Re: [LegacyUG] Announcement from the staff

Michele Morrison, When that happens and you know the program is OK, then simply reinstalling it is often enough for the security program you use to leave it alone. If not, here is an article from Legacy Support on the elements of Legacy that you may need to make exclusions in your antivirus o

Re: [LegacyUG] Complete date not be pulled into internet search

Ronald, It's some time since I've seen this reported. I haven't been able to reproduce it and other testers haven't either but my hunch is it's caused by a mismatch between the date formats in your Windows Regional settings and the short date format in Legacy.  eg your regional setting is MM/D

Re: [LegacyUG] New feature!

at great with solving problems even though using Legacy for several years. Bill Sent from my iPhone Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Friday, 24 January 2020 10:52 AM Christopher, Nothing in the update could remove the FS IDs from your family file. However, an update can som

Re: [LegacyUG] New feature!

Christopher, Nothing in the update could remove the FS IDs from your family file. However, an update can sometimes change some settings including Options > Customise 1.2 which controls which file is opened when Legacy opens. That may have happened and a different file to the one you normally us

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows Defender

Jack, I wonder if you need to empty your Internet Explorer cache/Temporary Internet files - and yes I mean Internet Explorer as a form of that is used for internal display of websites. If you've uninstalled Internet Explorer, that could be the problem I guess. Also try deleting this folder:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy update still not working - done

Eva, Next time just restart your computer. That closes any lock files that didn't clear properly when the file was closed. The alternative, if you are comfortable with doing it, is looking through your Data Folder and deleting any files with an ldb extension. You have to make sure you are only

Re: [LegacyUG] New feature!

orth all this trouble to stay with it. J. On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 07:51:43 PM CST, Cathy Pinner wrote: Jeraldine Michele posted this earlier Here is the answer to the User32.dll error http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00341 Michele Simmons Lewis, CG^® Lega

Re: [LegacyUG] Latest update with New Feature

Gary Here is the Blog article about the new feature. It took me some time to work out what it was doing. https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2020/01/familysearch-filter.html Cathy Gary Thursday, 23 January 2020 8:32 AM I updated to version 9.0.0.339 but th

Re: [LegacyUG] New feature!

Jeraldine Michele posted this earlier Here is the answer to the User32.dll error http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00341 Michele Simmons Lewis, CG^® Legacy Educator Legacy Family Tree/MyHeritage mich...@legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 9 won't open = can't upgrade

CE Unless you've done a clean uninstall your Legacy9.lic file will still be in ...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\ folder Download the free standard version of Legacy and install it. You may need to disable your security software during the installation. Some security software is more a

Re: [LegacyUG] Family search

Steve Which FamilySearch button? If you mean you are opening the Legacy FamilySearch Integration module and the children aren't showing on the FamilySearch side, it means that they haven't been linked to that person in the FamilySearch tree. If you mean on the Legacy side, check that the childr

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for General Notes

e it out. Thank you for your help. Debbie Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Sunday, 5 January 2020 8:46 AM Debbie To see all General Notes. Do a Detailed Search (Search > Find > Detailed Search tab for Individual    Notes-General    Not equal to    [enter nothing] That will cre

Re: [LegacyUG] Reports for General Notes

Debbie To see all General Notes. Do a Detailed Search (Search > Find > Detailed Search tab for Individual    Notes-General    Not equal to    [enter nothing] That will create a Search List of everyone who has General Notes. In the Search list click the Options button then Print if you are using L

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with adding siblings

Anne, Here's the link to fixing relationship problems - linking problems in Legacy. Note that if the person has the same RIN when viewed in different places, you have linking problems. If the person has different RIN then you have a duplicate person and you need to use Tools > Manual Merge.

Re: [LegacyUG] LDS Baptism is Missing

Christopher If you are not a member of the LDS church, make sure that Options > Customise 1.9 is off. If you are, contact Support and ask them. Most people here are not LDS. Cathy Christopher Seward Sr. Wednesday, 11 December 2019 12:53 AM Group, All of a s

Re: [LegacyUG] Search config overwritten?

Yes the last update updated the Search strings and for some reason seems to have just replaced the folder with new search strings rather than checking whether people had their own search strings though it seems to have left the original list somewhere. It's always a good idea to save a copy of

Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy

s this something I can make a feature request? Cheers, Jon (Sent from a mobile device) Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Tuesday, 26 November 2019 7:34 AM Jon, Not all characters can be used in Legacy. Those that can be used are in the Character Map in the program. Make sure

Re: [LegacyUG] Using special alphabet characters in Legacy

Jon, Not all characters can be used in Legacy. Those that can be used are in the Character Map in the program. Make sure it is on at Options > Customise 4.6. Then when you see this Character Ribbon, click the square at the top of it to see all characters. I don't think the one you want is ava

Re: [LegacyUG] Location Data missing for individuals

Linda, Do you mean you are using Legacy 7.5? There wasn't an 8.5 Is this just one event that has lost the location or all events? That sounds very peculiar. How are you checking whether Events have locations entered. I'm wondering whether you are using one of the reports and the locations hav

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I print a chart

Temporarily make them Invisible and don't include Invisible people in your chart. Cathy Valerie Garton Friday, 15 November 2019 11:53 AM without children's spouses ? Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Blurry fonts

Gwen, It's a Windows issue and I need to do this for a number of different programs I use. When you right click and look at Properties for the program shortcut. Go to the Compatibility tab Click the Change high DPI settings button Then check Override high DPI scaling behaviour and leave scalin

Re: [LegacyUG] LDS ordinances not shown

Barbara, Have you updated to the latest build of Legacy. One of the reasons for the timing was that FamilySearch were making a change to the API and the new build has the necessary changes. Cathy Barbara Lewis Wednesday, 6 November 2019 11:14 PM When I click o

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News/program update

Ian You can update from the Legacy Home Tab in the Legacy Program - see box on the right OR you can download from the webpage and then install. If you download from the webpage you have to provide an email address ... The update has never been in About Legacy. There are a lot of fixes in this

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy News/program update

Dale, You've mentioned two different issues. Legacy News on the Legacy Home Tab is updated periodically.  It is currently showing the new update as the top item. Also on the Home Tab is the Update box which can be used to Update provided you are using the Deluxe version of Legacy. It works fi

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Location List font

Margaret, You can either increase the size of the window or click Options and then Zoom and choose your font size. Cathy Margaret Gagliardi Thursday, 31 October 2019 8:34 AM When I make a typo and want to make a correction to the Master location list, I click o

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos

Trevor You may need to check whether the photo editor you are using is using the EXIF data to orientate the photo. Legacy doesn't as far as I know. So you may need to turn that off in your photo editor settings and then rotate and save it. Cathy Trevor Good

Re: [LegacyUG] Could my 10th great grandfather give birth to my 11th ggf?

Gloria Re Direct Line in bold. You set the Direct line from the Tools Ribbon bar in the Family File Tools section. It says Set Direct Line. You can set Direct lines all over the place in your tree to aid navigation when you click beside the child list. The one you set last is the one that is bo

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I merge two people please ?

Tools > Merge > Manual Merge Valerie Garton Saturday, 19 October 2019 1:52 PM Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyuser

Re: [LegacyUG] Book Printing

dividual. Some are in Events. I do not know what you mean by "vital" versus "custom" event. I didn't know there was a difference in Events. Can the pictures in the Media Gallery be part of the book? Gloria On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 11:13 PM Cathy Pinner mailto:genea...@gmai

Re: [LegacyUG] Book Printing

Trevor, Look at the Report Options for the particular book you are wanting to create. Click the Report Options button On the Include tab you'll find Addr. ... On the Notes tab you'll find checkboxes for these notes. However, you can't include vital event pictures in a book. They are included,

Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file

Ginny Make sure you do File > File Maintenance > Check/Repair regularly. It has a compact within it but I don't know if it is as extensive as the separate one. It has many other elements that are vital to keeping your database healthy. Databases need maintenance. Cathy Ginny Vocelli

Re: [LegacyUG] migrating to new computer

Jim, If you are taking the opportunity of upgrading from Legacy 7.5 to Legacy 9 as you switch computer and you haven't been linking media, that's a great plan. Restoring a backup is the easiest way to change to a new computer as well as the easiest way to upgrade from 7.5 to Legacy 9. As par

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor and Descendant Interest - webinar?

I don't use the Ancestor and Descendant Interest but they are searchable so they're another way of keeping track of particular groups of people and knowing whether you want to do more research on them or not. You decide whether 0 or 3 indicates most or least interest. You may mark direct ancesto

Re: [LegacyUG] Turning off RIN display in the Children list

screen and back to force the grid to redraw. Seems a lot of messing around if you are also changing font sizes and you can't have many children in the family. Why not use the Family Group report? Cathy Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Tuesday, 1 October 2019 9:39 AM The sett

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures

Resending as Carol requested. Carol an alternative is to check the Archives The link is at the bottom of each list email. Carol, The Pedigree Chart is a very formal chart with strict formatting. If you request pictures they are included if there is room and they are the size that fits in the roo

Re: [LegacyUG] Turning off RIN display in the Children list

The setting that removes the RIN after the names of the central couple and the parents also removes it from the children in the Child scrolling grid. Or have you added a column for the RIN? Or are you confusing the Child number with the RIN? If it isn't disappearing, try changing screen and back

Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures

Carol, The Pedigree Chart is a very formal chart with strict formatting. If you request pictures they are included if there is room and they are the size that fits in the room available. There is nothing you can do about it. I recently suggested to the programmer that picture option be removed

Re: [LegacyUG] Heritage Chart

It's a Report on the Other Reports Menu. Origins Report. Cathy Carol Boswell Sunday, 29 September 2019 11:19 AM I seem to remember a chart that we could create that would show the country of origin and the percentage of our ancestry from that country.  Such as 50%

Re: [LegacyUG] Hashtags and Bookmarks

Rita When you select Hashtags, make sure you check the box and don't just highlight the line. Also be patient and don't click twice if the check in the checkbox doesn't immediately show. The second click removes the check. These are two issues others have had when beginning to add hashtags.

Re: [LegacyUG] Add a person, cannot find in Index view

Ian, As Brian says, this is a known bug. There is another bug in the Name List but the solution to both the bug in the Index updating and the bug of the Name list not opening on the right person is worked around by either choosing to show both AKAs and Married Names or to show neither. Cathy

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging only a portion of one family file into another family file

George, It sounds as if you don't have Legacy set up properly and you may keep opening a different file. Check your settings at Options - Customise 1.2 that controls which file Legacy opens when you open Legacy. Also check your settings at Options - Customise 6.1 and 6.2 which are your defau

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging only a portion of one family file into another family file

Gloria, You were given the best answer on the Facebook group by Brian Kelly some time before any responses here. For others who get into this muddle: Search > Find > Detailed Search tab Individual Modified Date after the date you started using the wrong file Tag and export the s

Re: [LegacyUG] Why an error message??

x27;t successful. Cathy Roberta Schwalm <mailto:robertaschw...@gmail.com> Tuesday, 17 September 2019 9:37 AM Cathy, the ones where that message pops are way before birth control.  Like in the 1700s, 1800s and early to mid-1900s. In any event, I am hardly getting that message anymore.

Re: [LegacyUG] Why an error message??

Roberta, If you set your gaps settings correctly then the message about child born too late after marriage will NOT pop up more and more often. There is a place to put a date for when you think your families started using birth control and the gaps are no longer checked. You can also just omit

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with Legacy Charting

Why are you opening Charting if you are not making a chart? The Charting icon on the taskbar should restore and minimise Legacy Charting just like how other icons work. Are you opening Legacy Charting from within Legacy or from the separate icon for it in the Start Menu or possibly on your de

Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage

Steven, Confirming a MyHeritage hint in Legacy adds nothing at all to your Legacy database. All it does is give feedback to the MH programmers re their hinting algorithm. If you are in your MyHeritage tree, if you have one, if you accept a Discovery then it adds everyone in the Discovery. But

Re: [LegacyUG] 7 Generatopm Report - assistance, please

Cappagh, If I'm understanding you, you want a descendant report (either Descendant Book Report or Descendant Narrative Book Report) for only some of your relations. Or would an Ancestor Book Report work better for what you want. It automatically is only for your direct ancestors but names the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Media File.

=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> Gail Morrow <mailto:olivanna...@gmail.com> Friday, 6 September 2019 11:56 PM Thank you Cathy Pinner for your reply to my query of 4 Sep. I am not so good at describing issues so hope this makes it clearer. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Media File.

Gail, You'll have to tell us more. Where is the Media List? What do you mean by W10 and W7. I think you are saying you have a new computer and that you don't have all your media on your new computer? See if this article helps. http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00505/ If not, pleas

Re: [LegacyUG] Source citation for roots web world connect project

Ronald, Use Family Group Sheet - Online Images But seriously consider why you are using this unsourced tree. If it's for the person's immediate relations that they would have known, then there is some reliability for the information but you are still making assumptions. If it's for other inform

Re: [LegacyUG] Cloud backup registration

Contact Support.  supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Cathy bobstree2 wrote: Is Cloud Backup still broken?  In any case, I am unable to use it. I am unable to initialize a Cloud Backup.   I completed registration.  Received authorization email, responded to it, got an account confirmation screen mes

Re: [LegacyUG] charting selecting a starting point

Just add a fake child with both names and use that for charts. I do it for my mother's siblings. Fake child Harris children with a combined pic. When not required to make a chart I make this fake child Invisible. Cathy Robert Keith wrote: How can I get a brother and sister of the same famil

Re: [LegacyUG] marriage information

Go to Options - Customise 8.10 and make sure it's checked to show Status for Marriages and Children. Cathy Marina via LegacyUserGroup wrote: Hi All Is there anyway to have Common Law or never married come up on the screen when you view Joe Bloggs and Annie Crufts in the family view. I have en

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Files Folder in new location

g to contact support and see what they offer. If I have to pay for another deluxe version--so be it. Any Thoughts? John Reynolds -Original Message- From: Cathy Pinner Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 8:13 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Files Folder in new lo

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding a narrative event

I guess we all develop our own style for adding census data and ways to make sure the information isn't duplicated in reports. I mainly work with English censuses. I transcribe the census and put that in the Census Event notes for the head of household and for my person of interest if they're n

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Files Folder in new location

Jack, If you are saying you have moved your Windows Documents and Pictures folders into One Drive, Legacy will start using that Documents folder as its default folder. You can tell if this is happening by going to the ...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\usr\ folder and look at the content

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Sentence

s burned when his home burned.". In your test the From is part of your date entry. Brian Kelly Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> Tuesday, 6 August 2019 4:41 PM Jenny, I used your event sentence as given. I've just done it again in 9.0.0.301 as I used the beta this mo

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Sentence

Jenny, I used your event sentence as given. I've just done it again in 9.0.0.301 as I used the beta this morning. It's fine in both the preview and the report PROVIDED you've entered the date in the format and you've put your sentence [fromDate] [HeShe] attended [Place].[Sources][CR][Notes]. I

Re: [LegacyUG] How to find " East Ealing " in an event if my tree ?

Valerie, You can use a Detailed Search. It depends whether you are wanting to find it in an Event Place field or Event Description or Event Notes or all three. Search > Find > Detailed Search Individual    Event-Place   contains   East Ealing OR Individual   Event-Description contains   East

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing Master Source and Source detail with other individuals and events

rmat. Ian -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 1:16 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing Master Source and Source detail with other individuals and events Ian, Are you using the Source Clipboard? Once the s

Re: [LegacyUG] Census vs residence

I agree with Christopher. It may be different in the US where some censuses give you information about the ownership etc but in the UK the census was taken over a weekend and you were enumerated where you were. You may only have been there on census night. Even if the whole family was at the s

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing Master Source and Source detail with other individuals and events

Ian, Are you using the Source Clipboard? Once the source is on the clipboard with the detail you want, you can apply it to whoever you want, whichever filed you want. I leave Prompt for Detail checked to make sure I'm applying the right detail and right Master source. But I don't have to refi

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Sentence

Jenny, You aren't using a Description field so make sure you've put the Event Sentence code you created in the right place - Date and Place only. It's working fine for me. Your date should be entered "from 26 August 1907 to 18 December 1908" Cathy Brian Kelly Tues

Re: [LegacyUG] Confused

Pete, You create a marriage to Unknown/Blank depending on your setting at Options - Customise 3.11 by choosing to add mother or father to an individual. This may help: https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2018/08/tuesdays-tip-linking-to-a-single-parent-beginner.html If or when you fin

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Deluxe- Chart Creation Wizard has become corrupted

Wally, Update your Legacy 8 program to the latest build for Legacy 8. You can download it from here: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00899/ The final release of Legacy 8 was Version 8.0.0.604 (Build Date 13 June 2017) If that doesn't fix it check out the solutions here: http:

Re: [LegacyUG] Uninstalling an older version of Legacy

David, Try a Clean Uninstall. Go to the Program Files (x86) for Legacy Find RemoveLegacy.exe Right click and run as administrator. That should remove Legacy completely apart from your data files. It removes settings and removes all references to it in the Registry. For instructions with pics see

Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - MyHeritage

The slowness of MyHeritage hints has nothing to do with the server problems although it started around the same time. MyHeritage tweaked the API for the hints which did something which is still being investigated. Programmers and testers have been working on Hinting and some aspects will be bet

Re: [LegacyUG] Mass deleting entries

Firstly, I wouldn't delete them based on ethnicity estimates from DNA. These are always being adjusted. Also people in the past moved from France to England and back just as they do now. I would think it was extremely difficult to decide from DNA who definitely didn't belong to your family bas

Re: [LegacyUG] Hints To Be Found

Howland Davis, Whether or not the Hints continue to show depends on your setting in Hints. There's a checkbox for "Only show number of hints I have not viewed before" at Options - Customise 8.13 and on the Hint screen when you click on the orange dot. Show All or Show Unviewed. But if you edit

Re: [LegacyUG] Best HTML Generator for GEDs

There's TNG - The Next Generation which works very well I understand once you learn how to map what you need and you upload the photos. Gedcoms are regularly beta tested and adjusted to make sure they work well with TNG. I www.tngsitebuilding.com There's also Gedsite http://www.gedsite.com/en/

Re: [LegacyUG] Recording names of kings/queens on family view

There's a whole section discussing entering royal titles etc in Mary Slawson's book: Getting it Right: the definitive guide to recording family history accurately which can be found at

Re: [LegacyUG] Can global edits be made in Legacy?

Wally You can do this if you want to. If you have an international audience I suggest you don't do it for the Long Location and use that when communicating with non-Americans. eg MA is not one of the state codes I know. This is how: There are tools in the Master Location List to do this. Clic

Re: [LegacyUG] Checking Cloud backup

Just go to File - Restore File and choose to restore from the cloud. Remember that the Legacy Cloud only saves one copy of your data backup. When you back up that file again, the cloud backup is overwritten. If you want to check any backup, you can Restore giving it a new name in the process.

Re: [LegacyUG] How to change the title of Individual Report?

Use the codes in the Help for Report Titles. It should be [FullName] [LifeSpan] Note each code has its own set of brackets. You may want [CR] [FullName] [LifeSpan] or  [FullName] [CR] [LifeSpan] to control the line break. Cathy johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: In Report Title Options, I w

Re: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter templates and their detailed info fields and contents

Andrew, I agree with most of what Jenny has said. Here's a tip when looking for a Source Template to use for a particular purpose. Start from the Source Clipboard. Choose a likely Template and before completely entering all the Master Source data, save and select it. Then on the Source Clipbo

Re: [LegacyUG] 370 SOURCES

Valerie either you badly named the source at some stage or you've been importing gedcoms. yes it will take a long time to sot out. Cathy Valerie Garton Saturday, 15 June 2019 9:03 AM I have 370 Master Sources labelled " SOURCES " what has happened. Most or all a

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost All Comments

You may want to watch the Virtual Legacy User Group Meeting July 11, 2014: Dates, searching, and tagging at https://familytreewebinars.com/video-detail.php?video_id=18 This is one of the free Legacy videos. Cathy RoadRoy Thursday, 6 June 2019 1:09 AM Brian,  I have

Re: [LegacyUG] dates

Marina I don't know if you are trying to add a double date or a range. If a range, enter 1665-1666 or better use either between 1665 and 1666 or from 1665 to 1666. If it's a double date you need the day and month as well and you need to set Options-Customise 5.4 and note it can only be set for

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source setup

ian Kelly <mailto:exma...@gmail.com> Friday, 10 May 2019 8:27 PM There is one qualifier to Cathy's suggestion to edit an existing master source to create a similar new one. You must first have assigned the existing Master Source to at least one person before you do your edit or you wil

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source setup

John, You created the Victorian Birth Index Master Source unless you imported someone else's tree. You need to create more Master Sources. I have one for each relevant state registry office. There is no way to automatically move a source from notes to sources. When you find a template that w

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage (online + Desktop) vs Legacy Family Tree

Ian It's not simple to compare the features of an online tree like MH and a desktop program like Legacy. Legacy has far more features. However I think the free MH tree is just limited by number of people. Note there is also MH's desktop Family Tree Builder that syncs with an MH tree. It hasn't

Re: [LegacyUG] Does anyone know about {}

They're new but the word is they were intended for consistency. If you don't want them when you've added numbers to the labels on Family View you'll need to contact Support and ask why theay can't be treated in the label section as they are in the Individual View boxes where there are no bracke

Re: [LegacyUG] External backup hard drive

Jack, I don't know what you are trying to do. If you want to see what media has been backed up in the media backup, you  can use Windows File Explorer which lets you look inside the zip file as it can treat it as a folder. Just don't forget that you are looking inside a zip and open things fro

Re: [LegacyUG] Backup & file structure/naming suggestions

Andre, Welcome to Legacy. I made the switch from Brother's Keeper to Legacy in 1998. You can keep your media wherever you like but it's best to tell Legacy where the top folder is at Options-Customise 6.2. Many people keep it in a different folder to the default. One reason is that there is

Re: [LegacyUG] Burial address

Boyd, In the Master Address list for each address you can Show List and that list can be turned into a Search list which you can then search in with the Detailed search or, probably more usefully, tagged. So make sure you have clear tag numbers to use. You can then use the tag in the Detaile

Re: [LegacyUG] Including step children in a Descendant Chart

Margaret, In Legacy you always must link children to a couple unless you are dealing with a one parent family. So the second set of parents, in this case, has to be the step-father and the biological mother. Read and study these two blog posts from Michele Simmons Lewis. https://news.legacyfa

Re: [LegacyUG] sources

Yes you can copy Master Sources to other files. In the first file, in the Master Source List, (View - Master Lists - Sources if you don't have an icon to click) tag the Master Sources you want to import into the other file (or you can choose to import all) In the second file go to the Master So

Re: [LegacyUG] increase font size

Increasing the minimum font size at Options - Customise 10.1 may help but it doesn't work too well with Source screens. Re the Notes - I suspect you used Options - Zoom and need to change it back to Auto. You may have chosen to bold all your text? So you need to highlight it and unbold it with t

Re: [LegacyUG] Mental Block on Sources and Citation

Pete, The unique entry information goes in the Source Detail. One Master Source - multiple Citations using it with their own unique source detail. Cathy Pete wrote: I am having a mental block (thinking too much on a subject).  The question addresses the use of Master Sources. I want to revi

Re: [LegacyUG] Startup from last viewed family

Options - Customise 1.3 Cathy Cynthia N. Russell wrote: I have version 9.0 and today wanted to change my startup family to 'last viewed'. I could not find that option, has it been discontinued? I hope not! Please advise. I started with Options>Ribbon>Set Startup Family, but, could not find 'L

Re: [LegacyUG] Version Version: 9.0.0.282- user settings

Flora, Do you have more than one file? Many of the settings are file specific - the ones that have ff after them. If after choosing all the options you use the bottom button you can save your user defaults. Then you can apply them to a different file via that same button. The only other way

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy program window not resizing RESOLVED

Another solution to this has been found this week. See http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-01068 Cathy R G Strong Genealogy wrote: Hello, A few months ago it was discussed about the problem of the Legacy program window not being able to resize as it would always snap back to the or

Re: [LegacyUG] Erro de Validadeq. - translated so someone may assist.

Luis, Your customer code to activate (unlock) begins with a 9. You enter it in Legacy after clicking the icon on the Toolbar/Ribbon that says Unlock Legacy. If you can't work out the right number from the email then contact sa...@legacyfamilytree.com and they will help you. Cathy marion wim

Re: [LegacyUG] Hashtag assignment - generates a temporary Unknown spouse

The problem with new people not immediately being on Index View is to do with having Include Married Names or Include Alternate Names on but not both on or both off. I thought this was fixed but apparently not. There are other bugs with Index View and Name List if you have one on and not both o

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing tagged list

If you have 3 tags, then make 3 reports as Jenny describes OR Do a detailed search (Find - Search - Detailed Search Tab) for Individual   Tag 1  equal to Tagged OR Individual Tag 2 equal to Tagged OR Individual Tag 3 equal to Tagged. Note the OR between each of the 3 conditions as you want people

Re: [LegacyUG] here is the dumb questions for the day - files and gedcoms - remove files from ancestry, check where they are and then delete file in ancestry

Valerie, You can't tidy up files on your computer if you don't know where they are. If you want all your gedcoms in the one folder, then make a folder for them and then search your computer in Windows File Explorer for *.ged and when found move them all into your new folder. Cathy Valerie G

Re: [LegacyUG] Direct Line Relationship Issue

Margaret, You have to reset relationships periodically. If resetting relationships doesn't fix this then you have a link wrong somewhere. But resetting relationships will probably fix it. Tools - Set Relationships. Cathy Margaret Gagliardi wrote: I begin with myself to set relationships an

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Sources search list: type = "book"

Gene, I don't think you can. This is a field available for Basic Style sources. If filled in it gives you a different Source Assistant. I don't think it does anything else and I see I rarely fill it in. From View - Master Lists - Source Type you can get a list of individuals that use that part

Re: [LegacyUG] Here is a more comprehensive explanation of the update

Marie, Legacy 9 handles sources the same as Legacy 8. The change in this build is just behind the scenes as some sources weren't showing properly in the FamilySearch Integration module and so weren't available for transfer. It doesn't affect how you see, enter and use your sources in the res

Re: [LegacyUG] Facebook

just wanted to explain why there is a difference between what you see and what they see. If you change your mind, you can join the Facebook LUG here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyUserGroup/ Click JOIN and then you will be asked three questions before you are approved. This keeps out sp

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