Re: [LegacyUG] Place of Death

2020-12-16 Thread M Sonnier via LegacyUserGroup
Using the actual place of death is correct, ie., city in which the nursing home is located.  Attach pdf documentation when possible.  This is the one area that family members want to challenge because they forgot that grand paw died in the hospital in the neighboring city. The ancestor's

Re: [LegacyUG] Number of People you can have in your file?

2020-10-10 Thread M Sonnier via LegacyUserGroup
In a previous family file, I had over 120,000 names.  I had no problem on the legacy side.  For 300,000 names, you will need a computer with a very fast processor.  My computer processor had 8 gb of ram and could not handle this huge file.  Be prepared to do a lot of waiting with some lock up

Re: [LegacyUG] I AM IN A BIG MESS - again - no still

2020-10-04 Thread M Sonnier via LegacyUserGroup
Legacy allows you to print to an excell file.  In preparing to print each file, do not select first and last name together  rather select surname, then first name, birth date and death date. Now you are ready to print the entire data base to an excel file.  After it has printed, open the excel

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture caption same as file name

2020-07-20 Thread M Sonnier via LegacyUserGroup
Thanks.  I had zipper software about 4 computers ago.  Thanks for the answer. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 9:08 PM, Margaret Turner wrote: -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe

[LegacyUG] Picture caption same as file name

2020-07-17 Thread M Sonnier via LegacyUserGroup
Hi all, There used to be the option to click a setting and automatically make all picture captions the same as the file name.  Does this setting still applicable and where is it located? Thanks, Mo-- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and

Re: [LegacyUG] Data entry

2020-05-24 Thread M Sonnier via LegacyUserGroup
Hi Dave, Adding fathers each with their own children is not a problem in Legacy.  If it is the mother who has multiple marriages (same procedure if it I'd the father) go to the mother and add a spouse, then add the children they have in common.  Go back to the mother, add the second spouse,

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2020-05-18 Thread M Sonnier via LegacyUserGroup
I have been working with Legacy since version 3.0.  I have had computers not wanting to start, files being corrupted or accidentally deleting a picture.  If you value your pics, and the hours you spent, backing up to the cloud or a removable hard drive is a must. You realize that backing up to