Legacy Family Tree Genealogy Software - Legacy and FamilySearch

Legacy Family Tree - FamilySearch Made Easy

Legacy's FamilySearch integration features are now available in version 7.4 (public pre-release), released January 30, 2010 in both Standard (free) and Deluxe editions. Click here for details on the release. Click here to download the update.

Version 7.4 is certified in Access, Print, and Ordinance Status. This will allow you to:

Match your Legacy individuals with FamilySearch individuals
Combine potential duplicates that exist at FamilySearch
View the real-time ordinance status of individuals
Much more...

View the News / Updates section on the right for the latest information.

Version 7.5 will follow which is planned to be certified in Sync, Update, and Ordinance Reservation.

Download Legacy 7.4

If you have not yet downloaded / installed Legacy 7, click here.
If you have installed Legacy 7 Standard (free) edition, click here to install the update.
If you have installed Legacy 7 Deluxe edition, click on the "Install and Download Now" link in the Updates section in Legacy 7's Home tab, or just click here.

Preparing for Legacy 7.5

Are you prepared for Legacy 7.5 and its FamilySearch collaboration tools? These articles will help you prepare your family file for better use with the upcoming Legacy 7.5 and its interface with FamilySearch.

News / Updates

March 12, 2020 - published new video: "Overview of Legacy and New FamilySearch". This was presented live to the Mesa, Arizona FHC March 11, 2010. January 30, 2010 - released 7.4 (public pre-release) to the general public. January 28, 2010 - published new video: "Getting Started with Legacy 7.4: Matching / Combining / Ordinances". Legacy 7.4 (public pre-release) will probably be released this weekend. January 12, 2010 - released 7.4 beta version to a special group of testers for final testing. January 5, 2010 - Legacy 7.4 received official certification from FamilySearch, and is now listed as an official Certified Product at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/affiliates/index.html. Legacy is certified in the following categories: Access, Ordinance Status, Print. December 31, 2009 - The Getting Started in Legacy Family Tree for the Brand New LDS Genealogist video is now available below. December 30, 2009 - We met with FamilySearch and completed the software certification requirements for the following areas: Ordinance Status, Print. Legacy is not officially certified until we are ready to release to the public. September 1, 2009 - We met with FamilySearch and completed the software certification requirements for: Access. Legacy is not officially certified until we are ready to release to the public.

Video Tutorials

	Getting Started in Legacy Family Tree for the brand new LDS genealogist. Watch this video if you have not yet entered your family information into a genealogy computer program. 4 minutes.
	How to easily import your information from Personal Ancestral File (PAF) or another genealogy computer program. This video will demonstrate how to import your existing genealogy data (from PAF or other software) into Legacy. 3 minutes.
	Getting Started with Legacy 7.4: Matching / Combining / Ordinances. This provides an overview to working with the FamilySearch features in Legacy 7.4. 9 minutes.
	An Overview of Legacy Family Tree and its New FamilySearch Tools. This seminar was presented live to the Mesa, Arizona Family History Center on March 11, 2010. 73 minutes.
Coming soon...	Synchronizing. This video will demonstrate how to add new information to FamilySearch, or add new information to your Legacy family file from FamilySearch.

LegacyFS Mailing List

LegacyFS is a mailing list for all of our Legacy users to share ideas and to help each other with items related to Legacy's FamilySearch features. Click here to subscribe or for more information.