Sorry, I seem to be missing the URL. Can you post it again? Thank you
so much for the heads up though.
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 9:01 AM Brian Kelly wrote:
>
> I was just on the Library and Archives Canada website for a search of
> the 1871 Canada Census for a relative. I discovered that the 1931
I thought there was a way to export sources to a CSV file then open in a
spreadsheet to easily compare them. Now, I cannot find it. Does anyone know
if I'm right or wrong? I think the OP would find that useful.
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On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 1:45 PM wrote:
> I have access to collections of materials relative to my research. These fall
> into two broad categories:
...
> To make it clear what is going on, I have in my ABC collection a prayer card
> for John Smith that bears the date 17 Jan 1954.
Ambrose,
I too still have the webinar at the top, so I looked at a list of
Webinars by date and the one about Newfoundland is the most recent.
Looking at upcoming Webinars shows me that there will be a new one,
this coming Tuesday (August 20th).
I would say that it'll probably update Monday but
ng it as
>>> there are so many
>>> people with the same first and last names that it will take a long time
>>> to decide which ones
>>> are now in the one file many times over.
>>>
>>> Gail Morrow
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
Ah, I found it! Please see my response to Jenny. Sorry for the confusion.
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 7:22 AM Gail Morrow wrote:
>
> Backing up Family Files.
>
> Hi Folks,
> I haven't posted a query for a long time. I hate showing my lack of skill,
> ha ha.
> This question is likely impossible
For some reason, I cannot see the original post, just Jenny's reply
and a snippet of the original in her reply.
I would say that if you want to merge them and it didn't work, perhaps
you should figure that out first. IF that's what you really want to
do, keyword: IF. I tried looking for a good
Oops, let me clarify something.
> Just to add a bit to this, remember that the French took over England in
> 1066, so that 100% French does not rule out the English at all.
Let me also mention that though King William the Conqueror was
actually from I think Denmark, but his loyal knights were
Just to add a bit to this, remember that the French took over England in
1066, so that 100% French does not rule out the English at all. The problem
with being English is that you have all kinds of ethnicities merging
together in the UK and even Ireland. There are Vikings that raided the UK,
that folder will cause Legacy to create a new copy each time you start
> the program and it will use all the default settings for everything
> including window sizes and placements.
>
> Brian Kelly
>
> On 09-Aug.-19 4:04 p.m., magnoliasouth wrote:
> > I have a similar, but diffe
Wally,
Are you talking about instances in narratives or the master location list?
In the Master Location list you can change every instance, and add a "short
name" for each location. When you print a report, then you select "Use
short location names".
Now if it is in narratives, search and
I have a similar, but different problem that I haven't asked about myself.
My problem is Windows 10. I too had a crash (but had backups) and after
that, any on-top feature of Legacy opens way off to the left of my screen.
I am constantly dragging them back to the right. While it does allow me to
One thing I do want to add here, that I didn't see mentioned is that as a
new user there is a learning curve. It's not bad, you just have to learn
about all the options because Legacy IS so versatile that you'll discover
new things you can do even after you are familiar with it. Personally, I've
Wow Amy! Excellent notion! Like my previous "regional" answer on Census vs.
residence, common law marriages were common in remote regions. They would
exchange vows in front of witnesses and then when a minister was available
they would bind that marriage again in a Christian manner. Most of the
I just wanted to add that Census records were simply for tax purposes and
statistics. I have a number of people who own land that crosses over into
two counties and some even three! One Census they're in one county and in
the next Census their in the other county, only to show back up in the
the other things Animap allows,
> but the Atlas is entirely free and web-based. Check it out at
> https://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 3:51 PM Wes Jester wrote:
>
> I found it at this location
>
>
>
> https://goldbug.com/
ion
>
> https://goldbug.com/animap/
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 3:40 PM magnoliasouth
> wrote:
>
>> Back in 2014, I bought the online download for Animap 3.0.2, at the
>> Legacy website. I had a computer crash last week and thankfully, I had my
>> files backed
Back in 2014, I bought the online download for Animap 3.0.2, at the Legacy
website. I had a computer crash last week and thankfully, I had my files
backed up in several locations, but not downloads, which I regret. However,
the link in the original email is broken and does not redirect me to its
Oops, correction. Evidence Explained, the book.
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 9:53 AM magnoliasouth
wrote:
> I don't have much more to add to this but just wanted to add my 2¢ worth.
> Source Writer is the best of its kind, no kidding. It is superior in every
> way to any other bibliographic
I don't have much more to add to this but just wanted to add my 2¢ worth.
Source Writer is the best of its kind, no kidding. It is superior in every
way to any other bibliographic database I've come across. You can also use
Clooz in conjunction with Legacy, which will further organize them in
I have the following written as an override in an event:
Mrs. [WifeMarriedSurname] was a [desc] [inPlace].
Now let's say Mary Smith married Don Juan.
It should read "Mrs. Juan was..." but Legacy's output is "Mrs. Smith
was...". I have Smith in the individual's surname, then her married name as
I have tried to find instructions on this but have been unable to figure
this out. It's just so rare that I need it but in this case, I do.
Is there a way to source locations? I have some real locations with
nicknames that are used in a book about Central Texas. This book lists
locations that are
Solved thanks to Mr. Kelly! I can't believe I forgot about the search and
never even checked it!
I have to especially agree about standardizing titles, too. I quickly found
doing just that was mighty handy. ;)
Cindy
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I feel so silly. I've been a Legacy user since about 2000, or so. I just
now found stories! What a delightful find!
The only problem is that you cannot, apparently, look at a Master List of
Stories. If it does exist, I can't figure it out.
The help file on the 'Story List' (HFID: 0018: 6)
Old user here, but have taken a break from it for a while. I have
personally loved Legacy since the moment I got it back at the turn of the
century (it's weird hearing that, while not talking about 1900).I love the
people that created Legacy, the extras, the webinars, everything.
Acquisitions are
I hate to admit that I'm in the dark here, but I am in the dark here.
I'm a very long-time user but another admission is that I loved
syncing between FTM (at Ancestry) and Legacy. This way files could
remain synced. However, we all know what happened with FTM and I got
so frustrated that I
Fair warning. Gedmatch comes with a good size learning curve. I just
wanted to warn. I have used it for years and I still don't understand
how to use it very well. I just can't remember like I used to. lol!
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:14 AM linda dean wrote:
>
> There are several 3rd party sites
Many MANY thanks! This is brilliant and worked like a charm! I knew I
could do it but I never would have looked there. Thank you again!
Cindy
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 12:52 PM Jenny M Benson wrote:
>
> On 13-May-19 08:20 PM, magnoliasouth wrote:
> > I need to print an easy
Hi all,
I'm a paid user and have been using Legacy for ages. Love it! There is
just nothing else that compares.
I need to print an easy visual chart that shows the relationship of my
mother-in-law with her paternal grandmother's sister's grandson. A
visual chart is best for her, I think.
I
Hi all.
Actually this is a two part question. I imported a family file and
found that none of the children were sorted by birthday. To fix this
in the future...
1. During import, is there a way to auto-sort all children in a family
file, so that they're all sorted by birthday when the import is
that in as a suggestion if you wish).
Michele
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From: magnoliasouth [mailto:magnoliaso...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 2:37 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Can
Yeah, what Cathy said. I would also take that a step further and note how
and when you acquired it.
Cindy
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote:
Does the Artifact SourceWriter Template work for this?
If not use another which includes the option: Privately
Pat, That's not my question. As I've said, I know how to research it.
The question is about Legacy, not research. Perhaps if you go back and
reread my original post.
Thank you though. :)
Cindy
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Pat Hickin pph...@gmail.com wrote:
Also, if he left a will, that
There appears to be no rhyme nor reason. It is simply adding a new Source
and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.
Today, I opened the file and the first thing I did was add a new source and
it happened.
Step 1: I opened the file and clicked, My Toolbar Master Lists Source
Add.
.
On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 3:38 PM, magnoliasouth magnoliaso...@gmail.com
wrote:
This is a perplexing problem for me and I'm never sure the best way to do
this.
For the example, I have an obituary that lists surviving daughters. Their
names are not the daughter names, but their husbands' names. Take
I've had this problem since v8d. When I add a new source I click save and
it doesn't show up in the source list. I have to click cancel and then open
the sources again for it to show up.
It routinely happens when I'm actually in the middle of editing an
individual and adding a new source. It
Mine is also slow and the clicks are not recognized sometimes too. I
don't have many in my file at all.
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Randy Clark ceddaco...@gmail.com wrote:
Same problem as described.
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Kurt Kneeland kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net
wrote:
I
different source?
Cathy
magnoliasouth mailto:magnoliaso...@gmail.com
Friday, 23 May 2014 12:03 AM
Cathy, you are a beacon of information, always. Many thanks! Still,
there are some problems though.
#1 Excellent! That is a relief. That takes care of the primary part of
my question.
#2 I
Quick question. How do I tag all the individuals, as a result of that
search, at once? For this one there weren't that many, but I've a
feeling I'm going to use this a lot. This is for future reference.
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 12:06 PM, magnoliasouth magnoliaso...@gmail.com wrote:
I tried 3
Cathy, you are a beacon of information, always. Many thanks! Still,
there are some problems though.
#1 Excellent! That is a relief. That takes care of the primary part of
my question.
#2 I assume that this works, but I didn't try it. Still, I don't much
like that because I want to first see what
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Michele/Support
mich...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote:
I am not sure what
“Nation Nutimus” means but the name of the tribe is Lenape (also known as
the Delaware Indians).
A quick search explains it was another head chief of Lenape. He came
after Netawatwees. In
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:51 PM, William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote:
There is no master. That's the problem.
Wait, who said there is no master? I'm not following, I guess. I never
said that. There is definitely a master source. In fact, I don't even
know how to add a Source Detail
I don't know when it happened, but I did a lot of editing today. I
painstakingly wrote out Source Details for each change I made and I
will often place comments in the SD Comments explaining something
specific such as Marriage only; not date nor place. This gives me a
good picture of how I came to
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com wrote:
Ah! But therein lies the problem. You create a single Source Detail and use it
in multiple places. This results in multiple citation records. Difficult to
edit
the multiple records as a single entity.
Yet if the multiples
Oh come on, that's unfair. There are 86 fixes in this update and
that's an above average number of fixes for any update.
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:18 AM, C.G. Ouimet c.g.oui...@outlook.com wrote:
Congratulations and thank you on the detailed documentation of fixes in this
latest release … “No
Hi Bob! All of your ideas are great ones, but I especially like the
one below. I too often forget to use it as well and many times it is
imperative that I do.
Take the family where the parents live in a home, then several of the
children, along with their spouses, live in the same home. Then the
Back to your original problem.
Let's do it this way, just to make sure we're all on the same page and
we're talking about the same thing. It sounds like this is what you're
trying to do. Here's a screen cap to follow: http://goo.gl/SgSBSk
Oh and for whatever reason, there are duplicate source
But there's [CoupleNames] and [CoupleFirstNames], which works for me.
It doesn't for you?
The downside to this is that if you want to use them you need to make
a separate role for married couples. That only takes a minute though.
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Paula Ryburn
I think it probably happened when I was showing someone how to do an
import with duplicates. If I remember correctly, I imported an earlier
version of a sample file so that there would be duplicates. It makes
sense that it would keep both versions of the sources.
I just didn't notice them before
Are the replaceable fields in the event roles (or event sentences,
period) the ONLY ones that are available?
I really need something like [HeSheMainPerson] and [HisHerMainPerson].
For example, it is difficult to not sound grammatically boring to word
a sentence like this:
[HeSheFirst] was listed
What is the rationale on attaching the FamilySearchID to a name in an
event narrative? Why doesn't it disappear when I uncheck
FamilySearchID and it only disappears when I uncheck RIN in the Report
Options? Besides unchecking RIN in Report Options, is there another
way to remove this? I would
Perfect! Thank you.
On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote:
On 08/05/2014 21:00, magnoliasouth wrote:
Also, how can I stop all the notes from the original Event Person from
showing up in the shared person's event? All that doesn't matter, what
matters
How can I block the text that is repeated from the original individual
in a shared event?
The text is redundant and I see no need to confusingly include it. I'd
like for the event to read like a regular unshared event, except for
the notation that it actually is a shared event as well as their
Clarification:
I should also add that unchecking add the main events notes to this
sentence does not do what I am asking. For example let us say that
John Doe was a 59 year old farmer who had a son named James that was
living with him.
On James' event it reads:
He was listed as son of John Doe
I'll second the Google Spreadsheet / Form idea. That seems easiest AND
the benefit is that you can email that to your entire family to fill
out online. Heck, that's such a great idea I might just do that myself
right now!
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote:
You can access the Potential Problems Options in several different ways.
1) Shift plus right click on a PP alert.
I knew this one, but I thought that was for each individual,
2) Tools Ribbon - in the Family Files Tool
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Sherry/Support
she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote:
However if you right click on the info for the husband or wife, then
the edit screen comes up.
Hi Sherry,
May I stick my nose in here for a minute and clarify what info
you're talking about? If you're talking
WOW! I can't believe I totally missed that. I knew there had to be a
way! Many thanks Jay!
Cindy
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2:21 PM, magnoliasouth wrote:
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Brian/Support
br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote:
Potential Problems do not consider outside factors such as child status,
family relationships etc when checking date or age related issues.
Ah. Well then I'll make a note to ask
There are some weird glitches. I have a problem where I exclude
certain individuals from potential problems and it stubbornly refuses
to go away. I exit the program, then relaunch and then it's gone.
Now that I think about it, that may have been the problem with my twins issue.
Cindy
Legacy
Is there a setting somewhere that will sync these two together? For
example, we have an abundance of twins in our family. I set the child
status to twins, but I endlessly get warnings that they were born too
close together. I could see if it were three months apart or
something, but really
Darn! I ruined my joke! That should have been de-humidifier. Oh well.
Guess my career as a comedian is over. ;) Sorry for the off topic
update.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:11 AM, magnoliasouth magnoliaso...@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a setting somewhere that will sync these two together
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Brian/Support
br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote:
Potential Problems do not consider outside factors such as child status,
family relationships etc when checking date or age related issues.
Ah. Well then I'll make a note to ask that for a feature one day. :)
Many
I hate that politics can even remotely interfere with genealogy, but
there it is. I have a relative involved in a same sex relationship
(actually I have a few of them). I've read the archives in the list
for a solution, but this part was not addressed.
In order to change the word marriage to
Hello all,
I have two report questions.
The first one requires explanation. Let us say that I'm talking about
Jane Smith. I cite everything. I mean, EVERYTHING. This way, when I go
back to track why I thought what I thought when I did, I can see my
steps on how I came to that conclusion.
Now,
In the Descendant Book Report Options Tab go to:
Report Options Event Options Check off Add Event Notes.
Hope that helps. :)
Cindy
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Rita Lynn McKale cagr...@comporium.net wrote:
In the current version of Legacy 8, how do I get Event Notes to print in a
WOW!!! Thank you so much Ron and R.G. I really appreciate it.
I love this group! ;)
Cindy
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2014 17:33, magnoliasouth wrote:
I just discovered a gold mine. A historian that I've known for years,
but lost touch with now has a weekly column in a small town newspaper.
In it, he prints social items from times past in the newspaper and in
every single article he's ever written, they're
Also, you could try using the print preview in the sample file to get
an idea of the difference. I'm a visual learner, so looking at it
always helps me.
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes Brian,
You're missing a different order - and some different
I don't see what the big deal is anyway. I would never click a link unless
I thought it was trustworthy. Not even from users here on the list. That's
good practice, period.
In the end, mailing lists are magnets for spammers. You could require that
the first so many messages go through a
I just discovered a gold mine. A historian that I've known for years,
but lost touch with now has a weekly column in a small town newspaper.
In it, he prints social items from times past in the newspaper and in
every single article he's ever written, they're archived online, my
family is
Besides going to Customize Data Entry and checking off Insert New
Children and Moved Edited Children, is there a way to auto sort an
entire file that has never been sorted before? I have those checked
but for my old Legacy 6 files it just doesn't auto sort them at all.
Even if I edit them.
I'm
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Cathy Pinner genea...@gmail.com wrote:
Go to the Tools Ribbon.
On the right there is an item Other Tools
In the dropdown from that there is Sort Child, Marriage and Events Lists
It's not obvious because it's something you'd only do once per file.
Cathy
I only have one answer you may wish to check on. That is, if I
understand you correctly.
when I click on Browse for the file yourself Legacy goes
immediately to Folder B -- over and over again.
Try seeing if somehow the default media file was changed. Go to
Options Customize Locations and
For Gmail users, you can fix this where it'll never happen again.
Click on the gear at top right Settings Filters tab Select
Create a new filter (at the bottom). Type [LegacyUG] in the subject
line, exactly as written Click Next Check Never send it to Spam
and click Create a Filter.
At the
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 8:54 AM, singhals singh...@erols.com wrote:
And IME if I manage to hit CTL before SHIFT, the computer
sees that as a difference. No matter how advanced the AI,
the human eye/brain combo will recognize Fred Co Md and
Frederick Co., Maryland as duplicates, but the
Just like with Legacy, the user must be taught the proper use of the built in
tools, and then things do work much better.
The thing is, computers were designed to do the work for us. To not
take advantage of that, is a mistake. There will ALWAYS be users that
will not enter things in the
, and ensuring that the information is entered in a consistent
format. That is also why I will never import someone else's research
directly into my file.
Ron Bernier
Woonsocket, RI
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:04 PM, magnoliasouth magnoliaso...@gmail.com
wrote:
The thing is, computers were designed
I have a horrible list of locations. I understand how to combine
locations, but that's not working for me. It involves way too much
scrolling up and down and all around. Also, the find at the top
isn't finding anything. It only looks for the first word which doesn't
help me.
What I need to do is
don't feel you're duplicating
information that way?
I would love it if we could export a cvs list of locations, then
import and merge those. Wouldn't that be ideal?
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 1:09 AM, magnoliasouth magnoliaso...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a horrible list of locations. I understand how
SO sorry, but I have one more problem (this time, a quickie) because
I'm totally not understanding the sort function in the Locations list.
I know you all are sick of me. I'm just trying to catch up with Legacy
8 here and am not understanding a few things.
Have you ever seen Bill Cosby's Himself?
Again, I've checked my spam folder, and my gmail filters (there are
none). Can someone please check into this?
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Okay, I've managed to narrow down one issue with the Ancestor Book. It
was related to the bug I spoke about here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/msg37109.html
The text that was marked in brackets [[ ]] was printing regardless of
whether or not it was in brackets or
Aha! So it's an ongoing problem? This shouldn't be a problem.
You know, I recommended that they have a support forum and they flatly
refused. I think they don't want to spend the money on the bandwidth,
but that bothers me because that clearly means that they don't care
all that much. :(
Thank
Message-
From: magnoliasouth [mailto:magnoliaso...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:22 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Private/Hidden source notes
I want to put the source text into the source text. Some of this gets quite
long. I want it there for my personal
Hi all!
I have yet another problem. If I go to the Ancestor Book it refuses to
work. It gets to page 20 then just stops. It doesn't matter if I
select Preview or Create PDF or whatever, it just isn't working.
Any ideas on what the problem is? Has anyone else had this problem?
There are only, at
I have just now upgraded to 8.0.0.414 Deluxe from 6.x Deluxe. I'm not
loving it yet and that's putting it lightly. The only serious
difference I see is visual, which to me matters least. What I was
hoping for was better function. Such as typing in Dekalb as a location
and getting a list of
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