[LegacyUG] ***SPAM*** Re: Webinar on using ChatGPT

2023-12-06 Thread John Bernacki
sented live. > > I know it can sometimes be difficult to see things in Legacy News. Then > sometimes the links don't work. > > Cathy > > John Bernacki <mailto:johnbernacki52...@gmail.com> > > Wednesday, 6 December 2023 11:06 AM > > > > I did not receive the e

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar on using ChatGPT

2023-12-05 Thread John Bernacki
zF7MqUbJYMqCzy0BwCwH4V8caeCBD-2BZNrz2Q-2BD0Lkncl-2Fqwi6oowxkLyI4Mcg-3D-3D>**by > > Cheri Hudson Passey (login to view - a membership perk) >> > > > I just watched it. It was interesting but I don't feel a need to put > it on an immediate To-Do list. > > Cathy >

[LegacyUG] Webinar on using ChatGPT

2023-12-04 Thread John Bernacki
I received an email from Legacy about upcoming webinars. The heading included "5 Ways to Use ChatGPT for Genealogy". However, when I opened the email, this topic was not among them. Nor was it mentioned in the Legacy News section of Legacy Home. Although I am wary of using ChatGPT, I am very

Re: [LegacyUG] Billing

2023-12-01 Thread John Bernacki
A long time ago, something similar was done to me by a My Heritage subscription. They used every dirty trick in the book. I live in Australia where there are no laws protecting people from vile companies like My Heritage who use “Dark Patterns” tricks etc. They own Legacy, so perhaps they are now

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage subscriptions

2023-08-08 Thread John Bernacki
>> No, I am not in Australia but in Canada I have not noticed any >> deliberate deception from My Heritage. If there is an error and It was not >> mine then I will get it fixed. >> The solution to a major complaint would be to quit them. >> >> On Tue, Aug 8, 202

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage subscriptions

2023-08-07 Thread John Bernacki
Ian, Do you, like me, live in Australia? I once subscribed to MyHeritage and did not know why I was subjected to every dirty trick in the book, while other subscribers seemed happy with MyHeritage. Recently I found out the US has strict laws against such “Dark Pattern” tricks, but Australia does

Re: [LegacyUG] What does "Rebuild Source Citations" do?

2023-08-04 Thread John Bernacki
Fred Barton > > On Fri, 4 Aug 2023, 04:42 Jenny M Benson, wrote: > >> On 04/08/2023 05:40, John Bernacki wrote: >> > I was trying to solve some bugs, and somewhere within Legacy (I don't >> > remember where), I came across the option to "Rebuild Source >&g

[LegacyUG] What does "Rebuild Source Citations" do?

2023-08-03 Thread John Bernacki
I was trying to solve some bugs, and somewhere within Legacy (I don't remember where), I came across the option to "Rebuild Source Citations". The bugs were not related to sources, but out of curiosity, I clicked on it, thinking another screen would pop-up which would make it clearer what it was

[LegacyUG] Legacy tip

2022-09-22 Thread John Bernacki
After using Legacy for many years, I just found something that I really wish I would have known about. If you are in General Notes and you press control + F, you can find key words you are searching for. It is far more convenient and effective than using Search and Replace, especially when you

Re: [LegacyUG] Webtember webinars

2022-09-05 Thread John Bernacki
ebinar were you looking for? > > Charles > > On Tue, 6 Sept 2022 at 15:21, John Bernacki > wrote: > >> I am interested in one of the webinars from 2nd September, but I can not >> find a link to it. Do I have to register in order to watch it online? >> (Webinars

[LegacyUG] Webtember webinars

2022-09-05 Thread John Bernacki
I am interested in one of the webinars from 2nd September, but I can not find a link to it. Do I have to register in order to watch it online? (Webinars used to be free to watch online for about a week, before requiring a subscription. It has been a number of years since I watched a webinar, so

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Page Numbers to already-created PDF Reports

2022-07-05 Thread John Bernacki
I think Brian's suggestion of using the Publication Centre is good. The contents of the additional chapters you created, could be pasted into Special Text Entry Pages or Place Holders. Also, in future you could much more easily make different versions or new editions of your book, by adding or

[LegacyUG] Unlink a child from one parent only.

2022-04-28 Thread John Bernacki
Please remind me how to unlink a child from a mother, but not from the father. John -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at:

Re: [LegacyUG] myheritage bought out

2022-04-24 Thread John Bernacki
?; > > > > Unfortunately no personnel changes ?; > > > > What would you expect to happen ?. > > > > Reg SHERLOCK > > > > > -- > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup on > behalf of John Bernacki > *Sent:* Saturday, April 23, 2022, 2:43 PM > *

Re: [LegacyUG] myheritage bought out

2022-04-22 Thread John Bernacki
Unfortunately there are no personnel changes. On Sat, 23 Apr 2022 at 08:50, CE WOOD wrote: > The transaction was signed on February 24, 2021, and was pending > regulatory approvals, which have recently been received, and hence the > acquisition was completed April 8, 2022. > > ​ > CE > >

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing color scheme in Family View.

2021-09-05 Thread John Bernacki
Thank you for your help. I am now happy with my color scheme. John On Fri, 3 Sept 2021 at 22:58, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 03/09/2021 01:08, John Bernacki wrote: > > I am trying to change the color scheme in Family View. The problem is > > that when I make the changes, I c

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing color scheme in Family View.

2021-09-02 Thread John Bernacki
can't, access it from Options > Customise 9.2 > > Cathy > > John Bernacki wrote: > > > I am trying to change the color scheme in Family View. The problem is > that when I make the changes, I cannot save them because the Set > Colour Scheme pop-up box is over the s

[LegacyUG] Changing color scheme in Family View.

2021-09-02 Thread John Bernacki
I am trying to change the color scheme in Family View. The problem is that when I make the changes, I cannot save them because the Set Colour Scheme pop-up box is over the save button. I try dragging the pop-up box away but it does not move. John -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list

Re: [LegacyUG] List people who have "Unspecified" Events with sources attached.

2021-08-25 Thread John Bernacki
es that have ended up there (eg that's one of the > options when sourcing an imported file) you can Show list from that Master > source to get a list of people. > > Cathy > > John Bernacki wrote: > > > Is there a way to create a list of individuals with "Unspe

[LegacyUG] List people who have "Unspecified" Events with sources attached.

2021-08-24 Thread John Bernacki
Is there a way to create a list of individuals with "Unspecified" Events that have sources attached? John -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5: unrecognised items and lines from imported GEDCOM

2014-01-21 Thread John Bernacki
I would to thank people for the replies. I think Legacy is great software except for the fact that it cannot handle all Polish diacritics. Legacy has some diacritics in its Special Characters Bar, so I do not understand why a few more cannot be included there. Why would it need a new platform

[LegacyUG] Legacy 7.5: unrecognised items and lines from imported GEDCOM

2014-01-16 Thread John Bernacki
This is my first experience with a GEDCOM, so I am not sure where the problem is. The GEDCOM was sent by a distant cousin in Poland. We rely on electronic translations which can be problematic enough, so I at least want get my facts right before contacting him again. I downloaded the GEDCOM

Re: [LegacyUG] How would you enter the following please ?

2013-12-30 Thread John Bernacki
“b Co Kildare” probably means that he was born in County Kildare, Ireland (perhaps after his parents left Jamaica). John -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 11:57 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How would you enter the

[LegacyUG] Duplicated generations in Legacy Charting 7.5

2013-12-29 Thread John Bernacki
A grandson of one sister married the granddaughter of the other sister. From then, every generation of descendants is duplicated in Legacy Charting. Is there a way to overcome the duplications? Regards, John Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Duplicated generations in Legacy Charting 7.5

2013-12-29 Thread John Bernacki
that toggles on/off to show or suppress the display of duplicate lines. From: John Bernacki [mailto:johnberna...@tadaust.org.au] Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 9:32 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Duplicated generations in Legacy Charting 7.5 A grandson of one sister married

[LegacyUG] Merge problem in Legacy 7.5

2013-12-03 Thread John Bernacki
I had 2 unlinked families in the same file. Recently I finally found proof they were related so proceeded to the merge a husband and wife in family A, with the equivalent couple in family B. I had not used the merge tool before and found it a bit confusing. After several attempts, all of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Standard Edition

2013-09-23 Thread John Bernacki
Whenever I have tried to save my Legacy files on a flash drive, my computer will only save them as a .zip file but not .fdb. Have I been doing something wrong? John From: Ron Walter Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:27 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Origins and Migration Reports

2013-08-05 Thread John Bernacki
What about breakdowns for old locations? Genealogists are supposed record the names of locations as they were at the time of the event. I have ancestors from the Republic of Venice, before the Kingdom of Italy came into existence. Also from the Duchy of Lorraine before it became a province of

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8 revealed - Shared Events and Automatic Sorting

2013-07-15 Thread John Bernacki
What is a custom event? Do you mean adding your own event definition? (I did not find a reference to custom event in the help index.) John -Original Message- From: Brian/Support Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 6:53 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template Conversion Tool

2013-06-20 Thread John Bernacki
I hope Legacy 8 will fix all these problems. John From: CE WOOD Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 5:09 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Source Template Conversion Tool Before you convert, I advise you to read the archives here to learn about the many problems associated

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8

2013-06-11 Thread John Bernacki
I have mild form of dyslexia so I really hope Legacy 8 will not be more cluttered than the current version. Would it be be possible to make the brightness of screen views or colours adjustable? Too much brightness or white background makes reading more difficult and exhausting. Overall, I think

Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar Wednesday - Eastern European Genealogy

2013-01-21 Thread John Bernacki
to spend much time doing “search and replace”. Regards, John Bernacki From: Jacob Psutka Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:22 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar Wednesday - Eastern European Genealogy Geoff, To go along with the Eastern Europe webinar, I hope

Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler

2012-10-12 Thread John Bernacki
Totally agree! -Original Message- From: Brian L. Lightfoot Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 4:03 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler Having read all the previous responses to this question, I shudder to

[LegacyUG] Adjusting resolution in Publication Center

2012-07-26 Thread John Bernacki
dpi? If so, I would presume that I would able to change the dpi, by changing that number, before saving to a PDF file. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. John Bernacki Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http

Re: [LegacyUG] Use sources from one file in another file

2012-05-14 Thread John Bernacki
To copy a source with the detail as well: Go to the source that you wish to copy, in the relevant person's List of Assigned Sources. Then copy source to clipboard (click icon in bottom left corner). Go to the person to whom you want add the source, and open their List of Assigned Sources. Click