Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging problem

2011-11-02 Thread Ron Ferguson
The method Robert describes works fine for me, and I use it every month when updating my website. There may be a USR file which you can delete for this screen, although I cannot see it! Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: CE Wood Sent: Wednesday, November

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates in Picture Center

2011-11-02 Thread Ron Ferguson
Mary, Have you checked your date settings in OptionsCustomiseDates? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: M. Brenzel Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 1:50 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Dates in Picture Center I have been adding dates to pictures and

Re: [LegacyUG] 2 entries or 2 DOB for one entry

2011-11-02 Thread Laura Johnson
I would use the alternate birth and alternate death in the events center and source them with the same source showing where you found these alternate data On 11/1/2011 4:47 PM, Duncan family wrote: Hi Recent research has revealed that a line of ancestors may not be as previously thought.

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging problem

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:32:31 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: No. When I clear the tags, former ancestors remain tagged. Robert said to clear ALL tags ... IOW check Untag, set the correct Tag #, and press the Everyone button. At least this is the procedure in V6. In your original post (not

Re: [LegacyUG] How to show parents and siblings of 'spouses' in a book?

2011-11-02 Thread Ward Walker
I have noticed that a lot of people model relatives of spouses as individuals in their tree. I can see where this might prove helpful when you find a distant cousin who descends from that line. My own (perhaps selfish) approach is to not model them but to mention them in the general notes for that

Re: [LegacyUG] How to show parents and siblings of 'spouses' in a book?

2011-11-02 Thread Sherry/Support
Adding to Brian's comment, if you do a Multiple Lines of Descent report and include the MRIN for the spouse's ancestor(s), then you can get his or her siblings in the report. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Brian/Support

[LegacyUG] Common Ancestor

2011-11-02 Thread Tim Rosenlof
I have now decided to be a splitter (Don't throw rocks please) ! Task with dozens of replies I am sure, I cannot find the common ancestor that keeps me from doing so. Suggestions ? -- Regards, Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always -- Document -- your work. Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Location List problem

2011-11-02 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 02/11/2011 04:30, Brian/Support wrote: For those locations where you do not want the Lat and Long set: Open the Master Location List and select the location Click the Edit button under the location Click the Geo-code button and select do not Auto geocode this location You will get a

Re: [LegacyUG] How to show parents and siblings of 'spouses' in a book?

2011-11-02 Thread mbstx
I add spouses as individuals because you never know what might pop up. Like the man who married two women, each of whom are my first cousins twice removed, and who both track back to my 2nd great-grandfather as a common ancestor. Marianne -Original Message- From: Ward Walker

RE: [LegacyUG] Location List problem

2011-11-02 Thread Alan Pereira
possible cause If you look at the folder where your Legacy file is stored you will see your file.fdb and if it's open also your file.ldb. if that file exists when you have closed Legacy then Legacy will still think there is another user accessing the database. Making sure you do not have the

[LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
I would like to make a file of all of the ancestors [and their siblings] of one person with all the data I have for those people and use it separately. I don't want to delete it from my main file, at least not at the moment. It would seem I would export it as a GEDCOM but I can't seem to figure

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Brian/Support
There is no limitation on the size of a focus group. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 02/11/2011

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
From Help:  A Focus Group can hold up to 100 entry lines. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: There is no limitation on the size of a focus group. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:20:00 -0500, Cheryl Rothwell historysle...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to make a file of all of the ancestors [and their siblings] of one person with all the data I have for those people and use it separately. I don't want to delete it from my main file, at least not at

Re: [LegacyUG] Considering Switching from FTM to Legacy 7.5 Deluxe-Old file a mess

2011-11-02 Thread Paula Ryburn
Vicki, Been meaning to point out to you that there is a webinar this Friday about organizing your research. Check it out here: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Webinars.asp There's some software to install to participate. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Leon Chapman
Cheryl: Here is the steps that will get what you want: 1. Position yourseld to person you want ancestors for in the Family View 2. Go to advanced tagging (Ctrl+T) (hold CTRL key and hit t) 3. Clear all Tags for Everyone 4. Select Tag # to use (Normally Tag #1) 5. Select Ancestors 6 Use

Re: [LegacyUG] Four-color filing system (Mary A.V. Hill, earlier current versions) was: Considering Switching from FTM to Legacy 7.5 Deluxe-Old file a mess

2011-11-02 Thread Paula Ryburn
In reality, Jennifer, I use six colors. Four are for my ancestors and two are for my husband's ancestors. I also use binders instead of folders. I'm still working through getting everything updated (lots of re-working of things I've entered over the past decade). But, I like having the

Re: [LegacyUG] Four-color filing system (Mary A.V. Hill, earlier current versions) was: Considering Switching from FTM to Legacy 7.5 Deluxe-Old file a mess

2011-11-02 Thread Paula Ryburn
If the person is female, she is with her parents (whatever color that family unit is) before her marriage, and with her husband (whatever color his family unit is) after she's married. Or did I completely misunderstand that part? --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
Thank you. That seems to do it. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com wrote: Cheryl: Here is the steps that will get what you want: 1.  Position yourseld to person you want ancestors for in the Family View 2.  Go to advanced tagging (Ctrl+T) (hold CTRL key and hit

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
I am going to guess this automatically does what Leon detailed out for me. I am little nervous when L-Tools warns it will mess with my original file. :-/ I don't know enough about tagging in Legacy to know if I care. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:55:49 -0500, Cheryl Rothwell historysle...@gmail.com wrote: I am going to guess this automatically does what Leon detailed out for me. Except for the export part. I am little nervous when L-Tools warns it will mess with my original file. :-/ I don't know enough about

RE: [LegacyUG] Dates in Picture Center

2011-11-02 Thread M. Brenzel
Ron, I checked my settings: Dates Displayed As = 21 Nov 1953 Month Format = Abbr. month name I would think that this would indicate that all of my dates would be DD MMM but they are not. Some of them actually have the month spelled out completely. But that's only in the Picture Center.

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Tim Rosenlof
And your sources ? Regards, Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always -- Document -- your work. On 11/2/2011 4:24 PM, Leon Chapman wrote: Cheryl: Here is the steps that will get what you want: 1. Position yourseld to person you want ancestors for in the Family View 2. Go

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Leon Chapman
All the sources and pictures will be exported to the new Legacy file Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Tim Rosenlof spa...@xmission.com wrote: And your sources ? Regards, Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always -- Document --

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
My sources, pictures, etc. seem to be with the new file. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com wrote: All the sources and pictures will be exported to the new Legacy file Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Tim Rosenlof

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Ron Ferguson
Leon, Not necessarily so with a GEDCOM I'm afraid. Source Writer sources do not export correctly to a GEDCOM (GEDCOM's fault btw. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Leon Chapman Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:34 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Brian/Support
The number of people chosen by a focus group is unlimited. The number 100 is the limit on how many focus specification lines can be included to describe who will be included in the final list of people. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com

[LegacyUG] Spacing Issues / Word Wrap

2011-11-02 Thread MarksLady
Recently after upgrading to Windows 7 I began having a spacing issue in my descendancy book reports. Now there are HUGE gaps in my book reports. Spaces of 10- 40 lines have started to appear in the books. Note that these spaces are NOT in my original notes. They only show up once I generate a

Re: [LegacyUG] Spacing Issues / Word Wrap

2011-11-02 Thread Leon Chapman
Karen: I do not have that problem with my data using Descendant Book reports when printing notes. I only print General Notes for eveyone. Do any of your notes involve Research or Medical Notes? If you have Notes with Pictures and are printing pictures, then you would expect blank lines to

Re: [LegacyUG] Spacing Issues / Word Wrap

2011-11-02 Thread Ron Ferguson
Karen, I have only had a look at the Descendant Book Report, and mine is fine. WIN7 Legacy Version 7.5.0.112. I suggest that you try again after using the Reset Button at the bottom right of the page. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: MarksLady Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Wendy Howard
Dennis said: Since this LTool only messes with tags, the only damage you can inflict on your database is to accidentally choose a tag # that you are using for something else important. But you can do that in Legacy also (and I have done that myself). That is why we back backup our databases,