Couple of points, no you do not have to be a member of any particular church but you do need a FamilySearch Family Tree account to login and use the system. goto FamilySearch.org to set one up (free & no strings attached). Also remember FamilySearch's goal is to have One tree not Your tree. ChasH On 12/26/2013 5:14 PM, Orinda Spence wrote: > I am using Leg 7.5 and I find that Family Search will not take > anything I share with it, I always have to take from them. Since I > am trying to get my tree onto Family Search I would like for it to > work correctly, so that I don't have to go to FS to add children or > whatever needs adding. > > My question is: Must I be a member of the LDS church to make these > transfers of information onto FS? And does Legacy 8 take my shared > information and 7.5 won't? > > Thanks > > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Don Hendershot > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Spam! > > ~DonH > > > On Dec 26, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Jackie King <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> When it comes right down to it, whether you upgrade now or later >> to a later version of Legacy, you will eventually upgrade only >> because as you upgrade your computer you are almost forced to >> upgrade the software at some point. >> >> So whether you choose to upgrade now or in the future, the >> discussions are relevant to everyone if they want to make sure >> their favorite options are kept, expanded upon in the future, >> corrected, or deleted. >> >> But no - no one should be forced to upgrade immediately. >> >> Jackie >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Leon Chapman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Denise: >> >> Here are a few of the reasons you might want to upgrade to >> Legacy 8 - the new features: >> >> Origins Report >> >> Migration Report >> >> Migration Mapping >> >> Instant Duplicate Checking >> >> Potential Problem Alerts and Gaps >> >> Shared Events >> >> Family Bow Tie Chart -- Husband & Wife >> >> Descendant Chart -- L to R >> >> Source Quality >> >> Source Labels >> >> Source Clipboard -- 5 sources >> >> Pedigree Citations >> >> FamilySearch Integration >> >> Wall Charts -- Duplicate lines suppressed >> >> Chronology View >> >> User Interface -- New >> >> Tagging -- 9 >> >> Automatic Sorting >> >> Statistics >> >> Media Relinker >> >> Media Gatherer >> >> Web Links >> >> Color Coding >> >> >> My favorites are: >> >> 1. Automatic Sorting >> >> Legacy 8 sorts spouses, children, and events by dates >> automatically upon entry -- this is a major savings in time >> when it comes to data entry. This option along is worth >> every penny of the upgrade. >> >> >> 2. Statistics >> >> The Origins Report, migration report, statistics and >> enhance mapping are great new features. >> >> >> 3. The Potential Problems Alerts and Gaps & Duplicate checking >> >> These features are great and will definitely help keep a >> better, more accurate database of your family and events. >> >> >> 4. The Media Relinker and Gatherer are very powerful tools >> to bring your pictures together into a better structured >> location. >> >> >> 5. The new User Interface - probably should be #1 on the list >> >> The new modern user interface brings almost every option >> out to the user in a simple intuitive graphic icon format. >> It is so much easier to use and find what you want to do with >> this new user interface. Without question, this is the >> single most important part of the new Legacy 8 that the user >> touches during almost any operation within Legacy 8. >> >> >> 6. FamilySearch Integration >> >> This feature has greatly been improved and provides an >> enormous FREE resource to millions of family trees available >> at FamilySearch.org <http://FamilySearch.org> that is very >> nicely integrated into Legacy 8. You can add new people to >> your tree from the FamilySearch Trees with sourcing with just >> a few clicks of the mouse. Sourcing is automatic when you add >> a person to your database from FamilySearch.org >> <http://FamilySearch.org>. You will find it difficult at best >> to do something similar at other websites like Ancestry.com >> <http://Ancestry.com> (Oh! Buy the way, that will cost you >> $300-400/year to have a membership to access their >> database). The $30-40 price of Legacy 8 seems like a >> bargain, upgrading is even cheaper. >> >> >> 7. Other new features >> >> I won't spend time on them here, but each of them provides >> additional reasons for upgrading to Legacy 8. >> >> In my opinion, Legacy 8 is truly the best genealogy >> software on the market today. >> >> >> If you haven't upgraded to Legacy 8, What are you waiting for? >> >> >> By the way, I do not receive any $$ from Legacy and am not an >> employee of their firm. >> >> >> ___ >> Leon Chapman >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> ----- >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Wendy Howard >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Denise said: "I, too, have Vewsion 7.4.0.45 and am >> disinclined to >> upgrade. My version works just fine, and seeing all the >> emails about >> various 'bugs' gives me pause." >> >> There are bugs in the version you are using, too - it's >> just that you're >> not as aware of them as you are these v8 issues due to >> them being >> discussed here on the list right now. No program is >> perfect, but a good >> one is a constant work in progress to fix the bugs that >> have been found, >> as Legacy is. >> >> Don't take what you hear on this list as the >> be-all-and-end-all of your >> decision making about upgrading. If you're really >> concerned about them >> in your decision to upgrade or not, consider each one you >> hear about: >> >> --> Would it actually affect you, and the way you use the >> program? >> What's the point of deciding to not upgrade because of >> these bugs, if >> they're in features you'd never use anyway? >> >> --> Is it actually a bug, or is it not working the way >> that person wants >> it to, or is acting the way it is on their machine due to >> some other >> setting on their computer that can't be replicated on >> another? >> >> Genuine bugs will be fixed in time, and you'll only get >> the fix if you >> upgrade your program. This could include bugs that were >> present in >> previous versions, too, if they hadn't been identified >> earlier. >> >> Be aware too - what you're seeing here on the list is >> only a fraction of >> the discussion going on about v8 (many people using >> Legacy don't join or >> post here, and may be having off-list discussions with >> Legacy and other >> users that you're not seeing), and some of the discussion >> here on the >> list is particularly acrimonious from people who have >> their own axe to >> grind, instead of reasoned discussion isolating and and >> identifying a >> problem, and then moving on. That could cloud your >> opinions, too. >> >> Also, don't forget that you can download and install v8 >> without loosing >> v7 - so you can take a look at v8 and evaluate its merits >> for yourself. >> The two versions are installed in different places on >> your computer, and >> you can have them both open at the same time to compare >> features. Just >> don't try to open the same data file in both programs at >> the same time - >> make a copy of the file and open the copy in v8. The >> data file >> structure will be altered the first time you open in in >> v8, and after >> you've done that it won't open in v7 any more. >> >> Hope this helps. :-) >> >> Kind Regards, >> Wendy >> >> Denise said the following on 27/12/2013 9:47 a.m.: >> > I, too, have Vewsion 7.4.0.45 and am disinclined to >> upgrade. My >> > version works just fine, and seeing all the emails >> about various >> > 'bugs' gives me pause. >> > >> > >> > On Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:15 AM, >> "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > Many of these bugs that were supposedly fixed in >> version 7.5.0.278 I've >> > never come across. There are many features in the >> program that apply to >> > the USA only and if the bug is there, I'd never find >> them and they >> > wouldn't bother me. And the improvements in 7.5 weren't >> improvements to >> > me, I just plain didn't want them. >> > >> > > At this >> > > point, there are just too many things that are not >> debugged or missing >> > > in comparison with version 7.5. >> > And too many useless-to-me bells and whistles features. >> > >> > Good luck with your database. >> > >> > Helen >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> 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 > > > > > 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
