From: "Jane Hakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LegacyUG] Question: adding information Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:20:50 -0000 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, .... I've got some document files (mostly MS Word documents, some scanned files, etc.) that I'd like to add to a person in my Legacy database, similar to adding an attachment to an email.
************************************************************************* ********** I too have this "problem". I have a separate MS Access database containing literally thousands of scraps of information collected over 30 years. As a retired IT professional I started computer genealogy on an old IBM PC Jr when storage was on 5 1/4" floppy disks. Genealogical programs, the few that were available then, were incapable of storing vast amounts of data without winding up with a stack of floppies. Therefore I started this external collection of bits/pieces of information on one of the earliest releases of a LOTUS database, migrating several years ago to the more robust MS Access platform. The genealogical programs I used prior to switching to LEGACY had been DOS based or still lacked the storage options/capabilities of LEGACY and modern day genealogical programs and the (almost) limitless storage afforded by multiple gigabyte hard drives and CD/DVD's. Thus I continued to add my source information to this MS ACCESS database application. Now I'm "stuck" with all this external information on hundreds of individuals and have been wondering if, or how, to go about tying the two together. Each ACCESS entry is keyed to the Legacy individual by the RIN#. Each application works fine but there's no electronic direct connection between the two. For a given RIN# I get the family relationships from Legacy and the sources backing up pertinent facts in Legacy from the Access database. I'm not inclined to enter all these bits and pieces into Legacy at this stage. Each Access entry, in addition to the RIN# identifier has a unique key that COULD be entered in the NOTES section of the Legacy entry. But the ideal situation would be to have Legacy and this Access database linked electronically so that viewing an individual's RIN# in Legacy would also have available for display all the supporting information from the Access database. Any comments, suggestions, ideas would be welcome! gc Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
