Re: [LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?

[CE WOOD]

Ah, yes. For many years it has been back to the old days when everything 
resided on the university computers, which charged by the minute. All we 
plebeians had were dumb computers. Woe unto you if you neglected to log off the 
university computer when you were done because the charges kept accruing until 
you did!

​CE


From: LegacyUserGroup  on behalf of 
Robin McCarthy 
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2020 8:45 PM
To: Legacy User Group 
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?

It wouldn't surprise me at all if Legacy Family Tree goes by the wayside now 
that they are owned by MyHeritage. MyHeritage has their own genealogy software 
program, Family Tree Builder, that synchronizes directly with trees on 
MyHeritage (if you have one).

Daniel Horowitz has been actively demoing Family Tree Builder the past several 
weeks through his Ask the Expert 30-minute webinars on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 
Family Tree Builder has some of the features found in Legacy Family Tree, but 
nowhere near all the bells and whistles. legacy is far superior.

This past February at RootsTech I asked Daniel when MyHeritage would enable the 
Legacy Family Tree program to synchronize with trees on MyHeritage. His answer 
was, "Not this year."  Very disappointing. I get tired of having to maintain 
trees on multiple websites, or periodically export new GEDCOM files to them, 
which restarts record matching all over.

My impression is that MyHeritage is focusing their efforts on DNA tools, as 
that seems to be where the money is these days. I don't think the big companies 
are interested in investing time in computer-based software (as evidenced by 
Ancestry abandoning Family Tree Maker a few years ago). They all want us to 
build our trees on their websites, which really makes us a commodity that they 
use to leverage their business model. Our trees help them bring in more 
customers for DNA and matching.

Just my opinion. I hope I'm wrong, but as a retired software engineer, I'm 
doubtful. Everything is moving away from personal computers and into the cloud.

Robin


 Original message 
From: elblankens...@gmail.com
Date: 6/20/20 7:57 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?


Hello…Does anyone know if there are any plans for a major upgrade to Legacy 
Family Tree (i.e. v10)?   It has been over three years since the release of v9. 
 If I recall correctly, v10 was on the verge of being release a couple of years 
ago.   Is it my imagination, but ever since Legacy Family Tree was acquired by 
MyHeritage the updates / enhancements have seemed to come at a snail pace.   I 
really do like Legacy Family Tree and have recommended to many of my friends 
and relatives.   I really liked the frequent free fixes / enhancements and 
looked forward to them and was one of the first to pay for an upgrade.   The 
initial cost and upgrades were always reasonably.   I am just afraid that 
Legacy is not part of the long-term direction or focus for MyHeritage.   I just 
hope this is not the case since I don’t want to see Legacy fall to the side of 
the road like many other genealogy programs.


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Re: [LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?

[Robin McCarthy]

It wouldn't surprise me at all if Legacy Family Tree goes by the wayside now 
that they are owned by MyHeritage. MyHeritage has their own genealogy software 
program, Family Tree Builder, that synchronizes directly with trees on 
MyHeritage (if you have one). Daniel Horowitz has been actively demoing Family 
Tree Builder the past several weeks through his Ask the Expert 30-minute 
webinars on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Family Tree Builder has some of the 
features found in Legacy Family Tree, but nowhere near all the bells and 
whistles. legacy is far superior.This past February at RootsTech I asked Daniel 
when MyHeritage would enable the Legacy Family Tree program to synchronize with 
trees on MyHeritage. His answer was, "Not this year."  Very disappointing. I 
get tired of having to maintain trees on multiple websites, or periodically 
export new GEDCOM files to them, which restarts record matching all over.My 
impression is that MyHeritage is focusing their efforts on DNA tools, as that 
seems to be where the money is these days. I don't think the big companies are 
interested in investing time in computer-based software (as evidenced by 
Ancestry abandoning Family Tree Maker a few years ago). They all want us to 
build our trees on their websites, which really makes us a commodity that they 
use to leverage their business model. Our trees help them bring in more 
customers for DNA and matching.Just my opinion. I hope I'm wrong, but as a 
retired software engineer, I'm doubtful. Everything is moving away from 
personal computers and into the cloud.Robin
 Original message From: elblankens...@gmail.com Date: 6/20/20  
7:57 PM  (GMT-08:00) To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] 
New Version of Legacy Family Tree? Hello…Does anyone know if there are any 
plans for a major upgrade to Legacy Family Tree (i.e. v10)?   It has been over 
three years since the release of v9.  If I recall correctly, v10 was on the 
verge of being release a couple of years ago.   Is it my imagination, but ever 
since Legacy Family Tree was acquired by MyHeritage the updates / enhancements 
have seemed to come at a snail pace.   I really do like Legacy Family Tree and 
have recommended to many of my friends and relatives.   I really liked the 
frequent free fixes / enhancements and looked forward to them and was one of 
the first to pay for an upgrade.   The initial cost and upgrades were always 
reasonably.   I am just afraid that Legacy is not part of the long-term 
direction or focus for MyHeritage.   I just hope this is not the case since I 
don’t want to see Legacy fall to the side of the road like many other genealogy 
programs.  -- 

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Re: [LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?

[Brian Kelly]

I know the programmers are actively working on Version 10 but the 
company never says when a new version or even an update to the existing 
version will be issued.


If you go to this page you will see what updates to Version 9 have been 
issued and the bug fixes and/or features included in each one.

https://legacyfamilytree.com/RevisionHistory9.asp

I do not know why you would think that Legacy is being given any less 
emphasis now than before the merger with MyHeritage. Perhaps looking at 
the revision history will reassure you.


Brian Kelly

On 20-Jun.-20 10:57 p.m., elblankens...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello…Does anyone know if there are any plans for a major upgrade to 
Legacy Family Tree (i.e. v10)?   It has been over three years since the 
release of v9.  If I recall correctly, v10 was on the verge of being 
release a couple of years ago.   Is it my imagination, but ever since 
Legacy Family Tree was acquired by MyHeritage the updates / enhancements 
have seemed to come at a snail pace.   I really do like Legacy Family 
Tree and have recommended to many of my friends and relatives.   I 
really liked the frequent free fixes / enhancements and looked forward 
to them and was one of the first to pay for an upgrade.   The initial 
cost and upgrades were always reasonably.   I am just afraid that Legacy 
is not part of the long-term direction or focus for MyHeritage.   I just 
hope this is not the case since I don’t want to see Legacy fall to the 
side of the road like many other genealogy programs.





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Re: [LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?

[Cathy Pinner]

Please do not get into a negative discussion of the short comings or 
imagined evils of MyHeritage.


It is not at all unusual for there to be years between releases of new 
versions of Legacy. It was Legacy 9 that was released in April 2017 and 
there has been no suggestion that Legacy 10 was going to follow on quickly.


You can expect an update to Legacy 9 before long. The latest public 
version is build 339. The current beta version is build 350 so the 
programmers and beta testers haven't been idle.


Cathy


elblankens...@gmail.com 
Sunday, 21 June 2020 10:57 AM

Hello…Does anyone know if there are any plans for a major upgrade to 
Legacy Family Tree (i.e. v10)?   It has been over three years since 
the release of v9.  If I recall correctly, v10 was on the verge of 
being release a couple of years ago.   Is it my imagination, but ever 
since Legacy Family Tree was acquired by MyHeritage the updates / 
enhancements have seemed to come at a snail pace.   I really do like 
Legacy Family Tree and have recommended to many of my friends and 
relatives.   I really liked the frequent free fixes / enhancements and 
looked forward to them and was one of the first to pay for an upgrade. 
The initial cost and upgrades were always reasonably.   I am just 
afraid that Legacy is not part of the long-term direction or focus for 
MyHeritage.   I just hope this is not the case since I don’t want to 
see Legacy fall to the side of the road like many other genealogy 
programs.







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Re: [LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?

[CE WOOD]

These "big" players (ancestry, MyHeritage, et al.,) have been acquiring 
excellent programs and decimating them. Thus went Genealogy.com, MyFamily, and 
many more I once used. Sad.


​CE

From: LegacyUserGroup  on behalf of 
elblankens...@gmail.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2020 7:57 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com 
Subject: [LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?


Hello…Does anyone know if there are any plans for a major upgrade to Legacy 
Family Tree (i.e. v10)?   It has been over three years since the release of v9. 
 If I recall correctly, v10 was on the verge of being release a couple of years 
ago.   Is it my imagination, but ever since Legacy Family Tree was acquired by 
MyHeritage the updates / enhancements have seemed to come at a snail pace.   I 
really do like Legacy Family Tree and have recommended to many of my friends 
and relatives.   I really liked the frequent free fixes / enhancements and 
looked forward to them and was one of the first to pay for an upgrade.   The 
initial cost and upgrades were always reasonably.   I am just afraid that 
Legacy is not part of the long-term direction or focus for MyHeritage.   I just 
hope this is not the case since I don’t want to see Legacy fall to the side of 
the road like many other genealogy programs.


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[LegacyUG] New Version of Legacy Family Tree?

[elblankenship]

Hello.Does anyone know if there are any plans for a major upgrade to Legacy
Family Tree (i.e. v10)?   It has been over three years since the release of
v9.  If I recall correctly, v10 was on the verge of being release a couple
of years ago.   Is it my imagination, but ever since Legacy Family Tree was
acquired by MyHeritage the updates / enhancements have seemed to come at a
snail pace.   I really do like Legacy Family Tree and have recommended to
many of my friends and relatives.   I really liked the frequent free fixes /
enhancements and looked forward to them and was one of the first to pay for
an upgrade.   The initial cost and upgrades were always reasonably.   I am
just afraid that Legacy is not part of the long-term direction or focus for
MyHeritage.   I just hope this is not the case since I don't want to see
Legacy fall to the side of the road like many other genealogy programs. 

 

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