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LEGACY NEWS MARCH 1, 2004
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LEGACY UPDATE 22 FEBRUARY 2004 NOW
AVAILABLE
FROM THE LEGACY ONLINE STORE
- Progeny Software's Charting Companion - Over 100,000
Copies Sold!
LEGACY GENEALOGY CRUISE
- Cruise the Caribbean and Have Fun Learning Legacy
from the Experts
NEWS AND VIEWS
- Search Scottish Church Records Online Parish by
Parish
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Breaks Ground for New SE Region Center
OUR FAVORITE WEB SITES
- The Family History Project:
thefamilyhistoryproject.co.uk
- NewspaperArchive.com Features Searchable Index to
Over 11,000 International Newspapers
TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS
- New! US County Verifier
- Essential Legacy Skills:
Moving Your Legacy Program and Family Files to a New
Computer
SHARE YOUR EXPERT TIP
CALENDAR
HUMOR
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More True "You know you’re getting old when...."
DID YOU MISS A PAST ISSUE OF LEGACY NEWS?
CONTACT INFORMATION
LEGACY UPDATE 22 FEBRUARY 2004 NOW AVAILABLE
There is a new Legacy 5.0 update available (build date
22 February 2004). You can update your Legacy program by clicking on
Internet > Check for Legacy Update.... and following the prompts.
Updates are free patches and enhancements that repair bugs, replace
damaged/missing files, and bring your program up to date. Updating will keep
your program in "good health" and make sure that all of Legacy's many features
will work at their best.
This update is for both the Standard and Deluxe editions of Legacy 5.0. The
updates are always cumulative, which means if you missed the last two or
three, the current build will catch up you on all the enhancements and
corrections of the past.
The update process has been streamlined for
Legacy 5.0 Deluxe users: They won't need to enter their e-mail address or use
a password when updating their program. If you are not a registered user, you
can get the free update by clicking on the blue www.LegacyFamilyTree.com link
in the screen. Be sure to enter your e-mail address correctly, so that you
will receive the installation password, and read the screens carefully.
You can see the history of changes by clicking on the blue
See What's New link.
The Check For Update screen will show you the build date of your
program, which should be 22 February 2004.
You can also check for the build date by clicking on Help > General
Information and checking the build date in the middle of the second line
of the General Information window. The free update is also available by
visiting
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/DownloadUpdate.asp.
Note:
This update will not update (patch) Legacy 2.0 or 3.0 or 4.0. This update will
overwrite earlier versions with Legacy 5.0 Standard Edition. If
you are using the Deluxe Edition of Legacy 3.0 or 4.0, you will need to buy
the Legacy 5.0 Deluxe upgrade if you wish to continue using your deluxe
features. Special upgrade prices are available by visiting:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeUpgrade.asp
FROM THE ONLINE STORE
-
Progeny Software's Charting Companion -
Over 100,000 Copies Sold!
With
over 100,000 copies sold, Charting Companion creates great-looking charts
and reports from your Legacy Family Tree file. It's simply the best charting
software available and an ideal companion for Legacy Family Tree!
Whether you need wallcharts for presentations, better reporting tools, more
publishing options or simply wish to share your research with other family
members, Legacy Charting Companion can help.
And it's so easy to use! All you have to do is select a person in your Legacy
database, choose a chart type, and presto - the chart is created! No importing
data or tedious formatting required.
Legacy Charting Companion is available as a download for US$19.95 at
www.legacyfamilytree.com/ OR you can purchase Legacy Charting Companion
along with three other popular Progeny Software add-on products for ONLY
US$29.95!
Progeny's Genealogy Value Pack for Legacy Users, still on sale for only
US$29.95, includes Legacy Charting Companion, Genelines for Legacy,
GEDmark and Progeny's new World Place Advisor. The Value Pack
also includes: over 80 historical timelines for use with Genelines; an
online search of over 76-million names; and free trial subscriptions to
Family Chronicle Magazine and OneGreatFamily.com.
Click here
to learn more about this amazing bundle offered at a 65% discount. A must-have
for every Legacy user, this Genealogy Value Pack is bundled on just one CD and
is compatible with Legacy Family Tree versions 3, 4 and 5.
LEGACY GENEALOGY CRUISE
Sail away on a seven-day Western Caribbean cruise aboard
Carnival's stately Triumph leaving Miami, Florida on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004.
In addition to cruising through the Caribbean Sea, you will have the
opportunity to visit the ports of Cozumel where you can tour the Mayan Ruins,
Grand Cayman's seven mile beach, or Ocho Rios Jamaica where you can climb the
famous Dunn Falls.
 Classes
will teach you many of the powerful features of Legacy that will really help
you advance your genealogical research. You will learn a lot and have a great
time doing it. Here is the class schedule (subject to revisions):
· 'Ensuring a Proper Foundation'. This lecture will teach the vital
principles of research and recording your findings. Learn how to identify
the correct location for the correct time period. AniMap will be presented,
as well as other software programs and Internet sites for learning about
locations and mapping. Data entry techniques will be taught to ensure the
accuracy of entering names, dates, and places. Geoff Rasmussen, instructor.
· 'Ready, Set, Go!' Learn about the dozen or so steps a professional
takes when beginning to work with a new Legacy database. These techniques,
shortcuts, and cautionary procedures will enable you to use Legacy more
efficiently. Geoff Rasmussen, instructor.
· 'Documentation!' Genealogy without documentation is mythology.
Learn everything you’ve ever needed to know (and maybe even more) about
entering sources into Legacy. Jim Terry, instructor.
· 'The Foundation for Success: Chronologies!' Learn how to enter the
documents you find to build an ancestor’s timeline. Their timeline, when
studied in a historical perspective, will lead the researcher to the right
sources. You will learn about properly entering events and effectively using
Legacy’s Chronology View. Also learn about Genelines and other resources to
gain the historical perspective of your ancestor. Geoff Rasmussen,
instructor.
· 'Legacy Companion Software'. Learn about other utility programs to
assist you in your research. GenMatcher, GenViewer, Legacy Charting
Companion, Pocket Genealogist, GenSmarts, and more will be presented. Jim
Terry, Robert Carneal, instructors.
· 'Reporting with Legacy; Sharing information electronically'. This
lecture will go beyond the basics in designing and creating reports with
Legacy. You will learn how to effectively share information electronically,
and the dos and don’ts of responsible correspondence. Geoff Rasmussen,
instructor.
· 'Potpourri - Questions and Answers'. This session will cover
anything that’s been missed. Remember, the developers, tech support, and the
training departments of Millennia will be here. Have questions or
suggestions -- this may be your best chance ever! Dave Berdan, Ken McGinnis,
Geoff Rasmussen, Jim Terry.
Prices begin at
$489.19 per person, double occupancy taxes and fees included in this price
for inside cabin. Ocean view cabins for $639.19 per person, double
occupancy taxes and fees included in this price. Balcony cabins for $739.19
per person, double occupancy taxes and fees included in this price. All cabins
are subject to availability and prices may change after March 8, 2004. The
rates are for the cruise only. Air and ground transportation are additional.
Optional pre- or post-cruise hotel packages are available.
If you are interested please send an email
to
KenMcGinnis@LegacyFamilyTree.com For more
information please visit:
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/CruiseInfo.asp page.
NEWS AND VIEWS
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Search Scottish Church Records Online
Parish by Parish
 Scots
Origins (part of
(IGI) searching for Scottish Church record extractions. The new interface
allows users to search the IGI records parish by parish with the greatest
of flexibility.
 The
original indexes to the Old Parish Registers (OPRs) of Scotland
were meticulously extracted by teams led by the Genealogical Society of Utah
(GSU), and are included within the IGI accessible on the
FamilySearch web site (and on the Scottish Church Records CD
available at LDS Family History Centers). The IGI has indexes to
over 90% of the birth and marriage OPRs, and often you will find both
birth date and baptism date included there, while the General Register Office
for Scotland (GROS) index almost invariably has only one or the
other.
The improved Scots Origins interface to the IGI will allow you to
search the Scottish records directly by parish. This is not possible on the
FamilySearch web site.
The GSU also indexed the Statutory Register entries for births and
marriages up to 1875. A major advantage of the IGI birth index records is
the presence of parents' names; this has been a major weakness in the GROS
index. Also, the IGI index has the full date of the event, rather than just the
year.
Scots Origins users accessing the IGI search on Scots Origins
can now retrieve search results for all names in one particular county and
district, by entering the surname only. Alternatively, if you wish to view all
the names in a particular parish in a year, this is also now possible on the
Scots Origins IGI search. Simply type in the year and parish required and
results will be retrieved for all names in that parish in the year chosen.
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 The
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) broke ground
for its new Southeast Region Records Center in the Southpark Industrial
Park in Clayton County, Georgia, on February 19, 2004. The event featured an
official groundbreaking ceremony and remarks by NARA officials and
local political leaders.
The new, state-of-the-art records center is scheduled to open in August of
2004. It will consolidate operations of the region's three existing facilities
in East Point, GA; Palmetto, GA; and Birmingham, AL. This consolidation,
combined with the efficient design of the new building, will significantly
reduce operating costs for this region, while improving records center
services. It is also anticipated that the relocation of holdings and staff
will generate jobs for local industries such as trucking companies and
contract labor providers.
The Atlanta facility was designed and built to comply fully with the
provisions of 36 CFR 1228 Subpart K, the Federal regulation that sets
facilities standards to ensure protection of our Nation’s records. The new
building conforms to these stringent regulations which protect these vital
documents from threats such as fire, theft, pests, water damage and natural
disasters.
The facility will have a footprint of approximately 350,000 square feet and a
storage capacity of nearly 1.75 million cubic feet of Federal records. It will
accommodate 75 NARA staff members and contractors as well as 100 visitors and
patrons. Once completed, the new center will store records for use by Federal
agencies located in the Southeast Region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee).
OUR FAVORITE WEB SITES
• The Family History Project:
thefamilyhistoryproject.co.uk
The Family History Project, sponsored
by The History Channel, is a Web filled to the brim with informative
'how-to' tips for people interested in their British and Irish ancestry. Here
you will find useful articles that will help you accomplish your research (for
example, Tracing Emigrant Ancestors); expert advice (for example,
Search the 1901 Census); video training clips (for example, Army Records);
and genealogical events in the UK and Ireland. In additional the Web site
provides a place for your personal Web page where you can build and store your
family tree as well as features useful links to the National Archives,
the Royal British Legion and the Imperial War Museum and more.
This site is well-worth visiting if your ancestry originated in the British
Isles! Please point your browsers to:
www.thefamilyhistoryproject.co.uk/
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NewspaperArchive.com Features
Searchable Index to Over 11,000 International Newspapers
 What made
the news in the 1700's? What about world and local events on your birthday?
Was your great-grandparents' wedding announcement posted in their home town
news? How about your ancestors' obituaries?
People make news, and news makes history. For hundreds of years, each day's
events have been recorded and delivered to porches and newsstands.
Now, history is at your fingertips in millions of searchable newspaper
pages. Browse publications from all across the country and beyond, reaching
back as far as 1748.
Students, professional researchers, genealogists, and casual viewers alike
will find our archives to be an incredibly valuable resource.
Online searches for newspapers published in Canada, Jamaica, the UK and USA
are currently available and more is being added all the time. Both free and
full (paid) memberships are available. For more information please point
your Web browsers to:
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/
TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS
· No county by that name was
ever found in that state. (This could be also be the result of a misspelling.)
· The county was not in existence in this state at the date specified.
· The County had been dissolved in this state before the date specified.
When an error is reported, you can choose
to view the US County Verification List of all the counties in that
state to see when they were founded and their term of existence.
The US County Verification List can be reached by clicking on Tools,
then selecting Geo Location Database from the Tools menu and
then clicking the U.S. flag button in the Geo Location Database
screen. It also can be reached by clicking on View and selecting
Master Lists > Location on the View menu and then clicking the
U.S. flag button in the Master Location List screen.
The new US County Verifier is a
feature of Legacy Family Tree 5.0 Deluxe Edition only and is not
available in the Standard Edition. To purchase the Deluxe Edition,
please point your browser at:
www.legacyfamilytree.com/Redirect/Store-Legacy.asp
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 One
of the most frequently asked questions of Legacy Technical Support is "How do
I move my Legacy program and family files to a new computer?"
1. The first thing that a Legacy user
should do is install Legacy on the new computer. This can be done by
downloading Legacy from our Web site at
www.legacyfamilytree.com/DownloadLegacy.asp. If you purchased the Deluxe
Edition, you won't need to buy Legacy again. Just download the free Standard
Edition, which has the Deluxe features hidden inside it.
Optionally Legacy can be installed on the
new computer from the Legacy installation CD. However, if a CD is used the
program should be updated from the Web by visiting
www.legacyfamilytree.com/DownloadUpdate.asp
2. If you owned the Deluxe version you
will need to enter your Customer ID into the new installation to get your
Deluxe features back. You can find your Customer ID on your old computer by
starting Legacy and clicking on Help and selecting General Information from
the Help menu. Your Customer ID appears in the Information screen on the
right end of the second line. The information in the screen can be printed
out by clicking on the Report button.
Optionally your Customer ID might be located on either the CD sleeve or the
shipping invoice if Legacy was ordered from Millennia Corporation. You can
recognize the Customer ID because it is a series of numbers separated by
dashes.
Note: a Legacy 3.0 or 4.0 Customer ID will NOT unlock the Deluxe features of
the new Legacy 5.0. You must purchase the upgrade if you wish to continue
using the Deluxe features in Legacy 5.0. Moving your program to a new
computer is the ideal time to upgrade! Please visit
www.legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeUpgrade.asp
and
order today!
3. To unlock the Deluxe Features hidden inside Legacy, please click on Help
and select 'Unlock Legacy Deluxe' at the bottom of the Help menu. Enter you
name (any way you want) and your Customer ID (you must include the dashes)
in the Unlock screen.
4. Backup and restore are the recommended means of moving your family file
to a second PC or laptop. Just backup on the first PC and restore on the
second. It makes a perfect copy -- nothing is lost! Please see
www.legacyfamilytree.com/Newsletter/LN02-09-2004.asp#9
for more information.
5. Additional download and installation help is available at:
www.legacyfamilytree.com/downloadhelp.asp
SHARE YOUR EXPERT TIP
Do you have an expert tip to share? Send your ideas to
JimTerry@LegacyFamilyTree.com. We'd love to include it in our newsletter and on our Web site. We are looking for short, simple things everyone can do to improve they way they use Legacy, but may not have thought about.
CALENDAR
Take a Look at Our Busy Calendar for
March 2004....
• 4 March - - Sacramento Legacy Users Group, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Mission Oaks Community/Senior Center
4701 Gibbons, Carmichael, CA 95608
Contact: Elizabeth Kohler at
EKKohler@yahoo.com.
• 13 March - Legacy Class held after Utah Valley
PAF Users Group meeting (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
4000 North 650 East (Timpview Drive) in Provo, Utah
For more information please visit www.uvpafug.org/meeting.htm
• 13 March - South Davis 2004 Family History Fair,
8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the South Davis Junior High School in Bountiful, Utah.
This fair is Utah's largest. Mary Ellen Smoot will be
the keynote speaker. Millennia's Geoff Rasmussen will be speaking on the
following topics:
· Communicating with the World: Message
Boards, Queries, and Mailing Lists
· Organizing, Planning, and Publishing using Legacy Family Tree
· Mapping your Ancestors
· Getting More from Legacy Family Tree
More information is available online at
www.familyhistoryfair.com. There will also be a Legacy booth with software
and training CDs available for purchase.
• 17 March - Calgary, AB, Legacy Users Group,
7:00 p.m.
Alberta Family History Center Library
Southminster United Church
3818-14a Street SW, Calgary, AB
Contact: Charles Aubin at cwaubin@3web.net
• 18 March - Legacy Family Tree Training, 7:00
p.m. Legacy Family Tree training for the Magna, Utah, Family History Center.
Contact Starr Campbell at starrcamp@aol.com
for more information.
• 20 March - San Diego Legacy Users Group, 10:30 am - 12:00 p.m.
The Legacy groups convenes after the general meeting of the
Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego (CGSSD), which starts at 9:00 am.
Tierrasanta Christian Church, 11445 Tierrasanta Blvd., San Diego, Calif.
For more information
or call (619) 670-0960.
• 20 March - Orem Family History Fair
in Orem, Utah.
Geoff Rasmussen will teach the following classes:
· Using Legacy Family Tree
· Message Boards, Queries, and Mailing Lists
· Mapping your Ancestors
Contact
LOCHRISTENSEN@aol.com for more information.
• March 21 - Family History Fireside: Legacy and
TempleReady,
7:00 p.m.
Presentation by Jim Terry of Millennia Corporation.
Location:
LDS Meetinghouse
795 Ell Rd
Camano Island, WA 98292
• 25-27 March - Brigham
Young University's Annual
The seventh annual Computerized Genealogy Conference
will be held Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27, 2003, at the Brigham
Young University Conference Center. Hands-on labs will be offered at an
additional cost for a limited number of participants on those evenings and on
Thursday, March 25, 2003. Legacy will be represented in the exhibition
hall. Web site:
http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwcompu/
• 27 March - Orange County Legacy Users Group,
4:00 p.m.
LDS Family History Center - Relief Society Room
674 South Yorba Street
Orange, Calif. 92869
Please contact person Frank Chocco at
fchocco@yahoo.com or phone (949) 589-4455.
• 29 March - Kitsap County, Washington Legacy User
Group
Contact Lynn N. Ramey at
dar0643@earthlink.net for more information.
• 8-10 April - Utah Genealogical Association's Annual
Conference in Salt Lake City. Sign up for this conference soon. Visit
www.infouga.org to register or to view the classes. Featured are the
Genealogy Boot Camp and the Genealogy Games. Come visit with the Millennia
developers. Contact the conference chair,
starrcamp@aol.com or the program chair,
geoff@geoffrasmussen.com for
more information.
•
Auckland, New Zealand, Legacy Users Group
Contact Jan Gow: phone 09 521 1518 or
e-mail jangow@genealogy.net.nz
with LUG meeting as the subject if you would like to be on the mailing list.
• Boston Legacy Users Group
Contact: John Lisle, jbl@tqsi.com, or Julie
Michutka, jmm@pathbridge.net
• German Legacy Users Group (Yahoo E-mail Group)
To subscribe please visit send a subscribe message to:
lug-de-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
• Netherlands Legacy Users Group
Please send e-mail to Richard Nijboer at
reobijn_richard@hotmail.com
or visit http://members.lycos.nl/legacynl
• Windsor, Ontario, Legacy Users Group
Group meets the last week of the month. Day and location vary.
For more information contact Kathryn Lake Hogan at
klake@cogeco.ca or phone (519) 250-1528.
For information on new groups that may be forming in your area, please visit
www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/UsersGroup.asp
HUMOR
If you have a good genealogy joke or anecdote to share, please send it to
Editor@LegacyFamilyTree.com
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