Paula, I've worked in support for 9 years and it's not that uncommon for people to "lose" their Family File. A lot of people keep their files in the Documents folder rather than the default c:\Legacy\Data folder or on a thumb drive or external drive or who knows where....
So from a Support perspective, I think it's an incredibly useful tool, esp when someone can't find their file. It's a lot easier than trying to search for all *.fdb files in Windows, especially if the person is Windows illiterate. Yes, there are people who have more than one genealogy program on their computer. GENCatalog is helpful for finding all genealogy related databases. Each program has their own default folder and it could get confusing trying to remember where something was stored. And who knows where people put gedcoms if they're not super organized! Why multiple programs? A person might like a particular report not found in Legacy or the way another program creates the report. Another program may have a feature they like better or they like the other program's web page generation..... I use GENViewer all the time for searches and sorts that can't be done in Legacy. I do have several programs installed but generally only use them when support questions arise. It's easy to find where the multimedia files you have linked to in Legacy are stored. Go to View > Scrapbook > Print Multimedia List and print the list selecting the type of files and who or what they're possibly attached to. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, the problem is all the other file types (photos, documents, > etc.)--they > are everywhere, but my database and other data are all in Legacy. Even you > guys > who keep your stuff "outside" Legacy, don't keep it in lots of different > places, > do you? "Free" does not always mean useful. > > > But thanks for sharing. ;) > > And I would be interested to know why you use more than one genealogy > application (which would be how you would have these different types of > genealogy files, right? besides GEDCOM). What do they have that Legacy does > not? Or are you in the process of converting -- getting organized? > > Thanks again, --Paula in Texas 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
