Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

2017-05-28 Thread Cathy Pinner 

Kris,

If your hints were mostly trees then you didn't take control of the Hint 
options.


Only part (major agreed) of the MyHeritage hints are from people's trees 
- the Smart Matches - and you can turn off MyHeritage Hints altogether 
or opt to only have Record Matches. The Record Matches are just as 
likely to be matches to FamilySearch data and the best guide that 
FamilySearch has that data.
The FamilySearch hints are hints FamilySearch have made from their 
databases to the FamilySearch tree. They are not a search of the vast 
useful FamilySearch databases. Also you only get them if you have linked 
your person to the FamilySearch tree with the FS ID number.


I mostly only have FindMyPast hints on. They're invaluable to me.

The Hints are less valuable without a subscription but not entirely as 
they indicate the database and that database may be available elsewhere 
with a different subscription or at FamilySearch.


But I don't jump from Hint to Hint. I only look at Hints when I'm 
researching someone to see if they're showing something that I would 
normally initiate a search for (and the answer has so often been yes) or 
something I wouldn't have thought of searching for. eg FindMyPast give 
hints from BillionGraves. Since one of these has helped me break down a 
brick wall of at least 15 years because the gravestone had the birth 
date and place on it, I'm a fan.


Cathy

Kris wrote:


Hi, Allen --

I upgraded to v.9 and after trying it out for a week or two reverted
back to v.8. For me, the new features didn't outweigh the problems.

Regarding the "Hints" specifically, if you aren't subscribed to the
sites that the hints use, it's not much help. The hints also seemed to
consist mostly of information from user uploaded trees, and not
original records. I get the same, or better, results using customized
"Search the Internet" options in v.8.

If you DO decide to upgrade to v.9, be sure you're prepared, otherwise
going back to v.8 can be difficult, if not impossible. Fortunately, I
knew about the potential pitfalls before installing v.9 from the
reports on this list, so it was a simple matter to switch back to v.8.

That said, this is just my experience and there are many users here
who are very pleased with the new version.

Kris

On 5/28/2017 5:45 AM, Allen Prunty wrote:


What are some of the new features of V9 that makes it worth it? I'm
really not sure I'm ready to upgrade at this point.

Allen


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Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

2017-05-28 Thread Leonard J. McCown 
Sorry you didn't like it Kris. I like it very well, and have
been busy trying to learn more. I bought 8 and started it
w/o a printed manual, so have some catching up to do. Online
is difficult for older people. When the hints are available
for Ancestry it might be more helpful, as there are original
sources there, as there is also on FamilySearch.org.

Leonard



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People will not look forward to posterity who never look
backward to
their ancestors. -- Edmund Burke, 1790

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Of Kris
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 1:51 PM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

Hi, Allen --

I upgraded to v.9 and after trying it out for a week or two
reverted 
back to v.8.  For me, the new features didn't outweigh the
problems.

Regarding the "Hints" specifically, if you aren't subscribed
to the 
sites that the hints use, it's not much help. The hints also
seemed to 
consist mostly of information from user uploaded trees, and
not original 
records.  I get the same, or better, results using
customized "Search 
the Internet" options in v.8.

If you DO decide to upgrade to v.9, be sure you're prepared,
otherwise 
going back to v.8 can be difficult, if not impossible.
Fortunately, I 
knew about the potential pitfalls before installing v.9 from
the reports 
on this list, so it was a simple matter to switch back to
v.8.

That said, this is just my experience and there are many
users here who 
are very pleased with the new version.

Kris

On 5/28/2017 5:45 AM, Allen Prunty wrote:
> What are some of the new features of V9 that makes it
worth it?  I'm 
> really not sure I'm ready to upgrade at this point.
> 
> Allen

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Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

2017-05-28 Thread Bob Austen 
I was cautious of the upgrade to v9 - I copied the v8 files first (and can
now run v8 and v9 at the same time).  However, I have had no reason to look
back. Version 9 has performed very well right from the beginning. I really
have had none of the issues that LUG users are complaining about.  In fact
there were a couple of 'bugs' in v8 that were fixed in v9!
I run Win10 but on a high end computer with lots of RAM - maybe that's a
difference. 

I heartily embrace v9.

Bob Austen


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Behalf Of Michael Feldman
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 2:17 PM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

Hi all,



I had a similar situation. I was able to regress to v.8, but it wasn't so
easy:

(1) The v.9 installer deleted my installed v.8 (without my permission).
Luckily, 
I had kept my v.8 installer and unlock code, so I could manually uninstall
v.9 
and reinstall v.8.

(2) V. 9 converted the v.8 database I was working on, to its (apparently)
new 
file format, so it wouldn't open with v.9. Luckily, I had kept regular v.8 
backups, so I could restore it in v.8 regress to the very latest database
before 
the attempted switch to v.9. Luckily, I made this decision before investing
much 
work in my v.9 database, so the only wasted effort was the upgrade -->
regress 
process.

(Well, I also wasted the money for v.9, because I made the mistake of paying
for 
v.8 two weeks before the free-upgrade offer started. Under the
circumstances, I 
thought maybe Sales would be friendly and honor the free upgrade anyway.
Nah, no 
such luck.)

Over more than 40 years of working with software, I've learned to be pretty 
obsessive about keeping backups and never throwing anything away, especially

things like old installers. Luckily, disk space is now cheap and plentiful,
so 
being a packrat is not as hard as it used to be. Developers, it seems, have
not 
gotten much better at providing a friendly process for regressing to their
old 
version(s). I guess they figure their new versions are so wonderful and
flawless 
that nobody would ever want to regress.



So when you move up to v.9, just be advised. For now, I'm sticking with v8.

Mike

Kris wrote:
> Hi, Allen --
>
> I upgraded to v.9 and after trying it out for a week or two reverted back
to 
> v.8.  For me, the new features didn't outweigh the problems.
>
> Regarding the "Hints" specifically, if you aren't subscribed to the sites
that 
> the hints use, it's not much help. The hints also seemed to consist mostly
of 
> information from user uploaded trees, and not original records.  I get the

> same, or better, results using customized "Search the Internet" options in
v.8.
>
> If you DO decide to upgrade to v.9, be sure you're prepared, otherwise
going 
> back to v.8 can be difficult, if not impossible. Fortunately, I knew about
the 
> potential pitfalls before installing v.9 from the reports on this list, so
it 
> was a simple matter to switch back to v.8.
>
> That said, this is just my experience and there are many users here who
are 
> very pleased with the new version.
>
> Kris
>
> On 5/28/2017 5:45 AM, Allen Prunty wrote:
>> What are some of the new features of V9 that makes it worth it?  I'm
really 
>> not sure I'm ready to upgrade at this point.
>>
>> Allen
>


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Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

2017-05-28 Thread Michael Feldman 

Hi all,



I had a similar situation. I was able to regress to v.8, but it wasn't so easy:

(1) The v.9 installer deleted my installed v.8 (without my permission). Luckily, 
I had kept my v.8 installer and unlock code, so I could manually uninstall v.9 
and reinstall v.8.


(2) V. 9 converted the v.8 database I was working on, to its (apparently) new 
file format, so it wouldn't open with v.9. Luckily, I had kept regular v.8 
backups, so I could restore it in v.8 regress to the very latest database before 
the attempted switch to v.9. Luckily, I made this decision before investing much 
work in my v.9 database, so the only wasted effort was the upgrade --> regress 
process.


(Well, I also wasted the money for v.9, because I made the mistake of paying for 
v.8 two weeks before the free-upgrade offer started. Under the circumstances, I 
thought maybe Sales would be friendly and honor the free upgrade anyway. Nah, no 
such luck.)


Over more than 40 years of working with software, I've learned to be pretty 
obsessive about keeping backups and never throwing anything away, especially 
things like old installers. Luckily, disk space is now cheap and plentiful, so 
being a packrat is not as hard as it used to be. Developers, it seems, have not 
gotten much better at providing a friendly process for regressing to their old 
version(s). I guess they figure their new versions are so wonderful and flawless 
that nobody would ever want to regress.




So when you move up to v.9, just be advised. For now, I'm sticking with v8.

Mike

Kris wrote:

Hi, Allen --

I upgraded to v.9 and after trying it out for a week or two reverted back to 
v.8.  For me, the new features didn't outweigh the problems.


Regarding the "Hints" specifically, if you aren't subscribed to the sites that 
the hints use, it's not much help. The hints also seemed to consist mostly of 
information from user uploaded trees, and not original records.  I get the 
same, or better, results using customized "Search the Internet" options in v.8.


If you DO decide to upgrade to v.9, be sure you're prepared, otherwise going 
back to v.8 can be difficult, if not impossible. Fortunately, I knew about the 
potential pitfalls before installing v.9 from the reports on this list, so it 
was a simple matter to switch back to v.8.


That said, this is just my experience and there are many users here who are 
very pleased with the new version.


Kris

On 5/28/2017 5:45 AM, Allen Prunty wrote:
What are some of the new features of V9 that makes it worth it?  I'm really 
not sure I'm ready to upgrade at this point.


Allen





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Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

2017-05-28 Thread Kris 

Hi, Allen --

I upgraded to v.9 and after trying it out for a week or two reverted 
back to v.8.  For me, the new features didn't outweigh the problems.


Regarding the "Hints" specifically, if you aren't subscribed to the 
sites that the hints use, it's not much help. The hints also seemed to 
consist mostly of information from user uploaded trees, and not original 
records.  I get the same, or better, results using customized "Search 
the Internet" options in v.8.


If you DO decide to upgrade to v.9, be sure you're prepared, otherwise 
going back to v.8 can be difficult, if not impossible.  Fortunately, I 
knew about the potential pitfalls before installing v.9 from the reports 
on this list, so it was a simple matter to switch back to v.8.


That said, this is just my experience and there are many users here who 
are very pleased with the new version.


Kris

On 5/28/2017 5:45 AM, Allen Prunty wrote:
What are some of the new features of V9 that makes it worth it?  I'm 
really not sure I'm ready to upgrade at this point.


Allen


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Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

2017-05-28 Thread Allen Prunty 

Could someone pls explain the Stories a bit?  Post a sample?


*From:* Leon Chapman
*Sent:* Sunday, May 28, 2017 1:15:30 PM EDT
*To:* Legacy User Group
*Subject:* [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9


Here is a URL that tells all the new features.
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/WhatsNew9.asp

I love all the new features.  Hinting, Find-A-Grave, and Stories are 
my favorite.


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Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

2017-05-28 Thread Leon Chapman 
Here is a URL that tells all the new features.
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/WhatsNew9.asp

I love all the new features.  Hinting, Find-A-Grave, and Stories are my 
favorite.

No question, you need to upgrade.

Chap
¯_(ツ)_/¯


Sent from my iPad
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> What are some of the new features of V9 that makes it worth it?  I'm really 
> not sure I'm ready to upgrade at this point.
> 
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[LegacyUG] Favorite new features of V9

2017-05-28 Thread Allen Prunty 
What are some of the new features of V9 that makes it worth it?  I'm 
really not sure I'm ready to upgrade at this point.


Allen

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