Re: [LegacyUG] File cleanup

2013-08-02 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Bob, You could make a copy of your file and work on that - so that if it all turns to custard, or you decide a different approach might be better, you can start again without any permanent harm to your original file. In fact, I'd work on a copy anyway if you're handling a major task like that.

RE: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature

2013-08-02 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
HmmmI'm supposing that such shared events also will fail to import into Ancestry.com, both the paid subscriber pages and the free pages at RootsWeb. Not good. Brian in CA -Original Message- From: Ward Walker [mailto:wnkwal...@rogers.com] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 5:09 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature

2013-08-02 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/08/02 16:07, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: HmmmI'm supposing that such shared events also will fail to import into Ancestry.com, both the paid subscriber pages and the free pages at RootsWeb. Not good. Of course they won't! As a standard, GEDCOM is moribund. Consequently, any

Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature

2013-08-02 Thread Ch
In the long run, gedcom x is being developed. I see no other way to improve the situation that has been described. I hope all commercial vendors like Legacy do all they can to promote, encourage and help in this effort. See link. https://familysearch.org/developers/docs/guides/gedcom-x ChasH

Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature

2013-08-02 Thread Ch
Ease up. What we want is an open system improvement no matter who does the actual work. Neither is an industry standard right now. Any one at Legacy have an opinion? On 8/2/2013 11:32 AM, donvarn...@gmail.com wrote: Actually GEDCOM X is ONLY being developed by Family Search. It is NOT an

Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared event feature

2013-08-02 Thread Bernd Hornung
This is how errors in genealogy get propagated. Nobody changed the subject to Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared *event* feature. On 02/08/2013 11:42 AM, Ch wrote: Ease up. What we want is an open system improvement no matter who does the actual work. Neither is an industry standard right

[LegacyUG] Direct Your Research with City Directories - free webinar by Maureen Taylor now online for limited time

2013-08-02 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
The recording of today's excellent webinar, Direct Your Research with City Directories by Maureen Taylor, is now online to view for free for a limited time. If you haven't used city directories for your research, you will be introduced to another resources that can break down your genealogical

Re: [LegacyUG] Migration of Data/photos.

2013-08-02 Thread Leslie Jackson
Brian, Thank you for your to the point answer. So I guess the only work around for a problem such as this is to insert each pic manually at an intermediate step to producing the final output. In other words I can create a picture box, import the proper photo then proceed to my final printout.

[LegacyUG] MERGING 2 GEDCOMS

2013-08-02 Thread Sam Franc
The instructions in the help file are very confusing. What I want to do is merge my wife's to mine to get one big file to look at. We have few common ancestors and I would like to see who they are. What is a simple way to merge them? I have them in a split screen but can find no menue to merge

Re: [LegacyUG] File cleanup

2013-08-02 Thread Leslie Jackson
Hello Bob, Speaking from a PC point of view using Windows; Yes you can make a backup copy of your file(s) on a flash/thumb drive. The steps to accomplish this are: 1. Insert thumb drive and make note of the drive letter assigned by Windows. 2. Open Legacy, or switch to Legacy if it is already

[LegacyUG] testing

2013-08-02 Thread Janet Myers
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[LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list

2013-08-02 Thread Janet Myers
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[LegacyUG] LEGACY ON TWO HOME COMPUTERS

2013-08-02 Thread Bob Joyce Tuxford
Can I set up a home situation where I have Legacy installed on both my desktop and laptop computers so that the two computers can be used at the same time for Legacy data entry, but the Legacy data being entered into both goes into one master Legacy programme? If so, how do I go about it? Both

Re: [LegacyUG] LEGACY ON TWO HOME COMPUTERS

2013-08-02 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Joyce, Can I set up a home situation where I have Legacy installed on both my desktop and laptop computers... Yes you can do that, but... ...so that the two computers can be used at the same time for Legacy data entry, but the Legacy data being entered into both goes into one “master”

Re: [LegacyUG] MERGING 2 GEDCOMS

2013-08-02 Thread les-williamson
Sam A nice feature that I use is from the “Tools” section “Compare Two Files For Duplicates”. This allows you to view potential duplicates in your own file and your wife’s, and tag the ones that you would wish to merge. The simplest way (assuming that you are not using these tag numbers