RE: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-24 Thread Cathy-0
Local historical societies will often take such information too! From: Eliz Hanebury [mailto:elizhg...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:14 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files Frequently Genealogical societies

RE: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-24 Thread Larry Lee
Thank you to all who responded. They are all excellent suggestions. Larry Lee Sent from my Nook Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from

[LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Larry Lee
My relatives are not interested in my research either. Any thoughts on how or where I might donate my Legacy database and other genealogical information? I am thinking of genealogical libraries in Indiana and Missouri, where my parents and several ancestors were from. I am not LDS but would they

Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Dee Ziegler
In my experience, libraries (including the Family History Library in Salt Lake City) and archives (for example, Maryland State Archives) are eager to have a copy of your printed genealogy BOOK. Of course that involves printing, binding, shipping. Although the FHL used to prefer an unbound copy and

Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Eliz Hanebury
Frequently Genealogical societies will want material with a large number of people from their area G and they won't shoot you for asking! Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at

Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Ellen
Why not look into who is studying those names for a one-name study? They would certainly appreciate adding to their research. What names are you doing? God bless, Ellen On Aug 18, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Dee Ziegler wrote: In my experience, libraries (including the Family History Library in Salt

Re: [LegacyUG] Donating Legacy DB and Genealogy Files

2013-08-18 Thread Emily Moore
The Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will accept donations of genealogical material regarding deceased individuals in either paper or electronic form.You could send the a copy of your file after having deleted all information on living individuals. Also, if you bring