I agree with CE WOOD, I believe Heritage bought Legacy yo get their users buying into their online genealogy database and abandoning Legacy, it’s much more profitable for them. Well I’m not buying into that. And speaking about backup, I never used their online backup anyway. I store all my file on my home computer and backup my files to an external hard drive AND in addition to Dropbox. And I do that all automatically, starting a batch file that first backups my file before opening Legacy, then opening Legacy, and when I close Legacy the batch file continues and copies all the changed files to the external hard drive and then to my Dropbox folder. And I always watch out that my Dropbox folder is up to date before I shut my computer down ( which I rarely do, basically only when updates require it).
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2022, at 17:23, CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com> wrote: > > > Yes. Legacy was bought by MyHeritage to shut it down. They would much prefer > their own, inadequate FamilyTreeBuilder as their only data base program. > Thus, the fact that theirs automatically updates your website on MH, whereas > uploading new LegacyFamilyTree files requires re-linking all photos and > myriad others impediments. > > That has been well known, as has the inexcusable number of years they have > been telling those of us who enabled them become what used to be the best > gene database, that it's too difficult for the Legacy programmers to > undertake. > > As to backups, you can backup to as many locations as you want. Every time I > make any changes, I backup to two separate backup folders on my desktop, as > well as to two separate USB drives on my desktop, to one USBC external hard > drive, and to the Cloud service that I use. It is a bit time consuming, > because I can't simply have Legacy do that automatically do that. But, > considering how many years I have put into collecting the data and media, a > few extra minutes are well worth it. > > > CE Wood > > > From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of > John Faulks <johnfau...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 2:28 PM > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parents of Spouses and children in reports > > Another wishlist feature adding to what others have requested is an extra > backup option. I know there were legal/logistic issues when the Legacy cloud > storage option was removed. However I would like to have both a "local" and a > "remote" backup option. Local is local to the PC or home network. Remote > could be to a cloud service. This would fit the 3 2 1 best practice (3 > copies, 2 locations and one in a different location). > > I like the Legacy features (the ones I use at least) and know migrating is a > big deal so I am OK for now. However it would be good to "feel" like there is > a degree of ongoing progress and improvement. Knowing there is a schedule of > updates and improvements might demonstrate Legacy has "life" and is fully > supported. For example, windows get monthly updates - they have a lot more to > worry about fixing things. But they also have a schedule of feature updates. > You might not like all the changes but it creates a sense that the product is > "alive". > > Since adding another backup option should not (my guess at least) disturb the > underlying data engine, putting that into a small feature update would be > nice and could stop my eyes looking at the reviews of competing products for > a while. > > Cheers > > John > >> On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:18 AM Chris Hill <chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> The problem is that Legacy needs a total rebuild, which I had hoped that MH >> would provide the funding. >> >> I have looked at both the MH Family Tree Builder and at Roots magic. Both >> have a more modern design and are functional across multiple operating >> systems. But they do not seem to have the same functionality as Legacy. >> >> What I would be looking for, and have for many years, are >> >> 1. Unicode support, not at issue for me but it is for many users. >> 2. Support for Mac and Linux, again not an issue for me. >> 3. Ability to extract information from and put into genealogy website >> like Ancestry, FindMyPast, MyHeritage (probably in version 10) etc with user >> control on what is moved. >> 4. To automatically generate source records when importing >> information from a web site, like a census or BMD source. >> 5. A more modern design based on the latest GUI interfaces. >> >> Regards >> >> Chris >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Larry Lachance" <la...@lachance.org> >> To: "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >> Sent: 28/01/2022 15:52:50 >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parents of Spouses and children in reports >> >> I am going to chime in here! I have my own website with a page devoted to >> recommending Legacy Family Tree based on the commendable merits of the >> software. After waiting for so long for this “bug” to be fixed, as well as >> other issues, I too must consider a change. Seems like since MyHeritage >> took over, they don’t care as much as before. It’s too bad because the >> company risks losing more consumers as time passes. I am hoping that >> MyHeritage is not following in the footsteps of Ancestry and Family Tree >> Maker where the ultimate goal was to bring everybody’s database “online”. >> Many simply don’t want to do that. >> >> Agree with P Hays – unhappy is putting it mildly! >> >> Larry >> >> From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> On Behalf Of >> P Hays >> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 9:51 AM >> To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Parents of Spouses and children in reports >> >> I agree. I am having the same problem and unhappy is putting it mildly. >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 8:44 PM Juergen Amling <j...@juergenamling.com> >> wrote: >> I know this was mentioned before. If I remember right, in the last update to >> Version 9 (9.0.0.393) which came in August 2021, there was a bug introduced >> that prevented several reports (for sure the descendant report) to add >> parents to spouses and children. I believe we waited patiently enough for >> the error to be corrected. It's now almost a half a year that we have to >> live with it, and it's time to fix it. If Legacy has no intention of fixing >> errors anymore to Version 9, please have the decency to let us know, so that >> we can look around and see if other programs are more suitable to our needs. >> I for my part might just have to do that, although I really don't want to >> do that. And if I could get the version before this bug was introduced, I >> would use it, but unfortunately I updated all my computers to release >> 9.0.0.393. I want to print a new edition of my book, and surely can't now >> all of a sudden print one without the parents of the spouses and children. >> I'm really disappointed. >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> >> >> -- >> Patti Vance Hays >> ~ you live as long as you are remembered ~ > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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