Re: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries

2011-02-11 Thread Ron Ferguson
With respect, the whole point of the Source Writer system is the the format *is* standardised in accordance with the principles of Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills, and available from Legacy. Whilst I use Source Writer, I do not consider it necessary to complete all fields in most

Re: [LegacyUG] Search help

2011-02-11 Thread BMcL Robinson
Hi John I think the answer you are after, is to search for one daughter (clear the list first for this first search only), then search the resulting search list - it will give you individuals, not families, so you create a list and work through it looking at the Family window. Cheers, Brett,

Re: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries

2011-02-11 Thread Arlene
Personally, I created an event called cemetery.  Then I put the name of the cemetery in the description and other details in the notes.  I like being able to see the name quickly.   Arlene Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Last Edited

2011-02-11 Thread Brian/Support
Go to Search Find Detailed Search Look for whom=Individual Where to Look=Modified Date How to Look has choices like Equal to, Before, After, Not Equal to What to look for, enter the date you want to look for. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Last Edited

2011-02-11 Thread Mary Young
You don't have to search for a person's last modified date. While in Family View, highlight the person - the last modified date is in the box at bottom-right of the screen. Mary Young On 11 February 2011 13:04, Lloyd Hite lhite3...@juno.com wrote: Hello List, Is there anyway in Legacy to search

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Last Edited

2011-02-11 Thread Mike Fry
On 2011/02/11 15:04, Lloyd Hite wrote: Hello List, Is there anyway in Legacy to search for when a person's data was last edited? I think you need to be a little more explicit with your requirements. On the Family tab, in the bottom right-hand corner is a date. This is the date that the record

Re: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter and GEDCOM

2011-02-11 Thread Connie Sheets
Ward, This is an excellent idea which I hope would be relatively easy to implement.  I have no desire to abandon Legacy, but there is a competitor I'd like to use for some purposes.  I'm essentially trapped in Legacy because I have many sources written in SourceWriter and they are completely

Re: [LegacyUG] Search help

2011-02-11 Thread John Roose
Brett - DUH! Thank you - smaller bites should work and will save a lot of time looking. I do that on other searches - must be old age cobwebs creeping in! Best, John On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:31 AM, BMcL Robinson b...@vodafone.co.nz wrote: Hi John I think the answer you are after, is to

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches

2011-02-11 Thread Kevin Schmitt
could you send me your tutorials, also Kevin Schmitt schmittke...@hotmail.com From: b...@brmemc.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:15:53 -0500 Kathy, You most certainly can add “Find My Past” or any other

Re: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries

2011-02-11 Thread Connie Sheets
It appears to me you are asking at least two separate questions: (1) How best to enter cemetery locations? This is a personal choice; there is no standard way to do this nor does there need to be. I never use the Burial Address field, but most of my research is in rural areas. (I might feel

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches

2011-02-11 Thread Dave Johnson
I also would like a copy of the tutorials you mentioned emailed to me. Thank you in advance. Dave David L. Johnson Happiness is a CHOICE From: BG Johnson [mailto:b...@brmemc.net] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 11:16 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Norfolk County Massachusetts

2011-02-11 Thread Jerry
There is an option that does not work for everyone, but it does for us because on our website we don't want to incur duplicate names unnecessarily. While desiring to keep historical accuracy, we have chosen to do so in the adjacent note fields. That way, we don't have to use different locations

FW: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches

2011-02-11 Thread John Kurfees
I would like a copy as well. Thank you kurfe...@bellsouth.net John R. Kurfees 1324 Radio Road Statesville, N. C. 28625-8309 704-873-5070 kurfe...@bellsouth.net From: Kevin Schmitt [mailto:schmittke...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:18 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Norfolk County Massachusetts

2011-02-11 Thread Genealogy mail
Jerry, If that is the case, then as you have determined, the option is to leave the county blank or turn off the county verifier. You could also submit a feature request to have the county verifier added to the Exclude from Potential Problems screen so that you can turn it off per individual. Russ

Re: [LegacyUG] Norfolk County Massachusetts

2011-02-11 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I have both Norfok's in my family so I use the 'long' placename to get the correct one, and the 'short' version is JUST Norfolk County, and so the county identifier never gets invoked (it reads the long). Rich in LA CA --- On Fri, 2/11/11, Genealogy mail rgstrong-ge...@hughes.net wrote: From:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches

2011-02-11 Thread John Harris
I would like to be put on the list to receive the tutorials/handouts that you prepared for your presentation. Do they come via the internet or do you for me to send my mailing address. Thank you, John From: BG Johnson b...@brmemc.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Cc: Sent: Thursday,

RE: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries

2011-02-11 Thread Paul Gray
There has been lots of good discussion in the past about the pros and cons of putting the full address (e.g. cemetery name, hospital) in the location field vs. the address table. Until recently, I was in the 'use the address table' camp, but I have changed my mind. I still think it's more

Re: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries

2011-02-11 Thread Bruce Jones
I believe that the mapping feature only uses the location field, so if you want to show a map with multiple locations within a city, putting the address in the location field would be necessary. On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Paul Gray grayp...@telus.net wrote: There has been lots of good

Re: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries faithfulness to Legacy

2011-02-11 Thread kramer101
- Original Message - From: Paul Gray grayp...@telus.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 5:22:08 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries If you are not planning on exporting GEDCOMs to be used in other applications, this probably doesn't matter.

Re: [LegacyUG] Repeating info and direct line

2011-02-11 Thread Noddie
Thanks to everyone for their help with repeat info It worked after I changed the settings on my mac keyboard. That was the problem, and all ok now Much appreciated :) Gwen On 11/02/2011, at 3:57 AM, Mike Fry wrote: On 2011/02/09 04:42, Noddie wrote: Sorry not it has not worked for me. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches

2011-02-11 Thread wayne lawrence
would like a copy as well. Thank you very much. Wayne Lawrence raycli...@gmail.com On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:15 PM, BG Johnson b...@brmemc.net wrote: You most certainly can add “Find My Past” or any other site you wish to add.  I will send you some tutorials I have written to your off line

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches

2011-02-11 Thread Kathy Almquist
Could you also forward them to me? I'd appreciate it! Thanks, Kathy On Feb 11, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: He emailed them as PDF attachments. If he doesn't send them to you, I'd be happy to forward them to you. Just let me know. Kathy On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:42 PM, John

RE: [LegacyUG] Date Last Edited

2011-02-11 Thread Jan Roberts
Well, I didn't know that! Thanks Mike. Cheers Jan -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:mike...@iafrica.com] Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2011 0:54 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date Last Edited If you click on that date, a window opens, containing the

RE: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries faithfulness to Legacy

2011-02-11 Thread Paul Gray
Ellen, Please don't take my comments as suggesting I'm considering converting to another program. Legacy is by far the best of Legacy, Family Tree Maker, and Roots Magic. It will continue to be my main database. That being said, GEDCOMs are used to exchange data at times, and because of

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches

2011-02-11 Thread Rick Evvy White
Would you please send me a copy, too. Thank you in advance. Rick - Original Message - From: Kathy Almquist To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and internet searches Could you also forward them to me?