The reason I asked is because I thought it was how people put their family trees on ancestry. I thought one world tree was how people put their family trees up on ancestry, using programs like Legacy.
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Jim Terry/Support <[email protected] > wrote: > This discussion has strayed from the use of Legacy Family Tree and its > add-on programs. > > Thank you, > > Jim Terry > Legacy Technical Support > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "Dave" <[email protected]> > *Sent*: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:45 AM > > *To*: [email protected] > *Subject*: RE: [LegacyUG] one world tree on ancestry > > > > > > "related to the use of Legacy Family Tree and its add-on programs, only. > Please keep on topic" seems pretty clear to me, and most people if they > aren't trying to find a way to justify doing whatever they want here. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 12:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] one world tree on ancestry > > You should make a suggestion that Millennia revise the Legacy program to > remove the Research Guidance tab, along with all references to lineage > linked database sources which include "WorldConnect" (RootsWeb), Ancestry > World Tree (Ancestry.com), Kindred Konnections (MyTrees.com), Ancestral > File > (FamilySearch.com), and several others that are all found on those tabs > within the Legacy program. > > You might want to also suggest that any discussions or mentions of any of > the 3rd party software programs that Millennia markets in conjunction with > their Legacy program or assists in the development of other program to read > and interpret the Legacy family file, should be banned if they are not a > true "add-on" program for Legacy. These would include, the new Families app > for the iPhone and other iDevices, and many more listed on the Legacy web > site. > > OK, let's stop and take a deep breath. (Sarcasm is now turned off.) :-) > I only wrote those suggestions above to show that the Legacy program itself > already includes those areas which you think are "off topic". Actually I > myself thought that the recent threads of messages pertaining to the iPhone > app "Families" was starting to cross the line of being off topic. But let's > remember, Millennia worked in conjunction with the developers of the > Families app and this Legacy forum is their sandbox. I've learn to tolerate > occasional short threads on topics that are only vaguely related to Legacy > and not just to the internal use of Legacy. > > On a more serious note, "related to the use of Legacy" should mean more > than > JUST how do I do something in the Legacy program, "click this button, > select > this item", etc. Those answers are usually found in the HELP file or the > tutorial training videos. Additional questions or discussions about how to > use your Legacy data to interface with the rest of the world to either > share > your data or to accomplish additional research are the heart of any > genealogical program. After all, Legacy like all other genealogy programs > is > really a research tool and a generator of structured information. That's > why > you see Report generating capabilities and Web page creation from within > the > program. And that's why you see things like the Research Guidance tab in > Legacy. A lot of work has gone into this tab (probably more than the > database portion of the program). Anyone that has not yet bothered to visit > this tab, should try it. You'll be amazed at how complicated it is. > > Brian in CA > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
