RE: [LegacyUG] Export to GED, Import Ged back to Legacy. Drawbacks?

2009-04-24 Thread ronald ferguson
Richard, I realised shortly after I had replied that that was probably the reason for you wishing to roll back. It is something which, like you, I would be loathe to do, especially since it means going the Gedcom route. I'm afraid that I have always had doubts about the abililty of Gedcoms

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Mike Fry
Brian/Support wrote: You cannot put the program on a flash drive, it needs files that have to be in the Windows system folders to work correctly. You could put your data file on a flash drive but you would have to find a computer with Legacy already installed to be able to access the file.

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Laurence E Stephenson
Some memory sticks here, come with U3 software pre-installed on them. Although I don't use it, the software is supposed to be able let you put an installation package on the stick that will be installed on which ever machine you plug the stick into. Sorry Mike but U3 only works with what

Re: [LegacyUG] Export to GED, Import Ged back to Legacy. Drawbacks?

2009-04-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:22:42 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: I know there are more serious losses going through GEDcom than the 2 I listed but I can't recall what they are. Look at the thread Exporting to a new Family File from the beginning of March. -- Dennis

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Grover Oliver
Gayle, If all you need is to have your Legacy data available for referance use GRAMPS Portable at http://portableapps.com/node/18728 . Install GRAMPS on a USB drive then export Legacy file to GEDCOM and import into GRAMPS. I have done this without a problem. I  do not recomend making changes in

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:53:01 -0400, Grover Oliver gcolive...@gmail.com wrote: If all you need is to have your Legacy data available for referance use GRAMPS Portable at http://portableapps.com/node/18728 . Install GRAMPS on a USB drive then export Legacy file to GEDCOM and import into GRAMPS. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
I believe Gramps is a Linux application, not a Windows application which most Legacy users are. Am I wrong? Jeff - Original Message - From: Grover Oliver gcolive...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
Aha! I will try it too. Jeff - Original Message - From: Gene Young n2...@cfl.rr.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy jeffma...@orthohelp.com wrote: I believe Gramps is a Linux application,

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Grover Oliver
I have GRAMPS portable installed in a seperate folder on a Sandisk USB drive with U3 . It does not need Portable Apps suite or U3. You have to go into the folder to start it using the .exe but it works OK. G.C. Oliver On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Gene Young n2...@cfl.rr.com wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Gene Young
jeffma...@orthohelp.com wrote: I believe Gramps is a Linux application, not a Windows application which most Legacy users are. Am I wrong? Jeff Yes. Portable Gramps is for the portable apps suite of applications that run on windows. I have not yet had the opportunity to try it but am in

RE: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread David E. Damouth
Gayle wrote: I am planning a research trip and would like to have my Legacy information with me but I will not be able to take a laptop. Is it possible to put the program and my information on a USB port and use it on someone else's computer? You might consider using Legacy to create one or

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Gene Young
Grover Oliver wrote: I have GRAMPS portable installed in a seperate folder on a Sandisk USB drive with U3 . It does not need Portable Apps suite or U3. You have to go into the folder to start it using the .exe but it works OK. G.C. Oliver Actually all of the portable apps will run as standalone

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
I just installed it and imported a gedcom. It works but is excruciatingly slow. Not too practical from my point of view. Jeff Grover Oliver wrote: I have GRAMPS portable installed in a seperate folder on a Sandisk USB drive with U3 . It does not need Portable Apps suite or U3. You have to

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Grover Oliver
I agree that it is painfully slow to start up but when it finally decides to get going I did not have a problem. G.C. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:46 AM, jeffma...@orthohelp.com jeffma...@orthohelp.com wrote: I just installed it and imported a gedcom.  It works but is excruciatingly slow.  Not too

Re: [LegacyUG] Export to GED, Import Ged back to Legacy. Drawbacks?

2009-04-24 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
I reread that thread and found nothing. I'm sure if I tried the procedure I would discover somethig lost but it would take 3 months before I discover what it is. -- Richard Van Wasshnova http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova

Re: [LegacyUG] Export to GED, Import Ged back to Legacy. Drawbacks?

2009-04-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:12:48 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: I reread that thread and found nothing. I'm sure if I tried the procedure I would discover somethig lost but it would take 3 months before I discover what it is. I think there was mention of Tag names and

[LegacyUG] floater

2009-04-24 Thread Randolph Clark
Found a person totally unlinked to anybody. Tried to link him to who I thought was his brother and got message he's already part of this family same with the brother--no parents showing.

[LegacyUG] Sorting AKAs

2009-04-24 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Whenever I have 2 or more AKAs for an individual I strongly wish they were in chronological order. If I start with baptism name and source it, then as a 5 yr old in census the second entry goes on top. I would really like to see a date for each AKA AND the Up/Down arrow to manually shift position

RE: [LegacyUG] Sorting AKAs

2009-04-24 Thread ronald ferguson
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Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting AKAs

2009-04-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:47:47 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: Whenever I have 2 or more AKAs for an individual I strongly wish they were in chronological order. If I start with baptism name and source it, then as a 5 yr old in census the second entry goes on top. I

RE: [LegacyUG] Sorting AKAs

2009-04-24 Thread CE Wood
One of the main reasons I switched to Legacy many years ago was the facility of its AKAs. The majority of my entries have multiple names, mostly titles by which they were known. It is invaluable that I can list all of these names and find each one almost as easily as main surname. I wish they

Re: [LegacyUG] floater

2009-04-24 Thread Gary Templeman
Have you run file check/repair? Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: Randolph Clark To: legacyusergroup ; Legacy Support Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:30 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] floater Found a person totally unlinked to anybody. Tried to link him to who I thought was his

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting AKAs

2009-04-24 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
I forgot they were alphabetic. Thanks! -- Richard Van Wasshnova http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:07 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES fourpa...@verizon.net wrote: The first time I asked was in L5, I don't think reordering using