Re: [LegacyUG] Quick Access Toolbar

2013-12-11 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/11 09:20, Ian Gardener wrote: Simple. The icons for quick access are way too small. Their size is determined by the height of _EVERY_ Windows Titlebar -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] no pop up information when mousing over children in upgrade to version 8

2013-12-11 Thread Mike Fry
should work - provided that a parent has not been selected. I don't think the operation here is very 'clean'. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Field Descriptors in Family View

2013-12-10 Thread Mike Fry
stretched font in a windowed view. If it's more space you're after. Disable the integration with FamilySearch. Then the dark-grey arrows disappear leaving a blank space under the names of the Husband and Wife. This space could also be reclaimed. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] no pop up information when mousing over children in upgrade to version 8

2013-12-10 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/10 18:27, Rita Lynn McKale wrote: After checking Scrolling List..is the list suppost to scroll using the mouse wheel? Mine doesn't. Is there something else I need to check or is that a delux feature? No. Legacy doesn't know about mouse wheels :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] no pop up information when mousing over children in upgrade to version 8

2013-12-10 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/10 18:57, Sherry/Support wrote: I use the scroll wheel on my mouse all the time in Legacy - you just have to click on the list first. It doesn't seem to work when panning an image around -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] When you die / GEDCOMS / Legacy fancy features

2013-12-08 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/08 06:58, Orinda Spence wrote: Today, I searched 2 names, a married couple, and there were 157 duplicates. How does one handle something like that. The names are so common, a search when done is well -- 157 choices. One by one. It's a slow, slow process. -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] No emails

2013-12-08 Thread Mike Fry
before for whatever reason but since Legacy has upgraded thought I would probably benefit from the expertise of the mailing list and wanted to join. The flood has become a drought :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] How to copy an individual from one Legacy file to another Legacy file?

2013-12-07 Thread Mike Fry
a copy? :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http

Re: [LegacyUG] CUSTOMIZE

2013-12-06 Thread Mike Fry
of the family file. The 3.3 and 3.4 options have (gbl) against them. They therefore apply to all files. But you may need to press the Apply buttons to make the options have any effect on an existing file. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event

2013-12-06 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/06 07:04, Ron Ferguson wrote: With respect it is our country, and our right to determine who we are and where we are. Rule, Britannia! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov

Re: [LegacyUG] Dictionaries V7 - V8

2013-12-06 Thread Mike Fry
-comparison. Unfortunately, I don't see that any dictionary other than English has been installed in Legacy 8. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Update or Wait

2013-12-06 Thread Mike Fry
the two side-by-side and make judgements based on your own data. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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] Dictionaries V7 - V8

2013-12-06 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/07 00:22, Mike Fry wrote: Unfortunately, I don't see that any dictionary other than English has been installed in Legacy 8. But that may just be the Standard version :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues

2013-12-05 Thread Mike Fry
. It's only good for people who don't have separate or partitioned drives. MS likes to trash everybody's drive to slow down your system so you have to upgrade. You could always move My Documents to a second drive :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Issues

2013-12-05 Thread Mike Fry
and select Properties. Then, click on the Location tab. There, you'll find a Move button. Have fun. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup

Re: [LegacyUG] PP Alert Details Hang [was: Legacy 8]

2013-12-04 Thread Mike Fry
! Program Files is for 64-bit programs and Program Files (x86) is for 32-bit programs - which is what legacy is. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Mike Fry
sorry if I have missed something in your original query. I think he assumes that he has to move his media. Leave the media where they are and both 7.5 and 8.0 can access it. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Mouse scrolling in grids

2013-12-02 Thread Mike Fry
and editing facilities. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009

[LegacyUG] PP Gaps

2013-12-02 Thread Mike Fry
for. As I say, I question the utility of these gap checks. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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

[LegacyUG] FamilySearch Error

2013-12-01 Thread Mike Fry
, the message is appearing because of a timeout. The merge has actually taken place (as evidenced by a later attempt) but the results are not getting back to the program quick enough. I'd send this to the other place but that's been so quiet as to be useless as well. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

Re: [LegacyUG] FamilySearch Error

2013-12-01 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/01 10:36, Mike Fry wrote: Been getting a lot of these messages when trying to merge individuals on FamilySearch FamilyTree Error merging individuals: Error number 400: HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request This error can occur if the individuals are related or are different genders Message

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems - Event Date Out of Range

2013-11-30 Thread Mike Fry
the quarter covers the burial date, the program still thinks the burial is before the death. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup

Re: [LegacyUG] event sorting

2013-11-30 Thread Mike Fry
that will last is anybodys guess. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy setup not completed properly

2013-11-30 Thread Mike Fry
. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] 7.5 Notes Unusable, Are 8's?

2013-11-30 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/01 00:34, grayscot2 wrote: This is the sample file I've been using now attached.Thank you for looking. That's going to cause some ire! You should have sent it to John B. Lisle directly. Now, every subscriber to this list will get your ZIP file. -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] Please trim your messages

2013-11-29 Thread Mike Fry
it :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] Keyboard shortcuts

2013-11-29 Thread Mike Fry
. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy User Group Subscription

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
, and frankly in this modern day and age it shouldn’t be a saga that it presently is. In general, I would agree. But, I seem to recall that the mailing list is not under control of the people that matter and is managed by some 3rd-party. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Options Selections

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
after the uninstall) and started the install from scratch again. This time, I went through with the initial customisation and, after a restart of the program, got a better-populated ribbon. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Integrate with Family Search

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
that facilities like this, improperly used, will only add to the mess that was the IGI? After all, the FamilySearch database does include a lot of what was in the IGI. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy User Group Subscription

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/11/28 10:36, Larry Lee wrote: If that is correct isn't it possible to get different list management to resolve the problem? Should be, but at what cost to Millennia? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 8 Pedigree View

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
, desktop monitor. On tablets and notebooks? Think again. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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] Date Validation,.

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
01/1954 or c01/1954. Look at option 5.7 Prefixes -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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] Directory structure

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
UAC that is present on Vista and later and make it easier for the program directory to be corrupted. Anything installed below C:\Program Files needs administrative rights before it can be tampered with. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Sharing

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/11/28 17:16, Alan Pereira wrote: Does Event sharing transfer through gedcom as Paf 5 without corruption? Think about it. It's a new, propriety feature. Of course it's not going to survive a transit through GEDCOM to another, different program. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Validation,.

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
of a Backup. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Directory structure

2013-11-28 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/11/28 18:41, William Boswell wrote: I don't use UAC. It's turned off because it's annoying. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Guess I should add you to my list of suspect emailers :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Delete 7.5?

2013-11-27 Thread Mike Fry
. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Integrate with Family Search

2013-11-27 Thread Mike Fry
by not having checked it? It's feature that can have a sting in the tail. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Integrate with Family Search

2013-11-27 Thread Mike Fry
extractions that the LDS have done. There must be a better, simpler way of handling this aspect. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup

Re: [LegacyUG] Options Selections

2013-11-27 Thread Mike Fry
you to configure it, but you have to cancel that so you can read the help and then you can't get back to where you were in the configuration process. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21

RE: [LegacyUG] V8 Family View marriage status

2013-11-27 Thread Mike
That took care of it. Thanks, Mike -Original Message- From: Kurt Kneeland [mailto:kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:06 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V8 Family View marriage status Options-Customize-8.10 Show Status

[LegacyUG] Legacy *

2013-11-26 Thread Mike Fry
I'm sure that this must be possible, but before I commit to Legacy 8.0, I want to first evaluate it - without removing my current, Deluxe version 7.5. So, I'm looking for information that will allow me to install 8.0 alongside 7.5 Couldn't see anything on the website. -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy *

2013-11-26 Thread Mike Fry
for no icon: didn't complete the Guided Setup wizard. Ribbon was very incomplete. Problem 2 = Uninstallation left a lot of files around in \Program Files\Legacy8 - SOME 138Mb of files But... Got there eventually :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 Installation - Avast Antivirus - file prevalence/reputation is low msdev.exe

2013-11-26 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/11/27 01:17, Ron Ferguson wrote: In recent months there have been a significant false positives given by Avast against Legacy. And some of my software! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Clock Alarm feature

2013-11-26 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/11/27 05:34, Kathy Thompson wrote: How can I set the clock please so that my alarm will go off at the correct time? In general, this is NOT a Legacy problem. The time is set by Windows, so use your Clock to set the correct time. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] Clock Alarm feature

2013-11-26 Thread Mike Fry
. And no, I have not changed my own computer clock. Strange one! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event

2013-11-25 Thread Mike Fry
it Sandbox. This is where you can play and experiment to your heart's content without harming the main object of your affections. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list

2013-11-25 Thread Mike Fry
. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event

2013-11-25 Thread Mike Fry
on it and it has then become a de facto standard that no-one really wants. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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

RE: [LegacyUG] windows 8 - auto search for photos

2013-11-22 Thread Mike Bridgeford
Hi Jay – that sounds like a good idea. Where is the “Repair Multi Media Paths’” subroutine located. I can’t seem to find it? Regards, mike From: Jay 1FamilyTree [mailto:1familytree@gmail.com] Sent: 22 November 2013 10:24 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG

Re: [LegacyUG] 1940 US Census

2013-11-22 Thread Mike Fry
this data? Is there a standard way to do it? What about an extra Residence event? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com

RE: [LegacyUG] windows 8 - auto search for photos

2013-11-21 Thread Mike Bridgeford
it! Regards, mike From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 21 November 2013 06:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] windows 8 - auto search for photos Mike, I am not entirely clear whether you mean every time or just the first time

Re: [LegacyUG] windows 8 - auto search for photos

2013-11-21 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/11/21 14:50, Mike Bridgeford wrote: The family files etc all went well and the program was stored on the C drive. I put the photographs on the D drive. All my certs. etc are in jpeg format. When I tried to let the computer search for the picture files, it will not automatically

RE: [LegacyUG] windows 8 - auto search for photos

2013-11-21 Thread Mike Bridgeford
temporary hang ups the last picture search hung up at- C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_pmms003.int_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2. for what this is worth? Any ideas to solve the problem? Regards, mike From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: 21 November 2013 08:33 PM To: LegacyUserGroup

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor book report - spouse events

2013-11-19 Thread Mike Fry
in a semi-presentable form that can be further manipulated. After all, the main raison-d'etre for Legacy is the database and the recording of facts discovered through research. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Index View - Save Column Layouts

2013-11-18 Thread Mike Fry
, they are gone again! To me, it looks like the Index View layouts are saved, along with a similar set layouts for the Descendants View, in a file named CustCols.usr, which I found in the main Legacy folder. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 8

2013-11-18 Thread Mike Fry
you survive the greatly-lengthened development time that would be involved - unless you're under-30 :-) 4. Work in Linux also. Legacy does already work in Linux - with the right emulator software installed -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report - Column Width

2013-11-11 Thread Mike Fry
by the following record. I can answer this one, about the duplicated RIN - See Customise-- View-- Display Numbers on Names You've probably got On all Name Lists checked :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report - Column Width

2013-11-11 Thread Mike Fry
by the following record. Check your Page Setup for the report. I can only cause your problem selecting an A5 page i.e. a small page width. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Search for all people in one county

2013-11-10 Thread Mike Fry
original requirements. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009

Re: [LegacyUG] Search for all people in one county

2013-11-09 Thread Mike Fry
be tagged. Then, effectively, you've done one part of your filtering. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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] Search for all people in one county

2013-11-09 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/11/10 09:30, Mike Fry wrote: What's wrong with starting from the master Location record. This will show a list of everyone using a location, the members of which can be tagged. Then, effectively, you've done one part of your filtering. Oops! You'd already discounted that method. What

Re: [LegacyUG] Â Â Â

2013-11-05 Thread Mike Fry
. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] digest mode?

2013-11-03 Thread Mike Fry
interest you Since the start of November, and up until the time of this reply, there had been 12 messages on the list and five of those (six including this one) were occasioned by this Digest need. Hardly 'countless' messages! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] digest mode?

2013-11-03 Thread Mike Fry
. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging Marriages

2013-10-26 Thread Mike Fry
. Perfectly explainable: two people per marriage; multiple marriages. Then, search list in view, click on Options, then Advanced Tagging. Select your tag and then click on Everyone In Search List. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

[LegacyUG] Last Modified Display

2013-10-26 Thread Mike Fry
the file and then re-import into a new file. Guess what! This sets the Imported field of _every_ record to YES, thus losing this possibly important piece of information. I realise that this is working 'by design', but ... -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] One couple, Two weddings, No divorce, how to record both dates?

2013-10-23 Thread Mike Fry
have been the Bond. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009

Re: [LegacyUG] One couple, Two weddings, No divorce, how to record both dates?

2013-10-21 Thread Mike Fry
. Now, back to how to handle the events in Legacy :-) Two events would be my solution. Pending more informed information about Scottish records, the 'normal' marriage and, as Ron ventured, an Alt. Marriage event. The second event can always be adjusted (read replaced) at a later time. -- Regards, Mike

Re: [LegacyUG] One couple, Two weddings, No divorce, how to record both dates?

2013-10-20 Thread Mike Fry
sure that the earlier date is not for a reading of the Banns? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Research Guidance Errors

2013-10-20 Thread Mike Fry
. In transcribing records for FreeREG, I came across an extreme example of this 'job lot' baptising. It involved 13 kids and their parents! Also, there was a marriage to go with them :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

[LegacyUG] Research Guidance Errors

2013-10-19 Thread Mike Fry
. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Words

2013-10-18 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/10/18 07:56, Henry wrote: 1. Fraktur Google was no help. Try looking for Fraktur Certificate and you'll come across references to the Pennsylvanian German baptismal certificates. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3314

2013-10-15 Thread Mike Fry
got a problem!' -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Newspapers with Lisa Louise Cooke

2013-10-15 Thread Mike Fry
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Re: [LegacyUG] Listing children in Descendant Narrative Report

2013-10-15 Thread Mike Fry
and MAL, there are two mothers. I'll leave you to work the rest out :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Listing children in Descendant Narrative Report

2013-10-15 Thread Mike Fry
to step-mother or -father as appropriate. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server

Re: [LegacyUG] Days of week

2013-10-13 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/10/13 09:29, Sue Anderson wrote: I cannot find in the forums any mention of how to display/calculate the day of the week for a given date. Can anyone help please? You can use the Calendar. See View-- Calendar -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

[LegacyUG] Invalid Dates

2013-10-13 Thread Mike Fry
aware, as a developer that has really tried very hard, to write code that takes account of both calendars based on location and year of adoption. It's not very easy! Even Microsoft have largely chickened out. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Numbers appearing on Descendant Report(oops replied to wrong thread)

2013-10-05 Thread Mike Fry
, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Numbers appearing on Descendant Report

2013-10-02 Thread Mike Fry
. When you do this, you have little control over some of the details that find their way into your database. It's like a GEDCOM import, one record at a time. This last is how your strange numbers appeared in your database. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] RIN numbers not showing

2013-09-30 Thread Mike Fry
. Play with them until you like what you see. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server

Re: [LegacyUG] Marriages

2013-09-29 Thread Mike Fry
Family Tree. When I try to create a report in Legacy Charting Companion the sorting does not appear. This information is already available for you. Try opening the Help information and then search for the Sort topic. Under that, you'll see Marriages. QED -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Standard Edition

2013-09-24 Thread Mike Fry
the database file, with an FDB extension. If you copy _to_ the flash drive, then you can copy _from_ the flash drive. When playing with a backup copied or created on the flash drive, the complementary step is to restore the backup. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Best way to keep my laptop current.

2013-09-21 Thread Mike Fry
of Legacy will be consistent between the two machines. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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] River as Place of Death

2013-09-18 Thread Mike Fry
of the death and a verdict. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21

Re: [LegacyUG] Last modified date reset on update

2013-09-13 Thread Mike Fry
, it will be by my choice only. Can't be FS! Only Legacy touches records on your PC! Maybe it's on instructions fed back from FS to Legacy, but it's not FS! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov

Re: [LegacyUG] Last modified date reset on update

2013-09-07 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/09/07 23:00, David Dearth wrote: I have reported this as a bug. I hope I can revert back without too much trouble. I do a backup every time I use Legacy. I seem to recall the database being updated after the install. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Explanation, please?

2013-09-06 Thread Mike Fry
. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] What is the file for?

2013-09-06 Thread Mike Fry
was supposed to be installed in a protected area (\Program Files\Millennia\Legacy) and data was supposed to have been split between application data (\Program Data\Millennia\Legacy) and user data (\My Documents\Millennia\Legacy). Too much work! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] default 4-part location - city, county, state, country

2013-09-04 Thread Mike Fry
some sort of consistency with your locations. People get hung up because, let's see:- a) the LDS likes it b) Ancestry likes it c) Legacy's own geo-Database likes it -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] import/export into Excel

2013-09-02 Thread Mike Fry
registers for FreeREG and can't be used in a more general setting :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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] Where are census events recorded.

2013-09-01 Thread Mike Fry
to the individual, the Census search doesn't work properly. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Information

2013-08-27 Thread Mike Fry
. Simply mark what is now the Alt. event as a private event. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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] Individual Information

2013-08-27 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/08/27 12:45, Steve wrote: I'm with you for a 7 field display. Me as well. But I do agree with Brian's comment about the limited availability of screen space to display things on. Me, I'd do away with the toolbar in favour of 6 lines :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Event Definitions List

2013-08-27 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/08/27 16:53, Gene Young wrote: In my list E-mail precedes Emigration. I may have created that one. Preceding that is election. Same here. I didn't create E-mail because if I had, the Show List button wouldn't be empty. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Index View - Options - Include Married Names

2013-08-25 Thread Mike Fry
fields. Resequencing the list also causes the list to be regenerated according to what options are currently selected. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Index View - Options - Include Married Names

2013-08-25 Thread Mike Fry
are not differentiated in any way. And they're automatically added and removed from the list (without sorting) when you change the option. Look closer at the list. Pick someone who is married and scroll the list to get them in view. Then play with the option. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] New Legacy folder in 'My Documents'

2013-08-24 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/08/24 00:43, Paul Gray wrote: I would rather not have anything under my user profile. But that's what your profile is for! To separate personal files from general stuff. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

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