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Could someone please explain the difference between 'Unrelated' and 'Spouses and Inlaws'. In Detailed Search there's only one qualifier; Equal To. Relationship Equal To 'Spouses and Inlaws' should be different than Relationship Equal To 'Unrelated'. But, it isn't. When I search for 'Unrelated' I get Inlaws. When I search for 'Unrelated' minus 'Spouses and Inlaws' I still get Inlaws. When I search for 'Spouses and Inlaws' I just get Spouses.

Once you create your note in Evernote : 1. Right click on note in Evernote and click Copy Note Link. 2. Open the Media Gallery by clicking on the image icon below your person ( you can also open the Media Gallery from within an event). 3. Click on Add Media and then Internet Website. 4. Paste link in Website URL and add any thing else. 5. Click OK and then double click to open. Note : Legacy opens your browser first for you to log in to Evernote on the web and then opens the desktop version of Evernote with you note visible. I know it looks like a lot but it is really easy. In the Media Gallery you can also attach documents. I have saved information to PDFs and attached them as well but I don't have to do that step now since Legacy will open an Evernote note. YAY!!

So the topic I really need to discuss is the handling of tabular format data within the Legacy environment. As you can see in the following images I have attempted to transcribe some tabular information into Legacy. Firstly I attempted to do it directly into a Notes field but the lack of word processor and table controls made this painful. I then tried it using MS Word with its table features ( Fig 2). However the result in the Note (Fig 3) is not WYSIWYG which made final formatting difficult to judge (see fig 4). The next attempt was in MS Notepad (fig 5) using the TAB key to format the columns. This was reasonably successful in both the Note field (Fig 6) and when used to produce a Report (Fig 7). BUT when I tried to do the same thing with the web format it all turned to ….. custard. (Fig 8) In short tabular data seems to be really harder than it should be. Thus my question: Is there an easier way, am I missing something? ...

Originally shared by Bob Thompson I haven't posted before so I hope this works. This question is not strictly about Legacy but about Google+. (Sorry Tessa) I wanted to look through all of the posts to see if the question I wanted to post had been asked and answered previously. And that's where I got stuck. How do you search through JUST the LVUG postings?

Tuesday's Tip - In answer to Elizabeth's question on putting a print date on reports - here are a few images to walk you through it. I think it is a good idea to include your publishing information - draft, unpublished, research, whatever, and include if you want to require permission to use. Be sure to click the box for including a print date (real helpful when you want to compare various versions). Hope that helps. (Google has changed the upload feature so hope this works right).

Hi Everyone! I am getting ready to re-issue some descendant reports and I am wondering if there is a way to put a print date somewhere.  I am starting to get confused about just when I last printed a report. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Just for info. I submitted a trouble ticket recently that has now been confirmed as a bug and will be fixed in some future update. Merging or deleting individual records that share events with others can cause a record not found error and could crash with a run-time error - and continue to crash on reopening. It doesn't necessarily occur when the recipient of a shared event is merged or deleted - but it does when it's the primary person. Temporarily un-sharing is a workaround. In any event - back up your data before merging or deleting in these cases - not just a merge backup, but a full database backup and it's useful to check/repair and compact after the merge or delete. This may not occur every time - but you could be caught with an unworkable database if you aren't careful.

James Spencer I hope the screen shot makes it clear. Of the three smaller windows in the screenshot the bottom is the main reports window and in the bottom middle of the page you will see the Report Options button. Once you click on that you will get the middle window and clicking on Event Options will bring up the top one.

I submitted a trouble ticket several weeks ago and did not hear back, but maybe the problem is something I'm doing wrong. In Legacy, many events allow you to add information in addition to the standard sentence that is generated for a report.  For example, the immigration event for one person on a family tree I'm searching would generate this sentence based on the basic information I put into the fields for description, date and place: Richard immigrated on the S.S. Caledonia on 23 Apr 1911 to New York City. But I had more information, which I put in the Event Notes section, and I checked the "add events to the sentence"  which would append the following: The ship had departed Londonderry on 15 April 1911.  Richard was described as 26 years old, single, bricklayer, British.   The Events dialogue box shows the appended/combined sentence correctly, but none of the reports will include the Event Notes for any of the events (immigration, census, and many m...

I have 2 confessions to make: one is that I did not know that I could have my own website using Legacy - until I noticed that a site with an ancestor of mine in it was put together in Legacy. How did he do that, I wondered? I have since studied up on it, although I haven't actually created one yet. That brings me to Confession Two: the branch I want to put out there to help me solve a mystery is riddled with missing or partial sources! I have been working on getting things in order and some day...

And if any in our LVUG Community need another reason to join in the Great Thanksgiving Listen , watch this short video. I really wish I had my grandparents' voices on tape telling me any stories of their lives. How about you?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGCD1XR0WPk

Photo by Bewarekoof com official on Unsplash Tuesday's Tip - While it is important to get the names, dates and places, we all know it is about more than those bare facts. We have this passion for genealogy and family history because we want to learn more, share more, and leave more to our extended families . Whether you focus on your own immediate family, or have branched out to your extended family, or have taken a specialized study on board (a one-name study, a one-place study, a cemetery study or any one of the many other interesting and lesser-known studies) - it is all about asking questions, writing up those stories, and piecing together any one of those varied family puzzles. So how do you gather those stories? Where do you find those potential questions? When do you sit down with relatives and listen? Take advantage of the StoryCorps' Great Thanksgiving Listen (I love StoryCorps' mission and share it every year with our LVUG Community). StoryCorps rece...

This is directed to Shannon Thomas.  Shannon some time ago you wrote on here about having your Legacy program (I think you said) in Dropbox??  (It was one of those cloud storage things).  I'm wanting to do this too in the hope that I can send a link to my family so they can view only our family history.  How do I go about installing Legacy on Google Drive please?

Tuesday's Tip (on Wednesday) - Today is Veterans Day in the United States, and Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in many other countries. Today we honor and remember our veterans - those men and women who served or serve their country. This should not be a one-day thought and certainly not when we are actively engaged in war or conflicts.   While there are a number of ways to honor our veterans (listed below - and please share your ideas), shopping is not one them . Let's give this remembrance day the attention it deserves by: (1) attending services at cemeteries and memorials, (2) contacting your government representatives and reminding them that we owe a debt of honor for the contract entered into (they agreed to serve, we agreed to provide benefits) (3) photographing and transcribing a local memorial to add those names to an online database (4) visiting a veterans hospital and offering to provide assistance (there are many ways to help out - check out VAVS ...

How does everyone handle the information in wills and probate records?  Do you type the whole will in the source citation, the whole will in the details for the specific individual, or type it out and add it as a media attachment?

I guess Legacy does have its limits. It's being pulverized trying to import a 98MB Gedcom with 103,000 people in it.