Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers

2013-08-22 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/08/22 04:06, Ron Taylor wrote: There is one unusual way to make use of the User ID. Under Merge OptionsSpecial Duplicate SearchesFind duplicates using only User ID Number the program provides a way to merge based on the contents of the User ID field. If a process were to

RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search Family Tree Interface

2013-08-22 Thread Gavin Nicholson
Hi listers, Ok I have watched the video and looked through the help but can't find an answer to this. I have been looking at the Family Search integration interface. If I select to share something with family search it brings up a dialog box which has in the bottom left corner Source

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search Family Tree Interface

2013-08-22 Thread Brian/Support
The sharing of sources between Legacy and Family Tree is one of the FamilyTree+ features. Legacy is not yet certified for that feature but we are working toward getting the FamilyTree+ certifications. When we have that level of certification your Legacy sources will transfer to FT. When you elect

RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search Family Tree Interface

2013-08-22 Thread Gavin Nicholson
Hi Brian, OK that explains my left to right transfer question. As for your question when I try and do a right to left there isn't any options available. The box heading of SOURCE CITATION OPTIONS is there but there is nothing under it. I know what should be there because I saw it in the video

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers

2013-08-22 Thread Brian/Support
The Family Search ID Number will be a merge option in Legacy 8.0 Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers

2013-08-22 Thread Ron Taylor
And another possibility would be to copy the Family Search ID into the AFN and use the existing logic that I mentioned. Ron Taylor From: Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 1:54 AM Subject: Re:

[LegacyUG] Webinar - Heritage Collector

2013-08-22 Thread Syble Glasscock
 I noticed that he demonstrated how you could take/steal a photo from a Family Tree on the Family Search website and drag it into this Heritage Collector software on your computer.   I would think this is illegal,  I've had numerous photos taken from my website and from where I've posted on

RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search Family Tree Interface

2013-08-22 Thread Gavin Nicholson
Just to provide a bit more information. With more use I have found that sometimes the options do display. I'm assuming this might have something to do with the ACTION that it is about to perform but I'm not sure. -Original Message- From: Gavin Nicholson [mailto:gavn...@hotmail.com]

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search Family Tree Interface

2013-08-22 Thread Brian/Support
Maybe you are bringing in Info from FT where Legacy does not allow a source to be assigned. Since you cannot link a source to everything maybe LFT is smart enough to know you cannot link a source to that data in Legacy so it is not going to create a citation. Make a note next time this happens of:

[LegacyUG] Families 1.8.3 for Android

2013-08-22 Thread Malcolm Green
Families 1.8.3 for Android is now available in Android Market/Google Play and SlideME, and should be available within the next few days in the Amazon Appstore and Nook Store. This fixes the crash which occurred when opening a file created with Legacy 7.5.0.268. Malcolm Green TelGen Limited

RE: [LegacyUG] Family Search Family Tree Interface

2013-08-22 Thread Gavin Nicholson
I can see now that if I am trying to bring a person across, say a child that I might have missing then the source options are not there. However, if I do any date based item (marriage, birth or death) then that works as does the name of the actual person I am working on?? Actually I just found

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom User ID Numbers

2013-08-22 Thread singhals
Ron Taylor wrote: There is one unusual way to make use of the User ID. Under Merge OptionsSpecial Duplicate SearchesFind duplicates using only User ID Number the program provides a way to merge based on the contents of the User ID field. If a process were to populate User ID with the Family

Re: [LegacyUG] Families 1.8.3 for Android

2013-08-22 Thread Larry Lee
Malcolm, When I went to Google Play there are buttons for uninstall and open but how do you update from the previous version? Larry Lee Sent from my Nook HD+ On Aug 22, 2013 6:38 AM, Malcolm Green malc...@telgen.co.uk wrote: Families 1.8.3 for Android is now available in Android Market/Google

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar - Heritage Collector

2013-08-22 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Syble, if like the rest of us who photograph sites for findagrave and other FREE online sites, you don't mind if people use the pics for their own (not charging) use. It seems to me that putting these photos in their trees is OK - a credit would be nice! I would use a watermark if I had a

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Report

2013-08-22 Thread Chuck Schober
Thanks to ALL who replied. FYI I don't plan to print, but save to PDF to distribute to those who wish a copy. Thanks Again chuck On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.comwrote: Interesting option - had not noticed that before. :-) I thought I'd take a look,

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar - Heritage Collector

2013-08-22 Thread Syble Glasscock
 Yes, I don't have a problem with anyone using my photos in the own genealogy database as long as they or anyone they share it with does not put it online.  I really don't know how to put a watermark on the photo, but I have gone back and added a copyright to them or Private Photo provided by

[LegacyUG] Photos, book and Legacy

2013-08-22 Thread Paulette Martinez
I have inherited from my sister a box of old unmarked family pictures going back to 1900. I am the elder of the family and the only one left with the undocumented memories. I know I should scan the pictures, but right now I am looking for a fast and easy way to organize the pictures, labels them

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar - Heritage Collector

2013-08-22 Thread Modena1920
I had a similar problem, I gave a gedcom to a relative for a wedding present, as with you, a fellow researcher noticed my name and info on Ancestry, this person had posted the whole file, living individuals with data included.  They removed it and I sent a rather scathing email to the gift

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar - Heritage Collector

2013-08-22 Thread Ron Ferguson
Syble, Copyright of photos always belongs to the photographer unless assigned by him/her. However, one must be very careful when adding photos to sites such as those which you mention. It is essential to read carefully the detailed terms and conditions to ensure that they are not being given

RE: [LegacyUG] Webinar - Heritage Collector

2013-08-22 Thread CE WOOD
Watermarks are easily eliminated using a program such as Photoshop. Unfortunately, there really is no way to make sure your photos are not used except to not post them. MyFamily.com used to be secure, but ancestry.com bought them and has stopped supporting them or keeping them current, trying

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos, book and Legacy

2013-08-22 Thread singhals
I'm sorry to hear of your medical status. We barely avoided that bullet recently on a relative's 4th bout with the Big-C. I know exactly how tired you are. So, believe me when I suggest you're trying to bite off more than you can chew alone. If you belong to a religious group of any flavor, ask

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos, book and Legacy

2013-08-22 Thread Michael Slater
Paulette, may I suggest that you contact your nearest Family History Center and ask them to get some Family History Consultants involved with helping you. I know they will do it with pleasure. Take care On 22 August 2013 13:36, Paulette Martinez rivo...@gmail.com wrote: I have inherited from

[LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display

2013-08-22 Thread Alan Wakenhut
On her blog today, Michele Lewis gave an example shoeing different headings in the family view page, rather than the default headings, of: * Born * Bapt * Died * Buried * Dth Cau. Michele had: * Born * Died * Buried *

Re: [LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display

2013-08-22 Thread Randy Clark
It, of course, depends on where the cemetery name is entered. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Alan Wakenhut a...@genealogygenius.comwrote: On her blog today, Michele Lewis gave an example shoeing different headings in the family view page, rather than the default headings, of:*** * **·

RE: [LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display

2013-08-22 Thread Michele Lewis
I guess I should be the one to answer this :) It depends on how you have your Cemetery information entered. I have cemetery as an event so that I can use the notes section for the tombstone transcription. Right click the labels and select EVENT. Once you do that your event list comes up.

Re: [LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display

2013-08-22 Thread Sherry/Support
If you enter the Cemetery as an Event then you can select to show the Event in the Family View. Select Event in the Customize window and select the Cemetery event. I like to use a Cemetery event for my Cemetery information - there is so much more you can do with Events than the Cemetery Address

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos, book and Legacy

2013-08-22 Thread Syble Glasscock
I applaud you for trying to preserve the family photos and history, it sounds like you have a good start in the right directions. Syble From: Paulette Martinez rivo...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:36 PM

Re: [LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display

2013-08-22 Thread Kathy Thompson
I think I need to find Michele's blog On 23/08/2013, at 6:02 AM, Michele Lewis ancestor...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I should be the one to answer this J It depends on how you have your Cemetery information entered. I have cemetery as an event so that I can use the notes section for the

RE: [LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display

2013-08-22 Thread Michele Lewis
It is at http://ancestoring.blogspot.com :) :) :) Michele From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:59 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display I think I need to find Michele's blog

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos, book and Legacy

2013-08-22 Thread Carl Cox
BYU has a scanner that will scan all the pictures at one scan per second or faster to a thumb drive. You could identify the back, then keep them in the same order so that you can display front and back together while you add the details in whatever way works. The BYU scanning is free, and

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar - Heritage Collector

2013-08-22 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
A lot of pictures were taken by my father, who died in 1948, so I presume I can just use them. What do I do with pictures taken between 1910 and 1917, obviously by a professional, but on which there are no markings indicating who? Most in Phillipsburg, NJ. And what about a picture of my father

RE: [LegacyUG] Photos, book and Legacy

2013-08-22 Thread gregory.wint...@pc-bs.com
Paulette: You’ve touched upon another aspect of genealogy software that I was going to bring up in a separate thread, but you’ve beaten me to the punch! ☺ As far as I know, there isn’t a single genealogy product on the market that will manage an artifacts database alongside the data

Re: [LegacyUG] Customizing Family View Info Display

2013-08-22 Thread Kathy Thompson
Thanks Michele :) On 23 August 2013 08:07, Michele Lewis ancestor...@gmail.com wrote: It is at http://ancestoring.blogspot.com J J J ** ** ** ** Michele ** ** ** ** *From:* Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:59 PM *To:*