RE: [LegacyUG] Help with event wording

Hi Melanie, I use the term 'Migration', though the other suggestions sound fine too... Guess it just depends on your preference. I have my definition set as follows: [EventName] from [Desc], [onDate] [~toPlace].[Sources] [CR][Notes] Migration from the Divide District of Buffalo Co., NE on Nov

Re: [LegacyUG] chronology

The statements that aren't created by the program can be added into background timelines, and be included only when wanted. It is easier to click on/off six or seven sentences than typing them each time. The timeline 'name' might be 'Johnson extra sentences'. Hope this helps. Rich in LA CA --

Re: [LegacyUG] scanning letter/ saving file to attach to person

You must use your scanner's rules to create a 'photo' or 'document'. Once you save, Legacy will find it easily. Rich in LA CA --- On Mon, 9/29/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] scanning letter/ saving file to atta

RE: [LegacyUG] scanning letter/ saving file to attach to person

Yes, it is possible. Several ways, one of which might not be legal due to copyright You could grab / copy the photos, and save them separately, or, actually print them first and then scan the photos back into the computer. If the document is copyrighted, copyright issues -might- be a probl

Re: [LegacyUG] scanning letter/ saving file to attach to person

If it's a .doc it's a .doc, regardless if it contains pictures. Unless you want to take your .doc apart and put the text and pictures into various Legacy boxes, I think this is your option: If you use the Publishing Center there's a way to bring in outside files called Place Holder where you

RE: [LegacyUG] scanning letter/ saving file to attach to person

I have a 25 page manuscript saved as a .doc file ... it has a few Photos in it, so it is not just a .doc file ... I would like to attach it to the person who it is about so it would Print in a report ... Is this possible? Toni in Michigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a letter given to me

RE: [LegacyUG] Problem Changing RINs

Thanks Evert...I'll try you fix and see if it works on my file.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evert van Dijken Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:00 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Changing RI

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with event wording

Moved sounds perfectly right and reasonable. John 2008/9/29 S. Fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Perhaps "relocate" or "relocated" would work. > > - Original Message - > *From:* Melanie Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > *Sent:* Monday, September 29, 2008 1

Re: [LegacyUG] scanning letter/ saving file to attach to person

Juanita, I have had this situation on a couple of occasions and this is what I did. 1. Transcribe the letter word for word into a text document...save. 2. Create a master source in Legacy with the letter as the master source. 3. Copy/Paste the text of the letter into text/comments of the master s

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with event wording

I would use the "Relocation" event for moves within a country and the "Emigration" or "Immigration" events for moves from one country to another. John S. Adams Hermosa Beach, CA -- From: "Laurel Feal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29

Re: [LegacyUG] scanning letter/ saving file to attach to person

If you're scanning it as an image, you can attach it as Source Picture or Source Detail Picture, depending how you define your Master Source. If you're turning the image of it into text, you can attach it as Source Text or Source Detail text. You could actually do both, the image and the text,

Re: [LegacyUG] Ontario

Yes, in Ottawa, Phil - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 3:49:26 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Ontario Is there anyone in Ontario Canada who is interested in a users group ?             Leg

RE: [LegacyUG] other schedules

Here's the status on sources. Dave is almost finished reprogramming the citation stuff for reports. We're also almost finished adding all of the missing media (online images, microfilm, etc.) for which there were no specific models in Evidence Explained. We're also working on the override at the ma

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with event wording

I also have a "relocation" event, and have edited the wording to read dfferently depending on which fields are filled in. For example, you can do: [Name] relocated [Desc] [toPlace][Date][Sources][Notes] Desc: from India Date: 1877 Place: Scotland Notes: He was 11 years old. You can always use the

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with event wording

Perhaps "relocate" or "relocated" would work. - Original Message - From: Melanie Tucker To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 12:41 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Help with event wording Hello, I'd like to create an event for when people move

[LegacyUG] scanning letter/ saving file to attach to person

I have a letter given to me about one of my ansesters. I want to scan this so that I can attach it to my individual as a text. Would like it to show up in scrapbook or when I send someone info on this individual. What steps would I need to do to make this possible? Even if I can't print it out o

RE: [LegacyUG] Help with event wording

Relocation Event. Relocated? John relocated from India to Scotland... Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:41:55 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Help with event wording Hello, I'd like to create an event

Re: [LegacyUG] starting user group in Denver area

So far I have two interested. Looks like I'm on my way. I'm not that knowledgeable with Legacy, just have a strong desire to learn all I can about it and a willingness to gather people together to learn. I would love guidance, thank you. -Original Message- From: RICHARD SCHUL

Re: [LegacyUG] Marriage List

Since the underlying program for Legacy is MS Access, if you have a copy of that, (and know how to work with that,) You are ahead the rest of us. What you need to do is (my opinion) create a report from Legacy using the Search tool to look like what you want to import, eventually. 5-10 people wi

[LegacyUG] Help with event wording

Hello, I'd like to create an event for when people move from one place to another, not just list their residence at a given date. As I have it now, I am using the word 'moved' as an event name. The word moved just doesn't see quite right--it doesn't flow very well. I guess I could use removed

Re: [LegacyUG] ICONS

I think those are the only ones that would logically be available there. The program does not allow jumping from individual to individual without exiting to the main page first. Which Icon would you like to add or removed from that page? On a quick look through the choices, I didn't see any to a

[LegacyUG] chronology

Is there a way to include events about a person's siblings in the chronology reports? Or perhaps a parent's subsequent marriages? It might be nice to be able to see in a timeline additional family events. Thanks, Melanie Tucker Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.c

[LegacyUG] other schedules

Is Legacy planning on coming out with templates for the slave schedules and the mortality schedules? It is a pain to have to override on every entry (you can't override on the sources, only on the detail) michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Changing RINs

I should have checked the 2nd workaround before posting :-(. This doesn't work. The first one does. Evert 2008/9/29 Evert van Dijken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A fix (workaround) is to switch married names off in Options > > Customize and switch them on again. > If you haven't changed RIN's yet you co

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Changing RINs

A fix (workaround) is to switch married names off in Options > Customize and switch them on again. If you haven't changed RIN's yet you could uncheck Include married names in the Name List Options as a workaround until this is fixed. Evert 2008/9/29 Evert van Dijken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ok, that

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem Changing RINs

Ok, that's why I don't see the problem. I don't use married names. If I switch on married names and change RIN 33 to RIN 1 then only the maiden name and the AKA is changed to RIN 1 the married name still is RIN 33 for Elizabeth Reynolds. So this is a bug. Evert 2008/9/29 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > H

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus Groups

I just used it this morning. I wanted FGS for certain people. I went to print FGS and I didn't want to print them all, I just wanted 3 generations so at the bottom it say's record selection. I selected Record Selection. It took me to the focus filter where I could set how many generations. Tim

RE: [LegacyUG] Using Sourcewriter templates - Footnote/Endnote Citation etc

Thanks Jenny, Geoff has explained to me how to alter the override and it works wonderfully. Best wishes David * David S Brookes Musical Director, The Brewood Singers www.brewoodsingers.co.uk Organist & Choirmaster, Polesworth Abbey

RE: [LegacyUG] Marriage List

Try using GEDxlate (http://gedmagic.com/GEDxlate.htm) its free. This program takes a GEDCOM file and allows you to export the data to a spreadsheet. You can select what data you want to export. Roger From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Syble Glasscock Sent: Tuesda

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Sourcewriter templates - Footnote/Endnote Citation etc

music-line wrote I have only just started to look at the new 'sourcewriter templates', so could quite easiliy be missing something here. This is specifically to do with the 'Letter' template, but may well be applicable to other templates. At the end of the Footnote/Endnote Citation, the info

Re: [LegacyUG] deleting pictures

Sherry/Support wrote Options > Customize > Locations > Test all multimedia paths. Click on "Remove all picture, sound and video files" That unlinks everything from your Family File but doesn't remove the pictures from your hard drive. Might I suggest (to the programmers) that that option be

RE: [LegacyUG] Problem Changing RINs

Hi Evert, There isn't a problem with AHAs. The problem is with the married names. When you change an RIN to one who is a married woman her married name RIN doesn't change. If when you change, swap, the RINs with a married woman and the married name RIN changes please let me know. Then the softw

Re: [LegacyUG] linking text files to names

Clicking on "help" says you cannot include them in reports. Pity. Jeff GeoSci wrote: Toni, I have never tried it - but I would guess NO -- Even pictures are somewhat limited - only printing the "Preferred" picture. Keith in Dela-WHERE? On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Toni Allen <[EMAIL PROTE

RE: [LegacyUG] Ontario

I am an hour North of Barrie, so driving 4 hours is probably not in the cards for me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Shiell-Stokes Sent: September-29-08 10:23 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ontari

RE: [LegacyUG] Ontario

Anyone interested in a Users group for Midwestern Ontario?(that's south and west of Barrie by about 3 hours...give or take) KathyAt 07:11 PM 9/28/2008, you wrote: I was thinking Barrie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C.G. Ouimet Sent: September-28-08 4:06 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Users group in Cleveland

I would be interested in belonging to a Users group but not in forming it. I'm in Wickliffe. ...Sue **Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.