Re: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

2015-06-25 Thread MikeFry
On 2015/06/25 08:13 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: PS – I know you said it’s your husbands tree but did anyone every point out that you have a “Percy Mott” folder inside of another folder which is inside of another “Percy Mott” folder. Good grief. To each their own, I guess.

Re: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

2015-06-25 Thread marion wimsett
Hi Brian (and Mike) Thought you might be sorry you asked!!! My husband was a wonderful man but he was a male Ooops - wait for the shouts His filing system was something close to horrendous - I have looked at his picture file - there are 193,501 photos - a lot of which are not labelled!

Re: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

2015-06-25 Thread marion wimsett
I included the XXX as a preclusion for problems in outside parties accessing this folder - hence the entry of X's Marion On 25 June 2015 at 18:27, marion wimsett 2wi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Brian (and Mike) Thought you might be sorry you asked!!! My husband was a wonderful man but he was

Re: [LegacyUG] Help?

2015-06-25 Thread Tessa Keough
We posted a short video about this over in the Legacy Virtual Users' Group Community in Google+ (under Tuesday's Tips). It is also at my YouTube website (TessaWatch). Sometimes a picture or video working through something makes it easier to understand. Hope that helps. Tessa Keough Tessa Keough

RE: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

2015-06-25 Thread Adrian Purkiss
Surely, if the NAS drive were mapped to a PC drive as previously discussed it should be (and I’m assuming the NAS drive is configured as drive z) Z:\Family Tree AW\The Lloyds/Percy Mott\Percy Thurger Leonard Mott\Percy Mott\Service Record\filename.jpg I am confused by \\NASXXX\(Z)

RE: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

2015-06-25 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
Yeah, I surmised as much but then the idea of creating a folder for every event and for every person just doesn't sit well with me. But once again, to each their own. And even with the addition characters in the NAS drive path, I think the OP is still far from the 255 characters. I just gotta

Re: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

2015-06-25 Thread marion wimsett
I think I would prefer house painting to sorting out the folders in my husband's tree - Legacy and Reunion do not work in the same manner obviously as there are no problems viewing the photos in Reunion! Marion On 25 June 2015 at 23:41, Brian L. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote: Yeah, I

Re: [LegacyUG] Looking for Ideas on How to Enter the Following Information

2015-06-25 Thread Nina Scholtz
I add the data to my family file. I of course add the source which tells me in future how reliable it is. I'm now also trying to include an estimated date (Est 1840) which is the Legacy equivalent of say. And like Eliz I try to then add whatever corroborative evidence I can, such as census

Re: [LegacyUG] Looking for Ideas on How to Enter the Following Information

2015-06-25 Thread Eliz Hanebury
I enter this sort of material under hints. I then set out to prove it. Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Meg Staton meg.sta...@comcast.net wrote: I have been using

[LegacyUG] Looking for Ideas on How to Enter the Following Information

2015-06-25 Thread Meg Staton
I have been using Legacy for years and usually follow Geoff’s ideas for entering information, but …. these records are throwing me off kilter and I would like some advice/ideas. I am transcribing information from a book, “Family Records or Genealogies of the First Settlers in Passaic Valley

RE: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

2015-06-25 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
I’m almost sorry I asked. With the file path that you have given, I get by my account a total of 96 characters plus whatever the file name was. However, the folder “\\NAS file:///\\NAS ” represent relative addressing instead of absolute addressing. As such, that particular