I'm new to Legacy and have a question.
I'm about to try and import a large gedcom (600,000+ people).
Has anyone got any hints or clues as to possible problems I may encounter?
Thanks for your time.
Roy D. Reyes
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2009/2/12 roy_delos_re...@comcast.net:
I'm new to Legacy and have a question.
I'm about to try and import a large gedcom (600,000+ people).
Has anyone got any hints or clues as to
I work from both a desktop and laptop. As it applies to genealogy I
try to keep the two operating identically when I can.
When opening the Master Location List on my desktop [View-Master
Lists-Location] it opens with the Microsoft Virutal Earth view
(Location and People using this location lists
Gary,
Have you switched the map on? Bottom, right; Show Map.
Ron Ferguson
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View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
Kathy, and others who were involved in the DropBox discussion, as it
pertains to the Legacy data file.
Brilliant! I love knowing that each time I close my Legacy file on my
laptop, it updates my file on my desktop and the reverse. No copying to a
thumb drive. No backing up (no pesky error 91).
Ron
Thanks for your prompt and reliable as always reply. I just now
checked the boxes Show People and Show Map on the Master Location
Screen and the desktop and laptop screens are now identical.
If others aren't aware of this feature, avail yourself of it---it's a
worthy addition.
Thanks again,
Which makes me think of another point. If you share a DropBox with someone
else off-premises (I¹m thinking of my daughter) - she would continually
have a fresh backup for me. She is not into genealogy, so no danger of her
opening the file while I am entering data, and closing it after I enter
Hi,
Does anyone have any recommendations for how to name photos on one's
computer? I had started by saving them as last-name first-name
date-taken. That works well for pictures of only 1 person where I know
the date it was taken. It doesn't work all that well for group photos.
Or old photos
Probably the update after v7.0.0.55 when they removed the very useful
option to merge a basic source into a sourcewriter source.
The programmers assume we are all idiots and try to make it idiot
proof even if it means removing a useful feature.
--
Richard Van Wasshnova
I'm not an expert BUT, I put the date in as ABT and guess what the date
is! I also put the picture name with LAST NAME first in all Caps and keep
them
in the Legacy Picture file. And overkill, I try to keep a Legacy Pictures
on my Flash Drive . . . but I'm still trying to figure out
How about using the subject first then the individual? just a quick though,
It would work file for groups but you would have to use the individuals name
twice,I.E or a group record Group Name,Individual name,etc..for
a individual photo you would have the redundancy of Individual
I am just started with Legacy, transferring from The Master Genealogist.
I am going to a nearby city to research tomorrow, and I would like to get a
list of all those direct ancestors who have had an event in Washington
County, Indiana. Is there a way to get a list of those? If so, how?
Thanks
My Boxes for Show People, Show Maps us on the right . . . middle. Is that
right? I have switched it thanks to RON. Thank you for being there for all
of us, Ron. Do sometimes our screens look different?
In a message dated 2/12/2009 5:43:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
Try Detailed Search
Individual Event PlaceContains
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.comwrote:
I am just started with Legacy, transferring from The Master Genealogist.
I am going to a nearby city to research tomorrow, and I would like to get a
list of
There may be a place to print such a list, and I recommend you look at the
CD that comes with Legacy 7: Mastering Legacy: Names, Dates and Places. I
think it's in there somewhere. Good luck and have fun.
In a message dated 2/12/2009 8:54:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
I think you can do a small part of it at a time, and I would! That's a lot
of people. I'm only used to using 2000 or so. I'm envious.
In a message dated 2/12/2009 2:55:54 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
evandij...@gmail.com writes:
There's a Tip on the Legacy website:
Michele Lewis wrote:
It prints in the reports (all of them) with just the
overwritten source information. It won't print out the
overridden DETAIL information.
How can I get this to print properly? I have to have the
details!
So do I, but there is no fix at this point that I'm
I would think this would be an easy fix for them! I sent an email to Legacy
about it.
michele
- Original Message -
From: Connie Sheets clshee...@yahoo.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Overriding
I have contacted Ruth privately about this problem with alternate names
in the Index.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
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When replying to this message, please include all previous
In the early years of my gathering genealogical information, it would
come by mail with hand written notes, FGSs, census information, and
on. Today, the same type info comes in, but mostly by e-mail. Either
way, I have no real idea as to the validity of the information; all I
have is the
Here is what I am doing.
Since I use the MRIN filing method, I label all pictures as follows:
mrin-xPIC-name(s)-description
Where x is H (Husband), W (Wife), C (Couple), or n (for unmarried
children where 1 is the first child, 2 the second, etc.)
If I have a group photo, I use the MRIN of either
Arnold,
I think you will find what you are looking for in Chapter 3 of EE; with
particular emphasis on the Quick Check Models 105 to 115. Chapter 3 does
contain examples of how to handle e-mail and other forms of correspondence,
though I don't particularly like the way the e-mail templates
Thanks for the help on the filter for places. I was able to do that. One
more thing I need is a list of the farthest back ancestors I know of. With
their death location, if possible.
Jane S.
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:32 AM, keith ke...@payrollnw.com wrote:
How about using the subject first then the individual? just a quick though,
It would work file for groups but you would have to use the individuals name
twice,I.E or a group record Group Name,Individual name,etc..for
Using View, Master List, Location, Sort, choose Country, State, County, City
(if you entered as reccommended), will show the Washington County stuff near
each other. Highlight all of them, tag them, then check show people, choose
options, print location report, using choices: Only tagged
Arnold,
I am sure there are as many ways to handle information that comes to us via
e-mail, snail mail, or verbally as there are Legacy users. I can only tell
you what works for me.
I have two methods for handling information from individuals:
1. For information received from persons whose
I would create a much smaller file to transfer from, about 100-200 names. This
will give you a clue what location problems might come up, and which Gedcom
choices are desired by you. That way you can delete the undesirable 'false
starts'. If in your old files you have RINS, you can add the big
In the old Basic Source I created a source named 'My official guesses' with
this note in the title 'Based on dates recieved from various sources. I
'guestimate' dates from any documented ones, and locations from patterns of
living at the time. DO NOT TREAT ANY OF THESE AS ACCURATE.' and the
My son, Michael L. JOHNSON, claims to have our JOHNSON line back to Adam. I
don't have dates yet, but am working on it . . . Is that what you mean???
It gets into Biblical lines, and is not considered terribly accurate, but is
fun stuff. Maybe I can forward it to you OFF LINE . . . I
No, actually, I think I found what I was looking for in the search menu.
Thanks anyway.
Jane
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:11 PM, momalo...@aol.com wrote:
My son, Michael L. JOHNSON, claims to have our JOHNSON line back to Adam.
I
don't have dates yet, but am working on it . . . Is that what
The best thing, of course, is to find other documentation of the same items,
so that you don't have to maintain such bits and pieces as real sources. For
instance, if someone sent you a birthdate and place for someone - go get the
certificate of birth or death to support her statement.
Sometimes,
I've really fallen in love with this program but have only used
it to automatically transfer my Legacy data from one computer to
another (both mine and both running the same version of Legacy
updates and I'm located in California).
Questions:
What happens if Legacy has another update and I
I imported a file with 455,000 people and that was no problem. (It went
smoothly.) When I attempted to establish the relationships of everyone in
the file it took 12 hours to calculate. In my file everyone was related
(numerous times) so that would have been the reason why I would assume.
On
Hi Pat
All good questions! I'm not an expert on either one, but I will
attempt to answer your questions below:
On Feb 12, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Pat Jones wrote:
I've really fallen in love with this program but have only used
it to automatically transfer my Legacy data from one computer to
DropBox, after using for a few daysJanis,
Just a small question. You said Ditto for media files. Does that mean
that on your Desktop and Laptop your media files are in the same location?
I have all my media on an external drive for my desktop, that wouldn't be
the case for my laptop. Or if
Does anyone know how convert Family Tree Maker - Version 1.1 (MS-DOS) to GENCOM
or later file formats?
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You probably need to export the file as a gedcom. You may need to move that gedcom up to more recent versions one at a
time.
Dawn
blbrown_teac...@live.com wrote:
Does anyone know how convert Family Tree Maker - Version 1.1 (MS-DOS) to
GENCOM or later file formats?
Legacy User Group
I tried and Legacy didn't understand the file format. Do you know of, (or
heard of), . . . a software program
that could convert these files?
Brandon
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From: Dawn Crowley sc...@relatively-speaking.org
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:35 PM
At the website www.legacyfamilytree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ ,
when I click on downloads, nothing happens. I scroll to the bottom - Nothing
- nothing there?
How do I download my geo location database to my ver. 7 Deluxe?
Marc
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Yes, the program is called Family Tree Maker 1.1 (and perhaps some or all
later versions). In the first answer you received Dawn was assuming you have
the program. If not and you got the file from someone else, see if they can
export a GEDCOM for you. Failing that you can try to find someone
Do you mean you have version 1.1 of FTM and you want to convert it to Gedcom
or that you don't have FTM v1.1 and have been given a file from that version
that you want converted?
Colin.
- Original Message -
From: blbrown_teac...@live.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Gary,
Yes, I originally bought that Family Tree Program - worked it and left it in
a box. I have the
original documentation. All Family Tree Maker software company would say is
that there
is probably a conversion utility in the version right after 1.1 that might
change the file from
FTM to
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