures -
both from Digital camera and from downloading Census images etc,
Powerpoint presentations that I generate for my work, etc e
Elizabeth:
I store on both . . . it takes t long but, my external 500 GIGABITE can
be taken in case of a FIRE, and we are in a high fire area. I take my
flashdrive from my laptop to my bigger office computer all the time.
OVERKILL, but
I've been burned and reformated, lost stuff, etc
- Original Message -
From: carmen hartnell
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:42 AM
Subject: HELP
Since downloading legacy standard I have been receiving a lot of emails from
legacy users, they
have not been for me but other people asking for help
Carmen, somehow when you downloaded the Standard edition of Legacy, you have
opted to subscribe to this User Group. If you follow the link shown on the
last line of this email, it will take you through the steps to unsubscribe
yourself (no one on the User Group can do this for you).
Maureen
Myrna:
Others have answered your specific questions about charting and number of
databases but perhaps there's a different tactic you might consider. A
comparison of software programs could turn into a confrontational situation
involving a lot of features that your novice genealogists wouldn't
un
Ron
Well yes, but I take a large number of photos which are a fiddle to
backup on to CDs and my son's advice (he works in computers) is that if
I get a second external hard drive I can copy everything on to it and
back all up, say weekly. I know that when my old hard drive died
suddenly a co
Backing up to external drives need not take much time at all (minutes or
seconds) if you have some backup software to assist you. Syncback is
easy to use and has a good free version.
http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html#freeware
JL
http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have you checked out the web page?
If the web page doesn't help with your error - it has much more about
how to check out errors apart from specific error numbers - you need
to contact Support direct.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cathy
At 06:12 AM 18/02/2008, you wrote:
Cathy, there is no error mention
Hello Carmen,
You probably accidently signed up i.e. subscribed to the Legacy users group
e-mail list.
You just need to unsubscribe.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of carmen
hartnell
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:43 PM
I'll try to explain it better as to merging (that's a job!!!) and backing up
my files. It's all backed up and File Maintenance is OK. I have the
back-ups in three places!
Go to "View" then to Tree Finder.
It goes to Tree List (Individual with smallest number in tree) Then there
is anoth
About your Genealogy group that is meeting: Idea: We had someone, not an
LDS member come to our last Family History Consultant meeting and now it seems
the whole group is getting into Legacy. The presenter had a set up that he
showed (part of), that I'd already seen, the "free" disk we al
Since downloading legacy standard I have been receiving a lot of emails from
legacy users, they
have not been for me but other people asking for help.
How can I stop this.
thanks Carmen Hartnell
--
I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.
It has removed 87 spam emails to date
Elizabeth,
There's no need to buy an external hard drive just for storing back-ups,
although it would be very useful for other things as well. I just copy my
back-up to a Flash Drive. It works fine.
Ron Ferguson
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For Gene
Cathy, there is no error mentioned. Just what I have said.
Tish
Hi Tish,
What's the error number?
There's a page of errors you might encounter and what to do about them at:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp
If you haven't explored the Legacy web pages, it's time you did. There are
How about doing a Book Report (ancestor, descendant or descendant narrative) in
the Report > Books and then under OPTIONS, check mark "Insert underlines for
missing" and you're given a choice of either/both "Given and surnames" and
"Dates and places." It won't be a list but a narrative-type repo
Myrna,
By "Number of data files" I suspect she's referring to the number of
physical files that encompass the database that you create. For example, if
you created a new database called "Myrna's Family", in Legacy you would have
two files associated with that name (which isn't actually true, ther
Myrna,
Sense I have never used RM I cannot comment on it. I do know that the
current Legacy does not have a charting function so she is correct on
statements #1 and #2. As far as # 3 goes I am assuming she means that Legacy
creates only 2 files for a database. As far as I am concerned having only
> At our next meeting several of us will be presenting different
> genealogy software packages. Even though I am definitely not an
> expert I opened my big mouth and said I would present Legacy
> (since I am the ONLY one here that uses it).
> The only one that comes anywhere near
> Legacy is Roots
Thanks Heather,
I knew the charting was coming in the next version but did/do not know what
drag and drop charting is.
If the data files is what you are suggesting then I guess it would almost be
unlimited. I have several myself:
1)my husbands side (because we did not have children together an
Dick;
You might make some changes in the Children List to help your situation.
I have a similar problem with a woman, never married, who adopted a
daughter. Natural parents unknown. I managed to describe the child's
relationship to each parent by making changes in the marriage settings
an
Thanks Heather,
I knew the charting was coming in the next version but did/do not
know what drag and drop charting is.
If the data files is what you are suggesting then I guess it
would almost be unlimited. I have several myself:
1)my husbands side (because we did not have children together and
Myrna, not much help, but maybe a little.
Top-Down Tree Chart:
Wider than it is tall; usually has each person's b,m,d info in a box;
Top line of "boxes" has one ancestral couple.
Second horizontal line of boxes is each of the ancestral couple's children.
Third horizontal line of boxes is each of
Could you make that sentence read "had a child with"? I've just tried it,
and it seems to read OK - at least in Descendant Book and Descendant
Narrative.
In the marriage information screen thick "This couple did not marry".
Further down the screen - in the Family View Label boxes change Husband t
Thanks for the tips both to you and Cathy.
I think I should re-schedule the scan to occur one night a week and then
leave it switched on - it reverts to stand-by pretty quickly anyway. I
do find sometimes that it gets 'tired' as it were and I then have to
switch off and reboot in any case.
Perhaps the best way to find out would be to ask the person preparing
the matrix. If you're confused by her chosen terminology, then others
might be, too.
Dawn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Listers,
We have a new genealogy group here at Lakeside. It consists of
about 5 knowledgeable peo
1) Traditional Top-Down tree
No idea what she means by that.
2) Charting
Coming in v7
3) Number of Data Files
not sure what she means by that You can have as many different data
files (with different trees, or same trees) as you want. I have about 6 -
although I have a main one
Bill
Here's a work-around that will give you (almost) exactly what I believe you
are looking for. I used MS Excel (only because that's where I'm most
comfortable and it's perfectly adequate for this purpose) but you could use
Access, Open Office etc.
1. Create (in Legacy) a list of individul
Cathy is correct. Lets take your 2103, and I only had 1900 people in my
database. How could that be ? It was explained to me basically the same
way.
-Tim
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 3:43 A
I'm not sure what you want to accomplish. What do you mean by "how do I
get them in the right place"? You say that you have 8 disks. Are they
different gedcoms? Did they include multiple separate trees? Did you
import all of them into one file? After importing, I would merge
files. What
Thanks so much . . . I'm learning and love LUG.
In a message dated 2/17/2008 8:18:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
SDS = Special Duplicates Search and ticked is a word
used for highlighting a check box such as a tag or a
bullet. What I saw in your e-mail was a double s
Where can I find information on how to integrate the number of Family Trees.
I've got the "Merge" done, and I'm ready for the next step. I do have 8
disks. I've looked in the Help screen, and I''m not sure about putting them
together. I recognize many of the Trees, low numbers, but how d
Hello Listers,
We have a new genealogy group here at Lakeside. It consists of
about 5 knowledgeable people on computers and genealogy and 25 or
so people that have some knowledge of computers and none on
genealogy. We also have several that *may* know how to turn on a
computer.
At our next m
Bill - "a quick fix" is a figure of speech. He meant that there exists
no report that you are specifically looking for, but if you follow
those lengthy (not quick) steps, you will end up with a list of people
who are missing items. Ron's suggestions also will also work, but you
will end up with dup
Try this:
search (it's at the very top of the screen)
find
input your search criteria, for example: individual birth
dateequal to blank
you can include two more sets of criteria at the same time
note the radio buttons at the bottom left corner of the search screen:
clear
I am not looking to fix things with this report, but to use it as a guide to
research. In other words, I would like LEGACY to find all blank fields for
every individual and tell me where I need to concentrate my research. For
example,
Person A is missing BIRTH DATE, BIRTH PLACE, DEATH DATE
Per
Wouldn't this be a good time to use the "Research Guidance" tab?
Myrna
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Yes, but it is not a quick fix.
Go to Search/Detail Search/Individual/Birth Date/Equal
to/'space bar' meaning blank. Set the group to an
unused tag number. Repeat changing the Birth Date to
all the other ones, tagging to the sme number.
This tag list becomes your 'To Do list'. You know what
is bl
Bill,
You will, of course, have to do them separately.
Go to: Search>Find>Detailed Search, then fill the first row of boxes as follows:
Look for whom: Individual
Where to Look: Birth Date (or as required)
How to Look: Equal To
What to Look for: Leave Blank
Click "Create List" then on the new s
SDS = Special Duplicates Search and ticked is a word
used for highlighting a check box such as a tag or a
bullet. What I saw in your e-mail was a double sized
space in front of (only) one of the two versions of
the RIN, which when in a field like the RIN field, is
just as filled in as with a letter
Dick,
I think "had a relationship with" is the most generic thing you can
use. That covers boyfriend/girlfriend, casual friendship, partnership,
even marriage. Try mother/father and see how it reads in a report.
Good luck!
Susan
On 2/17/08, Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gary
>
> Exactly my po
Can anyone tell me if Legacy is capable of generating a report which lists
all the missing data in a given database? I would like to know all the
individuals for whom there is no birth date, death date, marriage data, etc.
Can Legacy do this type of report?
Bill
Legacy User Group guidelin
If you didn't merge RIN 2103 into another person with another RIN,
then RIN 2103 will still exist - otherwise you would have lost data.
You may not have 2103 people in your database though you may have
before the merge.
The final RIN and the number of people in the database aren't the
same. Th
Hi Tish,
What's the error number?
There's a page of errors you might encounter and what to do about them at:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp
If you haven't explored the Legacy web pages, it's time you did.
There are all sorts of useful things in the Help Centre from
troubleshooting to
Tish
Have you tried to do File/Maintenance..Check/Repair
This might re-create the indexes.
If you have more troubles...do a backup and try to export to a new file
after that..
If that doesn't work then maybe someone can help you by uou sending the
backup file for them to try to rebuild indexes??
Not sure I can explain, but this might help. I am a DELUXE user, and have
the extra disks. I am fairly new to Legacy, but not to genealogy. I go back
and play my disks OVER and OVER and OVER again! It helps, 'cuz I still
cannot get it all. Good Luck. Maybe when Legacy 7 is out, we'll
To Rich in LA: My eyes are not real good, so I enlarged your note on Word,
and I don't understand SDS and "ticked?" I went back to the file and all
looks well ??? Just not sure what is going on.
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