See Kathy, it's people like who who have the rest of us salivating. :) And your correct about Family Search. Just yesterday I found a new document online at familysearch.org that I previously I had to pay for to obtain through Cook County, IL website. Some fantastic improvements on the existing public site.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > yes, and when it's ready, both on the NFS side and the Legacy side, you > will not be disappointed! I've been working with NFS for a number of years > now, first as a beta tester and later as an LDS user; even without the > amazing tools Legacy will be providing, NFS is lightyears beyond what you > are used to in the old family search; just in case some are not familiar > with all the FS stuff, the NFS/FS sites are basically data submitted by > users or extracted by the LDS church. > > BUT Family Search hasn't been standing by doing nothing while NFS has been > tweaked and tested; they have been improving pretty much every other part of > the site, most recently the library search (to find microfilm, books, etc in > their holdings) and I think everyone knows about the Pilot record site that > adds searchable records constantly. Lots of them have the images available > too. And of course everything the LDS church puts out there is free to the > public. NFS will also be free but it's still getting tested and improved. > > Kathy > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Paul Brodsky > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That means everything is working perfectly. :) >> >> Legacy is setup to work with the database currently at >> new.familysearch.org. As you see, it's not open to the public yet so for >> now, those of us who are not LDS members can't take advantage of this >> feature in Legacy...at least not until some future point. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:38 PM, William Boswell <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I didn't get to the new site going that way. I found the link for it >>> through an online forum. I can access both the new and old LDS sites with >>> my browser. This is the address I have for the site that has the records: >>> http://www.familysearch.org/ >>> >>> The new site, using the same password, gives me the following message: >>> >>> Your account is not ready for new.familysearch.org. >>> Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You will be >>> informed by your priesthood leaders when your area can use the system. >>> Members should use their LDS Account. >>> Volunteers who previously used new.familysearch.org. >>> Click here to combine your previous and new accounts. >>> General public. Look for a future announcement when you will have access >>> to new.familysearch.org. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Tim Rosenlof [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 11:47 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search >>> >>> William, >>> >>> Point your browser to *new.familysearch.org* >>> Do you see the *President of the LDS Church* ? This is the place you >>> login to new.FamilySearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>. Is this >>> place you can log into with your >>> browser but not with Legacy ? >>> >>> Tim Rosenlof >>> >>> On 12/29/2010 6:59 AM, William Boswell wrote: >>> > You're not the only one. I never can get it to work. My password >>> doesn't work within Legacy, but works in my browser. >>> > >>> > When this happened before, I contacted them at the LDS website and they >>> couldn't resolve it either so I gave up. >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Joshua Crump [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 11:53 PM >>> > To: [email protected] >>> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Family Search >>> > >>> > I signed up for a account of FamilySearch.org and when I try to sign in >>> > to it in Legacy it gives me an error. Do I need a different type of >>> > account or will it be fixed in 7.5? >>> > >>> > Thanks >>> > Joshua Crump >>> >>> >>> >>> 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> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> 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 > <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
