Roger, I understand that previously you had your family tree on Ancestry's website and that you found it easy to add then censuses from Ancestry's census data to the individuals concerned. In which case you did not have your tree stored on your own PC and its use, and Ancestry's control of it, was entirely subject to Ancestry's terms and conditions. I have a tree on Ancestry, old, out dated, and containing some errors which I can no longer update as I have ceased my Ancestry registration in favour of Findmypast which (at the moment) has a database which I need.
As I am someone who has always used Legacy as my main database, although I have used other products as well, I have no problem in adding the census details to Legacy, although I accept it does take time. I probably do not use the system which Geoff recommends in his webinar, but I do recommend that you view it as I have seen excellent reports of it, and am sure that you will learn much from it. I would imagine that it will cover the use of the Source and Event clipboards which can speed up the transfer of data. One thing which I do recommend is that you attach a copy of the census to all relevant Events so that you have the image in Legacy, thus avoiding the need to go onto Ancestry if you wish to check something. You only need to store the one image and to enable multiple use of it Legacy records the path - so don't move it :-). Legacy does have a fairly steep learning curve, and one of its great points is its flexibility. If you stick with it you will find that just because a form has a box for some data doesn't mean you have to fill it in, you can choose how little and how much you wish to record for posterity. Eventually you will work out your own system. Meanwhile, I suggest that you make extensive use of the Help files, read the Tips and Tricks on Legacy's Website and take every opportunity to view relevant webinars and comments on this list. Like many aspects of life, there are plusses and minuses when comparing different ways of working and systems, but as someone who places a high value on retaining full control over my data and its use I will never have, as my sole, or main, database one in which a third party lays down terms and conditions as to its construction and use. I haven't really answered your question, and as I am from the UK, telephone is not really an option, but I hope that I have given you some ideas as to how to can work out a system which works for you. You will always be most welcome on this list, but will probably find that you get the best response to specific questions. Ron Ferguson http://www.ferggys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] How to enter census data into my Legacy records. I started my ancestor quest 10 moths ago with ancestry.com Even with my poor computer skills it was easy to find 2200+ ancestors. I'm really hooked! I wanted a better way to keep and print records. I added Legacy last month. I was disappointed when none of the actual census data made the transfer to Legacy. Is it there some place I have not discovered? I thought the census webinar might tell me how to do it. It might, but there is far too much info on filling in the blanks with things I don't want to tackle at this point. It was very simple, even for a dummy like me, to add each census to my ancestry.com records. Is there some simple way to add these records to my Legacy records, or must I switch back to ancestry.com each time I want to look at some census year for an ancestor? I have free US/Canada telephone if some brave soul would like to try to walk me thru it. Thanks Roger Burt near Charlotte, NC 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
