IT’S INAUGURATION DAY ~ How many Presidents were in office during my father’s lifetime? Let's use Legacy 8 to find out

It’s an amazing day in history. Every four years our country peacefully transfers power from one person to another (unless a President is chosen for a second term).  This process has been taking place since the election of George Washington, our first President.  It makes me very proud to be an American.

Today I asked myself – how many Presidents were elected/in office during the lifetime of my parents?  How about my grandparents?  Or me?  I’ll use my Dad as an example.

To find out, I used my Legacy 8 database.

Select the Chronology tab, then click on “Options” in the lower right corner.  You can customize your Chronology in many ways.  I will concentrate on the “Include” tab and choose “Select” under Other Options, as shown here.

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Note, that you can even change the color of this display, by clicking on the “color” box above my red arrow.  This determines what color the item will show up as, in your timeline.  You can change all the colors in your timeline.

When you hit the “select” icon another screen comes up.  Note all your options on this screen.



Now let’s click on the “Add a Timeline File.”

There are 51 different historical items for you to choose from on this list.  When you highlight one of them, the description field at the bottom tells you about that event.



Here is a screen shot of my Dad’s timeline without any historical events.

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Here is a screen shot of my Dad’s timeline with the historical event “U.S. Presidents” added.  I’ve marked the first 3.



You can see how valuable this display option can be for putting your ancestor in a place and time.  Want to know which wars went on during their lifetime, which amendments to the constitution were passed, which items were invented or any other of the 51 timeline options.

My Dad was born during the Presidency of William Howard Taft, the 27th President.  He died during the term of our 41st President, George H. W. Bush.

Which Presidents were in office during your lifetime or your parents?

Have you ever used the historical timeline in you genealogy software program?  If so, what did you discover?

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2010-2017   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS LIST IN LEGACY 8 ~ What problems did I find today?

It’s necessary with any database, to check for problems, errors etc.  Legacy 8 has a built-in feature for doing just that.  It’s called “Potential Problems” and can be found under your Tools tab.

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Since I run this feature about once a month, my problems list is usually very small.  Of course, that wasn’t true the first time I ran it.  I can’t remember exactly how many I had, but I know it was dozens.  It took me a while to go through the list, but it was a worthwhile endeavor.

Today, I ran the list, and here’s what I got.



LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS LIST

• The name that is highlighted is Boggs, Virginia [3934].  I always have the RIN number listed after my individuals as it makes it very easy to find them quickly in the Index or write the numbers down, should I need to come back later.
• At the bottom of the screen, you can see that Legacy tells me exactly what the problem is.  In this case “The birth date for this individual is either after the mother’s death date or more than ten months after the death date of the father.”
• I can do several things directly from this list.

    1.  Print it
    2.  Mark as Not a Problem
    3.  Run the report in different ways
    4.  Report destination can be Screen, Text file or PDF file

I went to the family page for Virginia Boggs.  I can see that her birth date is listed as “Abt 1848.”  I have an 1850 census for her and her family which states that she is two years old.  The next census in 1860 lists her as 11.  So, the birth year of approximately 1848 is probably correct.

Now, let’s look at her father, Hamilton Boggs.  OH OH!  I have his death date as “Abt. 1842.”  Kind of tough for him to have been Virginia’s father if she was born 6 years later.  I don’t have a second marriage for her mother, and Virginia is the last child, of 6, listed for this family.

Hamilton Boggs is my 3rd great granduncle, and I can see that I have done very little thorough research on him.  I have one source listed and it’s an email from another descendant, that I received back in 2005.

My next step, as I sit here this morning, will be to go online and begin trying to piece together Hamilton’s life with more valid sources.  I’m sure there has been a lot of sources made available over the past 11 years.

Then I will move on to the other person listed on my Problems Report.

This report provides an excellent method for us to find the problems we might not have noticed and, in this case, to go back to a fairly close ancestor, and do more research.
 
Have you used the Potential Problems report?  What have you found?

Please visit the tab “Legacy 8 Tips” at the top of my blog for 12 other posts that are specific training tools for using Legacy 8.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2010-2016   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

TUESDAY’S TIP - DRAGGING & DROPPING PICTURES INTO LEGACY MEDIA GALLERY

They say we need to learn something new every day.  I don’t know who “they” are, but I know that learning new things is good for our brains.
 
Today I learned something new regarding the use of Legacy 8.  I’ve been a Legacy user since 2007 and this is one tip I didn’t know about.  Maybe it wasn’t available in the earlier versions?  I updated to Legacy 8 as soon as it came out, but I continue to learn new features.

DRAGGING & DROPPING IMAGES INTO THE MEDIA GALLERY

I add media to my Legacy database almost daily.  Most of the time I am adding JPG images.  I like to add them in JPG format because they show up as thumbnails in the gallery, instead of just showing a “link” as is true of PDF’s.  Adding images in TIF or PNG format also allows them to be shown as a thumbnail in the media gallery.

Previously I have always gone into the Media Gallery, clicked on “Add Media” and used one of the choices shown there.   In this case I would choose “Picture” then go to my computer files, open the correct folder, find the photo and click on it to add it.  Of course, you can also scan directly into the media gallery or paste from the clipboard.



What I didn’t know was that you can DRAG & DROP an image into the gallery.

NOTE:  I use a desktop computer with two monitors, as I know many of you do.  This allows me to have Legacy open on one screen and the internet or anything else open on the other screen.  I can’t even imagine not having two monitors any more.  When I am away from home I still have two monitors.  I use a laptop and my iPad to accomplish the same thing.  The only difference being that I can’t drag things from one screen to the other like I can at home.
 
All you need to do to add items to you Media Gallery in Legacy is to have the item you want to add to the gallery in front of you and the Gallery open.  That’s it.  Just drag the item into the Gallery.
 
I used this method today.  I have my folders open in Explorer and the Media Gallery open in Legacy and dragged the JPG images I wanted right into the Gallery.  I tested it with TIF and PNG files and found it worked just fine.

You don’t have to have two monitors to accomplish this.  You can always use the split screen view as shown below.



NOTE:  I tried this with PDF and Word files, but it doesn’t seem to work.
 
I enjoy learning new ways of accomplishing all the tasks that we do so often.  If you have any tips you want to share, please leave them in a comment.

OTHER POSTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST

TUESDAY'S TIP - USING THE "INTERNET SEARCH" OPTION IN LEGACY 8
LEGACY 8 - THE CENSUS LIST - HOW TO USE IT 
ADDING A RECORD FROM ANCESTRY TO LEGACY 

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2010-2015   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAVE I MADE IN ONE YEAR? FAMILY STATISTICS REPORT FOR 2014

      

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY READERS.  

I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU.  I WISH YOU ALL A SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH YEAR IN 2015!

This is a topic that was first shared last year on Randy Seaver’s blog Genea-Musings.   It’s all about the statistics or numbers in your database.

OK, numbers aren’t so much fun, right?  But, they can certainly tell us if we are making progress in our research.  And, that is a good thing.

If you use Legacy you can read my post from last January about how to find your statistics.  Click here http://www.michiganfamilytrails.com/2014/01/how-to-find-your-family-statistics-in.html

Here are my statistics from last year:

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• Have I made progress in my research?
• Have I added more people/individuals?
• Do I have more Master Sources?
• How about my source citations, more or not?
• How does my percentage of citations compare to last year?

Here is my report from 2014.  (I am leaving town for a couple of days and know that I won’t be working on my database until after January 1st, so I can post these numbers for 2014).



I see some increases in the numbers, so apparently some progress was made this past year
. 
One statistic that I am particularly interested in, is my percentage of citing sources.  Last year I had a great result in that I was 222.3% sourced.  To get that number you divide your number of individuals into your citations.  So last year I divided 9060 by 4075.

This year I will divide 9719 by 4363.  That comes out to 222.7%.  So, I am still sourcing my entries and in fact my number has gone up a bit.  That’s good to know.

Here are the some of the above statistics compared between years.

	2013	2014	CHANGE
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS	4075	4363	+288
NUMBER OF FAMILIES	1451	1543	+  92
UNIQUE SURNAMES	1062	1143	+  81
MASTER SOURCES	687	712	+  25
CITATIONS	9060	9719	+659

I have only listed some of the statistics, but you can see that there has been an increase in all of them.
 
My challenge to you is to run the same kind of report from your software.  Then, at the end of 2015, compare it and see how you are doing
. 
WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR 2015?
* To increase the number of source citations you have?
* To increase the number of individuals?
* To be better at citing your sources?

Whatever they are, use your software to it’s full capacity and it will help you stay on track.

OTHER POSTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST

ADDING A RECORD TO LEGACY FROM ANCESTRY - Step by step instructions

LEGACY 8 - The Search Function - What Can You Find?

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2010-2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

LEGACY NEWS–2015 WEBINAR SERIES ANNOUNCED

If you are new to Legacy or have been using it for years you can benefit from their webinars.
Some of the new features:

• Evening webinars
• Beginners series
• Researching with Karen – submit your research problem and let Karen give you recommendations

To learn more about what’s coming in 2015 please use this link:
2015 WEBINAR SCHEDULE AND INFO

Here is a link to Legacy featured products:
http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1

I receive no remuneration from Legacy for this post.  I’m just a Legacy user who likes the software and finds it valuable in my research.

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

LEGACY 8–THE SEARCH FUNCTION–WHAT CAN YOU FIND?

Today I thought I would take a look at the different types of occupations in my family tree.  That being said, in order to run a report in Legacy 8 I have to have entered the occupations.  

The place to do that is in the Events/Facts section of the Individual’s Information. 

Here is a sample of how it looks in Legacy:

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You can see that Richard Lindsay held several positions. I have highlighted them.  Because he was an elected official for two of the positions he held, I entered them as such.  However, for them to show up in a list I would either have to re-enter them as "occupation" or add "election" as a separate search criteria.  This is an unusual scenario as I cannot think of any other family members for whom "Election" is an event. 

Here are the positions he held:

• Estimator at Large
• City Clerk
• Printer’s Devil
• Printer

I sorted the events by name, rather than by date, so that they would show up the way I wanted them to.  Because I entered two of the events as “elections” rather than “occupations” they won’t show up if I run an ‘Occupation’ search & report on Legacy.  Unless I add another criteria for “election.”  Seeing this makes me think I need to adjust those entries.  That’s the beauty of writing this blog and also of doing reports.  You find things that need to be changed in your database.  

Do you use the Events section in Legacy?  If not, then when you are running reports or looking at a chronology/timeline, you won’t have all the information you need on your ancestor.

Back to occupations.  Now I will run an occupation report in Legacy 8.

To do this you go to the “Search” tab and to “Find.”

Then select your criteria and click on “create list.”



I’ll do a broad search first and see how many people have occupations listed.  This created a list with 123 individuals on it.  These must be the only people in my database for whom I’ve added occupations in the events field.  I don’t think that’s a very good percentage considering I have 4,158 people in my database.  And, 2,229 of them are males.  I can see I have work to do.

Here is a screen shot of the top portion of the list.  I selected my 2nd great grandfather and you can see his Events are highlighted on the right.  I could click on any of the tabs on the right and look at information for Charles Milne.



Now let’s run another search for everyone I might have in my database listed with the occupation having to do with cigars.  I remember running across cigar makers in my research.

This time I changed my search criteria as follows:



This created a list with 3 people on it.
 

CHARLES BROWN - CIGAR MANUFACTURER IN NEW YORK 1875

MONSON THORP, JR. - CIGAR MAKER, NEW YORK 1866

I’ve highlighted two of the three people above. Please notice how many events I have added to these individuals.   
TIP:  The more events you add, the better story you can have of your ancestor's life.

I hope this has given you some new ideas about how to use the “Search” function in Legacy 8. There are so many different kinds of reports we can create. I know I haven’t even scratched the surface. 

But, we have had fun, haven’t we?

OTHER POSTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST

Legacy Census List – How I will Use It to Search for My Family
Legacy 8 – A Quick Guide to Label & Tab Colors
How to Find Your Family Statistics in Legacy 8

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright © 2014 Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHT RESERVED. NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

LEGACY 8 - CENSUS LIST–HOW WILL I USE IT TO SEARCH FOR MY FAMILY?

WHAT IS THE LEGACY CENSUS LIST?

This is a feature of Legacy 8 that I had not yet discovered or used.  We all know that we don’t use the full potential of any of our software programs. Whether you are a user of Legacy, RootsMagic, Family Tree Maker, The Master Genealogist or Reunion (to name a few), these programs are much more powerful than we can imagine.  

This report was new to me and I really like the potential it presents for helping me with my research.

This tool is located by
- Clicking on the Search tab and then Census List
- You can also go to Help, click on Help Index and type in Census List.  

This brings up the help screen for this particular feature.  Rather than repeat everything that is said on this help screen, I will let you read it in the program.  However, I will say that this particular feature was “inspired by the release of the 1940 U.S. Census and the Create a List of Potential Individuals feature.”  Apparently that feature was so popular they expanded it to include all census reports.

Let’s take a quick look at what I found today.  

For our purposes, I chose the following criteria using the drop down list in each section.

• Choose a country – United States (the list includes many other countries)
• Place – I typed in United States.  You could type in a specific state
• Choose the census year – I wanted to see the 1840 list
• Date Range – I let it default and it chose 1 Jun 1840
• Average Life Span – I left the default of 80 years
• I chose to ONLY include males.  You can leave this box unchecked and include all genders, or choose only females.

On the right hand side of the list there are two tabs.

For the Search List Options tab I left the default choices

For the Report Options tab I left all the default options, except I wanted to “Exclude Individuals from the report who appear to have already been found in this census.”

Here is a screen shot of my choices, prior to running the report.

Then I clicked on the box on the lower right that says “Preview a Census List Report”

The result was a 65 page report!

The list is alphabetical and includes
Name, Birth/Christening
Death/Burial
Age on Date (which would be the age on the date of the census you chose)
Possible Location

Like you I have those brick walls in my family.  I wanted to see what the report had generated for the surname GOULD.  My 2nd great grandfather, John C. Gould,  is a huge brick wall for me. I have not been able to tie him to parents or siblings.

Pages 24-27 of the report contained the surname Gould.  Here are those pages.

 

You can see on the second page, that John C. Gould, my 2nd great grandfather is listed as the 3rd person on that page.  

This tell me that he would have been about 7 years old in 1840 and that there was a 90% chance he would be located in Michigan (based on his birth).  The record also lists everyone in his family.  

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO ME?

First of all, I apologize. I could have picked an easier census.  You know, one that has the names of ALL the household members.  But, since this blog is about my journey in finding my family, I’m taking you right along with me, no matter how difficult it gets.  

Back to the question. This tells me that I need to go to the 1840 census records and find a head of household, in Michigan, named Gould, with males 7 years old.

The 1840 census only lists head of households.  I will have to settle for the tic marks made by the enumerators that indicate the numbers of household members in a certain age group.  

Using a blank 1840 census record that I have at my desk I can see that the John would be marked in the “Males – 5 and under 10.”

WHAT IS MY NEXT STEP?

I am going to go on Ancestry.com and search specifically in the 1840 census in Michigan.  I will look at every Gould family in Michigan.  I know from previous searches that there weren’t hundreds of them at that time.  Maybe under 50 families.  I will look at every Gould family and see who has sons marked between 5 and under 10.  

NOTE:  I have every census record for my John C. Gould from 1850-1910.  They all indicate he was born in Michigan.  I know he was married in Michigan and I know he bought and sold land in Michigan.  I know that his only living child, a son, was born there as were his grandchildren, great grandson and great great grandchildren.  Those are pretty strong clues that he was, indeed, born in Michigan.  Now, was his family living in Michigan in 1840?  I don’t know.  They could have moved and come back.  But, I have to go with what I know.

Because I uncovered, completely by accident, this feature in Legacy, I now have another GREAT tool to use.  I’m excited about the possibilities.  There are numerous options when creating your reports.    I can’t wait to create more lists for other census records, from the U.S. and other countries.  Oh my!!!

This post was not meant as a complete tutorial on how to use the Census List, but rather just a means of letting you know that it exists.  I’m certain I have much more to learn about the search queries we can run and oh so many other features of the program.  

OTHER POSTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU
Adding Sibling Links to FindAGrave Memorials
How to Find Family Statistics in Legacy 8
Legacy 8 - A quick guide to Label & Tab colors 

Until next time.  Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

LEGACY 8–A QUICK GUIDE TO LABEL & TAB COLORS

I’ve been playing around with the color schemes in Legacy 8.  I have found SO many ways that you can customize your colors.  Even BETTER than version 7.5!

However, I apparently missed one little thing regarding the label colors when you view the Individual’s Information screen.  The labels for entries that have sources was colored red and I wanted them to be blue.  I went to one of my favorite Facebook pages TECHNOLOGY FOR GENEALOGY (here is the link to the page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/techgen/) and posed my question about how to get those labels to change.

   

Of course I knew that someone in the group could answer my question, and they did.  Thank you to Michael Giallella.  And now, as you see in this screen shot, my labels are blue.

HERE IS THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION:
Click on the “Options” tab, then click on “Change Colors.” 
When the little box pops up, then click on “Click here to change other user-interface colors.”  

      
Now you’ll see a screen called “Set Interface Colors.”  Click on the “OTHER COLORS” tab.

From there you can click on each of the choices at the bottom of the screen and change those colors to any number of choices.  I clicked on “Sources” – “Text color for Label Showing Attached Sources” and selected my blue.  Then I clicked on “Select this Color” and BINGO!  My labels were now blue.

Sometimes it takes us a while, when we get an upgrade or new version of a favorite program, to get used to the new interface.  

TIP:  When you are using a new version or upgrade of any software, be sure that you really play around with it and become very familiar.  Otherwise you will become frustrated and spend too much time looking for things you used to know how to do.  If there are tutorials, read them, if there is a book or CD’s, consider purchasing them.  And never ever be afraid to ask.  For us as genealogists we have access to so many others who share our passion and are happy to help.  If you haven’t taken advantage of the wealth of information and help available on the Technology for Genealogy page on Facebook, then I highly recommend you check it out and join the group.  You’d be surprised what you will learn.  

SOMETHING ELSE I LEARNED JUST A DAY OR TWO AGO – How to change the colors on the tabs

Go to OPTIONS and click on the “Tab Color” icon third from the left.  You can also use the “Tab Style” icon to change how your tabs will look.   You’ll get a drop down list when you click on the icon.  

I chose “Access 2007” and “Multicolor Tabs” and this is how mine now look.  You can tell that I like colors.

Have fun with your program and don’t be afraid to “play” with your options. 

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

Copyright © 2013 Diane Gould Hall

SATURDAY NIGHT FUN - LEGACY 8– FAMILY STATISTICS REPORT

Since I opened the Deluxe version of Legacy 8 yesterday afternoon, I’ve been playing around with the program.  I like to learn as much as I can about a program I’m going to be using every day.  And, since I was very familiar with version 7, I have work to do. 
As I was clicking on each individual tab at the top of the program, I was looking at the options as I went along.  I clicked on the “REPORTS” tab and saw an option that I don’t remember seeing in version 7.  The option was “Statistics Report.”  I wonder what that is?  You can see it is the 5th icon from the left.

 
When I clicked on it I was completely surprised!  There was this grand report with ALL sorts of interesting data from my family file.  I was so excited I read each page (it’s 6 pages long).  Then I created a PDF version of the report.  I rarely print anything to paper these days, but somehow I wanted to be able to have this handy at my desk.  Plus, I was able to go out to the living room and bore my husband with “yet another” genealogy tidbit.  He is very long-suffering, believe me.  It’s just the two of us here in the house, so who else am I going to share all these wonderful discoveries with?  I mean, besides you, my loyal readers?
Here are just some of the statistics this report creates for you:

• Total number of individuals
• Births by era (it gives you the number of people born in each century)
• Average lifespan of Individuals (again, by century and then by gender)
• Longest marriages by century
• Most popular given names
• Most popular surnames
• Most popular locations

Here are the 6 pages from my family file.  I was surprised by some of these and not by others.  Probably my biggest surprise was the incredible number of people in my file who use Detroit, Wayne, Michigan as a location – 766.  The next closest number is 393 for Ohio.

  

  

  To take a closer look at any of the images above – please click on them to enlarge.

For those of you who are using Legacy software and have begun using version 8, I think we are very fortunate.   I’ve always enjoyed this program and the features it offers us.  

Like many of you, I’m not eager to embrace changes.  Especially if I’m very happy with something I’m currently using.  It’s the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality.

So far, I’m happy with version 8.  I know there are a few glitches they still have to work out and I’m sure they will.  I’ve already submitted a couple of suggestions.  

I’m off to find more fun new features.

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

Copyright © 2013   Diane Gould Hall

FEATURES IN LEGACY 8

   

I’m excited about many of the new features that are included in the newest version, just released for Legacy Family Tree software.
I’ve been using this software for about 7 years and have never been disappointed.  I’ve listed the purchase options below, along with all the NEW features in Version 8 and below that a list of the general features of Legacy.  You can go to their website for further information http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Index.asp

Here are your purchase options:
 
HERE ARE THE NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 8 OF LEGACY FAMILY TREE SOFTWARE - Remember, click on any image to see it in a larger view.




NEW Origins Report
NEW Migration Report
NEW Migration Mapping
See where you came from and the percentage of "blood" you have from your countries of origin with the new Origins Report.
See how far and wide a person's descendants spread out in the world with the new Migration Report.
Legacy animates the ancestor's movement through time. Watch how they migrated from place to place. View their migration in street, aerial, or 3D modes. Hover over the balloon to see what happened in each location.



NEW Instant Duplicate Checking
NEW Potential Problem Alerts and Gaps
NEW Shared Events
As you are adding new individuals to your tree, Legacy instantly checks to see if perhaps they are already in your family file, helping you avoid inadvertently adding duplicates.
Typos and accidental misinterpretation of data are now a thing of the past. The warning symbol is displayed immediately next to info that contains a potential problem. Unusual gaps of time are detected that you may have not previously noticed (like too many years between the births of the children).
Save time and avoid errors by sharing an event amongst all the individuals who participated in the event. You can specify each person's role in the event.



NEW Family Bow Tie Chart
ENHANCED Descendant Chart
NEW Source Quality
Displays the ancestors of both the husband and wife, as well as their children.
Now available in left-to-right formatting.
Now record the quality (original vs derivative, primary vs secondary, etc., direct vs indirect) of each source as you attempt to prove your conclusions.
NEW Source Labels
ENHANCED Source Clipboard
NEW Pedigree Citations
Now print Source Labels to attach to the top of your documents. You will never again lose the citation when making a photocopy for someone else.
The Source Clipboard has been expanded to load up to five different citations that can be assigned at the click of a button.
Add source citations to your Pedigree Charts, and attach the complete bibliography.
ENHANCED FamilySearch Integration
ENHANCED Wall Charts
ENHANCED Chronology View
Share, discuss, download and interact with FamilySearch's Family Tree (optional).
Duplicate lines can now be suppressed, saving room for more photographs and captions.
Now view the parent's, grandparent's, children's, and grandchildren's vital events in your ancestor's timeline.
ENHANCED User Interface
ENHANCED Tagging
NEW Automatic Sorting
Enjoy Legacy's modernized look-and-feel, new color schemes, and new ribbon menu bar. Add two additional custom buttons on the new My Toolbar.
View up to 9 tags at once. Advanced Tagging now shows the counts of each tag.
Children, marriages, and events are now automatically chronologically sorted as they are added. New global sorting tools are also now available.
NEW Statistics
NEW Media Relinker
NEW Media Gatherer
Understand your family in new ways with dozens of new statistics: births by era, longest living individuals, average lifespan, longest marriages, families with the most children, most popular given names, most popular surnames, most popular locations and more.
It is easier than ever to locate missing or unlinked pictures. Moving from one computer to another is simpler to do.
Got pictures all over your computer? The new Media Gatherer will help you copy or move your genealogy pictures to one common folder, making it easier to share your family file with another computer or family member.
NEW Web Links
ENHANCED Color Coding
NEW Brochure
Found evidence of your ancestor online? Easily add a web link to their media gallery to organize a list of their online presence.
You can now color code from two starting points (one for you and one for your spouse, for example) and track the eight great-grandparents' lines.


General Capacities

• Individuals and Families File size to 2 billion characters (2 gigabyte).
• Children per Marriage 60
• Events per Individual Unlimited
• Spouses per Individual Unlimited
• Parents per Individual Unlimited
• Sources per Event Unlimited
• Pictures per Individual Unlimited
• Number of Entries in History List 160
• Address Lines per Individual 5
• Phone Numbers per Individual 2
• Generations per Pedigree Chart Unlimited
• Generations per Descendancy Chart Unlimited

Save As...

• Any Family File can be saved under a new name, thus making a copy of the current file.

Backup / Restore

• Compressed, Zip compatible backup files can be made that span diskettes.

Maintenance

• The maintenance utility will check the database and will also perform file maintenance items such as repairing common database problems, removing unused names, locations and event names. It also check the validity of all family links and compresses out old unused, deleted records.

Importing

• Legacy imports both Personal Ancestral File® information as well as GEDCOM files.

  Copyright © 2013 Diane Gould Hall