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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Brian Lightfoot
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 11:37 AM
To: 'Legacy User Group' <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Do not download the latest vers
Wouldn't it be easier to simply remove the .166 build from the server so
that it could not be downloaded rather that plead with users to not
downloaded it? Just asking.
Brian in Ca
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Michele/Support
Sent:
Just one comment:
I suspect that there are currently more v8 users than there are v9 users. Is it
possible that such “Tips of the Day” can specify if the tip is for v9 only or
if it applies to both versions.
I can’t help but think of the many users with v8 that are looking all over
And for those wearing propeller beanies (aka nerds), you can always look at the
“Legacy8.Lic” file in the C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Legacy Family
Tree\_AppData folder (using Notepad to view it).
But now, I’m going to get an email from Sherry asking why I would go ahead and
tell users to
have an Azio
keyboard. MS (Win10) can't identify either one in the Mouse and Keyboard Center.
I'm glad Legacy's programmers were able to get the problems with Creators and
Legacy resolved quickly.
Sherry
On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Brian Lightfoot <br...@the-lightfoots.com>
I'm assuming that you mean a new build of Legacy, not a new(er) build of
Creator.
And for what it's worth, the Creator Update also broke a lot of hardware
drivers, especially Logitech mouse drivers.
Brian in CA
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From: LegacyUserGroup
point that it is more useful this way for other people who look at my work.
Thanks,
Trevor Carlson
Edmonton, AB
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Brian Lightfoot
Sent: 2-Apr-17 6:31 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG
I started adding the additional word “County” to all my county descriptors,
regardless of if the city or township was also known. I found that I have a
great deal of ancestors in and around Ashland County, Ohio so I noticed many
docs from a variety of sources merely stating “Ashland, Ohio”. But
Just wondering if after all this time, new versions, updates, and
ideas/work-arounds from other users if anybody has figured out an easy way
to make BMD pictures show up on Legacy generated reports, i.e., any of the
web reports? Or does it continue to be a black hole for any pictures
attached to
n installed and running permanently. A
good program.
John
From: Brian Lightfoot <br...@the-lightfoots.com>
To: 'Legacy User Group' <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Sent: Sunday, 12 February 2017, 18:18
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help-addi
Run the Malwarebytes program (free download) and you’ll find that you have most
likely indeed been infected by the YTD Video Downloader.
Brian in CA
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of baxwal...@sky.com
Sent: Sunday, February
I suspect that the reason many people have had problems with creating Book
from Legacy using MSWord is that they are using it on a computer system with
only minimal RAM and processing speed. Couple that with a Windows swapfile
that exists on an older and slower hard disk drive is a sure-fire
for the tip- Unfortunately that was one of the first options
I tried without any change - Thanks appreciated- John
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Brian Lightfoot
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 5:12 AM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG
Because other users of Legacy v8 are not complaining about the same problem
that can't be fixed, I'd say that the problem is not with the Legacy program
but with your computer hardware and/or your settings in Win10.
It could be a million different things and practically impossible to guess
rgency. The temp. file seems to have
disappeared.
There seems to be more then one gremlin at work at my house... and they all
bear a resemblance to me.
Have patience!
Gail
From: Brian Lightfoot <mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:14 PM
To: 'Legac
I’m curious why it’s taken “many days” of searching. Wouldn’t a search for
“*.fdb” from within File Explorer/Windows Explorer have accomplished the same
thing in just a few seconds?
I was ready to post that it’s virtually impossible for any browser to have
opened a .FDB file thus the reason
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Frequent.asp#What is the current version of
Legacy
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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Barbara Ford
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:06 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject:
To my knowledge, there are three types of trees on Ancestry: free, public, and
private.
The public and private tree are established only by paid subscribers and can be
viewed only by paid subscribers. All paid subscribers can view and search
through any other public tree but trees that are
In Ancestry jargon the word “public” means “public only to other paid
subscribers”. Non-subscribers get to see nothing…that includes both public and
private trees.
Brian in CA
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of William Boswell
Sent:
The differences are based on the user's settings in Options/Customize.
Somebody made a comment that certain updates may be changing some of these
back to a default but I haven't heard any hard evidence of that happening
just yet.
Brian in CA
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From: LegacyUserGroup
Oh, I forgot to mention. Not all users of Win10 are running the "Anniversary
Edition, version 1607". This is the only version in which the max_path can
be enabled. (To check your version, SETTINGS. SYSTEM, ABOUT.)
Brian in CA
From: LegacyUserGroup
Don't jump for joy just yet. Not all programs support this feature yet. Most
of the most popular program already do. But the big question is if the
32-bit legacy program ironically named Legacy has properly manifested
itself to allow the longer file names. Only the programmers at Legacy can
This sounds like a Windows problem and not a Legacy problem. More accurately,
this sounds like a user problem in not being familiar with the user document
storage differences between WinXP and Win10. And I doubt if Carbonite was very
helpful when it re-copied your family files onto your new
Your database probably has a locking file left behind from the crash. Simply
use Windows/File Explorer to locate the folder in which your database file
is stored. Look for a small 1K file with the same name but has a .LDB file
extension. Do NOT delete your main database file. Now try Legacy again.
plaining
in more detail how you use the program for sourcing. I thought my system was
working well, but now realize that I could do a lot better if I tried the
clipboard.
Thanks,
Elizabeth
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Brian Light
Everybody's RAM is "solid state". For what it's worth, I recently switched
to a new system using M.2 PCI drives (SSD) instead of HDDs yet the springy
resizing problem continued. I've gotten a few emails from others who claim
they have no problems. I'm beginning to wonder if the problem isn't with
r fll size on my main
21" monitor. Running on Win10. :D.
Joyce
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Brian Lightfoot <br...@the-lightfoots.com>
wrote:
I recall that annoyance with resizing the Legacy window as having been around
since at least Legacy version 7. I typically use a s
I recall that annoyance with resizing the Legacy window as having been around
since at least Legacy version 7. I typically use a split screen mode with
Legacy taking up ½ and a browser window on the other half. But whenever I have
to resize the Legacy window, it takes several mouse attempts
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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Sherry
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2016 1:43 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Persons who never married
So you can't have have children without a "relationship" of
ou add people
but most don't.
Cathy
Brian Lightfoot wrote:
More info. My unknown gender child described as a SON remained a SON even
after I Set Relationships.
Out of curiosity, I changed the gender to male. Description in Family View
remained a Son. I reran Set Relationships and it remained a s
More info. My unknown gender child described as a SON remained a SON even
after I Set Relationships.
Out of curiosity, I changed the gender to male. Description in Family View
remained a Son. I reran Set Relationships and it remained a son.
I then changed the child back to female and reran Set
I think you stumbled upon a slight bug...at least in my opinion.
I started by adding an unknown gender child to myself. Strangely, Legacy
shows the relationship to me as a SON as I view the unknown gender child. So
that's the start of the bug.
I then changed the gender from unknown to FEMALE.
http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00210/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Error-9.html
Follow the instructions on the page.
HTH
Brian in CA
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Pat Hickin
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 3:39 PM
I've noticed this behavior for several months now but just got around to
really testing it today. The problem occurs when you are editing an event
and paste in a replacement event from the clipboard. This pasting in of a
replacement event could be accidental if you happen to click on the Paste
File is in use
Brian,
Deleting the .lbd file worked! Thank you so much!
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Brian Lightfoot <br...@the-lightfoots.com>
wrote:
Or the locking file needs to be deleted manually. Probably copied over from the
failed hard drive?
Make sure Legacy is not r
Or the locking file needs to be deleted manually. Probably copied over from the
failed hard drive?
Make sure Legacy is not running. Using Windows / File Explorer, navigate to
wherever your family database file is normally stored. Look for a file that has
a .LDB extension and delete it.
And as Cathy said, do the File – File Maintenance – Check/Repair often. How
often depends how often you use the program and just how much data you add each
time you use it.
But there is one more bit of advice that I always tell people. Make a backup!
Not only a backup created within the
I also wondered if she accidently combined the .fdb file into a folder on
the desktop. But then I thought to myself, No, nobody would have their
family file directly on the desktop.
A worst case scenario would be that she accidently combined the fdb file on
the desktop into that special folder
I'm curious as to why anyone would want to download and add a program that
does exactly what is already built into Windows. For example, you mentioned
that it was logical for her to search for *.fdb but that is the same exact
search criteria she would use if using the built in Windows search. What
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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Steve Hayes
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 9:52 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Friday - Windows 10 Survival
Guide for Genealogists by Thomas MacEntee
On 22 Jul
I think unfounded statements like I have heard need to be taken with a
grain of salt. Unless it can be substantiated and documented, then its all
just another rumor on the Internet.
However, many large software houses have already switched to a subscription
based sales. Adobe is one major
After reformatting your hard drive, there was no need to re-install Win7 and
then Win8/8.1. You could have directly installed Win10 onto your fresh hard
drives and used your Win7 key to activate it. Your Legacy program and all
others could have been installed into the Win10 setup with no
There has been only one US Census that was effective on 1 January and that
was the 1920 Census. Prior to that, the 1910 Census was effective 15 April,
and prior to that all previous ones were effective 1 June. Since the 1920
census, the most recent ones were effective 1 April.
The date of the
You forgot to mention that any photos attached to the vitals events do not
print out on a report.
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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Dick Nixon
Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2016 9:29 AM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
For goodness sake they are beta testers. They know. But part of the
agreement is to not disclose. Maybe Wikileaks??
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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Sheila Maynard
Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 10:14 AM
To: 'Legacy
I know that the corporate policy in the past has been to never issue a list
of known bugs but since you've declared that v9.0 may likely include same
sex relationships, I'm wondering if there is an such thing as a possible
list of other new features that are planned on being included in v9.0.
Too late. I'm afraid that you've already started a Pavlov's Dogs response.
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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Brian/Support
Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 6:39 AM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gender of
This seems to be another Internet myth concerning RootsWeb/World Connect.
Ancestry has absolutely no control over your files. You are free to update
them, delete them, or take them offline whenever you please. There is no need
to fight with anyone unless you enjoy fighting with yourself. All
I was going to suggest that he get it from his backup of Legacy and important
data files. But it looks like he was another person who thought hard drives
last forever. Just saying….
Brian in CA
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of kwnbmn
If you ask 100 people about the best gedcom reader, you are likely to get 100
different answers.
Keep in mind that gedcom files were not designed to be viewed by the human eye
but rather were developed as a means of data exchange between genealogy
software. So any reader that you use is
Wow, Jenny, in all these years I never noticed the wording of "Select a
filename" which I agree is misleading especially to new users. I would
suggest a simple change by the programmers to change this to "Enter a
filename..." Problem solved.
Brian in CA
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