Paulette, may I suggest that you contact your nearest Family History Center and ask them to get some Family History Consultants involved with helping you. I know they will do it with pleasure. Take care
On 22 August 2013 13:36, Paulette Martinez <rivo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have inherited from my sister a box of old unmarked family pictures > going back to 1900. I am the elder of the family and the only one > left with the undocumented memories. I know I should scan the pictures, > but right now I am looking for a fast and easy way to organize the > pictures, labels them with name, years, place, and to write what I knew and > remember about my ancestors and their families while using Legacy. I need > to do it right the first time. I cannot spend a lot of time learning > software because, I can learn...but I can forget very fast also. I am 80, > on palliative care for cancer, so time is an issue. Is there a miracle way > to do it? > Right now I have sorted the pictures by year/grand-parents lines and am > writing in the back of each picture (in pencil 02). I will then put them > in archival photo albums with intercalary typed pages of my > memories/knowledge, researches finds, in addition to the habitual facts > (birth, marriage, etc...). I am thinking of typing the insert in the notes > of each marriage/individuals of Legacy and then print only the notes. Am I > going in the right direction or is there a better way. > > If there is time left I will scan the pictures and make a CD to share my > genealogy with my children, grand-children, nephews and nieces. Right now > I want to preserve the pictures and the memories. > > I am hoping I am not hors-subject. I know you are all so knowledgeable. > Thank you for sharing. > > Paulette > > One more question :). What do you do with facts such "they divorced and > witnesses testified having seen her with other men" (divorce judgment in > 1907). Hide the fact in consideration of the descendants feelings? > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
