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Obituaries and new indexes

April 26th, 2008 by Bernard Doddema

Legacy has released some interesting news/tidbits.  My favorite is recording obituaries.  I’m not the brightest bulb in the bunch but I’m no dummy.  If someone gives me advice, I take it.  Legacy has given some cool hints on how to record obituaries.  I’m taking this one to the bank!  It’s a keeper!  Read it here.

The Washington State Index from 1907-1960 is now available online.  Read the story here.

37 million French-Canadian names have recently become available online spanning 346 years.  Wow!  Unfortunately, it comes with a pricetag.  If you’re a subscriber to Ancestry.ca, you’re in luck!  Check here if interested.

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Legacy 7 update

March 9th, 2008 by Bernard Doddema

My good friend and friend to all genealogists, Renee, wrote a post about the newest addition to the upcoming release of Legacy 7.  I suggest reading her article but the basic gist of the message was that they are incorporating Microsoft Virtual Earth into the program.  This will allow users to associate locations with a map to track the events of an individual’s life.  Pretty cool.  I know TNG, the software that I use to display genealogy on this site, uses Google Maps.  If it looks half as good….I’d be happy.

Unfortunately it appears that web creation will not be given a makeover.  That’s too bad.  While TNG is a great piece for software, it doesn’t exactly integrate nicely with the rest of the site but that can be a post for another day.  Most know that I’m not a big fan of Microsoft which begs the question…why Microsoft Virtual Earth when there’s Google Maps and/or Google Earth?  It would be interesting to find out.

For those that want to read the article, please check the following: Legacy 7 secret is out

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