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Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Don’t get me wrong…I love Legacy, and like everyone else, I am really excited for for version 8 being released.  It’s been awhile since we’ve had a major upgrade and there are several new features I look forward to using.  But, I’ve noticed a few things that are causing some frustration. Issue #1 – Hopefully a bug; occurs when working on a multiple-spouse person.  Every time I save my work from the data input screen and exit out, it goes to Family View (as it should) but instead of showing […]

In previous Legacy versions, the Back button had a drop-down that opened the History List that allowed you to navigate to any of the most recent people you’ve worked on, without having to click the Back button a dozen times.  At first glance, Legacy 8 did not seem to have this feature any longer, as there was no drop-down for the Back button.  I did, however, find the feature and had to manually add it to the My Toolbar toolbar.  To do this, make sure you are in the My […]

I was pleased to find an email in my inbox, announcing that Legacy Family Tree v8 is now available.  I’ve already made my purchase and plan to play around with it later this afternoon.  I’m really looking forward to the new “shared events” feature. Visit the Legacy Family Tree Store to purchase Legacy Family Tree v8 today!

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.