Hi Dave! I can't renumber the RIN's because I have the free version of 6.0 I tired when I imported a test GEDCOM but didn't correct the situation at all. It opens about 7 generations before me & never did that before until a couple days ago. I redownloaded the latest free version of Legacy plus any updates and that seemed to correct the problem of my grandfather being deleted from the program. I installed it over the previous version & if that isn't right, I'd appreciate the steps to uninstall/reinstall. l not sure why my grandfather kept being deleted totally from the program as all his ancestors & descents remained. & honestly would love to just go back to Version 5 as this version has been totally unstable for me. I'm at the point that i'm really frightened of losing my information as its been 20 years on the making not only for me but others who have shared info with me. I apologize if I've not been clear & hopefully you can advise if I need to uninstall & reinstall differently. Many thanks! Sheila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Naylor" <dcnaylor@sympatico.ca> To: <LEGACY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [LEGACY] GEDCOM problem > On 23 Jun 2006 Sheila Chonko wrote: > >> I began entries with my paternal grandparents. I discovered how to set >> the preferred family but when the GEDCOM was imported it would open to >> my paternal grandparents names. I never could figure out how to >> correct this so would just explain to anyone with whom I shared a >> GEDCOM. Would love to change this if possible. > > I assume that you have one of your grandparents with RIN 1 and would > like to change that to yourself. To do this select yourself in the > Family view, then click on Tools > Renumber RINs. Select the top > item "Renumber current RIN to:" and type 1 in the box to the right. > Click Apply. You will now be RIN 1 and the the opening person by > default. > >> I started noting about a month ago that not all files were always >> transferring to the GEDCOM. The files began to delete my paternal >> grandfather however his siblings & ancestors would still be in their >> own file. > > I don't understand what you mean by the above. A gedcom only > contains one family file. Do you mean that some individuals were not > being included in the gedcom? > >> Thought I had it corrected when I re-entered & relink him to his >> wife/children. > > So are you saying he was deleted from your Legacy family file? > If so this would have nothing to do with creating a gedcom. > >> at the times when my GEDCOM isn't going to come out correct, I get an >> error log at the end of the import of files > > What errors are it identifying? > > We really need a better idea of just what you are doing and what is > happening. What are you selecting to create the gedcom and what is > not being exported to it? Are you checking the gedcom with a text > editor to see if the data *is* in it? > >> I'd go back to v. 5 but it won't install since I have v. 6 >> installed. > > It should install, but I don't think that's the solution for you. > > Cheers, -- Dave N. > -- > David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. > --- > > > ==== 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 the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

On 24 Jun 2006 Sheila Chonko wrote: > I can't renumber the RIN's because I have the free version > of 6.0 Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't think of what features weren't available in the free version. There are other ways of accomplishing this but for now let's make sure the other problems are OK. > I redownloaded the latest free version of Legacy plus any updates and > that seemed to correct the problem of my grandfather being deleted > from the program. I installed it over the previous version & if that > isn't right, I'd appreciate the steps to uninstall/reinstall. Usually when re-installing to correct problems it's best to delete all your user (*.USR) files before the re-install. But if things are now OK then it seems that step didn't need to be done in your case. > would love to just go back to Version 5 as this version has been > totally unstable for me. Legacy 6, like most modern programs, is a hog for computer resources. So for it to run well you need a fairly new (fast) computer running WinXP and with *at*least* 512 Mb of RAM (preferably much more). You also must have *at*least* double the size of your RAM available as free space on your hard disk -- this applies to any computer. The latest release of version 5 uses the same database format as version 6 so going back to it *should* be no problem. However I would recommend uninstalling version 6 *before* installing version 5, as otherwise some common files may be removed when you uninstall version 6. As always . . . make sure you make more than one type of backup before doing anything this major -- make a Legacy Backup as well as a gedcom and also copy your family file (all these) to another location on your hard disk (or elsewhere). After uninstalling Legacy 6 and before installing 5, remove all files (but not folders) from your Legacy folder (assuming it remains). > I'm at the point that i'm really frightened of losing my information as > its been 20 years on the making Always make sure you have adequate backups and check your backups periodically to ensure that they are good ones -- I'll never forget one person who made a "backup" of their family file and then when it was needed discovered that it was only a backup of the icon with a shortcut to the now-missing family file!! Good luck. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. ---