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This past week all of us learned that Legacy/Millennia was sold to MyHeritage. It is and will be uncharted territory for most of us as we have enjoyed Legacy's independent small shop nature. Many of us of most familiar with Ancestry and FindMyPast as far as subscription sites and, of course, FamilySearch as a free site for our genealogy records research. Personally I have only had interactions with MyHeritage at conferences and seminars and everyone has been professional. I have placed my dad's Ancestry DNA on their website and have had no issues with unwanted contacts. I follow the posts by in the know genealogists such as Pat Richley-Erickson Judy G. Russell and Randy Seaver - they always provide unbiased and insightful thoughts on changes in the #genealogy and #familyhistory landscape. If they haven't yet, I am sure there will be some discussion in the coming days. The most important thing for all of us to keep in mind is that Legacy Family Tree Software is sta...

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom - not a usual entry but how about if we do a couple of things leading up to Thanksgiving in the USA (if you live in another country feel free to follow along!). (1) Spend more time with family and friends and less time with social media and games this holiday weekend. Tune out the noise and connect - have a few quiet moments when you can ask questions or have a relative share a story (and please record it - lots of voice recorders on those smart phones). How many of us would love to be able to hear the voices of our ancestors - grandparents, great grandparents, uncles & aunts? Well future generations will feel the same way - so take a few moments and just do it! (2) Realize we all have triggers - whether that is the economy, the election, religion or "fill in the blank." How about this Thanksgiving season we pull back from those triggers and just enjoy family and friends. Make your Thanksgiving table a "trigger free zone....

Tuesday's Tip - last week I mentioned StoryCorps as a wonderful site for helping each of us gather stories. Well just in time for Thanksgiving (hopefully you are picking up that turkey soon!) comes another great website with some terrific questions to ask family members as you gather round the table. Check out the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage's questions to engage family members. My suggestion - choose some of these questions and type them in blocks - cut out the blocks and fold in half. If you have specific questions from a particular person, place those questions on their plate/place setting. Otherwise fill a bowl and pass it around during dinner. Then sit around with the voice recorder on and ask individuals to read the question and tell their story. You will have not only the story but their voice to add to your family history. Definitely add their story to your Legacy Family Tree family files. Take a look at the questions - which ones do y...