Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with Search/Find

[jclinx]

Hi, Don’t know how you searched so….from what you mentioned I assumed you 
searched under both James and James Knox Horn. Did you check FindAGrave? What 
is his time more places to look.

 

Need more info.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Gene Wheeler
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:20 AM
To: Legacy Users Group 
Subject: [LegacyUG] Problem with Search/Find

 

I have an ancestor named James Knox Horn. When I try to do a search and find on 
him in order to review his record, I search for the given name of James and the 
surname of Horn. It returns two individuals named Jame Horn, but no James Knox 
Horn. Is it supposed to work this way? If so, what is the best way to search 
and find James Knox Horn?

 

Thanks for some help!

 

Gene Wheeler

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Re: [LegacyUG] Is Legacy of capable?

[jclinx]

Thank you for this.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

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Rob G
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2024 10:10 AM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is Legacy of capable?

 

http://gedstarpro.com/

 

Op zo 24 mrt. 2024 16:50 schreef Wes Jester mailto:wes...@gmail.com> >:

Yes it is.  I do this all the time by using one or more of the "major" family 
tree sites.  I can look them up on the browser app on my Android phone.

To be absolutely honest, I also use Rootsmagic.  I only use it as a method to 
access my information directly from my cloud storage.  I create a gedcom of my 
latest Legacy site, then upload the gedcom to the cloud.  I then import it to 
the Rootsmagic app on Android.

The only reason I use rootsmagic is because it is available on android, and 
apple devices.  Works very well when I am out and about and out of range of a 
wifi connection

Wes 

 

On 3/24/2024 12:35 PM, Crystal Emory wrote:

I hope I don't look really stupid when I ask this question but someone is 
looking for an App or Software that works on an Android Samsung tablet, without 
Internet connection so that they can have a family tree with them at all times.

 

Using Legacy and loving to sing it's praises I suggested using Legacy because 
it allows you to create webpages. Would it be possible to create a webpage on a 
pc and store the webpage with data on the Android and as needed update Legacy 
(on pc) and then update the webpage? 

 

Crystal

 

 

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Re: [LegacyUG] Is Legacy of capable?

[jclinx]

I also checked the Google store and didn’t see any rootsmagic.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Wes Jester
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2024 2:04 PM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is Legacy of capable?

 

Look for rootsmagic. I get 4 listing. Select anyone of them

 

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024, 1:01 PM C.G.Ouimet mailto:c.g.oui...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I don't see a RootsMagic app on Google's Android App Store ...

 

 

C.G. Ouimet

Kingston ON

 

Wes Jester wrote:

 

Yes it is.  I do this all the time by using one or more of the "major" family 
tree sites.  I can look them up on the browser app on my Android phone.

To be absolutely honest, I also use Rootsmagic.  I only use it as a method to 
access my information directly from my cloud storage.  I create a gedcom of my 
latest Legacy site, then upload the gedcom to the cloud.  I then import it to 
the Rootsmagic app on Android.

The only reason I use rootsmagic is because it is available on android, and 
apple devices.  Works very well when I am out and about and out of range of a 
wifi connection

Wes 

 

On 3/24/2024 12:35 PM, Crystal Emory wrote:

I hope I don't look really stupid when I ask this question but someone is 
looking for an App or Software that works on an Android Samsung tablet, without 
Internet connection so that they can have a family tree with them at all times.

 

Using Legacy and loving to sing it's praises I suggested using Legacy because 
it allows you to create webpages. Would it be possible to create a webpage on a 
pc and store the webpage with data on the Android and as needed update Legacy 
(on pc) and then update the webpage? 

 

Crystal

 

 

Yes it is.  I do this all the time by using one or more of the "major" family 
tree sites.  I can look them up on the browser app on my Android phone.

To be absolutely honest, I also use Rootsmagic.  I only use it as a method to 
access my information directly from my cloud storage.  I create a gedcom of my 
latest Legacy site, then upload the gedcom to the cloud.  I then import it to 
the Rootsmagic app on Android.

The only reason I use rootsmagic is because it is available on android, and 
apple devices.  Works very well when I am out and about and out of range of a 
wifi connection

Wes 

 

On 3/24/2024 12:35 PM, Crystal Emory wrote:

I hope I don't look really stupid when I ask this question but someone is 
looking for an App or Software that works on an Android Samsung tablet, without 
Internet connection so that they can have a family tree with them at all times.

 

Using Legacy and loving to sing it's praises I suggested using Legacy because 
it allows you to create webpages. Would it be possible to create a webpage on a 
pc and store the webpage with data on the Android and as needed update Legacy 
(on pc) and then update the webpage? 

 

Crystal

 

 

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Re: [LegacyUG] A question about FAG numbers

[jclinx]

I’ve always used the FAG field number for an individual to go directly to that 
person in FAG when I’m working with the family. If there’s a duplicate number, 
shouldn’t that be either the Genealogist’s or FAG’s error?

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Ian Macaulay
Sent: Friday, February 2, 2024 5:19 PM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A question about FAG numbers

 

The FAG number actually can link to FAG. It is an important part of my 
research.  The problem is when Ruth white who married Joe blow is registered as 
Ruth Blowin one set and Ruth  White in another and they both have the same FAG 
ID.  within a few searches the system crashes.  If Legact reported a duplicate 
in the FAG field this would not happen.  Making the number unique would solve 
the issue with the least amount of code.

 

On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 1:40 PM TheyBrokeTheMold mailto:theybrokethem...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I design databases, and you can never satisfy everyone.  So, in my designs, I 
usually provide a few "User Defined" fields for Text/Number/Date/Binary options.

 

That would be my suggestion.  That way, you can use a field for FAG, and 
someone else can use the same field for some DNA reference, or anything else 
important to them.  This fields would have no specific name other than User1, 
User2, User3, etc.  But you would know what each of those fields are used for.

 

I don't recall seeing any User Defined fields, but it is possible they already 
exist?

 

Hope this was helpful.

 

 

 Original message 

From: Jenny M Benson mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> > 

Date: 2/2/24 6:24 AM (GMT-05:00) 

To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com   

Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A question about FAG numbers 

 

On 02/02/2024 01:12, Ian Macaulay wrote:
> Do any of you see why Find a grave numbers should not be made a unique 
> field.
> In order to not allow a duplicate entry.  I have for a second time 
> requested this feature and am hoping that there is not a problem 
> somewhere else that I have not considered.
> 
> My  program crashes often  and always has a duplicate or two in the 
> error report.
> It is the only reason I can find for these crashes.  It takes three runs 
> at  File maintenance to get up and running again.
> 
> If you have an objection to making this field unique please post it/
> If not and you agree with my poorly stated state of affairs, send a 
> request for feature to Legacy via the  request feature in the "Help/ 
> request featurte"  drop down.

Seems a good idea so I have submitted a request.

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Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[jclinx]

Oddly enough, that’s how I saw the computer room. The son of old family friends 
worked in Denver for IBM and was in Tucson on business.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Ian Macaulay
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 4:38 PM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

Ok Well in 1949 I became IBM and have been ever since.   :-)

 

Ian B Macaulay

 

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 8:03 PM mailto:jcl...@cox.net> > wrote:

Oh, yes. Way back (1959) I got to look at the U of A’s computer building. Rooms 
of tape machines. Who knew then what I’d be typing on today.

 

Jane L

 

From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Mary Young
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2024 5:53 PM
To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

I miss CCPM. LOL

 

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 21:13 , mailto:sarrazingeor...@gmail.com> > wrote:

What about PDP8 (Digital) and programming using wires 

 

De : LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > De la part de L S
Envoyé : 22 décembre 2023 15:53
À : Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

Lol. Sometimes I miss DOS and PLC!

 

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:48 PM mailto:jcl...@cox.net> > wrote:

Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a story. 
I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was interesting.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of L S
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they created a 
synch feature. 

  
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html

 

It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now 
owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to 
synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can download a 
gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of the other sites 
but it will not synch - so no media will transfer. 

 

You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or, you 
can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.

 

I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my 
primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the late 
1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software programs on 
cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the internet so I went 
with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid of paf files and I 
once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb, which Ancestry bought. I 
decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which is pricey, and keep my tree 
there thinking they would keep being innovative so maybe I wouldn't have to 
keep reinventing my tree. 

 

Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared that I'd 
lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching with Ancestry. 
Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice versa. I then bought 
RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic had glitches so I 
decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had and save by the persons 
noted in what I was scanned (like letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get 
online, etc.). Lots, but not all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but 
I wanted everything in one place by the person that I could always access if 
any of the sites closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work 
well permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose 
everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once but 
it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I had so 
much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for anything else. 
It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I keep that in 
Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a stand alone hard 
drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually and I give it to one of 
my kids to keep at their house. 

 

All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry about 
moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally so it 
wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on 
MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of  the 
National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10 years 
which worked out to less 

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[jclinx]

Oh, yes. Way back (1959) I got to look at the U of A’s computer building. Rooms 
of tape machines. Who knew then what I’d be typing on today.

 

Jane L

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of 
Mary Young
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2024 5:53 PM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

I miss CCPM. LOL

 

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 21:13 , mailto:sarrazingeor...@gmail.com> > wrote:

What about PDP8 (Digital) and programming using wires 

 

De : LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > De la part de L S
Envoyé : 22 décembre 2023 15:53
À : Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

Lol. Sometimes I miss DOS and PLC!

 

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:48 PM mailto:jcl...@cox.net> > wrote:

Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a story. 
I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was interesting.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of L S
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they created a 
synch feature. 

  
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html

 

It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now 
owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to 
synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can download a 
gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of the other sites 
but it will not synch - so no media will transfer. 

 

You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or, you 
can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.

 

I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my 
primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the late 
1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software programs on 
cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the internet so I went 
with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid of paf files and I 
once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb, which Ancestry bought. I 
decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which is pricey, and keep my tree 
there thinking they would keep being innovative so maybe I wouldn't have to 
keep reinventing my tree. 

 

Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared that I'd 
lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching with Ancestry. 
Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice versa. I then bought 
RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic had glitches so I 
decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had and save by the persons 
noted in what I was scanned (like letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get 
online, etc.). Lots, but not all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but 
I wanted everything in one place by the person that I could always access if 
any of the sites closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work 
well permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose 
everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once but 
it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I had so 
much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for anything else. 
It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I keep that in 
Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a stand alone hard 
drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually and I give it to one of 
my kids to keep at their house. 

 

All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry about 
moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally so it 
wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on 
MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of  the 
National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10 years 
which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in the past 
with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry but couldn't 
do it in January. It wouldn't let me delete the old or add a new one on 
MyHeritage. I decided to wait until after I travelled in April to mess with it 
further. I tried repeatedly in May and then spoke in person in June with David 
Horowitz at a conference I attended. He told me I'd lose all the DNA matches (I 
also had uploaded my DNA from Ancestry and 23andMe) which was fine with me as I 
figured I would just re upload those, too. 

Re: [LegacyUG] Unique identifier

[jclinx]

Since we are all speaking, I keep folders (like Pictures>Pics in Legacy>
Waller) for 8 names, 4 for my grandparents and 4 for my husband's
grandparents, a few others for inlaws, cemetaries (filed by location
starting with State), vital records. Most docs I have as .jpgs (easy enough
to change format). The people: Last name, first & middle, date or dates,
type of pic, sometimes even s/o (or dau/o) if I think it helpful. Never have
used RINs. Prob because I feel it's a step away from the people involved.
Know what I mean? And, when I look for something, I usually start with a
name.

Jane in Phoenix

-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of
David Cripps
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:16 PM
To: Legacy User Group ; Jenny M Benson

Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Unique identifier

On 23/01/2024 11:11 pm, Jenny M Benson wrote:

> Why on earth not use the unique identifier provided by Legacy - the RIN. 

I'm with you Jenny and have done it this way for ages now, the only issue is
you must be aware never to overwrite or alter the current RINs & heaps of
backups too of course.

For Census Sourcing, I use 12345-1871Census.jpg then I use the same format
for Birth, Baptism & Death sourcing.
For marriage I use the MRIN & identify it as 12456-MRIN.

It works for me, but of course once decided on this course of action it's
(in my case) probably too hard to change it.

Each to their own I suppose.
David Cripps in Hobart



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Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

[jclinx]

Whew! You have been having fun. Thanks for such detail. It was quite a story. 
I, too, have been using a computer since before Windows. Dos was interesting.

 

Jane in Phoenix

 

From: LegacyUserGroup  On Behalf Of L S
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 11:44 AM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcoms - asking for a miracle

 

According to their old blog, when MyHeritage purchased Legacy, they created a 
synch feature. 

  
https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/08/legacy-family-tree-has-a-new-home-with-myheritage.html

 

It is NOT POSSIBLE to synch Legacy with Ancestry.com because Legacy is now 
owned by Ancestry's competitor, MyHeritage. RootsMagic is also not able to 
synch with Legacy because they are both competitor software. You can download a 
gedcom from any of those sites and upload the gedcom to any of the other sites 
but it will not synch - so no media will transfer. 

 

You can only synch with Ancestry to RootsMagic or Family Tree Maker. Or, you 
can synch with Legacy to MyHeritage.

 

I can't say any one is better than another. I only used Ancestry.com as my 
primary because that is what I started with after FamilySearch.org, in the late 
1990s, got rid of paf files. By then, I had used a few software programs on 
cartridges for TI-84 computers but none transferred to the internet so I went 
with FamilySearch because it was free. Then they got rid of paf files and I 
once again had to start over. I then used Rootsweb, which Ancestry bought. I 
decided to just pay for Ancestry annually, which is pricey, and keep my tree 
there thinking they would keep being innovative so maybe I wouldn't have to 
keep reinventing my tree. 

 

Then, Ancestry got a little wonky and was up for sale and I got scared that I'd 
lose everything. I purchased Family Tree Maker for the synching with Ancestry. 
Then FTM stopped working. Ancestry blamed FTM and vice versa. I then bought 
RootsMagic to synch and I quit using FTM.  RootsMagic had glitches so I 
decided, when I retired, I would scan everything I had and save by the persons 
noted in what I was scanned (like letters/diaries/divorce docs you can't get 
online, etc.). Lots, but not all, I had already saved to Ancestry's Gallery but 
I wanted everything in one place by the person that I could always access if 
any of the sites closed. I realized that no software was ever going to work 
well permanently. I also was living in Florida and was afraid that I'd lose 
everything in the event of a hurricane. We had already lost everything once but 
it was when we were young and didn't affect the genealogy artifacts. I had so 
much stuff it would have filled our entire car with no room for anything else. 
It took me 6 months of daily scanning to get it all saved. I keep that in 
Dropbox (a cloud) that I pay yearly for the account and in a stand alone hard 
drive. The stand alone hard drive gets updated annually and I give it to one of 
my kids to keep at their house. 

 

All was well until it wasn't! (we moved from Florida so I now don't worry about 
moving the stuff but the next generation will want things digitally so it 
wasn't a waste of time). I decided last January to update my tree on 
MyHeritage. I had gotten a deal on the membership because I am a member of  the 
National Genealogical Society. Then MyHeritage offered me a deal for 10 years 
which worked out to less than $100/year. I had not had a problem in the past 
with deleting a tree and updating with a new gedcom from Ancestry but couldn't 
do it in January. It wouldn't let me delete the old or add a new one on 
MyHeritage. I decided to wait until after I travelled in April to mess with it 
further. I tried repeatedly in May and then spoke in person in June with David 
Horowitz at a conference I attended. He told me I'd lose all the DNA matches (I 
also had uploaded my DNA from Ancestry and 23andMe) which was fine with me as I 
figured I would just re upload those, too. He was unable to delete my tree. 
Told me to bring my gedcom on a thumbdrive and he'd upload it. He couldn't do 
it. I gave him permission to copy my gedcom and take it to IT. By August, I 
hadn't heard anything from anyone at MyHeritage so I wrote to him. He forwarded 
my concern to someone in IT who deleted my tree and told me to use Family Tree 
Builder to upload but it didn't work. We went round and round and then he gave 
me to someone else who didn't read any of the email chain and told me to do 
what I'd already tried multiple times. I got an attitude and then I got pawned 
off on another IT person who again tried to tell me to do what had already been 
tried. That's when I asked if I could just send them my gedcom (Have no idea 
what David Horowitz did with the one I gave him in June). That IT guy sent me a 
special link to send it to them. Then, he wrote that there was a problem with 
it and 

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

[jclinx]

And to Locations.

Jane in Phoenix

 Jenny M Benson  wrote: 
> On 30-Aug-16 10:32 PM, June wrote:
> > Sorry, I led everyone astray when I said I put a lot of information in
> > Notes..
> >
> >
> >
> > What I have been doing is to create new events, for example – ‘About
> > Birth’ and then putting the information in there which has also allowed
> > me to add an additional photograph of the birth record or church. I
> > found the addition of more photographs – particularly old ones – makes
> > it more interesting. Yes, it does add a lot of events for everyone, with
> > many of them being just a line or two long,  I’m not sure how I would
> > add extra photographs if I don’t add an extra event.
> >
> Nothing wrong with adding lots of Events (the standard Legacy ones or 
> ones you have created yourself) if you have lots of interesting 
> information about people, and it is certainly the best way to add lots 
> of of photos, but I would still stick to using Sources (Basic or Source 
> Writer - your preference) for the Source material.
> 
> If you do ever decide to share your information or hand on your research 
> to a descendant or other family member you can easily decide whether or 
> not to included Sources.  If your Source information is all mixed up 
> with Events and Facts it would be almost impossible to separate it.
> 
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Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

[jclinx]

You can attach photos to Events, to Sources, to Source Details, to the Birth, 
Christening, Death and Burial Events already listed in the Family View, and 
just in general, as someone else just said. Does not have to be on Added Events.

Jane in Phoenix

 Jenny M Benson  wrote: 
> On 30-Aug-16 10:32 PM, June wrote:
> > Sorry, I led everyone astray when I said I put a lot of information in
> > Notes..
> >
> >
> >
> > What I have been doing is to create new events, for example – ‘About
> > Birth’ and then putting the information in there which has also allowed
> > me to add an additional photograph of the birth record or church. I
> > found the addition of more photographs – particularly old ones – makes
> > it more interesting. Yes, it does add a lot of events for everyone, with
> > many of them being just a line or two long,  I’m not sure how I would
> > add extra photographs if I don’t add an extra event.
> >
> Nothing wrong with adding lots of Events (the standard Legacy ones or 
> ones you have created yourself) if you have lots of interesting 
> information about people, and it is certainly the best way to add lots 
> of of photos, but I would still stick to using Sources (Basic or Source 
> Writer - your preference) for the Source material.
> 
> If you do ever decide to share your information or hand on your research 
> to a descendant or other family member you can easily decide whether or 
> not to included Sources.  If your Source information is all mixed up 
> with Events and Facts it would be almost impossible to separate it.
> 
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> Jenny M Benson
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