You make some important points there, Rich.
I would suggest that making detailed notes of any problems is not only helpful
for oneself though, but is of great help to the bug catchers and even LUG when
trying to explain what has happened.
It is not really possible to suggest ways of
Hi,I consider the addition of the setting individuals
to invisible feature in Legacy 7 to be absolutely the thing
that I need to sanitize my tree before exporting. Private or Living is
not sufficient since the existence people needs to be hidden.
Unfortunate therefore that this feature does not
John,
I know of a couple of problems with this function, and have found a work around
for one of them, but would you please explain what you problem is in detail.
Ron Ferguson
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*New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages -
Christina wrote:
On the Individual Information Screen you have a box listed as
Event/Facts
First Column has Event/Fact, the second column shows Date next is
Description
Is there a way to not have the Date column there?
Probably not, but if you position your cursor over the join between
Perhaps forward them on to the U.S. Government site. [EMAIL
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Ann
New Mexico, USA
- Original Message -
From: Terri Brownmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.commailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent:
Do you folks (at Legacy) need any other samples? I expect not, but on
the off chance that more samples would help you track down where they
are coming from...
Great product!
Take care,
Melody
If not now, when?
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Ann Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps
Gary Templeman wrote:
Ruth,
Did you check out any of the solutions I posted yesterday? The entire
series of messages on this topic today seems to indicate *no one* has
considered what I posted as viable options. I listed three PDF
converters and you can Google for more. Personally, if I had
Hopefully this bug will be fixed in the next update. I think we just have to
wait and see. I'm interested in a fix for the feature that excludes living
people as if they don't exist.
Marie
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
Fellow Listers,
I have been on the sidelines reading the banter concerning v.7 and am quite
miffed with all the bashing. I also realize that the product should not have
been released from Beta without more QC... that said.
SourceWriter, reporting tools and the new charting application will
Ron,Basically if you edit
an individual's privacy settings and set him to invisible, he should not
appear on any exports or web pages, nor should his descendents. This is
what invisible is supposed to do.I have I
have done a number of experiments to see if there is anything related to
invisible
Michael A. Palmieri wrote:
The user whose data is mission critical should at least sit out the
first few releases if generating reports or building your cited
sources list is mission critical.
The folks at Millennia assured us repeatedly that we were sitting out
the better part of a year's
Wont do much good unless you know how to include the original headers when
you forward it. Most spammers are off-shore anyway and there's not much the
US Government can do about it - and if it's received in another country,
they're not going to do anything unless the spam is originating in the
Nope - we got them too. Jim's going to look into it to see what he can
do. I'd sure hate to have to block Geoff's email!
Thanks for using Legacy.
Sherry
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
We are changing the world of genealogy!
When
Ruth,
The problem you reported has been tested and is confirmed. A report has
been recorded in our problem tracking system so this can be fixed. Thank
you for helping us make Legacy a better program for everyone.
The problem report was entered yesterday and is now marked as resolved
by the
Bob,
If you heeded the advice of my previous post you wouldn't be in any position to
have any problems.
When you say they told you... who is they? Did you really speak to anyone.
Finally, what did your post value add for an end-user... think about it (more
gibberish)!
Michael A.
Sherry,
Block it until you can fix it... spare us please!
Michael A. Palmieri
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject:
RE: [LegacyUG] fake messages from Geoff Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:31:04
-0700 Nope - we got them too. Jim's going to look into
Sherry,
To ignore something you assume we have control. It is your organization that
has control of the issue and the barking from fellow listers should let you
know we do not want you to ignore it.
Block the address (your statement tells us you can) until you can fix it. We do
not need a
It is nearly impossible to anticipate all the possible permutations
of hardware and software conflicts that can result. Perhaps we should
all take comfort in the idea that, at the end of the day, everyone
who has spotted a bug or imperfection has contributed significantly
to the improvement
Michael A. Palmieri wrote:
Brian,
When can we expect to reap the rewards of such bug fixes? Until then it
is further rhetoric.
On past performance with version 6, updates were released about every 3
months. As the last update to version 7 came in July, I wouldn't expect
a further fix
Sherry,
I might suggest that you ask Geoff to get another e:mail address and
unsubscribe his current address and resubscribe with the new one. He
wouldn't have to abandon the old one except for Legacy, but if someone is
spoofing his old one he would probably be wise to make the change
I just wanted to say that I too have had a little problem with Legacy 7
freezing, probably about 3 times, all of a sudden, nothing works and it just
shuts down on its own. It has happen about 3 or 4 times. I never had this
problem with v. 5 or v. 6.
Also, I too receive a fake message from
The issue is that everyone's computer setups are different and everyone uses
Legacy differently. I've had people report errors to me that I've never seen
and it took several emails and pinpointing to *one* minor difference between
options where I was able to duplicate a problem. There are
My spam filter apparently is working great. I haven't received any of these
spam messages.
Regards,
Ron Bernier
Woonsocket, RI
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael A. Palmieri
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:04 PM
To:
I just wanted to say that I too have had a little problem with Legacy 7
freezing, , all of a sudden, it just shuts down on its own. It has happen
about 3 or 4 times. I never had this problem with v. 5 or v. 6.
Also, I too receive a fake message from geoff, but I recognized something was
- Original Message -
From: Gene Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] another bug
Gary Templeman wrote:
Ruth,
Did you check out any of the solutions I posted yesterday? The entire
series
John,
I haven't looked for a while, but you are correct in saying that it does not
work in web pages. However I recently noticed (this week) that two relatives
were missing from a Descendant Book Report and this was because some time ago
when I was really looking at the invisible function, I
If you send these problems to us at [EMAIL PROTECTED], well work
with you to help solve them. There's no need to wait for someone else to
post a similar problem.
Make sure you include:
the build of Legacy you're using (Legacy Home tab)
which version of Windows you have
what you're doing at
Dave wanted me to pass along that an update will be coming soon - likely
next week. It will address lots and lots of concerns. He/Ken have been
having a major bug-busting fest. Thank you for your patience. Just a few
more days
Thanks,
Geoff Rasmussen
Millennia Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is it possible to tag every instance of when a particular source was used,
delete those sources, then assign a new source to all of those places?
michele
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages:
Michael,
Most likely someone's computer was hijacked by a Trojan or worm and Geoff's
email address was plucked out of the address book and used for the return
address.
We all keep our computers clean and are careful about the attachments we
open. Geoff's computer wasn't involved at all as seen
Michael A. Palmieri wrote:
Sherry,
To ignore something you assume we have control. It is your organization
that has control of the issue and the barking from fellow listers should
let you know we do not want you to ignore it.
Block the address (your statement tells us you can) until you
Thanks Goeff
That's very helpful to know. As I have previously written, I still think
Legacy is the best genealogy software out there, even with the v7 bugs.
Knowing an update is near is helpful.
Jeff
Geoff Rasmussen wrote:
Dave wanted me to pass along that an update will be coming soon -
Nor have I. None in my spam folder and none in my ISP's spam folder. Is it
luck, or is it a matter of filters and settings?
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ron
Bernier
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 9:26 AM
To:
While sympathetic to the users impacted by the report output bugs, I am
distressed by all the hostility directed towards Millennia and even towards
fellow listers. Software development, including software testing, is not an
exact science. (It comes close only in certain life-critical military
Sherry,
Good stuff... just what we all needed to know to enhance v.7.
Michael A. Palmieri
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject:
RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy freezing. Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:23:43 -0700 If
you send these problems to us at [EMAIL
To my knowledge, No.
Issue: Have you used Source Detail with the specific records? If so, they would
also be lost. That may be OK, depending on what you are trying to do.
If you want to actually delete the original source from the database, you could
simply edit it and transform it into the
We do not need a tutorial on spamming... this is a user group of
your product... let's keep that the topic and perhaps we will get back
to the core purpose of this list.
Michael A. Palmieri
Actually, it would appear that you do, since you don't seem to
understand the dynamic involved.
Ward,
Well said - I concur completely. From over 40 years as a medical instrument
developer I find your words accurate and on-target. Some of the criticism
of
Millenia has been unfair and misdirected. The accusers only need to be
taken through the verification and validation testing cycle once
Thank you all for you response, but to move the line over does move
the date off, the next time you open up that file, it is back again. I
was looking at a permanent way to set it off.
Rich,
I did edit the event, which doesn't show then when you are adding an
event, but on the event screen it
Some ISPs do a pretty good job of blocking stuff like that. After
reading Ron's message, I found them. GMail did a pretty good job of
snagging them. Unfortunately, I also found quite a few other messages
from the LUG in there, too -- legitimate ones. :-)
Kirsten Bowman wrote:
Nor have I.
I agree. I only install if the date is meaningful in the person's life, but not
my typing date.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Christina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Christina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Individual Information screen Event display
To:
Hi Ward,
Thanks for a thoughtful and articulate post. I am a new user of Legacy, having
recently switched over from TMG v7 to Legacy 7, and have been hovering along
the side-lines of this list for the past couple of weeks or so. I have never
used Legacy 6. I have also been a database
That is why when I, (and others) when discussing a problem, try to steer the
person into seeing my example, to be specific how I am wrong or not, which
assists people not familar with writing repair requests to be more clear. I
learned by doing it wrong enough times.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri,
WHat I am hearing, may be that some of you may not know that each report has a
place to choose to use short locations within themselves. To cover all bases,
you need to find the choice in every report, then, not change back.
This is in addition to having the choice to use no small or small in
I think what you are looking for is probably handled best by creating a second
file (started as duplicate), and delete from the second one, with a possible
name 'invisible' or like, which will completely hide? the concerned people. You
will need to remember to do changes for both, or they will
Have you submitted to Support the details of which version, what screen, what
field, if repeatable or not, apparently random when happening.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Syble Glasscock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy
Yes, but that is still Geoff's problem, though we collectively want to help
him, if possible.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Ann Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Ann Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] fake messages from Geoff
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Mike,
I totally agree...and I'm sorry to say that is seems to be the norm here...with
the same players usually. They can take a subject turn it around to a
witch-burning so fast you have a huge download of useless messages in an
instant. And when someone speaks up against the practice they
Now I am having problems with Legacy V7 Build 7.0.0.55.
It happens when I add an event and then I open the clipboard and I
enter the information on the Source detail screen. I have the
information completed and then when I try to go to the save step, it
freezes and I have to close it with the
Yes it is possible. Fast, NO. Using an example, I need to change every Source
'US Census 1860, Illionis, Cook County, Chicago Ward 6' to 'ENG 1861 London,
Stepney Limehouse Parish, voter lists'. Learning purposes only.
1. Go to Master Source List. Highlight the victim.
2. Choose 'Show list',
Kris:
I also get a fair amount of LUG mail in my spam folder both on my computer
and in my ISP's spam folder. Sometimes I pull them out and read them;
sometimes I don't. Do you know the cause?
Perhaps this is a good time to remind listers (yet again) to send in plain
text--or chance ending up
An easy workaround that I've found is this: After the gedcom is created I
open it in an old version of FTM. There's an option there to list all
individuals by date of birth. It takes only a minute to check the list and
verify that there are no inappropriate entries included. If the list is
Just curious - I can't imagine why anybody would NOT want to know the date of
an event. Why is that your preference?
- Original Message -
From: Christina
Date: Friday, September 12, 2008 5:08 pm
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Individual Information screen Event display
To:
Kirsten,
I did not have any either until today, but it was so easy to recognize. So I
just deleted that message and went on reading things that interest me. I
would have sent it to report spam, but at one time Legacy messages were
going to spam and I did not want to deal with that again.
The
OK. First question. Is the Event one of the four (BirthChriDiedBur) or an
Event/Fact? New Event/Type or already used? New Source or already used one?
SourceWriter or BasicStyle? I am guessing you are using SourceWriter. There
have been problems reported in somewhat similar situations. Did you
Hi Leon, my files are an FTW and a FBK - does this change the conversion,
Thanks for offering,
Best
John Lord
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leon
Chapman
Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 1:37 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re:
Good Day ...
... I hope all is well
Your comments/direction are appreciated.
My quest ... to 'order' the printing of Scrapbook images.
I created a .pdf file of my Scrapbook images. I am unable to determine the
'order' of how the images were printed. Family images are not in sequence,
Mike, I was on the TMG list for several years, as well. Like you I have
ultimately chosen Legacy over TMG although I liked TMG quite well, and
think it is a fine program.
The TMG list does have a ³higher tone² than the Legacy list. Having said
that, the Legacy list is full of clever people,
Before anyone heaps abuse on John, who is new to the list - I am sure his
attachment of gedcoms was an accident, and he intended to send them to
Susan.
Janis
On 9/12/08 8:49 PM, John LOrd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Susan,
Thanks for offering to help, attached my files,
Best
John
It's a problem with GMail's spam filters and they are *not* optional.
There is a lot of discussion about it on the GMail lists. It isn't
the LUG messages, specifically, that are snagged, and I'd only be
speculating why some are marked and most are not (GMail techs won't
discuss the criteria,
This sounds familiar, like something I was trying to do a few years
ago. As you probably notice there are no options for the type of thing
you're asking about . You might try re-ordering the pictures in a
couple of your Individual picture galleries and see if you can
determine a pattern to
Or, create an Event separately for each photgraph, then sort the various events.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, JLB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: JLB [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] ... Scrapbook printing ... Jim
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Friday,
Is someone playing with your email adderss? This just came from you but it
sure looks like spam to me.
On 9/12/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking for a repl1ca w4tch that no one can tell
from the original? You're in luck, because
Prest1ge Repl1cas has the ultimate
Cathy,
I take no notice of 'slots' of any kind so, Your examples would look like
this ;
Denton, County Durham.
(England certainly does have counties but we don't say 'County Kent' or
'Kent County', just 'Kent'. As always there are exceptions, such as your
example Durham, which can be
I am sorry I sent this to the list in error - my apologies!
I know no attachments are allowed.
At 03:03 PM 13/09/2008, you wrote:
Hi John,
Although you put your message up on the Legacy Users Group Mailing
List, you did not say whether you were using Legacy 7 or Family Tree Maker 6?
So I
John Susan -- REMEMBER - NO FILES on the Legacy List - see the
rules! Thanks!!
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Susan Perrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi John,
Although you put your message up on the Legacy Users Group Mailing List, you
did not say whether you were using Legacy 7 or Family
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