Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers

2013-08-22 Thread Mike Fry
filled in automatically once you match it with FamilySearch. So, you're half-way towards what you're suggesting :-) All you actually need is:- a) The option to use this field on the Merge Options screen, and b) The actual merge process :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search Family Tree Interface

2013-08-21 Thread Mike Fry
the FamilySearch Family Tree: A Reference Guide at the bottom. -- 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] Custom User ID Numbers

2013-08-21 Thread Mike Fry
into the Individual records MRINs into the Marriage records -- 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] Is this possible?

2013-08-17 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/08/17 22:38, Mark Lang wrote: If you don't Ron, I do have the GR.267 release. But it's the full version 48MB worth. That one required an update to the database. I've got the one before that 7.5.0.219 was it? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines

[LegacyUG] LegacyFS: Problems

2013-08-16 Thread Mike Fry
to questions. This was working yesterday, and my software hasn't changed. Roll-on the ability to merge records from Legacy :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Slowing Down

2013-08-16 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

[LegacyUG] FamilySearch Problem

2013-08-15 Thread Mike Fry
the new individual to FamilySearch. -- 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Census event question

2013-08-13 Thread Mike Fry
appears to be via the Event Sentence Override, where in list of the replaceable fields that can be used, you will find 'Address'. That's about the only reference that I can find. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Odd situation with individual report

2013-08-08 Thread Mike Fry
Support. Instead, EVERY subscriber gets to see it. Please be more careful in future. -- 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: FW: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Origins and Migration Reports

2013-08-07 Thread Mike Fry
to do this for you. Don't hold your breath. Yes, it might be historically accurate for some parts of the States, but for England Wales it does not take into account the various county boundary changes, nor the historic names for some countries e.g North Britain. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

[LegacyUG] New User of Legacy 7.5

2013-08-07 Thread Mike DeBusk
Mike DeBusk is hoping to know any information on how to properly use the group. Sent from my iPhone 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] New User of Legacy 7.5

2013-08-07 Thread Mike DeBusk
it for griping. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Mike DeBusk miketerri.deb...@gmail.com wrote: Mike DeBusk is hoping to know any information on how to properly use the group. Sent from my iPhone Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages

Re: [LegacyUG] New User of Legacy 7.5

2013-08-07 Thread Mike DeBusk
Thank you. I have gotten in some bad habits so you are spot on. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Larry Lee ldlee...@gmail.com wrote: Mike, Like any large group of people you will find gripers, whiners, dreamers, realists, pragmatists, all levels from beginners

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 8

2013-08-06 Thread Mike Fry
Document Interface system, but that would entail a total rewrite. For the foreseeable future, you'll just have to put up with the Split Screen feature :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21

Re: [LegacyUG] Timelines?

2013-08-05 Thread Mike Fry
they are:- a) 799-2007 - looks like it would contain rulers of England Wales (and the UK) b) 1800- - General English history c) 1066-1800 - Rulers or History of England Under the View drop-down menu, there's an option labelled Timelines... Guess what! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] LEGACY ON TWO HOME COMPUTERS

2013-08-03 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/08/03 17:06, David Abernathy wrote: Phil, Turn OFF the request for a :Receipt when using this mailing list David, It looks like you're using Outlook. Can't you get the program to ignore any requests for receipts? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines

Re: [LegacyUG] ? about the new shared even feature

2013-08-02 Thread Mike Fry
another, native database. Even then, there's no guarantee that moving from Legacy to anything else will preserve any proprietary structures or data. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009

Re: [LegacyUG] Migration of Data/photos.

2013-08-01 Thread Mike Fry
and .tiff, the common thing being file extensions with 4 or more characters seem to be anathema to Legacy. -- 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] Attaching Documents

2013-07-27 Thread Mike Fry
the cost go up? Might have to use licensed, 3rd-party software to accomplish what's wanted. -- 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] Log of Changes

2013-07-25 Thread Mike Fry
Detailed Search. To accomplish what the OP asked, you first need a database that produces a journal. This is a file that when applied to a previous backup, allows you to come forward in time towards when the current file lost its' integrity. I don't think Access possesses such an animal. -- Regards, Mike

Re: [LegacyUG] Double Date Format

2013-07-25 Thread Mike Fry
format. All depends on how you're entering the date. If you're entering it as 17 Mar 1633/4, then you're confusing Legacy. Entry it as 17 Mar 1633, and Legacy will do the necessary. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Log of Changes

2013-07-25 Thread Mike Fry
would need its' own field. Then, there'd be the problem of trying to decide which, innocent looking change, affected which tables at which time. If I were you, I'd give the idea up. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

RE: [LegacyUG] Source and Sourcewriter advice needed

2013-07-23 Thread Mike James
Dean Since you have seen the Rootsweb information but have not seen the book, I would cite as: Rootsweb reference citing the book reference Regards Mike James Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] Please help

2013-07-20 Thread Mike Fry
the archives (see below) for several, previous discussions. -- 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] Legacy 8 revealed - Shared Events and Automatic Sorting

2013-07-16 Thread Mike Fry
own event definition. cf. Master Event Definition -- 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] Event/Fact

2013-07-15 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/07/15 16:05, singhals wrote: (G) Oh, it was_YOU_ two over from me that night? Probably ;-) -- 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] Event/Fact

2013-07-14 Thread Mike Fry
this with a date. Consider it as Event _or_ Fact. -- 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] Event/Fact

2013-07-14 Thread Mike Fry
this with a date. So... you can create your own Fact types in which the program doesn't prompt for a date. -- 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] Error code 76 when going to geo databas

2013-07-13 Thread Mike Fry
file to the dropbox folder. no help. I would appreciate any ideas. Running current build on Win I. Tom Are you trying to use Dropbox as a working environment? Then you're going to have serious problems. Dropbox should only be considered as a backup mechanism. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Multimedia Files - Finding and Keeping

2013-07-10 Thread Mike Fry
found. I'm sure there is something simple that I am missing, but. PDF files are not Picture files, even though they may contain images. They're just Files as far as Legacy is concerned. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Date printed on reports

2013-07-08 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/07/08 06:32, Shirley Richardson wrote: Is there a way to print the date on the_front page_ of a report. I can't see anything in the help file. I have tried [Date] which doesn't work. Did you examine the Report Settings and then the Header Footer section? -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] Date printed on reports

2013-07-08 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/07/08 10:38, Mike Fry wrote: On 2013/07/08 06:32, Shirley Richardson wrote: Is there a way to print the date on the_front page_ of a report. I can't see anything in the help file. I have tried [Date] which doesn't work. Did you examine the Report Settings and then the Header Footer

Re: [LegacyUG] Necessary to rebuild my hard drive ...

2013-07-03 Thread Mike Fry
and Word (or one of the open source varieties) first. Also, these are NOT image files and so should be added to Legacy using the File button rather than the Picture button. All non-image files should be added this way. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Size of files

2013-07-02 Thread Mike Fry
by Windows and bears no relationship to the number of individuals and families you have in your Legacy database. There are users out there, with files containing significantly more records than you. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Error message about birth/marriage

2013-06-26 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] Error message about birth/marriage

2013-06-26 Thread Mike Fry
7.5.109 -- 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 8 Top 10 Feature Request

2013-06-25 Thread Mike Fry
Coast. Developers are based in Utah! Don't hold your breath. -- 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] marriages

2013-06-23 Thread Mike Fry
it with the old Roots programs why can't it be done now? I don't believe that particular change is necessary. You can always add 3 different dates entered 3 different ways and source them separately. For example, you can have a Birth date and two Alt. Birth events. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-22 Thread Mike Fry
of a family group. As I said much earlier in the piece, the choice of the word Marriage for this linkage between two people, is poor. In earlier days, the choice was okay and didn't give rise to all this confusion. As evidenced by this discussion, there is much confusion out there. -- Regards, Mike

Re: [LegacyUG] marriages

2013-06-21 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/06/21 16:24, David Abernathy wrote: Along this line, IF you have a person with multi marriages and only one of these marriages produce a child, can these Not married and NO children, be used with the non child producing marriages? Semantics, schmantics :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8

2013-06-18 Thread Mike Fry
at least one hidden marriage or child that was never acknowledged Ain't English a funny language :-) Methinks it's time for Millennium to sort their terminology out and stop confusing newbies. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8

2013-06-18 Thread Mike Fry
means. -- 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 Family Tree 8 Revealed - Q/A, new Tagging options, and other surprises

2013-06-16 Thread Mike Fry
backwards compatibility and to avoid the sort of questions currently being asked, based on the scantiest pieces of evidence. -- 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] Legacy 8 question

2013-06-14 Thread Mike Fry
level based on selecting the Cremated option when clicking the Burial Notes + icon. -- 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] Index view

2013-06-11 Thread Mike Fry
that it mainteined my settings. That doesn't happen to me. The columns are kept the way I want them. Besides, you can always use the Save and Load buttons on the Index View Columns window to keep a particularly favourite order/layout of columns. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: location names

2013-06-05 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] Marriage Search

2013-06-03 Thread Mike Fry
, this only finds marriages that took place in Surrey. If you want to know if the family was ever in Surrey, then you have to include a check of the Marriage Notes and Marriage Event-place. These can be added to the initial condition by 'Or'ing them together. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] Splitting a family group from main file: advice please

2013-06-02 Thread Mike Fry
into a new, separate file. The original, main file is untouched. -- 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] Event date sorting

2013-05-28 Thread Mike Fry
always be 'after' a standard date? I know I can hard code the order, but I really prefer not to, as I am constantly adding. If it's a one-off, you can use the up/down arrows on the Individuals Information screen or the Marriage screen. They're labelled 'Set Order' -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] one Question

2013-05-11 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/05/11 23:15, Paul Schwarz wrote: How I can change the sex of Johann Josef Galehrss can someone help me The individual needs to have no partner and no descendants. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: SV: SV: [LegacyUG] czech names

2013-05-11 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] Re: Chart showing occupation

2013-04-30 Thread Mike Fry
dates only show in your data, not in your reports. True, but it's up to you to keep all the events and facts in the order you desire. Simply push your occupation event/fact to the top of the list. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy won't start - nvdxgiwrap.dll

2013-04-30 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/04/30 20:48, britton...@comcast.net wrote: Fault Module Name: nvdxgiwrap.dll Anyone have any advice, comment or experience with this problem? This looks like a Windows problem. Specifically a NVidia problem. Translation: display driver. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] Name and Vitals Sourcing

2013-04-28 Thread Mike Fry
to the data in that field (see Help/Customize Colors/Text Colors) -- 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] synchronise databases

2013-04-26 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/04/26 14:02, sci...@outlook.com wrote: Mike I dont understand your reply. To synchronise two entities, you actually need the physical/network locations of both. Your database on your PC is one of the entities. Where's the one you want to synchronise to? Where can you specify

Re: [LegacyUG] Best way to record a divorce

2013-04-18 Thread Mike Fry
events? Anyway, wouldn't you want the information in the marriage record, rather than the individual? -- 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] Controlling Font size

2013-04-17 Thread Mike Fry
for the Options-- Customise-- Fonts page. Note that you have very little in the way of control. -- 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] Panic!

2013-04-08 Thread Mike Fry
is unable to execute the program. Looks like a corrupted installation. -- 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] Master Location List Editing

2013-04-08 Thread Mike Fry
the location and press the Save button. A message box will pop up saying that the change will affect all records using the location. Reply YES or NO if you want the change saved or not. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Print Out of Customize parameters

2013-04-05 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/04/05 23:21, John Gregson wrote: Is there any way to generate such a document? So far as I know, only by using the Print-Screen key and perhaps software to save captured screen images to disk. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Exporting a Family Group Record

2013-04-04 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] User's Remarks

2013-04-01 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] Font control

2013-03-29 Thread Mike Fry
no need for a fixed font. By the way, Courier is not a fixed font. It's proportional. -- 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] Legacy on a Mac

2013-01-02 Thread Mike Fry
links to the message(s) that the reply was related to. -- 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] Birthdays, Death Dates and Anniversaries

2012-12-31 Thread Mike Fry
. Even shut down and restarted before re-enabling the options. Same problem. Also, an anniversary on 5th January is only 4 days away :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Birthdays, Death Dates and Anniversaries

2012-12-31 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/12/31 10:27, Mike Fry wrote: On 2012/12/31 10:07, JLB wrote: I noticed something like that the other day. A huge list of people whose birthday is supposedly January 1st. I turned off the reminder and then turned it back on just now and it's working fine. Nope! Tried that! Turned

[LegacyUG] Birthdays, Death Dates and Anniversaries

2012-12-30 Thread Mike Fry
Small problem noticed today (31st Dec 2012, 09:55 CAT) On the Legacy Home tab, my cousin, who was born on 1st Jan 1974, is showing up under Birthdays, Death Dates etc as being 39 years old _today_. Obviously wrong! Add the problem to the list :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy-created genealogical webpages/websites

2012-12-11 Thread Mike Fry
. This will give you a rough idea of what you can expect. -- 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] Changing date format??

2012-12-10 Thread Mike Fry
of /different/ dates written, e.g. 12/09/2012, into e.g.,09 Dec 2012? (These are part of some source list names /or titles.) Ron, I don't think this is going to work :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing date format??

2012-12-10 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/12/10 14:39, Ron Ferguson wrote: I was unsure myself, so I did change the format on my files and it worked, however I did not try with slashes, still haven't!! No. The dates the OP wants to change are parts of Source List Names and Titles. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] Sample file

2012-12-10 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/12/10 23:50, Janet Bullock wrote: Somehow I have lost or cannot find where my sample file is. Could someone help? Mine sits where Legacy was installed - C:\Legacy\Data -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Indiv never married option unavailable

2012-12-10 Thread Mike Fry
in your terms) it's always because there's something that prevents its use. Think about it: can't click on never married; Why? because there's a marriage. Remove all marriages from the individual and, guess what, the box is enabled again. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Indiv never married option unavailable

2012-12-09 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/12/10 00:46, gcr...@juno.com wrote: Where/how do you reflect the marriage information to reflect Never Married? In the Individual. Not in a marriage. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing Family Tree with relatives that don't have legacy

2012-12-06 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/12/06 16:07, Ron Ferguson wrote: It is not amazing that elderly people know how to use computers. I find the number of younger people who don't know how to use them properly even more amazing. That's 'cos they don't RTFM and are over-confident. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] Organizing scans

2012-12-06 Thread Mike Fry
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:38 AM, Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com mailto:emjay...@gmail.com wrote: On 2012/12/06 05:12, Pat Hickin wrote: Well, of course -- I was reading it as an MO rather than an M0. * :-(* Whatever happened to those slash marks they ysed to put in zeroes

Re: [LegacyUG] Organizing scans

2012-12-05 Thread Mike Fry
TIFFs as read-only. You shouldn't need to edit them again except to create PNG or JPG from them for other purposes. -- 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] Organizing scans

2012-12-05 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/12/06 05:12, Pat Hickin wrote: Well, of course -- I was reading it as an MO rather than an M0. * :-(* Whatever happened to those slash marks they ysed to put in zeroes? Change _your_ font that you use to read emails with :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter grandchild when parents unknown

2012-11-27 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/11/27 18:20, Pat Hickin wrote: I'm a bit slow replying! Are you saying you don't know his last name? Then it must be (or was probably) the same as the grandfather. Not necessarily. His mother could be the daughter of the grandfather. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] Cousins Marrying

2012-11-23 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/11/23 16:27, Alan Ferguson wrote: If you create a Potential Problems Report it will report Husband and Wife have the same Surname. Only for some cousins. Cousins normally have the same grand parents which leads to 3 possible surnames for cousins. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g

Re: [LegacyUG] Cousins Marrying

2012-11-23 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/11/23 17:13, Mike Fry wrote: Only for some cousins. Cousins normally have the same grand parents which leads to 3 possible surnames for cousins. What a load of old rubbish! The number of cousin surnames depends on the number of daughters of the two sets of grandparents. -- Regards

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy problems

2012-11-22 Thread Mike Fry
directly open 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Place Hierarchy

2012-11-21 Thread Mike Fry
Database - that tries to enforce the US style of naming locations on parts of the world that don't use it. Organise your locations according to how _you_ want to use them. You actually have possible 9 parts to a location; more than enough for any one. Just be consistent. -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] Future updates

2012-11-21 Thread Mike Fry
just have to develop some patience. -- 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Search Question

2012-11-18 Thread Mike Fry
the Census List topic. -- 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] EVENT SENTENCE DEFINITION

2012-11-15 Thread Mike Fry
the two buttons is how the sentence will appear using the present definition and the data you've entered. If you change the definition of the event sentence, its' effect is not seen under the buttons until you...refresh. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources and dates

2012-11-14 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/11/14 17:51, Pat Hickin wrote: Does anyone know the reason why certain date fields are NOT converted (although most of them are)?? Obvious reason: the field, although labelled as a date, is a text string rather than a date. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Saving a female from the individual screen

2012-11-10 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] Saving a female from the individual screen

2012-11-10 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/11/11 00:23, Marnie Oakes wrote: Alt-S shouldn't require any additional mouse actions. It should, effectively, click the button. Does this require 3 Alt-S presses? Yes Mike, it takes 3 Alt-S presses. In that case, I would suggest an uninstall followed by a reinstallation. -- Regards

Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinking spouse with children - temporary problem?

2012-11-09 Thread Mike Fry
wives for James. -- 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] Webinar test

2012-11-08 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/11/08 18:39, Sherry/Support wrote: PLEASE be sure to send your replies directly to ge...@legacyfamilytree.com, per his request, and not to the list... I think you must have been whispering :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Question

2012-11-07 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/11/07 17:13, Oregon Rain wrote: I am just testing that I am subscribed properly to this list.I have received no messages and I know that is unusual for this list. It's been relatively quiet since The Storm! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Living persons revisited

2012-11-06 Thread Mike Fry
contains sources. -- 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] Locations

2012-11-04 Thread Mike Fry
the Geo-database search, it should fail. -- 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] pictures now missing

2012-10-30 Thread Mike Fry
of files in the database. Things can seem to go awry when you change things on the machine behind Legacy's back. For example, renaming files without the knowledge of Legacy. Changing folder names. So, help us to help you. Divulge some for details :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Email with Symbols

2012-10-27 Thread Mike Fry
highlighted the symbols in brackets. The 'offending' emails are probably encoded using UTF8. Your mail reader (probably web based) can't handle this encoding and is probably stuck in the past with ANSI :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Email with Symbols

2012-10-27 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Email with Symbols

2012-10-27 Thread Mike Fry
'advanced' reader to understand UTF8! -- 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] FGS Report

2012-10-26 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/10/26 18:31, Ronald Bernier wrote: I'm curious why you are putting @ in front of names you are responding to. This is a user group list, not Twitter. Trying to address multiple individuals in a single reply to a single message from a single individual :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry

Re: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up messages

2012-10-26 Thread Mike Fry
26, 2012 3:11:51 PM *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up messages Does anyone else see the irony in all these responses to a simple request? Even worse when the latter poster converts the message being quoted from plain text to HTML :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about the red color in the edit screen

2012-10-22 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/10/22 15:33, Lloyd L. Hite wrote: They are colored red on the Individual Screen when there is a source citation. Pat Thanks for refreshing my memory, Pat. I appreciate it. It's not always red. It depends on what colour you've selected for 'Contents'. -- Regards, Mike Fry

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