Jennifer, You will love all the other changes and look/feel of the product..
It is small learning curve, but well worth the cost. Jay On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Jennifer Crockett < jcrock...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Well put. > > Since I publish to a website, I have not used SourceWriter and will not be > using Shared Events. > > I haven't upgraded to Legacy 8 yet and wonder if there is any point. > > Regards, > > Jennifer > http://colston-wenck.com > > From: CE Wood [mailto:wood...@msn.com] > Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2013 7:13 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] When you die / GEDCOMS / Legacy fancy features > > Several in this group have posted regarding what happens to their research > when they die. The custom features of Legacy which are not rendered > correctly in GEDCOM pose a major problem in this regard. The NEHGS has > asked for my collection, including my database. However, they will accept > it only as a GEDCOM because that is the only way that it can be read in > whatever program they use now or in the future (when I plan to die). > > That means using SourceWriter and Shared Events are not an option for me. > > In addition to the problems using Legacy with online websites except on > Legacy’s own barebones one, this is another reason to wonder why all the > focus on totally proprietary features. Until GEDCOMs accommodate Legacy’s > fancy features, maintaining one’s research in a transferrable format is of > primary importance. That is, if it matters whether anyone will be able to > access your research in the future. > > > CE > > > > > > > > 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
