How to Add Hashtags in Legacy Family Tree 9

Last Friday I watched the "Discover the new Legacy Family Tree 9" webinar. Geoff Rasmussen demonstrated some of the new features in the Legacy 9 Deluxe Edition. One of the features I really like in this version of Legacy is the Hashtag feature.

Basically, users of Legacy 9 Deluxe can add hashtags to their ancestors and then create lists using the hashtags. For instance, I can add a hashtag for each of my ancestors who lived in Minnesota. Then I can create a list of the people in my database who ever lived in Minnesota. How cool is that!?

Since watching Friday's webinar, I've had way too much fun adding hashtags to my ancestors. And I've only just begun. There's no limit to how many hashtags we can create. And that is awesome. Our database can be totally personalized to our needs.

And now, I'll show you how to add hashtags to an ancestor in Legacy 9.

See the hashtag icon that the red arrow is pointing to in the image below? It's grey, which means there are no hashtags for my 2nd great-grandfather, Ole Anthon Christophersen. 

To add hashtags, I clicked on the grey hashtag icon.

This box popped up. As you can see, I already have a list of hashtags that I've created.

Ole was born in Norway, so I checked that box.

To see what other hashtags are on the list, I used scroll bar on the right.

Ole also lived in Minnesota after he immigrated to the United States, so I checked that box.

I then clicked on the "Save" button.

I also added a couple other hashtags that were already on my list: "Immigrant to America," and "Direct Line: Jana's."

Now I'll show you how I added a new hashtag to the list that pertains to Ole. To do that, I clicked on the "Add" button.

The "Add a Hashtag" box appeared. 

After he immigrated to America, Ole lived in Minnesota. I didn't have a "Residence: Norway" hashtag yet, so I added that in this box.

Then I clicked on the "Save" button.

And there it is. The new "Residence: Norway" hashtag has been added to the list. And it was automatically checked for Ole.

I then clicked on the "Save" button.

Now that I added hashtags to Ole in my database, the hashtag icon turned blue. Also, when I hovered my cursor over the blue hashtag icon, all of Ole's hashtags are shown. Pretty cool.

In an upcoming post, I'll show you how to create a Hashtag List using the Hashtag Search feature.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jana

© 2017 Copyright by Jana Iverson Last, All Rights Reserved

Descendant Migration Charts for Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster and Iver Iverson

I recently watched Legacy Family Tree's QuickTip video called "Creating a Migration Chart." I was intrigued. I hadn't made this kind of chart before. I have used Legacy Family Tree for a number of years and still have a lot to learn about the many features it offers.

I decided to make a migration chart for my maternal 2nd great-grandfather, Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster.

As you can see, this is quite an interesting chart. Not only are U.S. states listed, but the countries of Brazil and Mexico are listed as well. That's because Ebenezer's son, Watson (Frederick) Emory Webster, is my great-grandfather. You may know him as "The Traveling Dentist" here on my blog. He was born in Ohio, but traveled to Mexico where he married my great-grandmother, Esther Matus Villatoro. They then traveled to and settled in Brazil. Of course, settling in Brazil didn't mean he stopped traveling. But, that's another story.

Here's the migration chart for my paternal 2nd great-grandfather, Iver Iverson.

Iver was born in Norway on 2 August 1827 in Marteplads, Nes, Buskerud, Norway. He immigrated to the United States in April of 1858 and settled in Minnesota. He served in the United States Civil War in the 34th and 21st Iowa Infantries.

From this chart I can see that the majority of Iver's 146 descendants were born in Minnesota.

If you are use Legacy Family Tree and would like to learn how to create a migration chart, please click on the QuickTip video link below.

Creating a Migration Chart QuickTip Video

Thanks for reading!

Jana

 

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Legacy Family Tree ~ Downloading a Source from FamilySearch

The latest update of Legacy Family Tree (8.0.0.499) includes a neat new feature. Users are now able to download sources from FamilySearch. I downloaded this update today and then tried out this awesome new feature. I think this is a great new tool and thought I'd share what I learned about it with you today.

In order to add FamilySearch sources to your Legacy database, the "Integrate with FamilySearch" option needs to be checked. To do this, simply click on the "Options" tab, then click on "Customize." Scroll down to FamilySearch and check "Integrate with FamilySearch" and click Save.

By the way, you will need to have a FamilySearch account to integrate your Legacy database with FamilySearch. It's free to sign up and you don't need to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to have a FamilySearch account.

Now that your database is integrated with FamilySearch, I'll show you how to add FamilySearch sources. You can do this two different ways. One way is to click on the arrows next to your ancestor's name.

Or you can click on the "FamilySearch" tab at the top.

 Clicking the arrows or the tab will cause a new window to appear which looks like this.

Click on the "Sources" tab. As you can see from this screenshot, there are lots of FamilySearch sources that I can add to my Legacy database for my great-grandfather Christopher Iverson.

To add a FamilySearch source, click on the little black arrow to the left of the source title. A box like this will appear giving you the option to choose the source tags you want to check.

I added the first source and continued adding more sources for Christopher Iverson.

When I clicked on the round information button on the far right in the FamilySearch Sources side of the screen, this box appeared indicating which Source Tags were associated with that particular source. These source tags are also represented by the bright green dots as well.

I copied all of the FamilySearch sources over to my Legacy Database for Christopher Iverson.

Here's the family view for Christopher Iverson in my Legacy Database. To see the FamilySearch sources I just added, I just clicked on the sources icon.

And here are some of the sources I had just added.

I hope this little tutorial has been helpful for you. I think this new feature in Legacy Family Tree is pretty awesome!

Thanks for reading!

Jana

 

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