Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Problem

2012-02-15 Thread Colin Liddell
Wendy, thank you for your reply. In my case there are no half marriages or broken ;line in the descent from ym g grandmother to me and in the case of my cousin, I am fairly positive there are none in her line but I will cjeck again. I have run Check and Repair with no improvement so my next

Re: [LegacyUG] What name to use?

2012-02-15 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/02/15 04:19, R G Strong-genes wrote: Actually all you have to do in Family view is right click on the person and then pick the menu item Addbrother or sister Brother and Sister as options aren't enabled unless there is at least one parent. You can't move him down into the children's

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Problem

2012-02-15 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 15/02/2012 08:05, Colin Liddell wrote: In my case there are no half marriages or broken ;line in the descent from ym g grandmother to me and in the case of my cousin, I am fairly positive there are none in her line but I will cjeck again. I have run Check and Repair with no improvement so

[LegacyUG] Producing search list

2012-02-15 Thread Jean Suplick
I want to conduct a Social Security Death Index search blitz and try to locate entries for all the eligible people in my database who don't already have an existing source citation for the SSDI. So... I'd like to produce a search list of all the people in my database with 2 conditions: 1.

Re: [LegacyUG] Colonial Secretary's Papers and Source Writer

2012-02-15 Thread Ron Ferguson
Carol, Your comment that Source Writer is only suitable for American Sources is incorrect. There are specific templates for BMDs and censuses for the constituent countries of the British Isles. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: cr brassfield Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1:48

Re: [LegacyUG] Producing search list

2012-02-15 Thread Ron Ferguson
Jean, If you tag all those with an SSDI with, say, tag1 then search for all those where tag1 is equal to untagged, you will have those you are looking for. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Jean Suplick Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 3:53 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Producing search list

2012-02-15 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/02/15 18:04, Ron Ferguson wrote: If you tag all those with an SSDI with, say, tag1 then search for all those where tag1 is equal to untagged, you will have those you are looking for. And, you also have to eliminate everyone who died before SSDI was introduced in the 20thc :-) --

RE: [LegacyUG] Producing search list

2012-02-15 Thread Morris M. Sonnier
Legacy’s Add-On Gen-Smarts will do that for you. As a matter of fact, it is on sale right now. Gen-Smarts will also tell you which records need articles from Genealogybank.com and many others. It allows you to isolate what type of record. Morris Sonnier From: Jean Suplick

RE: [LegacyUG] Producing search list

2012-02-15 Thread Bobby Johnson
Here is my way of finding those who may be included in the SSDI and have not been found or entered into Legacy. Detailed Search Part 1 Look for whom? Individual Where to look? Birth Date How to look? After What to look for? 1873 second condition (and) Look for whom? Individual

[LegacyUG] Today's webinar - sign in early

2012-02-15 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
If you're planning to join today's webinar, sign in at least 15-20 minutes early, or even earlier. Nearly 2,000 have registered but only the first 1,000 to join will be able to join. See you there! Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] What name to use?

2012-02-15 Thread Paula Ryburn
Admittedly, I do not use the webpage-generation feature, but if they're unknown, what's the point of including them as specific individuals? I guess you must have one piece of information on each individual that made you decide to add them...? Otherwise, there's not any value in having the

Re: [LegacyUG] What name to use?

2012-02-15 Thread Paula Ryburn
Good point, Mike. I had a picture of missing spouse in mind as I was reading these posts. Thanks. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale

RE: [LegacyUG] Colonial Secretary's Papers and Source Writer

2012-02-15 Thread cr brassfield
Ron I stand corrected although having just taken a look at the templates I think I prefer the system I have set up. That though is probably just a personal preference for a system I have got used to using. Carol From: ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

RE: [LegacyUG] Producing search list

2012-02-15 Thread cr brassfield
Bobby Part 1 first section Why have you put 1873? I can understand 1935 in 2nd section as SS only started in a limited way then but I don't understand after 1873 for birth date. My husband's grandfather was born in 1870 and died in 1965 and is shown in SSDI. It's not a mistype as I have a

Re: [LegacyUG] Controlling Subsequent Citation Details [WAS: Legacy 7.5 and source citation import?]

2012-02-15 Thread Ward Walker
It had been my understanding that subsequent citations only apply to SourceWriter sources. A quick look at the previews of some of my sources initially appeared to confirm this. However, I now see that text entered on the Text/Comments tab of a Basic source detail, with the checkbox checked to

RE: [LegacyUG] Producing search list

2012-02-15 Thread Bobby Johnson
Carol, You can find people in the SSDI with birthdates as early as 1874. Although they are few of them, it just might be that they are there. You may not find many that died before 1940 or even 1961 but there are a few. The death index was not computerized until the early 1960’s Entries

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharpen Your Pencils

2012-02-15 Thread Paula Ryburn
Thx, Laird. Indexed censuses, I hope. Heritage Quest has 1830-50 as browse-only. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharpen Your Pencils

2012-02-15 Thread Paula Ryburn
Thx, Paul. I like your program. Additional names on females is great! Although I think I have very few if any mysteries left to solve in the 1940 time-frame. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton

Re: [LegacyUG] Sharpen Your Pencils

2012-02-15 Thread Paula Ryburn
Can just anyone volunteer? --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and source citation import?

2012-02-15 Thread Paula Ryburn
Leonard, If I am reading you correctly, I don't go so far as to indicate in the census detail citation which piece(s) of information are supported. I mean, I attach the detail citation to the pieces / fields that are supported, but I am not trying to print that out. I have the little source

Re: [LegacyUG] Controlling Subsequent Citation Details [WAS: Legacy 7.5 and source citation import?]

2012-02-15 Thread Paula Ryburn
Aha... I use the census source writer templates. Explains a bit of our disconnect. But maybe part of the reason your endnotes consume so many pages is your desire to have a citation print for every field sourced on an individual? Well, again it does boil down to personal preference, and I think

[LegacyUG] Legacy Update

2012-02-15 Thread Tim Rosenlof
v7.5.0.147 - New General Release Builds - 15 February 2012 Check your Legacy Home Tab -- Tim Rosenlof Always Source Your Work Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] What name to use?

2012-02-15 Thread Jerry
Here's my thinking on it, Paula, trying to explain as briefly as possible. Quite often when you go to a genealogy website, the first thing you do is pull up the master person list to check for your possible ancestors. On many websites (if not most), you will see the very top of the list will

Re: [LegacyUG] Producing search list

2012-02-15 Thread Jean Suplick
Sweet! Now why didn't I think of that? Thanks, Ron! On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote: Jean, If you tag all those with an SSDI with, say, tag1 then search for all those where tag1 is equal to untagged, you will have those you are looking

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and source citation import?

2012-02-15 Thread Chick Lewis
I have been following both these threads and have come to the conclusion that SourceWriter is not all it's cracked up to be. I stopped using SW several months ago and have been contemplating returning to Basic Sources. After following this discussion, I have decided to do that. I know most

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Problem

2012-02-15 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi Colin, In my case there are no half marriages or broken ;line in the descent from ym g grandmother to me and in the case of my cousin, I am fairly positive there are none in her line but I will cjeck again. I have run Check and Repair with no improvement so my next step is to check with

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and source citation import?

2012-02-15 Thread Michele Lewis
I just finished my portfolio for the Board for the Certification of Genealogists (BCG). During that process I found that my SW sources did not match the Evidence Explained formats exactly and instead of being able to copy and paste, I had to hand type them correctly. I am seriously thinking

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and source citation import? / controlling subsequent citations

2012-02-15 Thread Paula Ryburn
Can you share with us which source writer templates produced unsatisfactory citations? Surely, not all of them? And being these two threads are mainly about the subsequent citations - was that where the problems were? Thanks. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley

[LegacyUG] Webinar Wednesday - recording of 10 Brick Wall Tips for Beginners is now online

2012-02-15 Thread Geoff Rasmussen
Marian Pierre-Louis did a fantastic job today in our webinar. View the recording (free until Monday, February 27) at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp. The recording is also available on her CD (includes 4 pages of handouts) at

[LegacyUG] Re: Legacy 7.5 and source citation import?

2012-02-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
I just finished my portfolio for the Board for the Certification of Genealogists (BCG). During that process I found that my SW sources did not match the Evidence Explained formats exactly and instead of being able to copy and paste, I had to hand type them correctly. I am seriously thinking

[LegacyUG] Marriage List

2012-02-15 Thread M Sonnier
I have 129 Records which have junk from a FTM import.  Through a detailed search, I have been able to isolate these files and then designate them in Name List using tag # 9.  I can edit general notes, medical notes, research notes, but I do not see a way to edit the marriage notes.  When I

Re: [LegacyUG] Marriage List

2012-02-15 Thread Brian/Support
Search Find Detailed Search Search for Individuals with Tag 9 Equal to tagged. With the search list displayed select the Family tab on the right. If the person is married you will see a button to edit the marriage You can edit the marriage notes from the marriage edit screen. Brian Customer

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and source citation import? / controlling subsequent citations

2012-02-15 Thread Michele Lewis
It was little things on several different types of sources. I can’t remember exactly. I would look it up in the book and then look at how it was in Legacy and it wouldn’t match exactly. It wasn’t something glaring but small things. However, I wanted my sources to be 100% consistent and

RE: [LegacyUG] Marriage List

2012-02-15 Thread Morris M. Sonnier
Hi Brian, Works great. Thanks Morris Sonnier -Original Message- From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:58 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Marriage List Search Find Detailed Search Search for

[LegacyUG] chat notes for brick wall webinar

2012-02-15 Thread unique64 Riley
I forgot to copy the chat notes from todays Ten Brick Wall Tips for Beginners webinar. They were so good! Can anyone share those with me? Thanks, Monique Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Update

2012-02-15 Thread Larry McCumber
I'm with you Tim. Actually I would like to go back one release. 7.5.0.112 really screwed up my database. I now have sources assigned to people who have nothing to do with that source. Problem is finding all of these incorrect assignments. I have backups before converting to 7.5.0.112, but

Re: [LegacyUG] How to add illegitimate child

2012-02-15 Thread Jean Suplick
A child always has a mother and a father. That's the way the world works. Full stop, as they say. The father may not be a husband of the mother, lawfully wed and all. Would you agree? In the Legacy database, every child is entitled to two parents, which reflects nature. So far so good. What

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5 and source citation import?

2012-02-15 Thread Mary Moyer
Chick I started converting my SW sources back to Basic about 6 months ago, mainly because I saw how mangled they are in transferring via GEDCOM to other programs. I've found it best to do it one source at a time. It's possible with Basic sources to figure out a way to match EE sources, but it