And as Cathy said, do the File – File Maintenance – Check/Repair often. How often depends how often you use the program and just how much data you add each time you use it.
But there is one more bit of advice that I always tell people. Make a backup! Not only a backup created within the program which stores it on your same hard drive but create a backup copy of your .FDB file and store it elsewhere such as another computer’s hard drive or burn it to a DVD, or save to an external hard drive, or even send it to the “cloud” especially if you have access to your own web space that can accommodate it. There is only one thing that I can guarantee you that will happen in the future: your hard drive WILL crash and fail. You could lose all data on the hard drive. I always thought it’s a good idea to burn your genealogical data to a DVD once every 6 months or so and then lock that DVD up in a safe so that burglars or other calamities don’t leave you empty handed. Brian in CA From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ian matthews Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 5:22 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] how to get started Thanks Cathy for your very helpful response. I just needed a kick start Regards Ian From: Cathy Pinner <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 6:31 PM To: Legacy User Group <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] how to get started Hi Ian? Welcome to more rigorous genealogy. The easiest way to learn to use Legacy is to watch some of the Videos/Webinars. You'll find a collection at: http://www.familytreewebinars.com/legacy_videos.php Many are free, some are by subscription. You also sound as if you need to learn how to search Ancestry without relying on Shaky Leaves, and how to search other sites. findmypast.com.au is particularly useful for South Australia, Victoria, England - but is another subscription site. Then of course there is familysearch.org which has heaps of data for free from all over the world. There are numbers of Australian resources in the Legacy Research Guidance. It's being updated all the time so if you know a site that doesn't seem to be there you can send in a suggestion that it be added. For them to show, you have to have added locations that in clude the state and country. There is also the option to Search various Internet sites with the initial search term filled in from the current person in Legacy. See the Internet Ribbon - Search internet. If your subscription is with ancestry.com.au, then just edit the ancestry.com one to add the .au. I can't recall if that's what I did or whether it was in the default list. I suggest that before you do much, you do a File - File Maintenance - Check/Repair on your file. This is something that needs to be done regularly but particularly after a gedcom import. You may like to join the Facebook Legacy User Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyUserGroup/ If you're not a Facebook member, not you can join Facebook, and just join groups rather than Friend people. You can tie down your privacy by checking the Privacy Settings. This is a lively group and has the advantage of being able to use screenshots which are not allowed on thi s list. Cathy Perth, Western Australia
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