Re: [LegacyUG] Kemp family history

2024-05-15 Thread Brian Kelly
are free but most require a subscription/membership (less than USD 50 per year). It has even been sponsoring a series of Australian focused webinars that you may find useful. Brian Kelly On 15/05/2024 2:42 a.m., Reginald Kemp wrote: Hi: My name is Reginald Kemp and I live in Australia. Up until

Re: [LegacyUG] correction - My file has Split into 3 trees

2024-03-01 Thread Brian Kelly
I would go to Betty Brown without the tag and check her family connections. You may have multiple parents for her. One is the tagged 3 Henry but where she is married to tag 2 John Smith her father may not be the tag 3 person. Brian Kelly On 29/02/2024 9:19 p.m., irons...@ihug.com.au wrote

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report

2024-02-29 Thread Brian Kelly
k has the same other spouse option on the include tab for the report options. The Descendant Chart does not allow including other spouses. Brian Kelly On 29/02/2024 1:37 p.m., Fran Markle wrote: Is it possible when doing this report to see both wives & their children? When I do a report I j

Re: [LegacyUG] Event formatting

2024-01-31 Thread Brian Kelly
underlines for Missing? Make sure none of those options have a check mark. Brian Kelly On 30/01/2024 2:23 p.m., Tom Weiss wrote: Items I have found on the internet (especially in Ancestry.com) which do not have a full date (like a census event) have a format like the following when I import them

Re: [LegacyUG] Canadian 1931 census

2024-01-18 Thread Brian Kelly
modify my workflow when adding these new results to my source citations for Canadian Censuses. I think Legacy will have to make a lot of changes to the census searches and templates to match this new way of doing things at Canada Archives. Brian Kelly On 11/01/2024 3:45 p.m., Kathryn Wallace

Re: [LegacyUG] Master List Cleanup

2024-01-18 Thread Brian Kelly
Any additions you make are confined to the Family File in which they are made. That includes added Event Definitions and custom sentences for any event. Legacy does have a way to import Master lists between files if you need to move custom event definitions from one file to another. Brian

[LegacyUG] 1931 Canada Census

2023-12-13 Thread Brian Kelly
1931 are not the same as those for 1921, particularly for large cities." Brian Kelly -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy slow to start

2023-11-15 Thread Brian Kelly
Some things that can affect the speed with which Legacy opens a file: Hard Drive speed versus size of your file and media files; (your SSD should not be a problem here) but if you are opening Legacy or images on an external drive it could be an issue Images and their size large images will

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 9 Family View Screen

2023-11-04 Thread Brian Kelly
Colin, That was a typo on my part. As a beta tester I do have a testing version 9.0.0.444 but I did run my test in my copy of 9.0.0.443, the version available to the public, and got the results I described. Sorry about the confusion. Brian Kelly On 01-Nov-23 3:49 p.m., Colin

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 9 Family View Screen

2023-11-01 Thread Brian Kelly
The Click to Add is working for me in Legacy 9.0.0.444, it opens a menu of options to add new son's or daughters or link to existing people to add them. It also has an option to change how children are viewed. Brian Kelly On 01-Nov-23 3:36 a.m., Colin McCullough wrote: Hi folks Advice

Re: [LegacyUG] Adopted person

2023-10-17 Thread Brian Kelly
if the adoption was later in life such as an orphan. If I do not know the date for the adoption I will add an about date. Brian Kelly On 17-Oct-23 12:58 a.m., Terry Montgomery wrote: I have just discovered a person who was adopted, and was took the name of her adoptive parents. So

Re: [LegacyUG] MyHeritage subscriptions

2023-08-07 Thread Brian Kelly
. Have a search of the Legacy News blog, you might be able to find the deal announcement on the blog which will have more information. Brian Kelly On 07-Aug-23 2:50 p.m., Ian Macaulay wrote: Back when Millennial sold out to Heritage they offered  their complete package for a fixed price. Does

Re: [LegacyUG] Unable to Print individual report

2023-06-13 Thread Brian Kelly
. Brian Kelly On 12-Jun-23 11:47 p.m., irhock...@xtra.co.nz wrote: The last three individuals I have added to Legacy in the last week I cannot review or print the “Individual Report”, all other reports for these three individuals preview/print okay. No problem with other individuals (over 10,000

Re: [LegacyUG] need to change my info under my name

2023-05-05 Thread Brian Kelly
No, I just replied to your User Group message. Is your phone set up to get your emails and notify you? Brian Kelly On 04-May-23 6:24 p.m., gordon kribs via LegacyUserGroup wrote: Hi Brian did you try to call me?? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?

Re: [LegacyUG] need to change my info under my name

2023-05-04 Thread Brian Kelly
This is not really a Legacy question. The info below your name is the signature block used by your email software. How you change it is dependant on which email software you use. Open your email software help and look up how to edit your signature. Brian Kelly On 04-May-23 8:20 a.m

[LegacyUG] ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** unsubscribe

2023-03-14 Thread Brian Kelly
Only you can unsubscribe from the list. There is a link at the bottom of each email you receive from the list to the page where you can manage your subscription. To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com --

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Legacy to another disk drive

2023-01-02 Thread Brian Kelly
one using the default copies from the Legacy Install files in the Windows Program Files folders. This will effectively reset all your options to default values. Brian Kelly On 29-Dec-22 7:00 p.m., Ian Thomas wrote: This will be familiar to others I’m sure – and may have been discussed earlier

Re: [LegacyUG] which date?

2022-12-17 Thread Brian Kelly
e examples of that I have seen are obituaries published in a paper where the person is being interred or where one of the survivors lives. Brian Kelly On 16-Dec-22 10:03 p.m., Terry Montgomery wrote: I had been putting the date of a newspaper clipping as the date of an event. But that pose

Re: [LegacyUG] Tag column in names list

2022-10-02 Thread Brian Kelly
ecause they were likely alive in 1901 and living in Canada (determined using the Legacy Census search feature). Brian Kelly On 01-Oct-22 1:03 a.m., vbgart...@bigpond.com wrote: Can I get rid of the tag number columns in the name list please ? Regards from Valerie B Garton nee Vaughan in sunny

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing a .paf file into a new LFT file

2022-09-26 Thread Brian Kelly
on 17 Aug there were 706 starting people in the 1901 list and yesterday I had the count down to 390. Brian Kelly On 25-Sep.-22 9:01 p.m., Gene Wheeler wrote: Is anyone familiar with importing an old .paf file into a new Legacy file? I know it can be done directly from *.paf into Legacy, but I am

Re: [LegacyUG] MRINs deleted on check & repair

2022-09-15 Thread Brian Kelly
each other or when someone was merged perhaps. Brian Kelly On 15-Sep.-22 1:26 a.m., vbgart...@bigpond.com wrote: I am going through Patsy’s old notes and have started with Legacy Family Tree 9 GUM Newsletter June 2107. I made a backup and then ran Check/Repair and had 23 Individual records

Re: [LegacyUG] Researching - can't find Legacy

2022-08-10 Thread Brian Kelly
to the people in your file and manually update your legacy file with any information. You should cite the website where you found the information as the source for your data. Brian Kelly On 09-Aug.-22 10:13 p.m., vbgarton wrote: When researching from Legacy on my laptop – When I find something

Re: [LegacyUG] Alternative Names - report wording

2022-08-08 Thread Brian Kelly
names for" Which report(s) were you using when you saw "Another name" when a person had multiple AKA's? If you tell me the reports that do not use "Other names for" when a person has multiple AKA's I can submit a bug report on your behalf. Brian Kelly On 08-Aug.-22 6

Re: [LegacyUG] 3rd Q - third quarter

2022-07-13 Thread Brian Kelly
an entry for Quarter dates. Brian Kelly On 12-Jul.-22 10:29 p.m., vbgarton wrote: How should I put this for a death in Legacy please Valerie -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo

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

2022-07-04 Thread Brian Kelly
in the Legacy report and those in your additions can fit together into one continuous sequence. Brian Kelly On 03-Jul.-22 8:05 p.m., Cindy Custer wrote: I generated multiple PDF files in Legacy for different reports (Descendants by Generation, Family Groups, and Descendants Migration Charts etc

Re: [LegacyUG] Name Question

2022-06-14 Thread Brian Kelly
not enter anything, Legacy will assign RIN 0 to the unknown wife as a space holder until I enter some information at which time she will get a real non-zero RIN. Brian Kelly On 14-Jun.-22 10:58 a.m., Fran Markle wrote: What do people use when they don't know the first name or the last name? I want

Re: [LegacyUG] Re Marriage information

2022-06-01 Thread Brian Kelly
l also need to set the Marriage Status to divorced on the marriage details entry window. Adding a Divorce event to the marriage will not cause divorce to display. Brian Kelly On 01-Jun.-22 4:36 a.m., Colin McCullough wrote: Hi folks Is there a way to have the status items selected and statu

Re: [LegacyUG] Double MRIN Numbers

2022-05-28 Thread Brian Kelly
all thew missing info from the Higher number MRIN you make that disappear by going to that marriage and using right click in the marriage info box and select the option to Remove the marriage link. Not sure of the wording because I do not have legacy open right now. Brian Kelly On 28-May-22 1

Re: [LegacyUG] set as dead when options is not

2022-04-24 Thread Brian Kelly
of the section like a death or burial note, address picture etc. Brian Kelly On 24-Apr.-22 10:45 a.m., Gloria DeSousa wrote: I've had two people now tell me that individuals in their family that are in my tree are marked as dead in my tree when they're still alive. I have in Options section

Re: [LegacyUG] The Parents' Marriage Reference Has Been Removed

2022-04-22 Thread Brian Kelly
The removed marriage reference may have been for a marriage between unknown and unknown dummy people. Depending on your view settings for unknown people those "Unknown" parents may have been showing as blank in family view so you were not aware that there was an MRIN for them. B

Re: [LegacyUG] Comment under General Remarks

2022-04-16 Thread Brian Kelly
. I have a non-gmail address so I send a copy of my outgoing mail to that address as a BCC. that way my private address is not listed as a recipient but does receive a copy to confirm my message was sent and received by my recipients. Brian Kelly On 15-Apr.-22 7:34 p.m., vbgar...@gmail.com

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Report query

2022-04-04 Thread Brian Kelly
Open the spouse list for him and make sure that the two wives are correctly sorted by date. Brian Kelly On 04-Apr.-22 1:19 a.m., fred.c.bar...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings from New Zealand, I have just had Legacy create a pdf Descendant Report and there is an anomaly that I don’t know how

[LegacyUG] ***SPAM*** Re: Recorded source materials

2022-03-03 Thread Brian Kelly
the subject line so now the SPAM notation has been added three times to the message I received. Note that I deleted those from this reply which is what others replying to the list should do. Brian Kelly PS: If anyone sees the SPAM in the subject line of this reply their antivirus software has

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 10?

2022-01-22 Thread Brian Kelly
Sorry, confidentiality rules prevent us from revealing any new features in Version 10. Brian Kelly On 22-Jan.-22 7:35 a.m., Mary Ann Latko Groetsema wrote: Legacy 10?  Can any of you in the beta group answer one question about the upgrade?  I am in the process of switching to RootsMagic 8

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 10?

2022-01-22 Thread Brian Kelly
tested and sorted out. No telling how long this phase will be for Version 10. Brian Kelly On 21-Jan.-22 9:18 a.m., John Cardinal wrote: Legacy users, I have a question about Legacy and GEDCOM exports. It appears that the most recent version of Legacy 9 is 9.0.0.*393*. I am using Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Updating my Legacy program . . . help please

2021-12-29 Thread Brian Kelly
lt entries you may have deleted by removing unused. Brian Kelly On 29-Dec.-21 1:34 a.m., Cynthia N. Russell wrote: My interest in genealogy began when I was 17 years old and received an English assignment to write.  My wise mother, also a teacher, sent me on my way on the elevated train to Chi

Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting Children

2021-12-08 Thread Brian Kelly
with that other wife will be in the children list. Brian Kelly On 08-Dec.-21 3:22 a.m., Rich Marek wrote: Yeppers, that’s exactly what I don’t want. Just need them sorted by birth date at all times. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>for Windows *From: *Jenny M

Re: [LegacyUG] wrong Mother

2021-12-03 Thread Brian Kelly
Use the link at the bottom of each email to unsubscribe: here is a copy http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Brian Kelly On 02-Dec.-21 11:25 p.m., David Turley wrote: Please remove me from this email list. On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 9:47 PM Marina via

Re: [LegacyUG] how to combine two files

2021-11-19 Thread Brian Kelly
. 3. Restore from your 5 day old backup. 4. File > Import > legacy file, select the file you created from the search list. 5. You will have to merge duplicates to amalgamate the data from the people in the search list with their duplicates before your changes. Brian Kelly On 19-Nov.-21

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving events

2021-10-14 Thread Brian Kelly
. The event clipboard only holds a pointer to the event so if you delete the event before pasting it on the correct person you will be deleting the event clipboard contents as well. Repeat above steps for all the incorrect events you need to move. Brian Kelly On 14-Oct.-21 2:32 a.m., Terry

Re: [LegacyUG] Unwanted Lines for Unavailable Info

2021-09-27 Thread Brian Kelly
My dyslexia made me reverse the position of the option. Correct location is below. When you open the report, look on the upper left of the Options tab. Do you see the section on inserting underlines? The same options exist for the Ancestor Book and Descendant Book reports as well. Brian

Re: [LegacyUG] Unwanted Lines for Unavailable Info

2021-09-27 Thread Brian Kelly
When you open the report, look on the upper right of the Options tab. Do you see the section on inserting underlines? The same options exist for the Ancestor Book and Descendant Book reports as well. Brian Kelly On 27-Sep.-21 2:08 p.m., Cindy Custer wrote: When I display or print

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM Files

2021-09-23 Thread Brian Kelly
amily file will be included. The only exception is that all sources will be exported as Basic Format instead of SourceWriter style. Brian Kelly On 23-Sep.-21 6:33 p.m., Cindy Custer wrote: How much information (e.g. what fields) are contained in a GEDCOM file generated from Legacy 9? -- LegacyUserGroup ma

Re: [LegacyUG] 527 Error "At least one 'skipping file' event was triggered ..."

2021-09-23 Thread Brian Kelly
backup. 3. Stop the Hints processor by double clicking on the 1 for the first quick bookmark. Brian Kelly On 23-Sep.-21 2:30 p.m., Kim Spenceley wrote: Suggestions for this problem. I have tried all the Legacy Home page /Error messages  hints including reinstalling Legacy. Nothing worked. Is

Re: [LegacyUG] US State Names

2021-09-21 Thread Brian Kelly
tools to merge Locations in the Master list to make the list standard so you can merge an entry of Newark, CT, USA with the "correct" Newark, New Haven, Connecticut, United States entry so all uses of Newark, CT, USA are changed to Newark, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Brian

Re: [LegacyUG] Saving Problems

2021-09-20 Thread Brian Kelly
that. If not is there a "contact us" link, that might get you a way to contact outlook support. Brian Kelly On 19-Sep.-21 11:40 p.m., Valerie B Garton wrote: I am locked out of my Outlook account can someone ring me to tell me what to do I have been here since 8.46am. 0409299781 Get Outlook for Android <h

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: My Legacy mess - yes me again

2021-08-10 Thread Brian Kelly
some advice. Brian Kelly Rockland, ON, Canada On 10-Aug.-21 2:27 a.m., vbgar...@gmail.com wrote: Part of my Legacy mess I started a higginsonodds Legacy file for my OneName study. Over a period of time this file has been added to ancestry and back to Legacy and so has changed. If I do

Re: [LegacyUG] Help to print Family Group Record generation by generation

2021-07-17 Thread Brian Kelly
not print in the order selected. I now suggest you set up your report using the publication centre where you can add multiple FGR reports in a specific order. Brian Kelly On 17-Jul.-21 10:51 a.m., Cynthia N. Russell wrote: I  do not know what I am doing wrong.  I have put together 10

Re: [LegacyUG] Help to print Family Group Record generation by generation

2021-07-17 Thread Brian Kelly
) you will get both male and female descendants and you will not have control of the order in which the FGR reports will print. Brian Kelly On 17-Jul.-21 10:51 a.m., Cynthia N. Russell wrote: I  do not know what I am doing wrong.  I have put together 10 generations of males to honor my

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth Event

2021-07-01 Thread Brian Kelly
entering only a source in case Legacy would add Birth so it could use that as a placeholder for the source citation. Brian Kelly On 01-Jul.-21 2:17 p.m., Margaret Gagliardi wrote: I have a number of children who died young or that I do not have a birth date for. When I run a Descendant Book

Re: [LegacyUG] How print a descendants report WITH lines

2021-05-31 Thread Brian Kelly
all the reports in 7 on the Report Menu are charts. Brian Kelly On 31-May-21 7:30 p.m., vbgar...@gmail.com wrote: Brain thank you so much for your help. In Legacy select a person Report menu Descendant Report Preview There are words but lines I have looked at all the things to select in the rep

Re: [LegacyUG] How print a descendants report WITH lines

2021-05-30 Thread Brian Kelly
. All the reports in the Legacy Charting module have lines joining family groups and generations. Brian Kelly On 29-May-21 10:34 p.m., vbgar...@gmail.com wrote: This was talked about ages ago but I cannot remember the answer ? Cheers from Valerie Garton nee Vaughan in sunny Sydney

Re: [LegacyUG] FW: HELP - I am in a big mess - where do I start ?

2021-05-18 Thread Brian Kelly
using Legacy not as a Tech support forum. Brian Kelly On 18-May-21 6:23 p.m., vbgar...@gmail.com wrote: This message if for tech support – thank you Why are my .ged’s appearing in many different places ? I appear to have .ged’s everywhere. When I do a windows key .ged I get 9 full pages of v

Re: [LegacyUG] Assistance & Guidance

2021-05-14 Thread Brian Kelly
in his Legacy files. Brian Kelly On 14-May-21 12:05 p.m., Paul Loftus wrote: My father was a member of this group, obviously a Legacy user.  I am using his email to send this but have included my address below. Dad passed yesterday and to fulfil one of his wishes I need some guidance.  He wanted

Re: [LegacyUG] Hints - runtime error 380

2021-05-12 Thread Brian Kelly
tracking system so this can be fixed. Brian Kelly On 08-May-21 5:03 a.m., Ian Thomas wrote: Legacy 9 crash. When setting the number of refresh days for MyHeritage hints (I had it at 30, wanted to change to the maximum, 120 days) it is very easy to have a mouse-slip and as I did, have an illegal

Re: [LegacyUG] Messed up my upgrade from Legacy 8 to 9and also lost my family file

2021-05-11 Thread Brian Kelly
This is a problem you should take to support. Send an email to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com. Brian Kelly On 11-May-21 6:21 a.m., Charles Brasell wrote: Hi Brian , thanks for responding to my call. I have located my family file but am unable to open it. It comes up in the Open File

Re: [LegacyUG] Adrian's gedcom with my additions.ged

2021-05-10 Thread Brian Kelly
ort and select GEDCOM as the kind of file to import. You will be given the opportunity to give the file a name during the import so there is no need to open a new Legacy file first. Legacy will create the new file for you. Brian Kelly On 10-May-21 6:35 a.m., vbgar...@gmail.com wrote: Let me start again

Re: [LegacyUG] Messed up my upgrade from Legacy 8 to 9and also lost my family file

2021-05-08 Thread Brian Kelly
find your family file. Note the folder where that is located then use Legacy File > Open File, point to that location and Legacy will open your file. Brian Kelly On 09-May-21 12:54 a.m., Charles Brasell wrote: I have been inactive on Legacy for 3 years but have found some relatives and deci

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Backup to Drop Box please

2021-05-08 Thread Brian Kelly
Yes because you simply look at the copies in the Dropbox folder on your hard drive. NOTE: if you are not online the copies on your computer may not be up-to-date because you must be online for the files on your computer to sync with those in the cloud at Dropbox.com. Brian Kelly On 07-May

Re: [LegacyUG] How to Backup to Drop Box please

2021-05-07 Thread Brian Kelly
general files. Place the originals (or copies) in that folder. Brian Kelly On 07-May-21 10:20 a.m., Joy L wrote: Hello, I have forgotten how to use DropBox. Can someone tell me how to save my Backups to DropBox. Also, even though its not Legacy related, how to I save Pictures and Files to DropBox

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DNA results to Legacy

2021-04-22 Thread Brian Kelly
of values). The originator of this thread was looking for where to enter one of the older mt DNA test results which have a limited number of entries and can be recorded in Legacy's DNA records. Brian Kelly On 22-Apr.-21 4:11 a.m., vbgar...@gmail.com wrote: Great but I cannot find just an ordinary anc

Re: [LegacyUG] Customize family view info

2021-04-19 Thread Brian Kelly
family however the label changed to Buried. I am not sure where your bur2011 label is coming from but I have submitted a problem report on the change in label after changing family. Brian Kelly On 19-Apr.-21 2:45 p.m., dcdewea...@gmail.com wrote: This is what I changed them to as you described

Re: [LegacyUG] Customize family view info

2021-04-19 Thread Brian Kelly
on the labels you will see a list of those saved sets so you can quickly switch to any one of your saved settings. Brian Kelly On 17-Apr.-21 9:04 p.m., David C. DeWeaver wrote: I change the 5 lines of info under husband and wife. Saved them But they do not save globally, I have to click on them

Re: [LegacyUG] Limit individuals being included

2021-04-15 Thread Brian Kelly
members of a group at one time so you will be doing each person individually. Brian Kelly On 15-Apr.-21 10:45 a.m., Gary Crull wrote: I know there's a way to do it, just can't find out how! I don't want to have any information included on individual(s) born after a given date. I did a search

Re: [LegacyUG] Civil Partnership

2021-03-16 Thread Brian Kelly
gland. In a list of Events the sentences will alternate the person's first name with He or She based on gender of the person. That gives a little variation to break up the monotony. Brian Kelly On 16-Mar.-21 11:04 a.m., Jenny M Benson wrote: What word would other LUGgers use in the foll

Re: [LegacyUG] Recent Legacy 9 Update 9.0.0.384

2021-02-21 Thread Brian Kelly
I have had some success by using File > File Maintenance in Legacy Family Search to solve this problem. No guarantee however since it does not always work. Brian Kelly On 21-Feb.-21 11:08 a.m., Dave Johnson wrote: I removed the store*.fsd files, rebooted and LFS still indicates that

Re: [LegacyUG] I have a crash problem

2021-02-20 Thread Brian Kelly
1845 so I had to use a date I knew was in the file). I also tested the Query by Example tab and it worked equally quickly. Brian Kelly On 20-Feb.-21 11:17 a.m., Ian Macaulay wrote: If I fire up legacy, then go to search, put in a date like 23 mar 1845 I get a not responding message

Re: [LegacyUG] Issue with Family Tree and Legacy Family Tree

2021-02-20 Thread Brian Kelly
with Legacy Open you may need to close Legacy as well as Legacy Family Search. Brian Kelly On 20-Feb.-21 2:55 p.m., John Seely wrote: I inadvertently deleted an email this morning that had a solution for a problem that has occurred after upgrading to latest version of Family Tree 9. It dealt

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Book Help Needed

2021-01-14 Thread Brian Kelly
on an Even numbered page then there will be no blank page between the report and the Index. Brian Kelly On 13-Jan.-21 11:14 p.m., Margaret Gagliardi wrote: Thanks much.  It is late tonight, so I will try this in the a.m. Margaret On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:14 PM Kevin Murphy

Re: [LegacyUG] Events descriptions

2021-01-10 Thread Brian Kelly
mean to do that or should you have made that an event for the marriage? Brian Kelly On 08-Jan.-21 4:32 p.m., sarrazingeor...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Brian It worked for most events. Georges Another small problem The format of the book reports is far from clear. It is not easy to differentia

Re: [LegacyUG] Events descriptions

2021-01-08 Thread Brian Kelly
Click Import Lists. The Event Definitions from your restored file will replace the reworded ones in your corrupted file. Brian Kelly On 08-Jan.-21 11:56 a.m., sarrazingeor...@gmail.com wrote: The text of all my events has been modified. Since I don't want to redo everything, I think to go to one

Re: [LegacyUG] Report for Notes

2021-01-07 Thread Brian Kelly
te Family Group or Individual Chart reports for these individuals. Brian Kelly On 07-Jan.-21 9:22 a.m., Debbie Medeiros wrote: Hi, Does anyone know if you can run a report with the information that is in all the Notes General section? I want to see how I have put the notes in for

Re: [LegacyUG] LEGACY and GOOGLE DRIVE

2020-12-20 Thread Brian Kelly
No. Legacy installs part of itself into the Windows folders on the computer in which it is installed so you could not run Legacy from another device by accessing a copy of legacy.exe using Goggle Drive. The device would not have those Windows folder components which Legacy needs. On

Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns

2020-12-16 Thread Brian Kelly
John, That saves the fields displayed on the view but does it also include the column widths? Brian Kelly On 16-Dec.-20 5:50 p.m., johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: You can save your Index columns settings. From the Index screen, select Options, then select Customise Columns. Save your

Re: [LegacyUG] "Index" columns

2020-12-16 Thread Brian Kelly
in Index View. Brian Kelly On 16-Dec.-20 5:00 p.m., Margaret Gagliardi wrote: When I use the "index" to look for an ancestor, I adjust the columns so I can see the details better.  However, when I get out of the Index, the columns default back to where they were originally.  How and w

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

2020-12-16 Thread Brian Kelly
Yes, Carbonite was one of the paid services I meant. I did not want to mention any by name since I do not use any of them. Brian Kelly On 16-Dec.-20 8:14 a.m., Gloria DeSousa wrote: Thanks Brian. I use Carbonite as my cloud backup paid service. Do you consider Carbonite* as one of the paid

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Cloud

2020-12-15 Thread Brian Kelly
Home Tab or by email to supp...@legacyfamilytree.com Brian Kelly On 15-Dec.-20 11:08 p.m., scjo...@optusnet.com.au wrote: /I have been using Legacy Cloud, but as it is to cease, I am now looking for recommendations for another cloud program. / / / /I  liked on the back up screen, it also

Re: [LegacyUG] Name List Help Needed

2020-12-12 Thread Brian Kelly
Use the Options button at the bottom of the list window. Brian Kelly On 12-Dec.-20 10:37 a.m., Margaret Gagliardi wrote: Thanks Brian, Where do I find these options? Margaret On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 10:34 AM Brian Kelly <mailto:exma...@gmail.com>> wrote: This problem may

Re: [LegacyUG] Name List Help Needed

2020-12-12 Thread Brian Kelly
This problem may be caused by having only one of these two options turned on. Show Married Names and Show AKAs. It is suggested you turn on both or neither. Brian Kelly On 12-Dec.-20 10:13 a.m., Margaret Gagliardi wrote: I have asked this question before, but I really need some help fixing

Re: [LegacyUG] Birth parents vs Adoptive parents

2020-12-11 Thread Brian Kelly
. Brian Kelly On 11-Dec.-20 3:28 p.m., Cynthia N. Russell wrote: I am working on a youngster who was adopted by a couple and now have just discovered the child's biological mother and father (not a couple).  In Legacy should I list his biological mother and father for whom I have their parents

Re: [LegacyUG] Chronology Report

2020-11-20 Thread Brian Kelly
does not work, try deleting the ChronFile.rtf you will find in your Legacy Family Tree/_Appdata folder. That file contains the contents of what is in the report format screen. Brian Kelly On 19-Nov.-20 10:17 p.m., Vern wrote: When selecting Report Style in Chronology View the screen

Re: [LegacyUG] Family file in use

2020-11-01 Thread Brian Kelly
any open Legacy, LegacyFamilySearch or LegacyCharting programs. Use Windows file Explorer to access the folder where your Family file(s). Look for and delete any .ldb files you find. Restart Legacy and you should be fine. Brian Kelly Rockland, ON, Canada On 01-Nov.-20 4:46 a.m., Gillian Häkli

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Clipboard - Using as a submenu

2020-10-29 Thread Brian Kelly
the FamilySearch source on the clipboard and save it in a second slot. Now when you want to use one of those sources, open your clipboard. Load the source you want to use then apply it to the records. Brian Kelly On 29-Oct.-20 10:00 a.m., Larry Lachance wrote: When using the “Source Clipboard” – I find

Re: [LegacyUG] need help with text size, please

2020-10-27 Thread Brian Kelly
ing behind it, much like looking through a magnifying glass. Brian Kelly On 27-Oct.-20 4:37 p.m., Barbara Lewis wrote: I am still desperate to get help on how to make the text size on the Familysearch option larger.  When I click on the familysearch link I can hardly see the name, and yet the

Re: [LegacyUG] Individuals marked as Not Duplicates

2020-10-11 Thread Brian Kelly
lly submit suggestions based on messages to the list. Brian Kelly On 11-Oct.-20 3:48 a.m., Boyd Miller wrote: The table of "Individuals marked as Not Duplicates" provides two columns of names. The "Left individual" column appears to be sorted by RIN. If you have Customise 8.

Re: [LegacyUG] Displaying Divorced

2020-10-09 Thread Brian Kelly
Options > Customize > 8.10 Show Status on Family View. You want marriage info turned on. Brian Kelly On 09-Oct.-20 5:46 p.m., scjo...@optusnet.com.au wrote: /In previous  editions of Legacy, when I had marked that a couple had divorced it would show on the marriage line. This is no

Re: [LegacyUG] Number of People you can have in your file?

2020-10-09 Thread Brian Kelly
quite large (each note can be up to 1,000,000 bytes). A bare-bones entry with only 'vital events like Birth, Baptism, Death and Burial and no notes or events takes only a couple hundred bytes. In nay event 27,000 people is not even close to the upper limit. Brian Kelly On 09-Oct.-20 2:02 p.m

Re: [LegacyUG] Is it possible to make a marriage "Invisible?"

2020-10-07 Thread Brian Kelly
rt privacy settings as well Brian Kelly Rockland, ON, Canada On 07-Oct.-20 3:16 p.m., J M wrote: Hello everyone. I hope this is a simple and quick question: is it possible to make a marriage completely "Invisible?" Right now I have the spouse of an individual marked as "invis

Re: [LegacyUG] Index and Ancestral Colours

2020-09-28 Thread Brian Kelly
ing person you could add relationship as a custom column on the Index to show how you are related to people. Brian Kelly On 28-Sep.-20 7:27 p.m., Joyce Herzog wrote: On the index, Ancestor Colors are only on Direct Ancestors, unless I'm mistaken On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 7:22 PM June <mailto

Re: [LegacyUG] Date problem

2020-09-28 Thread Brian Kelly
to dd, mm, . PS 14 10 1942 would be correctly interpreted because the 14 cannot be a month so Legacy knows it is a day and then reads the 10 as a month. Brian Kelly On 28-Sep.-20 10:46 p.m., Noddie wrote: Hi Jennie I went there before I posted. I have just changed my setting to what you

Re: [LegacyUG] Latest Updated

2020-09-28 Thread Brian Kelly
ame boxes you can change the sort order (in the same way as in the Name List). In Deluxe Versions you can also customize the Columns displayed on that view by clicking on the Column titles. Brian Kelly On 28-Sep.-20 5:10 p.m., Margaret Gagliardi wrote: Where is the "index"?  If yo

Re: [LegacyUG] Blank Pages on PDF Ancestry Reports

2020-09-24 Thread Brian Kelly
as you read. If you wanted to send the report to a commercial printer you will want to reset those options. For normal printing on single sided pages they do waste paper. Brian Kelly On 24-Sep.-20 6:04 p.m., RoadRoy wrote: BRIAN, YOU DUN IT AGAIN!   Thanks, that was very obvious, I don't know

Re: [LegacyUG] Blank Pages on PDF Ancestry Reports

2020-09-24 Thread Brian Kelly
will start on an odd numbered page. Indexes and tables of contents may have a blank page preceding them if you have start on an odd page options turned on for those as well. Brian Kelly On 24-Sep.-20 4:04 p.m., RoadRoy wrote: When I create an Ancestors Report in PDF format several balk pages

Re: [LegacyUG] Hints

2020-09-21 Thread Brian Kelly
browser pertaining to findmypast.com. If that does not solve the problem try clearing your internet cache in your Browser it may be trying to re-use a bad link from your history. Brian Kelly On 21-Sep.-20 9:36 a.m., Gillian Häkli wrote: Can some kind person please explain to me why I nearly always

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with Check/Repair

2020-09-21 Thread Brian Kelly
wife. She was cremated and, because of family squabbles, part of her ashes were buried with her husband in East Springfield, MA, USA while a second packet was transported to Nova Scotia and buried with her parents. In this case both FindaGrave memorial numbers mark her resting places. Brian Kelly

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Legacy to a Flash Drive

2020-09-14 Thread Brian Kelly
including the Flash Drive Right Click on the Flash Drive entry and select Change Drive Letter and Path Use Change to change the drive letter. Brian Kelly Rockland, ON, Canada On 14-Sep.-20 4:51 p.m., Lena wrote: so how do you keep the same drive letter to put it on a new computer.. Mine is on a xp

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Legacy to a Flash Drive

2020-09-14 Thread Brian Kelly
is used mainly for Legacy but is Drive F: on a second computer then Legacy will not find the media when you are using it because it will be looking for files on Drive E. instead of F: Brian Kelly Rockland, ON, Canada On 14-Sep.-20 7:06 p.m., Jennie Matheson wrote: Hi Lena, It does not need to use

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Legacy to a Flash Drive

2020-09-14 Thread Brian Kelly
path when referencing media so the media references include the drive letter where they are stored. changing the drive letter of the flash drive will cause Legacy to lose track of the media. Brian Kelly Rockland, ON, Canada On 14-Sep.-20 10:57 a.m., Robert Sutton via LegacyUserGroup wrote: I

Re: [LegacyUG] New to L9, multimedia backup

2020-09-09 Thread Brian Kelly
like OneDrive, Dropbox or other storage services. Brian Kelly On 09-Sep.-20 3:21 p.m., Richard Van Wasshnova wrote: I finally upgraded from L8 to L9. I backed up Family and MM from desktop to Legacy Cloud and then restored Family file from cloud to laptop. I liked that part. I know of no way

Re: [LegacyUG] Unable to open Legacy

2020-09-06 Thread Brian Kelly
p your media set the default location for your media in section 6.2 then you can use the Tools > Gather Media to gather all your media into that folder. This will make copies of your media files so the originals will not be disturbed. Brian Kelly Rockland, ON, Canada On 06-Sep.-20 6:43 a.

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