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317-881-4600 land line
On Saturday, August 03, 2019 09:22:00 AM EDT,
Christopher Seward Sr wrote:
James, I understand where you're coming from. I just think that
handling data in a manner that deviates from the standard is inviting
data integrity issues. As
problem. WV did not become a state
> until June 20, 1863. On top of that many counties within the state were
> divided over many years, far too many for me to recall them all. Then there
> is the problem of knowing locations but not dates so one cannot be certain
> of entries
> Bill
>
Saturday, August 03, 2019 10:02:53 PM EDT,
Christopher Seward Sr. wrote:
James,
It makes perfect sense. "New York" - is that New York City, New York
County, or New York State?
New York ,,,USA would be city
,New York ,,USA would be county
,,New York ,USA would be st
Andrew,
You were directing the conversation. I thought maybe we had a new
moderator. Just wondering.
On 9/2/2019 1:51 PM, Andrew Robbie wrote:
No, why do you ask?
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different Gedcom programs.
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James, I understand where you're coming from. I just think that
handling data in a
al Rpublic of Germany. This junk belongs in the notes not in
the primary entry.
Hoosierly yours,
James G. Hermsen
8108 Laura Lynne Lane
Indianapolis, IN 46217
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On Saturday, August 03, 2019 09:22:00 AM EDT,
Christopher Seward Sr wrote:
You are free to record as you choose, but keep in mind that if you
publish & share this information, your method goes against the standard,
and can cause issues.
An example for me was importing a person's info into my file. I kept
getting import errors stating the the location (birth place)
Indianapolis, IN 46217
317-679-1466 cell
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On Thursday, August 01, 2019 08:16:01 PM EDT,
Christopher Seward Sr. wrote:
You are free to record as you choose, but keep in mind that if you
publish & share this information, your method goes against the
stan
Steve,
Technically speaking - a census is an event, that has both a residence
and a date (useful for getting approximate ages). It cannot be assumed
that the census residence is necessarily the residence of the person on
the census.
My grandfather was a perfect example. He was down the
Group,
All of a sudden (within the last week or so), nearly every record
(10,000) in my file shows a message (!) that the LDS Baptism is
missing. Having made no changes to my file in some time (only opened
for viewing), I am certain that something has changed in the program (or
it's link to
Trevor,
Don't automatically assume something is wrong. My brothers are shown as
my 4th cousins, once-removed. Turns out that my great-great
grandparents were 1st cousins.
Christopher
On 10/15/2019 4:23 PM, Trevor Good wrote:
Hi Everyone
I set "My Relationship" to me and ran process, to
And those manifests were used to fill out Passenger Arrival Lists (what
I and others refer to as ledgers). This comes directly from the Ellis
Island website.
I'm not sure why people are so passionate about stating that these
errors never happened, when indeed they did, even according to
Marie,
I would disagree with that first statement. In my years of doing
research, I have heard stories where the workers at Ellis Island entered
names into the ledgers incorrectly. If they were unable to discern the
name from the ships manifest, they would of write down the names as THEY
You're entitled. I will say that I have interviewed people who will
attest to my statements. Also, an investigative article by the
Smithsonian found that inspectors would sometimes correct what they felt
to be spelling errors on the ships' manifests. If they admitted that
they did it, I
://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/88_donna.html
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/02/name-changes-ellis-island
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/29/ellis-island-names/
On 11/23/2019 3:06 PM, Christopher Seward Sr. wrote:
Marie,
I would disagree with that first statement. In my years
Excellent advice, Linda!
On 11/24/2019 7:21 AM, Linda Greethurst wrote:
When I started my genealogical research many years ago, I was told to
ignore spelling (one s or double s; D or T; -son or -sen; kn or just
n; etc). Say the name out loud - if it sounds familiar, consider it
and research
Is this "new feature" what's responsible for most of my links to people
in FamilySearch being gone today?
On 1/22/2020 2:48 PM, Michele Lewis wrote:
The developers have added a new feature to the Legacy FamilySearch
interface. Check it out!
On 23-Jan.-20 9:51 a.m., Christopher Seward Sr. wrote:
> > Is this "new feature" what's responsible for most of my links to people
> > in FamilySearch being gone today?
> >
>
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I don't even see an Update Matches listed in the help file, much less in
the program. Where can I find that?
On 1/27/2020 6:26 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote:
Scott,
I think you may get the red arrows back or at least the FS arrow if
you click Update Matches and choose Check linked individuals for
Coming from Baltimore, Maryland, I have this in a LOT of my entries. I
ha found that using this format suites my needs in properly identifying
that it is an independent city, but also making it easy to differentiate
it from being an actual place name:
/Baltimore, (Independent City),
Yes, Baltimore wasfirst established by the Constitution of Maryland as
anindependent cityin 1729.
On 2/18/2020 7:52 PM, Shirley Crampton wrote:
Was Baltimore an independent city in 1832?
Shirley
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 6:53 PM Christopher Seward Sr.
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and counties.
Thanks everyone!
Robin
Original message
From: "Christopher Seward Sr."
Date: 2/18/20 3:52 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Independent Cities
Coming from Baltimore, Maryland, I have this in a LOT of my entries.
Trevor,
The US Census has one here:
https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-geodatabase-file.html
Ciao
Christopher
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 1:40 PM Trevor Good wrote:
> Hi to my American Friends
>
> I'm down here in little New Zealand reading with interest the
Ronald, I would disagree. Ignoring a problem, or pretending that a
problem doesn't make you want to use a different solution, doesn't fix
the problem. If Dennis is expressing that this issue is bothersome
enough to make him consider using a different product, knowing that I am
not the only
Kelly
On 12-Apr.-20 10:53 p.m., Christopher Seward Sr. wrote:
I know this has been a while, but confusion still abounds. Within
Legacy, there is a place to manually enter DNA results into a
person's record. The only problem is that the available fields do
not match the data. You state that the
I know this has been a while, but confusion still abounds. Within
Legacy, there is a place to manually enter DNA results into a person's
record. The only problem is that the available fields do not match the
data. You state that the only thing we can do with DNA is attach the
file in the
Brian,
You make an excellent point. I have had myriad data that I have imported
from other sources where I have had to change capitalization errors due
to all-caps to first-upper conversions. Example: Mccullough, Mccrory,
and Mcnamee in my case. These should be McCullough, McCrory, and
No judgement here, just something to think about - our genealogy data is
not really ours. It is a legacy for those to come after. I personally
weigh my preferences against the "standard", keeping in mind that my
data is there to be shared. The more standard formats I can follow, the
easier
I second this idea. I have a similar issue. Creating a "Find A Grave
Memorial" event works nicely.
Ciao,
Christopher
On 9/21/2020 8:59 AM, Brian Kelly wrote:
Richard,
I would use an Event named Find A Grave for the duplicate (or for both
if you wish) and enter only one in the FindaGrave
I have to chime in here, because I have an issue that now, after reading
these posts, appears to be related.
I use 2 monitors, with the desktop extended. When I try to move Legacy
from one desktop to the other, and it snaps to full screen, but it snaps
to full screen on the other display,
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