RE: [LegacyUG] Is this possible?

2013-08-18 Thread Mark Lang
Mike, I believe it was and I have that as well. Kind Regards, Mark -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:emjay...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2013 7:13 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is this possible? On 2013/08/17 22:38, Mark Lang wrote: If

[LegacyUG] Legacy user group

2013-08-18 Thread Richard Falzini
I did not know if this is the place to post,  if not can someone redirect? I still have an interest in forming a legacy user group on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio. I wanted to have a meeting place near me as I would have to walk as I'm handicapped and can't drive. If anyone has an

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy user group

2013-08-18 Thread Ron Taylor
According to the Legacy web site under Help CenterUser GroupsForming a Group, you are in the right place.  Perhaps there may be a more efficient way to form new user groups.  It might be done with a roster of interested users by locality but privacy concerns may make that prohibitive.  One

Re: [LegacyUG] How much information is too much

2013-08-18 Thread Pauline B. Cramer
Yes. Definitely continue. Do not be discouraged by the current lack of interest of your daughters or cousins. Continue adding every scrap of data you find about family members, near and distant, especially details that add life to your records. I have historical sources, such as: The Great

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
Jay: I am not sure that I understand what you were saying but it makes me want to add information and to try something. Maybe that is my problem. My tree is basically a descendancy tree coming down from the 1650s to my grandchildren but I am the root person for the preferred line (none

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Ward Walker
I am having trouble following this, Jay. The Help text is not very clear, but the focus is on preferred child, not spouse. When you set direct line ancestors as preferred, my understanding is that it marks individuals. This allows these individuals to appear bolded in certain situation, like

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Ward Walker
Ah! That’s the problem. You hadn’t mentioned bookmarks before. My bookmark list is clearly by couple, not by individual. You just need to reset your bookmark from the correct couple. Ward From: Howlanddavisii Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:18 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Laura Johnson
#1 response - you need to set that bookmark to you and your third wife. Delete the one you have, then go to your third wife with you and save it as your bookmark I have my third relationship set as preferred and when I click the bookmark it always goes to that one. On 8/18/2013 9:18 AM,

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
Ward (and Laura): How do I set the bookmark to a couple? When I hover over my name (and the other bookmarks), it says, Jump to This Person or Right-Click to Set New Bookmark. Legacy does not appear to let me do what you say. But it does seem that we are getting closer to a solution.

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Laura Johnson
Put yourself and your third wife on the screen, then go to your bookmark and right click on it. It saves you in this marriage On 8/18/2013 11:16 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote: Ward (and Laura): How do I set the bookmark to a couple? When I hover over my name (and the other bookmarks), it says,

[LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Larry Lee
My relatives are not interested in my research either. Any thoughts on how or where I might donate my Legacy database and other genealogical information? I am thinking of genealogical libraries in Indiana and Missouri, where my parents and several ancestors were from. I am not LDS but would they

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Howlanddavisii
Laura (Ward, etc.): That appears to have done it. Thank you for getting me to this point. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Laura Johnson rngad...@madisontelco.com To: LegacyUserGroup LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sun, Aug 18, 2013 12:39 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Dee Ziegler
In my experience, libraries (including the Family History Library in Salt Lake City) and archives (for example, Maryland State Archives) are eager to have a copy of your printed genealogy BOOK. Of course that involves printing, binding, shipping. Although the FHL used to prefer an unbound copy and

Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Frequently Genealogical societies will want material with a large number of people from their area G and they won't shoot you for asking! Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at

Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Ellen
Why not look into who is studying those names for a one-name study? They would certainly appreciate adding to their research. What names are you doing? God bless, Ellen On Aug 18, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Dee Ziegler wrote: In my experience, libraries (including the Family History Library in Salt

Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Emily Moore
The Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will accept donations of genealogical material regarding deceased individuals in either paper or electronic form.You could send the a copy of your file after having deleted all information on living individuals. Also, if you bring

Re: [LegacyUG] Preferred Spouse

2013-08-18 Thread Ward Walker
Jay sent me an e-mail off-list with screenshots. It does seem to confirm that setting direct line ancestors can change a preferred spouse for those ancestors. So the lesson is, set your preferred line first, then make any individual adjustments after. (In typical scenarios such as setting the

Re: [LegacyUG] How much information is too much

2013-08-18 Thread Deanna Weymuth
Census agricultural schedules are where I find mine. Very valuable is http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/charts-forms/1860-agricultural.pdf   It is the original form, it will make reading the hand written census much easier.  1850 seems to be one of the years they took this census.

Re: [LegacyUG] How much information is too much

2013-08-18 Thread Deanna Weymuth
Also I found it under Ancestry as Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 It was not easy to find. Deanna From: Deanna Weymuth dew1...@yahoo.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Sunday, August