Ruth: Try this URL http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsMovingFamilyFile.asp The following URL talks about Backups. http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsBackups.asp It give all the basics of backing up your data. Chap Leon D. Chapman Chapy@cox.net -----Original Message----- From: Ruth [mailto:trialword@att.net] Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 1:57 PM To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEGACY] Transferring info from one computer to another I am using Legacy 5.0 Deluxe. I have the program set up on a PC and am using it. I recently purchased a Laptop and also installed Legacy 5.0 Deluxe onto it. How do I get all the Data that is on the PC onto the Laptop? I want to keep the info on both computers. Thanks for any help. I know I should be able to understand how to do it, but I don't. Ruth ==== LEGACY Mailing List ==== To contact the list administrator, or to unsubscribe, or to view the list archive, or for other list information, go to the web page at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/LEGACY.html ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

HI: I am Gladys Vera Pleasant Kretzmeier, I have had the Rio Grande User Group for a number of years. I will be moving on Nov. 16th to Aiken South Carolina and will not be able to continue. I have enjoyed this and hope someone will take over for me. I will continue to work with Legacy and try to follow a user group when I get settled. I have used Legacy since Version 3 or earlier, I still think it is the BEST. The people there are interest in GENEALOGY as well as making money. They are also willing to listen to the people using their product and will try to make changes if they can. This is something we do not find in today's world. People really caring what the other person needs or wants, just out for the money. Thanks again for all your work.

Thanks Sherry. I found them! I was really worried for a time that I had lost the information. Thanks again for your assistance. regards Ian > Ian, > > You'll have to do a search on your hard drive for *.fdb. The default > folder > for Family Files is c:\Legacy\Data. > > The backup would have the file extension of .zip, so you could also do a > search for *.zip, although that would give you a lot more hits than the > *.fdb. Replace the * with the name of the Family File, if you remember it > exactly. > > Thanks for using Legacy. > > Sherry > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation >

G'day Help please! I used Legacy to keep track of two completely seperate families. However now I cannot find the second family! I have backed up regularly so they will be there somewhere, if only I knew where they were< Any advice appreciated Regards and thanks ian Donaldson

I�m assuming you have 2 different files for these families. If so: Click on Start, Search, All Files & Folders; Type: �*.fdb� (without the quotes) Depending on the size & number of your hard drives, it could take a few minutes. But it will eventually show you all your Legacy Family Files. Then just pick the one you need. Note where it's located so you can find it again. Happy Ancestor Hunting! Joyce --- On Tue 11/01, Ian Donaldson < allsure@bigpond.net.au > wrote: From: Ian Donaldson [mailto: allsure@bigpond.net.au] To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:17:51 +1100 Subject: Re: [LEGACY] Legacy "Endless Loop". G'dayHelp please!I used Legacy to keep track of two completely seperate families. However now I cannot find the second family!I have backed up regularly so they will be there somewhere, if only I knew where they were<Any advice appreciatedRegards and thanksian Donaldson ==== LEGACY Mailing List ====To contact the list administrator, or to unsubscribe, or to view thelist archive, or for other list information, go to the web page athttp://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/LEGACY.html==============================Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and theareas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months.Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

Ian, You'll have to do a search on your hard drive for *.fdb. The default folder for Family Files is c:\Legacy\Data. The backup would have the file extension of .zip, so you could also do a search for *.zip, although that would give you a lot more hits than the *.fdb. Replace the * with the name of the Family File, if you remember it exactly. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation Support@MillenniaCorp.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Donaldson [mailto:allsure@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:18 PM To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LEGACY] Legacy "Endless Loop". G'day Help please! I used Legacy to keep track of two completely seperate families. However now I cannot find the second family! I have backed up regularly so they will be there somewhere, if only I knew where they were< Any advice appreciated Regards and thanks ian Donaldson

Another thing is to try use the "Relationship Calculator" under "Tools" to see if people are related in more than one way. > Some more ideas please!! > John Hunt.

Hi listers, Thanks to everyone who sent ideas. I've spent another fruitless day trying to remedy the situation. I have tried all the remedies from Legacy help, but they don't work. Even though the program hurriedly gives the name and number of the person causing the particular problem, checking the person and his/her family finds nothing abnormal. Depending on who I start with, I can get a report on many of the same people to print and the people who were pointed out as the culprits on a previous aborted run print out with no problem. The same names come up over and over, but two separate couples who were "problems" in one report, printed out perfectly when I started from a different person in the same line. Maybe I should send my Family File to Legacy and let them fix it. I would love to learn what the problem is and how to fix it myself or avoid it in the future. Some more ideas please!! John Hunt.

I think you need to delete the people causing problems & then reenter them. Chap Leon D. Chapman Chapy@cox.net -----Original Message----- From: John Hunt [mailto:jahunt5@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 8:19 PM To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEGACY] Legacy "Endless Loop". Hi listers, Thanks to everyone who sent ideas. I've spent another fruitless day trying to remedy the situation. I have tried all the remedies from Legacy help, but they don't work. Even though the program hurriedly gives the name and number of the person causing the particular problem, checking the person and his/her family finds nothing abnormal. Depending on who I start with, I can get a report on many of the same people to print and the people who were pointed out as the culprits on a previous aborted run print out with no problem. The same names come up over and over, but two separate couples who were "problems" in one report, printed out perfectly when I started from a different person in the same line. Maybe I should send my Family File to Legacy and let them fix it. I would love to learn what the problem is and how to fix it myself or avoid it in the future. Some more ideas please!! John Hunt. ==== LEGACY Mailing List ==== To contact the list administrator, or to unsubscribe, or to view the list archive, or for other list information, go to the web page at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/LEGACY.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Sharon, I'll pass this on to Luc, the programmer working on the Research Guidance, to see if he can get it to recognize the chr/bap date if there's no birth date. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation Support@MillenniaCorp.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Hawkins [mailto:sharon@hawkinsmultimedia.net] Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 9:13 PM To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEGACY] Research Guidance Timeline Question Hi all, I have a problem with the research guidance timeline. I have all the christening dates for many ancestors' children but not the birthdates. This is resulting in the children being not placed in the timelines with a date and place. Simply a blank "child" line. Is there anyway to insert the christenings into the timelines? Thanks for any help. Sharon

John, If you go to Help > Search for Help On and look up Endless Loop, you'll find information for helping you to solve this problem. You can also reach this help info by clicking on the context-sensitive "Help" button when in the window reporting the endless loop. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation Support@MillenniaCorp.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: John Hunt [mailto:jahunt5@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:36 PM To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEGACY] FW: [ZA] Legacy problems Hi listers, I am new to this list. I am having problems with Legacy and addressed my first question to the South African Rootsweb list. I got quite a few suggestions, which I answer in this e-mail. I have also talked to Jim at Legacy, who made some other suggestions that I have tried and they are also in this e-mail. In brief, when I try and run ancestor or descendant reports, I have a couple of people who create "Perpetual Loops", preventing report completion. If I start the report with one of the bad pair it seems to run all right. When I try and run the report by "excluding duplicates", I then get dozens of duplicates showing up. I'm as certain as I can be that my database has no duplicates (see below). As the British say:"Mother what do I do now?" Regards, John Hunt. >From: "John Hunt" <jahunt5@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: SOUTH-AFRICA-L@rootsweb.com >To: SOUTH-AFRICA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ZA] Legacy problems >Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:10:04 -0500 > >Hi everyone, > Thanks to the many people who replied to this post. In answer to >them >all: >1. I have the latest build of the program. >2. I have the latest version of Adobe reader, No 7. something. >3. I have joined the Legacy users' list. >4. I have run all the file maintenance exercises in Legacy with no >response. > >5. I have delinked the husband from the wife and vice versa. Running the >report in each case shows the partner as the problem. Relinking >them brings me back to square 1. > >6. Running the reports with "duplicates excluded" lets the report be >created, but with dozens of "duplicate" names printed out, with no >data, but with references to who they are duplicates of and on what >page the original can be found. > >7. I have studied the entire name list and marriage list and there are >no duplicates. I have done the duplicate search by computer and there >are none.

I have these problems all the time. Usually they are because somebody is listed with multiple parents or wives and husbands are listed twice. Check that children are also not duplicated as well. This usually occurs when you merge different databases made by different people into one. Even the slightest difference in names or relationhips can "foul things up good". The problem can usually be traced back one or two generations from where you get the duplicates showing up. Also check that "cousins" did not marry. I have this problem in my tree all the time. Also if grandparents, 2nd spouses etc. are listed as "adoptive parents" etc this will give funny results. Also run a thorough check of your database using the "file repair tools". A glitch in the file can really foul things up. Legacy does not like "GAY" relationships. If you have a glitch where two people of the same sex are married it will give errors. This often occurs because when you add people the database usually defaults to "Male". So "Sarah Jones" who married "Bill Watson" may show up as husband and husband even though Sarah was a girl but you forgot to give her the right gender. Clumsy use of the "merge" button can also lead to miserable problems. If you have 3 "Tom Jones" with no dates or other details and you accidently merge them into one, Grandpa Tom can end up being his own grandson Thomas.the 3rd. Legacy has NO "UNDO BUTTON" which makes life miserable if you make a boo-boo. My database runs 300,000 people all of whom are "related" in some way. The 3rd 3x removed cousin who marrried the 4th g-aunt makes a mess of things. It's just like the old song ."I am my own grandpa" Nelson Denton

Hi listers, I am new to this list. I am having problems with Legacy and addressed my first question to the South African Rootsweb list. I got quite a few suggestions, which I answer in this e-mail. I have also talked to Jim at Legacy, who made some other suggestions that I have tried and they are also in this e-mail. In brief, when I try and run ancestor or descendant reports, I have a couple of people who create "Perpetual Loops", preventing report completion. If I start the report with one of the bad pair it seems to run all right. When I try and run the report by "excluding duplicates", I then get dozens of duplicates showing up. I'm as certain as I can be that my database has no duplicates (see below). As the British say:"Mother what do I do now?" Regards, John Hunt. >From: "John Hunt" <jahunt5@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: SOUTH-AFRICA-L@rootsweb.com >To: SOUTH-AFRICA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ZA] Legacy problems >Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:10:04 -0500 > >Hi everyone, > Thanks to the many people who replied to this post. In answer to them >all: >1. I have the latest build of the program. >2. I have the latest version of Adobe reader, No 7. something. >3. I have joined the Legacy users' list. >4. I have run all the file maintenance exercises in Legacy with no >response. > >5. I have delinked the husband from the wife and vice versa. Running the >report in each case shows the partner as the problem. Relinking >them brings me back to square 1. > >6. Running the reports with "duplicates excluded" lets the report be >created, but with dozens of "duplicate" names printed out, with no data, >but with references to who they are duplicates of and on what page the >original can be found. > >7. I have studied the entire name list and marriage list and there are no >duplicates. I have done the duplicate search by computer and there are >none. > > > >==== SOUTH-AFRICA Mailing List ==== >If you want to unsubscribe send an email with the word unsubscribe >in the body, to the correct address, dependant on how you are subscribed >if in mail mode: >South-Africa-L-request@rootsweb.com >if in digest mode: >South-Africa-D-request@rootsweb.com >

Uninstall and reinstall Legacy, making sure all other programs are shut down and your anti-virus software is disabled. Apparently Legacy's not recognizing the new drivers. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation Support@MillenniaCorp.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: William V Hansen [mailto:whansen@netins.net] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 6:41 AM To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEGACY] Printer Driver Error I recently upgraded the driver for my HP 970Cse photo printer. Since then, whenever I start Legacy for the first time after a boot, I get an error message that indicates that the driver has caused a fault within Legacy. If I click OK on the error messages and then restart Legacy, everthing seems to work ok including the ability to print from within Legacy. Any ideas on the cause of the error message and a way to stop the error from occuring.

I have the Deluxe version of 5.0. When I add a picture, edit it, then hit save as bmp. the picture immediately looses quality. Is this typical, or am I doing something wrong?

I recently upgraded the driver for my HP 970Cse photo printer. Since then, whenever I start Legacy for the first time after a boot, I get an error message that indicates that the driver has caused a fault within Legacy. If I click OK on the error messages and then restart Legacy, everthing seems to work ok including the ability to print from within Legacy. Any ideas on the cause of the error message and a way to stop the error from occuring.

Whenever I insert names for whom I have no vital stats data, I always add at least one estimated date. It's a somewhat unsatisfactory fix, but should solve your problem. In the date of birth slot, use "abt", "circa", "est", or "bef" and put in a year or range of years. If you have the baptism date, you certainly know the "bef" date. tricia > On 9 Oct 2005 Sharon Hawkins wrote: > >> I have a problem with the research guidance timeline. I >> have all the >> christening dates for many ancestors' children but not >> the birthdates. >> This is resulting in the children being not placed in >> the timelines with >> a date and place. Simply a blank "child" line. > > I have the same and it's obvious to me that these vital > dates/places > should be included. > >> Is there anyway to insert the christenings into the >> timelines? > > There doesn't appear to be. > > I've reported this to Millennia and hopefully we'll see a > fix soon.

On 9 Oct 2005 Sharon Hawkins wrote: > I have a problem with the research guidance timeline. I have all the > christening dates for many ancestors' children but not the birthdates. > This is resulting in the children being not placed in the timelines with > a date and place. Simply a blank "child" line. I have the same and it's obvious to me that these vital dates/places should be included. > Is there anyway to insert the christenings into the timelines? There doesn't appear to be. I've reported this to Millennia and hopefully we'll see a fix soon. Cheers! -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. ---

Hi all, I have a problem with the research guidance timeline. I have all the christening dates for many ancestors' children but not the birthdates. This is resulting in the children being not placed in the timelines with a date and place. Simply a blank "child" line. Is there anyway to insert the christenings into the timelines? Thanks for any help. Sharon

That is what I wanted to know Leon. I thought I was missing something. Thanks. gis Still why have all those unhighlighted choices as if they could be used if only I knew how to... Leon Chapman <chapy@cox.net> wrote:GIS: That is normal for Timeline & Ancestor Charts. If you go to Reports (all) and then Ancestors, you will get lots of options for textual reports. Chap Leon D. Chapman Chapy@cox.net -----Original Message----- From: gisb [mailto:gisb22@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 8:37 AM To: LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [LEGACY] Legacy 5.0 Deluxe Ed. problems Leon, My report options (Timeline, Ancestor...) are extremely limited.....limited to Birth and death dates on names, RINs and MRINs, user ID (see >include tab). Is this normal? There seems to be more to choose from than that or is there? What am I not doing correctly? Thanks a lot. gis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com