Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information

2011-07-02 Thread 2marion wimps
Thank you - now I can see it! On 2 July 2011 15:16, Jan Roberts poo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: When you click on the and get to the list of options you need to scroll through the list until you get to 'Event...' (after Death (or Burial). When you select that you are taken to the list of

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Calculator Question

2011-07-02 Thread Ron Ferguson
Elizabeth, I don't know where you are from but a word of caution, either could be correct! UK Certificates are copies and it would be easy to mistranscribe a 0 as a 6. This would, of course, equally apply to the stone mason, but such an error is far more likely to be picked up. Without any

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Calculator Question

2011-07-02 Thread cranberryfrog
I agree with Ron. I would enter the date that most made sense considering all of the other info I have and then enter the other date either as alt. birth information, conflicting birth information or at least in the notes. michele -Original Message- From: Ron Ferguson Sent: Saturday,

[LegacyUG] Update problem

2011-07-02 Thread sarlesinsight
I did the automatic update thing and now I get a message saying that I have to select a printer. When I go to the Printer set=up I get a message saying Error 32757 and it won't allow. I don't see anywhere else it lets me select a printer. Now what? Jane Sarles Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Update problem

2011-07-02 Thread Mike Fry
On 2011/07/02 15:00, sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: I did the automatic update thing and now I get a message saying that I have to select a printer. When I go to the Printer set=up I get a message saying Error 32757 and it won't allow. I don't see anywhere else it lets me select a printer.

Re: [LegacyUG] Update problem

2011-07-02 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jane, See Legacy HomeOn-Line Troubleshooting HelpSolutions by error number (URL: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/help.asp#SolutionsByNumber) Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: sarlesinsi...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 2:00 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Update problem

2011-07-02 Thread Tim Rosenlof
Hi Jane, Take a look at: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpError32757.asp Regards, Tim On 7/2/2011 7:00 AM, sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: I did the automatic update thing and now I get a message saying that I have to select a printer. When I go to the Printer set=up I get a message

Re: [LegacyUG] Today's webinar

2011-07-02 Thread aparsons
Thanks a million Geoff. If I would have known how you do the events years ago I bet I wouldn't still be getting error 91. Ann Parsons Tucson, AZ On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:25 PM, cranberryf...@cobridge.tv wrote: If y’all missed today’s webinar you missed a treat. Geoff showed us a couple of

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information

2011-07-02 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
My drop down list does not contain ANY alt events either, It doesn't really matter to me since such changes are global I would never surrender any of the 5 primary fields globally. Geoff should have mentioned the fact that such a change is not local. I liked someone's suggestion of an * when an

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information

2011-07-02 Thread Cathy Claycamp
Thanks all.  Cathy   Researching: Claycamp, Gerlach, Grindle, Magin, Mersinger, Reader, Singleton From: Jan Roberts poo...@ozemail.com.au To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2011 1:16 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information

2011-07-02 Thread Kevin Long
Where would you put the *? Kevin Long -Original Message- From: Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 8:47 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information My drop down list

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information

2011-07-02 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
Richard, At the end of the article there is an important paragraph: The conflicting information will only appear as I've described above if you actually record the conflicting data as an Alt. Birth event. I've written about this a couple of times in past articles: click here and here for the

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] Update problem

2011-07-02 Thread sarlesinsight
Thanks all. A simple re boot did it. Sometimes I jump too quickly. Jane On , Tim Rosenlof spa...@xmission.com wrote: Hi Jane, Take a look at: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpError32757.asp Regards, Tim On 7/2/2011 7:00 AM, sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: I did the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information

2011-07-02 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Geoff, I have plenty of Alt. Birth, Death, Marriage, etc. in my records. Some people have 3 Alts. I looked and looked and still don't find Alt. anything. I'm perfectly happy with the 5 default events though -- Richard Van Wasshnova On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Geoff Rasmussen

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Tip: How to Display Conflicting Information

2011-07-02 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
You need to first click on the Event field. It will then pop up the list of events from which you can select Alt Birth. Geoff -Original Message- From: Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 3:16 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

[LegacyUG] number of people in your file

2011-07-02 Thread cranberryfrog
I am curious, how many people do you have in your file? I have 7800 and I think that is a lot. I am wondering if you have exceptionally large files does it slow down at all? Do you need to do the file maintenance more often? Compact more often? michele Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file

2011-07-02 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Interesting question, I have 28,917(thanks to the online records I have had the luxury of tracking daughter and all of my ancestors, so I can follow their patterns- which is half the fun to me *G*) people in my tree and except for uploading to World Connect (had too many dead hard drives, I like

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Calculator Question

2011-07-02 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
You are correct, but I also have a picture of him taken sometime in the early 1920's. He is buried in New Jersey. Elizabeth C Ron Ferguson wrote: Elizabeth, I don't know where you are from but a word of caution, either could be correct! UK Certificates are copies and it would

Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file

2011-07-02 Thread cranberryfrog
28,000+ Oh my! That is all I can say! michele -Original Message- From: Eliz Hanebury Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 9:36 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file Interesting question, I have 28,917(thanks to the online records I have

[LegacyUG] Step-children

2011-07-02 Thread sandy keas
HELP!! I have been using Legacy for several years and REALLY like it but I have one thing that I have not figured out. I am not sure of how to handle step-children correctly. My cousin has 2 children of her own (by 2 different husbands) and 3 step-children that belong to her third husband.

Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file

2011-07-02 Thread Greg Matthews
I have 10,500 and I think I've been using Legacy since about 2002. In those nearly 10 years I believe I've done File Maint. 3 times. The most recent was just a few weeks ago because I was curious what it would show. Never had any problems show up. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:25 PM,

Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file

2011-07-02 Thread Sherry/Support
It's good to do regular check/repair and Compact Family File as your file grows - the processes clean up the deleted information, checks the intregity of the database and compacts it to help it run faster. Always back up (File Backup Family File) before running any of the File Maintenance

RE: [LegacyUG] Step-children

2011-07-02 Thread Jan Roberts
I doubt you are doing anything incorrectly – unfortunately it is a facet of Legacy. You are right in that linking the children to your cousin’s current marriage is the only way they will show on reports (this is because they are not blood descendants, but I like to use Legacy to record family