Legacy 7.4 Revision History
Current Version is: 7.4.0.6
Build Date of: 30 January 2010
30 January 2010 - Build
New Items
New FamilySearch integration - We've written about this many times. Click here if you've missed the articles.
- Version 7.4 includes a special "pre-release" edition of our New FamilySearch integration tools which lets users:
- Match their Legacy individuals with FamilySearch individuals
- Combine potential duplicates that exist at FamilySearch
- View the real-time ordinance status of individuals
- After installing the update, you will be asked if you want to turn on the FamilySearch integration tools. At this time only LDS members should say yes (FamilySearch accounts are currently restricted to members of the LDS church while they conclude their testing).
- The FamilySearch tools have been officially certified by FamilySearch, but the tools are still in "pre-release mode". This means that 1) not all of the features that we want to implement are available, but we want you to get started (the rest of the features will be released in version 7.5) and 2) there are still a few minor (non-critical) bugs to resolve.
Fixed Items
LDS Screen - Fixed an error 5 problem.
Descendant Book Reports - Fixed a problem where duplicate lines were referring the reader to the wrong page number.
Descendant Book Reports - The "Show line back to starting ancestor" option was not printing for reports where source footnotes were used. Fixed.
Family Picture Tree - Name placement improved on fourth generation. Privacy option added.
Marriage Screen Phrases - Changed some of the rules for when "married someone" is used.
Merge - Fixed an error 9 in Find Duplicates.
Report Indexes - Names with [[Private]] portions were showing in the index. Fixed.
Source Template Screen - Fixed the icons and tooltips on the Spell Check, Wordwrap, and Strip HTML buttons.
Legacy 7.0 Revision History
Final Version is: 7.0.0.109
Build Date of: 1 September 2009
1 September 2009 - Build
Fixed Items
LDS Screen - Fixed an error 5 problem.
Pedigree Web Pages - Fixed some info that was showing for a Private person.
Potential Problems - report of Seal to Parents having been done before baptism for spouse was sometimes being shown when it wasn't the case.
Reports in Standard Edition - Fixed some Privacy issues.
20 August 2009 - Build
New Items
Character Ribbon - The Character Ribbon has been added to the Name List, Marriage List and Master Location list. This allows you to easily add diacritic characters when searching for an item.
Fixed Items
File Maintenance - Check/Repair has some additional file integrity checks added to it.
Mapping - If a location had no Lat/Long values and you edit that location and set the option to "Do no auto geo-code this location" and later you zoom in on the map and then right click the mouse in order to set a new pin (geo-code that location) the wrong location was being geo-coded to that place. Fixed.
Merge - The new Family Search person ID was not being merged. Fixed.
Renumber RINs - Fixed a problem where RIN 0 or MRIN 0 could be changed. Record 0 is a special record in Legacy and should never be changed. Fixed.
Reports - Selecting to print a report in a different language was not getting the correct translation for some of the date items like "About", "Before" and "Cal".
Web Pages - Creating web pages would give an error if a RIN larger than 9,999,999 was found. Fixed.
11 August 2009 - Build
New Items
Forms - Census of England and Wales, 1911 has been added
Forms - Census of Ireland, 1911 (Forms A and N) have been added
Search - Added new "This Couple Did Not Marry" to the Marriage Detailed search
Sources - In the Source Detail, there is now a "Today’s Date" button next to the Date Accessed fieldChanged Items
Expand/Contract Locations - If USA is on the end and you select the option to Add ", United States" then we now change ", USA" to ", United States". In the past you had to remove the USA and then add the United States.
Help - The help file was updated a little.
Sources - In the Source Detail, we now separate the "required" fields of a citation from the optional surety level, etc. to make it easier to know what information belongs to the citation
US County Verification - A few updates and changed were made to the US Historical County database.Fixed Items
Master Temple List - Selecting a Temple Name and then clicking on Show List was causing an SQL error. Fixed.
Potential Problems Report - Fixed two text overwriting problems.
Source Template Screen - Scrolling down from the bottom of the field list would sometimes blank out notes, and a couple other fields. Fixed.Sources - On some reports the source bibliography was being overwritten. Fixed.
Web Pages - We now remove diacritics from the filenames of the names and surnames web pages.
17 July 2009 - Build
Fixed Items
Gedcom Import - Added support for LDS Initiatory and Confirmation importing.
PAF 5.x Import - Added support for FamilySearch ID.
10 July 2009 - Build
New Items
FamilySearch - Added new field to handle the new FamilySearch individual number. This is now imported and exported and displayed.
GEDCOM Export - Added a new option on the Items to Include in GEDCOM screen (click Customize from the GEDCOM Export screen): Don't convert British Quarter dates to a date range. If a user wants to keep the quarter dates in the GEDCOM, he/she has to select this option each time an export is done (the setting is not saved).
GEDCOM Import - Legacy now prompts the user when unrecognized media paths are encountered, letting the user specify where the files are really located.
SourceWriter: new templates for Voter RollsChanged Items
Reports - The user can now include the date in either the Compiler information OR the Credit information at the bottom of each page. Previously the date was only available with the Credit information.
Timelines - "Confederate States of America"
Timelines - "US States and Territories - Dates of Organization and Admission".Fixed Items
Book Reports - Marriage addresses for suppressed living couples were being printed.
Book Reports - RTF, HTML, and ASCII formats were not including "The children from this marriage were:"
Chronology View - Fixed some garbled text that was showing for event notes.
Descendant Narrative Report - Children of males marked as Invisible were being included on the report.
FGS and Individual batch reports - report generation would stop if any Invisible starting people were found.
FGS Web Pages - Invisible people were showing their names in some titles.
GEDCOM Import - Added some new FTM GEDCOM tags to the import.
Individual Web Pages - Generation of pages would stop if an Invisible person was found.
LDS Ordinance Screen - Switching Confirmation location from temple to place was blanking the Baptism field.
Multimedia Search - Some missing multimedia files were not being found successfully when doing a full-computer search.
Pedigree Web Pages - Marriage information for Invisible people was showing.
Potential Problems - Some bad dates were not being reported.
Publishing Center - The Calendar List Report selection was changed to Calendar Report because it refers to the Calendar Creator report, not the Calendar List Report.
Report Privacy - Marriage addresses for Invisible people were showing.
Report/Book Indexes - Now combine mixed-case index entries into matching groups.
Sources - Citation pointing to a master source that is marked to be excluded from reports was leaving a blank spot in the source list.
Web Pages - Individual style web pages weren't being generated if anyone was marked as Invisible.
13 March 2009 - Build
New Items
Timelines - "Canada - Census". A chronology of when the census was taken in Canada
Timelines - "US - Oklahoma History". History of Oklahoma, by M. La Nell Shores
Timelines - "US States and Territories - Dates of Organization and Admission".Fixed Items
SourceWriter - Fixed a run-time error 5.
Ancestor Books - Fixed a problem where the header for the source section at the end of a generation would show the wrong person.
Calendar Reports - Fixed an Error 3021, no current record.
Picture Finder - Now finds all pictures.
Publishing Center - Fixed a problem where the Table of Contents would overprint the title page or other preliminary page.
Publishing Center - Individual and Family Group Record reports would produce two Name Indexes. Fixed.
31 December 2008 - Build
Fixed Items
Just a couple minor fixes.
24 December 2008 - Build
New Items
Book Reports - Enabled the inclusion of the address for individuals. (Previously only the address for the birth, chr, death, and burial were available.)Changed Items
Book Reports - When the Other Spouses option is turned off, meaning you only want one spouse shown for each person, we now include the Preferred Spouse instead of the first spouse.
Fixed Items
Book Reports - Fixed a problem where the title page would overprint the first page of the report.
Descendant Narrative Report - Fixed a picture overlapping issue.
GEDCOM Export - Fixed an error 3163 situation.
20 December 2008 - Build
New Items
Book Reports - Added a new option to start each generation on an odd numbered page.
Book Reports - Added a new option to start the Table of Contents on an odd numbered page.
Changed ItemsBook Reports - Moved the "son/daughter of Fred and Mary Smith" part of the marriage phrase before the marriage date and location.
Name Index Report - § now shows up in front of married name variations.
Fixed ItemsBook Report titles - The new [GenNumber] field was not always showing the correct generation number in titles. Fixed.
Chronology View - The main name was sometimes showing the name of the previous person's chronology. Fixed.
Chronology View/Report - There was a limit of 1000 events that could be shown. This limit has been removed.
Dates - If the Regional date was set to yyyymmdd format, the calendar would return a mis-formatted date. Fixed.
Dates - Years before 2500 B.C. were not being recognized. Fixed.
Family Group Record - The Remove No Blank Lines option will now leave room for blank AFN, User ID, and Alternate Names if those are included on the report.
Individual Information screen - Pasting a memorized given name was putting it in the birth location field. Fixed.
Merge - Merging an individual with multiple spouses would sometimes not link all of them correctly when merging. Fixed.
Notes - The bullet character was not being saved and reloaded correctly. Fixed.
28 November 2008 - Build
New Items
LDS Ordinance markers - The {BEPSC} indicator is now also put on the Husb and Wife names on the Family View (if this option is turned one).
Picture Center - When you attach pictures with embedded comments, you are now asked if you would like to put them in the Description field (consistent with what happens in the Picture Gallery). (832)
RTF Source Citations - Add an option to use the old unlinked citation endnotes. This is because the new "real" linked footnotes and endnotes end up having lots of duplicates because there is no way to combine them in RTF output.
SourceWriter (230 new templates)
- Ancestral File - added template
- Canada - added specific templates for 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911 censuses and the 1940 National Registration File
- Email - added a "Grouped by correspondent" template so the master sources can be more generic if desired
- England - added specific templates for England and Wales births/marriages/deaths
- Microfilm/fiche - added this medium to all source templates from which it was missing from the models in Evidence Explained
- Online database - added this medium to all source templates from which it was missing from the models in Evidence Explained
- Online images - added this medium to all source templates from which it was missing from the models in Evidence Explained
- Pedigree Chart - added template
- Pedigree Resource File - added template
- Scotland - added 35 new templates for the census records of Scotland
- U.S. - added online media for 1890 Union veterans/widows template
DNA - Added the following new tests:
- Ancestry's Paternal Lineage Test (Y-Chromosome 33)
- Ancestry's Advanced Paternal Lineage Test (Y-Chromosome 46)
- DNA Tribes 15-Marker Standard Kit test
- DNA Tribes 21-Marker Premium Kit test
- FamilyTree DNA Y-DNA59 59 Marker Test
- Oxford Ancestors Y Clan analysis 15-marker test
Changed Items
Default Marriage Wording - Added four new phrases to cover unknown spouse sentence wording.
Family Picture Trees - The fourth generation now includes the names and life ranges (in a smaller font).
GEDCOM Export - GEDCOM export to anything destination other than Legacy, will now convert the Q dates (Mar Q 1888) to a range like Jan 1888 - Mar 1888.
Help File - Various help topic updates
SourceWriter - Added 45 new templates to cover all media for the Canadian census records, including the 1940 National Registration
US County Verification - A few updates to the county verification database were made.
Fixed Items
Age Calculator - Fixed a leap year problem.
Book Reports - Fixed a problem where the last page of footnotes for a report would be on the first page of the next chapter when printing from the Publishing Center.
Book Reports - More duplicate footnote combining.
Book Reports - More picture overwriting fixes.
Calendar Creator - Fixed default year reset.
Chronology View - BC dates for background timelines were not displaying in the correct order. Fixed.
Custom labels on Index View and the Name List - The defaults are reset when the interface language is changed.
Custom Marriage Phrases - Increased the maximum length of the phrases from 50 to 100 characters.
Date Calculator - Fixed some early year calculation problems.
Dates - Corrected handling of pre-1000 years.
Descendant Book Footnotes - The footnote font would sometimes change when a string of citation numbers went over a page break. Fixed.
Descendant Narrative report - Suppression of deceased spouses and children of living individuals was not fully implemented. Fixed.
Descendant Report - Picture for person after a "Duplicate Line" was not showing. Fixed.
Event Sentences - Sentences with in a double "The The" were resulting in TThe when the two were combined. Fixed.
Events on Reports - Date and Location underlines (for missing info) are now suppressed when an event doesn't include fields for date or location.
Family Group Record - Event descriptions were not honoring formatting codes. Fixed.
Family Group Record Reports - Attached Chronology reports had the wrong name at the top. Fixed.
Family Group Records and Individual Reports - Long dates (e.g. Between 12 Dec 1888 and 30 Oct 1889) for events were being truncated. Fixed.
File ID Report - Wasn't showing the person's name for File IDs connected to source citations, Never Married, and Had No Children. Fixed.
GEDCOM Export - Fixed some problems in GEDCOM export customization.
GEDCOM Export - Source template info RTF codes were not being converted to HTML codes when desired. Fixed.
GEDCOM Import - Addresses for some events were being imported but not being linked to the event. Fixed.
GEDCOM Import - Importing a GEDCOM file from phpGedView was not reading the picture links. Fixed.
Help File - Lots of updating and correction.
Individual Report - Marriage address is now included when requested.
Individual Report - Name Index: Option to include life range years on names was inconsistent. Some had full dates, others had years only. Fixed
Information Screen - Some dates with month ranges were not resulting in an accurate Age at Death value. Fixed.
Location fields - Locations filled by Right-clicking to fill with a previous entry, sometimes wouldn't stick. Fixed.
Mapping - Fixed an error 3020 when saving a new location when the do not auto geocode option is checked.
Mapping - Improved Hyphenated Place Names to work better with Virtual Earth Mapping.
Marriage List Report - Now follows all Page Setup and Font settings.
Marriage Report - User font settings are now honored. (They were hard coded previously.)
Missing Picture List - The list now shows the person's name for missing pictures on source details.
Name Index - Living parents were including life year range when option to suppress was set. Fixed.
Name Index - The Birth and Death Years on Names now applies to alternate names also.
Nametags - Fixed Default button.
Picture List Report - Now includes document file names.
Picture Scrapbook - Added option to include document files.
Pictures - If you change any attribute of a picture (flip, flop, rotate, grayscale, crop) you are prompted to resave the picture when leaving the edit window.
Publishing Center - Option to include [[Private Notes]] was not working. Fixed.
Quoted Names - Legacy now recognizes the fancy opening and closing quote marks as well as the regular keyboard quote mark.
Report Fonts - Resetting to the defaults wasn't resetting the font size. Fixed.
Reports - Private and Invisible setting options for reports - Fine tuned.
Reports - The Source Citation Report was not reporting correctly multiple citations for Same Master source.
RTF Footnotes - Are now generated in the Report Source font size specified.
Search - A missing sources search with the option to Only Search the Search List was incorrectly returning all records in list.
Sources - Lots of source footnote and endnote corrections.
Sources - Fixed error back-tabbing through source detail fields.
Source Citations - Added source citations on reports to the "Never Married and Had No Children" setting.
Source Citations - Fixed an error 3167 when citing a master source after a user canceled an Add New Source.
Source Citations - Fixed an ibid problem.
Source Citations - Fixed the list import of master sources from another family file.
Source Citations - Many refinements.
Source Citations - Some events were not showing a source citation. Fixed.
Source Citations - Sometimes detail source text was showing up on the subsequent citation. Fixed.
Source Citations - Source in RTF files now have the correct page heading.
Source Report - SourceWriter style detail info was not being included on the report. Fixed.
Source Templates - If you don't scroll down and view all the input fields for a source, and you have turned off the warning, sometimes subsequent edits of the source don't respond to the Save button. Fixed.
Source Templates - Scrolling up and down in the field input list was blanking out the Verified, Tag, and Exclude checkboxes when adding a new source. Fixed.
Source Templates - Some identical citations were repeating on reports when they should have been combined. Fixed.
Startup Wizard - Parents were begin given the starting couple's marriage info. Fixed.
Startup Wizard - Prompt for customer number was not complaining about version 6 numbers, even though they were not turning on the deluxe features. Fixed.
UnInstall - Fixed a problem with an uninstall not being able to find the Install.log file needed to perform an uninstall when long filenames were being used.
Web Pages - Fixed some punctuation problems with birth/chr, death/burial sentences.
13 July 2008 - Build
SourceWriter - added 35 new templates for the census records of Scotland.
SourceWriter - added online database and online images media for U.S. state census records.
SourceWriter - several source formatting improvements were made.
Name List Report - Fixed the error 9 when printing from the Name List report.
1 July 2008 - Build
Documents - Default Location of Document files was not being saved. Fixed.
Family View - Spouse labels were incorrect on the Family View for unmarried couples. Fixed.
Gedcom - Fixed the tag level used for Address Notes when exporting to a GEDCOM file.
Guided Setup Wizard - Fixed some special-case situations were the back button wasn't going to the right step.
Help File - Several updates to help file.
Import - Fixed an error 5 during the Import Wizard.
Master Location List - The "don't show map" option wasn't being saved. Fixed.
Picture Gallery - Added support and display for .jpeg files.
Potential Problems - "Q" quarter dates were causing some erroneous potential problem hits. Fixed.
Potential Problems - Settings for "Exclude from Potential Problems" weren't sticking. Fixed.
Reports - Add user-controllable fonts on Calendar List report.
Reports - Descendant chart was including a blank line or blank box for "Invisible" people. Fixed.
Reports - Excluded commas before roman numeral titles even if the "Put title before suffixes option is on.
Reports - Fixed a problem where an address field would be repeated in other addresses on the name list report.
Reports - Fixed some spacing problems on child-parent relationships on Descendant and Descendant Narrative book reports.
Reports - Fixed some wording for the "Never Married" sentence when the gender was "Unknown."
Reports - Invisible people were sometimes being included in Descendant book reports. Fixed.
Reports - List-style events were not suppressing [[private]] information. Fixed.
Reports - Made marriage status line consistent in all section of the Family Group Record report.
Reports - Marriage date was missing on some reports if the spouse was "Unknown." Fixed.
Reports - On the Chronology report, the Include Timelines options would always "recheck" itself between sessions. Fixed.
Reports - Private child-parent relationships were sometimes showing on a Descendant book. Fixed.
Reports - Wording for non-married couples was fixed on narrative reports.
Sources - Source citations were being shown incorrectly on reports when the same master source was used but different detail items. Fixed.
Source Writer - Added 150 additional source templates and made a few improvements with citations. Here are some of the new templates that were added.
- Channel Islands
- 1841 census
- 1851 census
- 1861 census
- 1871 census
- 1881 census
- 1891 census
- 1901 census
- England
- 1841 census
- 1851 census
- 1861 census
- 1871 census
- 1881 census
- 1891 census
- 1901 census
- Birth certificates from General Register Office
- Birth certificates from local register office
- Marriage certificates from General Register Office
- Marriage certificates from local register office
- Death certificates from General Register Office
- Death certificates from local register office
- Isle of Man
- 1841 census
- 1851 census
- 1861 census
- 1871 census
- 1881 census
- 1891 census
- 1901 census
- Wales
- 1841 census
- 1851 census
- 1861 census
- 1871 census
- 1881 census
- 1891 census
- 1901 census
- Birth certificates from General Register Office
- Birth certificates from local register office
- Marriage certificates from General Register Office
- Marriage certificates from local register office
- Death certificates from General Register Office
- Death certificates from local register office
2 June 2008 - Build
Official Release of Version 7.0 - It's here!
1 May 2008 - Build
New Version 7.0 Pre-Released - The beginning of a new Legacy!
