Re: [LegacyUG] Question about notes appearing on Source Citation Reports

2015-01-02 Thread singhals
Dennis Holtby wrote: I've attached a copy of a Family Group Sheet and it's related Source Citations report. Can you tell me why item number 2 appears in it's entirety? I don't seem to be able to get it reduce to just the short form of the citation. This same note (again in it's entirety)

Re: [LegacyUG] Making Changes to a Descendant Report

2014-12-30 Thread singhals
I'll second Wendy's endorsement of CutePDF. Works like a charm for me. And you can't beat the price! Cheryl Wendy Howard wrote: Hi Margaret, There is a free program called CutePDF that I find very handy. You'll find it at http://www.cutepdf.com/ My one word of warning about this program

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Families App to Share Information with Family

2014-12-30 Thread singhals
Richard Folkerth wrote: This approach may not use all the power of modern software but it works for me. There's something comforting about being able to rely on one's system -- copper wire vs FiOS, land-line vs cell -- however low-tech it is, if it isn't broke, why fix it? :) Cheryl in DC

Re: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location list

2014-12-30 Thread singhals
NOT to pick on Jane, but as someone easily confused by the entire concept of township -- In the Name of ALL that's Holy, would those of you familiar with them PLEASE SPECIFY when you're naming townships not towns and include the freaking county? I've seen way too many locations given as Coal

Re: [LegacyUG] Origins Report revisited

2014-12-29 Thread singhals
with my gs those people pop up. The grammar-hammers really ought deal with this, because at this point, it seems more a comms prob than a logic one. singhals wrote: Mornin', Paula. Oddly, yours is the only response. Please wait ... Testing ... There's still something wrong. With only

Re: [LegacyUG] Data Entry.....

2014-12-24 Thread singhals
W. Bruce Matson wrote: Hello, Is there a more “correct” way of entering data for a person living during American Colonial times? For example, a person living in York, Maine in 1661 wouldn’t technically be correct. Would it be better to enter, York, York County (even though the County

Re: [LegacyUG] A Data entry thanks.....

2014-12-24 Thread singhals
W. Bruce Matson wrote: Hello, again - I'm somewhat knew to genealogy (and Legacy) and this was the first time I've used the Forum. I'm impressed with the many responses - especially at this busy time of the year. Basically, I don't need to be a purist over how this information is added.

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Report for a Couple or for their Children

2014-12-21 Thread singhals
George Kindel wrote: I am trying to generate ancestor reports for my children and their spouses. Is it possible to generate a report for a couple that would include both of their ancestry lines in a single integrated report. One of my daughters has a single child so it is easy to generate

Re: [LegacyUG] Tiny tafel

2014-12-20 Thread singhals
Jane Sarles wrote: I did a search of Help for Tiny Tafel, but found nothing. I suppose a report might be constructable to do one, but I am not sure how to go about it. Ideas? I can probably find the instructions or the executable (Given enough incentive and time), but why? IRC, the whole

Re: [LegacyUG] Tiny tafel

2014-12-20 Thread singhals
TTs just suddenly vanished -- I heard three different stories. I never got anything useful from TTs so I didn't miss 'em. (shrug) I thought they went away ca Win98/Vista, which was well bef 2011 ... Cheryl Sherry/Support wrote: The closest would be an Ancestor Book Report. We do have a

Re: [LegacyUG] Tiny tafel

2014-12-20 Thread singhals
to be out of favor, but it does seem a helpful thing to have an alphabetical list of surnames with dates and locations appended. Such as when I see a list of surnames that someone has that I may want to check against my own. Thank you for the instructions. Jane On 12/20/2014 10:29 AM, singhals

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest version

2014-12-18 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 2014/12/18 03:40 AM, Don Henderson wrote: Does Legacy not have a Digest Version of the list? Every one I have ever been on has one. I find it too bothersome to find 15 to 20 messages in my Inbox every day, on top of all my friends and business e-mails. What difference

Re: [LegacyUG] Occupations on a tree

2014-12-16 Thread singhals
(G) Your lot must've been city-folk. Mine mostly claim to be farmers ... I know a couple of my guys made and sold moonshine, but officially they're farmers. Cheryl Nigel Willits wrote: Hi all, Members of my family often comment that the occupations of ancestors are more interesting than

Re: [LegacyUG] Reverse to do list?

2014-12-16 Thread singhals
TMG is TMG. It is/was unique. NOTHING out there will totally replace it. OTOH, until it quits running on new computers, there really isn't any need to leave it. Cheryl pjhanse...@aol.com wrote: Barbara, I am also a TMG user, trying to determine which genealogical software I want to adopt

Re: [LegacyUG] Passage Express

2014-12-12 Thread singhals
I managed to d/l install, w/o a visible issue. Then I ran it and created a file *I* called Largent TEST and saved it to my Largent directory on C:/ So. What did PE call the file that'll open in something? :) NOT Largent TEST or any variation thereof because a search of C:/ doesn't find such

[LegacyUG] The missing source search

2014-12-09 Thread singhals
I was trying to fill in sources for things where I have data but no source. I can't get the combine thingy to work. Can someone give me steps an amoeba could follow? Click SEARCH on ribbon click FIND click tab for MISSING SOURCES. Now, I've got a screen that shows FIND INDIVIDUALS WITH MISSING

Re: [LegacyUG] The missing source search

2014-12-09 Thread singhals
Jenny M Benson wrote: On 09/12/2014 17:17, singhals wrote: I was trying to fill in sources for things where I have data but no source. I can't get the combine thingy to work. Can someone give me steps an amoeba could follow? Click SEARCH on ribbon click FIND click tab for MISSING SOURCES

Re: [LegacyUG] The missing source search

2014-12-09 Thread singhals
singhals wrote: Jenny M Benson wrote: On 09/12/2014 17:17, singhals wrote: I was trying to fill in sources for things where I have data but no source. I can't get the combine thingy to work. Can someone give me steps an amoeba could follow? Click SEARCH on ribbon click FIND click tab

Re: [LegacyUG] Origins Report revisited

2014-12-08 Thread singhals
if Legacy just doesn't recognize India?? (that makes no sense) --Paula *From:* singhals singh...@erols.com *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Sent:* Friday, December 5, 2014 9:31 AM *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Origins Report

Re: [LegacyUG] Origins Report revisited

2014-12-05 Thread singhals
ancestors setting (accumulation of generations). --Paula *From:* singhals singh...@erols.com *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2014 1:41 PM *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Origins Report revisited I didn't want

Re: [LegacyUG] SC Dept of Archives History - Will Citation

2014-12-03 Thread singhals
Barton Lewis wrote: I found the will of my ancestor, John Langston, at the SC Dept of Archives History. The SCDAH has a database entitled “Will Transcripts 1782-1855”; what I am not sure about is what information to cite from the SCDAH in my source. It’s not clear to me that the SCDAH has

Re: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs RootsMagic 7

2014-12-02 Thread singhals
Since most of us /aren't/ expert TMG users, we don't know what your TMG box looks like, acts like, or does. Makes it more difficult to communicate meaningfully. Try the HELP file; click on HELP from the ribbon just under the name of the database. Then click on INDEX and enter Customize. Then

[LegacyUG] HELP, didn't.

2014-12-02 Thread singhals
Turns out I have a HUGE number of individual trees in my ff. That's OK, there's a reason for it that makes sense to me. I would like to pry loose a csv list that contains: RIN, Name, bd, dd, list of sources for each person in each tree. I can pull it off in two, two-and-a-half steps, but one

Re: [LegacyUG] Customing a Global Event

2014-12-01 Thread singhals
://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 30/11/2014 3:55 PM, singhals wrote: Brian/Support wrote: You cannot customize the individual input form. You can create a custom event appropriate to the Jewish faith and add that event as an event For those non-(whatevers), it would be useful to HAVE an event

Re: [LegacyUG] TMG looking for new home Legacy vs RootsMagic 7

2014-12-01 Thread singhals
I polly outta stay out of this, but I won't. After following the thread here, sounds to me as if you don't really need *colors*, all you really need is a way to distinguish the 23 John Smith or Benedict Beek one from the other. In the name fields, Legacy has both a prefix and a suffix, both of

Re: [LegacyUG] Customing a Global Event

2014-12-01 Thread singhals
instead of infancy. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 30/11/2014 3:55 PM, singhals wrote: Brian/Support wrote: You cannot customize the individual input form. You

Re: [LegacyUG] Where to put gathered information?

2014-11-21 Thread singhals
I disagree about the elegance of all this. For one thing, library locations and hours DO change over time (Summer hours for libraries, funding woes reduce hours, street addresses change depending on which door they want used this year, and so on and on and on). Keeping such a list updated is

Re: [LegacyUG] Creating a mtDNA LIST of ancestors

2014-11-18 Thread singhals
: Just as a matter of curiosity, I'm wondering why you want the list ascending instead of all the descendants of the first maternal ancestor you know. Pat On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:33 PM, singhals singh...@erols.com mailto:singh...@erols.com wrote: 1. Bring up your daughter's PEDIGREE

Re: [LegacyUG] Creating a mtDNA LIST of ancestors

2014-11-18 Thread singhals
Oh. I must need more sleep. Sorry. Cheryl Pat Hickin wrote: I understand, Chreyl; I don't understand why Jessica wants an ascending list. Pat On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:45 AM, singhals singh...@erols.com mailto:singh...@erols.com wrote: I don't. I'm just going UP the pedigree until

Re: [LegacyUG] Oklahoma!

2014-11-17 Thread singhals
Barton Lewis wrote: Thanks David and John, ... a search of the Archives did not turn up much in the way of Oklahoma specifically, which is sort of its own animal in terms of how to address place names that were Indian lands originally Umm, well, but, uh, that is -- Oklahoma

Re: [LegacyUG] Creating a mtDNA LIST of ancestors

2014-11-17 Thread singhals
1. Bring up your daughter's PEDIGREE chart on-screen. 2. Follow the mtDNA line as far as it goes, until the female ancestor farthest from her is the Individual position. 3. Create a GED of that female's descendants. 4. CREATE A NEW Family File. 4a. IMPORT the GED from 3. the female ancestor

[LegacyUG] Origins Report revisited

2014-11-17 Thread singhals
I didn't want to start a discussion sure to provide heat just before I scooted out of town for a month, so I'm backtracking here to what Brian quoted in the discussion on Ethnicity back in early October. split apart for centuries. Legacy can gather all the ancestral birth

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy not syncing in Dropbox

2014-10-17 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 17 Oct 2014 17:43, Ward Walker wrote: At least you are receiving them. I don’t get them at all, even in the junk mail folder. There are a lot of mail servers out there that reckon yahoo.com is a spam machine. There are, she said bitterly, a lot of mail servers out

Re: [LegacyUG] Make a Focus Group

2014-10-17 Thread singhals
Now, if only, between clicking LOAD and clicking Results, I could manage to remember WHICH focus group I had selected ... ;) Cheryl Sherry/Support wrote: By creating at Focus Group, you're not creating a new file. You're only creating a list of individuals within the file you're searching.

Re: [LegacyUG] citing website w/obit abstracts

2014-10-16 Thread singhals
So, like, how many newspapers did Evansville In /have/ during those 50 years? My guess would be one. And I'd bet you could touch base with them to ask I have an obit for Orilla (FORD) RAMBO who died (whenever the obit said); is there a way to verify it was your newspaper? Then you could cite

Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity

2014-10-14 Thread singhals
I hope consideration is given to the unfortunate fact that ethnicity and birthplace are largely unrelated. When I run that Origins report on myself in one ff, it admits 33% of my ancestors were born in Virginia, 33% in Pennsylvania, 33% in Germany, and 1% other. We Virginians may THINK of

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to legacyusergroup mailing list

2014-10-14 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 13 Oct 2014 23:38, lhbrig...@earthlink.net wrote: I apologize for this automatic reply to your email. To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand. If you would like to be added to my list of approved senders, please fill

Re: [LegacyUG] Jewish patronymic

2014-10-12 Thread singhals
Isn't that just the Religious name? I know American Jews have a name *and* a religious name; the religious name is not used for non-religious purposes (and most of the time is a closely held secret) -- at least that's what my Jewish friends and relatives tell me. If I were recording these, I'd

Re: [LegacyUG] How NOT to display a picture

2014-10-12 Thread singhals
Pat Hickin wrote: Is it possible to have a single image in an individual's media gallery and _not_ display. I have one of an individual with the same name but he is a later generation and I don't have him in my database. I'd like to keep this image, but not display it -- but I can't see

Re: [LegacyUG] moving from source to event

2014-10-10 Thread singhals
be as much work as shifting them within Legacy as the sources have source detail and have to be both copied to an event and copied as a source for that event. Cathy singhals wrote: mi...@juno.com wrote: Cheryl, I've played around with your idea of running a GED and trying different

Re: [LegacyUG] Global Master Source Conversion

2014-10-10 Thread singhals
Oh, it can. It's just labor-intensive and time-consuming. GED does it faster and saves you irritation. Cheryl Pat Hickin wrote: I too would like to convert all my SW sources to Basic without going the .gedcom route. If it can be done via .gedcom why can't it be done without .gedcom? I'd

Re: [LegacyUG] moving from source to event

2014-10-09 Thread singhals
mi...@juno.com wrote: Cheryl, I've played around with your idea of running a GED and trying different transfer possibilites, but either it just won't do the job, or I've misunderstood your suggestion. I appreciate your thought, though. Thanks, Anne If you're still needing it at

Re: [LegacyUG] moving from source to event

2014-10-07 Thread singhals
Cathy? What if she ran a GED, then hand-inserted the event (type it once, then copy'n'paste) where it's needed, then re-import into a 2nd db and finish the process there? I try not to use Events so I've never done a GED with them in, but seems to me it might be faster. Cheryl Cathy Pinner

Re: [LegacyUG] Source question - obits

2014-10-03 Thread singhals
With the stipulations that I use the Basic Source format -- the newspaper is your source: /The Daily Blot/, Jackson Neb, vol xxviii issue of 12 Never 2525, pg 15 col 3c; _detail_ then becomes Obit of... If there's one item in the /Blot/ about your family, there are probably others. No point in

Re: [LegacyUG] Recording uncertain dates

2014-10-03 Thread singhals
Sherry/Support wrote: To me that sounds like the birth took that long! That was just /mean/, Sherry. (G) Cheryl 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] Recording uncertain dates

2014-10-03 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 03 Oct 2014 20:46, Sherry/Support wrote: What about events recorded in the first quarter? They could have happened in the previous year, right? That's right! My grandmother was born in November 1903 (Dec Q 1903) but the birth wasn't registered until Mar Q 1904. I presume

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing Event Photos on Webpages

2014-10-02 Thread singhals
On 30/09/2014 1:20 p.m., singhals wrote: For whatever it may be worth in a seller's market -- I've had this same non-appearing image problem off and on in other applications too. It is as annoying as all get-out, when the img src call is (a) correct and (b

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree chart

2014-09-30 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 30 Sep 2014 17:17, Randy Clark wrote: As of today we need to squint to see your posts. Ctrl-+ (plus) and Ctrl-- (minus) can be useful. While true, ctl+ for one post means a ctl- for the next. Cheryl Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing Event Photos on Webpages

2014-09-30 Thread singhals
OK, on your blurb, no the images aren't showing, although one of them popped up in a separate tab as I was bouncing around between the page and ViewSource. How big are those photos anyway? Are you waiting long enough for 'em to load? Because even after I stopped the d/l some of them appeared.

Re: [LegacyUG] Showing Event Photos on Webpages

2014-09-29 Thread singhals
For whatever it may be worth in a seller's market -- I've had this same non-appearing image problem off and on in other applications too. It is as annoying as all get-out, when the img src call is (a) correct and (b) identical but only one of three .jpg images shows! Cheryl LDB Misc wrote: The

[LegacyUG] Counting families?

2014-09-28 Thread singhals
I need to count how many families descend from one couple in my ff. Family defined for THIS PURPOSE ONLY: a married couple, regardless of whether any party to it is living. I want to give each family a copy of the printout or a CD, but I need to know how many families there /are/. Cheryl

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative book report. Chronology report

2014-09-26 Thread singhals
I once had a similar problem in Another Program; turned out that I had touched the CTL key while the notes were open; this created an invisible-to-the-naked-eye note in the NOTES field, which insisted on printing. If it's printing the program thinks there's a note, and if you don't think so,

Re: [LegacyUG] Repeating Source Pictures/Documents on Reports

2014-09-23 Thread singhals
been done on those issues. Many e-mails in the LUG archive. Ward -Original Message- From: singhals Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 7:01 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Cc: gregandlau...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Repeating Source Pictures/Documents on Reports

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching a PDF file to email

2014-09-23 Thread singhals
When you get the attach-it screen, down where it wants the file name? Look at the next line and be sure it says ALL FILES. Cheryl Margaret Gagliardi wrote: I am not trying to view the PDF I created. I am trying to find it to send as an attachment in an email. When in my email I click on

Re: [LegacyUG] Formatting options in reports -- Are any of these possible?

2014-09-22 Thread singhals
Pat Hickin wrote: [snip] Also in the list of children, I'd like to have an empty line (/i.e/., double-space) between each child, but I see no way to do that. You probably only think you want this. I assure you, those double-spaces can more than double the size of your output. I spent

Re: [LegacyUG] Repeating Source Pictures/Documents on Reports

2014-09-22 Thread singhals
gregandlau...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I subscribed about a week ago, but I am not receiving any emails. I see a question I posted shows on the usergroup and I was hoping someone could help me with it. Here it is again: I just recently upgraded to Legacy 8 and I use the Basic System for

Re: [LegacyUG] Creating a medical history report or chart

2014-09-21 Thread singhals
Susan Broadbooks wrote: I could use some help in choosing the best format for a medical history report. My sister is heading to Mayo for help and needs a complete family medical history spanning at least 3 generations. We have a very large family. I need to create a report or chart that is

Re: [LegacyUG] Bah flippin' HUMbug!

2014-09-17 Thread singhals
, it is empty when the source entry window is next opened. Cheers, Brett B McL Robinson Tel +64 7 856 6582, 0277 500 714, fax +64 7 856 6582, Skype AB1252 PO Box 1252, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand On 10/09/2014 1:12 p.m., singhals wrote: (G) Not like I seriously expected anyone to be able

Re: [LegacyUG] Bah flippin' HUMbug!

2014-09-17 Thread singhals
Jenny M Benson wrote: On 17/09/2014 19:43, Brian/Support wrote: You must have misunderstood the webinare you watched. When you have an EVENT with a source included and use the EVENT CLIPBOARD to paste the event to someone then the source for that event will be linked to the new person along

Re: [LegacyUG] Shifting Sources

2014-09-15 Thread singhals
I found it on Family Search isn't what I'd call pinpoint accuracy or reliability as a source. It's right up there with It was on-line somewhere. IMO. Cheryl Michele/Support wrote: Jenny, This is why when I input a website into a source citation I always use the address of the main page.

Re: [LegacyUG] Shifting Sources

2014-09-15 Thread singhals
...@legacyfamilytree.com mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:45 PM, singhals singh...@erols.com mailto:singh...@erols.com wrote: I found it on Family Search isn't what I'd call pinpoint accuracy

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree Chart question

2014-09-13 Thread singhals
I rise to object, m'lud. ;) As recently as January 2014 AFNs were visible and usable at FamilySearch. Granted, the Ancestral File (as an entity) is closed and no more AFNs are being issued. Still, I'm not sure that their being out-dated and/or replaced is sufficient reason to prevent people

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template for City Directory found in Google Books

2014-09-13 Thread singhals
Doug Williams wrote: Greetings everyone, I'm new to the list - be gentle! (G) We'll try. I’m having trouble creating a Source Template for a City Directory [book] found in Google Books [digital images]. I tried “Directories” as the type of source, then “Online Images” as the medium. I

[LegacyUG] Bah flippin' HUMbug!

2014-09-09 Thread singhals
Other than the loose nut on the keyboard is there some /reason/ changes I make to sources don't stick to the next time I open the file? I mean, come on! I've got a printout of a descendant narrative which shows (reluctantly, and in what is IMO the wrong place) the sources. WHY don't those

Re: [LegacyUG] Bah flippin' HUMbug!

2014-09-09 Thread singhals
are entering those sources to begin to suggest anything on this list. We may even need to get a copy of your file. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 09 Sep 2014 2:35 PM, singhals wrote: Other than the loose nut

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Find A Grave: the World's Largest Cemetery Database by Russ Worthington

2014-09-02 Thread singhals
, as described in the Legacy FAG Webinar, so we can read names and dates that may not be the same as data entered by the FAG memorial creator. Pauline On 9/1/2014 7:04 AM, singhals wrote: I've been away for a funeral and just now saw this. I'm using F-a-G to as an easily-accessible, independent

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Find A Grave: the World's Largest Cemetery Database by Russ Worthington

2014-09-01 Thread singhals
*From:* singhals singh...@erols.com *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2014 12:04 PM *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Find A Grave: the World's Largest Cemetery Database by Russ Worthington Geoff

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting by date of birth

2014-08-31 Thread singhals
Birth year is in a separate column; mark it in the spreadsheet with a ' in front to the machine thinks it's an alpha-num field not a date field. Or, highlight the whole column and format it as numeric, not date. At least, both those work on my version of Xcel for me. Cheryl Paula Ryburn wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Media - Source vs Citation

2014-08-31 Thread singhals
I did that for a long while; the source title was 1920 - WV - Tucker - St George. Then the 1940 US Census became available. After I entered my 150th source title for the 1940, I bagged the notion. Life's too short to spend more than a couple seconds scrolling through source titles. My census

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources from one project to another?

2014-08-29 Thread singhals
Cathy, Won't that move what sources Marie entered in the other file, not /just/ the template for data-entry? Cheryl Cathy Pinner wrote: Hi Marie, The sources of course will be converted to version 8 when you convert your various files. However, I think you are asking how you copy the

Re: [LegacyUG] Origins Report

2014-08-19 Thread singhals
...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:05 AM, singhals singh...@erols.com mailto:singh...@erols.com wrote: Having solved the most pressing Name Tag problem ;) I moved on to the origins report. I included flags, but the spot

Re: [LegacyUG] Origins Report

2014-08-19 Thread singhals
to INDIA. And, BTW, on the Origins preview all the missing flags have a ~ in front of the country-name. Cheryl singhals wrote: Thanks, Geoff and Dave. Hungary is in there as Hungary and as Austrio-Hungary (which I'm willing to change to Austria). Russia and Poland are listed that way, all

Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - Find A Grave: the World's Largest Cemetery Database by Russ Worthington

2014-08-18 Thread singhals
Geoff Rasmussen wrote: Explore Find-A-Grave, the largest cemetery database in the world and a must-have tool in your genealogy toolbox. In Wednesday's webinar, Russ Worthington will share insights and methodologies into best using the site for family history research. He will also provide

[LegacyUG] Origins Report

2014-08-15 Thread singhals
Having solved the most pressing Name Tag problem ;) I moved on to the origins report. I included flags, but the spot for the flag of the District of Columbia is empty. Is this because it technically isn't a state? I also didn't get flags for Hungary, India, Poland or Russia. And each of those

Re: [LegacyUG] Post about Legacy platform

2014-08-14 Thread singhals
Chris Seens wrote: [snip] Milennia will need to move away from these environments if it is going to survive in the long run. However, right now I still believe Legacy 8 is the best genealogy program out there. At a guess, based on experiences with programs/languages doing things more more

Re: [LegacyUG] Maintaining Sequence of Twins/Triplets

2014-08-13 Thread singhals
MikeFry wrote: On 13 Aug 2014 17:37, Sherry/Support wrote: We do have a suggestion listed to be able to include time with the date but I don't know if this is something the programmers will be able to implement or not. Honestly, this is such a rare request You're the second person on the

Re: [LegacyUG] /What/ am I doing wrong this time?

2014-08-13 Thread singhals
singhals wrote: I want to play with name-tag formats for a certain branch of the family. So, I tried to tag all the descendants on that line with tag 3. I've tried 4 times and can't make that happen. It happily tags her, but no one else, not even her spouse. If I try to tag

Re: [LegacyUG] /What/ am I doing wrong this time?

2014-08-12 Thread singhals
of Generations to include is set high enough to include everyone you want. Jay On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 5:19 PM, singhals singh...@erols.com mailto:singh...@erols.com wrote: I want to play with name-tag formats for a certain branch of the family. So, I tried to tag all

Re: [LegacyUG] /What/ am I doing wrong this time?

2014-08-12 Thread singhals
descendants, make sure the Number of Generations to include is set high enough to include everyone you want. Jay On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 5:19 PM, singhals singh...@erols.com mailto:singh...@erols.com wrote: I want to play with name-tag formats for a certain branch of the family. So, I

Re: [LegacyUG] /What/ am I doing wrong this time?

2014-08-12 Thread singhals
L8-385. It was stable when I d/l it and works, when I know what I'm doing. ;) Each time I think it's time to update it, there're new issues raised some of which sound relevant to my usage. I tend to go with functional outranks better. Thing is, this WORKED in another database where it happily

Re: [LegacyUG] /What/ am I doing wrong this time?

2014-08-12 Thread singhals
On 8/12/2014 7:00 AM, singhals wrote: L8-385. It was stable when I d/l it and works, when I know what I'm doing. ;) Each time I think it's time to update it, there're new issues raised some of which sound relevant to my usage. I tend to go with functional outranks better. Thing

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding parents in Legacy Family Search

2014-08-11 Thread singhals
On a cost/benefit analysis, programmers cost more than data-entry. Even more so when the data-entry level is volunteer. Why pay $40 a hour figure out how to save a volunteer a few minutes? :^) Cheryl-the-cynical JV Leavitt wrote: Yes, thank you, that is right. It wasn't always necessary

[LegacyUG] /What/ am I doing wrong this time?

2014-08-11 Thread singhals
I want to play with name-tag formats for a certain branch of the family. So, I tried to tag all the descendants on that line with tag 3. I've tried 4 times and can't make that happen. It happily tags her, but no one else, not even her spouse. If I try to tag the descendants of one her

Re: [LegacyUG] How can I show which individuals I think are correct

2014-08-09 Thread singhals
Pat Hickin wrote: [snip] that instead of a letter you culd use a number system: e.g., 0=no sources; 1 = extremely poor citations, 3=mediocre sourcing; 4= fair sourcing, 5=good sourcing, etc. [snip] Thing is, what I consider a gold-plated good source, others wave off as a poor source. Then

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo_code places How to review large numbers for correct placement

2014-08-01 Thread singhals
Aha! Too many variables these days; Hadn't seen just the word (City) in parens. Yes, thanks, that's in there in my old version. Cheryl Ron Taylor wrote: This entry is in v7.5 and v8 Winchester, Winchester (City), Virginia, United States On Thursday, July 31, 2014 7:33 PM,

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo_code places How to review large numbers for correct placement

2014-08-01 Thread singhals
For the US, that sole-source would most likely be the GNIS link I included. I've always found it more useful than the other mapping sources...and, it gives you both pairs of coordinates, no translating needed. Cheryl Ron Taylor wrote: So, instead of every one of us trying to verify every

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo_code places How to review large numbers for correct placement

2014-07-31 Thread singhals
Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: Has anyone found a way to review large numbers of Place Location Geo-Coded placement without having to do one location at a time? I have almost 10,000 places and I am constantly finding Geo -Code errors. For example I have two locations in my list Alban, South

Re: [LegacyUG] Children

2014-07-30 Thread singhals
Jessica Morgan wrote: Thanks for the thumbs up. Someone else stated that it wasn't wise to number the children, because it could be in error. I Yes, of course it could be in error. OTOH, I've had experiences where we knew there were 6 children but 8 names were cited in an obit...turned out

Re: [LegacyUG] Prepositions for locations- Family View and Family Group Records ?

2014-07-29 Thread singhals
johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Sometimes I know where ancestors lived but uncertain if they were born in that place. There is an option which allows you to change the location preposition from ‘in’ to something else but it only works for the book reports from the publishing centre. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Comparing two different files of the same family in Legacy 8.0

2014-07-27 Thread singhals
, highlight that side, open the Name List, and when you select a record there. it will display on that side. I hope I have understood you correctly. The Split Screen mode is a wonderfully useful feature of the program. Joseph Leavitt On 7/26/2014 10:20 AM, singhals wrote: Prof. Dr. Alvaro

Re: [LegacyUG] Comparing two different files of the same family in Legacy 8.0

2014-07-26 Thread singhals
Prof. Dr. Alvaro Hernandez wrote: Hi there, I have two different files of the same family and I´d like to know the best way to go about comparing them and “highlighting” the existing differences (individuals, dates, notes, events, etc.) preferably in an automated way. I´ve tried the

Re: [LegacyUG] Independent Cities

2014-07-23 Thread singhals
Margaret Gagliardi wrote: Would someone please tell me how I should record Petersburg, Virginia? It is an independent City, without a County. Thank you very much. Margaret I use IC ... or lie and put it in the county it would be in if it weren't an IC so others can tell at-a-glance which

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy v8 any build - Windows 7 -- Check/Repair on large database

2014-07-22 Thread singhals
And if it doesn't, don't turn it back on so fast next time. :) Cheryl Singhal J.M. Jay Ingalls wrote: Shut down, restart even worked for a copy (Xerox?) machine about 1965. Jay Ingalls = On 7/22/2014 9:51 AM, JV Leavitt wrote: Whew! Good thinking. Power-on-reset, a

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant book LIVING ONLY

2014-07-19 Thread singhals
] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 9:54 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant book LIVING ONLY But I suspect that it will not be able to identify those you see every 2 - 3 years Ron Ferguson Gene Youngn2...@cfl.rr.com wrote: On 7/18/2014 12:20 PM, singhals

[LegacyUG] Descendant book LIVING ONLY

2014-07-18 Thread singhals
I need a cheat-sheet for identification of LIVING relatives we see every 3 or 4 years. Is there a way to get such a report other than printing off individual FGS? Cheryl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Dragon with Legacy

2014-07-16 Thread singhals
Ditto, ditto, ditto! I thought it would be useful for entering material from an old newspaper. Wrong. From what I can make out, in the US you need to be a native-born speaker of midwest -- the lack of accent most Network TV announcers have -- working in a fairly sound-proof environment for

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Dragon with Legacy

2014-07-15 Thread singhals
Or perhaps someone /has/ used it and hates it, but prefers not to say so? Cheryl Scott Hall wrote: I'm assuming no response means no one on this group is using Dragon? sigh Hate to wait until December. Sherry/Brian et al. ... any other resources I can tap into on this topic? On Fri, Jul

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree - Virtual User's Group Meeting this Friday, July 11 (Dates, Searching and Tagging)

2014-07-13 Thread singhals
Because, as Howard says, est and abt are slightly different in implication. There's ca which would be a lot more specific than abt which is more specific than est. Cal is just what it says -- if you subtract this number from that or add that number to this, you get a 'cal' date -- and using cal

Re: [LegacyUG] Switch From FTM 2014

2014-07-11 Thread singhals
William Boswell wrote: One huge mistake I made with importing my GEDCOM into Legacy was to not uncheck the third checkbox on the left that reads: “Put unrecognized items into notes field.” Leaving it checked put all my source text from Detail Text into Detail Comments within Legacy. This

Re: [LegacyUG] A LIST of current ages?

2014-07-09 Thread singhals
Cathy, Thanks; at first glance it mostly worked. Where would it have put the people for whom I have only a birth year? Cathy Pinner wrote: Hi Cheryl, You may not like the order but you can get it in the Calendar list. Just turn off the options you don't want. Note you can have everyone or

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