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    1. Re: [GM] Kind of New to Genealogy, and brand new in the News Group.
    2. AE Palmer
    3. > I have just purchased Legacy 7. I have been adding the information > that I know and have an account on Ancestry.com. I guess the first > bit of help I need is how to pull in the sources and citations from > Ancestry.com to Legacy 7. I had tried Family Tree Maker and it > seems that was no problem at all. Does anyone have any suggestions? > > "Michael" <genealogy6@verizon.net> While I cannot speak volumes about using either FTM or Legacy 7 --- I am using Reunion on a Mac. From all I have seen, FTM and Ancestry.com are made for one another as they are owned my the same company, that of the LDS Church. Other (non LDS) applications do not pull in such data automatically, and thus, must be handled manually. For that matter, your Legacy manual will tell you how to enter such sources in batch mode --- it just will not be automatic. I shall add that Ancestry.com should be used ONLY as a starting point when searching for new data as much of their information leaves a lot to be desired IMHO. Besides, I have a basic aversion to spending large amounts of $$$ for information that can be found and obtained for little or no cost elsewhere! In that regard, you have made the first step toward independence from Ancestry.com by joining this group. Step two is to explore the rootsweb.com mail lists for surnames, places, and other topics of interest. (I belong to nearly 30 such lists and have found far more data for free via these lists than any other way!) HTH, Regards, Arnold <><><><><><><><><><><> Arrowhead Images <surveyor999 AT a-znet.com> <><><><><><><><><><><> And on the eighth day God said: "Ok, Murphy, take over!" AE Palmer <surveyor999@a-znet.com>

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