FamilySearch has recently added more than 1.1 million images from Austria, England, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 96,841 images from the new U.S., New Hampshire, Cheshire County, Probate Estate Files, 1886-1900, collection, the 60,505 index records and images from the England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900, collection, and the 21,650 index records and images from the new U.S., Wisconsin, State Census, 1865, collection. See the table below for the full list of updates. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.

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FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources for free at FamilySearch.org or through more than 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

OK, I've revealed some of the smaller new features that are coming with the next version of Legacy later this year, now it's time to reveal one of my favorite new features. And although this new feature is not going to make the world stop spinning, for genealogists it just might.

Genealogists know how important it is to trace an ancestor's migration. For years, Legacy Family Tree users have been able to visualize migration patterns by looking at Legacy's Chronology View. The chronology shows the ancestor's movement year-by-year.

With Legacy version 8, you have a new method of visualizing the migration. Legacy 8's enhanced Mapping will now animate the ancestor's movement throughout time.

How cool is that?!?! You can pause and resume the animation at any time, or you can click on any location to just view it.

You can still hover over any balloon to see what happened there:

Or switch to Aerial mode:

Or 3D mode:

Or even Bird's eye mode:

It gets even better. Legacy 8 will now also map the Addresses that you have added. So if you have added cemeteries, hospitals, churches, or other places to Legacy's Address fields, those will now be included in the map.

So what do you think? A winner or a dud?

What are the other new features of Legacy 8?

Here are links to the articles I've previously written:

Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed

Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Q/A, new Tagging options, and other surprises

When will Legacy 8 be released?

There's still more than one truthful answer to this:

• I'm not really sure, but probably before the end of the year, and hopefully way before then
• When it has been thoroughly tested by our development team and beta testers

But if you are considering downloading either the free or deluxe editions of Legacy, don't wait! Any purchases of Legacy 7.5 from May 8, 2013 forward will receive the new Legacy 8 at no charge. And as always, anyone who has purchased Legacy Deluxe previously will qualify for special discounted upgrade pricing. Get started today - you won't have to relearn everything when Legacy 8 is ready, but you'll get some really nice new features when it is.

The recording of one of our best webinars ever is now online to view for a limited time. Judy Russell, in her "How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists" webinar opened an entire new world of genealogy to the webinar viewers. Many wrote in saying that they can see the brick walls coming down now.

View the Recording at FamilyTreeWebinars.com

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 24 minute recording of How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists is now available to view in our webinar archives for free for a limited time. It is also available to our monthly or annual Webinar Members for the duration of your membership. Visit www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com to watch.

Special Discount Coupon

The special discount coupon of law that was announced during the webinar is valid for 10% off anything at both www.LegacyFamilyTreeStore.com and www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com through Monday, July 1, 2013.

New - Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions

Webinar Members get:

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• Canadian Ports of Entry: Ship Passenger Lists, Immigration Records, and Border Crossing Records by Kathryn Lake Hogan. July 10.
• Research in the Old Line State: An Overview of Maryland Genealogy by Michael Hait. July 17.
• Top Ten Techniques for Finding More in Library Catalogs by Barbara Renick. July 19.
• Top 21st Century Genealogy Resources - A Baker's Dozen by Tom Kemp. July 24.
• Direct Your Research with City Directories by Maureen Taylor. July 31.
• Captured For All Time: Recording Family Voices to Preserve and Pass Down by Marian Pierre-Louis. August 7.
• Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy FamilyTree by Geoff Rasmussen. August 14.
• Do More with your Photos with Templates from Heritage Collector Software by Kathleen Bitter. August 21.
• Colonial Immigrants: Who They Were and Where They Came From by Mary Hill. August 28.
• Getting the Most from Your Records: Putting Them Through the Wringer! by Linda Geiger. September 4.
• More Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE. September 6.
• You Use WHAT for Genealogy? by Thomas MacEntee. September 11.
• Don't Be an Audio Hog: Free and Easy Ways to Share Your Audio Files by Marian Pierre-Louis. September 18.
• Using GPS Coordinates to Tag and Record Your Photos with Heritage Collector Software by Marlo Schuldt. October 18.
• Using Church Records to Identify Ancestors by Mary Hill. October 23.
• Using Court Records to tell the Story of our Ancestors' Lives by Judy Russell. October 30.
• Ancestry Trees Can Jump Start Your Research by DearMYRTLE. November 1.
• Researching with Marian! Creating a Research Plan with YOUR Research by Marian Pierre-Louis. November 6.
• Researching Your Ohio Ancestors by Lisa Alzo. November 13.
• Mind Mapping Your Research Plans and Results by Thomas MacEntee. November 20.
• How Computers & Gadgets are Changing Genealogy by Barbara Renick. December 4.
• Overcoming Lost Records Using Technology by Karen Clifford. December 18.

Click here to register.

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We are pleased to announce that our Legacy Family Tree software has received "Tree Share" certification from FamilySearch, and is now the only genealogy software to be both FamilySearch Family Tree certified and include built-in Research Guidance to help researchers continue their efforts even beyond FamilySearch.

What is FamilySearch Family Tree?

FamilySearch Family Tree is the latest offering from FamilySearch which helps researchers to publish and share their genealogical findings and collaborate with others. It is free and available to everyone. Watch our recent "What's New in FamilySearch" webinar here.

Legacy Family Tree makes the experience of working with FamilySearch Family Tree easier by letting you share information back and forth between the two (completely optional). For LDS users, Legacy adds the ability to more easily keep track of the additional information and ordinance reservation.

What is Legacy's Research Guidance?

When you have exhausted the resources of FamilySearch, Legacy's built-in Research Guidance takes you to the next step. It analyzes what is already known about your ancestor, and then builds a prioritized custom To Do List for you. It suggests the best records to help you solve your research problems, explains what you would expect in the new records, and points you to the right repository or website. Many of the suggestions even provide the specific call number at the Family History Library. For more information, watch the Research Guidance section of the Legacy for Beginners video here.

How do I get started with Legacy's FamilySearch tools?

If all goes as planned, we should have a new update (free) for you to download by the end of the month. After installing the update, look for the FamilySearch button in your main toolbar. If it is not there after installing the next update, go to Options > General tab > FamilySearch to turn it on.

What's Coming?

This next update will be the first to permit the exchange of information (names, dates, places, events) between Legacy and FamilySearch Family Tree. Future updates will permit the exchange of additional data such as notes, sources, and pictures.

With FamilySearch's recent announcement of the discontinuation of their genealogy software, Personal Ancestral File (commonly known as PAF), I have reflected on my personal history with genealogy software.

After graduating from high school in 1993 (has it really been 20 years already??) I registered for classes at Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho. I began the registration process a little too late (couldn't decide which school I wanted to attend) and when choosing my elective classes, there was only one left - Genealogy 101 taught by Blaine Bake. It was in this class that the course of my life changed forever. I spent most of my freshman year in the library looking at census records and newspapers on microfilm. I discovered that I loved genealogy.

Since I also enjoyed working with computers, it wasn't long before I became proficient in working with the Personal Ancestral File software. I began with the DOS version 2.2, and quickly became addicted.

When I proposed to my fiancé in April 1997 in the Family History Center on campus, we were up to PAF 2.31. I remember how fun it was to upgrade to the latest edition.

Three days before our wedding, I learned that PAF 3.0 was available. I purchased it while on a trip to Utah, and I remember driving home to Oregon thinking about both my soon-to-be-bride and my new software (but mostly my bride). I couldn't wait to get home, install PAF 3.0, and begin adding my wife's genealogy.

A year after our wedding, we made the decision to continue my schooling at BYU in Provo, Utah. I began as an accounting major. Then one day, our accounting professor (Norm Nemrow) paused, and encouraged us to pursue our dreams even if that meant accounting was not part of it. He taught that if you like something enough, you can be successful at it. That day I returned to our apartment and announced to my wife that I would be changing my major to "family history." I don't remember her exact reaction, but I don't think she was too encouraged. Looking back, I'm glad I switched majors.

While at BYU I was employed by the library's Family History Center as their computer specialist. It was here that I began to explore the different genealogy software programs. I obtained copies of each and installed them on the computers in the center's lab so patrons could have a choice. Legacy Family Tree version 2.0 was one of the programs I encountered. While I liked some of the programs, I was impressed with Legacy's customer support. When I had a question or a suggestion, I would email it to Millennia and they would usually respond within a day or so. I loved how they listened to genealogists' ideas and implemented them in Legacy's free updates. I guess Dave and Ken liked my suggestions enough that they invited me to work for them part-time, demonstrating Legacy to bookstores and local genealogy groups.

I continued to use both PAF and Legacy for a while, until I learned how much more Legacy could do to help me with both my research and my reports. I was filmed for the "Legacy 3.0 Family Tree Video Training" and my career with Legacy took off. I've loved every minute of it.

And so, after all these years, genealogy and computers have come a long way, and I want to give PAF a big thank you! You were there for me when I began my genealogy journey. You've helped millions get started with their journeys. And now that PAF has been officially discontinued, we've worked really hard to provide genealogy software that can be a good replacement. If you know someone who is looking for an alternative, please invite them to view our new page at http://legacyfamilytree.com/paf.asp where they can download the free, standard edition of Legacy or upgrade to its deluxe edition. And it is simple to import the existing PAF file into Legacy - no GEDCOM or special tools required.

And while we haven't announced it yet (probably my next article), Legacy Family Tree has just received official "Tree Share" certification from FamilySearch, making Legacy the only program to be both FamilySearch certified AND include built-in Research Guidance. If all goes as planned, we'll have a new update for you by the end of the month. Here's to an exciting genealogical future!

To understand our ancestors’ lives - why they did what they did, we need to understand the law that governed their lives in so many ways. Certified Genealogist^sm, Judy G. Russell, will explain how knowing the law our ancestors lived by helps us make sense of the records they left and find clues to more and different records. 

Join us for the live webinar with this Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 2pm Eastern U.S. Register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Before joining, please visit www.java.com to ensure you have the latest version of Java which our webinar software requires. When you join, if you receive a message that the webinar is full, you know we've reached the 1,000 limit, so we invite you to view the recording which should be published to the webinar archives within an hour or two of the event's conclusion.

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About the presenter 

A Certified Genealogist^sm with a law degree, Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealogy and the law. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science and journalism from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark. She has worked as a newspaper reporter, trade association writer, legal investigator, defense attorney, federal prosecutor, law editor and, for more than 20 years, Judy has been an adjunct member of the faculty at Rutgers Law School. Judy is a Colorado native with roots deep in the American south on her mother’s side and entirely in Germany on her father’s side. Visit her website at www.legalgenealogist.com.

Watch Judy's previous webinars here:

• That First Trip to the Courthouse
• Building a Family from Circumstantial Evidence

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We look forward to seeing you all there!

If you have New Jersey ancestors, you need to view the recording of today's webinar, "Next Exit: Your New Jersey Ancestors" by Thomas MacEntee. His presentation was followed by a terrific 30-minute Q/A session.

View the Recording at FamilyTreeWebinars.com

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 24 minute recording of Next Exit: Your New Jersey Ancestors is now available to view in our webinar archives for free for a limited time. It is also available to our monthly or annual Webinar Members for the duration of your membership. Visit www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com to watch.

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The special discount coupon of jersey that was announced during the webinar is valid for 10% off anything at both www.LegacyFamilyTreeStore.com and www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com through Monday, June 17, 2013.

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Webinar Members get:

• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 169 hours of genealogy education)
• On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 443 pages)
• 5% off all products at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com (must be logged in at checkout, and yes, you can also use the 10% off webinar coupon above for a total of 15% off)
• Access to all future recordings for the duration of their membership
• Chance for a members-only door prize during each live webinar

Introductory pricing:

• Annual membership: $49.95/year (that's about the cost of 5 webinar CDs)
• Monthly membership: $9.95/month

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Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

• How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists by Judy Russell. June 26.
• Canadian Ports of Entry: Ship Passenger Lists, Immigration Records, and Border Crossing Records by Kathryn Lake Hogan. July 10.
• Research in the Old Line State: An Overview of Maryland Genealogy by Michael Hait. July 17.
• Top Ten Techniques for Finding More in Library Catalogs by Barbara Renick. July 19.
• Top 21st Century Genealogy Resources - A Baker's Dozen by Tom Kemp. July 24.
• Direct Your Research with City Directories by Maureen Taylor. July 31.
• Captured For All Time: Recording Family Voices to Preserve and Pass Down by Marian Pierre-Louis. August 7.
• Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy FamilyTree by Geoff Rasmussen. August 14.
• Do More with your Photos with Templates from Heritage Collector Software by Kathleen Bitter. August 21.
• Colonial Immigrants: Who They Were and Where They Came From by Mary Hill. August 28.
• Getting the Most from Your Records: Putting Them Through the Wringer! by Linda Geiger. September 4.
• More Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE. September 6.
• You Use WHAT for Genealogy? by Thomas MacEntee. September 11.
• Don't Be an Audio Hog: Free and Easy Ways to Share Your Audio Files by Marian Pierre-Louis. September 18.
• Using GPS Coordinates to Tag and Record Your Photos with Heritage Collector Software by Marlo Schuldt. October 18.
• Using Church Records to Identify Ancestors by Mary Hill. October 23.
• Using Court Records to tell the Story of our Ancestors' Lives by Judy Russell. October 30.
• Ancestry Trees Can Jump Start Your Research by DearMYRTLE. November 1.
• Researching with Marian! Creating a Research Plan with YOUR Research by Marian Pierre-Louis. November 6.
• Researching Your Ohio Ancestors by Lisa Alzo. November 13.
• Mind Mapping Your Research Plans and Results by Thomas MacEntee. November 20.
• How Computers & Gadgets are Changing Genealogy by Barbara Renick. December 4.
• Overcoming Lost Records Using Technology by Karen Clifford. December 18.

Click here to register.

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In less than one day, the Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed article became the most-read article I have ever written. Either my writing style is getting better, or you really enjoyed the topic.

You asked lots of questions, gave some suggestions, and we've already implemented one enhancement because of them (I'll show you below). Below I will try to respond to some of the most popular questions.

Why will there be a charge to upgrade to version 8?

Within a numbered version, like Legacy 7, all of the minor updates are free. In fact, we released two major Legacy 7 updates for free in the past couple of years.

To thank our Legacy Deluxe customers, when upgrading to a new numbered edition, (like v6 to v7, or v7 to v8) we will continue to provide discounted pricing to upgrade. We would love to give away everything for free, like our free standard edition, the free updates, the free webinars, the free support, and more. I, too, love free! If we didn't have to eat, upgrade our older computers, or pay any bills, we could probably afford to never request the modest upgrade fee when we release a major new edition.

Will I still be able to customize my own colors?

Yes. Although one of the minor new features, we have done a lot to enhance the color customization choices, but we still need to have a default color scheme. Thanks for the thousands of votes you cast! In the end, the polling resulted in a nearly-identical 50-50 split. Half liked the vintage theme (my favorite) and half liked the blue theme.

Just today our developers showed me a new screen they developed as a result of your comments. When you are installing the v8 upgrade, you will be presented with a screen asking you which color scheme you would like to start with. It will show you what each will look like. Pretty cool, huh?

I loved how much interest you showed in the colors. I can't wait to see your response when I actually write about the really cool new features coming.

Where did tagging go?

Not to worry, it didn't go anywhere. In the article's images I simply had tagging turned off. In fact, we've listened to your requests and made it even better! Here is what the tagging choices in the Family View look like in version 7:

Here is what they look like in version 8:

Can I hear a "Hallelujah"? I know...something so small...but so many of you have asked to be able to view all 9 tags at once. They will still be turned "off" by default, but can still be turned on in the program's preferences.

It gets even better.

Now when you open the Advanced Tagging screen (yep, tagging's a little more advanced), you will immediately see how many people are tagged on each level. No more guessing and hoping or searching before you can start tagging. Tag a person and the count is instantly updated. I love it!

What about FamilySearch Family Tree?

If all went as planned, we turned in our FamilySearch integration software to FamilySearch earlier today to begin its certification process. It will be available to everyone (not just the beta test group) when version 8 is released, or even sooner (I don't know yet).

Will the Families app still work with Legacy 8?

Families is the app that runs Legacy on your Apple or Android mobile devices. I received confirmation from the Families developer yesterday that it will indeed work with Legacy 8. Watch a webinar on using Families here.

What will the Color Coding look like with the new color schemes?

Great!

That's all I'm going to say right now because I've got an entire future article saved just for the new color coding enhancements. Here's what it looks like in version 7:

To learn more about the color coding, watch Mary Hill's webinar here. Mary, too, is really excited about the new color coding options in version 8.

Okay, here's a hint. Like lots of you have requested, you will be able to have two starting points (one set of colors for you and one for your spouse). That's all I'm going to write about it right now (I'm getting hungry and this article is getting long).

Stay tuned for more!

Legacy QuickGuides^TM have quickly become one of the more popular resources for genealogists. Each guide contains four (sometimes five, sometimes more) pages of valuable information covering a variety of genealogy research topics, dozens of clickable links, and are written by genealogists and family historians who are experts in the subject areas.

We've added 11 additional QuickGuides to bring the total to 68 to choose from now. Click on the links below for more information or to purchase. PDFs are $2.95 and printed/laminated copies are $7.95. Click here for instructions on using the PDF guides on your tablet or smartphone.

United States - State Guides

• Arkansas Genealogy
• Connecticut Genealogy
• Colorado Genealogy
• Georgia Genealogy **new**
• Indiana Genealogy
• Iowa Genealogy
• Kentucky Genealogy **new**
• Maine Genealogy
• Michigan Genealogy
• Missouri Genealogy
• Montana Genealogy
• New Mexico Genealogy
• New Hampshire Genealogy
• New Jersey Genealogy
• New York Genealogy
• Ohio Genealogy
• Pennsylvania Genealogy
• Rhode Island Genealogy
• Tennessee Genealogy **new**
• Vermont Genealogy
• Virginia Genealogy **new**
• Washington Genealogy
• West Virginia Genealogy
• Wisconsin Genealogy
• Wyoming Genealogy

United States - other Guides

• African-American Genealogy
• Land and Property Records
• Quaker Genealogy
• Researching County Histories **new**
• Researching Your Loyalist Ancestors
• Researching Your U.S. Civil War Ancestors
• Understanding US Vital Records **new**
• US City Directories **new**
• Using U.S. Census Records
• World War I and World War II Military Records

Canada

• Alberta Genealogy
• British Columbia Genealogy
• Canadian Genealogy
• Manitoba Genealogy
• New Brunswick Genealogy
• Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogy
• Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon Genealogy
• Nova Scotia Genealogy
• Ontario Genealogy
• Prince Edward Island Genealogy
• Québec Genealogy
• Researching First and Second World War Canadian Records **new**
• Researching Your Loyalist Ancestors
• Saskatchewan Genealogy
• Using Canadian Census Records **new**

Europe

• Croatian Genealogy
• Czech Genealogy
• Germans from Russia
• Irish Genealogy **new**
• Italian Genealogy
• Norwegian Genealogy **new**
• Slovak Genealogy
• Ukrainian Genealogy **new**

Religion

• Catholic Genealogy
• Jewish Genealogy
• Moravian Genealogy **new**
• Quaker Genealogy
• Researching the Plain Religions

General

• Cemetery Research **new**
• Finding Your Female Ancestors
• Fraternal Societies
• Genealogy Clues in Quilts, Samplers, and Other Textiles **new**
• Genealogy for Kids
• Land and Property Records
• Lineage Societies and Genealogy
• Preserving Family Heirlooms
• Starting a Family Archive
• Unraveling Brick Wall Mysteries
• Using Historical Newspapers for Genealogy Research
• Writing Your Family History

FamilySearch has recently added more than 2.7 million images from BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 544,966 index records and images from the new Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858–1920, collection, the 731,428 index records and images from the BillionGraves Index, and the 452,357 index records from the U.S., Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index, 1900–1939, collection. See the table below for the full list of updates. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.

Searchable historic records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of volunteers from around the world. These volunteers transcribe (index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published online at FamilySearch.org. Learn more about volunteering to help provide free access to the world’s historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org.

FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources for free at FamilySearch.org or through more than 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.