Thank you so much for your message. This is a lucid response as to why to start with oneself and I appreciate it. I know I have errors in my data and, in most cases, I have legal documentation to back up each and still have issues in which of two legal documents are correct.
I bought Legacy because of input from many individuals and the volume of data is becoming untenable. In addition, I don't like the intrusive nature of FTM and its strong tie to Ancestry. A friend gave me FTM 2011 but I've never personally used it. Thanks again. Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 7:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Basic Legacy Family Tree Question(s) You SHOULD start with yourself when entering information into a new genealogy database program even if you are a long time researcher because that is the best way to catch errors that you didn't notice before and as you go through your file in a logical manner, you might see some connections you didn't realize and break down some brick walls. One of the best things I ever did was switch from FTM to Legacy not only because Legacy is better but because it forced me to revisit all of my data as I was trying to clean things up to Legacy's standards. The potential problems, county verifier and find duplicates is wonderful as well as standardizing the locations. It took FOREVER to go through my entire file but it was so worth it. I found all kinds of errors (most of them just stupid stuff) but I also saw things I hadn't noticed before that helped my research. michele 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 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
