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Now that Google+ is about to go to Google Heaven with all their other failed offerings, has anyone worked out how we could save all these posts, so that the knowledge is not lost?

I've been trying to organize my files using JL Beeken MRIN system. On my paternal grandfather's side, I have 12 8th-great-grandparents, some of which are maternal x-great-grandparents. Problems (1) I follow maternal lines as well as paternal lines. Don't know how to set up those file folders to save birth, marriage, death records. (2) I have (x)great-grandparents who are 7th if you follow one line and 6th if you follow another. How in the world do I set up those file folders?

Hi I would like to join LVUG Community. I have been a long time user of Legacy Family Tree. Enjoy listening to Tessa Keough on YouTube.

I need some help in extracting some info from my Legacy family tree. Although I have used Legacy for a number of years to store my tree data, I have tended to use it at a fairly basic level. Now, my cousin has asked for some info and I have no idea on how to get it for her. All she wants is the name, relationship, birth date and date of death for all ancestors of a particular individual so I need to select that person then list all the ancestors of that person. She would prefer the data to be in digital format rather than hard copy. I am thinking that the best solution would be to show it in a family tree format but really I am open to all help and suggestions. Many thanks in advance.

What does Legacy mean when it says, "define a printer"? Since my desktop died and I've relocated to a smaller space with a laptop, Legacy gives me grief every time I open the program (asking to define fonts) and then tells me I haven't defined a printer. In fact, I have installed my Brother printer; I'm just not hooked up to it. This would be alright if I wanted to print something to paper, in which case I would carry my laptop from the living room into my office and plug it in. But most of the time this is not my intention. The problem is it won't allow me to print to PDF or text either. I'm using version 7.5.

How do I include grave photos in reports? I attached gravestone photos as media to burial date and location. I've "selected" ~everything in the options I can identify. :-) For example, in the Report Options>Pictures, I have selected the box to include event pictures and insert the actual photo in the RTF file. The photo of the person is included but not the gravestone photo. Additional details: No photos are included in a report for birth, christening, death or burial. Photos are correctly shown for other events that I "add" (and as a photo of the person).

My family is Southern Italian. I have been doing it since 1997.

Legacy has suddenly shown Spouse 1 and Spouse 2 to be THE SAME NAME. This is seen for ALL marriages in my entire database. LIterally thousands of names are involved. Please don't tell me I have to remove them one by one. It tells me I will LOSE all data for that spouse. Would like to keep one spouse just delete the other name however, BOTH names show all data on children, birth, marriage, death, Notes, etc. Would like to know how this happened as all I do is enter data and occasionally a new name but main focus is getting rid of the duplicate names. Appreciate guidance.

I have just discovered that the same man married daughters in two of my lines. I have sources entered for him in both places. Is there a way to merge the "two" men? Or, do I need to delete one and add the sources, etc. to one of the entries? I'm a little confused. Thanks very much! Judy

In the past, I know that I have been able to edit the details of a source and have them apply to all the places where I entered that source. I entered one yesterday in probably 15 places and now need to make a correction. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks!

Legacy Home tab>Legacy News Why would the new display without a problem on one computer but all I get on the other computer is "Make sure you are connected to the internet and then click here to retrieve the latest news items." Both computer running the same version of Legacy, both on same router. The Legacy FamilySearch works fine as do all the browsers like Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge, etc. The "Options" button on the Legacy Home tab has an "Options" selection. Under that on the Internet Options tab, the radio button labelled "Allow Legacy to connect to the internet..." is set. Also under Options, clicking on "Check internet now..." does nothing. Is there something that can be done to clear this condition so that my second computer will function like the first one? Help please if you have a solution.

Is this group still active or should I delete this page? Thank you!

Hello everyone. I have a new blog post up about using Find A Grave with Legacy. You can find it at http://www.ourlifepicturebypicture.com/2018/01/for-most-of-2017-i-spent-my-genealogy.html