Re: [LegacyUG] Versions?

On 24 Jan 2017 18:16, Brian Lightfoot wrote: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Frequent.asp#What is the current version of Legacy Brian, put the url in brackets like this It stops the url from being wrapped.

Re: [LegacyUG] Couple married twice

On 14 Oct 2016 15:57, John Francis wrote: James Spencer (a corporal in the Grenadier Guards) married Ellen Kemp on 24 Dec 1868 in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. The couple then married again on 27 Feb 1871 in the Royal Chapel in the Tower of London. I am now looking into possible reasons

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy User Group Mail List vs Facebook User Group

On 14 Sep 2016 20:34, Chick Lewis wrote: Are the posts on this mail list the same as the ones on Facebook? It seems to me that having a Legacy Facebook page as well as this Legacy Mail List defeats the purpose of users helping each other. Is it necessary to belong to both groups to get all the

Re: [LegacyUG] Bing versus Google maps

On 12 Sep 2016 17:39, Rune Mattsson wrote: Try to go to the same location in Bing: ONLY WATER! According to Americans, there is nothing outside of America :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and

Re: [LegacyUG] Batch, group, bulk

On 11 Sep 2016 15:10, Leonard J. McCown wrote: *Is there a way to get the e-mails once a day. Thanks.* This is otherwise known as a Digest and is not available on this list. A Digest may seem like a good idea but is usually misused by those who receive it. A Digest accumulates several

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding placenames to Legacy locations

On 10 Sep 2016 11:49, Chris Hill wrote: One thing to watch out for is the Registration Districts in the BMD Civil Registration lists. These cover a number of parishes, from 1 to 20+, and a number of villages/towns. Frequently they do not appear in the Legacy list since the name

Re: [LegacyUG] Unique parent/child relationship, maybe?

On 06 Sep 2016 22:14, Gene White wrote: Here is a situation I don't know how Legacy should handle. An unmarried couple have a child together. Seven years later they get married. Two years later they have another child. Can anyone describe how this family can be entered in Legacy? It's a

Re: [LegacyUG] miss labeling of individual

On 02 Sep 2016 16:10, Donna Newell wrote: I have in my data base a female that is supposed to be identified as 2^nd great-great aunt. Instead for some reason Legacy has chosen to label her as 2^nd great-great uncle. Does anyone have any ideas why? I am using Legacy 8 Deluxe Go through the

Re: [LegacyUG] Open Family File Lost

On 23 Jul 2016 23:29, bward...@mc.net wrote: Your remark to Amy’s mother ! Apologize now and then take a long walk off a very short pier. What on earth did you see that was wrong? All he asked was where she lived. Perhaps he was going to offer to pop round and help her with the problem.

Re: [LegacyUG] Chronology View

On 17 Jul 2016 19:31, Don Quigley wrote: No, the program would only have to read the sort order from the data input page. Quite feasible. All there needs be is an option to sort or not sort. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To

Re: [LegacyUG] wrote

On 08 Jul 2016 14:14, Steve Hayes wrote: Not sure what that's supposed to mean. Think it's a come on. Don't mark as junk, just delete it and definitely DON'T click on the link. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 3420

On 03 Jul 2016 05:23, CE WOOD wrote: I have received an error 3420. Legacy Help does not list this error. What is it? No, because it's properly an Access error code. Access is the underlying database engine used by legacy. If you get a strange, unlisted error code, use Google. Simply

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot open Legacy

On 27 Jun 2016 22:42, Gene Young wrote: If there was an improper shutdown of Legacy there may be a left over lock file. Shut down your computer completely wait a minute or two then restart and see if that helps. Why this 'urban myth' of waiting a minute or two. The power's off, there's

Re: [LegacyUG] unwanted emails

On 24 Jun 2016 18:17, Jodi wrote: Really? well than Legacy should have a spam blocker or something. NO One should have to have this be a problem. I do not care if Legacy is at fault or not and that this e-mail is keeping it going, the fact that a spammer could use this site to send these

Re: [LegacyUG] Mail addresses compromised?

On 22 Jun 2016 23:56, BobsTree2-Gmail wrote: It is going to the list. Those who are not seeing it are having it eliminated by better spam filters, probably by their email host vs. their local email client filters. No it's not! Check the archive. If it was going t o the list, it would be in

Re: [LegacyUG] Mail addresses compromised?

On 21 Jun 2016 23:58, Jodi wrote: Can you fix it? It gets to be a little annoying after awhile. How? The messages are NOT coming from the Legacy mail server. They're coming elsewhere and being made to look as though they're coming from Legacy. If I was actually receiving the messages, I

Re: [LegacyUG] File locations on new installs

On 27 May 2016 10:23 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: If any user has installed other software with the OneDrive app pointing its AutoSave location to OneDrive instead of ThisPC, then I would caution them to expect some turbulence if they make that AutoSave change. In my case, Nero and Cyberlink

Re: [LegacyUG] File locations on new installs

On 25 May 2016 8:18 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: It seems that I was right in that Microsoft is pushing their OneDrive cloud service onto users whether they want it or not. Now we know why the upgrade to Windows 10 was free. It will be interesting to see if existing users of previous versions

Re: [LegacyUG] Size of file

On 23 May 2016 5:53 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: I have fewer than 11,000 people in my database, but its size is 55MB. I am amazed that it is so large. Can someone tell me why? Lots of deletions and additions? -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list

Re: [LegacyUG] Slightly off topic?

On 13 Apr 2016 1:46 PM, Ed Ladendorf via LegacyUserGroup wrote: The original message to the list was in the stupid attachment. https://translate.google.com could be your friend. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your

Re: [LegacyUG] unwanted e.mails

On 13 Apr 2016 4:05 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: If you mean Frome, Somerset, England - maybe you want to join the Rootsweb Somerset mailing list - but you'll get all emails sent to the list, not just ones about Kemp. That's how mailing lists work. Without looking, I would think there's a KEMP

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

On 12 Apr 2016 2:40 PM, Linda Greethurst wrote: This note pertains to a bit of history, geography and using Legacy to enter the info. I want to clearly designate the difference between the locations of church events such as baptism and burial and the civil events such as birth and death.

Re: [LegacyUG] Hyphen versus Dash in file names

On 25 Feb 2016 6:38 PM, Bobby Johnson wrote: Mike, I agree that the problem is not generated by LFT but it has a tremendous effect on LFT when you restore a backup. The zip program I use is 7-zip. Don't know if it was installed as a part of Win 8 or a factory installed program by the computer

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering a sibling without parents

On 25 Feb 2016 3:13 AM, Ed Ladendorf via LegacyUserGroup wrote: For a long time, because of several strong indications, I was reasonably sure that Susanna Schommer was a sister to my g-grandmother, Maria Schommer. Now I finally have proof of that. When I went to enter a sibling for Maria, I

Re: [LegacyUG] Hyphen versus Dash in file names

On 25 Feb 2016 4:43 AM, Bobby Johnson wrote: Yep, I have been chipping away at it. May take a while. My main objective was to let people know that some and maybe all of the extended ascii characters will not go through a zip/unzip operation in tact. I would have thought that this was a

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter the following.

On 24 Feb 2016 9:24 AM, June wrote: I have all people EXCEPT David Smith. I can’t work out how to put him on making him the first cousin of Simon Smith because I don’t have either David or Simon’s parents. First cousins should have the same grand-parents. Since you don't have the parents of

[LegacyUG] Storm In A Teacup

The numerous complaints resulting from the change of Mail Server software are nothing but a storm in a teacup. Just wait until those idiots that elect to receive a Digest, respond without considering what they're doing. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb)

Re: [LegacyUG] New Mailing List Software and Servers

On 23 Feb 2016 3:42 PM, Linda wrote: Mr. Bernier, not everyone is a PC guru; I have to delete from my pc and delete from my smart phone however you miss the point Legacy has a problem that is sending a mountain of emails out. IT is a Legacy problem not a consumer problem and if you think

Re: [LegacyUG] Timelines

On 10 Feb 2016 9:59 PM, Susan Anderson wrote: > I know it is possible to create your own timeline but is it possible to edit > those provided? Edward V came to the throne in 1910 and died 1936. It was his > son Edward V!!! that abdicated! See England rulers. Beg to differ. It was GEORGE V not

Re: [LegacyUG] Status of TMG importer

On 22 Jan 2016 5:40 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote: > Thank you once again. It's possible that I don't really understand how the > cloud > could work (or not) with Legacy. Is it not possible to have the program itself > in the cloud, and it could sync with the Windows version of Legacy? If it is >

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding images

On 16 Jan 2016 9:08 PM, R G Strong-genes wrote: > The underling program is a database that is why the links to the image are > stored and not the image. Your file would start to grow in size if you were > to store the images in the database. I think he wants Legacy to perform OCR on the source

Re: [LegacyUG] A word of thanks

On 03 Jan 2016 8:48 PM, I Macaulay wrote: > No Kidding, Well call me an Idiot. I have spent the last 10 years (or there > abouts) closing the add photo window to see the RIN That I had forgotten. Can't do that. I don't know you. How about settling for forgetful? -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb)

Re: [LegacyUG] A word of thanks

On 03 Jan 2016 3:23 AM, I Macaulay wrote: > A thank you, to whomever complained or mumbled or whatever about the fact > that > the window that opened when you chose picture from the add media, covered the > Rin numbers. This latest load lets me see the numbers. I don't understand what you're

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Census event vs source

On 17 Oct 2015 10:56 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > I have Census Events and Censuses as Sources but there is not a lot of > duplication. In my view, the Census is an Event. The Schedules (or documentation) produced from a census, is a Source. If you can avoid using Census for both terms, there

Re: [LegacyUG] Allowing family members to update tree

On 07 Oct 2015 3:28 PM, David Davis wrote: > I heard that you can allow family members access to update the tree, how do > you > do this Not exactly sharing access in the way you imply. Look up IntelliShare in the help file. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Re my earlier query regarding travel authority

On 26 Sep 2015 12:58 AM, Helen McCall wrote: > I was disappointed that the Passport source seems to assume official > records in some office somewhere rather than an original document in > your hands. But at least it's recorded, now. I think that that is more down to lack of survival of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging trees?

On 03 Sep 2015 8:45 PM, Brian/Support wrote: > When you say merging two trees are both in the same file or are they > stored in separate files? If they are in the same file you need to > create the family link where these two trees should join. This could be > through a marriage between a member

Re: [LegacyUG] Possible Bug - Cancel does't cancel

On 28 Aug 2015 10:40 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: Here are the steps. 1.Open any event from any individual. 2. Click on the left icon towards the bottom right which signifies “Copy Event to Clipboard”. 3.Close that event. You now have one event on the clipboard. 4.Open up any other

Re: [LegacyUG] Customize wording?

On 25 Aug 2015 5:12 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: According to Ron, I am amased at the British spelling. I must have dosed off so now I am simply dased at the variations. Methinks the keyboards in the British Isles must lack the letter Z because some thief in the night seised them all. Big

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and Windows 10

On 24 Aug 2015 8:00 PM, Dave Naylor wrote: Legacy's title bar does*not* grey-out the title to show whether it is active or not. Perhaps that's the reason I am finding this Windows change in functionality to be so problematic when using Legacy along with multiple other windows. That's a

Re: [LegacyUG] File location

On 09/08/2015 13:57, Helen McCall wrote: I notice that although I've selected where the Legacy files should be located there seem to be current ones in another location, under My Documents. Am I right in thinking these are not all temporary files? If so, how do I ensure they're located

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

On 08/08/2015 11:14, Helen McCall wrote: I'm checking my Potential Problems report and so many are due to approx dates. Is there anyway to tell the programme to accept a decade, like 1960s? Try 'Abt 1960' -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

On 08/08/2015 11:41, Helen McCall wrote: Yeah, I find that too precise, when you're trying to indicate a whole decade or two. How about 'Bet 1960-1970'? -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21

Re: [LegacyUG] Include information on generated Web

On 2015/07/21 00:42 AM, Lloyd McBurney wrote: Is there a way to include burial information (Address Pictures) on website generated by Legacy 8? I think you need to make use of separate Cemetery Events/Facts. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Search Function Anomaly #2

On 2015/07/19 22:28 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: The procedure would seem simple: 1.Look For: Individual 2.Where to Look: Event-Name 3.How to Look: Equal To 4.What to Look For: Cemetery (because this event was previously created, its name will automatically appear in the drop down list)

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem with dates

On 2015/07/18 06:15 AM, Jim Terry/Support wrote: I am sorry for the joke. We don't always get it right in tech support, especially when we have just a sentence or two worth of problem description and don't have the family file to examine and test. What about a progressive search for the

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant list names are not bolded

On 2015/07/15 19:30 PM, CE WOOD wrote: Sorry. Thanks for the correction. I was answering too many emails at once. I create a copy of my Legacy 7 file and convert the copy to into Legacy 8. It's for MyHeritage that I must use GEDCOM. You're forgiven! -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant list names are not bolded

On 2015/07/15 18:23 PM, CE WOOD wrote: That is exactly what I do. I import my 7.5 created GEDCOM into 8, every three or four months to see if 8 is usable yet. Yesterday was one of those times, and so, I must wait longer. Why go from Legacy Database to Legacy Database through a GEDCOM? As

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 507

On 2015/07/11 06:48 AM, David Abernathy wrote: If you used the Legacy backup, then the media should be included within the compressed backup file Wrong! Media is backed up to a separate ZIP file. The links within the main family database file are maintained in the backup as they exist on the

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 507

On 2015/07/09 00:07 AM, Donna Newell wrote: I was trying to save to a 16gig empty thumb drive. Did you read the last paragraph? The error will also occur if attempting to save a backup file greater than 4gb on a disk formatted with the FAT32 file system. You must use the NTFS disk format if

Re: [LegacyUG] Thumbnails

On 2015/07/06 16:25 PM, Cliff Gittens wrote: Is there a way to separate images and their related thumbnails into two separate directories? I couldn't see anything in the Customize/Locations option to setup a seperate thumbnail directory. I think you'll find that thumbnails, as such, are

Re: [LegacyUG] Censusfinder

On 2015/07/02 22:37 PM, Gene Wheeler wrote: Does anyone know where I can find the current version of Censusfinder, a utility used for finding gaps in census records in a Legacy file? It used to be found at https://sites.google.com/site/promanowiczsite/censusfinder If you're not

Re: [LegacyUG] Grandchildren-Grandparent relationship connection

On 2015/06/30 12:31 PM, C. DeLay wrote: Any suggestions for how to include them in the family file? Insert them as unrelated individuals until I can figure out which man is their father? Is there any way to connect them to their grandparents without totally messing things up? If I do a

Re: [LegacyUG] Preparation for upgrading to Legacy 8 ?

On 2015/06/29 01:15 AM, Howlanddavisii wrote: Michele: I didn't say that you hijacked it; the O.P. did but you and Gene continued it and still do. Anybody looking at the subject would think that it was a post about upgrading to Legacy 8. But was it on that subject? Howland Davis

Re: [LegacyUG] Preparation for upgrading to Legacy 8

On 2015/06/29 01:37 AM, Gene Young wrote: She asked how many backups she should keep preparatory to upgrading to V8. I answered. Explain how that is hijacking a thread? A direct answer to a direct question. Millenia is quite capable of policing their own mailing list. I don't think you

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy FamilySearch linking to FamilySearch

On 2015/06/26 22:12 PM, I Macaulay wrote: Does this mean that I have to do another upgrade? I am beginning to fear them as it seems that there is always something that was working well, changed. We're now able to connect to FamilySearch through Legacy FamilySearch tool. The church

Re: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

On 2015/06/25 08:13 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: PS – I know you said it’s your husbands tree but did anyone every point out that you have a “Percy Mott” folder inside of another folder which is inside of another “Percy Mott” folder. Good grief. To each their own, I guess.

Re: [LegacyUG] Next problem - Unsupported format

On 2015/06/23 13:21 PM, marion wimsett wrote: The photos are all *.jpg and detail on just one of them are: Spelling of the file extension was always a problem Legacy doesn't like .jpeg . It prefers .jpg. If that's the case, then it might be down to an unsupported, internal compression method

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: You do not have permission to post to the legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com list

On 2015/06/23 08:03 AM, Dick D Staley wrote: People! Pay attention to the Subject field! -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] How to add a source citation to a photograph?

On 2015/06/16 10:53 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: *Adding a New Master Event Definition* *To add a new event to the /Master Event Definition List/:* 1. Click *Add*. The Add/Edit Event Definition window displays. 2. Type in the name and sentence definitions of the new event. 3. Click *Save* to

Re: [LegacyUG] Charting Problem

On 2015/06/15 22:59 PM, Sue wrote: If I uninstall, won't it delete my data files as well? I don't want to risk that! Anything that is _NOT_ part of the original installation is retained. This means anything you've created. I.E. your data. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Generations

On 2015/06/11 10:56 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 11/06/2015 05:42, Noddie wrote: Probably a silly question but how do I customise my view so I can see more than 3 gt grandparents on the home screen. I can only see 3 on mine. Thanks for any help Are you talking about the Family View where

Re: [LegacyUG] How to site an obituary on Legacy.com

On 2015/06/05 18:33 PM, Diana Sparks wrote: I’ve searched the mail archives and didn’t find much info on how to cite an obituary found on legacy.com. One archived message indicates using “newspaper” but I’m struggling with that - choices being: Now that's (legacy.com) going to

Re: [LegacyUG] Windows 10

On 2015/06/04 04:04 AM, dgadam...@gmail.com wrote: Has Legacy 8 been tested to ensure it is compatible with Windows 10? The upgrade will be available July 29. The little notification app that you should find on the status bar allows you to see what applications you currently have installed

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest

On 2015/06/02 02:29 AM, Ken Neundorf wrote: Today when I opened my legacy file I got the check to see if there is an update message. It said I need a new update so I downloaded it. When it was done my Legacy file was gone. I was able to find it and start it. The icon that is on my desktop is

Re: [LegacyUG] Version 8.0.0.499

On 2015/05/30 17:40 PM, Barry Godbeer wrote: If I open the program I get a message that the install is not complete and will shut down! This is a Windows thing that is usually wrong. It hasn't hung. Just say the program has installed correctly. It most likely has. I think it's caused by

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Migration Patterns East of the Mississippi Prior to 1860 by Mary Hill

On 2015/05/27 23:05 PM, gerald wrote: sending this out a little late, aren't you? I received it yesterday. Before the webinar, Any delays in getting to you are not the fault of Millennia. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] betalin

On 2015/05/09 15:50 PM, morten liaskar wrote: jeg har sendt betaling på legacy de lux men mangler passord venter på mail frå dere English translation: I sent payment of legacy de lux but missing passwords awaiting mail from you -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] error log report

On 2015/05/03 02:43 AM, Marilyn Clark wrote: Yes, So, I went thru and deleted all those General Notes. Now I cannot open the database again. Says it cannot lock the file. So I moved the file from my Google Drive folder to the recommended folder and it seems to be opening oK now (today).

Re: [LegacyUG] error log report

On 2015/05/03 02:43 AM, Marilyn Clark wrote: Yes, So, I went thru and deleted all those General Notes. Now I cannot open the database again. Says it cannot lock the file. So I moved the file from my Google Drive folder to the recommended folder and it seems to be opening oK now (today).

Re: [LegacyUG] GMQX file

On 2015/05/01 20:54 PM, Dave Keeney wrote: Does anyone know if a .gmqx file extension is Legacy's? I can't find any reference to it in HELP. I have a file with the name of my legacy data base with a gmqx extension. It doesn't appear to have an owner set and hence fails my backup process (not

Re: [LegacyUG] Removing Temple Data

On 2015/04/30 18:46 PM, britton...@comcast.net wrote: We use 7.5 De Luxe and Win 7. I recently needed files from 8 to 15 years back, finding some apparently archived in 2007 in Legacy native format, versions 5 or 6. Several appeared to convert successfully to 7.5, navigation OK to material

Re: [LegacyUG] source template help

On 2015/04/20 23:10 PM, Marcus Harrod-Wild wrote: Can any UK users advise me what source template to use when citing a marriage index entry from the FreeBMD website? I cannot find a suitable source template for marriages in the source writer on Legacy although there are templates that work

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5

On 2015/04/20 12:39 PM, Lloyd Hite wrote: Is the version 7.5 still available for download. If so, how do I find it? The website has the answer. But, in short, yes! It is. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] mapping OneDrive

On 2015/04/19 01:30 AM, Larry Edralin wrote: Thank you Brian. It seems that OneDrive is a better resource for backup and not active files. I probably use it as backup and probably use a removable drive for photos to save space on my hard drive. I will try the suggestion anyway to see how

Re: [LegacyUG] mapping OneDrive

On 2015/04/19 17:36 PM, Paul Gray wrote: The concept that using One Drive or Dropbox for your Legacy Family is 'operating with cloud based storage' is inaccurate. These products have a one instance of the file on your local computer, and another instance up in the cloud. There will be

Re: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: internet database

On 2015/04/18 18:16 PM, Denise Moss-Fritch wrote: From the Edit the Source Detail dialog, click the Media tab. Click Add Media. In the Media Gallery for Source Detail for [name of Event/Fact], click Add Media. From the list, select Internet Website. It is on the Internet Website dialog that

Re: [LegacyUG] mapping OneDrive

On 2015/04/19 00:29 AM, Larry Edralin wrote: I have stored my media (photos) on OneDrive in a folder and want to attach some photos to individual files in Legacy 8.0. When I go to picture center from the tools tab, the drop down menu doesn’t include OneDrive as a selectable option.

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Centre query

On 2015/04/14 12:19 PM, Jo Poi wrote: Pictlist.dbm file makes logical sense, but then that gives me a problem in that I have my database and media files on a USB memory stick so that I can use Legacy on my desktop and netbook. The problem I have is that on one computer some pictures are

Re: [LegacyUG] Quick Viewing of some Reports

On 2015/04/14 12:10 PM, Mary Young wrote: Thanks for the explanation. But I am still confused. You said There has been no new update to Legacy since my email of 2 Apr. But my About Legacy says Build Date 26 Feb 2015; *Last Update 13 Apr 2015* 16:22. Ahem! Last Update is the date your

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing default locations

On 2015/04/11 22:44 PM, Jack Earnshaw wrote: Does anybody else have this problem? Two separate problems. Firstly, the fact that your remote resources 'disappear' is a Windows thing, and there's little you can do about that. A similar thing happens to me between using shared drives a desktop

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Mark a PERSON as Never Married?

On 2015/04/08 19:18 PM, John Lisle wrote: One of the major knocks on Legacy by reviewers is that it does not support same sex relationships. I happen to know that the data model for Legacy was created long before the first gay marriage was legal in the US and, unfortunately, changing this is

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Mark a PERSON as Never Married?

On 2015/04/08 20:51 PM, John Lisle wrote: The owners are LDS, but the great majority of their users are not LDS, and even Utah now allows (begrudgingly) same sex marriages. Their LDS membership does not seem to be the controlling factor. Messages I have seen from them seem very sincere that

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Mark a PERSON as Never Married?

On 2015/04/07 00:19 AM, Kelly Booth wrote: I have a in vitro fertilization in my tree - she never married but I can't check that box because it includes no children and that is not the case. That's still a relationship. Even if the father is unknown, as is likely in that case. -- Regards,

Re: [LegacyUG] one source entry - many entries

On 2015/04/01 16:29 PM, BARTON LEWIS wrote: That was part of my point about the different event types -- when to use land vs. deed. Michele pointed out that deeds aren't just for land. The land event yields the language James Langston had land on the south side of Tar River in Granville

Re: [LegacyUG] Probable Bug - Bolding Notes in Event Screen

On 2015/04/01 16:21 PM, Paula Ryburn wrote: Has this been fixed by 8.0.0.473? From the website http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/RevisionHistory8.asp :- 26 February 2015 - Version 8.0.0.473 - Build Fixed Items Dates - any [field] before a \[CoupleFirstNames]::[FirstHeShe] condition

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Search Complex Surnames?

On 2015/03/28 03:08 AM, BobsTree2-Gmail wrote: Using Access, I think you can use a Regular Expression function to search for parts of a string. Be nice to add Regular Expressions to Legacy. Just to be facetious - A lot of Legacy users seem to have enough trouble understanding simple concepts

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding a wife to Legacy

On 2015/03/27 11:24 AM, Erik Dillenkofer wrote: I should be able to add a sister or a brother to ANY person that is in my file, even if the parents are unknown. In version 7.5, using the Family View, have a person who has no parents in the middle. Then, double-click on the empty parents -

Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown Persons

On 2015/03/27 19:23 PM, Don Quigley wrote: For me, ??? seems to work well, but I’ve often wondered why does Legacy (and other geneaology sources) warn against the use of a questionmark in a name? Are they just referring to the practice of trying to show uncertainty about a name –

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding a wife to Legacy

On 2015/03/26 07:33 AM, David Abernathy wrote: Why are you sdding her as a new person? 'Cos she probably isn't already in the file! -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] gedcoms

On 2015/03/20 18:59 PM, Barton Lewis wrote: \ This is so frustrating. I don’t know what the file search page is. I clicked on New File instead and found it listed and opened it. I want to be able to easily switch back and forth between gedcoms. Why does Legacy say no Legacy Family

Re: [LegacyUG] Reducing the size of a Gedcom in Legacy

On 2015/03/08 05:16 AM, kinhunter25 wrote: I need to reduce the size of the GEDCOM of my Legacy family tree. How to do it? File size of anything is dependent on its' content. In this case, the number of people in the GED. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Mass update surnames

On 2015/03/05 23:59 PM, Gene Wheeler wrote: Is there a way to change the surnames of all tagged individuals, or all individuals in a search list, to the same surname? Until now, I have been using --?-- for unknown surnames, and would like to change them to Unknown. I have 454 of them and

Re: [LegacyUG] Mass update surnames

On 2015/03/06 01:19 AM, Gene Wheeler wrote: However, when I list them all, there are several surnames other than UNKNOWN that appear on the list. I checked each of the associated individual records and could find nothing unusual about them. Any idea what is happening here? You'll have to

Re: [LegacyUG] Download earlier build version of Legacy 8

On 2015/03/04 10:24 AM, Bob Sawyer wrote: Is there a way that I can download an earlier version of Legacy 8 that does not have this bug as I have a couple of days off work and was hoping to get some research done and get used to enter data into Legacy ? I have versions 454, 458 and 459 if

Re: [LegacyUG] Any Way to Print Surname Summary Report with Selection of Records?

On 2015/03/04 12:32 PM, GeoPappas wrote: Is there any way to print out the Surname Summary Report (found under the Reports - Other Reports icon) and just include a selection of records? I have multiple trees in my Legacy file. I only want to print out records from one tree. In addition,

Re: [LegacyUG] To ask your question

On 2015/03/03 17:46 PM, M Ross wrote: Where is the subject line I really don't understand this An email is like a letter. It has an envelope and the contents. The Envelope contains the email address of where the message is being sent to and the address of the person sending it. It also (and

Re: [LegacyUG] To ask your question

On 2015/03/03 15:06 PM, Joan Henshaw wrote: Send an email to the Legacy Users Group with a new subject. And don't just change the subject :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] Difference Between Occupation and Employment Events?

On 2015/03/01 15:07 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote: The default Legacy events are just options. Use them consistently. Agreed! Treat them as just examples of what can be done. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Properly Format a Location in Puerto Rico

On 2015/02/24 19:36 PM, GeoPappas wrote: There was never a county by the name of Yauco in the state of Puerto Rico. (You should check the spelling or the original source documentation.) Switch off the option to verify US counties and states. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group

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