Re: [LegacyUG] edit child-parent relationship

2014-10-29 Thread BARTON LEWIS
great, thank you, Brian. Barton On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Brian/Support wrote: What you need to do is unlink the child from the mother then use Add Parents and select the existing marriage for the husband and wife to link him/her to both parents. You may have created a double

[LegacyUG] Export Error in Legacy Build 8.0.0.454

2014-10-29 Thread William Boswell
I'm trying to do an export to a GEDCOM file with a limited number of individuals and I keep getting an error message: Error The Message File record # 0 was not found. The steps taken are: 1) I select the person I want to descend from. 2) Select Export and Produce file for Legacy is

Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] guardianship

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Bob, I absolutely love how you've indicated Events you've created. I will need to do that myself! Hmm... I wonder if I should also indicate standard Events where I've changed the wording... hmm. Thanks again, --Paula From: Robert57P_gmail

Re: Re: [LegacyUG] guardianship

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Pat, I like this idea, too. Sort of your own Notes field for anything that is out of the ordinary for this family unit. Nice. Thanks! --Paula From: Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 7:38 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] Shared events on reports

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Chris, I don't use the new shared events, but I'll venture a guess here. You have added a marriage event for this couple... sure, it's shared by these two, but I doubt anything has been added into the new tables/fields for shared events. The fact that it shows up only for this couple supports

Re: Revisited - [LegacyUG] Sourcing - just don't get it!

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Olwyn, I tend to have the first word in a master source name be the type of document... births, census, deaths, marriages, newspaper, personal, vital, etc. -- then follow with a location identifier, usually state for me. I have only one line that jumps the pond 2 generations ago, so I don't

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Michele, This is a little disheartening, to have the event dates suddenly not be printing, after a minor update... Is there a list of the contents of the latest release? Thx. --P From: Michele/Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Master source template for Wikipedia

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Have you tried using a Basic source? They are old but flexible. Also, it seems like I've had the collection name show up in quotes when using the generic online database template...? --P From: Judy Dewey judy.de...@feltfamily.org To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Long/Lat for stones

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Burial Notes? That's where I would put things like section, row plot #... GPS is just more precision. --P From: Bruce Jones juicebo...@gmail.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Long/Lat for

RE: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences

2014-10-29 Thread Michele/Support
Paula, You can see a list of the fixes here http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/RevisionHistory8.asp A new list comes out with each update. Michele Technical Support mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com mich...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences

2014-10-29 Thread Ron Bernier
Paula, As usual, you just need to go to the Legacy site and see the fixed items. Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Michele, This is a little disheartening, to have the event dates suddenly not be

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Thanks, Michele. I thought it was out there somewhere--I have the misfortune of not finding time to do genealogy these days, so I get out of touch quickly. --P From: Michele/Support mich...@legacyfamilytree.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent:

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Okay, so I can see how the cut media problem may have cropped up, but the not printing event dates (or maybe not saving event dates)...? Doesn't look like anything having to do with events was changed. hmm The programmer in me is scratching her head. ;) Thanks again for the link. --P

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences

2014-10-29 Thread Brian/Support
The date problem is restricted to custom sentences using the override tab, dates are not included using the [date] or [ondate] fields there. It does not affect the vast majority who use only the standard sentences nor does it affect the saving of the dates in the database. Brian Customer Support

Re: [LegacyUG] Can not open

2014-10-29 Thread Eliz Hanebury
How interesting! I don't use dropbox or anyother Drive (I have clickfree as back up and an online backup). The shut down occurred as I was entering a new person, now I should delete the elizh89.ldb (see how chicken I am *G*) Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates on Event Sentences

2014-10-29 Thread Paula Ryburn
Thanks, Brian. I think you mean, too, that it might not be new to the latest update. I appreciate the clarification. --P From: Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:44 AM Subject:

RE: [LegacyUG] Export Error in Legacy Build 8.0.0.454

2014-10-29 Thread Michele/Support
Bill, We have a couple of other people reporting this. Could you do me a favor and backup your file (data portion only, leave the other boxes unchecked) and send a copy of the backup to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Attn: Michele. I haven’t been able to

Re: [LegacyUG] Can not open

2014-10-29 Thread Brian/Support
Yes, do delete the .ldb file. I promise it will not affect your data. If you use online backup maybe the *.conflict file came about because you were using Legacy and had the file open during a scheduled backup. You can see where your data file is stored by clicking on the blue L Icon or the

[LegacyUG] Sorting AKA names

2014-10-29 Thread Alan Wakenhut
Is there a way to override the alphabetical sort on AKA names? I would like to use AKA1 on my family page instead of the baptism field. The problem is that for several of the people in my data base I don't want the 1st or 2nd AKA to appear, but maybe the 4th AKA that is listed. Thank you,

Re: [LegacyUG] Long/Lat for stones

2014-10-29 Thread Jay Wilpolt
Paula, I want to have them in their own fields so that eventually they can be used to precisely locate the stone. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Jay On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Burial Notes? That's where I would put things like

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting AKA names

2014-10-29 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 29/10/2014 19:25, Alan Wakenhut wrote: Is there a way to override the alphabetical sort on AKA names? I would like to use AKA1 on my family page instead of the baptism field. The problem is that for several of the people in my data base I don't want the 1st or 2nd AKA to appear, but

Re: [LegacyUG] Long/Lat for stones

2014-10-29 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 27/10/2014 17:57, Jay Wilpolt wrote: How can I add in the Long/Lat for several stones within the same Cemetery without creating a separate address card for each one? Under Burial Address If I enter the first one as Cemetery Name, City, State and then in the Long/Lat enter a specific set of

Re: [LegacyUG] Find Duplicates Not opposite sex

2014-10-29 Thread Jay Wilpolt
Brian, I just tried the same file in Legacy 8 and I do NOT get the Compatible Gender checkbox to respond either way. You mentioned your try showed the boxes did not stay repositioned. Are you reporting that as a bug or should I ? If you like I can send you the gedcom for testing. Thanks in

Re: [LegacyUG] Long/Lat for stones

2014-10-29 Thread Jay Wilpolt
Jenny, I just dont think that I want to create a different address for every headstone. I have a rather large database and currently have over 11,000 stones. I think the current 'logic' of the long/lat for Burial Place just isnt taking into consideration the plotting of cemeteries. The stones

Re: [LegacyUG] Find Duplicates Not opposite sex

2014-10-29 Thread Jay Wilpolt
Brian, Nevermind. I had all three boxes checked, Comparable gender, Ancestral File Number and UserID When I only have the one Compatible gender checked it works... Might be a good enhancement to add some verbiage there so people understand. Thanks Jay On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:20 PM,

[LegacyUG] Inserting an en Dash in Notes

2014-10-29 Thread s megraw
I'm using the Special Characters in the Notes for an Event to insert an en dash (Alt 0150) for a date range... eg. John Smith (1945--). I'm puzzled as to why, when I save the Event, the en dash converts to John Smith (1945'96). Stan Legacy User Group guidelines: