Re: [LegacyUG] floater

2009-04-25 Thread Mary Young
Is this person truly unlinked? Does TreeFinder show him as a separate Tree? 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. Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] floater

2009-04-25 Thread Randolph Clark
Gary Mary, I fixed the problem by unlinking them from their parents, a lovely couple named unknown unknown. It would seem that the couple (one or both) would have shown up on Family View or Pedigree View but alas twas not the case. Randy On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Gary Templeman

[LegacyUG] Doubled Up On People

2009-04-25 Thread Kim Jones
To Legacy Family Tree User Group, I'm hoping that you can help me. I've been so busy of late that I have done absolutely nothing with Legacy except to open it and see if I need an update and if I do I download then backup and close down and either go to bed or work. So when I got on there on the

[LegacyUG] Read Receipt

2009-04-25 Thread Kim Jones
I want to apologise. I'm sorry I didn't turn off my wanting a read receipt from sent massages. Didn't realise until people started sending them. Apologies. Kim --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090425-0, 25/04/2009 Tested on: 25/04/2009 9:47:15 PM avast! -

Re: [LegacyUG] Doubled Up On People

2009-04-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:24:17 +0930, Kim Jones ma...@sa.chariot.net.au wrote: but the program has gone on and given people the carry on number from the last person I had entered (if that makes sense). No, it doesn't. Do you mean... Original file RINs are 1-400 Duplicates are 401-800 401 is a

RE: [LegacyUG] Assigned Sources List with incorrect data

2009-04-25 Thread Marilyn Clark
Aha! I get it. Thanks, all. Marilyn --- On Thu, 4/23/09, Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net wrote: From: Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Assigned Sources List with incorrect data To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 7:53 PM Marilyn:

Re: [LegacyUG] Doubled Up On People

2009-04-25 Thread Gene Young
Kim Jones wrote: To Legacy Family Tree User Group, I'm hoping that you can help me. I've been so busy of late that I have done absolutely nothing with Legacy except to open it and see if I need an update and if I do I download then backup and close down and either go to bed or work. So when I

RE: [LegacyUG] Sorting AKAs

2009-04-25 Thread La Nell Shores
It has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time. I have suggested they give us the little up/down sorting arrows that is used in other sorting locations to no avail, as yet. I guess not enough people have requested it. If this is something you really want, suggest it directly to them, and if

Re: [LegacyUG] Am trying to import photo HELP PLEASE

2009-04-25 Thread Alastair Lack
Joyce, I would suggest copying the file to your legacy\images folder - and also that your options-customise-locations points to the correct directory. I know it's a jpg, but make sure also it's not bigger than you need it to be. I make my pictures for legacy 200 wide only, at 72dpi. Of course keep

[LegacyUG] Married Names in Web Pages

2009-04-25 Thread Kris
I thought my surname and name list pages on the website had included the lady's married names. . . but now they don't. Did I uncheck a box that I can't find now? Or did I imagine the whole thing? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Am trying to import photo HELP PLEASE

2009-04-25 Thread Mary Young
OK, maybe this is stating the obvious - but does the file have the appropriate extension .jpg? Sometimes, in renaming a file, one forgets the extension, and Legacy will not recognise it as a picture file. -- Mary Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

[LegacyUG] Include Legacy Charting charts in Publishing Center

2009-04-25 Thread Alastair Lack
Greetings all, I want to include a fan chart at the beginning of each grandparent's section of a book. Is there a way to include either fan charts created by the newish Legacy charting? or external files, either pdf, or word docs? Thanks Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Include Legacy Charting charts in Publishing Center

2009-04-25 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I haven't done it yet, but I would think creating the fan charts as PDF pages, then using the 'picture scrapbook' to get them in. You might have to make 4 'books', then add them together as a multi-book report at the end. Rich in LA CA --- On Sat, 4/25/09, Alastair Lack

Re: [LegacyUG] Doubled Up On People

2009-04-25 Thread Gary Templeman
Another easy solution is to restore from the last backup made just before the problem manifested itself. And if you don't have such a backup, then use this as a learning situation as to why backups are important, because future fixes may not be as easy as a merge run. Gary Templeman -

Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted computer?

2009-04-25 Thread Janet Lee
Ron, Don't know if you are around or not, but I finally think I have my files in Legacy 7. I have put all the .fdb and .zip family files into the data folder in Legacy 7. I still could not get the notes to come in, and I know I have unlocked the program and put in my serial number because it

RE: [LegacyUG] Sorting AKAs

2009-04-25 Thread Matt Henderson
I don't think it would be a good enhancement. Just another item to tend to. Legacy already does enough as it is. You can create your own Naming/AKA Event to do exactly what you are wanting Legacy to create for you. I don't mean to offend you, but Legacy has plenty of current enhancements that can

[LegacyUG] Sourcing and estimated date

2009-04-25 Thread Pam O'Dell
Does anyone know how to properly source and estimated date? _ Rediscover HotmailĀ®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage2_042009 Legacy User

[LegacyUG] Sourcing Info From Someone That Is Deceased

2009-04-25 Thread Pam O'Dell
I have photocopies of about 100 family sheets that my great uncle prepared back in the 50's (before I was born). Is there a particular way this type of info should be sourced? What about verbal info received from someone that is now deceased?

[LegacyUG] Reusing Source Detail

2009-04-25 Thread Alan Jones
I am trying to follow Legacy's process for Master Sources and then Source Detail for info on the particular person/event. However in some cases the detail info is such that I could use it for more than one event. Is there a way to cite the same source detail (not just master source) so I do

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing an estimated date

2009-04-25 Thread Connie Sheets
Pam O'Dell pamodel...@hotmail.com wrote: Does anyone know how to properly source and estimated date? What sources are you using to estimate the date? You would cite those sources, just as you cite a source (or several sources) for a specific date. For example, if you've found your person

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Info From Someone That Is Deceased

2009-04-25 Thread Connie Sheets
Pam O'Dell pamodel...@hotmail.com wrote: I have photocopies of about 100 family sheets that my great uncle prepared back in the 50's (before I was born). Is there a particular way this type of info should be sourced? I would use the Family Group Sheet or ArtifactsPrivately Held template; I

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing an estimated date

2009-04-25 Thread Pam O'Dell
Thanks Connie, your reply did help me. I am estimating a marriage date based on the birth year of the oldest child. I need to do this to submit the couple for temple work. I have sourced the date to me. Should I just add a note as to how and why I did that or should I do it another

RE: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Info From Someone That Is Deceased

2009-04-25 Thread Pam O'Dell
Connie, this helped a lot. Thanks Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:06:21 -0700 From: clshee...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Info From Someone That Is Deceased To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Pam O'Dell pamodel...@hotmail.com wrote: I have photocopies of about 100

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Info From Someone That Is Deceased

2009-04-25 Thread Connie Sheets
Or you could try the Traditions template; I didn't even realize that one existed until I just looked more closely at the drop down list! So you have at least 3 choices (not counting the Basic source format)...try them all out and see which works best for your needs. --- On Sun, 4/26/09,