Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy not syncing in Dropbox

2014-10-16 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp I wish you would use a larger type. On my machine it comes out almost too small to read - I can with a magnifying glass. Elizabeth Cunningham Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to legacyusergroup mailing list

2014-10-13 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
. Elizabeth Cunningham Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com

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] proper format for Washington, DC

2012-09-08 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
Not to mention street addresses. Almost all my relatives lived in Philadelphia, and street addresses are essential. I have one grandfather who moved his family at least 15 times in less than 20 years. Without street addresses I am lost. Elizabeth C John S. Adams wrote: Many locations

[LegacyUG] Duplicate family

2012-07-03 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
Trying to find out something, the other day I went from my husband to his father, then his grandfather. Coming back, I wound up with his father having only one son - my husband's brother. I added my husband, and was told he was included with another family. I have discovered that my

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate family

2012-07-03 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
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 03/07/2012 07:51, Mike Fry wrote: On 2012/07/03 11:37, Elizabeth Cunningham

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicate family

2012-07-03 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
, Elizabeth Cunningham wrote: My father-in-law was only married once. So I have to try Mike's solution if I can figure out how to do it. Elizabeth Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail

Re: [LegacyUG] Facts

2011-08-22 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
I have a great-grandmother reported to be 20 years older than her husband (and so the death certificate proved.) However, she seems to have lost 10 or more years every census. Elizabeth C Ron Ferguson wrote: Paula, The probable year of birth when calculated from a census is not

Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file

2011-07-04 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
My ancestors were all very poor, and most lived below the radar. With my father's family, I feel lucky to have gotten to 1850 in one line. In my mother's it is easier. Her mother was from a group of Bucks County people who actually owned land. I can get my father's mother to a ship manifest,

Re: [LegacyUG] number of people in your file

2011-07-04 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
These were all Germans. My father's mother was from Baden-Wuerttemberg, cannot find out where my father's father was from. My mother's father was from Hesse, (I have not yet started on my husband's Irish ancestors.) Elizabeth C Mike Fry wrote: On 2011/07/04 18:43, Elizabeth Cunningham

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Calculator Question

2011-07-02 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Elizabeth Cunningham Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 2:40 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date Calculator Question A great-grandfather's headstone said he died in 1920, but the death certificate says 1926. I do not know

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Calculator Question

2011-07-01 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
A great-grandfather's headstone said he died in 1920, but the death certificate says 1926. I do not know who messed up, but I believe the death certificate as being done closer to the time of death. Elizabeth C John Carter wrote: I rarely trust ages or birth dates on tombstones

Re: [LegacyUG] connecting a couple together?

2011-05-15 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
The problem is that this is genealogy. I know at least 3 same-sex couples that have adopted children. Raised or are raising them very successfully too. Elizabeth C Gene Young wrote: On 5/15/2011 5:41 PM, CE Wood wrote: Geez! Bigotry in control. CE Nonsense. Its genealogy.

Re: [LegacyUG] Screen Moves Back and Forth

2011-04-18 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
Make sure your Scroll Lock is not on. Elizabeth C Diane Szabo wrote: Good morning! I had computer problems last week which required me to download Legacy Deluxe again in order to use the program. I then imported my Gedcom file and everything has been working fine, EXCEPT –

Re: [LegacyUG] sources

2010-12-28 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
I missed something. What is SW? Elizabeth C Ward Walker wrote: Tim, The quality of the conversion varies with the nature of the template. Some SW templates intersperse master and detail fields in the formatted output. Once the source is converted to Basic, you get all the

Re: [LegacyUG] Want to change Individual Information,,Jan Roberts

2010-12-06 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
You do not need christening records if you are Quaker, since Quakers do not baptize or christen. I can give you the theological reasons if you care. Elizabeth C Ron Ferguson wrote: Brian, I do not understand why you have no use for christening records. In all countries, prior to

Re: [Bulk] Re: [LegacyUG] REMINDER!

2010-10-26 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
And your two messages were in HTML Elizabeth C Jack Earnshaw wrote: And yet, despite the protestations, this email was in HTML. If you sent it as plain text then something strange is happening Jack *From:* Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] *Sent:* 26 October

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy terminology

2010-10-17 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
What do the British or others use for citations in scholarly papers? The Chicago Manual of Style is a lot used, but when I typed my husband's Master's thesis (in philosophy), he had to use the MLA (Modern Language Association) style guide. So what style guides are used in Europe or South Africa?

Re: [LegacyUG] Places

2010-09-14 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
I ignore the four field convention also. I live in the US, in a city, and I need to put street addresses in always. I have a grandfather with at least 15 street address in a half-mile radius in Philadelphia. I will just need to take my chances with the program. Elizabeth C Mary

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy problem

2010-08-24 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
That would be nice if I could get to the Help files. That is not possible either, I guess I might have to go for a total reinstall. I will then not have the updates, but I might be able to use the program. Elizabeth C Gene Young wrote: On 8/23/2010 9:50 PM, Elizabeth Cunningham

[LegacyUG] Legacy problem

2010-08-23 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
I have 2 computers. One is connected to the internet, and one, on which I do all my work, is not. I have Legacy 5 and Legacy 6 on that one. I tried to open a family file in Legacy 5, and was told I needed a newer copy of Legacy, so I tried to open it in Legacy 6. I keep getting told that the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy problem

2010-08-23 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
I did not knowingly configure my Legacy to look for updates. How can I correct it if I did so accidentally? Elizabeth C Ron Taylor wrote: Elizabeth, I have used Legacy since version 3 and I am now using version 7. I have always updated without any problem. I do have one computer

Re: [LegacyUG] Probate

2010-08-13 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
You people with probate problems do not know how lucky you are. All the relatives I have found so far (except my mother and one uncle) had nothing, no real estate or anything else much, and left no wills. No real estate transfers either. AAAGH! Elizabeth C Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] Blank Census Forms

2010-07-15 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
You might want to check with your e-mail provider. All my mail from nwphillyfreecycle all of a sudden went into their junk file, and I had to contact them to fix it. I fill in blank census forms as I find them and put them with the family involved. Elizabeth C Kathy McLeod wrote: I

[LegacyUG] People in your tree

2010-04-28 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
All of you are in another league from me. I have 1000 names, and was surprised to have so many. My ancestors all flew below the radar. Very few owned property, none left wills, and most moved all over the place. I have 15 Philadelphia addresses for one grandfather, plus 2 Trenton ones, and he

[LegacyUG] Legacy 7

2010-04-17 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
I am still using Legacy 5 because the colors in Legacy 6 are so bland I can hardly use the program. (I cannot distinguish the icons.) How is Legacy 7 in that respect? And if I go to 7, I can no longer use 5 or 6, right? If I want Legacy 7 on a machine not connected to the internet, can I do

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7

2010-04-17 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
Thank you for the link. The colors look like they would work for me, and the features certainly look nice. It is still true that if I transfer to Legacy 7, I can no longer see the info on 5 or 6, right? Thanks again, Elizabeth C Evert van Dijken wrote: See

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events

2010-03-08 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
And I need 5 locations, because I have to include street addresses. In a city of 2 million, just the city, county, state, country is not nearly accurate enough. Elizabeth C Ron Goodwin wrote: Hi Ron, I would prefer an option in Legacy that would allow users to use 3 or 4 place

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy FamilySearch User Group

2010-02-06 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
How many of us have two e-mail addresses to subscribe with? I have enough trouble managing one! Elizabeth C Ruth Nerud wrote: Then why don't they say that on the registration page? Another bug? (: Ruth Nerud - Original Message - From: Mike Frymike...@iafrica.com

Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter an unnamed child

2010-02-02 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
Obviously a child who died very young, maybe within a day or two of birth. Elizabeth C John S. Adams wrote: Huh? -- I found a newspaper clipping for an ancestor who didn't live long enough to be named Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping Physical Locations in Legacy

2010-01-17 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
I ignore the 4-field rule also, and I am in the US. Pretty much all my relatives are in cities, some of them quite close to each other (and one grandfather has at least 15 street addresses). So I include street addresses, and phooey with the 4-field bit. I consistently have 5. Doesn't seem to

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list

2010-01-07 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
Since your address would not allow me, you will not get my messages. And why should I bother? Elizabeth C robertsmith2...@earthlink.net wrote: I apologize for this automatic reply to your email. To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved

Re: [LegacyUG] Digest mode possible?

2010-01-05 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
It may be there, but I could not find it. That suggests newbies may not find it easily either. Elizabeth C Sherry/Support wrote: It's already there on the website in the section about the LUG list. Right underneath the link to the LUG guidelines. Thanks for using Legacy.

Re: [LegacyUG] digest option is one way . . .

2009-12-18 Thread Elizabeth Cunningham
I agree with Art totally. Elizabeth C Art Seddon wrote: Yep Mike. And I don't think anyone should be allowed to get behind the wheel of an automobile until he's driven at least 20,000 miles. The only way I was ever able to get experience doing anything from eating to making love