Legacy

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Hints and Tips from Macbev

What is Legacy

Legacy is a family tree program which is free to download. It has a simple training video which is free to watch and also has an extensive help file. The basic program is more than suitable for everyday use. It is possible to upgrade to the deluxe version, although most people never feel the need to do this.

If you want to download Legacy

• Legacy Family Tree Genealogy Software

When the page opens, ignore the bits at the top which say "Deluxe edition, Buy It Now". Scroll down the page and you will see it says “standard edition” and next to it is a button which says download it now.

Just click on this and follow the instructions. It asks you to put in your email address and it will send you an email with the password in it. You can do that if you prefer, but the password is always “family”, so you can just put that in at the prompt.

There is a simple little training video which is free to watch and takes you through all of the basics. Some bits are not relevant, as they apply to America, but I found it very useful at first. If you would like to evaluate the software before you download it, it is possible to watch the training video first; you will find the link to this just to the right of the download button mentioned above.

• Legacy for Beginners

Once you are using "Building Your Tree" in Legacy, you can access the video by clicking on the on Legacy Home tab on the top of the page (you are usually on the family tab). From the bottom right hand support box, choose training videos.

• Learning How to Use Legacy

• Step by Step Instructions List

• Tutorial Lessons and Examples

• Tips and Tricks

Family Tree Forum - Legacy HOWTOs

Adding new partners and moving incorrectly assigned children

Importing a GEDCOM into Legacy

Creating Reports

Source Lists

Setting Source information

Setting the start up family

Sorting children

Organising your photos, census images and scanned certificates

Adding events

Adding images

Creating a GEDCOM for a partial Tree

Creating a tagged group

Exporting a GEDCOM

The date calculator

Entering a cause of death

Navigating your Family Tree

Backing up your files

Testing Multimedia paths

Changing the term Christening to Baptism

Colour coding ancestor lines

Adding PDF files and text files

Copying images from one family file to another

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