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Terry Stone

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Here are the marriages for Albert - he has 4 spouses - when I look at the list - it shows the multiple marriages to the same woman, where her's only shows 2 spouses which are both Albert. when I added the 2nd marriage to Lillian I did add new marriage and then link to existing person and found her in the name list. 
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Terry, this is actually what I had originally done, but wasn't sure if it was correct or if would create problems with reports or with the merge/match function.  Thank you for posting this for me.
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Tessa Keough
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Tuesday's Tip  - 
 
Tuesday's Tip will return on August 4 and I can't wait (but I will have to). The longest move of house is almost done (my parents have to be out by July 30 and the house is pretty bare. We have a few things left in the kitchen, garage and shed. We have been to the new cottage, the recycling center and Goodwill more times in the past 3 weeks than I have been in the past 5 years (and I am a donater).

It has been interesting to watch my parents as they part with some things and/or tell me why they need to have other things at their new place. We have found tools my grandfathers left to my dad (don't know if he used them but they are on the stay list). I have put together scads of small u-haul boxes and am now proficient with that tape dispenser thingie. Remind me again why we didn't hire professionals (oh right, my dad thought there would not be much to move and the move is only a couple of miles away). Yikes - run for the hills if you hear that from your parents.

Cheers to my sister Karen (a sunny disposition no matter what comes her way and she is my mocha java shake buddy) and my brother Jim (mr fixit and mr I can hang on to that until dad decides). Cheers to my sister Kris for that other move that got sandwiched in with this one. Cheers to their spouses - for understanding the time commitment would expand and "being good with it." To those MIA during this move - we missed you and have long memories!

When all is said and done (and it will be done soon!) it is so nice to have family willing to lend a hand and to know that my parents made the decision to move now while they are in good health and can enjoy an active retirement community with few of those pesky responsibilities (house-cleaning, cooking, yard work, etc.).

My tip for you this week is to ask questions about those "things" around your parents (or grandparents) homes -  whether they are tools, photos, or other mementos. Take pictures and write down (or video/record) the stories so you will have them for future generations. See you next Tuesday!
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I so wish I had been around more when my sister helped clear things for my parents. She owns their house now and my other sister lives in there, but it has been many years since I could have asked questions of them. Don't leave it till it's too late, illness meant I could not ask my Mum things in her latter years and my Dad was taken after a short illness during which I was unable to talk with him. Talking to the siblings of my parents is not the same, they may remember family but will not be able to share the same experiences.
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Kim Overholt

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How can I generate a count of the number of children, grandchildren, g-grandchildren, etc from one ancestor? I think it has something to do with tagging but I'm not sure.
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Got it. I added screen shots from Excel as well.
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The LVUG is great and thank you's to all that help and participate.  They remain in my EM acct. The "Facebook" part is as well - BUT how can we access "old" helps after a few months?  It really overloads my facebook - and after a few days is gone.  Such good info disappears "for good"?  Or am I missing something?
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+Mabel Slinkard Horrocks I think you'll find the way to get Facebook notifications is not by email but by opening your Facebook page. At the top to the right of where it says 'Find Friends' is a picture of the globe & any new additions since your list visit will show up there. Hope this helps.
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michelle kaplan

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I can't remember if it was here or the Legacy User Group Facebook page where someone posted about using the 'Repeat' button when entering birth, death & marriage addresses.  Wherever it was I want to send out a BIG thank you.  I've always felt frustrated having to continually look up the addresses of cemeteries my ancestors frequently used but since finding out about the 'Repeat' button, I now adore entering cemetery details.  Thank you must also go to the Legacy people for making this facility available.
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That is a great feature (another reason why you click on buttons to see what they do and/or click on the Help button when at a particular view or screen). Related is the left click on certain boxes and you get last 10 places or last 10 dates - use that scads when I am entering information on a family or keeping certain "go to" places in that list. All those little features in Legacy that help get things done more efficiently. Thanks for sharing +michelle kaplan 
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+Monique Riley  Here are the screen shots of what I did for my dad's honorable discharge.  I think you have to click on each to see the total picture.  
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For those of us in the USA who have had family members in the military, you know how vital discharge papers are - especially when you have to come up with them for various reasons.

There are no source templates in Legacy for Honorable DIscharge in the USA.  Sorry, but this really bothers me.  There are register templates and discharges from other countries, but not for the USA.  OK - now that I have vented.............

Does anyone have a method they have used to source 'Honorable Discharge' papers?  I have several that I need to document.

Thanks!
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Yes Donna when you post you can add images but you cannot add images in responses or additional posts in a thread. Saw your newest post with your example in it. Great.
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Does anyone have a method to enter Swedish Church Records?  I use Ancestry and ArkivDigital.  I wish there were templates like for England and Wales!
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And be sure to take a look at Evidence Explained (the book) and/or online where many times these types of questions are addressed. Always think about what am I looking at (or holding) and then go from there. Whether it is in England, USA or Sweden - what is it? And great job working this through.
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When using the repeat button that is on the burial address window, it  created a second location, with only the name of the cemetery.   Since I'm inputting tombstones from a local cemetery I thought this might be a short cut.  Is there something I should do to  use repeat button instead of the select button?  What is the repeat button for? 
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I tried the repeat button again after this discussion.  It does add a duplicate to the list.  I use address list, then type a few letters for the name, then select and save.  It is more time consuming, but you don't have to combine duplicates at the end of the day.
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Donna Nissen (DonnaJN)

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Hello from Kansas City, Missouri.  So happy to find this group.  I've been working on my genealogy for about 5 years, love Legacy Family Tree Software and want to use it to the max!  Hoping to learn from you and contribute when I can.

I got hooked on genealogy when visiting the Swedish museum in Mpls.  I felt like - these are my people and I know nothing about them.  Made me feel a little lost.  What a journey I started!
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The Swedish-American Museum is wonderful +Donna Nissen and if you get a chance to return to Minnesota then definitely try to go to their genealogy & historical society library (they have a Swedish and Norwegian volunteer day each month). I got so much help with translations and little tips to help with my research.  There are some great genealogy groups on both Google+ and Facebook for Swedish research - be sure to check them out. And welcome to our LVUG community.
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Bob Thompson

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G’Day, I’m Bob Thompson of Yeronga, Queensland. (That’s in Oz by the way). I’ve been “playing” with my family tree since 1983 when I found a book in which I could record family details. It was more of a curiosity then. The problem with doing genealogy research was life would get in the way and I would stop. Then every five years or so the “bug” would bite and I would do a bit more research. I found the Ancestry program in 2002 and that allowed be to expand my view of genealogy. Then, during one of my hiatuses, Ancestry.com took over the world and kept sticking their hand out for money. I discovered Legacy in about 2012, imported my gedcom file and have not looked back.
I found out about you guys last Sunday when I went to a Legacy User Group that is run in association with the Genealogical Society Queensland. Thus, here I am.
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Hi +Bob Thompson welcome to LVUG!
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The Legacy Virtual Users' Group (LVUG) Community is for those of us who use Legacy Family Tree software to assist us with our genealogy. The LVUG Community is an independent group. We are not affiliated with either Millennia Corporation or Legacy Family Tree Software, although we do tend to like their software. We started with a Group and a Page here on Google+ back in June 2012, but in March 2013 we added a Community. In addition to our monthly meeting now we can post questions, share tips, provide help, and interact in a more timely and interactive basis. If you have recently joined us please read and follow our Guidelines. Meetings are held once each month (on the third Thursday) via a Google+ Hangout on Air (HOA). Each meeting features a presentation related to a particular Legacy feature followed by a question and answer session and general discussion. Our LVUG Community is here for all of us, so let's all share our knowledge and gain from each other. Ask those questions, share those tips & tricks, let us know how you use Legacy by itself and with other software and apps. And please hangout with us and learn more about Legacy while meeting with other Legacy users. Welcome!

Aoifee O'Brien

How Do I Do That?  - 
 
Hey Hey, Anyone out there have suggestions for how I might deal (record in Legacy) with multiple marriages to the same people?  (they married, then divorced, then remarried, then re divorced --don't ask why I have not idea about the reasoning behind it, I just know it happened). 
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Thank you Terry, I will take a look.  Ed I think making an alternative is what I was thinking of and just didn't know how I could. :-)  Thank you.
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Kim Overholt

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I wanted a count of the number of people by generation starting from my g grandparents. I got the following in response to my question from Legacy. It's not perfect in that nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters, etc appear but I just deleted them. You still have to count them.  Hubby did some fancy pivot table in Excel but I just would have filtered. 
________begin copy________________________________________

You can create a Descendant Focus Group to find the total number of descendants, but it doesn't indicate type of relationship and it includes spouses, so it's not totally accurate.

What I would do is set the relationships to the starting person (Tools > Set Relationships), then go to Search > Find > Detailed Search tab and use the search as shown in the attached screenshot.
 
In the Search List, click on Print and select the fields you want to include - don't forget "Relationship" <g>.  Create the report in CSV, open that in your spreadsheet program and then you can sort by the Relationship column and find your count that way. If you're including dates and locations, I'd recommend changing the default date/place to separate fields for the date and the place. You can also have Given name and Surname fields separate if you wish.
 
The Index Report from the Name List or Search List is in the order that the list is in when you create the report - RIN, GIven or Surname.
 
For help with creating the report, click on the Help button when you're in that window.
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Quite an involved process. Might be quicker to count the spouses and subtract that number from the results of the focus group search :)
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Jerre Beal

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Which is best, 1 file or 2?    I have just started entering into Legacy 8.0, just my father's side.  Before adding anyone on my mother's side, I was wondering if they should be TWO SEPARATE files, or have them all combined into one file?  I am NOT importing anything I currently have in Ancestry or the free version of MyHeritage, because I learned that a lot of it is incorrect.  I want my LEGACY 8.0 info to be CORRECT.  Thanks!
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Thank you, Tessa & Dorothy!  I've been looking for an answer to this for DAYS, and decided to post the question here.  Sure enough, after I DID post it (before getting your replies, which I really appreciate!), I found the answer from a post in 2006 at:  http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2006/03/your_legacy_dat.html
Thank you again!   Problem solved!
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Donna Nissen (DonnaJN)

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First an explanation.  My system......The File ID on a Source is level 1.  Examples:  CNS (Census), MLT (Military), MAR (Marriage), etc.  On each detail record attached to that Source, I expand the File ID.  Examples:  CNS 0001, CNS 0002, MTL 0001, MAR 0001, MAR 0002, etc.  This allows me to file any document by number, both in the Legacy media file and in acid-free sleeves in binders.  I can find anything very quickly!

Now my question.....I need to create a report that gives me the Source, SourceID, Detail ID and Name associated to that Detail ID.  Does anyone know how to get that kind of report?
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Got the answer from support.  "Go to Reports > Other Reports, where you'll find a File ID report. It has everything you want...."
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Debi Marheine

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What is the best or easiest way to create a report of one ancestral line? 
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Great - and just in time for a family visit!
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Mary Trogg

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Here's the citation I made for Arkivdigital records. Please, anyone, let me know if I can improve on this. My Swedes give me a headache whenever I try to source them.
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Thank you so much!  That gives me a great start!
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JL Beeken

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I must be having a senior moment.

I set my mother as the Starting Person and then ran a relationship report. About 7,000 people.

I did the same thing with my father. About 8,000 people.

There are over 19,000 people in my database. Where are the other 4,000?
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+michelle kaplan That's it. You got it.
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Tessa Keough
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My apologies to all here in the LVUG Community - there was no Tuesday's Tip this week and we won't have a hangout this month. My mom was in the hospital over the weekend and got out late Tuesday - she is fine but emergency room always a scare.

On top of that, after years of talking about it, my parents put their home on the market in June (and sold it that weekend). Needless to say the process of selecting the new home (a independent retirement community) and organizing the move has made the past 6 weeks a bit of a whirl for all of us (especially one of my sisters and me as we happen to be close by). Everything will be done and my parents moved by month-end (a great 2 bedroom cottage with lots of amenities).

Long story short - will back on track by the end of July! Really appreciate my fellow moderators who have welcomed new members, answered questions and provided tips. It is all about working together here at the LVUG Community.   
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We really appreciate all you do for us, take care of yourself and your parents and we will be thinking of you.  It always seems things happen in bundles!!
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Trishg63

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Hi my name is Trish and I am from New Zealand. I am just a beginner so love this group. Could one of you clever people tell me if it is possible to run Legacy on two computers with one subscription. If so how do I do it.
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Thank you for all the great help. You all rock :)
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