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Legacy Family Tree
Current Version: 6.0.0.118 (7 Dec 2006)
Full listing of what’s new in Legacy v6. (LegacyFamilyTree.com)
History of Legacy v6 (LegacyFamilyTree.com)
7 December 2006 – Build 6.0.0.118
Ancestor Colors – When the user uses the option to Set Ancestor Colors, the display of the colors is automatically turned on.
Pedigree View – There is a new option to hide the Spouse/Child and Information lists.
Pedigree View – Mary Hill Ancestor colors now show in each name box (if the option is turned on).
Timelines – Added new timelines:
* Canada – Census
* British Prime Ministers from 1721. Contributed by Ron Ferguson.
* England – Census
* England-General History from 1800
* Scotland – Census
* US – Federal Census
* French language – La chronologie acadienne. This is a duplicate of the existing Acadian timeline, but translated into French.
* French language РQu̩bec РR̩gime fran̤ais (1524 Р1760)
28 August 2006 – Build
Danish – We are happy to announce the release of the Legacy Dansk (Danish) version.
Create Shareable CDs – look for the new ‘Create CD’ button in the main toolbar. Click on it and download our free CD-creating software. You’ll be able to create a beautiful CD that contains your Legacy family file, pictures, sounds, videos, and more. Now it’s easier than ever to share your genealogy with your family.”
Help Files – Added the ability to change to Help files written in other languages.
Publishing Center – Add options to start Copyright, Dedication, Preface, Abbreviations, and Introduction sections on an odd or even page or to just print them with no added blank pages.
Pedigree View – You can turn on or off the display of the Child/Spouse list and the Siblings list boxes by right clicking on the background area of the Pedigree View and selecting to Show or Hide them.
USA Historical County Database – we updated a few of the counties.
Web Page – The “Home page title:” setting on the Project tab is now used exactly as the user types it. In the page we were adding the starting persons name to this text which meant that users didn’t have a way of hard coding a title if they were using the option to “Include the main name from each page as the page’s title.”. This option will still work for all other pages but the starting person’s name is no longer appended to the “Home page title” text.
Research Guidance – Lots of new data has been added.
Canada
* added link to new online 1851 census
* added link to “Canada’s Local Histories Online” – accessed via the Local Histories tab of the Preliminary Survey
* added guidance for the 1940 National Registration – a great source for all of Canada
* Alberta – added guidance and links for 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces
* British Columbia – added link for online birth index
* British Columbia – added link for online marriage index
* British Columbia – added link for online death index
* British Columbia – added link for new online baptism index (1836-1885)
* Manitoba – added guidance and links for 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces
* Nova Scotia – added guidance and links for 1800-1842 censuses
* Ontario – updated the Ontario Marriage Index to cover the years 1857-1922 (formerly it covered 1858-1898)
* Ontario – added guidance and links for 1800-1842 censuses
* Saskatchewan – added guidance and links for 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces
England
* added guidance for probate records (wills, estates, etc.)
* added links to online gazetteers that help you learn about the places where your ancestors lived
United States
* Local Histories – added thousands of local histories that are not available at the Family History Library for the following states: Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
* Colorado – added link to free online 1870 federal census index
* Delaware – added link to free online state probate records index, 1680-1925
* Florida – updated the Florida death index to cover the years 1877-1998 (formerly it covered 1936-1998)
* Kansas – added link to free online 1895 state census index
* Minnesota – updated death indexes for newly-indexed years
* Missouri – added link to new online death certificate database 1910-1955
* New Jersey – added link to online marriage records – 1666-1799 and 1848-1867
* North Dakota – added link to North Dakota Biography Index; added link to online 1885 census database
* Virginia – added link to free online wills/administration index, pre-1800
* Wisconsin – added link to new online birth index 1840s-1907
* Wisconsin – added link to new online marriage index 1852-1907
Scotland
* added links to new online 1841 census (available online at ScotlandsPeople and Ancestry)
* added link to new online 1851 census
* added guidance for probate records (wills, estates, etc.)
Sweden
* added link to online 1890 census
* added link to online 1900 census