This is exactly why I like LEGACY so much, it makes me happy to enter all my tons and thousands of names and such, I no longer kid myself about doing this for anybody blood related, I do it for me. LEGACY makes "ME" happy and all I can do is to hope that someone in the family will take over. I ask my brother Ron whom I trust and he said yes then I asked him to ask his son who also said yes. I will strive to get them acquainted with LEGACY in the hopes of making the data easy to take over and go from there.And I also no longer kid myself that the Mormons want my stuff nor any other organization. So with all that, I hope I am ready to leave it all to my nephew but I still ask them occasionally,just to reassure myself Love, Light, Rainbows & Blessings Sandra Tyler Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 9:17 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] An Observation on genealogies
> Just wanted to pass on a somewhat intersting phenom. I don't use Legacy > for photographs but place them on a CD along with a great deal of > additional data, including genealogies, prepared in a PDF book format. > The current CD on my primary family now has in excess of 1300 > photpgraphs and the entire CD is at 375MB in size - - will be going to a > DVD soon. > > These CDs have been available for some time now and many people have > copies. We had a rather substantial party this weekend, because of a > forthcoming wedding, and I took the opportunity of doing a "poll" > concerning the CD. Now, one must remember that this involved people of > all ages from very young to ninety - my "poll" was about nineteen to > seventy. Out of 16 people only one had looked at the genealogies but all > had viewed the pictures - - really liked to see themselves included. The > one person who had looked at the genealogy was a seventy year old. > > Genealogies are, for the most part, for future generations, not our own > (exluding other researchers) and I think we must always keep that in > mind when we enter data. Clarity must be foremost as those following > might not always understand out intent. After you enter, then read your > entry once again and put youself in the shoes of an individual 100 years > from now. Will they understand? > > Tom M........... > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
