Re: [LegacyUG] Notes section (3 tabs) - can we have 2 more editing tools

my dad’s male lineage On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 8:12 AM Cathy Pinner mailto:genea...@gmail.com>> wrote:     Ian,     You can choose what you have on the quick character ribbon. If you     want the Euro or other symbols on it, add them. You'll lose others     as there is a limited numbe

Re: [LegacyUG] Notes section (3 tabs) - can we have 2 more editing tools

Ian, You can choose what you have on the quick character ribbon. If you want the Euro or other symbols on it, add them. You'll lose others as there is a limited number that can show and you're limited to the Western Character Set. Just click the square and set it up for the characters you

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Report - setting Private off

Ian, I suggest you Reset the Report options and then choose your particular options again and see if that fixes it. I'm not seeing it with someone with Privacy Setting as Private and an AKA when I override the Privacy options to include Private individuals so I don't think it is a bug. I

Re: [LegacyUG] A question about FAG numbers

Dave, Don't you use File > File Maintenance > Check/Repair regularly to keep your database healthy? All databases need maintenance just like cars need servicing. Isn't it picking up your 0's as duplicates? It's highly unlikely that Legacy will add code to check whether you are entering a

Re: [LegacyUG] Unique identifier

Jenny, The RIN is fairly stable but not completely. As Ian Macaulay says, when you find you have duplicates, one RIN is lost and in addition may be re-assigned to someone in a completely different branch. Also occasionally people encounter errors that can only be fixed by exporting your Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate Marriage

Wes, You unlink the marriage you don't want. You do this from the Spouse List opened with the icon under her in Family View. You can't do that if there are children linked to that marriage so you have to make sure all children are linked to the marriage you want to keep. One way to sort this

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding Sources without attached media

Thanks Jenny. that's interesting findings. I hadn't checked that. Were you able to use the Scrapbook to get the lists? I know it's not as easy to work with but it's the best available. Cathy Jenny M Benson wrote: On 11/01/2024 01:01, Cathy Pinner wrote: I don't think the Picture Centre

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding Sources without attached media

Jenny I don't think the Picture Centre lets you know if an image is linked to a Source Citation. Only if it is linked to an individual or marriage. You can't link images to Sources from the Picture Centre. If you go instead to the Scrapbook (View > Scrapbook or Reports > Other Reports >

Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

howed two sample files, anyone with my name, so Ican get to it easily. I might still look into Option, from top menu, and then 1.2, and see if there is somewhere to save my family tree, for all time! Kind regards, Sarah Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Thursday, 28 December 2023 7:

Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

Sarah, Another way to find your file is to use the Recent File List but do check your setting at Options > Customise 1.2. It must be set to open the Sample file or you are somehow doing something that is losing your settings every time. Do make sure that there is are local copies for the

Re: [LegacyUG] File savng and charting

What file, if any, opens when you open Legacy is controlled by Options > Customise 1.2 The folder Legacy expects your data file to be in is the one you specify at Options > Customise 6.1. You do not have to use the Legacy Default of ...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data\ folder If you have your

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar on using ChatGPT

<mailto:johnbernacki52...@gmail.com> Wednesday, 6 December 2023 11:06 AM I did not receive the email until yesterday (5 December in Australia). I have since opened all the Legacy News links since June, but I cannot find any mention of the ChatGPT webinar. John Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar on using ChatGPT

John, You simply missed it in the list in Legacy News. You need a webinar membership to see TechZone videos. Very rarely one is made free for a short time like recent one on Two Factor Authentication. From Legacy News:

Re: [LegacyUG] Billing

Ian, Legacy will give refunds for webinar subscriptions that were just renewed. Everyone needs to be clear that Webinars are available on a subscription but Legacy is a one off purchase for a particular version. When a new version is released there is an upgrade price. As I said earlier in

Re: [LegacyUG] Billing

Estelle, This is probably a webinar subscription. For some reason, some people don't get the email reminder that the subscription is due for renewal.  I think sometimes people don't even realise they bought a package for Legacy that included the webinar subscription. She can contact Sales if

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy slow to start

David, Please contact Support re this. supp...@legacyfamilytree.com I'm aware of discussions in the test group re speed of start recently that some people are experiencing and some not. You've got more than enough RAM. You may hold another clue. Cathy David Cripps

Re: [LegacyUG] I am afraid I have another crazy question

Angus, Legacy won't necessarily go straight to the folder with your backup zips in it, particularly if your backup location is an external drive. You may need to navigate to it when using File > Restore File and you do have to choose which backup zip you want to restore. You can restore to a

Re: [LegacyUG] How to configure Family View ?

Ian, I also use Best Fit columns. If I want to see a grid with the children, I switch to Descendant View and limit the number of generations showing. You can change the View for the Child list as Margaret says or just right click on the Child area of Family View and use View from the Right

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports - which would be appropriate?

ly Snr (Abt 1795-1868)* for those actual b. and d. which in my database are as *Abt 1795*   and *26 May 1868* The extra parameter needs to be set for  “cover page” and for the “page headers” Ian Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Tuesday, 26 September 2023 23:55 Ian, Click the Hel

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Reports - are enhancements possible?

r Position section of that page requires attention to select Bottom Centre. However, it is a very comprehensive method for displaying the Legacy data in a way that "ordinary people" can understand. I regard it as an excellent means to explain the connections of generations. I.L. Th

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing

are buttons for those options.  I could be wrong, but I don't think you can switch off that prompt. Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Monday, 18 September 2023 13:36 Jennifer, I think you are talking about the Prompt for Detail on the Source Clipboard so that you can change the det

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing

Thanks Jenny, No I don't think you can turn that off. I wouldn't turn it off anyway. It's a reminder to check whether or not I've finished with the source I have on the clipboard. I don't use that copy to clipboard very often. Cathy Jenny M Benson wrote: On 18/09/2023 06:36, Cathy Pinner

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing

ys assumed that meant overwriting the source already on the clipboard. Not? Jane in Phoenix *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of *Cathy Pinner *Sent:* Sunday, September 17, 2023 10:36 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing Jennifer, I think you are talking about

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing

Jennifer, I think you are talking about the Prompt for Detail on the Source Clipboard so that you can change the detail before applying again. I leave it on because I often change source on the clipboard and forget I have. But sure you can turn it off. Look at the Source Clipboard screen when

Re: [LegacyUG] What does "Rebuild Source Citations" do?

Fred, No this won't check whether you've been consistent in your data entry for sources. It's an internal database check. What you can use for your task is the Source Citation Report. Use the option to tag a Master Source and just produce the report for one or two sources at a time or you'll

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing online "certificate" from England & Wales GRO

I haven't yet purchased one but would source the same as the other certificates I've purchased from the GRO and just add a detail comment - digital image downloaded from GRO. Cathy Jenny M Benson wrote: I have just used (for the first time) the new service from the England & Wales General

Re: [LegacyUG] Marriage event

Terry, I used to tell people to right click but so many now don't seem familiar with right click menus so I indicate the other way. It would be worth your while becoming familiar with all the icons on the husband/wife toolbars on Family View. Cathy Terry Montgomery

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book

There is a current known bug re the extra blank pages. Cathy Terry Montgomery Sunday, 2 July 2023 07:55 My answer to that is print the PDF as a PDF, leaving out the blank pages, and giving it a very similar name. But I had been hoping it was possible to not

Re: [LegacyUG] Marriage event

Terry, On Family view, click your Spouse icon when you are in one of the centre positions. If you don't know which, hover over the icons and it will say. It will indicate you have 1 spouse. Highlight the unknown spouse and click Unlink. Just clicking the marriage information screen can add a

Re: [LegacyUG] (no subject)

Kim Jones, You should ask Legacy Support for help. supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Cathy Kim Jones Thursday, 29 June 2023 11:45 thamks for the answer but it just doesnt load 'at all'. i also cant then get rid of it off my task bar. if i right click to close

[LegacyUG] ***SPAM*** Re: Question - best method to export a subset to new Legacy database

Ian, How familiar are you with Advanced Tagging in Legacy? Read up on what Entire Ancestor Tree tagging and Entire Descendant Tree tagging mean. They are powerful but don't work usefully if there are multiple links between branches in your family. How familiar are you with using View >

Re: [LegacyUG] Unable to Print individual report

Ian, Have you updated Legacy? There was a problem like this a while back with newly added people. Have you restarted your computer again. Sometimes a Windows update doesn't bed in properly before another restart. Have you run File > File Maintenance> Check/Repair in Legacy? If you've done all

Re: [LegacyUG] How to retrieve a backup

Di Christensen, First tell your daughter to leave the Documents\Legacy Family Tree\ folder alone. If it is moved or renamed, it is recreated with default settings which may be why a different file opened in Legacy. Helpful people like to put all your genealogy in one folder etc etc and this

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I strike-through or cross out a word?

You can't use strikethrough in Legacy. You need to add a note in square brackets to say the word is struck through. It's normal in transcription to put your comments in square brackets. Cathy B. Akin wrote: Hello, I just can't remember how to go about striking through a word. I'm

Re: [LegacyUG] Unable to view /print Individual reports

Works fine for me Ian. Did you make these new people Private or Invisible? You'd have to change their privacy status OR override Privacy in the Privacy Options under the Report options. Also check whether you have a related marriage relationship checked as Private. Cathy hpete...@cox.net

Re: [LegacyUG] Report By User ID With Name?

Yes Use the Name List You can either leave the RIN and customise the Print by adding the User ID or choose to show User ID instead of RIN to sort by User ID but you still need to customise the Print to include the User ID. See the Options in the Name List for both Print and Show User ID in

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding all Cousins

David, That's the way. I'm not an Excel guru either but it's pretty easy to learn to sort by a column in Excel. You click the column header to highlight the column and then find Sort or A-Z on the toolbar and click that. If it asks to extend the selection, you do so the data stays together

Re: [LegacyUG] Still no solution regarding marriage records

Linda, You are not doing anything wrong. Images linked directly to a Marriage can only be printed as part of a Scrapbook. This has been the case since Legacy was first released in 1998 and no solution acceptable to the programmers has been found. If you want a Wedding picture in your report,

Re: [LegacyUG] 1921 England Census

Jenny, There is an English/Wales 1921 Census SourceWriter template. If you haven't found it, you are behind in updating Legacy 9.  I'm not sure whether something different will be required when Scotland gets around to releasing it. I haven't yet tackled how to source the 1921 Census as I've

Re: [LegacyUG] Using a cloud service

Dave Dropbox and iDrive are two completely different types of cloud service. iDrive is primarily a cloud backup service. Dropbox began as a cloud syncing service to sync a folder from your computer to the cloud and optionally to other devices. So it has a dedicated folder on your computer that

Re: [LegacyUG] TR: Duplicate

won't recognize it as a duplicate     unless it includes the other names in its check.         Georges         *De :*LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>> *De la part     de* Cathy Pinner     *Envoyé :* 18 octobre 20

Re: [LegacyUG] TR: Duplicate

Georges, A full merge has criteria that you can use as they are or modify. What is taken into account to suggest possible duplicates depends on them. You may be asking whether AKAs are also considered. I don't think so. Cathy sarrazingeor...@gmail.com wrote: In  merging, when searching for

Re: [LegacyUG] Delete Family File

Jack, When you use File > Delete File, it deletes the currently open file only. If you still have the file without Copy in the name, it will remain when you delete the ones with Copy in their name. It sounds like there's not a problem if something does go wrong as you still have the file on an

Re: [LegacyUG] Index view

Paul, you can't print from Index View but you can print from the Name List and choose the fields you want. You can save this as a CSV file to open in a Spreadsheet. In the Name List go to Options > Print. Cathy irons...@ihug.com.au wrote: Is it possible to either copy and paste, or

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

a .pdf works the same way. Thanks, Jane in Phoenix *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of *Cathy Pinner *Sent:* Saturday, October 1, 2022 6:01 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Sources Jane, I think you'd need to generate a Source Report, save as PDF and search

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

Jane, I think you'd need to generate a Source Report, save as PDF and search that. It helps to work out how you are going to use the Source List Name and edit all Master Sources to change the Source List names. I start the Source List Name with a code for the type of source (eg Book, PR for

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing a .paf file into a new LFT file

Gene, I wonder where it was in the PAF file? The import of a PAF file is years old as it's ages since PAF demised. I understand it was/is pretty good. You could ask Support if they know. supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Also read each import screen carefully. It may have options like the Gedcom

Re: [LegacyUG] Can Legacy be used for DNA results ??

Here are updated notes on how I use Legacy to help identify and track DNA matches. I use lots of different Legacy features but mainly hashtags and events. This link will be valid for a month. It's a PDF file you should be able to download.

Re: [LegacyUG] Uploading Legacy to FMP and/or Ancestry

I find THAT ONE which will be the start of my Heritade 1Whole family tree never to go anywhere AGAIN *From:*LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of *Cathy Pinner *Sent:* Sunday, 11 September 2022 7:12 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Uploading Legacy to FMP and/or Ancestry Valerie, What a

Re: [LegacyUG] Uploading Legacy to FMP and/or Ancestry

Valerie, What are you trying to do? Ancestry etc online trees don't have all the fields for data that Legacy has and even when they do, they don't use a Gedcom the same way.  eg uploading to Ancestry - Notes don't go in a public field and are put all in the one Notes field. Event notes turn

Re: [LegacyUG] Viewer for Legacy Family Tree

There is/was a viewer called GenViewer that could read a gedcom. A Google search suggests it's still available But if one is going to require people to learn a program to see your data, they may as well have the free Legacy and use that unless you only want to share some fields from your Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandmother or wife of grandfather?

Paul, You are not doing anything wrong. Relationships are only guessed when they're entered on the fly. You have to regularly run Tools > Set Relationships. This isn't auto run every time you add someone as it takes time even if only seconds. Cathy Ironside wrote: From time to time a wife

Re: [LegacyUG] When Cousins Marry

Crystal, Take a look at the Title Page before you Preview. Perhaps you set it for a particular person at a different time. When creating a Multiple line of Descent Report, for it to be in any rational order, look at the pedigree view for the person for whom you want all descendants of their

Re: [LegacyUG] When Cousins Marry

It's not an error message when you are told it's a duplicate line. If you want the data printed twice click the Report Options button, go to the Format tab and turn off "Don't repeat duplicate lines". Cathy custerc...@comcast.net wrote: When 1^st or second cousins marry it creates a

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report showing the spouse only for each of the children

iously accepted. -----Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Friday, August 5, 2022 3:34 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report showing the spouse only for each of the children Larry, I seem to remember this was a bug some time

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report showing the spouse only for each of the children

Larry, I seem to remember this was a bug some time ago. Have you updated your Legacy? The latest update is 9.0.0.414. To check go to the Legacy Home tab to the left of Family View. Is this in the Preview of the report or when you are saving a particular file type. I can't recall whether the

Re: [LegacyUG] Detailed Search - How Long? Not Responding

Larry, There are some strange speed issue things sometimes especially with large databases. There is discussion of one thing that helps in this article. It's counter intuitive. Use less cores.

Re: [LegacyUG] Default Browser

Restart your computer and set a default browser in Windows. If you've still been using Internet Explorer that may be the problem. Normally you would leave Options > Customise section 11 blank. Cathy vbgarton wrote: I have an error message- no default browser set Specify which program to open

Re: [LegacyUG] Installing Legacy 9 on second computer

Robert Download the free standard version from the Legacy website. Then install on your new computer and use your customer number to unlock the Deluxe features. Then you need to copy your data. If you plan to use both computers you have to decide how you are going to keep the database in

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures Not Showing in Publishing Center Reports

Cindy, It sounds like you aren't defining the chapter options in the Publishing Centre to include the relevant pictures. Highlight the relevant chapter then click the Edit Settings for the current Chapter button. Cathy custerc...@comcast.net wrote: When I run a Descendant Book Report, It

Re: [LegacyUG] To print a list from database of family by descendants

new file. Do use File > Delete File after generating the report so you don't add to your confusion of multiple files. Cathy vbgarton wrote: I want to print a descendant list of my tree so I know which surnames are part of my tree showing only the names *From:*LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of

Re: [LegacyUG] To print a list from database of family by descendants

Valerie, What do you want to do with it? Do you want the names in Alpha order or as a Descendant Tree? In Alpha order you need to tag the Descendants only using Advanced Tagging and then go to the Name List and click Search > Show all tagged # - the Tag you used. Then Options > Print and just

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem Report

d read the Help from each of these screens. The Help button takes you straight to the relevant part of the Help file. Cathy Douglas James Tighe <mailto:dougtigh...@gmail.com> Sunday, 17 July 2022 12:23 Hi Cathy, Excuse my ignorance, but what is a tag and also PP. Doug Cathy Pinner &

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem Report

Yes Ian, Look at each tab and you'll find you can tag people with a PP. You may want to adjust the criteria and so tag only people with the same issue. Once checked, you can also mark as not a problem but beware those with mother older than 50 - the child may be the child of an unmarried

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Report - to NOT include

Cynthia 1. You could make the entire event type you've used globally private - see the checkbox when you click Edit Event Sentence Definition. 2. You could make particular Events individually private. See the checkbox on the Edit Event screen. 3. You could put the email addresses in the Mailing

Re: [LegacyUG] 3rd Q - third quarter

Valerie Quarter dates are entered eg Sep Q 1964 you can also enter as q3 1964 and it will flick to Sep Q 1964 Cathy vbgarton wrote: How should I put this for a death in Legacy please Valerie -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and

Re: [LegacyUG] "Dropped ?"pictures in a media backup

images I've been doing recently, correct? To clarify, I have all my Legacy on my desktop; data is entered only on this desktop and there is only the one family file. sigh, Linda On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 10:09 PM Cathy Pinner mailto:genea...@gmail.com>> wrote:     Linda,     Make sure Legac

Re: [LegacyUG] "Dropped ?"pictures in a media backup

Linda, Make sure Legacy is linked to all the media and then make a new media backup. Use Tools > Media Relinker to find and relink the missing files. If you have been renaming files outside of Legacy you'll need to manually fix each broken link. If you have just moved them, the Media Relinker

Re: [LegacyUG] To print a report ???

Valerie, It sounds like you want a Family Group Report with the Report Options checked to include Events for the couple and for the children. If you want Event Notes, make sure on the Include tab of the Report Options you not only check to include events but click the Event Options button and

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Chart

The answer is Yes. You can use the Legacy Report under Chart Reports > Ancestor Chart. Just turn off the dates option in the Report Options. Or you can use Legacy Charting and change the Theme to Compact. Note both the Ancestor Chart Report and the Legacy Charting Ancestor Chart have other

Re: [LegacyUG] Building a Book for Publishing

Cindy You need to become familiar with the various reports before you try combining them in the Publishing Centre. Legacy provides a myriad of options for each report, including, for some reports, a number of different numbering systems. Someone else can't really tell you which to use.

Re: [LegacyUG] Splitting A Tree

Rick, I also would suggest you don't do it unless you need it separate for a particular purpose. Even then, I wouldn't edit it. But here is a way to split a tree either for a temporary purpose or permanently.

Re: [LegacyUG] Multiple chilren & multiple marriages

Fran, It's necessary to use Tools > Set Relationships after adding, deleting, merging, unlinking, relinking people in your database.  When I'm entering data I use it at least once a day. It sounds like either you haven't got View > Show 1/2 kids on - from the right click menu in the child

Re: [LegacyUG] Re Marriage information

Yes Colin, See Options > Customise > 8.10 Currently there is a bug if you uncheck Don't show married. It shows Married still when there is another status. Cathy Colin McCullough Wednesday, 1 June 2022 16:36 Hi folks Is there a way to have the status items

[LegacyUG] ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** RE: ***SPAM*** Re: Question regarding finding undefined event roles

Andrew, I suggest you ask Support. They're the ones most likely to be able to help. supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Shared Events are not my area of expertise either. I don't use them. Cathy Andrew Robbie Friday, 27 May 2022 06:36 OK, need to clarify, since

Re: [LegacyUG] The list won't unsubscribe me!!!!!

Randall, No one official reads this list any more. The directions for unsubbing aren't hard. The link to unsub is at the bottom of every email. I tried to unsub you. You should look for a confirmation email and respond to it. I used the address randydo...@outlook.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Telgen "Families for IOS"

Larry, If you have the same app in the App Store you use, you shouldn't have to re-purchase Families. Get the updated Families Sync for free from https://www.telgen.co.uk/families/ Check the settings in Families Sync that control what media is transferred. There are How To directions on the

[LegacyUG] ***SPAM*** Re: Re: Familysearch ID number

Barbara, If you want the FS ID on FamilyView then you need to customise the labels. Here's how: I have several sets of labels for FV depending on what I'm doing. I usually combine birth

Re: [LegacyUG] I have uploaded my tree from Ancestry to Legacy and ?????

When importing a gedcom, it's best not to leave the option to put unrecognised items into notes. I think that is what these are. Re-import after making sure you don't have that checked. Cathy vbgarton wrote: OBJE: _STYPE jpeg OBJE: _SIZE 129727 OBJE: _WDTH 589 OBJE: _HGHT 835 OBJE: RIN

[LegacyUG] ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Nice one, Geoff Rasmussen!

Jenny You don't need an override for your GRO Index source - just put both names in one of the name boxes and it will read fine without bothering about an override - unless you are bothering that it then reads "entry for Joe Bloggs and Mary Smith" rather than "entries for ..."? LOL I use a

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Group Reports

No. If you want lots of data in a logical order use a Book Report. Cathy Cindy Custer Thursday, 5 May 2022 09:25 I have tagged direct line families with a 1 and all families with a 2. Is there any wan when I run the family Reports that they line up (page

Re: [LegacyUG] 1950 Census Template for Version 8

No Nancy. There won't be any updates to Legacy 8. If you can afford it, upgrade to Legacy 9. It is Legacy 8 with many bug fixes and some great new features like hashtags. The upgrade for just the program and PDF manual is $26.95 USD but you can normally get a 10% discount by using the most

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citations - Default Wording

Larry, You can override source citations but it's usually easier to put the data into one of the other boxes - at the end of the URL you are entering and leave the item box blank or in the Source Detail Comment and mark it to be included in the citation. Cathy Larry Lachance

Re: [LegacyUG] Comment under General Remarks

Valerie, It's a feature of gmail that messages to lists only show when they're responded to. However, you can check your sent messages box to see what you've sent. If you don't get an email saying that your email couldn't be delivered you can be fairly sure it arrived at its destination.

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging descendants back to "x" generation

Jon, In Advanced Tagging when you click the Ancestor Button or the Descendant Button, both have the option to limit the generations. Make sure you understand the difference between the options on the Ancestor screen of Advanced Tagging. Read the Help from that screen if you don't. Cathy J M

Re: [LegacyUG] No photos with reports?!

Bernie, Have you checked the Report options? Have you chosen to include pictures? If the Report options were Reset then you need to choose to include pictures again. Cathy Bernard C. Alderson via LegacyUserGroup wrote: Photos are all there but stopped being with ancestor and narrative

[LegacyUG] ***SPAM*** Re: Recorded source materials

Beverly It seems you need to watch this free webinar on Sources. Legacy Sources are made up of two parts, the Master Source and the Source Detail. The Master Source would be the Census year for a

Re: [LegacyUG] This info has finished up in my notes.

Valerie, They're not important. It looks like they may be details of media. Perhaps you imported an Ancestry Gedcom? Just find and delete them. You can search for Individual > Notes-General > Contains > OBJE: to find all individuals that have these notes. Cathy vbgar...@gmail.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Parents

Cindy here's the support article on adding multiple parents. It's quite normal to add more than one set of parents - eg adoption. You might want to use Privacy options so you don't output doubtful data. I'd make all of these parent candidates Invisible but there are also privacy options for each

Re: [LegacyUG] Hinting for FamilySearch Individuals/content

uot; the Legacy FS ID in the bottom left corner of the L-FS main screen under the details tab. Again, Thanks Cathy for you help. B. Akin On 2/7/2022 8:56 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote: -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe

Re: [LegacyUG] Hinting for FamilySearch Individuals/content

o the list's guidance. Thanks, B. -- Forwarded Message ---- Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - FindMyPast - "Invalid cookie header" Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 21:16:38 +0800 From: Cathy Pinner Reply-To: Legacy User Group To: Legacy User Group Ian, FindMyPast hints are working thoug

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 10?

Chris, It's some time since I tried out RootsMagic direct import of Legacy. It was with RootsMagic 7. It made a mess of a number of things including sources. I got a much better result using a Gedcom. I recall another beta tester reporting a better result using a Gedcom as well. His concern

Re: [LegacyUG] Footnote/Endnote Citation and Subsequent Citations in Reports

Larry, I think the only way is to use the Override tab and copy and paste the citation into the subsequent citation and check to use that. I do this for Newspapers but hadn't thought whether I should be doing it for FamilySearch citations with URL. I've been putting the image URL in comments

Re: [LegacyUG] How to insert a space between words my space bar won't do it. Thanks Douglas

You use the space bar. If your space bar isn't working, maybe your keyboard needs cleaning. Mine plays up from time to time. Cathy Douglas James Tighe wrote: The subject above describes it -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and

Re: [LegacyUG] moving info from one file to another

You are using Split Screen View? You drag and drop one of the family to the other file. After you drop you get a dialogue box that asks whether you just want to copy that person or their family or branch etc. If you don't get the dialogue drag and drop again but drop to a different part of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Calendar Creator

Thelma, Others have been using it. Maybe reset your Calendar settings and start again. Do make sure you've updated Legacy as there have been some bug fixes to the Calendar Creator. If this doesn't work, contact Support. supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Cathy Thelma Martin wrote: Previous

Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcewriter problem - help

Ian, There was a problem with this setting not being honoured. But it's fixed. Not sure when but it works find in Legacy 9.0.0.393. So probably all you need to do is update. You may not want to update if you are wanting to create reports but wait for the next update. There have been a lot of

Re: [LegacyUG] Howdy all and Happy Holidays

urday, 18 December 2021 07:55 And, yes, I have a ton of broken links, I’m sure, as I “corrected” a lot of picture names. *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of *Cathy Pinner *Sent:* Friday, December 17, 2021 4:23 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Howdy all and Happy Holidays

Re: [LegacyUG] Howdy all and Happy Holidays

Are both showing the picture? I would think that one would be showing a broken link icon. You could run the Media Relinker and see if that helps. If when you open it, it says there is only one broken link, you could check the box to remove broken links and run it. At the end of the process, any

Re: [LegacyUG] How to create a timeline please ?

To control the Chronology Report, on Chronology View, click the Options button then the Display options and see the various tabs including the Report Options tab. When you preview the Report you can save as PDF. The Report option directly under the Options button uses the options already

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