Re: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread Brian/Support
Based on other replies in this thread I have tested. If you right click on the Legacy icon in the Windows 7 task bar to choose a file to open the Options > Customize setting will revert to Open the last used family file. I will be submitting a problem report to our tracking system to have the prog

RE: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread CE Wood
You have always been able to open Legacy from the taskbar in Windows XP. You just need to move a Legacy shortcut to the taskbar. CE -Original Message- From: Willard Ellis [mailto:willardell...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 5:44 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subj

Re: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread Willard Ellis
Sorry Gail. I appear to be off base. Since I'm using window XP and not Windows 7, I wasn't aware that you could open the Legacy program from the task bar, as BG Johnson pointed out to me. I'm still clicking on the Legacy icon from my desktop. I guess I'm not up to speed. Bill On Sat, Oct 29,

Re: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread Gail in MN
I usually open the program using the icon on the task bar on the bottom of the screen. I have set the options multiple times to always use the "family" file, but when I go to use the program again, using the task bar icon, it opens whatever file I might have opened last... even though I have not d

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Jerry
This discussion could be endless because it is not likely that most people will change their minds on this issue. I value the historical accuracy just as much as the rest of you, but that accuracy can be handled by the adjacent NOTE fields. With this method, you can pull up every instance of all

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread CE Wood
Amen, Kirsten! I have many ancestors who lived in Normandy, Anjou, Wessex, et alia, when there was not a France or England. Those are entered without the erroneous national moniker. Yes, I have more locations. Yes, it makes Location sorting from right to left more difficult, but not left to r

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread CE Wood
Which is why I always find out the coordinates (latitude and longitude) using another means. That is the way to do it is you want the exact coordinates of a cemetery, church, house, etc., whether for Locations or for Addresses. CE -Original Message- From: David C Abernathy [mailto:da

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread CE Wood
You can turn off the Legacy function that mentions that county X was not in existence. CE -Original Message- From: Cheryl Rothwell [mailto:historysle...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 1:38 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical loc

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread David C Abernathy
This is the problem with ALL of these third party mapping programs. They are written for "Today's" World and in a lot of cases are useless. I for one will use them for a "Guide" only not to be fact, when it comes to older locations. I use more than one Family Research program and they all think

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
I did that, went through all the "at the time" designations. They didn't work well with any program. Since Legacy busily tells me county X wasn't in existence at the time in question I have to assume it would balk at Massachusetts Bay Colony too. I was using another program then. There would be en

RE: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread BG Johnson
Bill, I may have misunderstood Gail, but I believe she was talking about using Windows 7 with the legacy icon on the "Start" or "Task" menu. In windows 7, you may right click on the icon and get a list of family files last opened. By choosing one of them to open will reset the option to open

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread my genealogy email
Mary, I do this also. I have a lot of Canadian ancestors so for me I have: ,,,New France -1791 ,,,Quebec 1791-1841 ,,,Upper Canada ,,,Lower Canada 1841-1867 ,,Canada West,Province of Canada ,,Canada East,Province of Canada 1867-present ,,Ontario,Canada ,,Quebec,Canada and in the notes section I ha

RE: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread BG Johnson
I never used version 6. I started with version 7. Perhaps I should have said "builds" instead of "versions". Sorry. bgj -Original Message- From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:kowal...@iglou.com] Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:40 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [Le

Re: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread Willard Ellis
Gail. Like you, I also work with several family files and I haven't had the problem you describe. If you the option "Open last used file automatically" ticked. The last used family will be the one that opens. If you tick the option "Always open this file" and select a certain file, that file wil

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread my genealogy email
Richard, Are you aware that you have duplicate messages coming to the group? I also use those names for the countries also and a note with the date range in the note section, and the verified box checked. Russ From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:28 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread my genealogy email
Tony, I would use Norfolk,,Virginia Colony and put a check mark in the verified box so I know that it is not to be merged. And I would also copy the geo locations from the current Norfolk location. It is standard genealogical practice to use the locations as they were at the time of the event. I us

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Tony: Forego history? For shame! Isn’t genealogy all about history? How much extra effort or computer memory does it take to have two or three correct names for the same geographical location? I can’t speak for Australia or Queensland, but in the US it looks ignorant to see it written that

RE: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread BG Johnson
Gail, I don't believe it is a corrupt .usr file. It has been this way through the last several versions of Legacy. I first noticed this about a year ago and tried many times to find a way to make it stick. It's just that when you force Legacy to open a specific family file at startup, it res

Re: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread Gail in MN
Yes, it is installed into c:\legacy and my data file is in the data file of legacy. Like I said, not a big deal, just weird. will wait to see if someone knows which usr might be the problem and go from there. Thanks. Gail On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Alan Pereira wrote: > Just tested my

RE: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread BG Johnson
Gail, I to, discovered that the option to choose the start-up file does not stick when you select a file via the start menu in windows 7. This is just to confirm what you are seeing happens to others. Like you, this is not a problem for me since I know the option does not stick. bgj -Or

RE: [LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread Alan Pereira
Just tested my Win 7 for the same and found it worked OK for me. 2 possibilities spring to mind. a) Did you install to c:\legacy and not to Program Files (Legacy can't write to Program Files) b) You may have a corrupt USR file. Not sure which one it is for this change. Alan -Original Message-

[LegacyUG] open file

2011-10-29 Thread Gail in MN
I've used Legacy for many years now and have no complaints. That being said, for the past couple of weeks, I can't seem to get the family tree file to open that I have set up in options. I have several files that I work with and right now, no matter which file I have chosen as the "always open th

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread M. Brenzel
All suggestions that I have read from the "experts" say that you should record the location as it was at the time of the event. That is a practice that I have adopted and as a result, I have adjusted my locations to be that way. I feel that we shouldn't forget the history and it should be stud

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread SalUDevil
I always use the original name and note the current location. Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 10/29/2011 10:22:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, apple1...@centurylink.net writes: Similar situations have occurred in the United States, i.e. Washington County, Tennessee was at an earlier time

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Alan Pereira
I do a mixture of both. I keep as close to the original location name for the dated event but I also place a comment in the master location list (notes) on how it changed. I mindful of how the data will look if posted to websites via gedcom, when all the Legacy extras get dropped. By adding no

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Charles Apple
Similar situations have occurred in the United States, i.e. Washington County, Tennessee was at an earlier time Washington County, North Carolina. All tutorials that I have read or viewed indicate that a location should be recorded as it existed at the time of the event, and not as it is now. Pe

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Mike Fry
On 2011/10/29 13:55, M. Brenzel wrote: > In my opinion, it is important to remember the history. > > I have events in my database that took place in what is now Detroit, > Michigan, USA when it was a French fort. Research provided me with the time > frames of Detroit's evolution through various j

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Jerry
Why not just use the note with the one most current location? Just saying if we did that for every possible historical difference for every location, you would add tremendously to your database locations. One man's meat is another man's poison. But thanks for that note. May I use it? Jerry

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Jerry
Oh that's really funny! I sent my post about DETROIT before I saw your post. Difference of opinion... Jerry "M. Brenzel" wrote: >In my opinion, it is important to remember the history. > >I have events in my database that took place in what is now Detroit, Michigan, >USA when it was a Frenc

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Jerry
I wholeheartedly agree. Detroit was known by about five different names in its 300 year plus history. Seems extremely silly to use those five different names for the exact same spot on the map. Instead, I use the adjacent NOTE fields to explain needed historical names. Jerry Jennifer Crocke

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread M. Brenzel
In my opinion, it is important to remember the history. I have events in my database that took place in what is now Detroit, Michigan, USA when it was a French fort. Research provided me with the time frames of Detroit's evolution through various jurisdictions until Michigan became a state. So

[LegacyUG] Opening nFS Interface

2011-10-29 Thread Alan Pereira
Using Windows 7 64 bit and raid0 disks, Legacy version 7.5.0.112 Build Date 2 Aug 2011 If I open up this interface, do nothing but just close it again, then shut down my laptop. On startup it crashes with a memory dump (repeatable). After 2 restarts the system returns to normal. That is, until I

RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Erica Portelli
You know I was quite content before I joined this group, now look at all the extra things I have to think about LOL I've been doing a lot of searching through early Australian newspapers and find generally the 'colonies' of Australia (up to 1900) all referred to themselves simply as Queensland

[LegacyUG] Showing historical locations.

2011-10-29 Thread Tony Rolfe
Jennifer said > As person born in Queensland, Australia, I would say to just use > Clermont, Queensland, Australia. Oh, good. That's exactly what I have done. I only just realised that Australia didn't exist as a country at the time my 3rd great grand uncles came out. Not having to fix anyt