Legacy software - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Posting within Legacy

temperpolk — 10 Aug 2008 1:58:02 GMT

I just posted something within Legacy to Ancestry and now I can't find it on Ancestry. Is there a trick I am missing??? Sorry for the dumb question....

Importing really, Really, REALLY big files....

AGHatchett3rd — 20 Apr 2008 7:20:39 GMT

Anyone have experience importing extra large gedcoms?

I started importing at 12:43 CDT.
12:43-1:05 legacy spent analyzing the Gedcom
1:09 it started importing people..

It is now 2:19CDT and it is *still* importing individuals!

I have a new HP with 3 gigs of rams, Vista Home Premium.

Gedcom contains:
529,324 individuals
219,531 families
4570 sources

Is it normal to take this long?

Just Downloaded the newest version 7.0

deweber_1 — 27 Jul 2008 2:59:32 GMT

Now how do I get my family data from ancestry.com into Legacy? Is there a way to create the GEDCOM file without purchasing the Family Tree Maker product that they sell?

Also a funtionality question; currently in ancestry I have 1 tree but I want to create smaller "branches" in Legacy by different surnames with some kind of 'link' at the appropriate relationship. Is this the best way to go as I grow my database (I only have about 500 people right now)?

Will appreciate any/all advice :-)

Thanks, Dawn

Source citations with SourceWriter--designating page/sheet numbers in census

vmountjoy — 23 Jul 2008 11:20:57 GMT

Hello all,

I use Legacy 7 Standard Edition, and was wondering if some fellow users could offer their feedback on this. When entering citation data into the SourceWriter for census records, there is both a field for page and sheet number. I noticed that on census records, particularly the 1900 which I cite often, the sheet number is the only one which occurs on every page; page numbers are on every other page. So, how would one designate a page which is "in between" numbers? I know there is also a letter on each page, A or B, but looking at Ancestry.com's citations, I see that they tack these letters onto the end of the sheet number, not the page number. So if the sheet number is twelve, and the page number is between 80 and 81, Ancestry writes 12B. Now, this seems rather inefficient to me; I would do it the other way around, 80B--but I don't know. In SourceWriter, the field for page number has an explanation in gray lettering which reads: "Type the page number and page number type, Ex: 273 (stamped)" Does this mean for a page in between numbers I ought to write "unstamped"?? Seems as if there should be a more intelligent way to write this type of thing. If anybody has had this problem and come up with a solution, I'd be glad to hear your input!

Thanks,

Val

Gedcom malfunction

Donnacoxbriggs — 15 Jul 2008 11:32:01 GMT

I'm so frustrated! When I do a gedcom, even from my desktop to the laptop, Legacy distorts my events. It takes whatever I've entered into the "description" field and makes it the event. Example: Event is "occupation". I enter "farmer" in the description field. Now, when I look at my events list, I see "farmer" as an event! The person doesn't come up as having a listing under "occupation".

Another problem is when I took a friend's gedcom (Family Tree Maker), it distorted all his notes, entering them into the events field, making events from whole paragraphs, such as: "Fred and his family", "lived for 20 years", "in the same", "house on First Avenue". All these are events!

Help choosing software....Questions & advice for beginner

FloridaFeet44 — 19 Jan 2008 7:30:05 GMT

I may have started backwards but I'm looking for some help making my genealogy software selection. I'm trying to decide between Family Tree Maker 2008 and Legacy 6.0. It seems there might be a lot of bugs in the FTM 2008. Please share your issues if they are relevant for a beginner in genealogy. It seems that ancestry.com and FTM are related although I do NOT intend on buying the annual subscription to ancestry.com. Does one program over another offer better research help?

Because a relative had an account on myfamily.com, that is where I started my family tree on-line. Now that I have entered almost a 100 names, I feel the need to buy a program to have on my computer and print reports. I want a software program that will allow me to export the myfamily.com tree information that I already input and print a report. Because I am using the myfamily.com website, will it be more user friendly with FTM than Legacy software?

My Aunt has an older version of Family Tree Maker and I plan on importing data with a LOT of family notes.

Is there another program I should consider or are there free options?

Thanks in advance for any advice on my situation.

omitting spouse notes from a descendant report

rvklein1 — 22 Jun 2008 3:44:21 GMT

I am trying to create a Descendant report without any notes. I have notes for both the man and spouse
I am using the option "Books/other" and then "Descendants". I then clicked on report options and unchecked everything in the notes section. The notes for the spouse still appear in the report. I noticed in the notes section the option for spouse is grayed out, not giving ne an option. What am I missing?

Thanks
Bob
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Putting Pictures in Legacy 6.0

BlackCat020938 — 21 Jun 2008 4:19:46 GMT

I had been putting pictures in my database, the other day I went to add a photo and had to go a different way to do it, and now I cant get it back to where I can import pictures from my Adobe PhotoShop any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Erica

Legacy 7 - converting sources

margaretjanew — 20 Jun 2008 7:16:13 GMT

I have tried converting a few sources using the new source writer, and have come across a problem.

Where I have previously used a website as a source, e.g. FreeBMD (UK birth, marriage and death registrations), I have entered the date accessed under 'date recorded', as there was no other specific place to enter it.

If I create a new source for FreeBMD, using the source writer, I now have a 'date accessed' and a 'date recorded' (which in most cases will be the same!).

If I combine the old and the new sources, I will have several hundred records which do not apparently have a date accessed.

I will have to go through each one individually to give it a 'date accessed'.

Is there an easy solution?

Margaret

Godparents

dannybou — 7 Jun 2008 8:51:10 GMT

How do I enter godparents? I am using Version 7 and can't figure it out. Thanks

Legacy 7.0 Import for FTM 2008

mike35mmnut — 5 Mar 2008 3:09:11 GMT

I am one of the loyal FTM 2006 and before users that started using FTM 2008. I have tried to work with FTM and been a beta tester and honestly they do not keep their users in the loop and it has become very upsetting. The problem of finding a new program is that I have hundreds of imported census images and family photographies not to mention about 100-200 Cemetery Photographies in my sources. Doing a GED export and import loses all of that. I am a Legacy Deluxe 6.0 Users, so I downloaded the charting 7.0 beta and was surprised to find out that it import directly FTM files.

Does anyone know if 7.0 Deluxe will also import FTM and FTM 2008 Files directly. I do noe expect it to be perfect but if I could get 95% of it then I would be willing to consider switching.

Thanks

Mike

Automatic checking for duplicates

drmargis — 4 Jun 2008 1:32:05 GMT

I've switched from an old, old version of FamilyTreeMaker to Legacy. Certainly a more professional program. However, when adding a new name that was the same as an old one, FTM automatically asked if it was the same person. It was very convenient when creating massive, royal genealogy databases where you're not necessarily going to remember every name you put in. Is there a way to turn on this feature in Legacy, or am I out of luck?

PDA and Legacy

ksuhistory — 12 Dec 2007 8:35:42 GMT

Hi, I am currently looking into getting a hand held. Been researching PALM and HP iPAQ111. If I were to purchase the HP, I understand that Legacy and Pocket Genealogist can go hand to hand. I currently use FTM vs 16 and have done a lot of research and found the FTM has been a great program. Here's my questions- should I convert to Legacy and buy the HP and get Pocket Genealogist- or should I stay with FTM and GEDCOM to the HP? Has anyone used both Legacy and the Pocket Genealogist for research etc?
Thanks

Legacy - Ancestry.com integration

Rob3318 — 16 Apr 2008 3:38:07 GMT

Can someone post some tips and hints of using Legacy and Ancestry.com together? I find that I am doing double data entry on both and its hard to keep in sync.

* scenario 1 -- i do a lot of updates in Legacy, but cannot merge them into my Ancestry.com area.

* scenario 2 -- i find good census records and "attach" them to existing people in Ancestry, how do I get them into Legacy.

Any help from you power users would be appreciated!

Rob.

Using the To-Do list for project management

karyanca — 18 Apr 2008 12:04:57 GMT

I'm looking for a way to incorporate project management into Legacy, rather than keeping it in a separate program. Ideally, this would be using the To-Do list. However, I'm not sure how best to approach this.

Say that my high level goal is to obtain certified documentation for births, marriages and deaths of all my direct ancestors back to a particular point in time - let's say six generations.

At first glance, it seems this reasonably divides into a list of lower level goals for each individual direct ancestor:
* obtain birth certificate or equivalent
* obtain marriage certificate or equivalent
* obtain death certificate or equivalent

Then, each of these goals can be sub-divided into appropriate tasks. This is where the To-Do list seems to come in. However, the drawback seems to be the tasks in the To-Do list can't be linked to each other as prerequisites.

For example, in order to obtain my (deceased) paternal grandmother's long form birth certificate, I need to:
i. learn her name at death
ii. learn her date and place of death
iii. apply for her death certificate using (i) and (ii)
iv. learn her name at birth
v. learn her parents' names (including her mother's maiden name)
vi. learn her date and place of birth
vii. obtain written consent from her next of kin
viii. apply for her birth certificate using (iii) as proof of death, (vii) as proof of right of access, and (iv), (v) and (vi) as identification of the correct individual

Each of these might be sub-divided into smaller tasks - correspondence with a relative, searching for an obit, checking parish records, etc.

Without being able to link these tasks together, I could spend too much time looking at tasks that are on hold while waiting for other tasks to be completed.

On the other hand, I could create one big task for each individual and list a number of steps in it. This seems a little backwards.

I'm brand new to Legacy (using v6.0 Deluxe). Am I looking at this the wrong way? Is there a better approach?

Locations - Best Practices vs. Geo Locations List

karyanca — 17 Apr 2008 8:38:23 GMT

Maybe I'm being a little obsessive about this, but I want to follow the practice of using the name of a place as it was at the time of the event YET I also want to take advantage of the Geo Locations List.

Is there was a way to create multiple entries on my Master Location List, each for a particular "lifespan" of the name, BUT which all map to a single Geo Location List entry? For example, the modern town of Dover (which isn't on the Geo Locations List, anyway) has only existed under it's current "address":

Dover, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

since December 6, 2001. However, it has also been:

Dover, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
Wellington, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
Wellington, Bonavista Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland
Shoal Bay, Bonavista Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland

Also, the "Bonavista Bay" isn't a civil partition, but a geographic one that is used when needed to distinguish between towns of the same name or to locate a little known community. I've been using it as the equivalent of a U.S. "county". The only problem is some locations don't have an equivalent region name (e.g. newer inland communities).

I guess I can just manually add each different naming pattern, with coordinates, to the Master Locations List with notes about its different names.

changing settings

makay14 — 23 Mar 2008 1:56:04 GMT

I would like to change the order of the tabs eg family, index, descendant.
I often have the screen reduced and constantly swap between family and index would like these as the first two and the rest in any order.

Can anyone help

Questions about Legacy, Notes & Sources

mariahfbrazil — 21 Mar 2008 12:34:37 GMT

I've recently decided to start using Legacy and I'm having difficulty figuring out a couple of things regarding Notes. I've used PAF for over ten years, and used the Notes section regularly to incorporation transcriptions from pensions, wills & obituaries, as well as stories that family members told me about the person. When viewing Census records, I also put the records into the Head of Household's Notes section, describing the person, what they did for a living at the time, how old he/she was, and the members of his/her family living in the home.

What is the proper way to add this information for Legacy? It appears to me that Legacy is a much more powerful program than PAF, and I want to take full advantage of putting information in the proper places for purposes of creating reports and books, but I can't seem to get a grip on where I should be putting notes like obituaries. Can you guys share some tips regarding what you do?

I'm also having some difficulty figuring out how to add all the source information I need. I've made a commitment to go through my files and include source information for anyone I don't have it listed from my early days when I didn't really understand what I was doing. I understand (mostly) how to enter a source when I'm looking at the document or a copy of the document - When I pull an obituary off of Newspaper Archives, for example, I include the name of the newspaper, the location of the newspaper, the date and the page number. What do I put for Repository, though? If I've saved a copy of the obituary, am I the repository? Or do I list the URL of the actual page of the newspaper? When I'm listing census records that I've pulled off of Ancestry, is Ancestry the Repository?

Any suggestions will be appreciated - I know there's going to be a learning curve with changing software, but I don't want to make some of the mistakes I've made in the past.

Thanks a lot!

Mariah Felty Brazil

When is #7 released?

wxfear — 17 Mar 2008 4:06:11 GMT

When are they releasing #7????????????

Descendancy chart?

athenian_1 — 18 Feb 2008 5:58:51 GMT

Is there some way to get a proper descendancy *chart* out of Legacy? When I click the "chart" option, I get an outline descendancy report instead. There is a color and text box button on the dialog that doesn't seem to have any effect. If there is a secret way to print an actual chart, please let me know what it is.

Thank you.

Uploading info from Legacy 6.0 to Ancestry Personal Family Tree

tomjamieson1947 — 24 Feb 2008 9:01:49 GMT

Before I upload my family tree to the Ancestry personal member tree site I'm curious about how much info is uploaded. Will the upload include all the personal notes that I might have on an individual. At this time some of my notes are a collection of personal information that I don't want exposed until I have them completely verified, etc and I don't want to have to go in and edit each person after I do an upload. I know info can be changed/deleted etc but I'd rather it not be there until I'm ready to put it there. I can't seem to find this anwsere in the Help area. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Events - make private

margaretjanew — 14 Feb 2008 7:13:51 GMT

Any suggestions anyone?

I don't want all events printing out, or appearing in descendant reports, etc.

I now realise I can make events private, but is their anyway of doing this en masse, rather than check each event out individually?

E.g. I would like to retain census information in reports, but not necessarily other events I have created, such as biography for individuals, giving timeline of events - this is too much duplication when several of the same family have their own.

Can I customise it any way that all 'Biography' events are private, or will I have to go through individually?

Margaret

Legacy

mmscanlon — 14 Feb 2008 7:54:31 GMT

I built a family tree in Legacy 3 some years ago and uploaded to a website. i have now lost the original files and am lothe to go through the input process again. if i buy the latest legacy can I merge info from a website into it??

Ahnentafal report help please

sarahkbeck — 7 Feb 2008 10:39:11 GMT

My ahf. report or ancestry report is numbered all wrong. My daughter is listed as 1, and both her father AND I as number 2. Is this because I started with myself and then added them?

Is there a way to regroup this or fix it without starting over? I'm new to Legacy and want to use this numbering system with my paper file system.

I don't want to have to start all over and readd all of the data. I have a couple hundred names and several data sources!!

How to compare two Legacy family files

nygenes1 — 22 Jun 2007 11:27:25 GMT

Well I did it. Long time Legacy user and have it on two machines. Have always tried to be careful to input new info on the laptop and then later copying the file to the desktop machine.

I now have two mixed up files and do not know how to fix it easily. Sometime back, dunno when, evidently keyed new info into desktop machine first.

I want to be able to compare the two files side by side and have the program advance to the various differences so that I can merge them all back into one file.

This has probably been asked and answered many times but hope someone can describe it in detail.

Thanks.

Help! 'Individual's Information' Screen Icons Keep Disappearing!

MaryWilson585 — 2 Feb 2008 2:59:32 GMT

What is happening?! I tried to edit a person's info, and when their "Individual's Information" screen came up, I could see the usual icons across the top (the LDS temple, Homes, Notes, etc.) but only for a micro-second before they all flashed off. The only thing remaining, but in a grayed-out state yet accessible, was the LDS temple icon. Everything else instantly disappears. I've logged off and tried again. Same results regardless of individual I try to edit through those icons - icons are viewable for a split second then disappear. This has never happened to me before. I just wanted to change something in Notes. Any explanation?? Mary Wilson

Font size - Index view

ancestplj — 27 Jan 2008 3:23:56 GMT

I have a new wide screen monitor. For some reason I cannot figure out how to reduce the font size in the Index view. The lines are nearly running together and it is hard to read.

new to Legacy-looking to switch from FTM vs 16

ksuhistory — 22 Jan 2008 2:04:40 GMT

I have been thinking about getting a Windows based PDA-I like the fact that Legacy and my PDA can work together- I have been playing around with the free version of Legacy for about 2 weeks. What I am trying to do is to sort all those that died in a certain city so that the next time I am in the area, I can go to the court house and look up all the death certificates and then go to the local library to find obits- I have tried the search tab but can't seemed to make it sort a list like that- can anyone help
Thanks

Legacy intellishare numbers problem

jlcarroll182 — 20 Jan 2008 7:20:01 GMT

I am trying to use intellishare to co-ordinate with my father...but it isn't working. I have a file where everyone (or a large number of people) all have the same intellishare number before I begin. I know this because if I intellishare merge with my own file I get 200,000 or so duplicates... intellishare thinks that each person is a duplicate with every other person.This is before I make a copy, change something and then import that and then do intellimerge. When I do that it is worse. I have tried exporting to gedcom and re-importing, but as I understand it you not import gedcom id's into the intellishare number... for what ever reason this doesn't help. Isn't there an option to re-set all the numbers? If I could get unique numbers into my file then I could start sharing things with my father.

please help

Merge Family Files

raustin_48103 — 15 Jan 2008 11:10:38 GMT

I have two family files in "Legacy" that I would like to merge into a single family file. What is the best way to do this?

Source Details

ziggiez1 — 10 Jan 2008 11:52:14 GMT

I am new at Legacy 6 and love it!. I was a FTM user. I was wondering if there is a way to edit the details that are with the master source. I found where I could bring up a source master list and I am able to fix my master sources. What I am looking for is the same type of list that can be edited for the details of the master source.
Example of what I would like it for is if I put in the detail section "vol 23 pg 46" and on others I might have put in "volume 23 page 46". Now I want to go back and make the details more consistant.
I hope there is a way to do this.
Thanks
Debbie

Search and Replace vital records Born Died

JeffreyPadell — 21 Dec 2007 1:34:58 GMT

I recently downloaded and purchased Legacy, having used Family Tree Maker for 10 years. I am really impressed! I think I have given up FTM 16.
I have misspelled a couple counties (Schyukill instead of Schuylkill) and tried using the search and replace, however I can't find anything that will change the spellings in a persons vital records, the Born, Chr, Died, Buried, i.e. the main page. DO I have to change them one at a time?

Vista

CCosta3674 — 17 Dec 2007 3:06:12 GMT

My HP with vista keeps locking up deader than a doornail when I try to attach photos, causing me to reboot my computer. I've done the legacy with vista download at the legacy website, made sure my user account is turned
'on', the files are at c:\legacy NOT c:\program files...
I'm not a computer whiz...and I don't know what else to do to fix this. Any suggestions?

Search / Replace for locations?

trinkner1 — 6 Dec 2007 1:37:24 GMT

I'd like to replace "USA" with "British Colonial America" for all my locations associated with dates before 1776. I want to leave the USA locations unchanged with dates after 1776. Is there a clever way to do this in Legacy 6 without analyzing each use of a location for its date pairing?

Big problem (for me) with Legacy

checochinican — 3 Dec 2007 2:48:54 GMT

I found a really bad glitch in Legacy, and that will make it unusable for me (but not for everyone). When importing data from the "notes" section of FTM, because the message boxes are different widths in the two programs, Legacy separates words that occur at the end of the line (in the Legacy program). My family file has numerous notes; in fact, that's the best thing about my data.

Here is an example, the first paragraph of my notes about William the Conqueror, as it appeared in Legacy:

"General Notes: William, the illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy, spent his first s ix years with his mother in Falaise and received the duchy of Normandy up on his father's death in 1035. A council consisting of noblemen and Willia m's appointed guardians ruled Normandy but ducal authority waned under t he Normans' violent nature and the province was wracked with assassinati on and revolt for twelve years. In 1047, William reasserted himself in t he eastern Norman regions and, with the aid of France's King Henry I, crus hed the rebelling barons. He spent the next several years consolidating h is strength on the continent through marriage, diplomacy, war and savage i ntimidation. By 1066, Normandy was in a position of virtual independence f rom William's feudal lord, Henry I of France and the disputed successi on in England offered William an opportunity for invasion."

I am hoping that Legacy's version 7 will have fixed this, but I really don't expect that.

Name Index in Narrative Reports - How?

checochinican — 12 Sep 2007 4:14:34 GMT

I am an escapee from Family Tree Maker, just learning Legacy. Very new to this program.

I love the narrative reports but have a puzzle. When a report is generated in a rich text file, the place where the name index should be says:

[ Note: Using your word processor, generate an Index here. ]
[ All names have been marked as index entries in this document. ]
[ Erase these three lines. ]

How do I do that? I use NoteTab Light. Thanks for any help.

Sharon

Best practice for location format?

trinkner1 — 1 Dec 2007 2:36:16 GMT

I'm unsure what the best practice is for entering locations in a database that incorporates many countries whose location naming schemes differ.

For example, most US locations have 4 components: city, county, state, country (e.g., "Claremont, Los Angeles, California, USA") If I don't know the city, but I do know the county, state, and country, I can use a comma to start the entry, as in ", Los Angeles, California, USA."

But how do I best enter European locations that only have three components, as far as I know? Antwerp, for example, would seem to be complete as "Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium." But when Legacy analyzes this entry, I think it will assume that the country is absent, because there are only three components to the entry.

How do "professional" genealogists handle this issue? Is there a slick way to designate the location components in Legacy?

Root Individual

ancestplj — 3 Jan 2007 2:52:49 GMT

How do I change the individual who appears first when opening a file? I've looked everywhere! Thanks.

David

How to use Legacy Software

gdetzel — 14 Sep 2007 4:52:33 GMT

I am new to genealogy and frankly I think I bit off more then I can chew! I ordered Legacy and it is very difficult to use. What should I do to make it easier? It is as clear as mud! I did finally learn how to inter the names in my family but thats as much as I can do. HELP

New Legacy User

patcoghm — 23 Nov 2007 10:10:29 GMT

Just let everyone who uses Legacy the I enjoy using this program. When Family Tree Maker's new version changed I decided to try Legacy. I'm so glad this happened and I was forced to try something different. Legacy does rings around Family Tree Maker 2008 and after a short learning time, fell really good about the move. Love the Search the internet and created some search strings for all my search locations. Works great.
P.S. If you have a Ancestry subscription that includes One World Family Trees, they started to update them after many years of neglect. My last updated One World Tree was 2002 and recently it updated to Sep 2007. Its finally up to date and in synch with Ancestry World Tree's and Roots World Connect Trees, which all are shared from Roots Web and used for all three Trees. Again I love Legacy and I'm very happy with the results.

How to enter 'possible' parentage

margaretjanew — 29 Oct 2007 3:42:33 GMT

Hoping someone can help me.

I have traced my Barker ancestors with the help of other researchers as far as one John Barker, who married in 1634/35, Lancing, Sussex, England and had several children in Broadwater, Sussex. Several further generations lived in Broadwater.

So, John probably born before c 1613, possibly in Sussex
Recent search of Broadwater Parish Registers has found a John Barker, baptised 1608 in Broadwater, father William. Also a William Barker baptised 1566, father Thomas.

A working assumption, with no likelihood of proof or anything to support it, would be that Thomas Barker was grandfather and William was father of 'my' John Barker.

What is the best way of entering this in Legacy?

1)To go just back to John, add something in Notes or Research about possible ancestors?

2)To add William and Thomas as father and grandfather with notes to explain lack of surety?

3)Or .....?

Margaret

looking for a copy of deluxe version 6.0

djmarriott — 14 Nov 2007 8:41:48 GMT

Currently using standard free version of Legacy 6.0 downloaded from Legacy web site, but interested in a copy of the Deluxe version (just not at $39.95!)

Brothers Keeper to Legacy

lomanehill — 12 Oct 2007 1:46:55 GMT

Has anyone switched to Legacy from Brother's Keeper? Does it import all of your events with dates, sources, and notes intact and correct?

Thanks,
Lomane

Error # 6 - file too large?

songofruth2002 — 4 Oct 2007 5:39:10 GMT

I forget the exact text of the message but it seems the gedcom I'm trying to import is too large. When I split it by hand (which leads to other errors, of course), Legacy processes the individual just fine on which it had previously errored.

GedSplit no longer seems available. Does anyone know of a way to split a GEDCOM? Barring that, does anyone know of a way to make Legacy import a larger file?

The gedcom I'm trying to import as 46K+ individuals. I'm unlikley to need all these people, of course, but wanted to import the gedcom to make searching easier.

Uploading to this site

jotrkmommy1 — 12 Feb 2007 6:33:50 GMT

I have Legacy 6.0 free edition software on my computer and it is full of info. Is there a way that I can upload that info to my family tree on this site, so that I don't have to input everything again?

Adoption

jjl1329 — 9 Sep 2007 2:07:17 GMT

I'm afraid its not as simple as just adding another set of parents using Legacy. After the first set is named, the add parents to.... is grayed out and a second pair cannot be added, add what does one do with two completely different names, both given and surnames, for the child?

Adoption

jjl1329 — 7 Sep 2007 1:16:33 GMT

How does one treat an adopted child, with esentially 2 pair of parents?

Using Legacy on 2 computers

jtripp129 — 17 Jul 2006 3:28:02 GMT

I am currently using Legacy Deluxe 6.0 (upgraded from 4 to 5 to 6). I read a few posts regarding using Legacy on 2 computers, PC and laptop. My situation is slightly different in that due to a family medical situation, I will be away from my home PC for the next 6 months. I have access to an old PC and would like to access my genealogy data just to answer questions from fellow researchers. Since I do not plan to add any data to the Legacy files, I am reluctant to shell out double the money to keep 2 Deluxe subscriptions running.
To those folks that use Legacy on 2 computers, did you purchase 2 deluxe versions or are you using one deluxe and one free standard? If so, how is that working?
I do not know if Legacy allows a single deluxe subscription to be downloaded to more than one computer.
Regards, Jane Tripp

Relationship Calculator

carolweldon46 — 23 Jun 2007 4:18:44 GMT

Is there a way of calculating a relationship backwards? Is there a way of entering a name and asking for all of their 2nd cousins, or any other relationship? I pulled up the relationship calculator and look under options to see but didn’t find a way. I was thinking this might be a way of looking for holes.

Thank you

Unable to Open Database

EileenSouza — 15 Jun 2007 10:51:48 GMT

I have Windows Vista and Office 2007 on my desktop computer. Recently, I purchased and downloaded Legacy Family Tree 6.0 Deluxe software. I installed it and that seemed to go fine but I can't open the sample database. I can create a new database but can't import into it or enter data at all. My Legacy software just opens and sits there with all icons except Internet and Exit grayed out. Has anyone ever experienced this type of problem? I really could use some help. It seems like a nice program. I was able to install it on my XP laptop with no problem.

Names

bolducfinder — 28 May 2007 3:20:33 GMT

Hi
I just started using Legacy.I lost the names in the names list.I still have my files but no names on the list. .the marriage list has names.Don
t know what I did . help

Group Sheet - remove extra lines

judyschneider156 — 26 May 2007 12:02:36 GMT

I would like to print group sheets for everyone in my database without wide gaps between each person. For instance; if a person in my database has 1 child then the data pertaining to this person is housed on the first third of the page, there is then a forced page break and the next person starts on a new page. I want to find a way to stop this from happening so that the next person/family will start a couple of lines after. Does anyone know a work-around for this?
Under the Options for Family Group Records/Format there is an option to remove all blank lines. I don't know what this does but it doesn't remove the blank lines between group sheets.
Thank you,
Judy

Windows Vista and Legacy

clayriley — 8 Apr 2007 4:03:28 GMT

Has anyone running Legacy 6 Deluxe on Windows Vista, experienced the problem of Help files not working or getting an "XCEED ZIP software trial period expired", message when backing up their files ?

us consulate

bolducfinder — 6 Apr 2007 11:17:26 GMT

hi I need help on how to enter a death location . it is (US Consulate) Guayaquil,Ecuador. and what 's it mean.

Do you include "County" in your location field?

mitchclendening — 24 Jan 2007 1:49:19 GMT

I'm trying to adopt a consistent method of inputting location data, and I can't decide whether to add "Co." when I input a county name. I realize that Legacy maintains a position for city, county, state, country, but I find it easier to scan when I include the Co. label. I'm curious how other users handle this.

Now that I'm thinking about it... where do you put township information?

Individual reports - printing sources

margaretjanew — 16 Feb 2007 6:45:01 GMT

I am experimenting with preparing individual reports for my family tree members, as a lot of my information is on computer, and not backed up on paper.

I obviously want to include sources of information.

However, when I select a name to prepare the report, including sources, it gives all the sources for parents as well.
E.g. My grandmother has 1901 census information for herself, which I would like to see in the report, but also has census reports from 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901 again for both her parents.
Ends up with 1901 census 3 times, and 1891 census twice as duplicates, plus for good measure, 1901 census report for her husband's mother!!

Is there any way of excluding this, other than by hand editing each report?

Margaret

Maiden Name vs Married

GCGenWeb — 10 Feb 2007 3:29:47 GMT

When I switched to Legacy, something went wrong when I imported my old GED file.

When I visit the Legacy INDEX Tab,I only see maiden names for my listed females. Before, I could view Married/Maiden names. Example: "Married/Maiden, Mary Jane" Legacy instructions do not address how to deal with this matter.

Currently, I have gone to the Index Tab, double-clicked on the female's name and added her married name in front of her maiden name, using a "/" to separate the 2 names (like the above example). The Index now looks OK, but I wondering if there is something else that I should be doing instead - I have 900 records to change...

I notice that the PEDIGREE Tab now shows the names as being "Mary Jane Married/Maiden." I guess that's OK.

It really looks like the Index Tab should have an additional column titled Maiden Name, but it doesn't.

Got any ideas?

Paul Kankula, Seneca, SC
kankula@bellsouth.net

Exporting sources from one file to the other

dannybou — 1 Feb 2007 3:14:08 GMT

Is there a way to export the sources from one family file to another? It would save me repetitive typing. Thanks

sources in the descendants chart

grjmiller78 — 28 Jan 2007 5:59:18 GMT

i am running the basic version of the legacy. I was wondering if I buy the deluxe version will i be able to tick the
"print sources citations". At the moment i can not. I am still trying to work out which program is better - FTM 16 or legacy

Gendex files

gerrit360 — 24 Jan 2007 1:06:39 GMT

Legacy can export gendex files. These files can now be submitted, indexed and searched at http://www.familytreeseeker.com.

sources not coming up in reports

grjmiller78 — 15 Jan 2007 8:03:12 GMT

i am running the basic version of this program as i am new to all this and i am trying to find a program that i like

I have typed in some of my sources and now i go to reports to preview to see if they are there, but nothing.

I have looked under

Family Group Record
Descendants of

can someone pls help me

Twins in family

buoygenealogy — 12 Nov 2006 4:00:45 GMT

Can someone enlighten me on how to show that there are twins in the family? I use Legacy 6 Deluxe.

Also when exporting into GEDCOM, will the same infom show up in other programs such as GEDReporter?

Thanks,

Jemima Buoy

Ways to show twins

La Nell — 13 Nov 2006 4:15:59 GMT

I show twins by putting "Twin" in the name suffex area. Then it shows up on the family page and in the name index. It also show up in reports as "John Doe, Twin," which may or may not be what you want.

about decided to get Legacy gold

LukeCrump — 12 Oct 2006 11:41:25 GMT

I have already ordered FTM (not yet received), but after reading some of this discussion board, I am thinking Legacy would be a superior choice.

I believe a large user base is vital to ensure continued support. But I do not want to sacrifice advanced database functions just to get a larger user base.

I was once very computer literate, and would like to have features that I doubt any package would include entirely. I wrote my own genealogy software 20+ years ago in a DOS-based REVELATION database. I am still able to run that under Windows, but do not have any of the Windows tools (e.g. use of a mouse). I never did write my own code to export GEDCOM files. I have 2900 persons, 1100 couples, 4400 events and 800 locations in my database. I have already loaded all of that into Excel spreadsheets to facilitate the transfer. What is the best way to load data from the Excel spreadheets?

William Crump

Mixed fonts in reports?

RichardHillenbrand — 5 Oct 2006 11:27:03 GMT

I'm using Legacy 5.0.0.260.

Is it possible to use mixed fonts and special text features like italics and bold on the notes?

Thanks.

Dick Hillenbrand
Upstate New York Genealogy (UNYG)
www.ny-genes.com

Problem with photos in book report

JasonPresley1 — 24 Sep 2006 1:20:28 GMT

I just downloaded Legacy 6 (6.0.0.110), and am having an issue with reporting not displaying the correct photo. On a parent's page where it lists their children beneath, it lists the correct photo for the parent, but displays photos of the child's spouse instead of the child. Has anyone seen this?

Lagacy Relationship Label?

C Shryock — 24 Sep 2005 2:26:51 GMT

How do I turn on the relationship labels (self, father, grandfather,etc) that show up on the Family View page above the individuals name? I've looked all through the options and can't find it. Thanks!

Create Customized Interenet Searches

Gray_Rock — 24 Sep 2006 7:57:06 GMT

I am hoping that other Legacy Family Tree software users can expand on creating a funtioning customized internet search string. If anyone who has created a custom search and would be willing to share it with fellow users. Thanks for your time.

Report on deceased

lauraschumacker — 2 Sep 2006 2:43:25 GMT

Hi. I am trying to figure out if I can run a Legacy report that will list all people who are listed as not living. Does anyone know if this can be done and if so, how?

Let me know

Thanks
Laura

Legacy Family Tree User Group

rogerl01 — 13 Jul 2006 7:47:37 GMT

Is anyone here subscribed to the Legacy User Group mail list? I have not received any msgs since July 5. They do have a problem with msgs getting blocked by some ISPs. But when I go to the msg archive at legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree..., the last msg is dated July 5. Has the list been shut down?
Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks.

Run-Time error "7"

MyFamilyTies1 — 27 Jun 2006 6:42:56 GMT

As I am inputing data, a Legacy box pops up stating "run-time error '7'" "out of memory". Then shuts down Legacy when I click the OK button. Why is it doing this and how to avoid this in the future?
Thank you,
Cindy

Assigned source vs Chronology View

MyFamilyTies1 — 27 Jun 2006 5:50:37 GMT

How can I input data into one and have it show in the other without having to double enter it? I now put things into the Assigned source Master Source, but it doesn't show in the Chronology view.
Thank you,
Cindy

Choosing a Software Program

Jolene Capparelle — 1 Jun 2006 4:54:12 GMT

I believe that Master Genealolgist and Legacy are my best choice. I want to know which program will be the easiest to download information to? Do they all take so many steps to download a file from ancestory.com into the program? Please advise. Thank you.

Sharing Info With Laptop

yarnbug1 — 21 Apr 2006 11:52:22 GMT

Does anyone have a simple way to share info with laptop without having to go thru the merge. Just want to be able to backup the info like I do on my computer and overwrite.

Thanks,
Pam

Families Get Mismatched When Uploaded To World Connect

@@jstevens2@jam.rr.com — 8 Aug 2006 9:35:29 GMT

Using Legacy 6.0 Free Version.

All names, families and marriages in family file match up correctly and looks good while working with 6.0 program.

When the same family file in 6,0 is uploaded to my site at TribalPages, all looks good and all names match with right family members.

When I download my gedcom from 6.0 to RW World Connect , all names match up correctly only WHEN ENTERING AND WORKING WITHIN THE FAMILY FILE.

MY PROBLEM:
When doing a generic name search......
"RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Global Search"

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

example search of a unique name in my file:
Stiring Stevens

......and clicking on any name in either of my two sites
j_l_s , and, jerry_l_stevens
THE NAME CLICKED ON DOESN"T MATCh UP WITH PROPER NAME, FAMILY, ETC,,,,when results open.

The name clicked on never has any relationship with results whatsoever. Could be someone two hundred years older, opposite sex, etc.

QUESTIONS:
Am I doing something wrong when exporting from FDB file to GEDCOM file? ie clicking something
wrong.
Am I doing something wrong when importing GEDCOM when at the RWWC "User SET UP / EDIT" page?

In the past I've seen other family files at RWWC with this same problem so it's not unique to only me.

I hope the description of my problem makes sense,,,a simple problem that's hard to explain.
I feel like, or hope, there's a simple solution that I'm just overlooking,,,being a new user.
All sure cures,,,,ideas, and suggestions will be greatly
appreciated.

jerry

Family Files and Focus groups

NWB — 2 Apr 2006 6:36:28 GMT

I am trying to create a file with only certain people in it and I am having trouble. When I started using Legacy, I started a file with myself and my husband and have been adding to that. Now my mother would like a GEDCOM of my side of the family. She does not need all my husband's ancestors. When I created a focus group and then a file starting with my mother, for some reason it seems like all the names from my entire file are on the name list, rather than just the ones in the focus group. When I open the file, though, they are not all showing and as a matter of fact it doesn't even show my father or any of my parents children. What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to create a file with only certain people or does it always include everyone?
Thank you,
Nancy

Legacy v 3.0

C.W. Gordon — 16 Aug 2005 3:54:18 GMT

I know this is a strange request, but does anyone have a copy of version 3.0 of Legacy Deluxe they can share?

I purchased it several years ago, and recently my home was burglarized and all my computers and software were stolen. I still have my registration information, but Millennia has told me they do not have a copy.

Thanks....

Documents in Legacy

Sandra — 3 Feb 2006 4:54:19 GMT

I have documents such as wills etc that are longer than one page in length. I am wanting to know how to attach these in legacy. If I scan and save as a document it saves as a pdf file and I cant see how to load these in legacy. If
I scan and save as a jpeg file it will only allow me to save one page for each jpeg file, this would mean creating several jpeg files for each document.
Please can you advise how these sort of documents are normally managed, as I am a beginner to this.
Many thanks, I appreciate any help

How to download GENCOM from MyTree.com & others?

CindyBrown870 — 17 Jan 2006 11:36:41 GMT

I just downloaded the free version of Legacy 6.0. Now I'm trying download files from MyTree.com but can't. They sent me info on how to do it and I tried. But they still aren't getting on my computer. Can any one help? Is it easier to download to Family Tree Maker?

Cindy Brown

DESPERATELY NEED HELP WITH LOST ENTRIES

Alec — 29 Dec 2005 10:28:20 GMT

I have lost 1200 entries constituting an entire family within my family tree. I was attempting to separate out my maternal and paternal branches of my family. I wonder if there is some way that I "misfiled" these entries because I don't recall actually deleting them; hence, IS THERE A WAY TO SEARCH EVERY FILE IN THE SOFTWARE TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE HIDING?

purchasing program

Anita — 4 Mar 2006 9:27:54 GMT

Hi to the board !

I've just recently found the Legacy program and am eager to purchase and enter my information. However, I am uncertain if I need to purchase the 400 page manual that is available.

Can you give me some insight into whether I need it (or not)? Thanks in advance. Anita

Notes for Events

Ronald Austin — 1 Dec 2005 9:55:13 GMT

When entering a note for an Event, how do you underline (for example, when mentioning the title of a book)?

using legacy for a family organization

nancy — 24 Oct 2005 12:43:55 GMT

I am part of a genealogy work group for a large family organization. We are currently looking at a number of different software programs for our genealogical data.
Our emigrant ancestor had eight sons and 2 daughters and the society has collected information, mostly on the sons, from 1630's through the 8th generation. They published books including the first 7 generations. However, our problem is is. The individual who was primarily responsible for this vast undertaking did not use a recognized format. He began with Brothers Keeper and then imported everything into Word documents and literally hand typed all the notes and sources. We are currently looking at different software options that can handle an undertaking of this problem. I have personally extracted the Brothers Keeper's file in FTM and although there were some problems it came through fairly intact. Short of reentering all of the notes and sources from the original books we are unsure of how to get the notes and sources into a new file.

I believe Legacy to be our program of choice due to its user friendly status and the other features I have seen but need to convince the rest of the group of this. We currently have approximately 100000 individuals in the published materials with plans to go forward with the 8th generation which would effectively double this number with plans to continue. While the first 7 generations have been published in 4 books we are also looking at publishing separate volumes for each of the 8 sons, keeping the entire file entact.

If anyone has any thoughts on this I would welcome any and all comments.

Thanks,

Nancy

Customising Addresses

Scottish_Genealogist — 23 Apr 2006 8:02:38 GMT

The address function in Legacy is extremely useful but not designed for either modern or ancient Scottish addresses. The former need slightly different line descriptions, the latter space for a parish, ideally searchable. anyone know whether it is possible to customise the input screen?

Legacy update and home page down??

Victoria Sellwood Turner — 31 Aug 2005 12:03:40 GMT

Is there a problem with the Millennia homepage? Or is it me and my computer? I have been a Legacy user for years (now using Legacy 5 deluxe) and this is the first time that I cannot reach the site to either check for updates or browse around. All I get is an "unavailable" page
Victoria Turner

Incorporate Census images within Legacy

Andy_Claxton — 19 May 2005 10:16:08 GMT

Whilst I have scanned photos to my Legacy file I would also like to include images of a person’s/family’s relevant Census pages with a link from that individual. (Census pages are currently saved as .jpg files on a separate drive from my Legacy file). The question is how can a do that?

Grateful for any advice.

Regards

Andy Claxton

FTM vs Legacy Question

LaShadow — 4 Mar 2006 9:31:42 GMT

Legacy 5.0: Importing Sources question

LaShadow — 4 Mar 2006 9:31:01 GMT

Okay, I've decided to give Legacy a try. But I have to say, this program has some of the worst help documentation of any software. A lot of it is very unclear and assumes the user understands software jargon that isn't clearly defined. :(

Can someone help me understand about the sourcing options when importing a file? I am trying to import my gedcom. On the gedcom import window, in the Autosource options, I do not understand what the implications of each option are.

Simply put, here is what I want: I am importing a gedcom file created from my Family Tree Maker 2005. In Legacy, I would simply like for the sources I entered in FTM and exported with the gedcom to remain where I entered them -- that is, I want my sources to remain attached to the data (birth, census, etc) that I entered them for.

If I understand the autosource options, what I want is just the Add Source To All Incoming Fields That Have Information. I think. But then it wants me to select master sources, and I have no idea what that's all about.

Can someone help me figure out what options I should be selecting there so I can just get the sources I have where they belong when Legacy imports my gedcom?

Number of Familiy Files

Ronald Austin — 22 Jun 2005 11:11:05 GMT

I am a relatively new user of Legacy, and I have decided to create eight family files in Legacy, one file for each of my great-grandparents. I would like to know what other Legacy users experience has been. How many family files did you create? Did this work well for you? What do you recommend? Any advice that you can give will be much appreciated.

Incorrect # of Individuals/Surnames etc

MarciaB10 — 26 Jun 2005 1:12:14 GMT

I just started using Legacy, copying all my old files from Family Tree Maker.

When I checked the family file information in Legacy, it states I only have 38 individuals, and 19 familys. I have over 1000. They are all there, but just not being counted. At first I thought It might just be the number I have added since using Legacy, but that isn't right either.

When I go to my name list, everyone is there, over 1000, but on the top it says their are 38 individuals.

When I first converted I was just using the basic Legacy Edition, at that time I know all my individuals transferred fine,and I think I had a correct number. Since then I have upgraded to the Deluxe Edition..Do I have a something set wrong?

Thanks for any help.

Marriage Sequence in Reports

KirstenMBowman — 8 May 2006 3:26:52 GMT

I'm having difficulty with the Descendant Book Report and would appreciate some help . . .

Hugh Malcolm m. Unk Eddy in 1812. She d. 1821 and he married (2nd) Eliza Bigelow in 1822. The Descendant Book Report first shows the marriage to Eliza (plus children) and then says he "next married Unknown Eddy," which is backwards.

I can't seem to get the marriages switched around in the report. Can anyone give me a clue as to what I need to do to straighten this out?

report customizing

donnaz8 — 30 Apr 2006 7:24:35 GMT

Does Legacy 5 have any kind of report that would give me all my direct line ancestors along with the siblings of these ancestors? If not, will any of the add-on programs allow me to choose this?

PAF versus Legacy

Liz — 22 Apr 2005 5:55:36 GMT

Up to now I have not used a computer programme for my genealogy - just paper records. I am wondering if anyone would care to offer an opinion as to which is better PAF or Legacy - and if so why?

I now have a palm pilot and want to be able to use this when going places to do research - I know you can programmes for the palm which will take the records of either so I think it is really down to usage on the main pc.

Thanks

Training Videos

Keith_Bage — 10 Jun 2005 12:07:48 GMT

Can anyone tell me if the training videos are worth obtaining for Legacy. I am quite impressed with the free samples but wondered in the content goes much deepere than this?

Also does anyone know if the training CD's are availabel from a UK source.

Thanks

Keith

photo size adjustment

Linda — 4 May 2005 4:47:54 GMT

Is there a way to adjust a photo size in the legacy program? I would like to make some photos at least a half page or even a whole page, especially group photos.

Legacy upgrades

Dave — 3 May 2005 4:02:44 GMT

I know I have several ideas on how to improve Legacy. Does anyone have a specific "wish" for Legacy? Just curious.

How do I enter adopted half-siblings?

beginner — 22 Apr 2005 8:09:38 GMT

Hi -

I'm new to the Legacy program and have come upon a situation that I'm not sure how to enter into the program.

I have 3 half-siblings with our mother being the common parent. She divorced their father and married my father. He then adopted the 3 children and their last names were changed to my dad's last name. What is the best way to enter these 3 children into the Legacy program? Which last name do I use for the 3 children - their birth name or their adopted name? What else do I need to do?

Thanks!
Patti

Relationship

marywsc1 — 16 Aug 2004 3:12:56 GMT

I have Legacy 5.0. It shows no relationship to my great-grandmother. How can I tell Legacy that this person is my great-grandmother? She is listed as the mother of my grandmother. I don't understand why Legacy doesn't recognize her as my great-grandmother. Thanks.
Mary

Merging two gedcom files?

Susan Owens — 3 Sep 2003 12:46:22 GMT

I've been shopping around the last few days for a software to use as my primary genealogy program and found I feel more comfortable using Legacy.

The problem I have, is that I have a large database of my grandmother's ancestors and another big one with my grandfather's ancestors. What I can't figure out is how to merge the two files into one database.

Does anyone know if Legacy will do this or will I have to get a second software program to do the merge?

Thanks...Susan

legacy charting companion

keithbuckby — 15 Jun 2004 4:22:09 GMT

has anyone got this? what do you think, is it worth the money or the same as some free ones?