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Comment by Susan Maxey on August 15, 2009 at 9:02pm

Well...the problem I have exists with all of them and it is just a royal pain.... my middle daughter divorced her first husband and he married the third daughters husbands sister who had a daughter by middle daughters best friends husband but they weren't married and the daughters father married and his wife passed leaving her son by a previous marriage to the custody of my daughter and her (the friend's husband) ...and I really hope you followed that better than I do....


My real question though is: Why can't we use Clooz?

Comment by Rick Hammond on August 15, 2009 at 5:59pm

I realy do not know what all the bother is about. On my tree I changed the wording from husband and wife to partner and instead of saying married I changed that to same sex union. I did this with the way the program is set up and it looks very respectful for that couple. I would also say the family group sheet I sent to them contained that infromation as partners, not husband and wife. So I really do not know what all the bother is about as Legacy is so versatile you can make it do almost anything you wish. And this couple was pleased with the way I set it up.

Comment by Sarah Coles on August 15, 2009 at 5:58pm

You may ponder that but I have the same problem with people that never marry and have children. In my Ancestry file I have to make note of it but still declare a person as a spouse so the program will work correctly. Same with Legacy and the work around on there is clumsy. I wouldn't give up Legacy though for either reason. I paid good money for it and it works fine for almost all situations.

Comment by Jo Kotylak on August 15, 2009 at 4:25pm

Sorry to say I'm leaving the group, and Legacy. I LOVE the programme, BUT.. a company who deals with families and family trees who in this day and age refuses to add a facility for gay couples to be listed - not good enough. I treasure ALL my family, and want to document all couples. So even though I paid for the legacy deluxe, and the training videos I'm dumping the lot and going to Family Tree Builder, which when you get into it is very Legacy like, but has the facility to add same sex couples. In other words an equal opportunity Family Tree program. So thanks for the learning curve Legacy, but FAMILY FIRST now and always. If you ever become equal opportunity, let me know, I may come back..

Comment by Carol Byers on August 15, 2009 at 1:04pm

I have taught several Legacy classes, and always recommend their series of videos. They will help you learn the program and how to structure your locations, sources, and events. They have a very good video on handling the census information and how to record it. This allows you to detail and keep track of every person in a family group. I would buy their first series and after you have used them, do it again, several, times...you learn more every time to do. I viewed them several time, and still do it time-to-time. I really like the new source writer and the geo-location data base. Also, the location link to the BING maps, Love being able to see the location from the location list without having to open another browser and re-type the full address.

Comment by Phillip H. Pitzer on August 15, 2009 at 9:45am

I have used Legacy for several years and having tried many others, LEGACY is still the best, but it does take some effort to learn all the things that it can do, but that is what makes it so great.... I use the Deluxe version, the cost is bargain for all the features you get.

I have a question about the feature where you look up a city, county, State, [ Geo location Database ] This feature along is worth the cost of the Deluxe Version.
Question: Is it possible to have all counties show up with "Co." after the County Name? If I use just the County and State, later I do not know if the two names are City and State or County and State, example:

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA

***** Sedgwick, Kansas, USA ******

Their is a Sedgwick, Harvey Co., KS, USA, but looking at just Sedgwick, KS, USA, one does not know if is the city of Sedgwick or the county of Sedgwick. If all Counties were listed with "Co." after the name then one would know for sure. I personally change everyone after I look up the county, I have to add "Co." after the name. Couldn't they add another option where I could have Legacy add "Co." after every County? Thanks for any suggestions.

Comment by Geoff Rasmussen on August 15, 2009 at 8:03am

Joyce/Shaum/Rehberg - Volume 1 of the Legacy training videos was actually rescripted and republished for Legacy 7. Since version 7 introduced the SourceWriter, the updated Legacy's Ultimate Guide to Sources CD is especially helpful as it thoroughly explains the new SourceWriter. Most of the CDs that you have are probably still okay. We also added a brand new video entitled Mastering Legacy: Names, Dates, and Places. This was not in the series you previously purchased. Hope this helps some....

Comment by Joyce /Shaum/ Rehberg on August 13, 2009 at 8:17pm

Hello, I started using Legacy 6 a couple years ago. At that time I also purchased the Legacy Family Tree Video Training Series - Vol. 1. I have to admit I never really mastered sources and notes. My question is; will these lessons still work with Legacy 7?

Comment by Alan Jackson on August 11, 2009 at 4:48pm

Hi from Australia...I started using genealogy software many years ago and published an Australian branch of an English-based family back in 1993. I wish I had Legacy back then when I was trying to do this. Love this product.

Comment by Bob Rowe on August 11, 2009 at 9:06am

I think the only way would be to download a gedcom [if possible] from Ancestry and open it up in Legacy.

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