, 2008 7:26:04 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help with Living/Non-Living
On 6/2/08, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't advocate putting non-dates in date fields.
Cathy, why not? Is there a downside to putting "unknown" in a date field?
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Mary Young
Legacy
Hi Mary,
I prefer blanks for unknowns. If nothing is entered it is clearly unknown.
You also then have the option of creating a report with underlines
for unknown dates and places to send to people who may know and be
able to fill in some blanks.
If you do enter a non-date, you'll need to ex
On 6/2/08, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't advocate putting non-dates in date fields.
Cathy, why not? Is there a downside to putting "unknown" in a date field?
--
Mary Young
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Hi Carol,
Others have alerted you to the Advanced Set Living tool - this is a
deluxe feature.
In Options > Customise you can change the default setting for the
Living flag. See the Data Defaults tab.
I prefer to leave it set to default to Living as I don't want to
inadvertently set Living pe
Carol,
On the Tools menu look at Advanced Set Living...
Regards,
Bob
On Jun 1, 2008, at 4:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Many times, a research document may show the names of children, but
not give the birth/death dates. I had 65,000 names when I
transferred by database from FTM to Legacy
Perhaps this information from the help screen answers your question:
Advanced Set Living
There are several Legacy reports, plus web pages, where the privacy of
anyone whose Living status is set to Yes is protected by suppressing all
personal details. When creating these reports, no info
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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 17:37:43 -0400
Subject: [LegacyUG] Help with Living/Non-Living
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Many times, a research document may show the names of children, but not give
the birth/death dates. I had 65,000 names when I transferred by database from
Carol-
You said:
One additional small thing I miss in FTM is the ease with which they had
an alert on possible duplicates.
Well, Legacy does find duplicates for you.
1. Open Legacy
2. Click on Tools (at the top)
3. one of the options is "Merge." Click it.
4. 3 options, and you want the "Find
Many times, a research document may show the names of children, but not give
the birth/death dates. I had 65,000 names when I transferred by database
from FTM to Legacy. Now, on Legacy,I find this wonderful little button that
allows me to show whether the person is living or dead.
I'm find
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