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has anyone tried and tested the free downloadable LEGACY 5 software?
i usually use Ancestry Family Tree [ancestry.com] but it has limitations on printouts.
I downloaded it but am awaiting feedback [please   ]

jaq

ps. downloadable from   http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Download.asp
they say:
"This is the full retail product and you get it for free instead of the $49.95 it's sold for during the past few years.  It's the same Legacy that has received so many great reviews from the press and users alike.  Ask anyone using Legacy and you will hear great things.  It's this enthusiasm of our users that has really helped us build one of the most popular genealogy programs anywhere.  We feel confident that once you give Legacy a try that you will know what all the excitement is about and will want to tell your friends also."

The indexes are in excel format. when i do a look up, i search,highlight /cut / paste etc. is quick and looks neat.
I use spreadsheets all the time, great for sorting data.
how-ever why is it that i cannot upload an xls and the alternative when pasted onto the message window looks very confusing [and messy] to the reader.
any suggestions?
how many lines of text are allowed?
jaq

Trying to find info on Mary Jepps born 1866 Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland.
She was the Grandaughter of John Jepps b 1816 Hempstead
and mary seeley b 1818 Hundon. Her Mother died in chelsea in1870 when she went to live with her garandparents in Steeple Bumpstead.(Census 1871)
I have her father and his new wife her brother John b 1868 middlesex and her half brother William b 1873 middlesex but i can,t find Mary, there is another sister Margaret who moved back to the borders to live with her mothers parents in Denholm Roxburghshire. Iwould love to know what happened to Mary John &William.

from 1901 online:
maybe some-one can do a look up using these details. [lesley and i have been in contact]

Jepps  Elizabeth   57   Devon Torquay Upton   London   Chelsea  
Jepps  John   50   Essex Hemstead   London   Chelsea   Joiner
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this looks like william:
4F2CA399B1DE0512   Jepps  Amelia   24   London Chelsea      Wandsworth  
4F2CA399B1DE0512   Jepps  Gladys   11M   London Wandsworth      Wandsworth  
4F2CA399B1DE0512   Jepps  William   28   London Chelsea      Wandsworth   Clerk
4F2CA399B1DE0512   Jepps  Willie   2   London Wandsworth      Wandsworth  
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i applied to help transcribe the National Burial Index......but need a second hand fiche reader available in the Essex area.
i have no idea how much to pay or what they are worth, advise please.

ps.
i recieved this info from the ESSEX co-ordinator about the next release:
"Thanks for the offer of help.  The second edition of the NBI, due out in August, will have around 473,000 fully checked records covering all parts of the county.  We have another 10-12,000 ready for the 3rd edition!
 
At this time, my main need is for people to help with checking.  We have another quarter of million entries input but not checked.  The dates are mainly pre 1700 so there is a need to be able to read older handwriting.  We work from fiche so you would need access to a fiche reader.   It is then a case of reading the entry on the fiche and checking it against an easy to ready printout and marking any errors in a red pen.  Very little new input is being undertaken whilst the backlog of checking is cleared."
 
jaq