Re: [LegacyUG] to-do list

2010-03-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:09:31 -0400, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: I went to To Do list on View and added them there. I checked every filter I could find. You also need to make sure the Filter Options are set correctly on the tab on the To-Do Report window. If, after checking the

Re: [LegacyUG] to-do list

2010-03-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Did you try deleting ToDoRpt.usr like I suggested? On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:23:25 -0400, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: I find that any To Do I originated prior to this month will come up on preview. Any To Do that I have made this month will not. I upgraded to the latest version

[LegacyUG] Three source questions

2010-03-18 Thread Scott Hall
1. What do people put under source for name? All records/books/materials discovered in which the name appears? Only the one it was first discovered? Something else? Nothing? 2. When using a published lineage book as a source (such as the many family genealogy books published in the 19th

Re: [LegacyUG] Print name list as seen with short dates only

2010-03-18 Thread Gene Young
Peter Simpson wrote: Time to see if this forum can crack a problem. A number of our user group have been for too long trying every means possible to achieve what we believed should be the simplest of tasks. Finally one of our group enquired to Legacy tech support and received a confusing

Re: [LegacyUG] to-do list

2010-03-18 Thread Connie Sheets
To print a To-Do list of General To-Do items (these instructions assume you did not assign a category or locality when you created the item): From the Reports Menu: All ReportsTo Do Items On the Record Selection Tab: General Tasks Not Tied to An Individual What To Include Tab: Ensure at

Re: [LegacyUG] to-do list

2010-03-18 Thread Jane Sarles
I find that any To Do I originated prior to this month will come up on preview. Any To Do that I have made this month will not. I upgraded to the latest version with the month. I think it must be related to that. Jane On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Print name list as seen with short dates only

2010-03-18 Thread Lionel Carter
Gene Young wrote: Peter Simpson wrote: Time to see if this forum can crack a problem. A number of our user group have been for too long trying every means possible to achieve what we believed should be the simplest of tasks. Finally one of our group enquired to Legacy tech support and

Re: [LegacyUG] Three source questions

2010-03-18 Thread Connie Sheets
Scott Hall wrote: 1.  What do people put under source for name? All records/books/materials discovered in which the name appears?  Only the one it was first discovered? Something else?  Nothing? If you're asking what source(s) I assign to the person's name, mostly, I put those sources

Re: [LegacyUG] Three source questions

2010-03-18 Thread Scott Hall
Thanks for the replies. The reason I was asking about names is because one of my principal sources is a Settler's History published some 160 years ago which lists the genealogy and descendants of the first settlers in a particular area. It is from this book, for example, that I know Ancestor #1

Re: [LegacyUG] Recorded of [PLACE], and Lived in [PLACE]

2010-03-18 Thread Ron Ferguson
Scott Hall wrote: Hey again ... Another question for the group. One of my principal sources has information like this entry: 'Catherine married Joel C. Homan, son of Thomas H., of Mendham; lived there, and had children:' I'm trying to figure out the best way to record in Legacy the of

Re: [LegacyUG] Recorded of [PLACE], and Lived in [PLACE]

2010-03-18 Thread Ron Ferguson
Ward, As I tried to explain in my response, perhaps badly, your interpretation of the meaning is but one of the possibilities. You may be right, on the other hand of Mendham could refer to Joel. I'm not taking bets. Ron Ferguson _ Create your

Re: [LegacyUG] Three source questions

2010-03-18 Thread Jenny M Benson
Scott Hall wrote 1. What do people put under source for name? All records/books/materials discovered in which the name appears? Only the one it was first discovered? Something else? Nothing? It depends! For starts usually the first place I find it, then usually as many more sources as are

Re: [LegacyUG] Recorded of [PLACE], and Lived in [PLACE]

2010-03-18 Thread Jenny M Benson
Scott Hall wrote One of my principal sources has information like this entry: 'Catherine married Joel C. Homan, son of Thomas H., of Mendham; lived there, and had children:' I'm trying to figure out the best way to record in Legacy the of and lived. Do you create custom events and record it

Re: [LegacyUG] Three source questions

2010-03-18 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
I use it, if I understand your question, When all I have is a name on a list, I then put the source for the listin the name field. Ex: Mary Smith signed the guestlist at a wedding (abt 1950). She might have been the date of either the single man above, or the one below her. None are related

Re: [LegacyUG] Baprism and Christening entries

2010-03-18 Thread Belinda Cohen
Thank you to everyone who replied to my question. The programme I was using is Generations Family tree. I have looked back at it to see if I can switch my information around before creating a gedcom. This would involve me sending one back from Legacy, switching and then creating a new one in

Re: [LegacyUG] Baprism and Christening entries

2010-03-18 Thread Ron Ferguson
Belinda, I am now very uncertain as to what you are after. In my first post I said that you can change *all* christenings to baptisms by using OptionsCustomiseData Format . I was then going off memory, so I have checked, and right enough my christenings have been changed. I then ran a Descendant

RE: [LegacyUG] Baprism and Christening entries

2010-03-18 Thread CE Wood
Have you looked at the Legacy Help file under GedcomsImport? Baptism versus Christening Some genealogy programs export christening information into a GEDCOM file using the BAPM tag instead of CHR. You can have Legacy put this information into the Christening fields during the import rather

[LegacyUG] Source questions

2010-03-18 Thread cabyers
It seems to me that every time you find a source that applies to your genealogy, you should add it to the event and person, assign it a surety level and comment on its quality, i.e., primary/secondary, Original/derivate record, who created it, when, for what purpose, information, and your

[LegacyUG] synchronising family search

2010-03-18 Thread Jeannie Muller
Hi, I have just recently downloaded the recent update 7.4 and now have the 2 way arrow icons on each person for synchronising to family search. I can not do this as I am not a member of the church so is there a way of deleteing this icon. Seems silly to have this if it is not available to all who