Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Scotlands People records - basic source

2011-08-09 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 09/08/2011 01:59, Jennifer Crockett wrote: I won't use Source Writer as on export to GEDCOM it scrambles the source and ends up on my website in garbled form. You asked in an earlier post which was the Master Source and which the Detail in the example I gave. I use SourceWriter and the

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos

2011-08-09 Thread Brian/Support
The photos are available/can be included now on individual and FGS reports. For the narrative style reports such as ancestor and descendants the difficulty is that the birth, chr, death and burial details are all written into one paragraph. The programmer has played around with including the

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos

2011-08-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:22:49 -0400, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: For the narrative style reports such as ancestor and descendants the difficulty is that the birth, chr, death and burial details are all written into one paragraph. The programmer has played around with including

RE: [LegacyUG] Citing Scotlands People records - basic source

2011-08-09 Thread Jennifer Crockett
Thank you very much, Jenny. That helps a lot. Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011 6:53 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Scotlands People

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Report problem

2011-08-09 Thread Sherry/Support
I'm not able to duplicate this. The first things to do when a report isn't formatting correctly even when it's just for one individual: 1. Make sure you have the current build (7.5.0.112) 2. Reset the report options by clicking the Reset button in the lower right corner of the main report

Re: [LegacyUG] Reminder - webinar on Wednesday

2011-08-09 Thread Paula Ryburn
Thanks, Wendy.  I thought that was true, but couldn't remember details.  --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Harbaugh Hopkins Hughes Jones

[LegacyUG] Need report

2011-08-09 Thread Jane Sarles
I wish to get a list of all those direct ancestors for whom I have no death date or place. I have check out the reports, including the event report, but cannot figure any that will work for the purpose. Is there such an animal? Jane Sarles Legacy User Group guidelines:

[LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Jane Sarles
How do you all handle the situation where you suspect person A;s father is person B, but you cannot prove it. Or, for that matter, you have 2 or 3 possible candidates for person A's father. One does not want to list them as though it is certain, but just putting the candidates in as unlinked

Re: [LegacyUG] Need report

2011-08-09 Thread Sherry/Support
Click on the Search icon Miscellaneous tab. Click on Focus Group and set a focus group for Add an Individual and Ancestors - select the option for Direct Line Ancestors (this will also include spouses). Create the LIst Then in the Search List, go to Search Find Missing Information tab and

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jane, One should never create any link without proof. The best you can do, if you wish to include the possibilities, is to put them in a note. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Jane Sarles Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 7:09 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Sherry/Support
I enter them in as unlinked individuals and create a To-Do item to research it further Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Jane, One should never create any link without proof. The best

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Jerry
That's one opinion, but if you believe you have a link, but can't prove it, your un-linked person might be overlooked completely. But if you decide to link the person, your note should be very clear and show up readily. Jerry in Michigan Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Jane,

Re: [LegacyUG] Need report

2011-08-09 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jane, In Family View, right click on the tabs and tag all ancestors (be careful with the selection) with, say tag1. Now go to SearchFindDetailed Search, and as the first condition, search for an individual with Death Date equal to (leave blank) OR second condition Death Place equal to (leave

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Jerry
Adding to this, your source should be less than 3 for your surety level, in some cases a 0. Jerry Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: That's one opinion, but if you believe you have a link, but can't prove it, your un-linked person might be overlooked completely. But if you decide to

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Eliz Hanebury
When I have a suspect, I link to the possible son and give the name Maybe father and I keep all notes for and against under this title It is so easy to edit as it becomes proved or not proved G and I know who and where I have him. Eliz On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Jane Sarles

[LegacyUG] List of ancestors

2011-08-09 Thread Lorry Wendland
How do I make a report of direct ancestors of only one family? I'm planning a family reunion and want to give people who attend a list of their ancestors in that family ONLY. Thanks -- 28535 Lake Avenue Way Frontenac, MN 55026-1044 651.345.6208 Cell 507.491.0445 Winter information: 8701

Re: [LegacyUG] List of ancestors

2011-08-09 Thread Robert E. Carneal
I am confused.  Let's say you have ten =people at reunion. Do you want to give each of the ten an ancestral report applicable to that one person, or do you want to print *your* ancestral report and give a copy to everyone. Thank you. Robert On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Lorry Wendland

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Brian/Support
If you enter the details for the possible parent (Name, birth, death etc.) as an unlinked person (Use CTRL-N to do so) then their details, and the source of that information will be recorded for later if you are able to prove the connection. I would also, as Sherry suggested create a To Do for the

Re: [LegacyUG] List of ancestors

2011-08-09 Thread Lorry Wendland
I want to give a personal ancestral report to each of the 10 people. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Robert E. Carneal kentuckygenealog...@gmail.com wrote: I am confused. Let's say you have ten =people at reunion. Do you want to give each of the ten an ancestral report applicable to that

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Connie Sheets
Jane, I'm with Ron on this.  I never link anyone where I don't have substantial evidence, generally from more than one source, that A's father is B.  I use the Note feature to explain my suspicion, and make very clear it is only a hypothesis. When I have several possibilities, I not only use

Re: [LegacyUG] List of ancestors

2011-08-09 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 09/08/2011 20:36, Lorry Wendland wrote: I want to give a personal ancestral report to each of the 10 people. Start with the first person on the screen in Family View - make sure that person is highlighted, not their spouse. Run an Ancestor Report. Select the next person, run an Ancestor

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Jerry
Well, that's what so great about Legacy - it allows you to develop a lot of things according to what makes sense to you. For example, we have been having an annual family reunion in Michigan for 61 years straight! So, on our 50th annual, when I was President of the reunion, I circulated data

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jerry, I am not particularly averse to taking personal knowledge as being accurate, but one should always remember it is not inevitably true. Take your example of grandparents, sure someone may remember that a grandmother was named Mary, because she has always been there. But she might not be -

Re: [LegacyUG] Need report

2011-08-09 Thread Jane Sarles
Thank you kindly for the strategies to answer my problem. Jane S. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote: Jane, In Family View, right click on the tabs and tag all ancestors (be careful with the selection) with, say tag1. Now go to

RE: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Gavin Nicholson
For my $0.02 I only ever link one generation of possible parentage and put the rest of the information in as notes of that possible person. I then put an asterisk * in the name so it stands out to me (yes Legacy does give me warning :-) ) that this is only a possibility although I should have

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Virginia Dunham
Jane, I include maybe (without the quotes) as part of the given name. Then I use my created event: Under Investigation, where I note the reasons for entering this person and keep track of all my research. Then as an added insurance of not sending any reports including this person, I mark the

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Virginia Dunham
Jane, Sorry, I meant to add that perhaps if have several choices, you might enter just one and the other(s) as AKA's...if you have the option checked to include AKA's in your name list, these would also appear. Virginia On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread Jane Sarles
I like it Virginia. Seems to fit what I am driving at. Jane On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Virginia Dunham geistdn...@gmail.comwrote: Jane, I include maybe (without the quotes) as part of the given name. Then I use my created event: Under Investigation, where I note the reasons for

[LegacyUG] .LWC

2011-08-09 Thread Chuck Schober
Is there a way to print multi page .LWC files in another format, page for page? Thanks -- Chuck 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible parentage

2011-08-09 Thread my genealogy email
Yet, the source of the information is where you got the information and that information was Personal knowledge of the person who gave you the info. You would just change the surety level to a lower level if you don't trust the source. Russ -Original Message- From: Ron Ferguson Sent: