RE: [LegacyUG] Entering multiple title suffixes

2015-11-27 Thread David Abernathy
Just remember that Sr and the First did not come with birth of the person but with the birth of the son. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: "Brian L. Lightfoot" Sent: Fri Nov 27 18:01:10 PST 2015 To:

RE: [LegacyUG] Why don't I receive emails?

2015-11-17 Thread David Abernathy
Have you checked your email provider to see if they are being blocked there? There is a junk filter at most email servers. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: CE WOOD Sent: Tue Nov 17 18:12:57 PST 2015 To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Right click on individual in family view to add sibling

2015-09-28 Thread David Abernathy
Add some "unknown" parents and then you can the other children. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: Bryan Sent: Mon Sep 28 20:53:35 PDT 2015 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Right click on

RE: [LegacyUG] Report options to include source pictures

2015-09-13 Thread David Abernathy
Brian, Just a question for you? Are you in Canada, Central Australia or California? You have shown why it is NOT good to use postal CODES for locations! Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message

RE: [LegacyUG] Report options to include source pictures

2015-09-13 Thread David Abernathy
] Report options to include source pictures I’m in Central CA. J Actually I started used that designation a year or two ago when there were 3 or more Brians on this list and I wanted to make sure I distinguished myself from the Brian in Support. Brian in CA From: David Aber

RE: [LegacyUG] Error in new version

2015-09-06 Thread David Abernathy
I have been running Lrgacy for msny years and as of yet to have any of these issues tha have been brought forward. It appears to me that they are mainly do to ones own doings and poor system maintance. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _

RE: [LegacyUG] unsupported file format

2015-09-01 Thread David Abernathy
at the PDF is nothing other than a JPEG image or two. Yes, it is entirely possible for PDFs to be added to Legacy but are they supported in all reports and web page creations? Wouldn’t it be better to extract the JPEG image from the PDF and then attach the JPEG as a picture? Brian in CA

RE: [LegacyUG] unsupported file format

2015-09-01 Thread David Abernathy
Why are you using PDF type of files, when they need to be of a real image type? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] Bug items List (used to be Same sex Marriages)

2015-08-27 Thread David Abernathy
I have been dealing with software since the mid 70’s. There has been very few companies that have ever provide listing of “Bugs” let alone enhancements. Most will provide a list of what has been FIXED and/or enhanced for each update. I have been looking for the past several days to see if I

RE: [LegacyUG] install Legacy

2015-08-15 Thread David Abernathy
Either one, but if you have the CD use it. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] File location

2015-08-09 Thread David Abernathy
What is the full file name including the 3 character extension? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems

2015-08-04 Thread David Abernathy
There are many areas where the bodies are stored until spring thaw, but a service was held at the time of death. Even today with the big machines (backho) the frozen ground is to much for them. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From:

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 507

2015-07-11 Thread David Abernathy
Your media did NOT get backed up because you the drive is NOT NTFS and the media backup is over 4GB’s. As for using NTFS USB drives for your back up, they are much better than the FAT 32, as they can store larger files, over 4GB in size. Now if you are trying to save to a small thumb

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 507

2015-07-10 Thread David Abernathy
If you used theLegacy backup, then the media sjould be included within the compressed backup file Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: Donna Newell djnewel...@gmail.com Sent: Fri Jul 10 20:23:06 PDT 2015 To:

RE: [LegacyUG] Neat mug shots

2015-07-09 Thread David Abernathy
Instead of using Word, one can use OneNote . I have a OneNote notebook on each data file. I then have a Page on each person that I want to save the info on. When copying and pasting, the source from the internet is also copied with in the note. One will be surprised how useful OneNote can be if

RE: [LegacyUG] Entering Notes into General Tab

2015-05-18 Thread David Abernathy
I have not been able to reproduce what you are getting. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel Report

2015-05-18 Thread David Abernathy
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnentafel and have look at the 2 standards that have been in use before 1590 Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my

RE: [LegacyUG] Missing Media File

2015-05-10 Thread David Abernathy
The name you used when you renamed this was it ever used as a Legacy file before? If so, there may be an internal file that reflects this link. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the

Re: [LegacyUG] Transferring (Exporting) a file from Reunion

2015-05-03 Thread David Abernathy
Media and some notes are not GEDCOM compliant. Therefore they may not comes accross and there is nothing that can be done to include them. This has been and always will be a issue when using GEDCOM. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From:

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with Gedcom Export of Child Status

2015-04-14 Thread David Abernathy
The site names from most cable and DSL providers are based on the cable/DSL account name. These site names are real subdomains of the real domain (camcast.net) They cannot be changed. What is the problem with having your name in the subdomain? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email

RE: [LegacyUG] Individual's Information Screen

2015-03-31 Thread David Abernathy
Then there are there people that have changed churches several times and have been “Baptized” several times, so they then would have several entries as a child and as an adult. There should NOT be any age limit for having an baptism Event. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Source Comments in GEDCOM [WAS: Details text showing up in Footnote citation]

2015-03-31 Thread David Abernathy
One needs to remember that GEDCOM is a very old standard and has not been up dated since the early 1990’s. It was never designed to do a lot of things it is being forced to do today. It was designed to convert ALL of the data in one product so it could be used in an another product. Now we

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding a wife to Legacy

2015-03-25 Thread David Abernathy
Why are you sdding her as a new person? She should be entered as her maiden name, with two husbands. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: dgadam...@gmail.com Sent: Wed Mar 25 20:48:22 PDT 2015 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com

RE: [LegacyUG] DNA testing

2015-03-16 Thread David Abernathy
I have confirmed several lines are connected and found several brick walls are NO connection at all. This is using the Y DNA test from https://www.familytreedna.com/ Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Make a Family File Read-Only?

2015-03-15 Thread David Abernathy
I agree with Ron, pass wording any file of any program is a royal pain. I hope that NONE of the family research programs ever add this option. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the

Re: [LegacyUG] Reducing the size of a Gedcom in Legacy

2015-03-07 Thread David Abernathy
What is telling you that you need to reduce the size? And why? Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: kinhunter25 kinhunte...@gmail.com Sent: Sat Mar 07 19:16:03 PST 2015 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Reducing the

Re: [LegacyUG] Mass update surnames

2015-03-05 Thread David Abernathy
What is wrong with what you are ding now? Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: Gene Wheeler bridge...@gmail.com Sent: Thu Mar 05 13:59:37 PST 2015 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Mass update surnames Is there a

RE: [LegacyUG] How Many Individual Information Pages for Females?

2015-03-03 Thread David Abernathy
Always use the maiden names for ALL females. If you do NOT know the maiden name then use something that tells you that you are missing the maiden and, so you can always search for it later. I never even use the “Display married name”, this way I continue to see that I have more work to do in

RE: [LegacyUG] General Notes - Another bug

2015-02-12 Thread David Abernathy
I agree with Paul, it is working as designed and is the standard. A Cancel in any program will throw away any data that has NOT been saved. Why should Legacy be any different than any other program that offers a cancel? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: Réf. : Re: [LegacyUG] Alphabet Character set

2015-02-08 Thread David Abernathy
John and Geortges, You have both talked about ALL character set, don’t you both think that it would be impossible to do. With ALL of the different languages in today’s world there is NO program that can handle this. You will see that some programs have different languages but NOT all of them.

RE: [LegacyUG] LEGACY and GEDCOM files

2015-02-05 Thread David Abernathy
Did you make a 5.5.1 GEDCOM when in Legacy, if NOT then that is what you need to do? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] font size in notes

2015-01-30 Thread David Abernathy
This is why most programs have the Paste Special option, which is a Windows function. That may be what needs to be added to Legacy Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view

RE: [LegacyUG] Gender of child unknown

2015-01-28 Thread David Abernathy
When I click Add a child I see that there is a Unknown gender that can be selected at that time. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] Need for listing AncestryDNA and 23andMe tests on Legacy DNA record screen

2015-01-25 Thread David Abernathy
Or to prevent finding a brick wall. I had been trying to find links to a very large tree for several years. Once I had the “Y” DNA done, I found that there was NO way that I could be linked to this large tree, and have quit spending time trying to. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email

RE: [LegacyUG] Handwritten data

2015-01-18 Thread David Abernathy
iPad On Jan 18, 2015, at 10:46 AM, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: Why not just use “Hand written notes”? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view

RE: [LegacyUG] Handwritten data

2015-01-18 Thread David Abernathy
Why not just use “Hand written notes”? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] Updating from Legacy to FTM for Ancestry Methodology Question

2015-01-02 Thread David Abernathy
When making all of these NEW Ancestry trees, PLEASE delete the old ones. There are way too many junk trees on the internet because people do not remove their old trees when uploading new ones. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Data Entry.....

2014-12-24 Thread David Abernathy
There is NO correct way. What works for you, but you need to be consistent. I try and used the location name at the time of the event. The location database will most likely show errors, but then it is not worth much anyway. None of the location databases with ANY family research program will

RE: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread David Abernathy
You also need to see what you have blocked. Blocking gets checked before safe to receive. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com Sent: Wed Dec 17 11:39:59 PST 2014 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com

Re: [LegacyUG] question

2014-12-17 Thread David Abernathy
I have been using Outlook since version 98 and now 2010. I have never hsd issues with the LUG email going to the junk folder. One needs to check all of the options within the Junk area of Outlook. You may even want to remove ALL of the blocked enteries and start over. Sent from my Kindle Fire In

Re: [LegacyUG] New update is out

2014-12-03 Thread David Abernathy
Because you do not have the setting to do a auto check on start up of the program. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: Steve Pick st...@trycom.com Sent: Wed Dec 03 11:44:43 PST 2014 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re:

Re: [LegacyUG] New update is out

2014-12-03 Thread David Abernathy
Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Cheri Moss cmo...@msn.com wrote: How do I set it up to do an auto check? Thanks. Cheri From: David Abernathy Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:44 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New update is out

RE: [LegacyUG] Import From Family Tree Maker

2014-11-25 Thread David Abernathy
If this is from a FTM 2014 database, there is a new item called “Web Link”, if you have used this within FTM then that may be the source of this entry. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message

RE: [LegacyUG] Oklahoma!

2014-11-16 Thread David Abernathy
Yes, the use of locations has been discussed many times here. They are also based on today’s “Postal Codes” which did not exist that long ago. Bottom line: they are only based on today’s world and no history. Treat them as suggestions for today’s world, I would use the names of place at the

Re: [LegacyUG] sentence override

2014-10-30 Thread David Abernathy
What good is this record if you do not include both parties? Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: Kirstin genealogylady...@verizon.net Sent: Thu Oct 30 15:41:27 PDT 2014 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] sentence

RE: [LegacyUG] Assigned Sources in 8.0.0.454

2014-10-22 Thread David Abernathy
I may be wrong on this, but if one was to set the “Legacy Home View” as the default, then the check for update is run every time. Options, Customize, 1.1 Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message

Re: [LegacyUG] Use Of Periods In Abbreviations

2014-10-17 Thread David Abernathy
I am not a pro, but, I do NOT use very many abbreviations or postal codes and when I do, I do not use any periods. The two letter codes for states are not abbreviations but are Postal Codes. The abbreviation is still Mich, not MI. When one uses the postal code CA, there are at least 3 different

Re: [LegacyUG] Use Of Periods In Abbreviations

2014-10-17 Thread David Abernathy
The use of the extra comma's before any location looks like one does not know ehat they are doing. Beside this method only really works on US of A locations. Then it does not work on a most of the historic locations. I also spell out County or any other area name from any where in the world.

Re: [LegacyUG] Use Of Periods In Abbreviations

2014-10-17 Thread David Abernathy
My wife's Grand son's legal name is JJ Allen Sch... and most schools, agencies and etc. always wanting to know what the JJ stands for. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com Sent: Fri Oct 17 20:04:10

RE: [LegacyUG] Pedigree chart

2014-10-11 Thread David Abernathy
If you were to use a Plain Text email as requested by the Mail list, you would not be having this problem. You have somehow changed the font size to be 7.5 using a HTML type of email. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Media File Names

2014-10-09 Thread David Abernathy
In today’s world most up to date internet servers WILL accept and use upper case letters and/or spaces. It is those that are NOT been updated in the past. Then to, some of the programs that one may use to make the page files may also be out dated and needs to be up graded. If one is to

RE: [LegacyUG] How best to keep track

2014-10-04 Thread David Abernathy
Kb, I agree with the support staff, this is a Legacy program support mailing list, NOT a general family research list. I watch this list for Legacy issues NOT general family research items. There are other BETTER lists and for boards for the general issues. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email

RE: [LegacyUG] Attaching a PDF file to email

2014-09-23 Thread David Abernathy
First of all WHERE and how did you save this pdf file? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] Fwd: Media Documents

2014-09-17 Thread David Abernathy
I use one folder per each Family tree. Each file is by a person’s name, “LastMiddleFirst” then their birth –death years, then what the image is of (Birth, Marriage, Death certificate, census and etc.). The females are listed by their Maiden name. The marriages will include the surname of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Find A Grave: the World's Largest Cemetery Database by Russ Worthington

2014-08-18 Thread David Abernathy
This true with ANY web site as they can be updated often, where a book has to be republished. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: singhals singh...@erols.com Sent: Mon Aug 18 10:04:16 PDT 2014 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com

RE: [LegacyUG] Twoproblems with opening Legacy

2014-08-17 Thread David Abernathy
You need to do a “Ctrl-Alt-Delete” and then select, select Task Manager, then have a look at Process to see if Legacy is still being opened. If it is, just select it and then right click, and select “Stop Process” Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Twoproblems with opening Legacy

2014-08-17 Thread David Abernathy
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Twoproblems with opening Legacy That seems to have taken care of the 2nd problem. Thank you, David. Pat On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 12:34 PM, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: You need to do a “Ctrl-Alt-Delete” and then select, select Task Manager

RE: [LegacyUG] How can I show which individuals I think are correct

2014-08-09 Thread David Abernathy
What you are saying is that this person have a LOT of Nick names or are they all on his birth certificate? I think you should find that most of the legal information should be based on the legal name. Any other name usage would be a Nick name. We have a grandson that his legal name is JJ

RE: [LegacyUG] Icons disappearing from the family screen

2014-06-26 Thread David Abernathy
Why did you update your drivers? Normally there is NO reason to update UNLESS you are having hardware problem. Then you only update the drivers that are for the problem hardware. Some unneeded updates can and will cause other problems. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Thanks, David C

RE: [LegacyUG] need help switching files/fdb

2014-06-24 Thread David Abernathy
Are you sure that you are opening the NEW copy of the files that are updated to version 8? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] Not receiving all LUG posts

2014-06-19 Thread David Abernathy
Check your “Junk” mail and “Rules” settings. There may be one that is blocking and deleting emails with this person name, email address and etc. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry, not able to connect to the image of census sheets

2014-06-19 Thread David Abernathy
Because people are trying to SEARCH Ancestry and they can NOT. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry, not able to connect to the image of census sheets

2014-06-19 Thread David Abernathy
, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: Because people are trying to SEARCH Ancestry and they can NOT. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers _ This message represents the official view of the voices in my head

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry findagrave

2014-06-17 Thread David Abernathy
Yes, the Ancestry has been down since about noon (PDT) June 16th. See https://www.facebook.com/Ancestry.com Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry findagrave

2014-06-17 Thread David Abernathy
Ancestry is now back on line Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com Sent: Tue Jun 17 09:15:22 PDT 2014 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry findagrave ancestry.com has been

RE: [LegacyUG] Question re: Syncing people in two family files

2014-06-16 Thread David Abernathy
The plain answer is NO. Why not just use one combined file? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel report

2014-05-19 Thread David Abernathy
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnentafel for what a REAL Ahnentafel Report is and looks like. Most family tree programs are all off base when it comes to this type of a report. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel report

2014-05-19 Thread David Abernathy
Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 6:25 AM, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnentafel for what a REAL Ahnentafel Report is and looks like. Most family tree programs are all off base when it comes to this type of a report

RE: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel report

2014-05-19 Thread David Abernathy
Jane, If you want anything other than what is described in my earlier post and link, then it is NOT to be referred as being an “Ahnentafel Report”. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message

Re: [LegacyUG] Photo's not displayed on web page

2014-04-22 Thread David Abernathy
Have you uploaded the photos to the proper folder at your website? Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: ollie dunne olliedu...@eircom.net Sent: Tue Apr 22 12:25:59 PDT 2014 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Photo's

RE: [LegacyUG] Location merging

2014-04-14 Thread David Abernathy
Brian, FTM does have and has had a full list of Places for a LONG time. This list has been there ever since it (FTM) came out with Places. There are also lists of the media and sources. The addition of the Description area has helped, but people just do not use it as it was designed to be used.

RE: [LegacyUG] Location merging

2014-04-14 Thread David Abernathy
Singhals, In the language of computers the example that you have posted, are no way duplicates. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates

2014-04-12 Thread David Abernathy
They BOTH should be using the Standard that is in use by the English and Welsh registry. They should NOT be making their OWN standard. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the

RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates

2014-04-12 Thread David Abernathy
at 10:18 AM, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: They BOTH should be using the Standard that is in use by the English and Welsh registry. They should NOT be making their OWN standard. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Pictures on Pedigree view

2014-04-12 Thread David Abernathy
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Pictures on Pedigree view Yes I realize that the size of the pictures are off. But where do I find the right size and proportion to use? I don't see it in the help file. Barb On Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:19 AM, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote

RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates

2014-04-12 Thread David Abernathy
. Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:18 AM, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: They BOTH should be using the Standard that is in use by the English and Welsh registry. They should NOT be making their OWN standard. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email

RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates

2014-04-12 Thread David Abernathy
When I do NOT know the full date, day, month and year, I always use the About. But, I also do NOT use any Quarter Dates, as I have not ran into any that are listed as such. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates

2014-04-12 Thread David Abernathy
Ron, Then don't you think that ALL of these companies should be using the March 1852 format instead of having several versions? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of

RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates

2014-04-12 Thread David Abernathy
On 12/04/2014 5:37 PM, David Abernathy wrote: Ron, Then don't you think that ALL of these companies should be using the March 1852 format instead of having several versions? Thanks, David C Abernathy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

RE: [LegacyUG] duplicate marriages

2014-04-06 Thread David Abernathy
This is why most people will NOT merge data into their data files. If one is to look at Page 234 of the book and then step 4 at the bottom of the page. It states “merges those that have EXACTLY the same information.” Since there was something different in these marriages information a

RE: [LegacyUG] Pictures on Pedigree view

2014-04-06 Thread David Abernathy
That “White area” is because the image is NOT the same size and/or ratio (height x width) as the thumbnail area is. One needs to find out what this ratio is and only use images that are of this ratio. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] importing from Ancestry

2014-04-05 Thread David Abernathy
At this time only Family Tree Maker 2012 and 2014 can one download the tree and media from Ancestry. You can only download a GEDCOM to be imported to any other program. Sorry. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I prevent automatic updates to Legacy 8?

2014-03-28 Thread David Abernathy
There is no auto updates. One must do a manuel update. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust _ From: Alexa alexapedig...@yahoo.com Sent: Fri Mar 28 20:17:34 PDT 2014 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] How do I prevent

RE: [LegacyUG] Issue with text copied from Onenote 2013 to Legacy

2014-03-23 Thread David Abernathy
Ron, I have been using OneNote since it can out. I have copied and pasted from OneNote 2010 and confirmed that it is an issue. I have just tested both Legacy 7.5.0.278 and 8.0.0.414 and they both paste in as an image. I also tested FTM 2010, 2012 and 2014, Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint

RE: [LegacyUG] cremation burial date

2014-03-18 Thread David Abernathy
That is one of the problem with some of the bells and whistles that these programs come up with, but do NOT think about their usage in the real world. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message

RE: [LegacyUG] Importing Gedcom

2014-03-18 Thread David Abernathy
I think you have just made a big bucket of worms out of your Legacy data file. I hope that you have a good backup of it before you did this merging. What ones need to do, in import this GEDCOM into a clean new file. Check it out clean it up, by removing what you do not want and correcting

RE: [LegacyUG] Programmer confidence.

2014-03-09 Thread David Abernathy
06, 2014 11:01 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Programmer confidence. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, David Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: No program is perfect it just gets back to the OLD Question? What is Better a Ford or a Chevy? The one you

RE: [LegacyUG] Programmer confidence.

2014-03-06 Thread David Abernathy
No program is perfect it just gets back to the OLD Question? What is Better a Ford or a Chevy? The one you had first and Legacy is NOT my first family tree program that I have used. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Best way to rename pdf files used within Legacy?

2014-03-04 Thread David Abernathy
I do NOT understand why people must use a single image within a PDF file? Can anyone give me a good reason as why they do? Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of

Re: [LegacyUG] Best way to rename pdf files used within Legacy?

2014-03-04 Thread David Abernathy
: [LegacyUG] Best way to rename pdf files used within Legacy? On 04 Mar 2014 18:39, David Abernathy wrote: I do NOT understand why people must use a single image within a PDF file? Can anyone give me a good reason as why they do? How about: Because PDF pervades the 'Net and that's about the only non

RE: [LegacyUG] Best way to rename pdf files used within Legacy?

2014-03-04 Thread David Abernathy
:36 PM, David Abernathy wrote: There is no Microsoft image format thst I am aware of. Can you name any that are? Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust Microsoft Document Imaging Format (MDI) Windows Imaging (WIM) file format Windows Metafile (WMF) is an image file format -- Gene Young

RE: [LegacyUG] Best way to rename pdf files used within Legacy?

2014-02-28 Thread David Abernathy
Most unprotected PDF files one can copy and paste out of the PDF and into a photo editor and then save that file as a photo. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official view of

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering info in location field

2014-02-26 Thread David Abernathy
Tammy, You have hit the nail on it's head. The use of the structured method is a total waste of time effort. There is no right or wrong way, what works for you is what is right for you. These structured locations are for today's world and not for any histrocal location. You are very correct in

RE: [LegacyUG] Help Index

2014-02-24 Thread David Abernathy
“and I had to download an update” Tells me that your machine is NOT up to date and you need to look into getting updated monthly. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers This message represents the official

RE: [LegacyUG] Entering Unknown People

2014-02-24 Thread David Abernathy
I agree with Jay, I like to have something there to tell others that it is missing. I use some of the following, this also gives me a list within the Index that I have unknown names: Jane ? (Wife of Peter Jones) Ann? (Mother of Peter Jones) ? Smith (Husband of Ann Lyons) ? Smith (Father

RE: [LegacyUG] Single Surname Study II

2014-02-24 Thread David Abernathy
I have NOT done a Single Surname file, but I am doing a Single Location file. It is putting families to those buried in a small old mining cemetery in Newcastle, Washington. One just needs to look and check out when adding some one new, that they are not already there as they are a relative

Re: [LegacyUG] How to add children?

2014-02-21 Thread David Abernathy
Enter a Uknown father and live with it untill you find one. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages

RE: [LegacyUG] Manual password

2014-02-12 Thread David Abernathy
If one is NOT careful, they will copy the space before and/or the after the password, which is NOT part of the password, so therefore you have entered the wrong password. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

RE: [LegacyUG] Upload gedcom to ancestry from V8

2014-01-19 Thread David Abernathy
Another thing that works most of the time is to make another GEDCOM, but this time LOOK to see where it is being saved. There will always be a pane that will allow one to type in a name and at the top will show the path. So by doing the second GEDCOM, one can see where it would be saved, and

RE: [LegacyUG] Tagging marriages

2014-01-11 Thread David Abernathy
Yes, this is just another way of each program trying to outdo the others. It has been around for a LONG time in some programs and I have just ignored the use of this function. At least this function has NOT been turned on by default! Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

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