Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing hard copy / printed book

2017-02-08 Thread Pete Beatty
I would love to know what the problems, considering that MS Word is a corporate level word processor and has been used to produce documents with over 1000 pages of text, graphics and pictures. I have not come across a document that could not be produced in MS word. When trying to put high

Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing hard copy / printed book

2017-02-09 Thread Pete Beatty
CE, The is NO commercial word processor that is going to convert any document from another other company with 100% accuracy. An example of this is vendor A uses a 8 character name for a paragraph style and that document is saved as a DOC/RTF/PDF file. You open your word processor and then open

[LegacyUG] Source Transfer from Ancestry

2016-09-08 Thread Pete Beatty
I have been a Family Tree Maker user for MANY years and am now converting to Legacy. I recently create and transferred the Ancestry Data to Legacy using a GED file, using all options available. The question now is: How do I transfer the Sources and Images from FTM?. I have over 800

Re: [LegacyUG] Help on Family Search Interface

2016-08-31 Thread Pete Beatty
> is because you have entered an AKA that is the same as the main name. > > > Michele > Technical Support > Millennia Corporation > mich...@legacyfamilytree.com > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On &

[LegacyUG] Help on Family Search Interface

2016-08-31 Thread Pete Beatty
I have started adding my data to Family Search, using the Legacy interface, and have a question: When I select my person in Legacy and go to Family Search "My Legacy Person | "Family Tree Person >

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Transfer from Ancestry

2016-09-08 Thread Pete Beatty
in Legacy. > > Sherry > >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 5:46 AM, Pete Beatty <pete.bea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have been a Family Tree Maker user for MANY years and am now >> converting to Legacy. I recently create and transferred the Ancestry >> Data to Legac

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Transfer from Ancestry

2016-09-08 Thread Pete Beatty
Martha, Thanks for the input. The GED is new. I found data, just did not know where to look. Still have a lot of linkage errors and will have to manually correct. Pete B (my phone) > On Sep 8, 2016, at 6:06 PM, Martha Graham wrote: > > Hi Pete, > I do not use Ancestry

[LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Pete Beatty
I am a little confused on how to properly identify a missing portion of a Name. I have numerous entries were the current person's name partially known. Is there a accepted identifier that can be used to signify "UNKNOWN"? I currently use "Unknown" for either portion of the name. --

Re: [LegacyUG] Identification of "UnKnown" name

2016-09-12 Thread Pete Beatty
an > unknown name. Thus, I recently did a mass change of the use of "Unknown" to > the five underscores in Legacy. For one thing, this makes the fact stand out > that the name is not known when scanning a list of names, or otherwise. > > Gene > ===== > >

Re: [LegacyUG] New Legacy Build Available

2017-04-15 Thread Pete Beatty
I have different Logitech devices, some going back about 8 years. They all work. I run windows 10 on two different computers. Both systems have all software/drivers upgraded to the latest level. > On Apr 15, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Sherry wrote: > > I don't want to hear

Re: [LegacyUG] Backup error

2017-07-25 Thread Pete Beatty
You might want to look at the instructions on the bottom of Legacy emails and use the APPROPRIATE link On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 7:32 PM, Gretchen Ellis Martin < egretch...@outlook.com> wrote: > I have tried more than once to remove my email from this list and here I > am again. Please help remove

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citation Info

2017-08-05 Thread Pete Beatty
Version 9 Pete B (my phone) > On Aug 5, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Evelyn .. wrote: > > which version of Legacy are you using? > >> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Pete wrote: >> Using Sourcewriter: >> >> How would you enter data for “Crossle Genealogical

Re: [LegacyUG] Tip of the Day

2017-06-12 Thread Pete Beatty
Michele, your current tip contains the following: "Excel can't handle pre-1901 dates so you will have a problem sorting by columns." Excel Does not have a problem with dates prior 1901. It can handle all formats of dates. I have several spreadsheets with some having thousands of records with

Re: [LegacyUG] Hello from MyHeritage + 2 unique offers

2017-09-15 Thread Pete Beatty
I called yesterday and it was still available. In fact, they converted me. Pete B > On Sep 14, 2017, at 8:51 PM, Rick Koelz wrote: > > Susie Z, > I called and they told me the offer for existing subscribers expired 9/10 or > 9/11. She checked and said the deal for existing

Re: [LegacyUG] Publishing

2018-04-01 Thread Pete Beatty
When a document is converted to PDF, the PDF conversion removes all formatting and substitutes there own PDF formatting to give the appearance of the original document. All tables of contents, page numbers, paragraph numbers, indexes, captions, etc. are converted to the PDF ‘fixed’ format.

Re: [LegacyUG] LegacyFamilySearch access error

2019-02-12 Thread Pete Beatty
I brought up Legacy and lord in to family search from Legacy. I works fine. Pete On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 7:51 PM JV Leavitt wrote: > I get an access error when I try opening the LegacyFS program I suspect > the problem is with the FamilySearch interface to 3rd party programs, > but just to be

Re: [LegacyUG] Location names for Pennsylvania

2019-08-02 Thread Pete Beatty
I believe that we should be bridging “what was” and “what is”. People like to know the history. Yet, it has no meaning if they can not relate to present day. I take the approach of making a word modification to the location data. I primarily use the current location and then insert the original

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Media File.

2019-09-06 Thread Pete Beatty
Gail, The simplest way is to copy W7 media files to an external drive. Then copy the files from the external drive to W10.1 On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 11:58 AM Gail Morrow wrote: > Thank you Cathy Pinner for your reply to my query of 4 Sep. > > I am not so good at describing issues so hope this

Re: [LegacyUG] Location names for Pennsylvania

2019-08-01 Thread Pete Beatty
James: Politics has no place in this discussion. On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 5:42 PM James G. Hermsen via LegacyUserGroup < legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> wrote: > Yes, but in the notes. Most people I share my information with want to > know where the place is now. They, like Trump, have no

Re: [LegacyUG] Surname Changed When Immigrated

2019-11-25 Thread Pete Beatty
A lesson I learned: In the 1800’s and early 1900’s, the majority of individuals could not spell. Therefore, when they would need to record their name, they relied on the individual completing the form, to spell their names. This resulted in numerous and different spellings for the same individual.

Re: [LegacyUG] Survey - Syncing

2020-03-30 Thread Pete Beatty
I have a setup similar to John's. I have two machines: one for Daily use and one used on Travel. I have a NAS installed at home with redundant hard drives. The NAS can be accessed from the WEB (Double PASSWORD Protected). The NAS retains the last edited version of the my data file. When I finish

Re: [LegacyUG] Assistance Please

2020-11-28 Thread Pete Beatty
Great Thanks On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 10:18 AM Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 28/11/2020 14:36, pete.bea...@gmail.com wrote: > > I have uncovered a birth(abt 1750)in whichthe Mother is not identified. > > > > The Father is listed on aChurchrecord as the father. The motherisnot > > identified. > > >