Re: [LegacyUG] My Grandfather's Name Change

2008-01-29 Thread Heather Stovold
I have a similar situation, I believe, where one of my people changed his name a few times. For his main name, I used his birth name - and put each of his other names as aka's, and documented them.He is linked to everyone he is related to, using his birth name. It is a matter of opinion as t

[LegacyUG] Unlinked people - thought

2008-01-28 Thread Heather Stovold
So far, I haven't put in unlinked people into my Legacy database - except maybe in notes of probably related people. I'm finding that they are pretty easy to "lose" - that is, I forget all about their existance. Anyway, I've got a thought in my mind that I'm writting here, partially for opinions

Re: [LegacyUG] Address lists

2008-01-27 Thread Heather Stovold
Go to your Address list (I just did a click on the + of a burial event. Click on "Address List" button. Find your cemetary, and select it, then click on "Show List" That will give you a list of everyone that used that cemetary. >From there, there is a Print button, or you can tag everyone if

Re: [LegacyUG] District of Columbia

2008-01-24 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I would do something like Washington, , District of Columbia, United States I don't know if there is a county or not. On Jan 24, 2008 6:22 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How should District of Columbia for Washington, D.C. be sited? City, > County, State, USA??? > > > Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] Renumbering RINS

2008-01-23 Thread Heather Stovold
Just want to say that I personally would never use a filing system that uses MRIN's or RIN's as the basis. The reason? Several years ago, I did (MRINs) - and then something happened, and all my MRINs got changed. Fortunately, I had on all my file folders the Surname, Firstname, so was able to

Re: [LegacyUG] Multiple Sources - same event

2008-01-21 Thread Heather Stovold
You can add as many sources as you want to any fact. Just go to the correct souce location, and add the source. On Jan 21, 2008 2:08 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a similar question. One may for example have multiple secondary > sources for a piece of information, but no primary sourc

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus Groups?

2008-01-20 Thread Heather Stovold
I haven't used it much at this point - I'm sure other people have some ideas but I did use a focus group to create a Gedcom to send to my mom - it consisted of a few families that I had been doing research on. Then she only had to merge a few people. (She uses a different program, and the m

Re: [LegacyUG] My emails not showing on list

2008-01-20 Thread Heather Stovold
It depends a lot on your email provider. For instance, on gmail you don't see your own posting, until you get a response from someone (at which point you see your own too.)Probably your email provider just doesn't give you your own email to the list. On Jan 20, 2008 12:29 PM, John Murray <[EM

Re: [LegacyUG] about New.FamilySearch

2008-01-19 Thread Heather Stovold
This is also currently a BETA site. It is currently limited to members of the Church - THAT reside in a certain area. I do not live in the right areas (don't know which they are) - so even though I AM a member of the church, I also can not access this new site. I am quite sure that this is to li

Re: [LegacyUG] File Organisation

2008-01-18 Thread Heather Stovold
lly the name is enough to find it. On Jan 18, 2008 4:35 PM, Bruce Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the clear explanation and examples. > One question, why do you use a numbering system for documents but not > for pictures? > > On Jan 18, 2008 8:08 AM, Heather Stov

Re: [LegacyUG] File Organisation

2008-01-18 Thread Heather Stovold
I have my genealogy pictures in 4 ancestral line folders under 1 folder. I have the same structure but starting with a different folder for scans/pictures of source documents. So I have, under my genealogy directory, a folder named "Genealogy Pictures". Under that folder I have folders named M

Re: [LegacyUG] Date descriptions

2008-01-17 Thread Heather Stovold
My system... Cal 1840 means that I have an age and date, so I've calculated the date. So if in the 1861 census the person was listed as age 21. Same with stuff like ages at marriage, death, or other events. I put the calculation in the source notes. Abt 1840 I don't use this too mu

Re: [LegacyUG] It is always easier to split out a subgroup from a big file than it is to have to merge files, merge people,sources, etc. to get the subgroup you want.

2008-01-17 Thread Heather Stovold
what type of a comment are you looking for? It sounds like on the other subject, many people have said that if you have many files, there will generally be at least 1 person duplicated for each file - so then you get confusion as to which file has the correct info (as you are unlikely to rem

Re: [LegacyUG] Proper Surname Capitalization?

2008-01-10 Thread Heather Stovold
Ok - it has been a while, but I think this type of thing has come up before... I don't remember the details - but this might get you on the right track. I think when you enter a name, like a surname, it is stored in a list which is used kind of for auto-completion. I think any quirks of

Re: [LegacyUG] Census

2008-01-08 Thread Heather Stovold
www.familysearch.org has a couple of census (as an index - no images) for free I think it is 1881 Canadian, 1881 UK, and 1880 US. I have found various Canadian census for free on the internet by doing searches through google. Sometimes an index that geneaolgy societies are making, but I

Re: [LegacyUG] past tense wording on web page report

2008-01-07 Thread Heather Stovold
I know you have already rethougt putting the info on the internet for you living family - just thought I'd add another reason. You mentioned the info would be for your immediate family, including children, and would include stuff like hobbies, the church you attend etc. Although somewhat rare (bu

Re: [LegacyUG] Charting Companion

2008-01-05 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I don't know what the Charting Companion does, so hard to answer but the upcoming charting abilities in Legacy 7 are excellent, and does include various types of colour coding, including the 4 grandparent line "standard" option. On Jan 5, 2008 5:13 PM, Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with Pedigree Chart

2008-01-03 Thread Heather Stovold
Did the person who didn't carry on as No. 1 individual on another chart have any parents entered? If not, then he doesn't need another chart. On Jan 3, 2008 9:28 PM, Thomas Herson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today I entered the ancestors of my new son-in-law to my family file.. When > I p

Re: [LegacyUG] PHotos

2007-12-31 Thread Heather Stovold
Adobe Photoshop Starter Edition is also free, you can label the people/places/events on each picture, and then look at pictures based on it. You can easily do combinations. (ie, you want a picture of Tom and Sally in L.A. at a Birthday) On Dec 31, 2007 8:54 PM, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [LegacyUG] Correcting Source Detail was [Sources]

2007-12-31 Thread Heather Stovold
Actually, how a database functions depends a LOT on how the programmers (or database designer) set it up.I am both a software developer and a database designer, so I know what I'm talking about. The process of reducing copies of redundant data that will show up in a database is called "Normaliz

Re: [LegacyUG] Freeman

2007-12-26 Thread Heather Stovold
And just to add in - in the states wasn't it called being made a Freeman when a slave was set free or bought himself free? (and also a common surname amoung people because of that?) On Dec 24, 2007 8:28 AM, John Clare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Freeman is not a fraternal, nor a social nor re

Re: [LegacyUG] Hollerith

2007-12-14 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, ok, I've been biting my tounge, enjoying the overall thread I do remember the personal computers that only had switches on them - although the first computers I really remember using (other than a mainframe at the University) was computers like the "Exidy (sp?) sorcerer", the "Commador P

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of changing colors in Legacy

2007-12-10 Thread Heather Stovold
oh - and to see it everywhere, go to Options-Customize- View then - Mark the checkbox "Display custom generation line colors on screen" On Dec 10, 2007 11:21 PM, Heather Stovold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes - select the person you want it to start from - and then go

Re: [LegacyUG] Speaking of changing colors in Legacy

2007-12-10 Thread Heather Stovold
Yes - select the person you want it to start from - and then go to "Tools" - then select "Apply Ancestral Colours" I think there might be somewhere to change which colours are which (maybe not. can't remember) - but it defaults to the colours you listed. On Dec 10, 2007 9:18 PM, Michele Lewi

Re: [LegacyUG] Individuals with no birth date and marked as living - A big problem

2007-12-10 Thread Heather Stovold
Just a thought I've found it very handy to have an estimated birthdate for everyone. It helps keep people of similar names straight, and of course helps with the automatic setting of living/dead. I just go through my index and look for people that don't have a birthdate (would be easier i

Re: [LegacyUG] Is this possible with Legacy?

2007-12-08 Thread Heather Stovold
The charting that will be in V7 will be able to do this. I don't think you really can in V6 > > Kathy Shiell-Stokes wrote: > > I am trying to do a photo family tree for my parents depicting all of > > their children and grandchildren. Is this possible.? > > Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. V

Re: [LegacyUG] SPAM happening

2007-12-03 Thread Heather Stovold
I seem to have that happen every so often It will all be fine, then for about a week a fair number of emails end up in my spam folder - and then it is fine again. Not sure what happens or changes - and as you have a different provider than I do, it may or may not be the same thing On Dec 2,

Re: [LegacyUG] Photo selection

2007-12-01 Thread Heather Stovold
Besides important events, I try to have a baby picture, a picture as a youth (say 10-12ish), one as a young adult (22ish) and a current one. I minor feature I'd like, and should really request, is to be able to designate a child picture and an adult picture in the program for each person that I ha

Re: [LegacyUG] photo database - off topic

2007-11-30 Thread Heather Stovold
and Adobe has a less full-featured one called Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition. You can "tag" all the photos, and then look at the ones you want, create basic slideshows, etc. and the best part - it is free!!! On Nov 30, 2007 9:01 PM, Connie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adobe Photoshop Ele

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: [LegacyChart] Adding a brother to oldest known female member (don;t know her surname) of a tree branch

2007-11-28 Thread Heather Stovold
With my method, no people were created - just the relationship between the two siblings. (Try it - neither parent exists in the database. There is a "ghost marriage" as it has been called on the user group before, with the 2 children linked to this marriage.) As neither parent has been created in

Re: [LegacyUG] Old Issue with Unwanted Punctuation (Period)

2007-11-28 Thread Heather Stovold
Honestly, as a computer software developer (not for Legacy), It is pretty much unheard of to list every single change that has gone into a release - especially something like a single period being printed where it should not. In any software program, for each release, there is often hundreds of ch

[LegacyUG] Re: [LegacyChart] Adding a brother to oldest known female member (don;t know hersurname) of a tree branch

2007-11-28 Thread Heather Stovold
John - you set this to the Legacy Chart group by mistake - I am assuming as you put the Legacy User Group in your question that you are subscribed to the L.U.G. and just picked the wrong one. I'm answering to LUG so you might get more answers and also direct to you just in case I had a

Re: [LegacyUG] Subject: download Latest Version of Legacy deluxe software.

2007-11-27 Thread Heather Stovold
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ Found by entering "Legacy Software" (no quotes) into google > can see I am very cognaznt of the software I am using. Can or would anyone tell me the web site name to down the legacy deluxe version + all the goode programs that can be downloaded as well. Thanky

Re: [LegacyUG] What file is Open

2007-11-26 Thread Heather Stovold
Don't know how you can easily display the full path but the people that put their main database on their portable HD (or Flash-drive, or whatever) recommend backing up to the various computers they use thus getting the backup on various media that you are trying to acheive > > Yes, I

[LegacyUG] Use of IGI

2007-11-26 Thread Heather Stovold
Just a couple of thoughts about the IGI. Yes - a lot of it is submitted by people - so you do have to watch out. But with a little effort, depending on when it was submitted, you can sometimes order the source film and get contact info for the person that submitted it - giving you a possible new c

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing info from the IGI

2007-11-26 Thread Heather Stovold
Why not? All it would be doing is moving the info for the one person, and automatically filling in the source - how would that harm Ancestry any more than you hand-typing in the info and source for that person? On Nov 26, 2007 11:52 AM, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Michele, >

Re: [LegacyUG] BEPSC?

2007-11-25 Thread Heather Stovold
BEPSC are abbreviations for the LDS temple ordinances. When any have been done, the appropriate letter will be there. heather On Nov 25, 2007 7:58 PM, Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does the column labeled BEPSC in the IGI search window mean? I never > show anything checked off

Re: [LegacyUG] Surnames in all caps?

2007-11-22 Thread Heather Stovold
One other thing about surnames in all-caps I know for a fact, that a different genealogy program a few years ago stored all names in one list. (I don't think that program does anymore, so I'm not saying which one.) That list included place names (a city, or a state, or a country, etc) f

Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry

2007-11-20 Thread Heather Stovold
If using the Burial Addresses (accessed by the + beside the Burial location) When it has the place to fill in the name and address - click on the button on the right that says "Address List" - you can then reuse places that you used before. (more than one person buried there, etc...) If you

Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry

2007-11-19 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, this might not be the only reason - but there may be more than one "St. Mary's Cemetary" (for example) - so the address list could be confusing if you didn't put the city, state (or whatever) in the cemetary's address... On 11/19/07, Barbara Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, that is w

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Format Importance

2007-11-19 Thread Heather Stovold
As to the abbreviations, people pretty much do as they want - but I know a lot of genealogy societies say to write it out in full. I'm not from the US - so I didn't have a clue where AR was until you said so - (Arizona came to mind - but that is AZ, right?) - so it adds confusion for me. I'd have

Re: [LegacyUG] Storing Photos

2007-11-17 Thread Heather Stovold
Family Tree Maker, I understand, it basically makes a whole copy of each picture and stores it in the program. This also takes up more hard disk space generally, as you usually have the picture someplace on your hard drive for use elsewhere, and then it takes space again in the FTM file. Legacy s

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Manual in Binder format - (Was upgrade question)

2007-11-11 Thread Heather Stovold
I have to agree with Glen, that it is almost assuredly not feasable from a cost standpoint to have a binder book format. I too remember when manuals came that way, and it became far to cost prohibitive. I also remember when I was a leader with Girl Guides of Canada - one year they made the "Poli

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible Bug? - View 1/2 kids in Family View

2007-11-08 Thread Heather Stovold
Thanks for the verification! Richard - if you turn on the view 1/2 children, then all children of either parent will show up. The 1/2 children show up after the "full" children, and are shown with "1/2" before their names, and the name of their other parent in brackets. I learned about this fea

[LegacyUG] Possible Bug? - View 1/2 kids in Family View

2007-11-08 Thread Heather Stovold
I have turned on View 1/2 kids in Family View (thanks to this list for pointing it out - I love it!) But I am noticing an anomaly, which I will see if I can explain clearly. I have an ancestor, Ellen McCaslin. She had 3 children while single, which I have entered with a single unknown father.

Re: [LegacyUG] Names/AKA's and Sourcing

2007-11-08 Thread Heather Stovold
And just for a different point of view I use AKA's for any spelling variation, or name use, as well as married names for females. I have a person that I used an AKA to show a spelling variation on an index (but was ok on the original). I use it that way so that I can easily find people in L

Re: [LegacyUG] Upgrade Question

2007-11-08 Thread Heather Stovold
No further download should be needed. When you have unlocked it, you will be able to access the deluxe features. Heather On 11/8/07, DianeLeMasson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > As of now I've been using the free standard version Legacy 6. > My question is, if I upgrade to the deluxe is the

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 7

2007-11-05 Thread Heather Stovold
Yeah, I figure that would generally be the best too... lol. Although the news tends to leak out through beta-testers anyway.. And most software companies are lucky that they CAN delay a release if needed. The company I worked for the longest as a software developer had a very set schedule

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplication of persons due to child status

2007-11-05 Thread Heather Stovold
I would in the main record use the name that he went by - and put the other names in AKA's, with sources and notes to explain. I'm sure other people will have other suggestions! > How do I mark my father with proper naming? He was > adopted when he was 16, but has always, since infancy > gone by

Re: [LegacyUG] Unnamed stillborns

2007-11-03 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I would put what it showed on the certificates I'd probably put Infant Twin 1 /Allen/ Infant Twin 2 /Allen/ For the other family... it might be a touch confusing at first look but I'd have Infant Twin 1 /Teague/ Infant Twin 2 /Teague/ Infant Twin 1 /Teague/ Infant Twin 2 /Teague

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: both Patrick's have the same RIN, and both Elizabeth's have the same RIN [ was Oh dear am I in a mess ]

2007-10-27 Thread Heather Stovold
Valerie - it is hard to help if you can't tell me what the worse mess is. You had the 2 people entered into legacy only once - but you had the marriage set up twice. The instructions I gave should get rid of one marriage, and they should be all good. I'm sorry - but it is hard to help if I don't

Re: [LegacyUG] Oh dear am I in a mess

2007-10-27 Thread Heather Stovold
Valerie - if both Patrick's have the same RIN, and both Elizabeth's have the same RIN then you don't have the people entered twice. You probably have 2 marriage records for them. What you need to do is get them on the family screen, with the marriage that you don't want to keep, and then unli

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: Searching

2007-10-20 Thread Heather Stovold
> Today's Legacy tip is about Searching your family file for information. > > > > 1) Via the Legacy Home tab in the News section. > > > > Do you mean in my program ? Yes, that tab is in the Legacy Program. It will access the internet, however, if you click on the news section > 2)

Re: [LegacyUG] Biological - Natural and etc.

2007-10-14 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, if I have more than one set of parents for someone, (step-kids, people that were adopted, whatever) I mark the one set as biological, and the other set as whatever is appropriate adoptive, step-parent, whatever. I'm not saying the biological parents had the child illegitimate -

Re: [LegacyUG] Split Screens

2007-10-12 Thread Heather Stovold
I have often "dragged and dropped" people from one database to another in split screen. When you do that, it opens up a little import window and gets some info on if you want just the person, their family, etc etc and then it can even go to the merge in the destination database. Have had ab

Re: [LegacyUG] Need for a usergroup

2007-10-07 Thread Heather Stovold
Of course assuming that none of those people are the same people (pedigree collapse which eventually happens for everyone at some point!) One of my friends when I was a teenager genealogist was also a teenager genealogist (how rare is that!) - and of her 8 great-grand-parents. 3 of her g

Re: [LegacyUG] Another (sorry) Source Query

2007-09-29 Thread Heather Stovold
t;Personal Knowledge of Heather Stovold" in there. (like, that is an "unspecified" source for my own record in the program, and for my husband.) - I wouldn't use it generally though, as it is better to source exactly what information you got from that source. Legacy U

Re: [LegacyUG] Hard copy manual

2007-09-23 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I guess Canada would make 2. but I suspect that that is why the Legacy Manual is in whatever format it is instead of setup to be put in a binder On 9/23/07, Mike Fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hwedhlor wrote: > > Perhaps the ISO standards need to be changed. :-) > > Perhaps. But

Re: [LegacyUG] Correctly entering in independent cities in location field

2007-09-21 Thread Heather Stovold
I personally always use the name of the place as it was at the time of the event So (using a Canadian example, as that is where I research) for Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada.. before 1841 I name itEtobicoke, York, Upper Canada, British North America bet 1841 and 1867 it is Etob

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-21 Thread Heather Stovold
He would be entered as a Step-Parent On 9/21/07, Jim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings: > > Changing the direction a wee bit... > > If the time is prior to 1926, when adoption was formally legalized in > England... how would one enter in the daughter of one of the parents, and > who

Re: [LegacyUG] An adoption question from a new user

2007-09-19 Thread Heather Stovold
Hi Chuck! No problem with asking questions! You can actually enter the children once, and then link them to more than one set of parents. Then, under Child Status, you can specify which parents are biological, and which are adopted. As for which names to put them under, that is really up to you

Re: [LegacyUG] Tags/Tagging

2007-09-18 Thread Heather Stovold
Going by memory - there is a spot within legacy (I think I found it under the Edit menu - then Tags or something like that) that you can set up a label for each tag. For the rest, I suspect you are out of luck On 9/18/07, Pat Hickin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there some way WITHIN

Re: [LegacyUG] Age at marriage

2007-09-16 Thread Heather Stovold
ytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > -- "ImagineLife on your terms!" http://tupperware.epromos.info/english.htm Heather Stovold Tupperware Consultant Le

[LegacyUG] Chapman Codes....

2007-09-15 Thread Heather Stovold
And I realize these are standard codes. but it is amazing how quickly they can be out-of-date... For instance there was no code listed for Nunavut, Canada. It is a Territory that was added in 1999. When I was growing up, the provinces (except BC and PEI) had a 4 letter code (and most c

Re: [LegacyUG] Names VS AKA

2007-09-11 Thread Heather Stovold
Ok - I have to admit that I had thought of the idea and put it up here before researching it I was figuring on editing the sentence definition - but of course AKA's aren't a regular event, so they don't have a sentence definition. Oh well, it was a good idea! On 9/11/07, Jan Roberts <[EMAI

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted Daughter unmarried mother

2007-09-10 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I'd either have the "marriage" record setup for her to be linked up to either an unknown person - or make a fake "no person" person set the marriage status to NOT MARRIED. and then have the child linked to them with the child status of adopted. And yeah, I'd add a bunch of notes.

Re: [LegacyUG] Names VS AKA

2007-09-10 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I also put spelling variations for each individual in the AKA's Basically, the main name I'm using goes in the appropriate name fields and any variation or typo is put in as an AKA as found in the source (or sources if more than one uses the same variation.) I then attach the source

Re: [LegacyUG] Let's talk about what is good about Legacy for a while

2007-09-08 Thread Heather Stovold
Thanks Robert - I know I viewed it and all the other free stuff way back when I first starting using Legacy - and I do appreciate it! It just still doesn't make sense to me when I'm looking at a document going "what the heck to I enter into where"... you know? I hope the templates help! On 9/8

Re: [LegacyUG] Let's talk about what is good about Legacy for a while

2007-09-08 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, personally I like the handling of step-kids (as I have some!) - It handles having the kids hooked to both parents - but where it is above everything else I've used is that you can set the parent relationship seperately for each parent! So I can keep their dad's relationship to them as biolog

[LegacyUG] step-children etc.

2007-09-07 Thread Heather Stovold
Legacy handles step-children, adopted children, multiple marriages, etc. just fine. Better than some other programs I've used. No worries. (The person was saying if a person wanted a program that only dealt with basically what I'll call genetic genealogy) - that there would be no need for these

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about sorting a tree

2007-09-06 Thread Heather Stovold
I am actually doing a similar task in some ways I inherited a poorly sourced gedcom from my dad - and continued with it for quite a while. Again, I generally didn't know who was who, although the set-relationships helps. So - I've been working on a brand new file - only adding in people as I

[LegacyUG] Jay

2007-09-06 Thread Heather Stovold
I know you got a way to do it already - and I definately don't want to continue this - but I think you can also put both people in as having an "unknown" sex to get around it I think I already played around with this onceagain, it isn't perfect - but it is easier than using Access

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging to MRCA

2007-09-06 Thread Heather Stovold
I would think that for now, you might be best off using the relationship chart anyway. Run it for persons 1 and 2. it will say that common ancestor is person A Run it for persons 1 and 3 maybe the common ancestor is person B Run it for person 1 and 4 maybe the common ancestor i

Re: [LegacyUG] filing by MRIN

2007-09-05 Thread Heather Stovold
://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree

Re: [LegacyUG] Boxes

2007-08-31 Thread Heather Stovold
Charting will be awesome in v7! On 8/31/07, B.Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Cathy. > > Thanks for your email and I'll give your tips a try. I feel I've got to > make these charts just to be able to see and clarify names, dates etc., in > my mind. > > Look forward to version 7 if it's go

Re: [LegacyUG] A suggestion

2007-08-31 Thread Heather Stovold
letter or mailing list. > > On 8/30/07, Heather Stovold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And I would put TO UNSUBSCRIBE in all caps or something - as people > can't > > seem to find it! > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamily

Re: [LegacyUG] A suggestion

2007-08-30 Thread Heather Stovold
And I would put TO UNSUBSCRIBE in all caps or something - as people can't seem to find it! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://ww

Re: [LegacyUG] Where do I enter the age at death.

2007-08-27 Thread Heather Stovold
well, I put it in the source details of the birth (or alt. birth) myself... - I bet that wasn't what you would expect! But I would take whatever document gave me that age, and then calculate the birth date. If I didn't have a birth date before, then I would enter CAL 1822 (or whatever) in the bi

Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Backup (was Keeping two databases ... )

2007-08-26 Thread Heather Stovold
Hi, usted ha firmado para arriba para una lista que enviaba que envía estos mensajes. También he firmado para arriba para ella. Usted necesita cancelarla usted mismo chascando en este acoplamiento. He traducido este mensaje con una herramienta de la tela, así que espero que tenga sentido. Espero qu

Re: [LegacyUG] Multimedia Backup (was Keeping two databases ... )

2007-08-26 Thread Heather Stovold
gacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > -- "ImagineLife on your terms!" http://tupperware

Re: [LegacyUG] Something new I noticed in children's list (living/dead)

2007-08-24 Thread Heather Stovold
lyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe ple

Re: [LegacyUG] Something new I noticed in children's list (living/dead)

2007-08-24 Thread Heather Stovold
For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > -- "ImagineLife on your terms!" http://tupperware.epromos.info/english.htm Heather St

Re: [LegacyUG] FYI and Could Someone Please Assist Me...

2007-08-23 Thread Heather Stovold
o unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > -- "ImagineLife on your terms!" http://tupperware.epromos.info/english.htm Heather Stovold Tupperware Consultant Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 feat

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-21 Thread Heather Stovold
got this in one of the startup tips on Family view, bottom right corner, there is the last modified date. If you click on it, you get a window with the modified dates of the people shown. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the St

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-21 Thread Heather Stovold
I see a lot of people have already commented on the question to me about where I got my estimates. The total truth is, I don't remember for sure! I am LDS, so probably in some literature there I also am constantly reading genealogy books and magazines - even beginner ones (you never know wh

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-20 Thread Heather Stovold
no, to me they are all different. cal - means I was given an age and a time so he was 34 in 1834, so his birth is: cal 1800 abt - means that someone gave me an about time, like in an interview so I ask someone when their parent was born and they say oh, it was about 1910, then I put abt

Re: [LegacyUG] AKAs for females with Norwegian and Russian last names

2007-08-19 Thread Heather Stovold
I'm not familiar with the naming rules of those nationalities, but if it were me, I would put in any name that they are by which they are ever likely to be refered in any sources you use. Hope this helps! > > I've got names to add to my family file for families that didn't > immigrate, and was

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip

2007-08-18 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I learned it here - but setting the options to show the headings differently if the person is alive is nice. And - just found out about the on another thread on a lot of screens, to see the ages people were at various main events... Heather Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Le

[LegacyUG] Re: Search Wizard

2007-08-17 Thread Heather Stovold
Sorry - I sent this to the wrong group! On 8/17/07, Heather Stovold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just got started today (it has been a crazy week) - > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition

[LegacyUG] Search Wizard

2007-08-17 Thread Heather Stovold
Just got started today (it has been a crazy week) - I'm still running the search wizard to find my databases. I know it says it will take several minutes (and believe me, it is) - just wondering - it is currently searching all my temporary internet files. Couldn't it skip those directori

Re: [LegacyUG] Soliciting Opinions

2007-08-17 Thread Heather Stovold
And as a software developer (not of Legacy) I have another point. I used to work on manufacturing software. One day, while working on a new feature in one of our software packages, I discovered a gigantic bug in another programmer's work. I realized immediately, that the bug could, under the rig

Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Question

2007-08-13 Thread Heather Stovold
I wouldn't have duplicates of the sources - I'd have 1 source which might point to more than one piece of info for that person. (ie, I might have a Birth Record source pointed to Name, Birth, Rel Mother, Rel Father) What I do is put in the source detail comments the actual info found. I wou

Re: [LegacyUG] About dates

2007-08-13 Thread Heather Stovold
I went through my data, and put in Estimated birthdates for everyone So the format, for instance, would be Birth: Est 1822 This is different from my Calculated birthdates, and my About dates. (Calculated means I have their age at some point in time... About generally means that someone els

Re: [LegacyUG] Research Logs and Docs

2007-08-07 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I have used Clooz - I really like it, and the new version can link to a Legacy database to reduce re-entry of data. but I didn't link mine. I haven't put in a lot of stuff into Clooz yet, but I think it can be helpful to try to figure stuff out The other thing you might do, is setup

Re: [LegacyUG] New General Release Build - 28 Jul 2007 - ver 6.0.0.155

2007-08-06 Thread Heather Stovold
I had modified my toolbar (added the split-view button, removed Passage Express) and it didn't change my toolbar when I installed the update On 8/6/07, Mike Fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also, restores the toolbar to the default for a new installation. Again, > most annoying. Have y

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA Testing

2007-08-06 Thread Heather Stovold
Well, I haven't done tonnes of research mtDNA tests information through the mother's line (so wouldn't have anything about my McCaslin's...) it is a test that I could actually take - but I'm really not sure how much use it would be to me As it gives me info through my mom, my grandm

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA Testing

2007-08-06 Thread Heather Stovold
aslin) who came to Canada about the same time then that might tell us if the 2 lines are related... So I never did any more research on DNA genealogy -- "ImagineLife on your terms!" http://tupperware.epromos.info/english.htm Heather Stovold Tupperware Consultant Have y

Re: [LegacyUG] Sneak Peek of Legacy 7

2007-08-02 Thread Heather Stovold
Does the database change? Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTr

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting to a new Legacy Family File, what to expect?

2007-07-31 Thread Heather Stovold
Ok - I haven't ever had to do this - but I am talking as a computer programmer (not on this program) and using that background to think of what you may or may not lose. this may or may not be right I think you would be unlikely to lose any of the real data including the events. (if you d

Re: [LegacyUG] Linda Altman's census templates

2007-07-31 Thread Heather Stovold
She did say that it would be a text email On 7/30/07, Sherry/Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Linda, > > Attachments are *not* allowed on the list. PLEASE do not send attachments > to this list. If you have a website, you may place your files on the > website and then send a link to th

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