I usually put 2 (smaller) windows side by side to import from Ancestry. Even if there is a way to automate entry of people, youll want to be careful. Earlier today I was looking at a bunch of ancestors that Ancestry says were born in various towns in Massachusetts before the Mayflower got there. In 1620 LONG before these towns existed. I also add some One World Tree stuff to my Ancestry tree that I would never want in my real data. Its only places to look for me.
As to actual historic documents, I now save to the hard drive, than manually add to Legacy as numbered sources. I cant imagine an easier way that wouldnt risk losing control of what goes where, but if someone has ideas, Im interested. Cary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donna C. Brown Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:28 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] WARNING to everyone buying a new computer! I just bought a new HP computer with Vista on it. We found a good sale on it but we really got what we paid for. "Will I ever learn?" Vista is terrible, at this stage. You can't download things easily. It only came with junky programs or ones that you can only get for 60 day trial period. Because of Vista, you have to get extra help from the companies before you can download your favorite old programs or installation discs. Everyone told me AFTER I bought the computer that I should have waited till Microsoft got the bugs worked out, just as they did with XP. OR, I could have gotten a computer built with XP and the programs we use. Our only solution now may be to spend more money to have Vista wiped off the harddrive and have XP installed back on the computer. So much for sales. Legacy walked me through the download via the web ONLY. Discs didn't work. But, now that I have Legacy downloaded, it's BLANK! (I'm shouting with frustration!) All my data is still on my old laptop with XP. Does anyone have suggestions for transferring the data? One other big question, when I retrieve info from Ancestry.com <http://ancestry.com/> , how can I import it directly to Legacy? I usually have to write it in longhand and then type it into Legacy. That's very time consuming and prone to mistakes. Thanks for any suggestions to these problems. Donna Brown Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
