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Learning "Legacy" Family Tree Software

Posted: July 14, 2011 in database, DNA, Family Search, family tree software, Forms, learning, Legacy software, Microsoft Earth feature, PDF, powerful, software programs, Source Writer, teaching, webinars, Word files
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English: Headquarters of Ancestry.com (formerl...

English: Headquarters of Ancestry.com (formerly “The Generations Network”) in Provo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Good morning all! This morning I am finally learning and teaching myself more about the Legacy software created my Millenia. What’s so great about this program versus others out there? I have tried many different ones, but I seem to get along with this one the best, and it has come in under the #2 spot in the Genealogy Software Review for 2011! But just to let you know, I tried the standard version, which is free by the way; but I absolutely love the options and features that are offered for the deluxe version!




PROS: “Legacy can directly search Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Genealogy.com and many other online services.”
CONS: “Although this is a powerful database application, some others are more visually appealing.” 
(Data Source: Genealogy Software Review)


This program is cost effective especially when you look at what Legacy offers, some of the features that I found so far that I like the most are listed below.



  • Mapping feature which allows you to utilize the Microsoft Earth to pinpoint the places in your ancestors lives, automatically from within the program.
  • The Source Writer! I can’t forget to mention that- and who wouldn’t like to have their sources written out for them- just type in the necessary information, and you’re good to go!
  • Interview Reports- currently there are over 1000 pre-written interview forms you can use to interview family members or others when researching your family history. Cool huh?
  • Along with attaching pictures, sounds, and video to individuals, events, locations, and sources, you can now also attach any other kind of document (PDFs, Word files, etc.).
  • Recording DNA marker test results from different companies offering this type of service
But this is just a few of the features I like, that the deluxe version offers; there are plenty more! On the Legacy web site, they are offering several webinars on different topics, that you can listen in on, if you wish. I’ll post the links below.

I’m not getting paid for the content of this blog posting; I am just merely expressing my opinion on  the software itself and the features that I enjoy so far.





My Experience With the Family History Quick Start Mini-Course (Series) DAY 3

Posted: June 23, 2011 in cornett, database, lessons, merging family trees, One Great Family, research, success stories
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The fourth lesson of the Family History Quick Start Mini Series explains how to add 30 generations to your family tree with some amount of ease. As you probably know by now, research can be fun but also time consuming; researching can be hard work at times. Although time and work aren’t necessarily bad things, but sometimes you might wish that you could alter the one and automate the other. Well there is a genealogy tool that you can use to help you speed up your research and automate the work involved. It’s called One Great Family, and it can help ease the load of searching for your family history. The site automates your family tree search. You would then enter as much information as you know about your family tree, and One Great Family then searches to connect your family tree to the over 190 million names in their database. When it finds matches, you can include them in your family tree and instantly have an expanded tree!


Success Stories


What I Like About One Great Family


1. How could one person researching their families not like the fact that having a way to merge your family trees when a match has been found and it’s all automated! Love it! 


2. I really like how it identifies and eliminates duplicated data; this can be such a chore to have to go back and try to find any duplicate entries especially when most names are frequently the same.


3. One Great Family works around the clock; it will do all the search work for you and this aspect saves you the time, effort and headaches of conducting these searches manually by yourself.


Check it out and see if it’s something that you could benefit from! With a little luck, you’ll be able to add a few generations to your family tree. With a little bit more, you may expand it by 10-30

generations!