Re: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.45 - New General Release Build - 30 May 2010

2010-06-01 Thread Randy Clark
So my mother's first husband (my father was her second) really was my step-father? I've been needing a term for this important person/relationship in my life. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:08 PM, KenMcGinnis kenmcgin...@legacyusers.com wrote: We have released a new build.  Here is a list of changes:

Re: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.45 - New General Release Build - 30 May 2010

2010-06-01 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/06/01 11:32, Randy Clark wrote: So my mother's first husband (my father was her second) really was my step-father? I've been needing a term for this important person/relationship in my life. That could be confusing. Your mother's first husband has no relationship whatsoever to you,

Re: [LegacyUG] Interesting Problem (duplex printing)

2010-06-01 Thread Connie Sheets
Wes, I don't have a duplex printer, so can't test, but have you looked at: Family Group Sheet Report Options Page Setup Duplex and worked with those choices which are: Single sided Double sided (vertical) Double sided (horizontal) Don't set The same options are available on the Descendant

Re: [LegacyUG] Interesting Problem (duplex printing)

2010-06-01 Thread Wes
On 6/1/2010 9:54 AM, Connie Sheets wrote: Wes, I don't have a duplex printer, so can't test, but have you looked at: Family Group Sheet Report Options Page Setup Duplex and worked with those choices which are: Single sided Double sided (vertical) Double sided (horizontal) Don't set

Re: [LegacyUG] Interesting Problem (duplex printing)

2010-06-01 Thread Gene Young
On 6/1/2010 10:05 AM, Wes wrote: On 6/1/2010 9:54 AM, Connie Sheets wrote: Wes, I don't have a duplex printer, so can't test, but have you looked at: Family Group Sheet Report Options Page Setup Duplex and worked with those choices which are: Single sided Double sided (vertical)

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread Bain Family
I think I got the html thing fixed. I wouldn't cite information from a book without attempting to properly cite the source. I have trouble not citing a picture the same way. Lana -- From: Connie Sheets clshee...@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, May 31,

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread Connie Sheets
Lana wrote rlcb...@gotsky.com wrote: I wouldn't cite information from a book without attempting to properly cite the source.  I have trouble not citing a picture the same way. Lana Exactly. You get information from a book. The book is your source, and you cite the book. You attach

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread JLB
I would highly recommend that you do include any photo information you have with your photos. I have dozens of unknowns passed down from generations gone. And, consequently, the information is ... you know ... Gone. But beyond the Description and Date fields, Legacy does not offer options for

RE: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread CE Wood
When a book is the source, you enter it as a source, with all the attendant information about the source - author, publisher, date, repository, etc. You are saying pictures should be entered as sources so that all the same important information about the picture can be entered. The information

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:27:13 -0700 (PDT), Connie Sheets clshee...@yahoo.com wrote: You get information from a photograph. The photograph is your source, and you cite the photograph. You attach the citation that describes the photograph to a piece of information you derive from the photograph,

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread Debbie Freeman
Hello, Artifacts template is your choice under Legacy. It must be following Elizabeth Shown Mills in her Evidence Explained (EE - 2007 version, page 150-151 example 3.37) and probably many other use it for photos. Debbie Freeman CE wrote: For those using SourceWriter, is there a template for

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread JLB
I keep hoping that Legacy will get up to IPTC standard. IPTC being a standard for permanently embedding photo information in photos which can be both written and read with a variety of software. As it is, the IPTC Caption field maps to Legacy's Description field in the photo galleries. Legacy

RE: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.45 - New General Release Build - 30 May 2010

2010-06-01 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
Reminds me of the old Three Stooges movie line when they were talking about horses: You mean her fadder was a mudder? Brian in CA -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:mike...@iafrica.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:54 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re:

[LegacyUG] User group interest

2010-06-01 Thread Barbara Johnson
I am Vice-president of Skagit Valley Genealogical Society. Several of our members have expressed an interest in a user group. I noted that Arnold Stewart of Mount Vernon, WA is on your list. Arnold passed away several months ago. Could you replace his name with my name and e-mail? Thanks.

Re: [LegacyUG] New Build - Search and Replace

2010-06-01 Thread Gene Young
On 6/1/2010 6:46 PM, Mary Young wrote: Where do I find the strange special character required (white question-mark on a black diamond)? Mary Young When you open the search and replace window there is a vertical bar on the left side. I believe it is called the character ribbon. See the help

Re: [LegacyUG] New Build - Search and Replace

2010-06-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 23:46:41 +0100, Mary Young m...@cmy.org.uk wrote: Where do I find the strange special character required (white question-mark on a black diamond)? I think you are viewing that web page using an incorrect character encoding. Try ISO-8859-1 or Windows-1252. The characters should

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestors Report Help - current build 7.4.0.39

2010-06-01 Thread Jan Roberts
Yes Ron, I have removed the someone from the problem individual marriage, and yes I've looked at your screen shot - mine already looked like that except I have retained someone in the second option (where spouse is unknown). As for the suggestions and cautions to my knowledge I did not enter

[LegacyUG] restore multimedia to Windows 7

2010-06-01 Thread Ron Taylor
Legacy file was backed up on Windows XP and then restored to a Windows 7 computer.  The data files work correctly.  The multimedia backup was restored to the root c:\ on the Windows 7 computer but it placed the un-zipped files into C:\Users instead of C:\Documents and Settings.  Legacy displays

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread HowlandDavisII
CE Wood wrote, For those using SourceWriter, is there a template for picture? The answer to that is yes. The initial source is photographs, portraits and sketches; then one is asked where it is held. In my case, the pictures are privately held (taken by my sister and given to me).

Re: [LegacyUG] User group interest

2010-06-01 Thread Ron Ferguson
Original Message From: Barbara Johnson To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Cc: Barbara Johnson Sent: 01 June 2010 23:49 Subject: [LegacyUG] User group interest I am Vice-president of Skagit Valley Genealogical Society. Several of our members have expressed an interest in a user group.

Re: [LegacyUG] New Build - Search and Replace

2010-06-01 Thread Mary Young
Thanks, Dennis It seems that the Legacy webpage is not compatible with my Firefox Browser, so it's displaying a white question-mark on a black diamond. Using Internet Explorer, I can see the left- and right-chevrons. Thanks for supplying the (Alt+0171) and (Alt+0187) alternatives. Regards Mary

Re: [LegacyUG] New Build - Search and Replace

2010-06-01 Thread Ron Ferguson
Gee, are two of working nights, Mary?!!! Can't think why Firefox is giving you a funny result, on mine it gives the double chevron just fine. Computing -huh! Ron Ferguson _ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread Bain Family
Oh, I agree! The exact example you gave is what I am trying to figure out now. Pictures of headstones with birth and death dates, etc... I have decided to scan and source (as best I can) similar to a scan of a birth certificate and then add the picture into the individual's picture gallery.

RE: [LegacyUG] restore multimedia to Windows 7

2010-06-01 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
That's because there is no C:\Documents and Settings folder on the Win7 OS as well as Vista. For security reasons, uniform programming interfaces, and to make a whole bunch of software vendors happy, everything you do is maintained within your own User Profile while you are logged onto a

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread JLB
Legacy already provides fields for birth, death, burial, marriage, etc. Have you considered attaching your photos as source detail under the Multimedia tab, i.e. as proof of the events? instead of making photos into their own events... Making a photo of your father in the Navy could support an

RE: [LegacyUG] User group interest

2010-06-01 Thread Sherry/Support
You have to subscribe yourself, which you obviously did since your post went to the list. I don’t know how you could have seen that Arnold’s name was on the list unless you were looking at the archives? The list of subscribers is not public information. It’s quite possible that his name

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread Connie Sheets
For your first example, you can attach the photograph to the source citation if you like (Source Detail, Multimedia Tab). I'm not quite sure what double work is involved, regardless of whether you attach it to the person or to the source. For the second situation, you can always submit an

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread Bain Family
For your first example, you can attach the photograph to the source citation if you like (Source Detail, Multimedia Tab). I'm not quite sure what double work is involved, regardless of whether you attach it to the person or to the source. What I was referring to was that if I attach the

Re: [LegacyUG] Introduction and a Picture/Source Question

2010-06-01 Thread JLB
Why do you think you need all your pictures in the individual picture galleries? - JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog On 6/1/2010 10:10 PM, Bain Family wrote: For your first example, you can attach the photograph to the source citation if you