You are wrong on this part! It is a Deluxe feature of both version 7.5 and v8 where you can record the results of several different types of DNA tests. You get to it from the individual edit screen and click on the DNA icon on the right side of the screen below the Options button in 7.5 and below the Share button in v 8.
From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 12:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How best to keep track There's essentially no place in Legacy 7.5 to record DNA data, but present major databases may be unavailable to my grandson (example Ancestry yDNA). Fields for "Placeholders" could perhaps be repurposed for much or all of that, notably aiding atDNA application to conventional genealogy search for connections. Longitudinal study seems helped by the "Placeholder" approach in the time domain of Heraldry, for both research and record, regarding STR yDNA, with SNP data newly a factor. For deeper genealogy, my grandson, a Britton, may want to know if he is Brythonic or got his surname some other way, and how he came to Britain from Adam in Africa while his mtDNA came here eastwards. "Placeholders" for that get to be rather long-lived, and time works backwards BCE. Again, this is not what Legacy was designed for, but Millenium must be aware of increasing interest in such, so has a choice to limit Legacy to classic genealogy, modify it in a future version, or to produce, or link with, a companion. Whatever choice, it may be useful for both Millenium and the community to experiment with Legacy's current flexibility to illuminate this area. DNA is not going away, and we certainly need something better to preserve and communicate with than Gedcoms are now for classic genealogy. If the Millenium choice is to ignore DNA, then a clear statement to that effect would keep posts like this off the List, especially if words to that effect were added to the Legacy User Group Guidelines. kb -- Russell G. Strong P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/Articles.asp?ID=133&Click=1114 Oh so many branches and not enough time to check out all the roots!!!. Check out my Genealogy Pages at http://www.rgstrong-genes.com . 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
