Hi Helen We will be distributing USB sticks with a family trees on PDF comprising mainly Descendant narrative books. The largest will be close to 1000 pages. It will also include Birthday Calendar, descendant and pedigree reports.If any recipients want to manipulate the data they are welcome to contact me for Legacy or Gedcom files. Some paper copies will be available but print costs are exorbitant relative to PDF file distribution.
I agree with Cathy though that most recipients of the USB would find Legacy or Gedcom files of little interest compared with understandable PDF narrative files. even if a free standard Legacy program was included. Hopefully the PDFs will whet appetites for what Legacy can achieve cheers Stan ------ Original Message ------ From: "Helen McCall" <famh...@skymesh.com.au> To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: 19/09/2015 2:14:59 p.m. Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sharing information with wider family >Thanks, Cathy. This is to go with a book, rather long I'm afraid, >between 500-600 A4 pages. But not a lot of the tree is in the book, >though some relevant chronologies, descendants and pedigree charts will >be included. Maybe I'll put the GEDCOM as well, then people will be >covered. Don't know how long in the future it will be till someone >uses them. Hopefully USBs will still be accessible when someone wants >to follow it up. I'll think about the Legacy books, too. >How can I test the GEDCOM - set up a separate folder and restore into >it? I've not taken in someone else's tree before, so haven't learnt >how that works. I assume I'll be importing and can decide what to call >it and where to put it? Then see what they'd be getting? > >Helen > >On 19/09/2015 11:25 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: >>Hi Helen, >>Yes it's encouraged to share Legacy by adding the free download of >>Legacy. There's an article on it somewhere. >> >>Yes your database will work on the Standard Version - just some views >>and some features for using the data are locked. >> >>Re Gedcom - Source information is transferred with a Gedcom. How much >>depends on the export settings - however SourceWriter sources are >>converted to Basic and aren't always pretty but in my experience >>understandable. >> >>Additional idea: some of the recipients won't be happy with either >>Gedcom or Legacy database or will be more inclined to look at them if >>you include Ancestor and Descendant Charts and maybe Ancestor and >>Descendant books - all in PDF format. >> >>Cathy >> >>Helen McCall wrote: >>> >>>I've got a small tree that I've created this year, to supplement my >>>husband's memoirs t hat have become an enormous book. I'm planning >>>on >>>providing the info that I've researched with the electronic book, to >>>save people reinventing the wheel and hopefully encouraging them to >>>continue what I started. I had assumed I would do a GEDCOM file. >>>But >>>I see from a recent post that GEDCOM doesn't take source material >>>along with it. So I'm thinking perhaps I should give them a folder >>>(electronic) with all the Legacy files and source files, etc. And a >>>free copy of Legacy to install to access it, whenever that happens. >>> >>>My question - I'm using Legacy Deluxe. If I give them the free >>>version on a USB drive with the above: >>> >>>1. am I right in assuming this is not a problem, in fact probably >>> encouraged, as new users may come from it? >>>2. will what I've created work in Deluxe on it? >>> >>>Does anyone see any problems, or better solutions? >>>< BR> Helen >> >> >> >>Legacy User Group guidelines: >>http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com >>Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >>and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >>To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
