I'm using the current build, 7.5.0.185 but started inputting 1940
census a couple versions ago.
The original Template Detail had Dwelling No. (where I entered Street
address) and Family No. (for Col. 3).
The new template dropped Dwelling No. and changed Family No. to Household No.
If you view a
Yes, The template was fixed in build 7.5.0.182. If you have a later
build than that then you should have the correct template.
For those who were/are wondering. The problem with the original template
was that the household number was missing, it had dwelling number and
family number instead.
You can publish on Rootsweb worldconnect free and the tree is freely available
to anyone.
The site is http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
On the left hand side of the page you will see Family trees (WorldConnect).
You can upload via gedcom but need to be careful in hiding information you
don't
On 24/04/2012 23:29, martynpe...@iprimus.com.au wrote:
The possible suggestions: for Master sources that I can come up with
are as follows
*Parish Records – Bapt Marr or Burials - Surname – Church *
**
*eg Parish records – Baptisms - HUMPHREY – Mansfield St. Peter*
*
Parish
Ray,
Thank you for the details all OK there then!
The only other thing which I can suggest is to ensure that under the Legacy
Home Tab: OptionsInternet Options the 1st option - to allow Legacy to
connect. is checked. If it already is (or doesn't work) then I,m afraid
that I have run out of
You still need to be just as careful about the data. Being free doesn't
mean free from errors.
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.ukwrote:
You can publish on Rootsweb worldconnect free and the tree is freely
available to anyone.
The site is
For Leon Chapman and Robert Runion. Can we meet offline? I run Legacy on an
iMac in Parallels, with some problems. I would like to discuss set up options
to see what I may be doing wrong. I can be reached at allfam1664 at yahoo dot
ca.
Ed Allard
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Thx! ;)
--Paula
From:Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com
To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 1:42:07 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 source template ok?
Yes, The template was fixed in build 7.5.0.182. If you have a later
build
Good point, Kirsten. Thanks!
--Paula in Texas
Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman
Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field
Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle
Jones Klein
As always, Jenny, you are illuminating. I had forgotten that the SW templates
are VERY specific, so hard to group birth and death into one. Will have to do
more research.
--Paula in Texas
Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman
Clement Clough Coppernoll
I am printing the To-Do list for various Individuals (individually), and would
like to have the Individual's name in the Title... but not have to type in said
Individual's name every time. Isn't there a field name I can put in the Title
box? Thanks.
--Paula in Texas
Researching: Adair Baker
When you create the To-Do, use the To-Do button for the individual,
not the one on the main toolbar. That links the To-Do item to that
individual.
When you create the report, the individual's name will show in the report.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Wed, Apr 25,
Thanks, Alan. I hope someday to reach the place where I can do that. but I have
a lot of work to do on my tree before I make it public. Just found another
mistake I made (sister of the wife somehow was entered as the wife). I had to
go through each child as well as the husband, delete the
Thanks for the tip, Don. I have a lot of Canadian family.
From: Don Brown donbr...@sympatico.ca
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:14 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering Canadian Locations - Changing boundaries?
AniMap is
Yes, am using button on individual in family view.
However, I have multiple pages for one individual and don't want to reprint all
the heading info for each task.
At least that's how I'm using it now -- still working toward the perfect
system ha!
I can continue to type in the individual's name in
Do others want to enter the township into the location? There isn't a problem
if the location doesn't have a town and a township, but when that happens, how
do you list the township if you want to keep to the standard location form for
countries where it works. I've been adding it after the
Marg,
Some rules of netiquette
a) Distinguish between the 'Write' and 'Reply' operations. Use 'Write' when you
want to start a new thread. Use 'Reply' when,... , well, replying to a message.
You are consistently using the 'Reply' operation and simply used a refurbished,
old message.
b) True
Marg,
Yes, I enter the township instead of the town/city in a location name. Township
is a breakdown of county but outside of a town or city. I don't think I've seen
them both on the same census page.
Also, the location where they lived should be the same as the location for
which the census
Mike,
I typically reply to a message and then strip out the Re: [LegacyUG] part of
the subject, too. Does that not start a new thread from your email service's
viewpoint? (This email is an example.)
Thanks,
--Paula
From:Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com
Those field names you refer to do not work for To Do reports since you
can include general items that are not linked to anyone. In those cases
the field names are not applicable.
You can include only the individuals name by turning off all the other
header box options like AKAs, Birth, Chr,
If you're hoping to join us today for Megan Smolenyak's webinar, Reverse
Genealogy: Finding the Living please join at least 30-45 minutes early.
Only the first 1,000 to join will be able to get in regardless of when you
registered. Nearly 2,500 have registered. If you get a message that the
Thanks, Mike. I had no idea there would be a difference. To Write a topic
directly from my email program do I compose a new message and put the group
address in my sending to bar?
I find myself forgetting to trim, though I know better. Maybe I need to tack a
note to the top of my monitor with
If you don't want to lose the name of the town/city, would you use it in the
Residence Event? Or in the place to put addresses?
Thanks for the reply!
From: Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 25,
Mike will probably expand on this for us, Paula. I think the problem is in the
archives. When we do it the way we've been doing it, it messes up the thread
somehow. I'm going to try find a way to easily enter the group in the To:
address, so I can enter a new subject and start fresh. I'm
For a totally new thread, the cleanest way is to send a new message (in
whatever way your e-mail program does it) to:
LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
I have put that e-mail address in my address book.
Paul
I typically reply to a message and then strip out the Re:
[LegacyUG] part of the
Well, when I click on the link at the bottom to view the archives, my Question
on how to START a thread shows up as a new thread in the list of threads, so
that can't be it, Marg.
--Paula
From:Marg Strong tiny...@yahoo.com
To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
I think that should be 7.5.0.185, right?
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote:
Sandra,
That is a very old version of Legacy – we are now on 7.7.0.185, and they
are very different – especially regarding sources.
Ron Ferguson
Marg, Please post an example of an actual instance about which you have this
question. I don't see how you could lose the town/city (see red below), so we
must not be talking about the same thing.
(and remember to Cut or snip the footers from the bottom of the email when you
Reply... they build
I have updated Legacy Deluxe using Windows. I've never attached picutres and
now want to.
1) How do attach a photo? I want them with my individuals and to show up on
the reports
2) I have a scanner. Should I use that then save to my pictures file and then
download to Legacy? If so do I
You could start the ToDo tile with the persons name (if you don't have too
many)
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Brian/Support
br...@legacyfamilytree.comwrote:
Those field names you refer to do not work for To Do reports since you
can include general items that are not linked to anyone. In
Then I don't understand it yet. Whatever the problem, I hope someone lets us
know if the way to handle it is to Compose a Message and address it to the
group under our new topic.
From: Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net
To:
Marg,
As I reread what I typed, I realized I should say that towns and cities DO
geographically fall into townships (at least in public land states, I think),
but I believe they are incorporated and typically treated separately for census
purposes, as well as (say) utilities in real life. So, I
Thx, Paul. I think I used to have this but (a) at one point they changed it and
(b) I recently had to delete all my contacts due to a hacking incident. *argh*
--Paula
From:Paul Gray grayp...@telus.net
To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wed, April 25,
Barbara, Have you searched the archives yet for photographs or attach
pictures etc ? Just a suggestion.
Here are my thoughts:
1. You can attach a picture to anyone/anything that has the little picture icon
-or- you can use the picture center search the Help for details on both of
these
2. If
Okay, I can't use a special field name, bummer.
The other option doesn't work because I *do* want that information on the first
page. But thx anyway. ;)
--Paula
From:Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com
To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wed, April
I like the idea of having a standard approach, Paula. I may not need it now,
but if later I do need it I won't have to go through and change everything.
For the United States (I like spelling the Countries out) there are four
fields, so I have to figure out the best way to keep the township. I
I think with most email programs you can copy the contact easily and add it to
your contact list. Having just a few makes it a lot easier to pull one up by
typing in the first letter. If I right click on the address it brings up the
option to copy it, but I still have to go into contacts add:
Paula,
When you use reply the header of your message (most of which is not
displayed by your email reader) contains a hidden link to the original
message to which you are replying. Correct email programs use those
references in message headers, not the subject line, to build the thread
of
In New England Townships are essentially unincorporated cities, I
believe. In many parts of the country Townships are a 6 mile square
surveyed area. Not all states handle townships the same. You have to do
what works for you in the area you are working.
Carl
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Thanks, Brian. I understand the inner workings now. ;)
I have added the LUG email to my Contacts.
--Paula
From:Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com
To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 2:04:59 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question on
Two-part question:
Since the City Directory databases seem to be recently updated (and I'm finding
so many relatives), I'm tasking myself to flesh out my Residence events for my
tree. However, I can see this producing huge amounts of scans for every single
person just for City Directory
That’s an Ooops, Bruce. Thanks.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: Bruce Jones
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 5:51 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy on an Imac with Snow Leopard
I think that should be 7.5.0.185, right?
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012
Peggy,
Do not believe everything you read or see! Irish counties are *always*
preceded by County, and it is improper to write them otherwise. County
Down correct Down wrong. As has been said before nomenclature varies from
country to country.
I'm sorry to see that you are so hung up on the
On 2012/04/25 18:50, Paula Ryburn wrote:
Well, when I click on the link at the bottom to view the archives, my
Question
on how to START a thread shows up as a new thread in the list of threads, so
that can't be it, Marg.
Yes and no. A lot of web-based email software treats a change of
On 2012/04/25 19:46, Carl Cox wrote:
In New England Townships are essentially unincorporated cities, I believe. In
many parts of the country Townships are a 6 mile square surveyed area. Not all
states handle townships the same. You have to do what works for you in the
area
you are working.
An example would be:United States
Michigan
Chippewa County
Soo Township
Sault Ste Marie
Unless I enter it like this: Sault Ste Marie (Sault Twp), Chippewa, Michigan,
United States, I lose the information that SSM is in Soo Twp. I think
Barbeau, Chippewa County, Michigan, USA would be in Bruce
I started today to look more at the help files. In fact I have a question that
I don't have time to ask, so will ask later, because the help file (concerning
locations) that I just looked at directs me to an option that isn't there.
It seemed that I could stick to the standard four just for the
My web site is built by running a pedigree report for all people in the
database with myself as the target person.
What I would really like is to produce a locations index, so that each
location mentioned in the main report is a hyperlink to that location's
web page. Also, to have a nested index
Personally, I attach the image of the cover or front sheet of each
directory to the Master Source entry for that directory and an image of the
appropriate page to the detail for the event. My personal opinion is that
hard drive space is relatively cheap, so, whenever I can, I attach an image
of
Peggy,
Yes I do! But, there is a trick, go to ViewMaster ListsLocation then click
the Sort Button, and on the bottom right you will see an option to sort from
right to left, set that. Then check the little box next to the Sort Button.
So, the location list will no longer read eg.
Sault Ste
Tony,
Not to my knowledge, you need to use a GEDCOM, and from the mapping point of
view I think the TNG is probably the best.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-Original Message-
From: Tony Rolfe
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:43 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject:
This what I do, first have a folder with your pictures in it. find the person
you want a photo for in your legacy program, Below the person is 11 icons.
Click the 4th icon from the left, click the box marked picture, search your
picture folder for the pic.
Then click OK
This should do it
I am afraid I do not understand what you want. An index of all
locations, with a step down to all instances when it is mentioned? I
have a basic version of silversmiths sorted by location, based on their
working and partnership events:
I think I missed a lot of past discussion on this. I hear all the
discussion and, being new, don't want to make mistakes that might cause
clean up work in the future.It's unlikely I will ever get
to the place where I could put a Tree on the web, let alone publish other than
a book for my close
Can't figure out why that isn't the standard. From what I understood, sorting
by the different fields was for the purpose of checking for duplicates.
Actually I did try it once a few weeks ago and didn't find it helpful. Probably
because the location list is a mess. Now I've learned I can clean
Walt,
Do you mean having a directory event for each of the directories you would use
for an individual, or just one event and list all the instances that the
individual was found?
Julia
From: waltsro...@gmail.com
My only regret (maybe) thus far is that I have created a residence event and
It's easier to visualise what I want than to describe it, but...
There are three parts.
1. Each location should have its own web page giving
a) The co-ordinates, so you can link to the mapping program,
b) A list of everyone who uses that location and how they use it,
hyperlinked to the person's
Peggy:
The 4-field convention for locations (with placeholder commas for missing
data) is a format used by many and hated by possibly an equal number (or at
least with equal passion). It's condemned by many as an American
abomination but I get weary of that complaint. Someone apparently needed
Okay, got it. Good luck. You are describing an entirely new and quite
sophisticated program. I doubt, given the manner in which Legacy stores
and structures its data, that it could work with an existing family
file. It might be done, but would require a huge amount of additional
manual work to
I'm not looking to do it inside Legacy. I was hoping there was a
program external to Legacy which would read the Legacy DB and produce
the web pages. All the info is there in the DB, it just needs
extracting and turning into HTML. There are, I believe, a number of
programs which can read the
Walt- what a great idea. I'm so glad I get the 90 odd emails a day from the
group! I always find great ideas. (PS did I snip correctly?)
Marli
From: Walt Quering waltsro...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 6:49:37 PM
I use RIN numbers for my WEB program to identify individuals. But when I
abandon a RIN I can reassign it as I will never use it again for that
person. So I tick Reuse abandoned RINs to keep my RINs in sequence
with no holes.
Just think about what you are going to be using the numbers for, or what
Reuse and reassign are two different functions.
Reuse RIN/MRIIN's is for those who use RIN/MRIN to index/identify people. If
you have a person you decide for whatever reason to delete, or merge into
another, then that RIN becomes unused and available. leaving a hole in youre
RIN index. If you
Brian:
It's not automatic; you have to periodically update the file on your iPad.
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: Brian Lehman
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:46 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Syncing my Legacy file with the Families app
Hello,
I am
Peggy,
Legacy does have a search and replace for the Master Location List
Go to Search Search and Replace
Use the scroll down list to select Lists - Location to find and replace
in the Long Location Name
Use Lists - Location Short to search and replace in the Short location
names.
There are
I'm full of questions today.
How do you handle someone who was killed in action, has no known grave
but is remembered officially on a Memorial Wall?
I'm tempted to use the buried field, but there's no date for the burial
(since it didn't happen) and although the location is a cemetery, he
isn't
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