Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread Genealogy mail
Kevin, First I have a standard which I use of city,county/shire,state/province,country I have this set for all locations that I use and I have the county verification turned on so that it alerts me to the problem. When I have a location that is preUSA I geocode the present location ex.

Re: [LegacyUG] Neophyte researcher and user of Legacy software

2011-01-23 Thread Genealogy mail
Denise, If you want to see the long place names on the Family view screen then goto OptionsView and uncheck “Short Location Names on Screens” and save. This will display the long location on all screens. Russ From: Kathy Meyer Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:24 PM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] How to manage Research / TODOs / Sources ?

2011-01-24 Thread Genealogy mail
First let me say that I have just submitted a bug report in connection with the To-Do list not showing the Individual To-Do's when the drop-down list at the top of the screen is Changed to Individual To-Dos and you are Viewing an Unfiltered List. I am using the current build. To James, What is a

Re: [LegacyUG] View All Sources From Tagged Individuals? Part II

2011-01-24 Thread Genealogy mail
David, There is no way to search for tagged individuals from the Master Source list you can only tag/untag, clear tags for people using that source. However you can create a search list that shows individuals that have a source assigned to one of their fields. To do this part I would first untag

Re: [LegacyUG] View All Sources From Tagged Individuals? Part II

2011-01-24 Thread Genealogy mail
Ron, I posted before I saw your post. However, if you leave the last box blank on the second row it will show all sources that are used by the individual. and as my post added that for what he wants to do is a three step process requiring that all his master sources be untagged to begin with and

Re: [LegacyUG] Repeating info Direct Line

2011-01-26 Thread Genealogy mail
Or even easier if the data is the same for the same field that was used for the previous person entered, then just left-click on the word label for that field and it will enter the info that was used before. If it is different data but used previously then you can do the Right-click to get the

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering adoptions

2011-01-28 Thread Genealogy mail
Scott, Another way to do it would be to go to William’s screen and add a wife with just the surname of Bulmer (the listed surname of the child and easier to check for a birth record also), then when the marriage screen opens put a check mark in the box “This couple did not marry”. In the

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering adoptions

2011-01-28 Thread Genealogy mail
Scott, Do you have any proof that Maud was William’s child? Seems strange that if she was his, that once he married, that he would leave her behind. Perhaps she was orphaned in 1881 and Elizabeth adopted her sometime between 1881 and 1891 (adoption record?). If any of this is true then she

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering adoptions - With Thanks

2011-01-28 Thread Genealogy mail
From: Genealogy mail rgstrong-ge...@hughes.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Fri, January 28, 2011 3:54:03 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering adoptions Scott, Another way to do it would be to go to William’s screen and add a wife with just the surname of Bulmer

Re: [LegacyUG] Entering adoptions

2011-01-28 Thread Genealogy mail
From: Genealogy mail rgstrong-ge...@hughes.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Fri, January 28, 2011 4:07:47 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering adoptions Scott, Do you have any proof that Maud was William’s child? Seems strange that if she was his, that once he

Re: [LegacyUG] copying and pasting sources

2011-01-30 Thread Genealogy mail
Inta, Have you used the ToolsAdvanced Sourcing screen, which allows you to apply the same source to multiple individuals or marriages at one time? First create a list of the individuals you wish to apply the source to and tag them with one of your tags. Then go to the ToolsAdvanced Sourcing

Re: [LegacyUG] using multiple computers/backing up

2011-02-01 Thread Genealogy mail
Syble, Why not just use the backup and restore function built into Legacy. Main PC: 1. Backup file and multimedia letting both have date added to filename. 2. copy backup files to a thumbdrive or network drive. 3. then copy the backup files back to the laptop’s Legacy folder where you keep

Re: [LegacyUG] using multiple computers

2011-02-01 Thread Genealogy mail
Sandy, See my post to Syble Russ From: Sandy Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:17 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] using multiple computers Hi everyone, I did read this on legacy years ago but did not think I would need it. Can someone tell me how when you are using 2

Re: [LegacyUG] Emails not getting through

2011-02-03 Thread Genealogy mail
Gwen, I am cc this message to you incase you still are not seeing the messages. Have you been able to see any of the group's messages? Yours are getting through. If you haven't then you need to put the LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com in your address book so that the messages are not filtered out

Re: [LegacyUG] How to manage Research / TODOs / Sources ?

2011-02-04 Thread Genealogy mail
William, To keep the closed To Do's from showing when you open the ToDo window. Put a checkmark in the Open box and down in the bottom left hand corner put a check mark in the box for Apply Filter Options when opening this To-Do-List then when you open the To-Do list only the boxes you have

Re: [LegacyUG] Ordinances

2011-02-07 Thread Genealogy mail
Patti, Go to the http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp and put a check mark in the email lists you want to subscribe to and uncheck the one you are already on. Make sure the radio button for Subscribe is picked and your email address in the box, and then click on Send Request you will

Re: [LegacyUG] Repeating info and direct line

2011-02-10 Thread Genealogy mail
Gwen, Actually if the information for the field you are on is the same as the previous person then all you have to do is click on the fields label and it will put the same information in that field. If the information is not the same as the previous person but was used before then you can

Re: [LegacyUG] Norfolk County Massachusetts

2011-02-11 Thread Genealogy mail
of the same person's record. --Jerry / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org On 02/10/2011 02:06 PM, Genealogy mail wrote: It is not a bug, that is how the verifier works. To keep the error from showing she can create a new place of ,Norfolk County,,Massachusetts Bay Colony and in the notes

Re: [LegacyUG] GeoLocation database

2011-02-12 Thread Genealogy mail
Randy, You didn't say what you were trying to do. Usually you would use that part if you wanted to move the GeoLocation database to another location on your hard drive or to add another GeoLocation database to the current one. If you are trying to find a location in the database that is not in

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy run on Disk

2011-02-13 Thread Genealogy mail
Not the same as what the OP asked. DVD-ROM and CD disks are different media that Legacy cannot write to, where as a USB stick is just like another hard disk and can be written to. Russ -Original Message- From: Tim Rosenlof Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 10:30 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Photos Help

2011-02-13 Thread Genealogy mail
Not true, Legacy stores the link to the photos that is why when you send a file to someone you also have to send the multimedia files that go with them. russ -Original Message- From: kramer...@comcast.net Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 3:46 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject:

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging

2011-02-24 Thread Genealogy mail
gc, If you had previously added a description to your tags you can find them by doing the shortcut cntrl-t or goto the edit menu and select Tag Records. With the Advanced Tagging screen open you can rename what you assigned your tags to. And if you click on the Tags to Show button you can change

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-----Sources for Photos

2011-02-25 Thread Genealogy mail
I agree that the tombstone is the source and the cemetery is the repository, and the photo is a recorded image of the source. If the photo is from someone else then you just cite the photo with the creator/owner of the photo and date if known. Russ From: Perk Bingham Sent: Friday, February 25,

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-----Sources for Photos

2011-02-25 Thread Genealogy mail
Gary, To answer your question, they did in fact program a means to source Photographs, portraits sketches using SourceWriter if you have the Deluxe version. Add a new source and choose Photographs, portraits sketches from the list of source types and follow the prompts. Russ -Original

Re: [LegacyUG] Capitals

2011-03-16 Thread Genealogy mail
I have not experienced it, however, if you want your surnames to be all capital letters then go to Options Customize Data Format and under Letter Case for Surnames pick the UPPERCASE option and click the Apply button and this will change all your surnames to uppercase and will continue when