So sorry Elizabeth! That's just so hard to deal with especially in this busy time of year.
I'm sure you'll get instructions on creating a gedcom, and all the usual ways to share but there was a webinar recently on Passage Express and that seems like such an awesome way to share it; I would encourage you to use that if possible. It's a free part of Legacy and it creates a DVD with your information on it and there is also a button to push that sends them to the website to download the free version of Legacy. This way, you don't have to worry about losing any of your "legacy specific" items/events, etc. Sometimes people complain about gedcom creations not recognizing all of their Legacy stuff and it gets lost in the shuffle. I haven't used it yet but I plan to use the deluxe (paid) version of it to prepare discs for extended family with just their families on it. It works pretty easily; I did play around with the simple version some and it was quick and easy (but I had watched the webinar first. The webinar is probably still archived on their website) Just a suggestion. Of course, you will want to do a complete back up of your files and also make a disk with your full size multimedia items (not just the backup that Legacy created); and if you're turning it over to someone else, if you have the time and energy, you may want to organize a bit so that it is understandable to "anyone". Then make several copies of those disks just in case there is a problem; when I say "disk", I mean DVD or flash drive or external hard drive, whatever method of external saving you like best (or all of the above). And if you can afford it, you could give your daughter the deluxe version of Legacy plus the two sets of training disks for Christmas (took me 2 years to buy the set but it was so worth it!) Take care of yourself and get better soon! Kathy On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 7:17 PM, E. Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I didn't plan on needing help again so soon, but I do. > > I've just learned that I have had a heart attack and may need surgery so > now I need to transfer all my Legacy information to my daughter. How do I > save everything and what is the best way to send it to her so she can open > it in her Legacy free program. I use the free version also. > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > (OT - Attention all women!!! Learn the symptoms of women's heart attacks > and heed them. I knew them, but talked myself out of believing it was really > a heart attack since the discomfort was 'all that bad'. I was wrong.) > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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
