RE: [LegacyUG] importing from Ancestry

2014-04-06 Thread William Boswell
The owner of the online tree only has the options of downloading to FTM or a GEDCOM file. The GEDCOM you can download directly from within your tree. If you want all the images, you'll have to purchase a copy of FTM for that. Once the images are saved locally to your hard drive you should be

RE: [LegacyUG] duplicate marriages

2014-04-06 Thread David Abernathy
This is why most people will NOT merge data into their data files. If one is to look at Page 234 of the book and then step 4 at the bottom of the page. It states “merges those that have EXACTLY the same information.” Since there was something different in these marriages information a

RE: [LegacyUG] Pictures on Pedigree view

2014-04-06 Thread David Abernathy
That “White area” is because the image is NOT the same size and/or ratio (height x width) as the thumbnail area is. One needs to find out what this ratio is and only use images that are of this ratio. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicate marriages

2014-04-06 Thread J.M. Jay Ingalls
Kathy, Did you happen to stop the merge process, then start it again? That can cause some problems. Also, there could be a glitch in the Legacy software, so you need to report it to Support. I had some sources duplicated by Legacy inserting normally hidden formatting code into text in notes and

[LegacyUG] Right way to add essays or excerpts from others to Family File

2014-04-06 Thread Jessica Morgan
I have several essays written by others that I would like to include in my family file somewhere, but I'm not certain the best location to put them. Should I put them as sources, general notes, event notes, etc??? Example.. I have a two page essay written by H Caraway titled My Mother Bertie Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Right way to add essays or excerpts from others to Family File

2014-04-06 Thread Cathy Pinner
Hi Jessica, They could well be sources for other information in the file - so you would want to record them as a source just as you would an email from someone letting you know of a new arrival in the family. However, so long as I had permission to include them in reports etc, I would put them

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicate marriages

2014-04-06 Thread Cathy Pinner
The merge shouldn't produce duplicate marriages. If it is, something is going wrong either in the merge itself or the way it is being done. Of course David, the merge enables you to merge people who don't have EXACTLY the same information. Only the automatic bits of merge require EXACT. I don't