Re: [LegacyUG] CREATING LINKS TO WEB SITES AS A SOURCE

2012-04-28 Thread Larry McCumber
I can't help you with the technical part a making a web link, but do have a comment about using a web site as a Master Source. Web sites come and go and your Master Source may disappear at any time and become just a bad link. I always notate the website link where I found my information, but

Re: [LegacyUG] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from Ancestry.com!

2012-04-25 Thread Larry McCumber
below Bad data just being replicated. *From:* Larry McCumber lemccum...@gmail.com *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com *Sent:* Monday, April 23, 2012 10:21 PM *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Location mess in Legacy Master List comes from Ancestry.com! ** ** While it is true

Re: [LegacyUG] Location defaults changed

2012-03-12 Thread Larry McCumber
Has Legacy Family Tree been sold to LDS? I didn't buy Legacy to be compliant with LDS Family Search standards. Don't change my database. Just give me the option and I will decide how I want my data. On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: It was

Re: [LegacyUG] Location defaults changed

2012-03-12 Thread Larry McCumber
It has nothing to do with USA vs United States. It has everything to do with Legacy changing MY data. Problem is I have to much data to switch to another genealogy program. GEDCOMs do not work and data is always lost. I do my research for my family and have no desire for anyone else to see or

Re: [LegacyUG] We just upgraded our mail server

2012-02-24 Thread Larry McCumber
Not everything makes it to the archives, and sorting by subject doesn't necessarily put them in discussion order. But thanks for taking the time out of your short life to suggest it. I really love this forum. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Good

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source - Annoyance

2012-02-19 Thread Larry McCumber
I'm with you on this one Tim. If you have made no changes, you should not get a nag screen warning of abandoning changes you never made. Extra steps you shouldn't have to take. Poor programming. Larry On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Tim Rosenlof spa...@xmission.com wrote: On 2/19/2012

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Update

2012-02-15 Thread Larry McCumber
I'm with you Tim. Actually I would like to go back one release. 7.5.0.112 really screwed up my database. I now have sources assigned to people who have nothing to do with that source. Problem is finding all of these incorrect assignments. I have backups before converting to 7.5.0.112, but

Re: [LegacyUG] ISBNs

2011-12-05 Thread Larry McCumber
Julia, I have published thru lulu.com, and they assign the ISBN for the particular book I am publishing. I do not have to get my own ISBN, although I can get one and use it instead. Here's lulu.com's take on it:

Re: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared

2011-10-25 Thread Larry McCumber
Does not have anything to do with Dropbox. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Ron Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.netwrote: Ron Bernier Sent from my Verizon iPhone On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Duane Baker dbake...@yahoo.com wrote: A good reason not to use Dropbox?

Re: [LegacyUG] loss of data

2011-09-22 Thread Larry McCumber
See if he can reproduce the problem on the sample data base. I'm sure they have a copy of that one. On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Even if he can reproduce the problem with his pared down database? --Paula in Texas - Original Message

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Source Clipboard

2011-07-26 Thread Larry McCumber
It doesn't sound like it's the position of the bar icons that bothers Jan. She used the triple bar intentionally. It was not knowing that all used fields meant other than vital statistic fields such as events. Now she is looking for a way to determine where she may have applied these sources to

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Larry McCumber
It's a training issue; not a feature issue. The feature should never have been removed. You should learn how your software works so that you don't screw up your database. Making software idiot proof never works. There is always one more idiot you didn't plan for. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:57

Re: [LegacyUG] scanning photographs

2011-05-11 Thread Larry McCumber
These specs were those also given in the seminar by Maureen Taylor on the 14th. I never could find out why .tif format as opposed to .png or some other loss-less format. I typically use .png, so I am interested in why .tif. Larry On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com

Re: [LegacyUG] scanning photographs

2011-05-11 Thread Larry McCumber
after more. The loss occurs on saving, btw, not during the edit. Hence the recommendation to save the master as a TIFF and the files in use as JPG, PNG GIF etc.. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Larry McCumber Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:37 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] scanning photographs

2011-05-11 Thread Larry McCumber
it for its transparency properties and, therefore, generally convert a picture to this format only once, I have never bothered to check. Thank you for the correction. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Larry McCumber Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 2:16 AM

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinars explained, please

2011-03-01 Thread Larry McCumber
Helen, A Webinar is a seminar attended through an internet link. It is possible (and probable) that you could get some benefit from attending. Though some of the webinar is spoken, most have presentation slides that show what they are talking about. You might want to look at one of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-----Sources for Photos

2011-02-25 Thread Larry McCumber
What is the difference between a photo you took and a photo someone else took? On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:50 AM, atlant...@aol.com wrote: Photos of tombstones that I take are not sources but merely my memorial of the source. No different that the cemetery survey notes that I write down while

[LegacyUG] Family View Question

2011-02-22 Thread Larry McCumber
On the family view, in the space between the main entry and the parents of the main entry there are titles such as 2nd Great-Grandson and Wife of 2nd Great_Grandson. These change as the person in the main selection boxes change. The odd thing is that it only follows my mother's ancestral line.

Re: [LegacyUG] Family View Question

2011-02-22 Thread Larry McCumber
you find which are your 2nd, 3rd, 4th cousins and those that are in catagories like 4th cousin one removed. Gene Adams From: Larry McCumber lemccum...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 8:43:57 AM Subject: [LegacyUG

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Death Certificates from Ancestry.com

2011-02-13 Thread Larry McCumber
I don't agree Connie. Nothing is stored on the Internet, but on servers that you can access thru the internet. The Internet is just a method to allow you to get to the servers such as on Ancestry.com. And even at that, Ancestry.com probably does not have the originals, but only copies. So where

Re: [LegacyUG] using multiple computers

2011-02-02 Thread Larry McCumber
This might be a good starting point to learn about Intellishare. http://legacyfamilytree.com/tipsIntShare.asp Larry On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:22 AM, kramer...@comcast.net wrote: Can you explain how Intellishare could work with multiple people using Legacy in multiple locations? I have been

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources, Show List

2011-01-26 Thread Larry McCumber
Bill, If my list has more people that can be shown on one page, mine doesn't even go to the bottom of the list. It stops at the fourth name from the bottom of the list. Weird. Larry On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:59 PM, William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: Laird: Thanks for the

Re: [LegacyUG] Save Screen Layout

2011-01-01 Thread Larry McCumber
And I, for one, would like to know how you did this. On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Cheryl Rothwell historysle...@gmail.com wrote: I wasn't asking about the monitors, more the four screens I currently have on one monitor using one instance of Legacy. Specifically, one has the family table,

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with Passage Express

2010-12-13 Thread Larry McCumber
I have the full version, and it is not a tree or chart viewer. It will allow importing of your Legacy data including pictures, but you have to have or install Legacy to view as family, pedigree, charts, etc. It looks to me as it probably started out as a slide show creator and file viewer. The

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with Passage Express

2010-12-12 Thread Larry McCumber
Sharing Genealogy Electronically did not have instructions for Passage Express. I just checked and the seminar is no longer available either. Guess they just took it down. Larry On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: It's called Sharing Genealogy

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with Passage Express

2010-12-12 Thread Larry McCumber
or they download and install it, then when they click on the button for Legacy File in your presentation, it will open Legacy Family Tree and they can have access to all the formats you mentioned. PE does not build these formats. Larry On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Larry McCumber lemccum

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Data Transfer to Android ?

2010-12-03 Thread Larry McCumber
Thanks for the information and the link. I've been waiting for something like this for my Android. The write-up really sounds good. Larry On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Jerry bearjerca...@gmail.com wrote: I think I noticed recently that there was some discussion about what might be

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Data Transfer to Android ?

2010-12-03 Thread Larry McCumber
I downloaded the PC program and converted two of my families. I now realize I will need a much larger SD card for my Droid device, or leave off a lot of the information. On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:12 AM, John Zimmerman hwedh...@cox.net wrote: I also used GedStar Pro with a Palm device, but

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Data Transfer to Android ?

2010-12-03 Thread Larry McCumber
on the Palm did not require a GEDCOM. On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Larry McCumber lemccum...@gmail.com wrote: I downloaded the PC program and converted two of my families.  I now realize I will need a much larger SD card for my Droid device, or leave off a lot of the information

[LegacyUG] Charting

2010-12-02 Thread Larry McCumber
I have created a 4 generation ancestor chart beginning with my wife. Each of the people used in the chart has a picture in the picture gallery. In the chart I am including only picture and name. All pictures show up in the chart except for my wife and her father. Why would these two picture not

Re: [LegacyUG] Charting

2010-12-02 Thread Larry McCumber
McCumber lemccum...@gmail.com wrote: From: Larry McCumber lemccum...@gmail.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Charting To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 12:39 PM I have created a 4 generation ancestor chart beginning with my wife. Each of the people used

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Burial Addresses

2010-11-22 Thread Larry McCumber
So you're really saying the using the + location fields for burial information (or anything else) is pretty much a waste of time, and that you should always create an event instead. Larry On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Better yet - I enter

Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Burial Addresses

2010-11-22 Thread Larry McCumber
Location field. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Larry McCumber Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Printing Burial Addresses So you're really saying the using the + location fields

Re: [LegacyUG] REMINDER!

2010-10-26 Thread Larry McCumber
It may not be that they are inconsiderate. Everyone using Legacy is not as computer literate as you. For instance, I have no idea in what format this reply is going to be. I hope it's not HTML. Larry On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: That's

Re: [LegacyUG] We need your help - testing a live webinar

2010-10-19 Thread Larry McCumber
Great Webinar. Really enjoyed this one. On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Geoff Rasmussen ge...@legacyusers.com wrote: We'll see you all in class in about 2 hours. Sure hope it all works. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about purchasing from legacy store

2010-08-10 Thread Larry McCumber
Thanks for the replies and the help. I will go back to Gold Bug with my questions. When I asked Gold Bug the same questions, I got this reply from Tim Rosenlof and must have miss-interpreted what he meant. I could answer those questions, but they should probably come from them personally. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about purchasing from legacy store

2010-08-10 Thread Larry McCumber
, nor claim to be. Regards, Tim Rosenlof Please, lets do not create a fire storm On 8/10/2010 6:14 AM, Larry McCumber wrote: Thanks for the replies and the help.  I will go back to Gold Bug with my questions.  When I asked Gold Bug the same questions, I got this reply from Tim Rosenlof

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about purchasing from legacy store

2010-08-09 Thread Larry McCumber
Who provides support for and can answer questions about Animap? There were problems in release 2 with pop-up boxes such as the Pluck box and the Sitefind display where you could not resize the box and could not read all of the data. I would like to know that these were fixed in release 3 before

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about purchasing from legacy store

2010-08-09 Thread Larry McCumber
Who provides support for and can answer questions about Animap? Thanks, Larry 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 from old mail

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about purchasing from legacy store

2010-08-09 Thread Larry McCumber
Thanks, but Goldbug is also just a reseller. I have contacted them also. Larry 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 from old

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Group Report with Editable Text and Pictures

2010-01-05 Thread Larry McCumber
Mary, If you are still sending the PDF, I would like to see a copy also. lemccum...@comcast.net Thanks, Larry If you'd like to see a report that I can produce using an event titled notes, as well as some of the original named events, rather than using the hard coded Notes, I'll create a