RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

Ron: I transcribe the census listings in source notes because the two main uses for my database are for posting at RootsWeb (where attachments wouldn't be allowed) and for sharing reports with other researchers (who can verify the images themselves if they wish). I especially like having the tran

Re: [LegacyUG] Any News?

Or restoring permission to merge old into new source as in v 7.0.0.55? -- Richard Van Wasshnova http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Todd Carnes wrote: > At the risk of incurring the wrath of, welleveryone, for ask

Re: [LegacyUG] Putting Ancestry images into Legacy

It's Irfanview. - Original Message - From: carogene To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Putting Ancestry images into Legacy I use

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

JL, This sounds good to me, how about providing a simple step by step guide for us to follow please. Using "nana' steps for me please! I have managed to link pictures using the picture centre process, and have them stored in the Legacy pictures folder within my C drive. So maybe its a similar proc

Re: [LegacyUG] Godparents

Hello, I list the godfather and godmother separately. I also use the clipboard to make a copy of the event to enter it in the godfather and godmother records where I modify the description field to show "Godfather of . I do the same thing for the witnesses, Paulette Camarillo, CA On Sat, F

Re: [LegacyUG] Putting Ancestry images into Legacy

Meg, This is what I do. I choose a higher quality print from my printer depending on the scanned image. If it is clear and easily read I choose "Text and Image", if the original microfilm was a poorer quality therefore a poorer scan the I choose "Photo" plain paper. I then scan it into my

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

They're not 'attached', they're linked. I have thousands and it doesn't create any problem I know of. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Michele Lewis wrote: Because I would have THOUSANDS of images attached to my file. michele - Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Naming photos

Yes. One for each. Anyway, that's how I do it. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Brian Beddor wrote: Hi Bruce, Thanks! Another question with regards to census. I can see doing it exactly as you state if there is only one household that I'm inte

Re: [LegacyUG] Putting Ancestry images into Legacy

I use the free programme called Irvanview to crop and print my census images. That way when printing, you do not get all the nasty black edges. I also use this programme together with the 'print screen' facility when saving newspaper articles and printing out from the digital photos of documents. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Blank pages

I don't know the answer except to say when my printer spits out blank pages I re-use them. No waste there. - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog Jane Sarles wrote: In a Descendant Book Report, I get blank pages between the title page, and also bet

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

I personally do as Ron does, I attach the images to the source detail. I want cold hard proof and a comprehensive, complete data file. Saves trees. -- From: "Michele Lewis" Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:54 PM To: Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] 1st and 2nd spouses reversed AND duplicated names for spouses

Meg, In version 6 Deluxe, (I assume Ver 7 Deluxe is the same). You can select SORT instead of using the up and down arrows to sort by date those marriages with dates. Of course, its one at a time; Same Family view screen, right click to view husband or wife list, select sort to sort marriages by

[LegacyUG] Putting Ancestry images into Legacy

In trying to get a lot of different types of images added to one person as a test run...I have seen that Ancestry's viewable images for a census are of a nicely high resolution. However, when printed out, or saved [as you'd do to get it into Legacy], the quality is lessened and the image if sa

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

Because I would have THOUSANDS of images attached to my file. michele - Original Message - From: "ronald ferguson" To: Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 9:57 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages Kirsten, Just out of interest, why do you transcribe the census

RE: [LegacyUG] A further enquiry re printing photographs

I've found it thank you - I should have checked the help file first. I can see that I can save it if RTF and then work on setting how I want it as a document on my computer. Thanks - June -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of J

RE: [LegacyUG] A further enquiry re printing photographs

June, Not from within Legacy, but it can be done by saving as an rtf and opeing it in Word or OpenOffice.org Writer. Ron Ferguson _ *New* Improved Interface for OpenOffice.org Contacts Database http://www.fergys.co.uk View

Re: [LegacyUG] 1st and 2nd spouses reversed AND duplicated names for spouses

- Original Message - From: "Meg Greenwood" And a new problem has been found with ONE marriage I've found [so far]both husband and wife have their spouses listed TWICE. Its as if they divorced and then re-married each other. They didn't marry anyone but each otherand it wa

RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

Kirsten, Just out of interest, why do you transcribe the census details rather than attach the image to your Source Detail? This is what I do, not only for the reason you give but also because I have immediate access to the census image should I wish to check something eg a questionable age

[LegacyUG] A further enquiry re printing photographs

Making new events and adding photographs has worked - thanks. Could anyone now tell me whether it is possible to reposition the pictures so that they are not all printing one under another on the side of the page. Is it possible to reposition them and do a text wrap? Thank you - June Legacy

RE: [LegacyUG] 1st and 2nd spouses reversed AND duplicated names for spouses

Meg, Firstly I had no problems with families when upgrading from V6 to V7. I would suggest with your duplicate family that you unlink and then relink. I cannot see that reinstalling Legacy would achieve anything as the problem is in your files - before unlinking you might like to try running

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

I agree with Kirsten. I do not make copies of readily available images that are online. michele - Original Message - From: "Kirsten Bowman" To: Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 9:41 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages Dave: In the interest of streamlining

RE: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

Dave: In the interest of streamlining, I've stopped saving paper and/or digital images of things that are readily available online. This could be dangerous with data found on obscure sites, but I can't imagine that census records will someday *not* be available in some form. I do, however, put a

[LegacyUG] 1st and 2nd spouses reversed AND duplicated names for spouses

It looks like I may be reversing several hundred spouse orders in the near future. The method of using the up/down arrows when viewing the spouses works but its going to be a tedious job. I cannot understand why v7 would not be able to sort out 2 dates so one would be before the other. Same f

[LegacyUG] Godparents

Hello, I am wondering how various Legacy users enter godparent information.  I checked in the archive and see references to an event called "Godfather/Godmother", but I don't have that event listed in my events.  I realize that I could create such an event, but before I do that, I would like

Re: [LegacyUG] Father/Mother-to-child relationship gedcom export?

I use the relationship to father/mother all the time. I try to assign a source to each one because that shows HOW I proved a particular child is the child of particular parents. I leave the actually status blank (or I will switch it to adopted or step if I need to) but then I assign a source

[LegacyUG] Father/Mother-to-child relationship gedcom export?

Hi list - Not realizing initially that the "Relationship to father" and Relationship to mother" fields were indicating the nature of the relationship (adopted, biological, etc), I have for years used this to source evidence linking children to parents. For example: if I have a court case linki

Re: [LegacyUG] Incorrect Relationships

I think the Relationship Calculator is, in theory, a great tool. I really like the charts it produces showing the relationships of distant cousins. HOWEVER, I have almost stopped using it because it is so rife with errors and has been from at least Legacy 5.0. The most obvious is that, with so

Re: [LegacyUG] Incorrect Relationships

Countless numbers of times. Carolyn - Original Message - From: ronald ferguson To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:12 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Incorrect Relations

RE: [LegacyUG] Blank pages

Jane, I mistyped my last email - I should have said "uncheck the start on an odd page number" option, Sorry. Ron Ferguson _ *New* Improved Interface for OpenOffice.org Contacts Database http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Gri

Re: [LegacyUG] Source templates

Mary White wrote Hi - I have just updated to Legacy 7 and I want to cite a source ' The Luxford Saga A 500-year Family Odyssey England to New Zealand", Compiled by Michael Raymus Butler. i.e. book is not authored and not edited but compiled. "Compiled by" is commonly used in New Zealand gene

Re: [LegacyUG] Blank pages

Jane Sarles wrote In a Descendant Book Report, I get blank pages between the title page, and also between generational sections.  Big waste of paper.  I cannot see where I avoid all the blank pages.  Help? On the Page Layout tab, make sure you have not checked "Start new page after each gener

Re: [LegacyUG] Blank pages

Ron, Thank you. I found the option you mentioned and changed it. I am OK about the blank page after the title, but wish I could change it. I know it is according to Hoyle, but stil... Jane On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 4:26 PM, ronald ferguson wrote: > > Jane, > > It is standard practice

Re: [LegacyUG] Numbering Clipboard events

Barbara, I may wildly misunderstanding the question ­ but there is a section of the video where Geoff explains how he enters census data in the notes of a census event. He numbers the household members. That is not automatic numbering ­ you just number them yourself. (Okay, that is probably stati

RE: [LegacyUG] Blank pages

Jane, It is standard practice to have a blank page after the title page. Regarding the blank page after each generation, this is because you have set it to start each generation on a new page and also to start it on an odd page. Uncheck the "Start on a new page" option on the first screen of

RE: [LegacyUG] Incorrect Relationships

Carolyn. Did you try File>File Maintenance>Check/Repair? Ron Ferguson _ *New* Improved Interface for OpenOffice.org Contacts Database http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimsha

Re: [LegacyUG] Incorrect Relationships

Unfortunately, this is not the case. Direct ancestors are not being identified correctly, such as my 27th GGF. His mother is shown as my 24th GGA; his father as my 2nd cousin 23 times removed, and Relationship Calculator says there is no relationship between father and son, between mother and

Re: [LegacyUG] Numbering Clipboard events

Thanks Rich, I will try. The CD section is "Mastering Events and Chronologies" - Census Barb in Jordan, NY - Original Message - From: "RICHARD SCHULTHIES" To: Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Numbering Clipboard events What he actually meant (my

[LegacyUG] Source templates

Hi - I have just updated to Legacy 7 and I want to cite a source ' The Luxford Saga A 500-year Family Odyssey England to New Zealand", Compiled by Michael Raymus Butler. i.e. book is not authored and not edited but compiled. "Compiled by" is commonly used in New Zealand genealogy circles for fam

[LegacyUG] Any News?

At the risk of incurring the wrath of, welleveryone, for asking this... Any word on when (or if) the Sourcewriter Conversion tool will be released? Todd Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/le

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Style/New Style dates for pre 1754 England, how to enter

On 14 Feb 2009 Elizabeth wrote: > My double dating system works beautifully with my English ancestors, but > I now find that my early German ancestors are given the alternative > dates as well. Is it possible to allow double dates (ie b. 1 Jan > 1748/49) in general, but to override them for the

RE: [LegacyUG] Naming photos

Bruce: I make separate paper copies with each's MRIN and file in their family file, save separate copies of the Census on the computer also using each's MRIN (the computer name and the paper document name are the same so easy to cross reference) and I create a separate "Source" on the Master

Re: [LegacyUG] Numbering Clipboard events

What he actually meant (my guess) is that when running reports, the report numbers itself. To see an example, go to Master Source List, tag a few of them, go to options, print, choose use 'Only tagged individuals', 'Master Sources and All Citations to each one', choose preview. Note the numberin

[LegacyUG] Blank pages

In a Descendant Book Report, I get blank pages between the title page, and also between generational sections. Big waste of paper. I cannot see where I avoid all the blank pages. Help? Jane

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Style/New Style dates for pre 1754 England, how to enter

That is a problem that has been mentioned, but is probably too hard to adjust. Most Catholic countries (at the time), switched first, the Protestant countries switched on various dates, and the Orthodox ones later, so the need of the date field having a 'tag' to use the old/new dates by reading

RE: [LegacyUG] Printing photographs in Ancestor Book - further help needed

Yes, but sometimes the events I call 'vitals' (birth/bapt/death/burial) didn't send their photos. I had years ago, created a work around, so if it is fixed now, I don't need the repair. Rich in LA CA --- On Sat, 2/14/09, June Chan wrote: > From: June Chan > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Printing

RE: [LegacyUG] Naming photos

Hi Bruce, Thanks! Another question with regards to census. I can see doing it exactly as you state if there is only one household that I'm interested in on the sheet/document. But, what about if there are two? Say Bob and Pete Smith are brothers and each have a family and they live next door to

Re: [LegacyUG] First and Second spouses reversed

I don't know how to globally change the order of spouses, but to change them individually, bring up the spouse list [icon on lower left of family view], highlight the spouse you want to move by clicking it. Click the up or down button on the lower right corner of the window to move the spouse up

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Style/New Style dates for pre 1754 England, how to enter

My double dating system works beautifully with my English ancestors, but I now find that my early German ancestors are given the alternative dates as well. Is it possible to allow double dates (ie b. 1 Jan 1748/49) in general, but to override them for the dozen or so German ancestors? Is it possi

RE: [LegacyUG] First and Second spouses reversed

I would have thought the easiest way would be for the program to treat marriages as events. That way a file maintenance could be performed using the sort events by date function and correct everything globally. Graham -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfa

Re: [LegacyUG] cleaning up gedcom import

Erin, To see the new tree count you have to have Legacy recelculate the trees. When you open the tree finder it displays the last list fo trees that were calculated. You could always use File > Save as to make a copy of her file with a new name. Experiment with the search and replace in that c

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources: basic vs. three digit numbers

wrote In trying to edit and clean up my "Sources" I see something called "basic" and some other three digit numbers in the Master Source List - Template ID. What does it mean? Basic means "old style" Sources that were created before we had SourceWriter or where you chose to use the Basic

Re: [LegacyUG] Large Gedcom Import trouble?

After you input people, Legacy will not identify the relation, so you will need to be recaluated. I would do it after adding a good amount of people, at a time if it takes you 12 hours to calculate. Tim - Original Message - From: Robert Norenberg To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.c

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages - Tracking Individuals

Judy wrote I, too, track individuals through census pages, and would appreciate knowing how others keep track of "other people", who at one time may not be recognized as related, but after further work, end up being so. When I create a Census Event I put the details of each individual in the

Re: [LegacyUG] First and Second spouses reversed

Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:54:16 +, ronald ferguson wrote: I do not know of a global way of correcting the marriage order Perhaps this should be a candidate for the Potential Problems Report? If it was, there would would only be one, sensible option - that of date

RE: [LegacyUG] First and Second spouses reversed

That's probably the best we can hope for. I did think of the possibility of having a global ordering enhancement, but it seems to me that given the probability of a large number of multiple marriages arranged in order, but with marriage dates missing, this is unlikely to be of much use. Ro

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

Dave Johnson wrote Now I am wondering if it is worth the effort to make a digital copy of each census record to include with each reference to the census document in Resident, Occupation, Emigration, and Religion Events. How would you professionals answer this query? May a non-professional o

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages - Tracking Individuals

I, too, track individuals through census pages, and would appreciate knowing how others keep track of "other people", who at one time may not be recognized as related, but after further work, end up being so. For instance - a person may be a boarder at a particular residence, in any given ce

[LegacyUG] Taking DropBox discussion off list

DimJim, Looks like we need to take this discussion off list. Feel free to continue to email me on the topic - same goes for anyone else who wishes to discuss its implementation for the purposes of getting around Error 91. (And I'll probably refer you to Kathy Cardoza, who is much more savvy about

Re: [LegacyUG] Digital Images of Census Pages

I don't consider myself a professional either, but I like to keep a copy on my computer as a PDF file because I can have several of them open at the same time. On Ancestry, loading and viewing digital images can be painfully slow. The PDF's pop up quickly. I have discovered other family connecti

Re: [LegacyUG] Stop Messages about DropBox - Warning from LUG Administrator

Jim, I am deeply sorry. I have just posted a message to the thread BEFORE I read this warning. Please do not remove me from the list. My inbox lists messages in "most recently received order" so I didn't get to this one before I got another one about the forbidden topic. Dede Holden On Fri, F

Re: [LegacyUG] DropBox, after using for a few days

To all on this Dropbox thread: I am watching this topic for two reasons: I am interested in Dropbox and I am also contemplating a new computer. Right now I am using XP and I know if I buy a new computer, it will have Vista. I am wondering if Jim's problem might have to do with the fact that he

Re: [LegacyUG] First and Second spouses reversed

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:54:16 +, ronald ferguson wrote: >I do not know of a global way of correcting the marriage order Perhaps this should be a candidate for the Potential Problems Report? -- Dennis Kowallek http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm Legacy User Group guidelines: h

RE: [LegacyUG] Printing photographs in Ancestor Book - further help needed

Thank you Ken and Rich. Regards June -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Saturday, 14 February 2009 8:52 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Printing photographs in Ancest

RE: [LegacyUG] First and Second spouses reversed

I have unsubscribed twice using the link at the bottom of each e-mail. Why are the e-mails still coming? Glen A. Sedrick http://www.qulintimes.com -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Meg Greenwood Sent: Friday, February 13, 2

RE: [LegacyUG] Printing photographs in Ancestor Book - further help needed

June, In case Rich's in bed, yes you are correct. The pictures for Vital Events - basically BMD's - are nor printed, nor included in web pages without creating a special Event. Ron Ferguson _ *New* Improved Interface for

RE: [LegacyUG] Including source scanned images in web page creation

Thanks, Bruce. A number of Legacy users are using another program with which I am not familiar. It's called The Next Generation and I understand that it has special facilities for Legacy. I may be wrong but I think it needs the Legacy GEDCOM, but I'm not sure. Others should be able to help on

RE: [LegacyUG] Printing photographs in Ancestor Book - further help needed

Thank you Rich Does that mean that rather than attaching the photo to the event (death) that is already there, I should create a new event, calling it something similar and attach the photo there? I had thought that if you had a photo added to each event, if you had 20 events it should print the

[LegacyUG] Apologies for terrible typying

Apologies for the terrible typing in my last email. Don't know what happened and why I didn't proof read. June Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online techn

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing photographs in Ancestor Book - further help needed

I don't know for sure, but I noticed if there is any other photos scheduled to print it will superscede all others. That is why I created an event Gravestone, with the picture there. Then I can print more than one photo per person. Rich in LA CA --- On Sat, 2/14/09, June Chan wrote: > From: J

Re: [LegacyUG] Including source scanned images in web page creation

Ron Second Site is a companion program to TMG which works directly on the TMG database to produce web pages. It is extremely flexible and is really one of the main reasons I stick with TMG. I have sent CDs produced using Second Site to many relatives around the world. cheers Bruce McArthu

Re: [LegacyUG] Incorrect Relationships

I am guessing what is happening. Is that 'aunt' actually both of those numbers. For example, my son's relationship to Charlemange is over 48 different paths. Which is correct, his 37th ggfather (x2), 38th ggfather (x31), 39th ggfather (x15), or one of the various ways they are cousins. I believe

[LegacyUG] Printing photographs in Ancestor Book - further help needed

I have entered a photograph in the death events, this has a tick on it. However when I go to print and ancestor book they only picture that comes out is the main one. None of the event photos are printing. I did check that I had a tick in the box and I do. Anyway suggestions please? Thank you. Jun

RE: [LegacyUG] First and Second spouses reversed

Meg, A preferred marriage is not related to the order in which the marriages took place but a preference as to which marriage one wishes to appear on the screen. It may be that where a first marriage was short without children and a second was long with children then one would prefer to see t

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Style/New Style dates for pre 1754 England, how to enter

Because different programs handle 'doubledates' differently, when I switched from PAF 3.1 to AQ, all my DDs were messed up. Because of this, before I moved from AQ to L5, I had made notes for each date, in source details, showing what I knew it should be, then tweeked the date so it looked corre