Re: [LegacyUG] More countries

2009-01-24 Thread RobinH
That's of historical interest, Lance, so people can identify places in old documents. I wonder if anyone can tell us where (a) Herd's Point (b) Township of Hokianga (c) Okura were? Kia Ora Robin Hoare Rawene NZ Lance wrote: Wikipedia has some interesting background on New Zealand prov

Re: [LegacyUG] More countries

2009-01-24 Thread Lance
Wikipedia has some interesting background on New Zealand provinces and their history (and current relevance): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_New_Zealand There is also has some interesting history on proposals for New Zealand to become a State of Australia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr

RE: [LegacyUG] Entering German place names

2009-01-24 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Shelly: It would depend on the year of the event you're recording and also on whether or not you try to record names in the language of the country or by their English names. Personally, Germany makes me crazy, so I cheat and list the city, state, and "now Germany" for the country. This really i

Re: [LegacyUG] More countries

2009-01-24 Thread RobinH
You don't include New Zealand, unfortunately the data varies according to the type of locality Cities: suburb, city will do nicely (there are few cities and everyone knows where they are!) Towns: (possibly suburb), town, district, North Island / South Island / Stewart Island It can be quit

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering German place names

2009-01-24 Thread Michele Lewis
So this would be acceptable? Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Shelly - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering German place names Shelly, Most of my ancestors were from Germany and I enter them as town, state,

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering German place names

2009-01-24 Thread seaic2008-gen
Shelly, Most of my ancestors were from Germany and I enter them as town, state, country. For example, Jöhlingen, Baden, Germany. Marie --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Michele Lewis wrote: From: Michele Lewis Subject: [LegacyUG] Entering German place names To: "Legacy E-Mail List" Date: Saturday, Janu

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering German place names

2009-01-24 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
I believe it was Gedcom that standardized the 4 place locations, and perhaps that has changed since I learned that. Legacy allows you to have 9 places in your locations. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: "Michele

RE: [LegacyUG] new people

2009-01-24 Thread ronald ferguson
What Error message? What is its number (if given)? How are you entering the names? Ron Ferguson _ Now completely revised http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fer

Re: [LegacyUG] new people

2009-01-24 Thread Dawn Crowley
Please tell us the error number, if any, and specifically what the message states. Tell us which version of Legacy you are using. Also describe how you are adding people (i.e.: adding an existing person as a parent, adding an unlinked individual, etc.). That will aid us in providing a more acc

Re: [LegacyUG] new people

2009-01-24 Thread Kewsy
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RE: [LegacyUG] German??

2009-01-24 Thread Sherry/Support
Michele, On the main report options window, click on the "Report language" button to select the language you wish to create the report in. This is available for all the charts, but not the reports on Books/Other tab. However, German is a released language of Legacy. Go to Options > Select Languag

Re: [LegacyUG] Nevermind!

2009-01-24 Thread Elizabeth Richardson
Glad you found it. It is interesting to note, however, that the subject "language" is not in the Help file. Neither is "Languages" listed under "Options" in the help file. Elizabeth researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson - Original Message - From: "Miche

[LegacyUG] German??

2009-01-24 Thread Michele Lewis
Here is my dilemma... I was born in Germany and speak German. I haven't worked on the German side because most of my mother's family was killed in WWII. However, I have found a first cousin of my mother in Germany. I want to send him some information and ask him some questions to help fill