RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Alan Pereira
Tony, The way I see the problem is that many people, like myself, wish to use the Location field for the Address at which, say the person is born. This information to appear on charts and reports and to transfer via gedcom from the Location field. The only way I can see this happening is if

Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen

2011-11-21 Thread Mike Fry
On 2011/11/21 12:51, Gensearcher wrote: When I select an individual person then go to search.. search the IGI website there is an error message popping up each individual search as it progresses. The error message says ...an error message has occurred on the script on this page Line 677

Re: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread M. Brenzel
Tony, In theory, this is a good idea. However, even within a country there can't be a standard. For example, in the U.S. there are cities that are not within a county. Mary Sent from my iPad On Nov 21, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Tony Rolfe So: USA, 3, State, County, Town England, 2, County,

Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen

2011-11-21 Thread Gensearcher
Thank you Mike for that information I hope they sort it out at Family search Regards John -Original Message- From: Mike Fry Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 10:56 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen On 2011/11/21 12:51,

[LegacyUG] GEDCOM Export Error

2011-11-21 Thread Mike Fry
There is a problem being reported on news:soc.genealogy.computing about the way that the Privacy tab behaves when exporting a GEDCOM file. In the top group of controls (Suppression of Living Individuals), the first two CheckBoxes behave in a similar fashion to RadioButtons. CheckBoxes should be

Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen

2011-11-21 Thread Sherry/Support
This has been reported to the programmers. I don't know if they can work around what's coming up from the IGI website. Until then, if you click either Yes or No, the search will continue, although it will continue to pop up. Just keep clicking. Watch the progress bar at the bottom of the page

Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen

2011-11-21 Thread Gensearcher
Hello Mike Thanks for the information Sherry has just emailed to say the she has reported it to the programmes Regards John Manchester England -Original Message- From: Mike Fry Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 10:56 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] error

Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen

2011-11-21 Thread Gensearcher
Thank you Sherry I will see what happens Regards John -Original Message- From: Sherry/Support Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 3:56 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen This has been reported to the programmers. I don't know

Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen

2011-11-21 Thread Tim Rosenlof
On 11/21/2011 8:56 AM, Sherry/Support wrote: This has been reported to the programmers. Sept / 2008 Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always -- Document-- your work. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov.

Re: [LegacyUG] error messages on IGI search screen

2011-11-21 Thread Sherry/Support
It was a minor issue previously. Clicking through once allowed the user to continue with searches for the Legacy session. It was just updated last Friday with the problem that it must be clicked for each search. The scrip error comes from IGI website and it's not actually a Legacy issue, but

[LegacyUG] I don't know if this is off topic or not

2011-11-21 Thread cranberryfrog
I now have access to the new FamilySearch. I have watched both of Geoff’s webinars on this but I have a question. There is a fact that is incorrect and I have the sources to back up my claim. When I click on the contributor button the only contributor is FamilySearch Data Administrator and it

Re: [LegacyUG] I don't know if this is off topic or not

2011-11-21 Thread Kathy Meyer
I will reply privately; I wanted to reply on this list one more thing that I didn't notice before. You sent this to the LUG and there is also a user list just for the Legacy Family Search users. Those of you on this regular LUG group, may be interested in joining the other email group if you are

Re: [LegacyUG] I don't know if this is off topic or not

2011-11-21 Thread Tim Rosenlof
While in Summary view, use 'Feedback' in the upper right hand corner. From here I always 'My Cases', then 'Create' a case. I have done it dozens of times. You can also see your pasts cases if you wish to append one. Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always -- Document-- your

Re: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Wendy Howard
I haven't been following this thread, but every now and then something catches my eye as I quickly scan before deleting... Tony gave an example: USA, 3, State, County, Town England, 2, County, Town Australia, 2, State, Town New Zealand, 2, Island, Town etc. No-one in New Zealand would

Re: [LegacyUG] I don't know if this is off topic or not

2011-11-21 Thread Tim Rosenlof
Things have changed just a small bit. Feedback Contact FamilySearch Report a problem Send us a message Then you can send your problem Sorry Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always -- Document-- your work. On 11/21/2011 1:02 PM, Tim Rosenlof wrote: While in Summary view,

RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Mark Lang
Mary, I am sorry, but that just simply does not make sense. The whole US is divided into states which is divided into counties. I know of no situation where there is a place that is in no-man's land, that is just uneconomically unviable in any first world environment. Please enlighten us how

Re: [LegacyUG] indicating direct blood line

2011-11-21 Thread Ron Taylor
This is an endorsement for Ltools. Dennis recently included an option to assign Henry Numbers to only blood line descendants which can be used to identify and count those connections. It makes use of the relationship to father and relationship to mother status. This solution has been

Re: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Randy Clark
Can I be the enlightener? Here in Virginia we have independent cities which administratively are not in the county in which they are geographically located. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Mark Lang markl...@adam.com.au wrote: Mary, I am sorry, but that just simply does not make sense. The

Re: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Jerry
Yes, I believe you are correct. My sister lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Virginia Beach is not a part of any county. However, since I use the four-division system for the United States, I enter it as: Virginia Beach, , Virginia, USA keeping

RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Bobby Johnson
What about Washington D. C.? What county is it in? How about Richmond, VA? What County is it in? there are several independent Cities in the US that do not have a county associated with them. The next level of jurisdiction is the state in these cases. Bobby

Re: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Ron Ferguson
I know England is not America :-) but we also have many cities which are not in counties. Indeed, we also have one city which is a county. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Mark Lang Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 8:30 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Dean Adams
I live in Virginia. Many incorporated cities such as Richmond are not in counties. Dean Adams -Original Message- From: Mark Lang [mailto:markl...@adam.com.au] Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 3:31 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and

Re: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Cheryl Rothwell
St. Louis, MO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States) On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Bobby Johnson b...@brmemc.net wrote: What about Washington D. C.? What county is it in? How about Richmond, VA? What County is it in? there are several independent Cities in the

RE: [LegacyUG] Locations

2011-11-21 Thread julia _
Thank you for your replies Jerry, Mary, Kristen. Does anyone know if I go with the 4 field method, and later I decide to add a few more in the Legacy Master Location List, will that mess things up? Julia From: jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re:

RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Mark Lang
I do not recall ever studying Independent Cities when I did American History in my Uni degree, so I will research this myself off list. Here in Oz, we have states, no counties, only Cities and Suburbs (aka Towns). The only similarity to a County we have are Councils/Shires that are groups of

RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Charles Apple
Mark, A few states have Independent Cities that are not located in any Counties. Here is a list of a few, all in Virginia since I am well aware of these. Hampton, , Virginia, United States Newport News, , Virginia, United States Virginia Beach, , Virginia, United States Danville, , Virginia,

Re: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread cranberryfrog
That is strange. Augusta is is Richmond Co, GA. Augusta covers the entire area of Richmond Co but it is considered part of Richmond Co. It is the same with Jacksonville, FL. The city covers the entire county but the county still exists and Jacksonville is in Duvall Co. michele -Original

RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread Charles Apple
Michele, I guess it would depend on Legal Jurisdiction. Does Richmond County, Georgia assert legal jurisdiction over the City of Augusta, or does the City of Augusta assert legal jurisdiction over Richmond County, or do each County and City maintain their own independent Legal Jurisdictions?

RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread M. Brenzel
Alexandria and Richmond, cities in the State of Virginia, and Baltimore in the State of Maryland are not in any county. They are independent cities. I believe that there are others too. There is also Washington, D.C. which is not in a state. I'm curious what it means to be uneconomically

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2011-11-21 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Julia, You can expand without adding commas, for example: Detroit - 806 Crawford Street, Wayne, Michigan, United States Detroit - Mt. Elliot Cemetery, Wayne, Michigan, United States This allows you to fine tune the GPS location without messing with sorting and keeps county, state and country in

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2011-11-21 Thread Jerry
That's a unique approach, Richard - something to think about for those who want to use addresses within the location itself. I just did a simple test on my website to see how the locations would display if I used variable fields (from 3 to 6 divisions) and I was surprised actually. On the MAIN

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2011-11-21 Thread Jerry
Now I'm just thinking out loud because I have not tested this, but it seems feasible that you could use the SEARCH and REPLACE features to go from 4 to 6 divisions, for example, in the place names. You would let the system add the leading commas to all the locations to increase them from 4 to 6.

[LegacyUG] 42 independent cities in U.S. (was: Consolidated location and address suggestions)

2011-11-21 Thread Dee Ziegler
Wikipedia says: There are 42 independent cities in the United States, with 39 of these in Virginia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia. The three others are Baltimore, Maryland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore; St. Louis, Missourihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri; and

RE: [LegacyUG] Consolidated location and address suggestions

2011-11-21 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
In a few states, some cities have become 'independent' and similar to a county, but definately not a county. In Missouri, both Saint Louis County and Saint Louis City are separate from each other.Rich in LA CA --- On Mon, 11/21/11, Mark Lang markl...@adam.com.au wrote: From: Mark Lang

Re: [LegacyUG] webinars

2011-11-21 Thread Graham Lambert
I concur Myrna, lots of free webinars but not lots of free time to watch them :-) Graham On 22/11/2011 7:20 AM, Myrna Jorgensen wrote: Oh No! Just when I finally have time to sit down and watch some of these webinars I find the one I really want (Cemeteries by Geoff) is no longer free. That

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations

2011-11-21 Thread Kirsten Bowman
Julia: Your core question isn’t clear to me, but there’s very little you can do in Legacy that will “mess things up.” Granted, some things are more tedious to change than others (sources, for example), but the Master Location List is among the easiest to revise because of the Show List option

Re: [LegacyUG] indicating direct blood line

2011-11-21 Thread Robert57P_gmail
Ron, I don't see anything about Henry Numbers or Blood line or anything like that in the LTools writeup. Is it in the basic or deluxe version? Once the numbers are assigned, what can you do with them (charting, reporting, etc)? This might be considered off topic so feel free to e-mail me