I recently went on a trip to Ireland and used the events to record each
stop. This gives me a chronology and map of my trip. If may be of some
value to my family later on. The events feature lets me keep a journal
with photos, locations etc of my life. It also reminds me how fleeting
things
Going through the archives, I ran across a post about problems with
the 3-bar paste. I did not realize until I read through that, that
this button pastes to ALL EVENTS currently attached to the
individual!Now, I know I have sources attached to events
that do not belong. Please tell
It serves, among other things, as a quick, one-size-fits-all button
for lazy people like me.
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:36 AM, James Cook jc1...@gmail.com wrote:
Going through the archives, I ran across a post about problems with
the 3-bar paste. I did not realize until I read through that, that
Ron,
The Map of places for a person invoked by the mapping icon does depend
on events with locations as entered for that person.
You are also correct that you can add any location to the Master
Location List and it will be mapped when you open the Master Location
list but that will not be linked
Legacy allows you to place a picture for an individual that, when printing a
descendant narrative report, displays the individual picture adjacent to the
individual.
Legacy also allows you to add a picture to the marriage, in the same manner
as the individual.
HOW do you get the marriage picture
Did you convert from Family Tree Maker to Legacy Family Tree. The
Natural for child relationships was and maybe still is, used by Family
Tree Maker but not by Legacy.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
We are changing the world
I've been struggling through this same issue lately, and the level of
detail in this thread is very nice. Thank you all! I'm new, so take
this for what it is, but I've a few thoughts to add.
1) I disagree that this location boils down to simply personal
preference. At least the way I look at
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:36:14 -0600, James Cook jc1...@gmail.com wrote:
Please tell me there is a better way to go about
cleaning this up than going to each individual's source list one at a
time
Bad news ... all you can do is clean-up manually.
And, why, why, why does this button behave like
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:15:41 -0500, Rita Lynn McKale
cagr...@comporium.net wrote:
Now, after reading Mike and Rich's response about the meaning of Natural, I'm
wondering if there is a way to remove all those at once or would I have to go
in one by one and change everyone.
I think you should be
I've struggled with this in the last couple of weeks too. Like you, I
was bitten by this failure of the software, and came to the archives
when I discovered I could not get my data back out once entered in as
I was prompted to by the program. I think Why? is the question of
the day.
But, to
On 2010/03/08 16:04, James Cook wrote:
I've been struggling through this same issue lately, and the level of
detail in this thread is very nice. Thank you all! I'm new, so take
this for what it is, but I've a few thoughts to add.
SNIP
3) I'm not as detailed in my Location at this point.
From the help of version 6:
1. You can place the cursor in the Given name field and click the button to
assign the source to that piece of information. Then click on the Birth
field and click the button again, continuing to each field on the window to
assign the source.
2. Or, you can click
Hi Sharlet,
I have had the same problem reported. Received an fault number
188-12E99189-9FE7 from LEGACY as reference number. To date I have either
missed or not received
any feedback at all. GIEL
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Sharlet Zaretski szaret...@yahoo.comwrote:
Hi There;
I have
James Cook wrote:
I've been struggling through this same issue lately, and the level of
detail in this thread is very nice. Thank you all! I'm new, so take
this for what it is, but I've a few thoughts to add.
1) I disagree that this location boils down to simply personal
preference. At
On 2010/03/08 17:34, Bert van Kootwijk wrote:
From the help of version 6:
1. You can place the cursor in the Given name field and click the button to
assign the source to that piece of information. Then click on the Birth
field and click the button again, continuing to each field on the
Brian,
I agree, I was being pedantic, or strictly accurate in the programming
sense grin.
Actually I do find it useful if I know exactly how something works, rather
than just how it seems to work. Just the way I think!
Ron Ferguson
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James Cook wrote:
I've struggled with this in the last couple of weeks too. Like you, I
was bitten by this failure of the software, and came to the archives
when I discovered I could not get my data back out once entered in as
I was prompted to by the program. I think Why? is the question of
Bert van Kootwijk wrote
2. Or, you can click the button to have Legacy automatically assign
the source to every field on the Information form that is not blank.
(The source is only assigned to the vields that are shown on the screen.
What is *slightly* misleading here is that only 7 Event lines
Ron Ferguson wrote
I completely agree with the final paragraph of Mike's reply. It should
be framed and put into a window which pop-ups whenever the Location
Field is opened!
I can see Mike, Ron I marching through LUG with out banners aloft -
Liberate yourselves! - We will NOT be tyrannised! -
Is that the new way since version 7.4? I certainly hope so because if it's
been that way since version 7 I'll have an awful lot of cleaning up to do
too. I wouldn't even know where to begin.
I just tried it with a phoney source and it adds the source to birth,
baptism, death, buried, and all
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:27:52 -0600, jcthacyk jctha...@sasktel.net
wrote:
Is that the new way since version 7.4? I certainly hope so because if it's
been that way since version 7 I'll have an awful lot of cleaning up to do
too. I wouldn't even know where to begin.
As far as I know, it's always
I'm glad I never found that button. Thanks for the alert.
Any chance you can restore a recent backup?
Bill
-Original Message-
From: James Cook [mailto:jc1...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:36 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Help, how to cleanup the
Jenny,
You can put me in that group too. I live in the US but I much prefer having
the entire location (hospital, cemetery, school and complete address) in my
locations. Sorting in the manner that Ron has mentioned many times is the key!
Mary
Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote:
Hi there,
I used to work with Legacy a lot a few years back. Then I completely stopped
using it due to my switch to PhpGedView, which I have installed on my
website and which I enjoy using, because it makes collaboration so simple.
Legacy on the other hand, is far more convenient at entering
Thanks Giel
Glad to know I am not missing something, but too bad there hasn't been a
response to your report. Even if I could find a way around it, I would be
happy, but for now, it really limits what I can do. Too bad really.
From: Giel Nel
Yes it is terrible and a lot of cleanup. There are way to many of
little gotchas like this that I cannot believe the software gets a
5-star rating on review sites. Sure it's a nice app, I can almost go
along with the best available (I've not tried them all), but I can
only give it a 5-stat once
I'm confused now. We've been talking about using the Location field
to hold detailed place information because the Address under the +
button on vital events doesn't work, or is at least so limiting that
it in practice, well, doesn't work. The purpose is that using the
Location can be counted on
It is most useful when first entering an individual. Often the same source has
birth, death, etc. - the vital events. Enter the events, vital or otherwise
that have that same source. Then you can use the triple bars and the source
will be entered for all at once.
Later use is more
Sure, on a new individual I can see that. One of my most used
functions implies more than just new individuals to me.
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:43 PM, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote:
It is most useful when first entering an individual. Often the same source
has birth, death, etc. - the vital
The 3-bar adds the source to every filled-in record for that individual even
their events.
Carol
-Original Message-
From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:kowal...@iglou.com]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 9:52 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help, how to cleanup
There is no little hack. The directions are quite clear - use the
- for a single source to the item where the cursor is located -- use
the triple - to source everything on the page that has data. It
makes it so easy if you find a family with a bunch of kids on a
census. AS you enter the
Ah, sorry, I follow you now. I had a separate thread a few days ago,
a question about how to get a report of all the locations in a
specific area. The end result being that the Vital Event Address
couldn't do what I wanted. Not with any tips given at that time.
That's how I ended up going this
I use the standard location format: city/town, county, state, country. That
way I can use the master location list in Legacy and the map features. This
is a standard way of defining a location, and a convention that everyone
understands. It's like entering a date as DDMMM, and there is no
As mentioned, the problem with doing as you say is that if you have other
events for which the source is NOT a source, those events will now have that
source.
CE
-Original Message-
From: GeoSci [mailto:geosc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:58 AM
To:
jcthacyk wrote:
Is that the new way since version 7.4? I certainly hope so because if it's
been that way since version 7 I'll have an awful lot of cleaning up to do
too. I wouldn't even know where to begin.
It has been that way as long as I can remember and it has always been
explained in
I also find the 3-bar source button a big help. Maybe our solution is to
ask for an enhancement. The 3-bar button stay and works as it does today
but add a 4-bar (or another symbol) which only sources completed fields
not events.
How do we add enhancement requests?
Paul
Legacy User
As mentioned, the problem with doing as you say is that if you have other
events for which the source is NOT a source, those events will now have that
source.
No-one has said you *must* use the three-bar icon. Understand what it
does, and what the other icons do, and use it when its
I wasn't arguing for changing it necessarily, but at least a warning
that 'Hey, are you sure this applies to the 15 events attached to John
Doe? would be nice. I've read the help, and there are times when I
wasn't ready to grasp what was written there until a later time. I'm
sure the first dozen
I would probably do the same thing - putting them in the same file...
That said, if you do choose to have them in another file, it isn't a big
deal to move them once you have the connection. For just a couple of
people, I would open the 2 files on split-screen, and drag-and-drop the
people from
On 2010-03-08 13:11, James Cook wrote:
Yes it is terrible and a lot of cleanup. There are way to many of
little gotchas like this that I cannot believe the software gets a
5-star rating on review sites.
I doubt that any genealogy software review site does what could be
called testing on the
Hi,
I would like to know how others deal with cemetery/church information. I'm
not talking about the debate about putting the cemetery/church name in the
location field. I'm just talking about general information about a certain
cemetery/church that pertains to many individuals. If I put that
On 2010/03/08 22:02, caby...@frontiernet.net wrote:
I use the standard location format: city/town, county, state, country. That
way I can use the master location list in Legacy and the map features. This
is a standard way of defining a location, and a convention that everyone
understands.
I'm really not understanding why so many people are trashing this button
when the description of what it does is very clear. When you hover over
it, it says Add Clipboard Source to All Used Fields. That's pretty
specific.
You're blasting the software for user error and I don't think there is a
On 2010/03/09 00:00, Heeren wrote:
I'm really not understanding why so many people are trashing this button
when the description of what it does is very clear. When you hover over
it, it says Add Clipboard Source to All Used Fields. That's pretty
specific.
You're blasting the software for
Go to the Search list. On the bottom is a print which has many alternates of
what fields to include. It will print in RIN order whenever you have have the
column choosen.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Mon, 3/8/10, Giel Nel gielnel...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Giel Nel gielnel...@gmail.com
Subject: Re:
sort of implies??? LOL
If they wanted the button to apply just to the upper tier they would
have said so... they said, All Used Fields. They said what they meant
and it does what they meant.
All the clipboard buttons are grouped together so that you can find
them easily, they were not
James Cook wrote:
Sure, on a new individual I can see that. One of my most used
functions implies more than just new individuals to me.
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:43 PM, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote:
It is most useful when first entering an individual. Often the same
source has birth,
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:49:13 -0500, Heeren hee...@usit.net wrote:
they said, All Used Fields. They said what they meant
and it does what they meant.
But it doesn't apply to General Notes, Research Notes, Cause of Death,
and Medical Notes. I think it can be argued that this is a tad
Jens,
Just out of interest, as I have never used PHPGedView I don't know the
answer, how do you know that it is Legacy which has changed? To the best of
my knowledge there has not been any significant changes to the way the
Legacy import works for years. Since it seems to have been rather a long
If you want the three graves to have the same address, then use the GPS of the
gate or the GPS for each stone. You have to choose.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Mon, 3/8/10, James Cook jc1...@gmail.com wrote:
From: James Cook jc1...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events
After thinking some more, I looked and found in 'Search and replace' a category
'List-Child status'. Switching from Natural to ' ' should work. If not, I have
found a way to confuse the computer. Use Natural to any other word. I use
dummy. When you are in the first move, it allows you to edit
PDR wrote
How do we add enhancement requests?
Legacy Home tab, Suggest a new feature in the Support menu, bottom
right.
--
Jenny M Benson
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:
Mike Fry wrote
The placement of the button, up next to the basic individual details,
sort of implies that it works with them and not events. That's poor UI
design.
I don't really see where else they could have put it. If it was in the
lower section of the screen people would be saying they
Carol,
It is not a standard location format if you are British, or of many, many
other nationalities. We abandoned standardisation before it was invented, on
the basis that is does not work, will not work, and conflicts with our
freedom of expression.
My location at one time was Glossop,
Thanks Bruce - I will take it in to his wife tomorrow. Since it is in his
own handwriting I think that it will be of great interest to him.Have you
found anymore on Phillip - that is very intriguing.
Also if you have time could you call the History Department in Salt Lake and
tell them that you
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I started this 3-bar mess today, and all I've suggested is a warning
to the effect that Hey, are you sure this event applies all 15
pre-existing events. I don't think that is asking too much.
Other things I've been bitten by - adding photos to vital events,
adding address to vital events, adding
The point is you can enter what you want for each location.
It doesn't matter if some locations have one (England) or many (Ancient Rawson
Farm, near Neponset village, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts).
CE
-Original Message-
From: Ron Goodwin [mailto:rong1...@gmail.com]
Sent:
Thanks for this Rich, I will give it a try :-D
From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES fourpa...@verizon.net
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 5:37:51 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Reports for Reference Binder
Go to the Search list. On the
I feel for you James, and agree with your sentiments.
I have been using Legacy for many years, and have at times used the 3 bar
button, but I think thankfully only for new people. I had NO IDEA until this
thread that it also applied to all events.
Jennifer
-Original Message-
From:
And I need 5 locations, because I have to include street addresses. In
a city of 2 million, just the city, county, state, country is not nearly
accurate enough.
Elizabeth C
Ron Goodwin wrote:
Hi Ron,
I would prefer an option in Legacy that would allow users to use 3 or 4 place
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