See the What are Legacy Users Groups? page at
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/UsersGroups.asp
-Original Message-
From: MJ SA [mailto:michs...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 2:32 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Users Near Olympia, WA
Thanks for the response Lana. We seem to be equal distant from Olympia, just
opposite sides of the city. Shall we see others respond and what develops?
I am not a new user of Legacy, having had a license since the early 2000s. Now
that I am finally retired again, I hope to have some time to
Good Day Bill,
How you might handle a name change in Legacy would depend upon whether this was
a legal or common law change.
If legal (at least under today’s procedures), that would involve a county court
hearing (usually Superior). Legal name changes also involve publication in the
A few more thoughts if I may about ‘how-to’ information in Legacy.
First, how many are aware of the tutorial topics available in Legacy’s help
system? To find the list of tutorial topics, do the following:
1. Click the Help icon in the toolbar.
2. From the Legacy Help Contents
Hi Tim,
Yes, the Trellis cart is new, however it is a part of Charting Companion
according to the information at the Prodgeny Software web site. Unfortunately
the site does not state whether this chart is an addition to version 3, or is
part of a new version 4 release. I am hoping for a bit
Apparently someone from Prodgeny Software is reading this list. A couple of
hours after my earlier email I received the information that this new chart was
in version 4 of the Charting Companion.
Best,
Denise L. Moss-Fritch
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From: Denise Moss-Fritch [mailto:den
Jackie, the ‘simple’ answer is no. The capabilities and ‘purpose’ of Legacy and
Clooz is different. When Liz originally designed Clooz, the software was for
‘electronic storage’ of documents and images. The latest version of Clooz, and
the direction it is heading, is toward a research tool
. Please note
that when adding a role, Legacy allows you to specific sentences for that role.
Best,
Denise Moss-Fritch
-Original Message-
From: Goodwin Genealogy [mailto:goodwingeneal...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:36 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject
Do you perhaps include a URL, in the citation information (the Web address
field on the Edit Source Citation dialog)? If so, the line to which you refer
(3_LINK) might be better converted as a URL.
Denise Moss-Fritch
From: Anzenketh [mailto:tuxmas...@geekstogo.com]
Sent: Monday, November
released this morning an SP4 patch to FTM 2014 I will be
creating a new separate GEDCOM output to try importing into Legacy. What I find
out I will pass along to you through the support ticket you created.
Best,
Denise Moss-Fritch
From: Michele/Support [mailto:mich
Nancy,
Can’t say anything about Dropbox because I do not use it.
However, I do use OneDrive. I have not just my Legacy database file on
OneDrive, but my full Genealogy folder (with many sub-folders) as backup data
(media, including those not yet used in Legacy; text, Word, and other
systems, processor, RAM, hard drives, video boards, and
other components) running Windows, along with the other software on those
computers also having some effect.
So please, take the 'reviews' with a very large 'grain of salt'.
Best,
Denise Moss-Fritch
-Original Message-
From: Arthur
, track family migrations, plot to Google Earth, use the time scroll
bar to dynamically select which time period you want displayed on your map and
more.”
Denise Moss-Fritch
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009
Kathy,
Are you speaking of the popup information boxes? If so, please check
customization 1.7 as the default setting is off. You will need to turn on this
setting.
Denise
From: kaytt [mailto:ka...@sasktel.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 10:39 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
You are speaking of the Comments tab of the Master Source Definition dialog?
Especially with the import of a GEDCOM? The information in the Comments tab – I
use the Contents tab to describe the general contents of a source – imports
into Legacy turned on, but not other software at which I am
I had the problem occasionally with a 2 1/2 year old HP laptop (Envy) running
win 8.1, but no problem with a new Dell Inspiron laptop. With the HP, I simply
downloaded Legacy from the web site and installed that to update my
installation.
And no, there is no separate version of Legacy 8 for
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: internet database
On 2015/04/18 18:16 PM, Denise Moss-Fritch wrote:
From the Edit the Source Detail dialog, click the Media tab. Click Add Media.
In the Media Gallery for Source Detail for [name of Event/Fact], click
Add Media. From the list, select
drive.
It is running Windows 8.1.
So, oldness is not the cause. There most be some other subtle Legacy 8 problem
with Windows 8.1.
Ceasar
On 4/17/2015 1:57 PM, Denise Moss-Fritch wrote:
I had the problem occasionally with a 2 1/2 year old HP laptop (Envy) running
win 8.1, but no problem
Barton,
I am a bit surprised that no one has mentioned the Media tab of a citation.
From the Edit the Source Detail dialog, click the Media tab. Click Add Media.
In the Media Gallery for Source Detail for [name of Event/Fact], click Add
Media. From the list, select Internet Website. It is
.
Do you know why it isn’t showing?
Thanks,
Barton
From: Denise Moss-Fritch [mailto:d.mossfri...@comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 12:16 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] SourceWriter: internet database
thing
scattered around in different folders all over her computer and it's been a
disaster for her to try to relink the media.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Denise Moss-Fritch d.mossfri...@comcast.net
wrote:
Very interesting Sherry. Where
-linked
folder. (Yeah, it'll probably never get done.)
Brian in CA
-Original Message-
From: Denise Moss-Fritch [mailto:d.mossfri...@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 7:24 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Images attached to Legacy
Thanks for the link
Very interesting Sherry. Where is this size limit documented? I would like to
read a bit about this.
Otherwise, I should think that since Legacy links, not embeds, a graphic image
that the software would automatically create a thumbnail of the graphic for
display in the software.
Denise
Ahhh, now this even a 'new user' such as I can answer. (Especially as I've run
into the same situation after import.)
Apparently you have the media files, or at least many of those files, in more
than one location. From the Media relinker dialog, click on 'drives to search'
button (lower right
pages where the resolution will be lowered greatly. It's like giving an entire
cow to a starving man when all he wants is a hamburger.
Brian in CA
(another retired Silicon Valley transplant)
-Original Message-
From: Denise Moss-Fritch [mailto:d.mossfri...@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday
Barton,
From Legacy, you might check the Help system (Help tab Help Index icon, then
search for restore). The Help system contains information for restoring a
backed up family file without looking for an article via the Internet.
Since you wrote earlier that you are new to Legacy, have
Might I suggest you check the event definition? From Legacy, select the
following:
My Toolbar tab > Master Lists icon > Event definition
>From the Event Definition list, select Baptism, then the Edit button to the
>right.
The Add/Edit an Event Definition dialog displays. The upper
Just a test message. I have subscribed several times during the past 10
days, received and responded to the confirmation email message, yet never
receive a message from the group. So, I am just checking whether I am able
to send.
Denise Moss-Fritch
Legacy User Group guidelines:
http
Two genealogy software products - Clooz (developed in the USA) and Custodian
(developed in the UK) - have been available for many years and are event
orientated software.
Each product starts with an event (for example, census, birth, death, or
marriage record, etc). After recording the
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re[4]: [LegacyUG] Linking Source Citations
Yes thats it exactly. I use the Share Event extensively, as I did in TMG but
Legacy does not work quite as well in this regard.
On 21/12/2015 11:29:35 AM, "Denise Moss-Fritch"
<d.mossfri...@comca
individual without first closing down the main individual and then
going into each other one in turn to add the detail. Drives me bonkers and
adds so much more time to the recording.
Marlene
On 21/12/2015 7:55:58 AM, "Denise Moss-Fritch"
<d.mossfri...@comcast.net&
individual without first closing down the main individual and then
going into each other one in turn to add the detail. Drives me bonkers and
adds so much more time to the recording.
Marlene
On 21/12/2015 7:55:58 AM, "Denise Moss-Fritch"
<d.mossfri...@comcast.net&
.
Cathy
Denise Moss-Fritch wrote:
>
> Sue and Marlene,
>
> So, you are commenting about a shared event, not copying and pasting
> an event that Boyd mentions?
>
> Yes, I note that selecting Share Event offers fields for a name and
> role, but not a note specific for each
Sue,
As someone who is ‘evaluating’ half a dozen different genealogy software to
decide ‘where to go next’, I am very curious about your comment. You wrote:
“And Legacy still can't handle linking of individuals to one event without a
whole lot of hair-tearing.”
Please be a lot more
Win 10 does use the Edge browser as the default reader of .pdf documents.
However, you can change that default either when installing a different Acrobat
application (I use Acrobat Pro) or later. Occasionally when adding a Win 10
patch I have had that pdf default changed.
If you have an
to choose to capture as Image, Text, Video. Now it is only
Image and Video.
Regards,
Jennifer
http://colston-wenck.com
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From: Denise Moss-Fritch [mailto:d.mossfri...@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, 17 January 2016 7:32 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE
list.
Cathy
<mailto:d.mossfri...@comcast.net> Denise Moss-Fritch
Friday, 15 January 2016 5:42 AM
5andy,
Â
In FTM, from the Sources tab you have three panes of information – (from left
to right)
 * Source Groups – lists all named sources
* Source Citations – identifies the
goals in Legacy.
Not as well as FTM in this instance, but doable provided you learn to use
Search and Replace and the Source Citation Report.
Cathy
Denise Moss-Fritch wrote:
Thanks Cathy. However, Sandy was asking whether Legacy has a single
window that offered the same access to sources
5andy,
In FTM, from the Sources tab you have three panes of information – (from left
to right)
* Source Groups – lists all named sources
* Source Citations – identifies the number of citations that use that source,
lists the detail of each citation, and in the bottom box of that pane are
On 7/1/2016 3:36 PM, David Turley wrote:
Check it out - Version 9 does/will
David T.
--
Thank you for the information David. Very interesting bit of information
about version 9.
I wrote about this limit in 2003 with a work around (Legacy
Gloria,
> unlike MS Word for example, where CTRL+S is required
MS Word has had an auto save feature since the DOS versions more than two
decades ago.
In the current version of Word, select File > Options and select Save. You will
find several options in the Save documents group,
FTM 2014 works fine with Win 10. I have that software on this laptop (new
hardware purchase), yet have an older laptop upgraded (Win 7 --> 8.1 --> 10)
with FTM 2014 and both work fine with the software. I even rebuilt the OS for
the older laptop, followed by installing FTM 2014, and that went
You can change the sentence for the event type (all uses of that event) or
only for the once instance of an event type (local event).
If the first type of change (all uses of the event type), from an event
click 'Edit Event Sentence Definition'.
Or, select the View tab > Master Lists > Events
Bill,
No, Ancestry sold FTM (programming code, brand name, etc) to Software MacKiev
in January of this year. They also provide support and offer upgrade from older
versions of FTM to their new version of that software. Software MacKiev is
supposedly ‘partnering’ with Ancestry to rework the
t like Windows 10 at all but then I’ve told my kids
no more devices as gifts please. Not up to it all any longer.
Bill
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Denise Moss-Fritch
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 3:07 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subje
Ah, another 'use Google maps, not Bing maps' discussion. The last time I
noted such a discussion was just over three years ago by a large part of the
group that was supposed to be beta testing FTM 2014. I stayed out of that
dispute (the group never received a response from the development staff),
Interesting discussion. However, I would appreciate a bit more information if
possible.
At the Legacy web site home page I note the icons (upper right corner) for both
Google + and Facebook. I’ve visited each and looked past the two social groups’
advertisement to join, attempting to see
> Toolbars > My Toolbar. Follow the steps in the My Toolbar window and
if you need help, the help topic is right there by clicking on the Help button,
with great detail.
Anything coming in v9 is hush-hush except for same-sex and TMG import.
Sherry
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Denise
Using the Books Reprint option is a way to get that and provides the
necessary fields for the online site and the original.
Do you know that when looking for a template in the SourceWriter you
can enter the section number in the Find box?
I just did this - and it gave the templates I pointed
images at reputable sites but easy if
they're just emailed to you or photocopies etc) - which is why she makes
extensive notes on what exactly she uses and the quality of the image etc.
I'm not that suspicious.
Cathy
Denise Moss-Fritch wrote:
Sorry Cathy, you are the one applying the term ‘r
Ian,
I agree with Cathy. If you have any type of eBook reader from which you can
access cloud storage (I use OneDrive for such transfers), place a pdf of your
book there and transfer to your reader. I use this method for Kindle Fire and
iPad so I can take a pdf copy of a book with me
Larry,
If similar to my order, the download link for the pdf book should have been
at the bottom on your order receipt (emailed). I also noted a download link
on the web page that confirmed the purchase. Finally, I received a separate
email later that day (Oct 28th) with a download link for the
Good question Thomas. After checking "Evidence Explained" (I have the 2007
edition, not the current 3rd edition) looks as though I need to make a few
changes to my own data. I've been added each directory individually even
when the address stays the same. However, the information below suggests a
Cathy,
I am a bit hesitant with describing a digitized (online) City Directory as a
‘reprint’. Might I suggest you review section 12.75 Reprints & Revisions in
‘Evidence Explained’ (p. 708-9)
The book does provide a sample source list entry for a City Directory as
follows:
Polk, R.
Hi Jay,
No, not really. What I was hoping for was a simple option switch to turn off
the export of url links that the user can add through the Media Gallery.
The GEDCOM code for a url link is:
3 OBJE
4 FORM URL
4 FILE
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1=1880usfedcen
I recently needed to send information about a few families as a small
GEDCOM. While I am relatively new to Legacy, I had no problem creating the
small GEDCOM - except for graphics information. When the GEDCOM was imported
(to a couple different genealogical applications) the following was found:
Rick,
There are actually a couple of check boxes involved. First, did you transcribe
the information from the census listing to the Notes box of the census event?
And, is the Add the event notes to the sentence box checked?
From the Chronology tab, click Options (bottom, right) and select
ed to send them your entire Legacy file. You can use
tags and such to create a separate Legacy file with just the folks they want
to see, and then use that separate Legacy file to create the CD/USB.
Bob
On 12/29/2016 13:14, Denise Moss-Fritch wrote:
>
> I recently needed to send informa
Bill.
From: Denise Moss-Fritch
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 6:14 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>
Subject: [LegacyUG] Graphic info exported through GEDCOM - What am I
missing?
I recently needed to send information about a few familie
Jay,
I agree with Cathy. I've already found that the list of options on the
Export Items dialog does not allow for just exclusion of the url 'graphic'.
The only options available permit including all, or none, of the graphic
objects.
Cathy,
No, not yet. I am waiting for the version 9 release.
Sheri,
In Help, check Text Formatting. Superscript is mentioned in the Legacy 8
User Guide simply as text formatting in notes. The concept of text
formatting is 'old', from DOS or even CPM+ days. If you need specifics, you
might search online for details.
Denise
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From:
Don,
Please check the ad again. I suspect what you are referring to states:
Legacy 9.0 Deluxe (software for PC via download, PDF manual)
Note an Acrobat version (pdf) is included.
Denise
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of
.
Besides, if we waited for everything to be declared ‘perfect’ none of us would
be driving (with all the auto recalls) reported every year.
Denise Moss-Fritch
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Bob Austen
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 11:19
, Michigan and is buried in Hughes, South Dakota.
Without Legacy's new Find A Grave search feature, finding these two grave
memorial would have been a very time consuming process. Instead, the two
checks took only seconds. So, again thanks Millennia staff for this new
feature.
Denise Moss-Fritch
Jack,
No, Win 10 works just fine with the MS help system and therefore Legacy 9's
help file.
Have you checked the Legacy 9 install directory to see that Legacy Help
(Legcay9.chm) is present? The default install location is probably
c://Program Files (x86)/Legacy9. You will find the
If you sync with MyHeritage and leave the setting to public, then you tree
would be visible.
If you sync with MyHeritage, but set your tree to private (as is my tree)
than no one will be able to see your data.
If you do not sync your tree to MyHeritage, no tree will be uploaded.
All
John, you really need to read the privacy policy dealing with family trees on
MyHeritage. Your second paragraph is not even remotely accurate for MyHeritage.
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au
Sent: Monday,
Ian,
>From the Help system:
“Modification Date and Time
This window is reached by clicking on the Modified Date in the lower right
corner of the main window. (Click on the small box that appears when your
mouse cursor hovers over that area.)
The Last Modified window shows a
Seems this thread concerning the 'hidden' link for the modify date in Family
view is still active. So, might I add yet a bit more information from the
Legacy Help file?
Please see the 'Tips and Tricks' topic in Help. (Not a topic name I would
have expected as a long retired tech writer, yet .
Hopefully the following will offer a bit of reassurance to those concerned
with MyHeritage buying out Millenia and the data they have recorded in
their Legacy databases. Please remember that MyHeritage is not the ONLY auto
data search link offered in Legacy 9, nor is that auto search feature
"I have seen all sorts of problems with Find A Grave.
My great grandfather's tombstone has a wrong birthdate"
A tombstone with the wrong birth date is hardly the fault of Find A Grave. A
family member at the time commissioned the tombstone. There are any number
of reasons as to how they had the
Gene,
Other than FamilySearch.com, the other online records search site that
currently offers pre-written citations is AmericanAncestors.org (New England
Historic Genealogical Society).
I just wish the extracted information for the indexes at Ancestry.com were much
better. It becomes
Gene,
Do you use Source Writer or the Basic Source tool?
If you use Source Writer, the complexity of the various types of data (vital
records, newspapers, census, military, etc), along with the multiple options
available in that tool, would extremely difficult for the Legacy software to
e shorter fields may not fit but any citation
should fit in the Citation Text.
You can see the limits of the fields in Legacy in the Help file. Open help and
look for capacities.
Brian Kelly
On 10-May-17 12:57 PM, Denise Moss-Fritch wrote:
> Gene,
>
> Do you use Source Writer or t
Michele,
I was very interested to read the following in your post:
> You need to backup your _AppData folder. This folder holds your custom
settings.
Has there ever been a feature recommendation to include the _AppData folder
in Legacy's backup system? As important as this folder is I
Thank you Brian and Michele. Just added the feature addition as an optional
addition (a check box) to include the _AppData in both standard and cloud
backups.
Denise
-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Brian Kelly
Thanks Dave. I was preparing to write about this same problem when your note
hit the list.
Sherry, thank toos. However, the solution you mention (deleting the legacy2.usr
file) has limited relief only.
I deleted the file three times yesterday afternoon alone. (I am still ‘cleaning
up’
Brian,
Unfortunately only Vol 1 is still sold. I have been asking about Vol 2 for
nearly a year now and have been told it is 'on the list' for updating, but
no announcement yet. Yes, it would be nice to have some real depth
information about tagging and how to tie that into the hashtags.
Denise
Laurence,
Check the bottom of your email receipt. My receipt shows a URL, password, and
a notice of ‘unlimited access’. I just checked that URL and see the download
information for BOTH Legacy 9 and the pdf of the user guide.
Denise
From: LegacyUserGroup
Itzhak,
Well, that depends upon which window (main application or Individual's
information) where you want the specialty displays.
If you want to change the main application window's data display, try the
following:
1. Right click on any of the five default field labels (Born, Chr,
Sherry,
Even primary document have errors. My maternal grandfather was born in 1880.
Yet the official, primary county record give his gender as ‘female’ and his
name as the female version.
As for the discussion being far from Legacy, not really. With a primary record
that contains
) interface terms since
the mid-1980s, I cringe with some descriptions I read. A ‘screen’ is the
surface of a monitor. A program displays in a window. The user can have several
programs running, each in its own window, on the screen of the monitor.
Best,
Denise Moss-Fritch
From
No, that is not accurate. The test performed by Living DNA is ‘3-in-1”,
including autosomal, yDNA, and mtDNA. The company is based in the UK. Since the
company is UK based, if you have ancestors in that area, the autosomal results
go a step further and identify sections of the country too.
<LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tip of the Day
Living DNA will give you your yDNA and mtDNA haplogroups, nothing more.
On Sep 17, 2017 12:53 PM, "Denise Moss-Fritch" <d.mossfri...@comcast.net
<mailto:d.mossfri...@comcast.net> > wrote:
No, that is not
r yDNA? 12? 25? 37? 67? 111? Do they give you
your marker values?
On Sep 17, 2017 3:50 PM, "Denise Moss-Fritch" <d.mossfri...@comcast.net
<mailto:d.mossfri...@comcast.net> > wrote:
Please visit and check out their site.
The test sequence and resulting information
Thankfully I have maps still active for the Master Place List. (After importing
a GEDCOM months ago I am still sorting through 5,000 plus locations and am
downs to 3,500 now.)
As for ‘add Google Maps’, with software development it is not a matter of
‘moving’ as which maps are part of the
Well, I reported less than two hours ago (well after Cathy's note below)
that I had maps in Legacy, including the Master Locations List. As of now, I
no longer have maps. The change was sudden, from having maps to just a blank
white space where the map should be displaying throughout Legacy.
would they remove a valuable tool in Legacy?
Sherry
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Denise Moss-Fritch <d.mossfri...@comcast.net>
wrote:
> Well, I reported less than two hours ago (well after Cathy’s note
> below) that I had maps in Legacy, including the Master Locations List.
> A
Cathy,
Have to admit that your comment about maps -- “Bing turning off the way they
were being accessed” -- has me curious From whom did you receive this
information?
I am only asking as while I know of two genealogy software (Legacy is one)
where maps stopped functioning three months
Thank you Cathy. The information was very much appreciated.
Denise
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 5:43 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]
Has anyone heard anything about a solution to the map (Bing) situation?
Searching the list archives I find it is nearly three months now (most posts
were between May and September, but heavily in August) since the Master
Location maps in Legacy ceased to function. When the maps ceased to function
specific situation (transferring data into Legacy) I'm probably a 'bit' more
concerned than most.
Again Thanks.
Denise Moss-Fritch
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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Brian Kelly
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:54 PM
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