[LegacyUG] Sorting children - twins

2021-03-04 Thread John Francis
Can anyone help, please? Regards, John Francis (Suffolk, UK) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyuser

Re: [LegacyUG] Survey - Syncing

2020-03-29 Thread John Francis
I live in a somewhat remote rural area where the broadband speed is about 1.5 Mb/s, so I avoid doing anything via cloud. I simply transfer .fdb files and appropriate media files via a USB memory stick. Quick and easy. My backups are to an external hard disk. John Francis (Suffolk, UK) On 29

Re: [LegacyUG] kemp family history

2019-09-13 Thread John Francis
Do you know whereabouts in England he was born? Even knowing the county would be helpful. You could then try http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ Regards, John Francis (Suffolk, UK) On 13/09/2019 09:35, R. KEMP wrote: seeking information on William kemp who was born in England in 1876 an died in

Re: [LegacyUG] Resizing main Legacy window

2019-06-30 Thread John Francis
It works! Very many thanks Dave. John On 30/06/2019 16:23, Dave Naylor wrote: On 2019-06-30 10:10 a.m., John Francis wrote: I have recently had a hard disk failure, following which I have had a solid state drive installed to replace the failed disk. This has meant re-installing Legacy

[LegacyUG] Resizing main Legacy window

2019-06-30 Thread John Francis
suggestions. John Francis (Suffolk, UK) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible Error

2019-05-08 Thread John Francis
For what it's worth, my experience is the same as Brians: tool tips remain visible for as long as the pointer is over the button. I am running Legacy 9, build 295, under Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit, version 1803. John Francis (Suffolk, UK) On 08/05/2019 21:59, Brian Kelly wrote: My tool

Re: [LegacyUG] Map Family

2018-10-28 Thread John Francis
The last update - build 258 - was released on 12 October. Hardly "months". John Francis (Suffolk, UK) On 28/10/2018 21:50, Gene Hutson wrote: Well since they are already talking about Legacy 10, I’m afraid Legacy 9 looks to go the way of the dinosaur and since it has been months

[LegacyUG] Have I been unsubscribed?

2018-06-23 Thread John Francis
membership page (I didn't know I had one!), and even tells me my password, which seems rather odd. All in all, this looks to me like a scam. Can anyone throw any light on this? Regards, John Francis (Suffolk, UK) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage yo

Re: [LegacyUG] Finding last visited families

2017-09-18 Thread John Francis
Well, well; learn something new every day. I've been using Legacy for about 10 years, and never knew about the history list! I have now added it to My Toolbar, and expect to use it frequently. Thanks Mary! John Francis (in Suffolk, UK) On 18/09/2017 14:01, Mary Fowler Leek wrote: Jen

[LegacyUG] Legacy charting

2017-05-29 Thread John Francis
open under version 9. Have I missed something? Any tips gratefully accepted. Regards, John Francis in Suffolk, UK -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.c

Re: [LegacyUG] Search Feature

2017-04-22 Thread John Francis
half of the search results window contains more detailed information on the individual highlighted. Hope this helps. John Francis, Westleton, Suffolk, UK On 22/04/2017 18:33, Sandi Koscak wrote: When I use the search feature in the new version 9, (detailed search, and create list) the list it

[LegacyUG] Murder Trial

2016-10-28 Thread John Francis
Thomas - You are quite right; my "solution" will turn off warnings for everyone. Trevor Carlson has a much better solution, which should do exactly what you want. Best of luck. John -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding newspaper articles about a murder trial - Getting Event Date out of Range warnings

2016-10-27 Thread John Francis
Go to OPTIONS - CUSTOMISE - (8) VIEW - (8.11) MONITOR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. Now click the "Problems" tab, and uncheck the "Event/fact date before birth or after death" checkbox. Hope it works - good luck! John Francis (Suffolk, UK) On 27/10/2016 22:07, Thomas Vilfroy via L

Re: [LegacyUG] Couple married twice

2016-10-15 Thread John Francis
marriage was bigamous, but that his first wife died between 1868 and 1870, thus enabling a valid marriage between James and Ellen in early 1871. I am looking into this. Thanks again. John Francis On 15/10/2016 00:00, Jack Earnshaw wrote: This is thought to be the reason I have a similar

Re: [LegacyUG] Couple married twice

2016-10-14 Thread John Francis
Many thanks for all the useful suggestions. I have entered the first marriage into the marriage details field, and have created an "event" for the second marriage. That will have to do for now. John Francis On 14/10/2016 14:57, John Francis wrote: James Spencer (a corporal in the

[LegacyUG] Couple married twice

2016-10-14 Thread John Francis
riage ceremonies, but my immediate problem is: how do I record the two marriages in Legacy? I would be grateful for any suggestions. John Francis Suffolk, UK -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ma

Re: [LegacyUG] Incompatibility with Windows 10?

2016-09-27 Thread John Francis
As someone has said before, the trick seems to be to release the mouse button as soon as you reach the size you want. And that really means immediately! Any pause, and the window reverts to its original size. Hope this helps. John Francis in Suffolk, UK On 27/09/2016 20:44, Brian Lightfoot

Re: [LegacyUG] Event not showing up

2016-06-29 Thread John Francis
Click the "Notes" icon (looks like a reporter's notepad, at the bottom of the main person field). The window that opens has three tabs, one of which is "Medical". Cause of death is in there. Good luck. John Francis, in Suffolk, UK On 29/06/2016 15:51, deadmeat_d

Re: [LegacyUG] Mail addresses compromised?

2016-06-22 Thread John Francis
The spam can't be going to the list; if it was, we would all be getting it. And we're not, thank goodness. I haven't received any. John Francis in Suffolk, UK On 22/06/2016 22:06, Sherry/Support wrote: Not necessarily your address as well. Are you getting them to your persona

Re: [LegacyUG] Highlighting ancestors

2014-06-22 Thread John Francis
In family view, make sure your own entry is highlighted. Then go to Tools - Set direct line. This works for me. (I assume you're using Legacy-8) Regards, John Francis At 19:49 22/06/2014, you wrote: >How do I highlight my ancestors? Â I can find no >assistance from the toolbar or