Re: [LegacyUG] Standardization

2008-06-17 Thread Gene Young
Mary Young wrote: NB why would anyone, anywhere in the world, put a stop after Miss? It's not a contraction. Regards Mary Young It was my understanding it was short for Mistress. ;-) -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/

Re: [LegacyUG] Standardization

2008-06-17 Thread Gene Young
Wynthner wrote: If that is the case then what is Mrs. short for?? Pronunciation. 1. a title of respect prefixed to the name of a married woman: Mrs. Jones. 2. a title prefixed to a mock surname that is used to represent possession of a particular attribute, identity, etc., esp. in an

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 7 set relationships

2008-06-13 Thread Gene Young
Robert57P via Gmail wrote: Nope - that's not what I was looking for. Yes, it prints a good chart of the relationship between those 2 people. But I recall a generic chart that showed no names, just a diagram that showed what a second cousin once removed was - i.e.: it had a whole series of

Re: [LegacyUG] zooming to pins in maps

2008-06-13 Thread Gene Young
Thankfully everyone isn't as negative as you - Cathy has given the good news that GE is planned - that will be of immense help. Dave You are the one being negative. I was pointing out solutions to the situation as it exists. You are also being offensive. PLONK -- Gene Y. n2kvs

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 35603: Invalid key

2008-06-11 Thread Gene Young
Bruce Jones wrote: When I try the same report, I get Run-time error '339': and Component 'MSCOMCTL..OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid When I click on OK Legacy terminates I tried a reinstall but still get the same message results. Ideas?

Re: [LegacyUG] Email list for legacy solutions only?

2008-06-11 Thread Gene Young
Mark K wrote: What a lot of ill informed nonsense. How on earth is it easier to sort through every damn email than to simply look at a forum and then choose the topics you are interested in ONLY. You don't get every single useless, repeated and unwanted email clogging up everything.

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources - Master and Detail

2008-06-10 Thread Gene Young
Robert57P via Gmail wrote: Intermittently on this LUG I see references to OP. What's that stand for? Operator? Operating Program? OutPut? Original Poster, the person who started a particular thread. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree

Re: [LegacyUG] to-do list by location - multiple sendings

2008-06-10 Thread Gene Young
Wayne Martell wrote: It is getting ridiculous! I have sent messages 38 hours ago, 22 hours ago, and 19 hours ago and none have them have appeared. Obviously, Millennia's mail server needs some maintenance. ___ Wayne Martell Victoria, BC, Canada You are correct,

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Legacy Charting Pre-release - SUCCESS!

2008-06-09 Thread Gene Young
Jan Roberts wrote: How does one uninstall the pre-release Legacy Charting? I can’t find it listed in the Add/Remove Programs list, and in the Programs list it shows up under Legacy 7.0 (along with Legacy Charting 7.0), but the only uninstall is for Legacy 7.0, not Legacy Charting. Use

Re: [LegacyUG] Images in rtf reports

2008-06-09 Thread Gene Young
ronald ferguson wrote: Jan, Do you embed them in Word? I have to with Open Office - but don't know about Word. Ron Ferguson _ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the

Re: [LegacyUG] Email list for legacy solutions only?

2008-06-09 Thread Gene Young
Judith H wrote: I too would prefer that type of list, or rather, a 'normal' board where one can scan the headings and read only what is of interest. Thank you. I am having a hard time understanding why you can not scan the headings of your emails, reading the interesting ones and deleting

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 7 - Purchase Price

2008-06-09 Thread Gene Young
Scott Failmezger wrote: I purchased the download upgrade to Version 7 from the legacy store for $29.95. Two days later I get an e-mail that I can purchase the upgrade for $21.95. How can I get my $8 dollars back? Scott Try contacting Millenia. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies,

Re: [LegacyUG] Run-time error 3260

2008-06-08 Thread Gene Young
Brenda Van Dyke wrote: I am running Windows Vista, Legacy 7, build 7.0.0.45. Upgraded from 6.0; installed over version 6 (did not create a new folder). I decided to run a Potential Problems report. It gets about halfway through and I get: Run-time error 3260: could not update; currently

Re: [LegacyUG] Ver 7 mapping and push pins

2008-06-08 Thread Gene Young
Bert van Kootwijk wrote: Rightclick on the pushpin, than you can drag it. Bert No, you can not drag the push pin. You will only move the map around. Find the location that you want the pin to be, right click in that location and answer yes to the question in the pop up box. -- Gene Y.

Re: [LegacyUG] Email list for legacy solutions only?

2008-06-08 Thread Gene Young
Al Wakenhut wrote: Would it be possible to set up a special email list limited to those of us whom have specific questions about using Legacy? Not to complain, but many of us do not have the time to read a large volume of emails from people who have complaints about the service or just want

[LegacyUG] Re: [LegacyUserGroup] (No Subject)

2008-06-08 Thread Gene Young
MICHELLE CROSBY wrote: Being new to Legacy, I am just now playing with the new feature the Sourcewriter. I never really documented my source in any type of way- here is my question. On the Iowa Genweb site is the transcript of a book on Allamakee County Cemetery Records. This book was

Re: [LegacyUG] What's New in Legacy video

2008-06-07 Thread Gene Young
Wayne Martell wrote: Nothing happens when I click on this link ... http://www.legacyfamilytree.net/videos/new7/What'sNewInLegacy7.html Is there another link? Or just a simple list? It does work, but do you have flash player installed? The video requires it to run. -- Gene Y. n2kvs

Re: [LegacyUG] v7

2008-06-07 Thread Gene Young
Al Mallory wrote: We download-only version users appear to be extremely low on the priority list. I've sent a couple of emails to sales and am waiting patiently for a response. Have any download-only pre-paid V7 users received an email with their new customer number? Yes. If you read

Re: [LegacyUG] German Location Names?

2008-06-06 Thread Gene Young
GeoSci wrote: Does anyone have any idea about the proper name for the location below? I have found I have recorded at least 3 for the same place! Edenkoben, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Edenkoben, Germany Edenkoben, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany As you know - Legacy likes a 4 part location (city,

Re: [LegacyUG] German Locations

2008-06-05 Thread Gene Young
GeoSci wrote: Was given the following as a location from a relative: Evangelisch-Reformierta, Kirche, Edenkoben, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany Any idea how to put it so the mapping progrom will map it? (or where it is??) Thanks Keith Legacy Geodatabase gives Edenkoben, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Re: [LegacyUG] Installing version 7

2008-06-04 Thread Gene Young
Leon Chapman wrote: Mark: I would recommend installing in a new Directory (e.g., c:\Legacy7\) Back up your existing Legacy 6 database and picture files. Then copy your database and picture files into the correct locations under: c:\Legacy7\Data and C:\Legacy7\Pictures\ This way you can

Re: [LegacyUG] New V. 7

2008-06-04 Thread Gene Young
MICHELLE CROSBY wrote: I have watched the What's new video and have just downloaded the Del V. 7- I know that I have downloaded the version due to the fact that I can add the married name option for the index- however, the mapping feature is not seen on the ribbon at the top of the screen- in

Re: [LegacyUG] helpful hints at startup

2008-06-03 Thread Gene Young
Debbie Medeiros wrote: Hi For some reason I lost those helpful hints at startup and can not figure out how to get them back. Can someone please help? Thanks Debbie Select View Tips Window Check Show this Welcome Screen next time you start Legacy. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young,

Re: [LegacyUG] What is TMG?

2008-05-31 Thread Gene Young
Mike Fry wrote: Gene Young wrote: Thomas Herson wrote: I'm wondering if a lot of people aren't reading all their e-mail before responding to a quesion. That could be the reason why hours after a question has been posed people continue to respond even though the answer has been posted a dozen

Re: time delays Re: [LegacyUG] What is TMG?

2008-05-31 Thread Gene Young
Dawn Crowley wrote: Nope. My computer waits until I spend time carefully craft a response to a question lacking any replies. Pushing send then generates somewhere between 2 and 12 other replies, some of which were actually sent over 24 hours ago. It must be a conspiracy. g I try to hit

Re: [LegacyUG] What is TMG?

2008-05-30 Thread Gene Young
Thomas Herson wrote: I'm wondering if a lot of people aren't reading all their e-mail before responding to a quesion. That could be the reason why hours after a question has been posed people continue to respond even though the answer has been posted a dozen times or more. . Because, due

Re: [LegacyUG] LUG ARCHIVES

2008-05-27 Thread Gene Young
Dick wrote: *Is there a reason why the archives URL ... http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ ... keeps coming up with this message? * ** *Dick Schweiss* ** Forbidden You don't have permission to access /legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ on this

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Report

2008-05-25 Thread Gene Young
Susan Daily wrote: Hi Anne, Since you are new, this is just an FYI: [And please also check the etiquette guidelines link as emails to the list should be in Plain Text format, for example.] Susan, Your reply was in HTML. You should practice what you preach. I notice also that there is

Re: [LegacyUG] Downloadlink for Version 7

2008-05-25 Thread Gene Young
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, as Millennia told me, this is the correct downloadlink for version 7: I do not believe that you were supposed to make this link public at this time. In any event, the link without the basic password is useless. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer

Re: [LegacyUG] Not fair Millennia!

2008-05-16 Thread Gene Young
Art Seddon wrote: Of course they paid for it first and we old-timers haven't because a way has NOT been available. Art Seddon\ Huh? This old-timer paid for a new V6 Deluxe shortly after it was announced that a free upgrade to V7 was included. Obviously a way was available. I saw an

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 6.0 and a USB Flash Drive

2008-05-15 Thread Gene Young
Mark Wilson wrote: Legacy *does* run very slowly via MojoPac, however, it also requires installation of the MojoPac software on the host computer. This, too, would not work on a host computer where installation of software is not permitted. No, MoJoPac does not have to be installed on the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 6.0 and a USB Flash Drive

2008-05-15 Thread Gene Young
Gary Templeman wrote: - Original Message - From: Gene Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:37 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 6.0 and a USB Flash Drive Mark Wilson wrote: Legacy *does* run very slowly via MojoPac, however

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 6.0 and a USB Flash Drive

2008-05-14 Thread Gene Young
JLB wrote: Somebody, who may or may not be an LUG-er, told me they had Legacy running on Mojopac on a USB flash-drive. That would be me. g There is a free version (MoJopac Free) that works just fine, although a little slow. Unless you'd be trying to use it where you can't have

Re: [LegacyUG] to the powers that be

2008-05-14 Thread Gene Young
The thing that you are overlooking is that it costs real money to establish and maintain a list, not to mention the time involved. Since this list is free for all to use the cost is transparent, and therefor free, right? -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family

Re: [LegacyUG] to the powers that be

2008-05-14 Thread Gene Young
Wynthner wrote: Mike, No offense, but. We can't keep posters from using : 1. Non-text (html, etc.), 2. Off Topic posts 3. Mail reciepts etc. Asking them to use prefixes to subject lines just might be a bit much... I *do*, however, think it is a great idea! vbg I was going to post the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy on Portable Hard Drive

2008-05-12 Thread Gene Young
Tim Rosenlof wrote: I've never had that problem. Just the scanned ones are saved. I've used a cannon portable scanner (Awesome for places that have no power close by)and also have a epson visioneer. Niether does what you claim. -Tim My Lexmark does. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies,

Re: [LegacyUG] Learning patience on mailing lists

2008-05-08 Thread Gene Young
Elizabeth Richardson wrote: Gary, the message in question said you were subscribed, not unsubscribed. While I agree that folks should have realized no one was targeting them specifically and that it was a general list problem, your list of logical realizations did not apply to this situation.

Re: [LegacyUG] Add a NEW person or Link to an EXISTING person.

2008-05-03 Thread Gene Young
Lavern Hall wrote: Hello. I'm having a real go-around understanding the difference between these two options: Add a NEW person or Link to an EXISTING person. Every time I enter an individual whom I know to be a relative, am I not Adding a NEW person, and wouldn't I select that option? If I

Re: [LegacyUG] Update to pre-release of Legacy Charting available (7.0.094)

2008-05-02 Thread Gene Young
Mike Fry wrote: Luc Comeau wrote: Here is a download link for the update. http://ftp.legacyfamilytree.org/Download/Charting7/SetupLegacyChartUpdate.exe Thanks for that. I now have the updated version. 1) You need to be connected to the Internet 2) Start your current

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Locations

2008-04-28 Thread Gene Young
Judy wrote: Will SKS please remind me how to customize the Geo locations so that they are added with the word County in the actual location i.e. Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, and NOT Watertown,Jefferson, New York. I've searched the Geo help files and can't locate it, but I know it

Re: [LegacyUG] saving file, etc

2008-04-15 Thread Gene Young
Pat Jones wrote: Cathy, Sherry, Ron and Jenny: I first copied the original file using the save as, then made the changes to the new file. When I went back to see the original file, it too had changed to match the new file (easy to tell the change as the original file had several more

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing From Ancestry.com

2008-04-14 Thread Gene Young
ronald ferguson wrote: Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:14:07 +0100 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Importing From Ancestry.com ronald ferguson wrote The odds are that Legacy is Looking for the Gedcom in your Legacy/Data file. When the lisy

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing From Ancestry.com

2008-04-14 Thread Gene Young
Sherry/Support wrote: Gene, I could somewhat duplicate this. The Import Wizard in v6.0.0.190 located 18 files. A search of my hard drive through Windows Explorer located 24 files. Legacy v7 beta found 22 files. The ones that seem to be missing are in the My Documents folder but that could be

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file to Access

2008-04-12 Thread Gene Young
Valerie Garton wrote: I want to put the inforamtion in CULLODEN ONS, a Legacy family history file in a place where I can search the birth years, and then search again in that search for the place and then the father. Actually that can all be done in the one search once the inforamtion is in the

Re: [LegacyUG] transcribing early censuses

2008-04-12 Thread Gene Young
Melanie Tucker wrote: Hello, Does anyone have a template they use to transcribe the earlier censuses that just had tally marks for males/females? I would like to use something where I could just copy, paste the text from the transcription into my Legacy database. Melanie, Do you want

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Legacy file to Access

2008-04-11 Thread Gene Young
Valerie Garton wrote: I would like to export a file from Legacy and then import it in to Access. Could some one please give me directions. Again you have failed to state the objective you are seeking. Do you want a small piece of your file exported or the entire thing? Is there specific

Re: [LegacyUG] [EMAIL PROTECTED] has been unsubscribed

2008-04-07 Thread Gene Young
Gary Brown wrote: Why? GPB He posted to a closed subject after being advised that doing so would result in being unsubscribed. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and the elusive version 7 .... again.CHAT SLANG DICTIONARY

2008-04-06 Thread Gene Young
Wynthner wrote: AIUI=As I Understand It. For those who are unfamiliar with various acronyms used in email and newsgroups, see here for definitions: http://interpret.co.za/html/slang.php -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and the elusive version 7 .... again.CHAT SLANG DICTIONARY

2008-04-06 Thread Gene Young
Wynthner wrote: AIUI=As I Understand It. For those who are unfamiliar with various acronyms used in email and newsgroups, see here for definitions: http://interpret.co.za/html/slang.php or http://www.noslang.com/dictionary.php -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with

Re: [LegacyUG] Print Setup

2008-04-05 Thread Gene Young
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've looked all over the Legacy Manual 6.0 and in the Help files, but can not find how to start each generation on a new page. Is that option available and if so, would someone be so kind as to steer me to it? -- Bob In which report? You must be specific in

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Gene Young
Yvonne Murgatroyd wrote: Please turn off the HTML, there are tips in the archives for this, and stop sending those Cute animated sig lines from Incredimail. Incredimail is considered spyware by all the major spyware detection companies. It collects personal information and is not nice to

Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

2008-04-04 Thread Gene Young
Wayne Boian wrote: Why is it that places like Fort Knox, Kentucky (where the gold vault is located) will not show up on the Master Location List? If you truly mean the Master Location List, You must enter locations there that you use. If you are talking about the Geolocation list, I don't

Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

2008-04-04 Thread Gene Young
Wayne Boian wrote: Thanks Gene, I need to drink more coffee. I was talking about the Geolocation list. Wayne That's OK. I'd offer you some of mine but I already drank it all. g -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/

Re: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-03 Thread Gene Young
Shirl wrote: Can someone explaing to me whats a tiff format is? Tagged Image File Format It is just another image format. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Blended Family?

2008-03-30 Thread Gene Young
Kirsten Bowman wrote: Gene: You're correct about the term, of course. Stepchild was the word used in the original documents but in today's terminology they would probably be foster children. (I don't think there was any actual adoption.) Changing the children's settings doesn't appear to

Re: [LegacyUG] Blended Family?

2008-03-30 Thread Gene Young
ronald ferguson wrote: Gene, It is not greyed out on mine, neither in Descendant Book nor Descendant Narrative Reports, and the relationship shows up fine in the reports. I suggest that you try resetting (bottom right of the opening page) or if that doesn't work deleting the Descend.usr

Re: [LegacyUG] Blended Family?

2008-03-29 Thread Gene Young
Kirsten Bowman wrote: Is there a way that I can include Margaret's nieces and nephew in Frederick's Descendant Book Report as stepchildren of both Frederick and Margaret? How? Kirsten They would not be step-children, they would be at most adopted. This can be indicated under children's

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Tales g

2008-03-27 Thread Gene Young
MagnoliaSouth wrote: These were stories she was known for repeating over and over again, but none of us tired of hearing them. How would I source that? I don't have any of them in writing, only oral. I would create a Master Source Type of {Oral Family History}. I would then source all

Re: [LegacyUG] Settings for report options to sort data

2008-03-24 Thread Gene Young
Angela Gabbard wrote: I need help generating a report and have it sort by date of birth. The easiest way is to go to http://www.gedmagic.com/GEDxlate.htm and download GEDxlate. Then export a gedcom from Legacy and import it into GEDxlate. You can include any data you wish and then

Re: [LegacyUG] Settings for report options to sort data

2008-03-24 Thread Gene Young
Gene Young wrote: Angela Gabbard wrote: I need help generating a report and have it sort by date of birth. The easiest way is to go to http://www.gedmagic.com/GEDxlate.htm and download GEDxlate. Then export a gedcom from Legacy and import it into GEDxlate. You can include any data you

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo database bug??

2008-03-23 Thread Gene Young
Tim Rosenlof wrote: There is no feature you are talking about. You would need a program like animap. I keep the Redbook not to far from the computer. You can go to the state's webpage and sometimes they may show the information you are looking for. -Tim Hi -- Where do you get the map feature

Re: [LegacyUG] User Group Mail Archive

2008-02-19 Thread Gene Young
ronald ferguson wrote: John, If this is local it is a big area as it includes Manchester, England! I am sure it has nothing to do with IE7 which I have used for ages and was able to search the archives last week without a problem, and there has been no change to my browser since then. In any

Re: [LegacyUG] User Group Mail Archive

2008-02-19 Thread Gene Young
Jackie King wrote: Actually the link to that on the bottom of the search page is a text ad that has been placed on google. Those ads are what is paying for the archives site - since it is a free archives site. Then it must be broken because I didn't click on anything and wound up at that

Re: [LegacyUG] Information Left Out of Reports

2008-02-15 Thread Gene Young
Barbara Ford wrote: Thank you, Ron and Cathy, Sounds like you all persisted until you came up with the answer! I'm sure it would've been much easier for you if I could have been clearer with my descriptions (with my lack of understanding of child list and main entry). I am learning, thanks to

Re: [LegacyUG] Information Left Out of Reports

2008-02-15 Thread Gene Young
Susan Daily wrote: I think Gene suggested you could delete the brackets afterwards because he presumed at some point you would want to see the name in a report. You can leave them there forever if you wish! ;-) Susan Correct! -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with

Re: [LegacyUG] need to unsubscribe

2008-02-12 Thread Gene Young
Barbara Gillon wrote: Would someone kindly tell me how I unsubscribe from this list.it has been so helpful...I will be back. Barb G. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2008-02-11 Thread Gene Young
Ray Campbell wrote: Hi Entering the same location in Legacy 6 gets pretty tiresome. Is there a way I can enter key letters in the location area such as NWT for birth location and have it enter Northwest Territories or enter RRS for Red River Settlement, MB, Canada. I would like to make a few

Re: [LegacyUG] Can I copy a Master Source?

2008-02-09 Thread Gene Young
Bill Bienia wrote: Dennis, It is a bit counter intuitive. Rather than creating a copy then making changes to it, you have to edit the Master Source record, then reluctantly hit save (I say reluctantly because sometimes it saves it (if there are no people attached to it) and sometimes it asks

Re: [LegacyUG]File ID#s - was (no subject)

2008-02-01 Thread Gene Young
Mike Fry wrote: JLB wrote: To me, it is a space or screen estate problem. The area between the list of sources and the buttons is used to display details from the selected source. This is presented as data from the Master Source record first, followed by data from the Source Detail

Re: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-27 Thread Gene Young
Cathy wrote: Hi Donna, You can create a CD with the Passage Express button if you download the free version of PE. Unfortunately there is no place I could find where you can still download the free version, only the deluxe one. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with

Re: [LegacyUG] Error creating CD to share

2008-01-26 Thread Gene Young
Donna Mc R wrote: I press the Create CD button, but I get an error saying: Could not run the executable file Not found\Passage.exe from Legacy From http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2006/11/create_a_sharea.html Instructions 1) To create your CD, first open Legacy. Then click on

Re: [LegacyUG] District of Columbia

2008-01-25 Thread Gene Young
familyjesse wrote: Okay, pardon my confusion, but how would you address Virgin Islands. I have family from the Virgin Islands and there are two designations for them: Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies Or Virgin Islands, USA The Virgin Islands are territories of the USA. So how are people

Re: [LegacyUG] List of Death Locations?

2008-01-23 Thread Gene Young
Cathy wrote: Robert, This would find Individuals that have a Death Place, not a list of those locations. Like Ron, I don't think it can be done in Legacy. The closest would be to export people with a death place to a new file and do a location report but that would be messy picking out the

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Style MONTHS???

2008-01-22 Thread Gene Young
Peter Haughton wrote: Sounds Good Dave, BUT when the Julian Calendar was established, the start of the year was 1 January and all those months that are (and were) based on the Latin name for the number were two out, as they had been for several centuries before that. Taken from the Quaker

Re: [LegacyUG] My emails not showing on list

2008-01-20 Thread Gene Young
John Murray wrote: Hello List I find it strange that within the past hour I have sent two emails to the list seeking advice but they have not appeared on my computer even though I have received answers to the questions, so clearly my messages must be appearing. Can anyone explain this?

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error '405'

2008-01-09 Thread Gene Young
GeoSci wrote: In trying to source many Census Events - I keep getting Run time error '405' Unable to show modal form within this context - and the I presume you are running either Win 98 or ME. This is a windows bug, not a Legacy error. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=184200.

Re: [LegacyUG] mrin search

2007-12-16 Thread Gene Young
JLB wrote: No, I'm trying to do a search of MRIN's using Detailed Search. I , and another person, figure it's bugged. JLB Carl Cox wrote: I am not able to do a detailed search for MRIN less than 100. It tells me there are no such records. Yes, there are... I selected Marriage List, then

Re: [LegacyUG] Capitalizing problem

2007-12-08 Thread Gene Young
Susan Daily wrote: Elizabeth, Take a look at your Master List - Locations and see if there are two Germanys on your list, one in title case and the other in all caps. If so, merge the two, so that the one in all caps becomes the only version. If this is not the case, then I offer sympathies,

Re: [LegacyUG] Now the LDS stuff is turned back on!

2007-12-06 Thread Gene Young
Sherry/Support wrote: Whaa Your data is saved to the .fdb file as soon as you click on the Save button in any edit window. It's not scattered all over your computer - it's saved to the .fdb file that you're working in. I don't know where you got the idea that data is scattered all over

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy on a flash drive

2007-11-30 Thread Gene Young
Charlotte Jack wrote: do you know if it will also work with Windows 2000, I think that most of the ones at our FHC are running Windows 2000 Thanks Charlotte Not that I am aware of. You will have to go to their site to see if they have a free version that is compatible. The other

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy on a flash drive

2007-11-30 Thread Gene Young
Charlotte Jack wrote: Is there anyway to load the Legacy program on a flash drive and have it work on a computer at the FHC that does not have Legacy on it. I put it on the flash drive and was able to use it from there on my computer at home but when I took it to the FHC it will not work.

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo

2007-11-28 Thread Gene Young
Art Seddon wrote: Interesting. I enter Carson City, NV in the Location field and click on tthe little blue globe. It comes up with Carson City, Carson City (city), Nevada, USA. So, OK, I hit enter get the error message There was never a county by the name of Carson City (City) in the state

Re: [LegacyUG] Died in ?

2007-11-25 Thread Gene Young
Arnold Sprague wrote: Hi Jack, I like your At Sea example. I have someone in my database who died at the very end of a cruise in New York City harbor. (She did not drown.) I'm having difficulty with place, so would At Sea work here? Thanks. Arnold If the ship

Re: [LegacyUG] Create PDF bookmarks

2007-11-02 Thread Gene Young
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do PDF files created in Legacy have this feature and I just haven't found it? IF NOT, then is there another way to get this bookmark feature on my PDF. The only way I know of to insert bookmarks into a PDF document is to use the full version of Acrobat, a rather

Re: [LegacyUG] website

2007-10-25 Thread Gene Young
Syble Glasscock wrote: I updated my website and the Home page has the background color, but the other linking pages are just a white background. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sybleg/clinewebpages/index.html Also, I have the Events listed in my files with the Date first, but it

Re: [LegacyUG] website

2007-10-25 Thread Gene Young
Syble Glasscock wrote: I created my original Cline pages and Perryman pages in Legacy 6 Deluxe, and then this update was created with Legacy 6 Deluxe also. I didn't have to go into every page before, so I'm assuming there's something I've not checked or unchecked in the creation of these

Re: [LegacyUG] Please Unsubscribe from this group

2007-10-23 Thread Gene Young
Laura wrote: Hello... Sorry have no clue but it must be a error but please remove this email address from the list I have replied to Laura off list direct with directions. People who wish to be un-subscribed do not read the messages so therefor cannot follow directions in them. --

Re: [LegacyUG] ?? easy way to upload Legacy web pages to 'freepages' ??

2007-10-14 Thread Gene Young
J B Coats wrote: Hi Allen I am using XP [regular] Am looking forward to your posting a 'how to' use the ftp routine to create a virtual web drive for quick/easy way to upload Legacy created web pages. The current routine with freepages on rootsweb involves doing it one page at a time.

Re: [LegacyUG] printing and/or saving to PDF

2007-10-09 Thread Gene Young
Mary Young wrote: Dear Jess Why would you need a pdf add-on for Legacy when pdf printing is included in the program? Regards, Mary Young Unless you have the full Adobe program you can not edit these reports. By creating your reports as RTF or text files, you can edit them and then, when you

Re: [LegacyUG] Important individuals to your file with no direct family tie

2007-10-08 Thread Gene Young
Jess M wrote: I would, however, like to find a way to link him in the system, so that it will be intact during file sharing or future reports. I would create an event named close friend or best friend and attach that event to your grandfather. I would then put all the information you have

Re: [LegacyUG] County Verifier Info

2007-10-08 Thread Gene Young
Jess M wrote: Recap: Is there a way that I am not finding, to override the county verifier FOR THIS INSTANCE ONLY. I do not wish to turn it off all together, it would defeat the purpose of the tool. Short answer, no. You can just ignore that message for that location whenever it pops up

Re: [LegacyUG] County Verifier Info

2007-10-08 Thread Gene Young
Jess M wrote: Sure, it's Beaufort county, North Carolina, circa 1690's to early 1700's. An excerpt from her book: Beaufort Precinct of Bath Co. became Beaufort Co. in 1705, but oftentimes counties were formed years before they functioned as new counties because of lack of men and facilities. So

Re: [LegacyUG] IGI error search

2007-09-27 Thread Gene Young
Dawn Crowley wrote: I have the latest build of Legacy 6 Deluxe. I have searched the IGI via Legacy previously without any trouble. After clicking on the temple icon, selecting a person, and clicking on search, I get the following error messages: There were problems logging into

Re: [LegacyUG] VIEW ONLY setting?

2007-09-12 Thread Gene Young
Tracy Skegg wrote: I'd love to have a lock on the file so munchkin can't adjust anything really important. Tracy, I don't know how you can lock your file but you can easily lock your computer. 1. Right click on your desktop; 2. Select NEW Shortcut 3. In the Text box in the Wizard that

Re: [LegacyUG] Error Message

2007-09-10 Thread Gene Young
Judy Hampton wrote: Error getting next deleted MRIN. Error 3021: No current record. Would you like to TRY IT AGAIN? I get this message when I try to add a new person. I am unsure why or why to click. If I click quit it quits the program if I click no or yes it doesn't go away so I can't

Re: [LegacyUG] Default browser etc in OptionsCustomizeLaunch

2007-08-30 Thread Gene Young
Pat Hickin wrote: SO-O-O, I decided to go ahead and put in Firefox as my ALTERNATE BROWSER in Legacy's OptionsCustomizeLaunch. However, even though I can put my cursor in the Alternate Web Browser space, and get a flashing straight vertical line, it will not accept single character I type.

Re: [LegacyUG] Default browser etc in OptionsCustomizeLaunch

2007-08-30 Thread Gene Young
Pat Hickin wrote: Dave, Thanks so much. Windows told me to go to IE (if it had 4,5,6 and gave no instructions for 7, which is what I have). IE says it is NOT my default browser; Firefox says it IS my default browser. Which is the way I want it. However, when I click ANY link in ANY email,

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Name History

2007-08-22 Thread Gene Young
Valeris Garton wrote: Sorry t0o be so dumb but what does EOB stand for ??? I know I will say Oh of course when I get the answer. When I reach the end of a branch (a person who died with no descendants), I put EOB in the Title Suffix box so that when I am looking at various charts EOB =

Re: [LegacyUG] Please truncate your mail

2007-08-20 Thread Gene Young
Kirstin Martinez wrote: I use Thunderbird. Is there a way to automatically add the hyphen hyphen space in thunderbird? There is an add on for Thunderbird called Signature which can be installed from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/578. Just create a custom signature with the

Re: [LegacyUG] OT but pertinent IMHO

2007-08-18 Thread Gene Young
Cathy Champion wrote: To the group: I am new to this group and am wondering why so many people on this list are so cranky. 1) Possibly because there are so many who have a proprietary feeling about the list, believing it is THEIR list. g It makes me hesitate to ask questions for

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