Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates

2020-02-12 Thread Ian Macaulay
and then there's the Nebraskans that named all their kids the same, only had to call one and they all came a runnin. I have Donalds that were translated from two different brothers who in their native language were different. Badly worded but you get the drift. Ian On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 7:21

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates

2020-02-12 Thread Roberta Schwalm
John Faulks and Roger Nordyke: you are both correct as there have been quite a few in both my family and my husband's family. Roberta Schwalm On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:36 PM John Faulks wrote: > A quick caution with duplicate children - some duplicates are real. For > example, when the first

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates

2020-02-12 Thread Roger Nordyke via LegacyUserGroup
I whole heartily agree with JTF. It is not that uncommon to have more than one child with the same name in the 17, 18, and early 1900's. One child might have died as an infant or at a very early age and the next child (son or daughter as the case might be) will be given the same name. Which some

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates

2020-02-12 Thread John Faulks
A quick caution with duplicate children - some duplicates are real. For example, when the first name dies an infant, the name might be reused with a later child. Otherwise merge them is the better option since it gives you an opportunity to collect all information fields vs. deleting a person and l

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates

2020-02-10 Thread Donna Newell
Why not merge them? Sent from my iPad > On Feb 10, 2020, at 2:34 PM, Trevor Good wrote: > > Hi All > Occasionally you end up with a child or children entered twice under one set > of parents, obviously this is an error which needs correcting, so what is the > correct procedure - Delete the s

[LegacyUG] Duplicates

2020-02-10 Thread Trevor Good
Hi All Occasionally you end up with a child or children entered twice under one set of parents, obviously this is an error which needs correcting, so what is the correct procedure - Delete the second entry or Unlink them from these parents. I understand if you Delete them, then they will event

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates in charts

2018-07-04 Thread Ward Walker
an, including duplicates, either way. I suspect that this is by design, due to the nature of fan charts. I.e., no space is saved -- the entire fan is visible regardless. Ward -Original Message- From: Teresa Williams Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 9:31 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyuse

[LegacyUG] Duplicates in charts

2018-07-03 Thread Teresa Williams
Another thing I've missed or misunderstood ... I'm producing fan charts, and I know that there are several duplicates, due to second cousin marriages. I have selected the Show Duplicates option on the Home tab of Legacy Charting, and on the Appearance tab have settings for font, style and align

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2017-12-11 Thread Barbara Lewis
User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates I will send you a screenshot straight to you. We try to avoid attachments on the list. Michele Simmons Lewis, CG(r) Legacy Family Tree mich...@legacyfamilytree.com<mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com> www.legacyfamilytree.com<http://

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2017-12-11 Thread Michele/Support
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Lewis Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 9:17 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates I'm sorry but I just don't see any Print command that you mention.I've gone over and over t

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2017-12-11 Thread Gene Young
egacyfamilytree.com> www.legacyfamilytree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Barbara Lewis *Sent:* Monday, December 11, 2017 8:37 AM *To:* Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>> *Subject:*

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2017-12-11 Thread Elmer Johnson
pport *Sent:* Monday, December 11, 2017 6:56 AM *To:* 'Legacy User Group' *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates Yes you can :) Go to Tools > Merge Duplicates > Find Duplicates. The Print command is on this screen BEFORE you click Continue to actually see the duplicates. Michel

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2017-12-11 Thread Barbara Lewis
t used to be so easy to find. Barbara L. From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Michele/Support Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 6:56 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates Yes you can :) Go to Tools > Merge Duplic

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2017-12-11 Thread Michele/Support
com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> www.legacyfamilytree.com From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Lewis Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 8:37 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] duplicates Can I bring up a list o

[LegacyUG] duplicates

2017-12-11 Thread Barbara Lewis
Can I bring up a list of duplicates in my file?just to see the duplicates. I know how to merge. Barbara L -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Arch

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-13 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Barbara, In regard to the question about upgrading to Windows 10 (or not), you may find it helpful to read this article I saw the other day - https://askleo.com/should-i-upgrade-to-windows-10/ I find that Leo Notenboom (of the site "Ask Leo") writes plainly and sensibly, and has a skill at exp

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Cathy Pinner
Barbara, The default location for Legacy 8 data is in your Documents folder /Documents/Legacy Family Tree/Data You can keep it wherever you like but it would be best NOT to keep it in C:\Legacy\Data with your Legacy 6 data files 1) so you aren't confused which files are Legacy 6 format and which

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Cathy Pinner
I've just updated to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1. Seems to me much like Windows 7 with the Start Menu back to words for most of it. I'm now enjoying what is basically a new computer as I saved all my data and took my laptop to a computer tech and asked him to put a clean install of Windows 10 on i

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Barbara Ford
One question already: in 6.0, all the data is stored in the Legacy folder, which on my computer resides directly on C:\. Is that also where the data is stored (default) on 8? If I wanted to go cold turkey from 6 to 8, do I download 8 from the website, or do I have to buy it? Once installed, can

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Barbara Ford
Very helpful information. If I dive in, I'm sure I'll have questions along the way. > On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:10 PM, Robert57P_gmail wrote: > > fyi - my computer is running Windows 7, and it is so "old" (10 yrs) it > won't run Windows 10. But it runs just fine, I'm mostly happy with it > (thoug

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Robert57P_gmail
fyi - my computer is running Windows 7, and it is so "old" (10 yrs) it won't run Windows 10. But it runs just fine, I'm mostly happy with it (though I am starting to get "the itch" for a new one . . . ) My wife's computer is also running Win7. I COULD upgrade her's, but for ease of consistency b

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Cathy Pinner
Barbara, No one is forcing you to go to Windows 10 from Windows 7. There are ways to stop being offered Windows 10 but you probably need someone more familiar with computers to implement them. If they don't know how, they can Google it. Legacy 8 installs in a completely different place to Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Barbara Ford
Okay, thank you. I have used the Relationship Calculator many times in 6.0, but never thought to use it to research a looping problem. I was new to Legacy when the first update came after 6.0. Some of the technical "talk" on the user group scared me off--I was barely understanding 6.0, without

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Barbara Ford
Okay, I went to the "loop" that I know is right, and even there, there is no + sign next to the relationship, above the name. Is it possible that it is because I am using Legacy 6.0? Also, I fear it is more involved than just multiple relationships...there are several cases, and they are being proc

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Barbara Ford
Brian, I used the tool to set relationships (it's actually my husband's line, so I set him as the starting person). But I do not see a + sign to right click on. I am looking on the Family screen; should I be somewhere else? On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Brian/Support wrote: > They are probab

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Barbara Ford
Thanks, I didn't even know about that tool. I'll see if I can get to the bottom of it, using that tool. Barbara Sent from my iPad > On Feb 10, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Brian/Support > wrote: > > They are probably due to other places where you have multiple > connections like that brother and sist

[LegacyUG] Duplicates/Loop

2016-02-10 Thread Barbara Ford
When I do an ancestor report, I am getting several duplicates, and some multiple duplicates of the same person. I understand one situation, where brother and sister are both in my direct line of ancestors. But, the rest of the occurrences, I don't know where to start to figure out what I have done

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates

2015-03-19 Thread Gene Young
On 3/19/2015 12:59 PM, Jay at 1familytree.com wrote: > One feature that almost ALL other desktop software has over Legacy is the > availability to check for duplicates based upon matches on a Birth, Marriage > or Death Date > > Does anyone have any SQL code that will do this??? > > > So frustrate

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicates

2015-03-19 Thread Larry Lee
Hi Jay, Have you submitted this on the Legacy home page as a suggestion? Larry On Mar 19, 2015 10:00 AM, "Jay at 1familytree.com" < 1familytree@gmail.com> wrote: > One feature that almost ALL other desktop software has over Legacy is the > availability to check for duplicates based upon match

[LegacyUG] Duplicates

2015-03-19 Thread Jay at 1familytree.com
One feature that almost ALL other desktop software has over Legacy is the availability to check for duplicates based upon matches on a Birth, Marriage or Death Date Does anyone have any SQL code that will do this??? So frustrated AGAIN when Ive found several more duplicates that merely have a sl

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2012-10-12 Thread Sherry/Support
Click on the "Help" button in that window to take you to the Help file in Legacy which explains Endless Loop and how to resolve it. Or just look up "Endless Loop" in Help. You'll find an explanation of what it is and how to fix it. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri,

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicates

2012-10-12 Thread Brian/Support
From your symptom you have one of two possible situations. The most probable, since this is a descendant chart, is that you have a circular link between people in your file. Someone is incorrectly linked as a child for one of their descendants. This can happen where you have several people with th

[LegacyUG] duplicates

2012-10-12 Thread MJ SA
I am trying to print a descendant Chart, but I keep getting a warning box it says This marriage has been processed and I keep clicking continue now the marriage has been processed 3 times. Why? Why can't I check for duplicates or print? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.

[LegacyUG] Duplicates in Report

2011-06-01 Thread sarlesinsight
Since I got no responses about my problem with people being duplicated in a descendant narrative report, I think I have learned a lesson that is worth sharing. For the second time I have wasted lots of time trying to solve a problem in the Report Option screen. Both times I learned that the proble