My use of Legacy and social media (new to this LVUG community).
I joined LVUG some time ago (2 Years?) and have been using Legacy much longer than that. Current version is Legacy 8.0 deluxe. I'm a firm believer in 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' so seldom upgrade to new versions. I 'inherited' a freebie copy along with a database of one line of my family back in the early 2000's and switched from whatever I was using at the time (something free downloaded from the internet I'm sure!). The initial database was my Pott{i,e}nger line which has been pretty thoroughly researched for many years by many genealogists both amateur and professional so I didn't bother to do much with that other than update it with my own immediate family.
When I retired in 2003 I decided to learn who all my great grandparents were (I knew most but not all and grew up down the street from two). I've learned that and much much more. We're currently working on my LEE line (no, not THOSE Lees!) and that has been a REAL adventure. I've discovered cousins all over the southeast including a whole batch of third cousins here in MO that I never knew existed. We've started a G+ community to help in our collaboration and I am particularly interested in the CCHOA material that I recently found here. Unfortunately my low bandwidth internet connection doesn't let me do a lot with video hangouts. We mainly share and discuss documents on the community. Hardly any in the group use G+ much though so it's a struggle. Weaning them off email is a losing battle I think. I think I'm the only one of the group that uses Legacy too. Most just use Ancestry trees and/or paper. I really like the Legacy webinars though and have listened to many of those over the years. I also try to catch the #genchat (tweetchat) on friday evenings. Oh, and I have a blog! It's hardyancestors.wordpress.org.
When I retired in 2003 I decided to learn who all my great grandparents were (I knew most but not all and grew up down the street from two). I've learned that and much much more. We're currently working on my LEE line (no, not THOSE Lees!) and that has been a REAL adventure. I've discovered cousins all over the southeast including a whole batch of third cousins here in MO that I never knew existed. We've started a G+ community to help in our collaboration and I am particularly interested in the CCHOA material that I recently found here. Unfortunately my low bandwidth internet connection doesn't let me do a lot with video hangouts. We mainly share and discuss documents on the community. Hardly any in the group use G+ much though so it's a struggle. Weaning them off email is a losing battle I think. I think I'm the only one of the group that uses Legacy too. Most just use Ancestry trees and/or paper. I really like the Legacy webinars though and have listened to many of those over the years. I also try to catch the #genchat (tweetchat) on friday evenings. Oh, and I have a blog! It's hardyancestors.wordpress.org.
Hardy Pottinger nice to have you here at LVUG. With you Legacy experience I'm sure you will be able to teach us a thing or two or three. Looking forward to seeing how you use Legacy in your genealogy.
ReplyDeleteThere is something for everyone here at LVUG, whether it is short subject videos, Hangouts, or informative posts. Glad you are here and we can learn from each other Hardy Pottinger
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