Re: [LegacyUG] archive

2010-10-20 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/10/20 06:53, Wendy Howard wrote: Is there an archive of these e-mails? There are links at the end of each and every post that take you to the archives. And... they seem to show up better when plain text postings are used. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] OT: Trimming the Family Tree

2010-10-20 Thread Tim Rosenlof
Ditto. I would add, try to keep your eye on your goal. Tim On 10/19/2010 10:45 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: This group is pretty picky about staying on topic but I'm happy to respond :-) I record everyone and that includes married lines too. You'd be surprised what sort of connections show up!

Re: [LegacyUG] OT: Trimming the Family Tree

2010-10-20 Thread Connie Sheets
Scott, My answer is it depends upon (1) my research goals, and (2) how much time I have. For some ancestors, for whatever reason, I'm more interested in tracking their descendants; for others, I'm mostly interested in finding their parents, or reconstructing the history of their lives. But I

Re: [LegacyUG] OT: Trimming the Family Tree

2010-10-20 Thread Scott Hall
Thanks for the heads up on the other message board. I was trying to find the right forum to ask the question, knowing that this was OT to this list. Thanks, too, for those who responded. Scott On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Scott, At what

Re: [LegacyUG] OT: Trimming the Family Tree

2010-10-20 Thread Tim Rosenlof
Scott, If you are going to message boards boards.ancestry.com Pick the one(s) to your fancy Tim On 10/20/2010 8:37 AM, Scott Hall wrote: Thanks for the heads up on the other message board. I was trying to find the right forum to ask the question, knowing that this was OT to this list.

Re: [LegacyUG] We need your help - testing a live webinar

2010-10-20 Thread Tim Rosenlof
I must agree, especially when he answered my question about GEDCOM. I would have asked with a followup question, which type of GEDCOM is the best to upload to ancestry.com, mytrees.com, TNG, etc... There are quite a few tags, and each service would seem to bark at some. Thoughts ? Tim On

[LegacyUG] Master sources - 2 computers in use.

2010-10-20 Thread Kathy Wallace
I've a feeling that I've had this problem before but unfortunately don't remember the answer I have Legacy running on both a home computer and on a netbook. I just backed the file up from the main computer and copied the zip file to the netbook. I can get the file to open but notice that

re: [LegacyUG] Master sources - 2 computers in use.

2010-10-20 Thread Jim Terry/Support
Kathy, (1) To get your Master Sources to reappear in Legacy on tyour netbook click on View on the menu bar and select Master Lists Source. Next remove the check marks from any of the boxes in the 'Show Only' area below the Help button on the right side of the screen. Once you do this, all of

[LegacyUG] showing maiden name and adoptive name

2010-10-20 Thread Becky
My great-grandmother's maiden name was Hoover; her father died, and her uncle adopted her so she was also a Huffaker. She had a sister who was not adopted and so her maiden name was Hoover. I write her full name down as: Birdye Hoover Huffaker Wilkins But then the Hoover shows as a middle

Re: [LegacyUG] showing maiden name and adoptive name

2010-10-20 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/10/20 19:38, Becky wrote: How do I show Hoover as her maiden name, Huffaker as her adopted maiden name and keep the relationship with her sister and her uncle from being eliminated on a pedigree or family group sheet? Becky Please, Becky, Use plain text. See the following. Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] showing maiden name and adoptive name

2010-10-20 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 20/10/2010 18:38, Becky wrote: My great-grandmother’s maiden name was Hoover; her father died, and her uncle adopted her so she was also a Huffaker. She had a sister who was not adopted and so her maiden name was Hoover. I write her full name down as: Birdye Hoover Huffaker Wilkins

Re: [LegacyUG] Master sources - 2 computers in use.

2010-10-20 Thread Kathy Meyer
Another idea is to store your working file in Dropbox (download for free); then when you turn on your netbook and it connects to the internet, any updated files will be transferred to your netbook automatically. If you don't already have it, let me know and I'll send you a link. If you sign up

Re: [LegacyUG] Convert Basic into Source Writer Source ?

2010-10-20 Thread circe
And the other way around - from Source Writer to Basic? Helen Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server -

Re: [LegacyUG] Master sources - 2 computers in use.

2010-10-20 Thread Sherry/Support
In the Family File, the date an individual is added and/or modified is stored in the database. Click on the date in the lower right corner of the Legacy window to bring those dates up if you want to see them. When you import a gedcom into Legacy, you have created a new file and consequently all