Legacy Family Tree fans

Comment

Comment by M. Denise Golding on August 25, 2009 at 6:58am

When I 'joined' my files into one, I opened my main file then imported a GEDCOM of each group into it and gave the new combined file a different name. Then when I open up Legacy I have a choice of either the combined file or one of the groups (which all have their separate file names). Importing GEDCOMS merely copies, not removes, so the groups remain intact. You may have to do some merging if you have the same people in some of the files, but that's not much of a hardship with Legacy. Happy combining!

Comment by Carol Whiffen Tackett on August 24, 2009 at 9:28pm

I would like to know how to merge separate trees into one group and then still have all my separate groups intact.

Comment by Geoff Rasmussen on August 22, 2009 at 6:00pm

Tina - yes, you can install as many sources for each event as you'd like.

Comment by Tina Micheal Ruse on August 22, 2009 at 5:37pm

I will be installing my first copy of Legacy tomorrow.I was wondering if this program allow you to site more than one source for a event?thanks for the help!

Comment by Jenna on August 20, 2009 at 7:17pm

Keith, thanks, I will get that changed!

Comment by Carol Weldon on August 20, 2009 at 6:05pm

Keith,
Thanks, that is what I do. But I had one of those random thoughts that maybe entering the correct historical name as location but on the Geo line [ I understand that line maps it] putting the currect location might help with the mapping.

Carol

Comment by Keith McKain on August 20, 2009 at 7:28am

I enter the location as it was when the event happened (I have some in Lebanon County, PA that went from Chester to Lancaster to Dauphin to Lebanon). I then call up the LOCATIONS Master list (With show map clicked). I find the place name I entered (probably in the wrong place) - explore the map until I find the correct location and RIGHT-CLICK to reset it to the correct location. You might want to check all of your locations as you find time - the automatic system is not very good!

Comment by Carol Weldon on August 20, 2009 at 6:34am

I have a question. In the Location area you have 4 lines to enter a name:
Location Master
Location Geo.
Then Short Location with both choices again.

When entering the information, where county, state, etc. lines have changed over time. I have been entering it as it was when the event happened but then it doesn't always map correctly. So do you enter the information as it was on the master lines, but enter the modern / current location on the Geo. lines? I have been using the historical on all lines and then manually mapping.

Also a suggeestion - add a discussion forum so that each new topic and the following comments are grouped.

Thanks
Carol

Comment by Roger Dixon on August 18, 2009 at 7:23pm

Don't know why people are going on about SyncToy as the standard Windows Briefcase did the same job. If you understand what either of these options do then it's easy. All my data files reside in c:\research

Each family has it's own subdirectory of research, i.e. dixon, then within that subs for census images, births, deaths etc.

When I use the data file on my flash drive at another location Briefcase or SyncToy knows there are changes when I come back to my main PC and wallah they sync!

Comment by Roger Dixon on August 18, 2009 at 7:15pm

Carrying on with Keith McKain's comment.

Let's say you have Computer A setup as drive C: with your pictures in C:\LEGACY\PICTURES and Computer B's drive is Drive F, then in Legacy go to Options, Locations, View Current List of Multimedia Locations

Here you can add paths, so add paths that match the ones that already exist, but change the drive to F:

So if C:\LEGACY\PICTURES is there then add F:\LEGACY\PICTURES and so on. I have 10 members of my family who use Legacy (I'm the only Deluxe user)

I carry the Master file on my flash drive which is sync'd to my main PC, will comment on this later. The main Legacy file has all the drive paths for all 10 of my family members and so Pics always appear unless that family member doesn't possess it, so it actually helps me to know who has what.

Hope this is not too confusing, I could do a class on this, if I could ever afford to join the cruise, LOL

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• …
• 37
• 38
• 39
• 40
• 41
• …
• 48
• Next ›
• Page