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Feedback from those that might be using Legacy with MAC and Parallels and Windows. Specific issues?? Or hints. Doing some research/thinking/consideration/contemplation.

Tuesday's Tip - It has been a while since I have done a video tip but I wanted to share with you the good fortune I had recently went I went back to some research I had "completed" and found some new information. I thought it would be a good way to close out 2016 with a video tip! Wishing you and yours a happy and safe holiday season and we will see you back here in 2017! https://youtu.be/yLPU3vP2Tpo

As it’s been said before, genealogy without documentation is mythology. Sourcing with documentation is very clearly the best and only way to truly prove one’s lineage. But I’m struggling to come to terms with how best to do this within Legacy, and I’m hoping someone can help me see the light on this and possibly explain the methodology behind the way that sources are contributed within Legacy. I’m relatively new to the product and began using it with Legacy version 8. I’m struggling to come up with a “best” way to do it, but my questions are not so much the steps involved, but more of the methodology behind it. As I began my project to document my family, my goal early on was to collect all documentation that I could find. Birth/Marriage/Death certificates. Census records. Obituaries. Newspaper articles, etc. This means that I spent a lot of time making copies and scanning them to PDF, taking screenshots, etc. I became a COLLECTOR of information and was hungry to find all th...

Most of us are now busy (some of you shoveling snow!) and others of us preparing for the holidays. Whether you have a large family or a small family to plan for, the reality is that we tend to get stressed and overwhelmed during the holidays. Oftentimes a walk and a little down time with our genealogy helps calm that stress. The holiday season is a good time to give some thought to our goals for the upcoming year (2017 - yikes!) and it is always a good time to take an hour or two to learn more about the process. With that in mind - check out the Legacy Family Tree Software webinars that are on tap for the remainder of 2016 - only five webinars are left this year. Whether you want to (1) learn a bit more about breaking through brick walls (Sharon Atkins is going to help us hone our detective skills), (2) research and resources in the Midwest (hoping that Nebraska is part of Luana Darby presentation), (3) trace European Ancestors (Julie Goucher has a wealth of information to share...

I am sorry if someone already asked this, but I can't find it in the search. If I want to cite the Tanguay Collection found on Ancestry, how do I do that in Legacy? What do I call it? It is a genealogical database, but that's not one of the options in the Legacy citation program. I know it's not a primary source, but I was considering putting it in my database anyway. Do you all leave it out and just look for the original church records? Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know the release date for Legacy 9.0? I bought the book. I am waiting for the new program. Thanks! Judy