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Legacy 8.0 Revision History

Current Version is: 9.0.0.456
Build Date of: 8 February 2024

8 June 2017 - Version 8.0.0.603 - Build

THE END

Final Build of Legacy 8.0 - We hope you will all upgrade to the new and improved Legacy 9.0.

14 April 2017 - Version 8.0.0.598 - Build

Fixed Items

Menu's - Windows 10 Creators Update has broke popup menus. Fixed.

21 March 2017 - Version 8.0.0.596 - Build

Fixed Items

Reports - Fixed a problem in event sentences with period in description.

25 February 2017 - Version 8.0.0.595 - Build

Fixed Items

Alarm - Fixed error that showed if editing right after alarm turned off.

Changed misspelled message - Questionmark to Question mark.

Chronology View - Fixed a date problem that showed up in Chronology View.

Company Info - Made Escape close the Company screen. Removed shortcut key from Close on Company screen.

Dates - Fixed a repeating two-digit year error message display.

Events - Fixed past entry pasting in events.

Events - Now correctly capitalize beginning of subsequent sentences in an Event sentence.

FamilySearch - Added the filter "Auto-Matched" to just display the Yellow-Yellow arrows.

FamilySearch - Fixed Startup Wizard to download from FamilySearch (with FamilySearch option on but not needing LDS fields on).

FamilySearch - Fixed a bug with '+' characters that were added to user defined event names when uploaded to FS.

FamilySearch - Fixed a bug when if there are a large number (more than 30,000) of linked individuals to check in "Update Matched" LFS would have an error.

FamilySearch - Yellow arrows stay with the individual until the user click on the "finished sharing" button in the Shared Tab.

Help - Corrected and added some help topics.

LDS - Updated the master temple list to include newly dedicated temples.

Notes - Made Ctrl-Z (Undo) consistant in all RTF text boxes.

Potential Problems - Fixed error 9 doing Potential Problems with large number of spouses.

Relationships - Fixed a relationship term error.

Reminders - Fixed leap year error for birthday reminders.

Reports - Age option in Location Report is now enforced as Deluxe-Only.

Reports - Disabled Label and Data font sizes on Pedigree charts.

Reports - First time 6-gen pedigree chart printed, gen 6 had overwriting. Fixed.

Reports - Fixed Table of Contents entries in Multiple Lines of Descent report.

Reports - Fixed a Living suppression problem on Ancestor book reports.

Reports - Fixed extra blank child spouse info lines on text-version Family Group Sheets.

Reports - Fixed formatting issues in FGR report when split children over page break was off.

Reports - Fixed formatting of Lineage report.

Reports - Fixed lat/long overprinting problem on location reports.

Reports - Fixed lines between events on FGR.

Reports - Fixed some Chronology View/Report privacy issues.

Reports - Fixed some language labels in FGR report.

Reports - Fixed some non-wordwrapping on Chronology report.

Reports - Fixed sorting of rare date formats.

Reports - Fixed too much room above parents on Individual report.

Reports - Indiv report to text file wasn't formatting title. Fixed.

Reports - Suppression for marriage info fixed in Desc Narritive report.

Reports - Use of [CR] for Children statements now works.

Research Guidance

  • 412 New or Updated Sources
  • 376 Repository URLs checked and updated
  • 5640 Source URLs checked and updated
  • Numerous obsolete and redundant sources deleted

Settings - Character ribbon was not being turned off on Name List when option was OFF. Fixed.

Sources - FGR Format - some templates have the wrong hints listed in the various fields. Fixed.

Sources - Option to Use FGR format prevents selecting Basic System. Fixed.

Sources - Searching for source templates while using FGR format wasn't working. Fixed.

SSL Code Signing Certificate - Renewed our Secure Certificate for another three years.

Timelines - Updated Timelines of US Presidents & US Wars.

Web Pages - Marriage source for living people on Pedigree web pages were showing when private. Fixed.

Web Pages - Pedigree Web Pages - Option about including Christening/Baptisms is not working. Fixed.

Web Pages - Sources were showing on marr info on Pedigree web pages when private. Fixed.

7 December 2016 - Version 8.0.0.586 - Build

Fixed Items

Check/Repair - Remove all trailing spaces and CRLF's from end of all text fields and note fields from all tables and records in a family file.

GEDCOM - Blank notes that only contain spaces, carriage returns, and or whitespace are now not exported into GEDCOM files.

GEDCOM - Fixed GEDCOM export of notes.

LDS - Fixed missing bapt/endow when there is a seal to spouse entry. Also got rid of missing bapt/endow when there is a seal to parents entry.

Legacy FamilySearch - Changed to handle coming changes at FamilySearch.

Legacy FamilySearch - For LDS ordinances, We removed ordinances in the reserved list if that person has any ordinances shared with the LDS church. This is in line with what the LDS website does. In other words, you print out a ordnance card if that person has any ordinances that is shared with the LDS church. FamilySearch wanted us to add this feature.

Reports - Fixed unlined Individual Reports.

Research Guidance - Added or updated: Over 257 sources.

3 November 2016 - Version 8.0.0.573 - Build

Fixed Items

Family View - Added descriptive popup tool tips to the Husb/Wife field labels on the Family View in case the labels are truncated.

Family View - Fixed bolding of direct-line half-children.

Family View - Fixed changing child columns from Best Fit on a new family file.

Family View - Some labels on the Family View were not responding to a font change. Fixed.

Gedcom - Fixed event import from MyHeritage (and probably others) so Notes are included.

GeoDB - Radius Search tooltip improved.

Interview - Fixed error in Finnish version if user clicked on empty interview question list.

Legacy FamilySearch - Added auto download option to include only preferred parents.

Legacy FamilySearch - Corrected the percentage calculation for the current filtered group.

Legacy FamilySearch - FamilySearch arrows disappear for families with no children. Tested and Closed issue 4910. Seems to work fine.

Legacy FamilySearch - Fixed Redirection to FS website for individuals.

Legacy FamilySearch - Fixed a date format issue.

Legacy FamilySearch - Fixed auto download bug with not using the preferred name of an individual.

Legacy FamilySearch - Missing FamilySearch arrows and Potential Problem icons on startup. Tested and Closed issue 4860. Seems to work fine.

Legacy FamilySearch - The FamilySearch API changed today without warning. This build fixes things that stopped working today.

Media - Added a paragraph to the Media Gallery help topic explaining that large files might cause a "not enough memory" error.

Media - Fixed error when editing a picture when "All Media" is selected in the Media Gallery.

Media - Non-pictures in gallery (like pdf files) caused an error when creating web pages. Fixed.

Reports - Fixed Census search/report so that they use the same options.

Reports - Fixed error 13 when printing from Relationship Calculator with decimial character set to comma.

Reports - Fixed printing of blank Individual Report.

Reports - Fixed some Census List result anomalies.

Reports - Removed undocumented option to remove [[Private]] text on Family Picture Tree reports.

Reports - Spouses were not being included on a 1-generation Descendant Narrative report. Fixed.

Research Guidance - Added or updated: Over 257 sources.

Search - Find Missing sources - Select only Individual Events and individuals who had some events with sources and at least one event with no sources was not being included in the search results list. Fixed.

Settings - Fixed a message box prompt when resetting default color schemes.

Settings - Made it so that tooltips on tags always show the descriptions even if option 1.6 is turned off.

Sources - If a source clipboard detail field contained carriage returns (from a paste) it would not be saved and reloaded without an error. Fixed.

Spouse List - Fixed highlighting of correct marriage in Spouse List when linked to same person more than once.

11 August 2016 - Version 8.0.0.566 - Build

Fixed Items

Gedcom - Fixed an error 9 in GEDCOM import (lots of event roles).

Initial Caps - Odd capitalization applied to some locations. Fixed.

Link Parents - Position in Name list selecting a Father is different when adding parents for a female verse a male. Fixed.

Master Location List - Used by would include the wrong people for those who were sharing an individual's Birth, Christening, Death or Burial. Fixed.

Reports - Fixed Bosnia and Serbia countries and flags in the Origins and Migration reports.

Reports - Fixed FGR overprint problem (for Spanish version).

Reports - Stopped printing marriage info, notes, and events in Family Group Sheets if either spouse is invisible.

Research Guidance - Added or updated: Over 681 sources.

Search - Search Options different for Surname versus Mother's, Spouse's, Child's and Father's surname. They now all support Wild Card and Sounds Like searches.

Search/Replace - Search and Replace a Master Source Name do not propagate to Source Writer Source List Name. Fixed.

To-Do - Added new menu option to View, To-Do's so you can now access "All To-Do's" or "General To-Do's". In the past it remembered which type you were viewing and would re-open to that list. Now you pick each time.

24 June 2016 - Version 8.0.0.559 - Build

Fixed Items

Book Reports - Extraneous period in the marriage line when the spouse has no parents. Fixed.

Descendant Narrative Book Report - Childrens' marriage information is doubled. Fixed.

FamilySearch - Fixed a problem with selecting filters where the filter feature would stop working after a while.

FamilySearch - Legacy now prints Ordinance Cards.

FamilySearch - Updated to newest API calls when communicating with FamilySearch.

Index View - Alternate Names display incorrectly when Option 3.4 is set to display surnames in slashes. Fixed.

Master Event Definition List - Renaming an event to an event that is already on the list causes an "Event Definition was not found" error. Fixed.

Narrative Reports - The option to remove quoted names from narratives is not working for the Main person of a shared event or for those who share it. Fixed.

Options - Setting Option 1.1 to open Legacy to Index View causes the Index View to display improperly. Fixed.

Pedigree Chart Report - Will not include both RIN and UID after a name if they match. Fixed.

Research Guidance - Added or updated: Over 681 sources.

Reports - Top alternating page numbers work backwards. Fixed.

22 April 2016 - Version 8.0.0.549 - Build

Fixed Items

Descendant Chart - No Spouses for the last Generation where shown. Fixed.

FamilySearch - Merge improvements and we now merge sources when merging individuals.

GEDCOM - Fixed problems with Addresses and Phone Number when importing a Family Tree Maker GEDCOM file.

GEDCOM - Improved importing of some events from Family Tree Maker GEDCOM files.

Help File - Several updates to the help file.

Locations - Locations attached to a Marriage event were not including the people attached to that marriage in the Used By list on the Master Location list.

Master Temple List - Updated the list for newly added temples.

Media Gallery - Fixed an error that some people would get when opening the Media Gallery.

Reports - Cleaned up some formatting issues on Family Group Sheets and Descendant Book reports.

Research Guidance - Added or updated: Over 700 sources.

Tree Finder - Fixed a problem with printing of the list when in Split Screen mode.

4 March 2016 - Version 8.0.0.544 - Build

Fixed Items

Legacy Charting - Fixed a problem where prefix's for dates was not being honored.

Legacy FamilySearch - Fixed a connection problem.

Research Guidance - Added or updated: Over 1200 sources.

21 January 2016 - Version 8.0.0.538 - Build

Fixed Items

Advanced Set Living - Missed setting Living=No for some siblings of a person with a death/burial date.

Events - When combining event definitions, the roles from the first event definition were lost even if there were people using them. Fixed.

Family View - Option 3.9 to color child lables for living individuals was not coloring living children when the option Right click, View, Scrolling List (Grid) view was used. The Child Number is now colored correctly for living kids.

Master Location List - The Show People Using box was missing people who were from Shared Events. Fixed.

Master Location List - The Tag Ver L & N columns can get "covered" by the "people using the location" grid. Fixed.

Security - We changed our digital signature for signing code to use SHA-2 encryption.

6 January 2016 - Version 8.0.0.536 - Build

Fixed Items

FamilySearch - Added more details on if a merge between two people can be performed.

Reports - The Table of Contents in the Publishing Center is not Left Justifying some Chapters in a Book. Fixed.

Research Guidance - Added or updated: 177 sources

13 December 2015 - Version 8.0.0.533 - Build

Fixed Items

GEDCOM - Made a few changes to improve importing Family Tree Maker files.

9 December 2015 - Version 8.0.0.532 - Build

Fixed Items

FamilySearch - When uploading (sharing your info with FamilySearch) we will now prompt for a standardized place.

GEDCOM - Children are now sorted during an import.

Search and Replace - Was searching an incorrect category for repository addresses. Fixed.

Research Guidance - Added and updated hundreds of source recommendations.

23 October 2015 - Version 8.0.0.524 - Build

Fixed Items

FamilySearch - Fixed a problem with downloading lots of reserved ordinances - some would not download.

FamilySearch - Fixed the problem with Auto-download where some information wasn't downloaded.

Legacy - Fixed a case where Legacy would hang in some conditions.

Legacy Charting - Fixed a problem with Box Items.

Reports - Family Group Sheets. Fixed a sealed-to-parents display problem.

Reports - Fixed a bug with the calendar creator.

Research Guidance - Added and updated hundreds of source recommendations.

16 September 2015 - Version 8.0.0.518 - Build

Fixed Items

FamilySearch - Fixed a problem with downloading lots of reserved ordinances - some would not download.

FamilySearch - Fixed the problem with Auto-download where some information wasn't downloaded.

Reports - Family Group Sheets. Fixed a sealed-to-parents display problem.

Reports - Fixed a bug with the calendar creator.

8 September 2015 - Version 8.0.0.517 - Build

Fixed Items

FamilySearch - Fixed a problem where the ordinance icon was not showing a green check for some people.

4 September 2015 - Version 8.0.0.516 - Build

Fixed Items

Descendant View - Direct Line individuals are now shown in Bold when Option 3.8 is ON.

Events - After editing an Event, adding or editing more Events results in the message "Sorry, editing an event is not allowed...". Fixed.

FamilySearch - Changed some of the duplicate searching feature to display more possible duplicates.

FamilySearch - Fixed a problem with contributors for events.

FamilySearch - Fixed a problem with reserving Ordinances.

FamilySearch - Fixed a problem with uploading sources that had special characters.

Research Guidance - hundreds of updates and changes to source items.

30 July 2015 - Version 8.0.0.509 - Build

Fixed Items

FamilySearch - Update required to work with the API changes FamilySearch did.

FamilySearch - Fixed issue with long description field for events.

FamilySearch - Fixed issues with copying people from FamilySearch to Legacy.

FamilySearch - Fixed the missing space in sources from FamilySearch.

FamilySearch - Updated to handle the 110 year rule for submitting ordinances.

Event Sentences - Marriage event sentences were sometimes show the wife's name in place of the husband's name. Fixed.

GEDCOM Import - Fixed a problem importing attached document files from a GEDCOM file.

Legacy Charting - Fixed the problem with some chart types not displaying duplicated individuals correctly.

Legacy Charting - Fixed the problem with the hour glass lines.

RTF Book Reports - Footnotes for notes were being duplicated at end of report. Fixed.

Search - Marriage Location search criteria can cause an Error 3075. Fixed.

8 June 2015 - Version 8.0.0.501 - Build

Fixed Items

Sources - Fixed a spacing issue in the FamilySearch source template.

28 May 2015 - Version 8.0.0.499 - Build

Fixed Items

Master Location List - Changing the sort order causes an error 438 Object doesn't support this property or method. Fixed.

Rename - File, Rename was not updating the Title Bar to show the new name of the file.

26 May 2015 - Version 8.0.0.497 - Build

Fixed Items

Add - Adding new child with media attached will sometimes the Name does not appear immediately after saving. Fixed.

Advanced Tagging - Adding 'Everyone in Search List' resets the label that shows the count to 0 instead of showing correct number that now use that tag. Fixed.

Ages Screen - Now show Burial/Cremated.

Calendar Creator - Some Month Picture Captions were not being saved. Fixed.

Chart-type Reports - Disabled unused Privacy settings on the Privacy screen.

Check/Repair - Added some additional checks to media files and checking of sort dates.

Check/Repair - Check Repair of Family file does not reload Legacy News when reopening the file. Fixed.

Check/Repair - GEDCOM Export does not add its process to task manager and locks Legacy main. Fixed.

Check/Repiar - Trying to create a GEDCOM, check/repair or compact file using Windows XP (or earlier) causes a LegacyX.exe Application Error. Fixed.

Color Palettes - When the Color Picker was displayed, an error message displayed concerning the color palettes. Fixed.

County Checker - US County Verfier tries to Validate Places in US Territories. Fixed.

Customize Family View labels - After saving 10 layouts, Customize was not available. Fixed.

DNA Test - After entering values, if you use the ENTER key to close the screen you will lose your last value. Fixed.

DNA Test - Date Test was taken is not saved for some tests. Fixed.

DNA Test - Family Tree DNA 111 Marker Test - Incorrect Description. Fixed.

Dates - French date format fix.

Deluxe Edition Only - A few Deluxe Only features now display a message when used in Standard Edition mode.

Display - File name and Path not shown if same file in both sides when doing a View, Split Screen. Fixed.

Display - The family file information in the title bar drops the path under certain conditions. Fixed.

Edit Individual - A newley added or edited User ID could be lost when opening other edit windows. Fixed.

Edit Individual - Clicking the X to close the Edit an Individual screen should not change the Last Modified Date.

Event Pictures - Some horizontal lines were overprinting pictures. Fixed.

Events - Sometimes a '. ' would turn into a '||' on reports. Fixed.

FamilySearch - Added feature to download sources from FamilySearch to Legacy.

FamilySearch - Fixed misc. issues with auto download and data formats.

FamilySearch - Improved Handling of the new 110 year rule.

Formatting - The Apply button for Options, Customize, Data Format, Locations, Remove spaces after commas was only removing the first comma space. It now fixes all of them in a location.

French Dates - Dave worked on some custom date formats for French version.

GEDCOM Export - GEDCOM 5.5 format was not including LDS Confirmation (CONL). Fixed.

GEDCOM Import - Fixed an OBJE import error.

GEDCOM Import - Fixed the backward Master Event Privacy setting when importing from Legacy 7.5.

GEDCOM Import - Formatting of Names and Places option was converting all to uppercase. Fixed.

Index View - Customize Columns, inserting a blank column causes the first following column to shrink. Fixed.

Index View - If you click in any open space you will get an Error 9. Fixed.

Marriage List - Edit Husband button does not work. Fixed.

Marriage List Report - Added option to remove Invisible individuals.

Master Lists - Combining a Master Event Definition entry with the blank record is no longer allowed. You can use Options, Delete to remove an item. It was causing a "!Fix this item" on a check/repair.

Media - Check/Repair was removing a URL attached as Media to a Source Citation.

Media - From the Master Media Folder list if you try to delete a folder then clicked View List to see who was using the folder the list of people included an incorrect person for pictures linked to an event. Fixed.

Media - Media Gallery deletes links to lost files. Fixed.

Media - Media Relinker fails for non-picture files. Fixed.

Media Gallery - Add Media Button is Active when it should be Greyed out.

Media Gallery - Fixed a problem when attaching PDF and Word documents by Drag and Drop to the Media Gallery.

Media Gallery - If a picture is not found and the Media Relinker is run the list of media files needed to be reloaded.

Media Relinker - Fixed an error 3163 error for for really long folder/file names.

Merge - Error 13 when you click any of the edit or copy buttons on the Event tab when Merging two individuals. Fixed.

Merge - Events on the right side of the merge will transfer to the left even if you have deselected them. Fixed.

Merge - Fixed an error when merging Shared Events.

Merge - Shared Events are lost when merging two individuals and the Shared Events are attached to the person on the right. Fixed.

Note Formatting - Fixed some formatting issues.

Notes - Fixed some formatting issues.

Notes - Formatting text with multiple attributes (like bold and underline) was causing problems. Fixed.

Notes - Pasting table data into a note was causing formatting problems.

Origins Report - England locations were showing as United Kingdom in some languages. Fixed.

PAF 5 Import - Importing a PAF 5 file with an unrecognized path to a media file would cause an Error 3020 in some cases. Fixed.

Parent List - Was suppressing names for Private individuals. Fixed.

Pedigree Chart - Marriage source citations are now included.

Picture Center - Fixed the wording of Confirmation Message for Delete action.

Potential Problems - Altername names were not taking into consideration the UnknownName.txt exclude file. Fixed.

Potential Problems - Married names were not taking into consideration the UnknownName.txt exclude file. Fixed.

Quick Duplicates - When adding a new person and Possible Duplicates are found and after checking all of them you know they are not the same and you click on the "No, none of these are duplicates" button all of them now get added to the master Not Duplicates list and they will not show up when performing a Merge, Find Duplicates.

Relationships - Cleaned up some terms.

Relationships - I no longer do some of the checks if the relationship to the appropriate parent(s) is not biological or blank.

Reports - Descendant Narrative Reports - Event blocks were not always indented correctly. Fixed.

Reports - Descendant Report - Fixed a Table of Contents problem when names were set to 'Living'.

Reports - Descendant Report - Fixed some spacing problems.

Reports - Descendant Report - Parents names were not honoring the Unknown setting. Fixed.

Reports - Event Report - Fixed some spacing problems.

Reports - FGR Report - Blank AKA line would be overprinted by Birth info line. Fixed.

Reports - FGR Report - Children's vital notes were not printing correctly. Fixed.

Reports - FGR Report - Missing some Husb/Wife names if printing in a batch. Fixed.

Reports - Multiple Lines of Descendant Report - Fixed display of long strings of MRINs for starting lines.

Reports - Report Icons on My Toolbar - The report icons on the My Toolbar ribbon tab now immediately create the corresponding report like in version 7.

Reports - Report Spacing screen is now resizable.

Research Guidance - Preliminary Survey websites give script errors. Fixed.

Research Guidance - hundreds of updates and changes to source items.

Search - Detailed Search for FSID Not Equal to Blank. Fixed.

Search - Detailed Search for LDS Endowment Date do not work correctly. Added new steps to Check/Repair code that fixes a date problem.

Search - Detailed Searches for LDS Confirmation and Initiatory Dates do not work. Fixed.

Source Citations - Basic style citations were not including Notes and Comments on successive entries. Fixed.

Source Clipboard - For Basic sources, cursor was not always placed in first field upon entry. Fixed.

Source Clipboard - Settings in Optional section would change when scrolling upper section. Fixed.

Source Clipboard - Source Clipboard retains multiple tab when option changed to single source. Fixed.

Source Options - Screen is now resizable.

Source Surety - Default value was always resetting to 3. Fixed.

Sources - Fixed the wording and now show the Shared icon on the sources tab of the name list for shared marriage events.

Timelines - Timeline Selection Screen Options for timelines do not "stick". Fixed.

To-Do Report - The Last Report button now remembers this report.

Wife's Married Name - Wasn't automatically changing when the Husband's surname was changed. Fixed.

26 February 2015 - Version 8.0.0.473 - Build

Fixed Items

Dates - any [field] before a <\[CoupleFirstNames]::[FirstHeShe]> condition was being lost. Fixed.

Family Group Record - Marriage notes were being included even if that option was turned off. Fixed.

GEDCOM Export - Marriage Notes were not being exported if a living child's info was being suppressed. Fixed.

Marriage List Report - fixed a double colon issue (::)

Media - Right Click on a picture in the Media Gallery and selecting Cut was not removing the picture. Fixed.

Parents List - Names weren't showing if set to Private. Fixed.

Publishing Center - Reports after a colored Pedigree chart would sometimes have colored text. Fixed.

RTF Notes - A space was getting added before any formatting with each Save. Fixed.

Reports - Vital dates were sometimes getting a leading "from" inserted. Fixed.

10 February 2015 - Version 8.0.0.467 - Build

Fixed Items

Advanced Sourcing - Settings were not being saved. Fixed.

Chronology View - Added the option of Edit Individual on the Options button.

Date Checking - When adding a new event with a bad date and check bad dates is on the date was being checked twice and then produced an error. Fixed.

Event Sentences - Periods after abbreviations in Notes were causing the next letter to be capitalized. Fixed.

FGR Report - Horizontal line would print across picture occationally. Fixed.

GEDCOM Export - Exporting from a French family file some Between/And and From/To dates were not converting to English if Export Dates in English is set. Fixed.

GEDCOM Export - Marriage event picture links were not being exported. Fixed.

GEDCOM Export - Multimedia file names were not including full path. Fixed.

Gedcom - Fixed a few problems with Media, Website URLs.

Individual Chart Report - All vital notes are printing.

Legacy Charting - Fixed a server error when trying to order a chart.

Legacy FamilySearch - Updated the API to fix the Temple Card section of the program.

LegacyCharting - Fixed a display problem with a data label. "Cause of Death" has been removed and will be turned back on for version 9.

Marriage Sentence - Unchecking the 'This couple did not marry' setting wasn't changing the wording back to married. Fixed.

Master Lists - Updated the Master Temple list to include recently dedicated temples.

Media - In the Media Gallery if pictures are not found and the "?" is displayed for the missing picture the name and path of that picture was not being displayed. We now display it so users can see what the picture is supposed to be.

Media - Lengthened the fields that store Media URLs. This requires a database conversion to modify the fields.

Media Gallery - Removing an item would then ask if another item should be removed. Fixed.

Multiple Monitors - Popup boxes align with the left side of the monitor instead of displaying in the middle of the screen for some users. Fixed.

Notes - Strings with text that looked like RTF codes were losing characters when saved and reloaded. Fixed.

Reports - FGR report was including phantom events for non-existent spouses. Fixed.

Reports - Notes and Sources citation numbers were not being added when using Sentence Overrides. Fixed.

Reports - The [CoupleFirstNames] field was showing the wrong names when used in event sentences on the preview screen. Fixed.

Reports - [FirstHeShe] was not using quoted names. Fixed.

Reports - [FromDate] now also handles single dates.

Research Guidance - hundreds of updates and changes to source items.

Search - Detailed Searches for LDS Conf Temple, and LDS Init Date do not work for some conditions. Fixed.

Search - Fixed a problem with Show List not closing properly if coming from View Locations, Show List.

Search - Missing Sources Search: "Everything" search finds people with sources attached only to Unspecified.

Search - Search for Death Notes Equal Presents Select an Event List instead of text box. Fixed.

Search and Replace - Global Search and Replace doesn't find «tab».

Statistics Report - The Show RINs setting now sticks.

USA County Verification - Perferred spelling for Dona Ana County, NM was changed to Doña Ana.

5 December 2014 - Version 8.0.0.459 - Build

Fixed Items

Legacy FamilySearch - Fixed an error some users were reporting about a missing DLL.

2 December 2014 - Version 8.0.0.458 - Build

Fixed Items

Ancestor Book Report - Child back pointer numbers after about generation 15 where overwriting the child numbers. Fixed.

Ancestor Book Report - Punctuation Error for spouses when Marriage Date missing. Fixed.

Calendar Creator - When used in Publishing Center, settings were not being honored correctly. Fixed.

Chronology Report - Both parents names were not printing in the Parent's Color if the block wrapped to a new line. Fixed.

Dates - If you enter a date before 1000 using Abt, Bef, Aft, Bet, Cir, the date would change to 3999. Fixed.

Event Report - Fixed a problem with events going over page breaks.

Event Sentences - Event names with a period (eg. Alt. Birth) were ending up in sentences as alt. Birth if [-EventName] was used. Fixe.

Event Sentences - The Use Quoted Names and Remove Quoted Names settings are now honored when constructing event sentences.

Event Sentences - [Date] and [onDate] fields were not being included on event sentences when used in event override sentences.

Events - Using Add Another when entering Events any note changes were not being saved for the first event. Fixed.

FGR Report - Fixed some formatting problems.

FGR Reports - Inline notes and end notes were not always working correctly. Fixed.

Family Group Record - Some notes were not printing if other kinds were turned off. Fixed.

GEDCOM Export - Adding/Changing Focus items sometimes showed an error message. Fixed.

GEDCOM Export - Customized date prefixes were being set back to defaults. Fixed.

GEDCOM Import - Added some missing Brother's Keeper tags.

GEDCOM Import - Now import Source Link URLs from FTM.

GEDCOM Import - TMG GEDCOM import was missing the user's Source ID (Filing Reference or File ID).

Help - Updated help file

Legacy FamilySearch - Updated API's connecting to the FamilySearch servers.

Main Views - Right-clicking on background on other than Pedigree View was including the 'Hide Spouse/Child and Siblings lists' menu option. Shouldn't. Fixed.

Misc Screens - Some windows had their minimize buttons active when they shouldn't have been (Notes, AKA, Address, Research Guidance). Fixed.

Pedigree Chart - Blank charts were missing the "No. 1 on this chart is the same as no. _____ on chart no. ____" line. Fixed.

Pedigree Chart - Fixed some font sizing problems.

Pedigree Web Pages - If "Nothing preceding each event" was selected, numbers were still included. Fixed.

Picture Center - For first time users the default folder when opening the Picture Center was blank. It now defaults to the "Default Media Folder".

Research Guidance - Hundreds of additional sources have been added and many sources have been updated.

Source Citation Report - Overriding the Include Source Text and Comments wasn't overriding the master settings. Fixed.

Source Clipboard - Detail field labels were not changing when scrolling down. Fixed.

Source Templates - Selecting a Repository wasn't filling in the surrounding [repository...] fields with the pieces. Fixed.

To-Do Report - Long task names were being truncated instead of wrapped. Fixed.

19 October 2014 - Version 8.0.0.454 - Build

Fixed Items

Charting - Fixed Marriage Data placement problems in Bowtie Charts.

Check/Repair - Improved some of the source checks.

Chronology View - Spaces missing in Parent names for children's birth. Fixed.

FamilySearch - Change history wasn't displaying - fixed

File Maintenance - Fixed an Error 3314 "The field 'tblBR.IDBPPic' cannot contain a Null value" when doing a check/repair.

GEDCOM Import - Fixed Problems with Incorrect Genders and Incorrect Data.

Help File - Updated Help File.

Legacy Home - Fixed a couple Broken/Incorrect Links in the Support Section.

Media Gallery - Find File from Media Gallery will now show .jpeg extension files.

Media Gallery - Pictures can be copied but they cannot be pasted into a blank Media Gallery.

Research Guidance - Added several new resources and updated many existing ones.

Source Clipboard - Fixed a problem with clearing the Source Clipboard.

User Interface - Missing Close/Cancel Option on Purchase Legacy Screen.

User Interface - Source Clipboard does not display labels for input fields. Fixed.

Legacy FamilySearch:

  • Fixed the issue where not all reserved ordinances were retrieved from FamilySearch.
  • Fixed issue with ordinance dates.
  • Fixed adding individuals from Legacy to FS that contain quotes in their name.
  • Fixed a problem where a person in Legacy could be linked to a non-existing person in FS. Now, LegacyFS will let the user know if the linked individual in FS doesn't exist.
  • Fixed problems with the auto download feature where marriage events were not retrieved from FS into Legacy.
  • Fixed relationships settings between children and parents that were not set correctly.
  • Fixed an issue with only allowing 40 friends in the Temple Ordinance section. You can now have as many as you want.
  • Sources transferred from Legacy to FamilySearch are not showing.
  • Error loading type library/DLL when logging into FamilySearch.
  • Help button does not work on the User Profile screen. NOTE: The Help button(s) should be removed since there is no Help system yet for the LFS tool.
  • Fixed a problem of adding a husband or wife to FamilySearch and sometimes the name would not transfer over.
  • FamilyTree Person is missing Sealing to Spouse information.
  • The Sources tab sometimes includes sources that do not belong to the listed person.
  • Help button does not work on the User Profile screen.
  • 22 Jul 2014 - Version 8.0.0.439 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Adding Spouses - If you added a spouse and then clicked Cancel on the Marriage Info screen, the new spouse would not initially be displayed on the screen.

    Book Reports - If a marriage has no date and place but has a source, the citation is now added after a __________ for the missing information.

    Charting - Themes, Gender Colours Applied Incorrectly. Fixed.

    Chronology View - Error "individual 'xxx' was not found" when clicking on Chronology View. Fixed.

    Color Schemes - Fixed the Children title text color.

    Colors - Some Standard Colour Schemes set Children labels to same colour for text and background. Fixed.

    Data Entry - Error 5 and Crash opening assigned sources. Fixed.

    Dates - Legacy converts Jewish calendar years in the 5xxx range to xxx (drops the leading 5). Fixed.

    Export - Changes Case of Format Codes in Locations. Fixed.

    Export to Legacy File - Modified Events are Set to Standard Sentences. Fixed.

    Family Group Sheet - Inline notes for children not quite right.

    Family View Detail Labels - Use of long or short label names now fit the available space.

    Forms - Fixed a column number on page 2 of the 1940 US Federal Census form.

    GEDCOM Import - Leading tabs on lines in the file were fouling up the works. Fixed.

    Help - Updated help file

    Individual Reports - Fixed a problem where master events marked as private were not being included in the report with the master privacy override selected.

    Information Screen - Excluding an event from the potential problems alerts will now refresh the icon in the list.

    Information screen - The Title Prefix and Suffix fields now save the full 120 character capacity.

    Legacy Charting - fixed the gender color bug where the wrong color was used for each gender.

    Legacy Charting - Pictures should all be included now.

    Legacy FamilySearch - Updated all calls to FamilySearch API.

    Marriage Report - Now take into account length of labels when setting column locations.

    Media Relinker - Drive to search Button does not work in some cases. Fixed.

    Media Relinker - The Drives to search Button was not working in some cases. Fixed.

    Name List - The scroll bar would only scroll down to the first 250,000 names. Fixed it so all names can be scrolled to.

    Name List Reports - Now take into account length of international terms when setting column locations.

    Pedigree Chart - First try at 6-generation chart would not show names in sixth generation.

    Pedigree Charts - Improved formatting.

    Pedigree Charts - Refigured position of Continuation chart numbers.

    Pedigree View - Pedigree View shows Tags with tag options OFF. Fixed.

    Pedigree View - Spouse and Children grids now use screen font name and size settings as they should.

    Pedigree View - Spouse and Sibling boxes do not use user selected Fonts. Fixed.

    Pedigree View - With tagging turned off, tag would still show on Ped View until Family View was shown.

    Picture Gallery - Pictures and files from Heritage Collector can now be added to a picture gallery using drag/drop.

    Potential Problems - Fixed description shown when Seal to Parents has been done but Baptism and Endowment have not.

    Potential Problems - Fixed suggestion message for missing baptism and endowment when sealed to parents.

    Potential Problems - PP Indicator for Event does not clear after problem is marked to be excluded. Fixed.

    Relationship Terms - Standardized the capitalization and format of English terms.

    Relationships - Irregular Capitalization of Relationships. Fixed.

    Reports - "Use present tense in narrative sentences" was not overriding event sentence generation for dead people.

    Reports - [CoupleFirstNames] field was not working correctly all the time.

    Reports - Descendant Book - Incorrect Gender and Parent/missing vital data. Fixed.

    Reports - Descendant Book - Incorrect Gender wording and missing info.

    Reports - Descendant Report - "Show Line Back" generation numbers include 0. Fixed.

    Reports - Family Group Record Option for Children Notes not working. Fixed.

    Reports - Incorrect Names for Marriage Events using [CoupleFirstNames]. Fixed.

    Reports - Index Report - Problems when including Spouse in Deutsch Version. Fixed.

    Reports - Marriage List Report - Margin errors for Other Spouses and Bapt/Chr without RIN/MRINs. Fixed.

    Reports - Narrative Style Reports - Sentence override for Events intermittent in how they are included. Fixed.

    Reports - Overprinting of pictures on Family Group Sheets and Individual Reports has been fixed.

    Reports - Pedigree Chart - Location of Continuation page indicator. Fixed.

    Reports - Pedigree Chart - Problems with 6 Gen/Page and All Generations. Fixed.

    Reports - Sources for Marriages without Data. Fixed.

    Reports - Statistics Probable Error in Calculation of Average Lifespan by era. Fixed.

    Ribbon Bar - Add Spouse using Add Ribbon does not update Family View Display. Fixed.

    Sources - Conversion from Legacy 6.0 was changing Source Details to all Uppercase. Fixed.

    Sources - Conversion of a Legacy 6.0 family file to latest file format was changing Source Details to Uppercase. Fixed.

    Sources - Error 5 when trying to display source page.

    Sources - Fixed the Problem saving SourceWriter Sources.

    Statistics Report - Average lifespan was calculated incorrectly.

    User Interface - Cursor Position Opening a New Basic Source on the Clipboard. Fixed.

    User Interface - Some Message Boxes will not remember their last used size. Fixed.

    Web Pages - Creating a Pedigree Webpage omits "General Notes". Fixed.

    Web Pages - Notes were not showing as expected.

    17 May 2014 - Version 8.0.0.427 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Reports - Fixed a problem where the notes were not printing for the book reports.

    13 May 2014 - Version 8.0.0.425 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Ancestor Book Report - Fixed some problems when parents were mentioned in paragraphs.

    Ancestor Chart report - Fixed problem with Ancestor Colors.

    Ancestor Colors on Reports - User can now choose from group 1 or 2 and 4 or 8 generations.

    Basic Style Sources on Web Pages - For published sources the title is now italicized.

    Book Reports - Fixed a error 91 if source were not being included. Also showed up in Migration report.

    Book Reports - Setting for starting each generation on a new page was cleared each time. Fixed.

    Calendar Creator - Error when scrolling down picture list. Fixed.

    Cause of Death - Now always includes secondary cause of death on reports.

    Character Ribbon - Ampersand was showing as underscore in ribbon. Fixed.

    Check/Repair - Added some new checks for pictures.

    Chronology View - Fixed color for grandparents.

    Chronology View - Fixed spouse gender wording for birth/death.

    Chronology View - Missing subsequent entries if individual events were included. Fixed.

    Chronology View - Shared marriage events were showing the incorrect owner. Fixed.

    Custom Report Spacing - Spacing for Child section after subtitles was not being save or reset. Fixed.

    Dates - A weird three-month date was not giving an error message. Fixed.

    Dates - Fixed some "between" date formatting issues in French.

    Event Definition Screen - Resetting to default sentences would give error 3021. Fixed.

    Event Information - Name and Description can now have embedded print codes.

    Event Sentence Override - Fixed 'Add the event notes to the sentence' option.

    Event Sentences - Fixed a capitalization issue when the sentence was actually two or more sentences.

    Event Sentences - Fixed default event sentence to use -EventRole and -EventName so the fields would be lowercase.

    Event Sentences - Fixed some formatting when Description fields were blank.

    Family File Info Report - Now has room for longer numbers without overwriting.

    Family Group Record - Event lists for children were including extra event numbers if shared events were off. Fixed.

    Family Group Sheet - Children's names were not included in index. Fixed.

    Family Group Sheets - Fixed some event formatting if printing to a text or HTML file.

    Family Picture Report - Ancestors from previous reports showing in blank spots on subsequent reports. Fixed.

    Family View Color Scheme - Fixed setting of color for Childen box title.

    Family View display - A name with an ampersand was not displaying correctly in all locations. Fixed.

    FGR Report - Fixed incorrect event numbering if skipping shared events.

    FGR Report - Fixed several dead spouse of living person situations and dead child of living parents situations.

    FGR Report - Fixed some problems where [FirstHeShe] resulted in the wrong name.

    FGR Report - Missing line at bottom of children. Fixed.

    Geo Database - Error Merging Locations using GeoDB. Fixed.

    Individual Report - Fixed problem with page number resetting when doing a batch of reports.

    Individual Web Pages - Alt names for deceased children of living parents were being included in the index. Fixed.

    Individual Web Pages - Alt names were not separated by commas. Fixed.

    Individual Web Pages - Fixed suppression of deceased spouses of living individuals option.

    Legacy Charting - Fixed picture bug where some pictures were not being displayed in a charting.

    Legacy Charting - Fixed the "Export to file" feature.

    Marriage List - Header Populated with most recently saved Burial Address Entry on opening. Fixed.

    Marriage screen - Changing the marriage date was not updating the (ages) in the header title. Fixed.

    Master Location List - Expand/Contract Location Parts does not remove United States from Short Location Name. Fixed.

    Media Links - Fixed a couple problems with how pictures were stored. Do a Check/Repair to run the check/fix.

    Memorized name parts - Saving between sessions was not working correctly. Fixed.

    Note fields - Using the Clear button now also clears any existing text attributes (bold, ital, etc.)

    Notes - Added warning message if notes are edited and then Cancel or X is clicked.

    Origins Report - England was showing as United Kingdom. Fixed.

    PAF Import - Family sources now import as marriage sources.

    Pedigree Chart - Source citations for vitals for females were not showing. Fixed.

    Pedigree View - Adding a Father or Mother would always reset the start person to the Husband of the current marriage. Fixed.

    Pedigree View - Sibling List, Right Click menu options opens incorrect person.

    Pedigree Web Pages - FamilySearch IDs were being displayed in two different places. Fixed.

    Pedigree Web Pages - Fixed a problem showing details of a Deceased Child of Living Parents.

    Pedigree Web pages - French gender terms for christened/baptized were corrected.

    Pedigree Web Pages - Marriage event sentence override was not being used if filled in. Fixed.

    Photo Album - Photo Album wasn't honoring "Include only tagged pictures" setting. Fixed.

    Picture Center - Rename does not prefill the filename box. Fixed.

    Pictures - Edit Media was missing the Trim button. When Cropping the Trim button needed to be displayed.

    Pictures - Fixed some cases where the path was being stored with the filename.

    Potential Problems - Fixed and out-of-range event date problem alert that was invalid.

    Potential Problems - If setting to report problems for all UPPERCASE surnames conflicts with the Customize setting to convert all added surnames to UPPERCASE, a message is displayed. Also setting the Customize setting to UPPERCASE surnames turns off the all caps surnames potential problems setting.

    Potential Problems - LDS Tab, Set all and Clear all buttons were not showing translations.

    Potential Problems list - Now only show first three problems in the popup list with "click to see more..." if more than three.

    Privacy Settings - For both reports and exporting Private Notes were being reset to Checked. Fixed. The Retain settings options is now only valid during the current session.

    Quick Access Toolbar - Default FamilySearch icon now refreshes when turned On or Off.

    Relationships - Now recognize spouses of half-siblings.

    Renumber Rins - Cursor is now positioned so you can type the RIN number when the renumber screen is first displayed.

    Reports - When excluding shared events, the First Name was not be set correctly for next non-shared event sentence. Fixed.

    Settings - Two-digit year warning message couldn't be turned off. Fixed.

    Settings - User ID #s in Options > Customize > 12.4, Clearing All was not clearing marriage User ID #s. Fixed.

    Shared Event Sentences - There is now a field selection combo box available for shared event sentence overrides.

    Shared Events - Edit a Shared Event, edit the Shared Notes and click Save. When you edit them again they are gone. Fixed.

    Shared Events - Missing scroll bar for Sentence Preview. Fixed.

    Shared Events - Sharing Vital Event Bapt/Chr - Event name remains Christening on when it should be Baptism based on Options 3.10 setting. Fixed.

    Shared Events - The list of people who shared and event was not including people who had the exact same name as the event owner. Fixed.

    Source Clipboard - Fixed cursor positioning on entry.

    Source Clipboard - If there is more than one source on the clipboard - and Prompt for Detail is turned on - the user must add or edit the details on all the sources before clicking Save to save all the sources from the clipboard.

    Source Clipboard - Now always put cursor in first field even when Prompt for Detail is not set.

    Source Clipboard screen - Fixed problem of error 28 if there were no detail fields.

    Source Detail Screen - Fixed problem with tabbing down list of input fields when there is a scrollbar.

    Source entry in Table of Contents - Now included if printing end notes.

    Source Report - Fixed problem where master source text marked as not to be included in reports was being included.

    Source Report - List style was showing imbedded formatting codes. Fixed.

    Web Pages - Individual web page creation missing information on people if set to one family per page.

    13 May 2014 - Version 8.0.0.425 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Ancestor Book Report - Fixed some problems when parents were mentioned in paragraphs.

    Ancestor Chart report - Fixed problem with Ancestor Colors.

    Ancestor Colors on Reports - User can now choose from group 1 or 2 and 4 or 8 generations.

    Basic Style Sources on Web Pages - For published sources the title is now italicized.

    Book Reports - Fixed a error 91 if source were not being included. Also showed up in Migration report.

    Book Reports - Setting for starting each generation on a new page was cleared each time. Fixed.

    Calendar Creator - Error when scrolling down picture list. Fixed.

    Cause of Death - Now always includes secondary cause of death on reports.

    Character Ribbon - Ampersand was showing as underscore in ribbon. Fixed.

    Check/Repair - Added some new checks for pictures.

    Chronology View - Fixed color for grandparents.

    Chronology View - Fixed spouse gender wording for birth/death.

    Chronology View - Missing subsequent entries if individual events were included. Fixed.

    Chronology View - Shared marriage events were showing the incorrect owner. Fixed.

    Custom Report Spacing - Spacing for Child section after subtitles was not being save or reset. Fixed.

    Dates - A weird three-month date was not giving an error message. Fixed.

    Dates - Fixed some "between" date formatting issues in French.

    Event Definition Screen - Resetting to default sentences would give error 3021. Fixed.

    Event Information - Name and Description can now have embedded print codes.

    Event Sentence Override - Fixed 'Add the event notes to the sentence' option.

    Event Sentences - Fixed a capitalization issue when the sentence was actually two or more sentences.

    Event Sentences - Fixed default event sentence to use -EventRole and -EventName so the fields would be lowercase.

    Event Sentences - Fixed some formatting when Description fields were blank.

    Family File Info Report - Now has room for longer numbers without overwriting.

    Family Group Record - Event lists for children were including extra event numbers if shared events were off. Fixed.

    Family Group Sheet - Children's names were not included in index. Fixed.

    Family Group Sheets - Fixed some event formatting if printing to a text or HTML file.

    Family Picture Report - Ancestors from previous reports showing in blank spots on subsequent reports. Fixed.

    Family View Color Scheme - Fixed setting of color for Childen box title.

    Family View display - A name with an ampersand was not displaying correctly in all locations. Fixed.

    FGR Report - Fixed incorrect event numbering if skipping shared events.

    FGR Report - Fixed several dead spouse of living person situations and dead child of living parents situations.

    FGR Report - Fixed some problems where [FirstHeShe] resulted in the wrong name.

    FGR Report - Missing line at bottom of children. Fixed.

    Geo Database - Error Merging Locations using GeoDB. Fixed.

    Individual Report - Fixed problem with page number resetting when doing a batch of reports.

    Individual Web Pages - Alt names for deceased children of living parents were being included in the index. Fixed.

    Individual Web Pages - Alt names were not separated by commas. Fixed.

    Individual Web Pages - Fixed suppression of deceased spouses of living individuals option.

    Legacy Charting - Fixed picture bug where some pictures were not being displayed in a charting.

    Legacy Charting - Fixed the "Export to file" feature.

    Marriage List - Header Populated with most recently saved Burial Address Entry on opening. Fixed.

    Marriage screen - Changing the marriage date was not updating the (ages) in the header title. Fixed.

    Master Location List - Expand/Contract Location Parts does not remove United States from Short Location Name. Fixed.

    Media Links - Fixed a couple problems with how pictures were stored. Do a Check/Repair to run the check/fix.

    Memorized name parts - Saving between sessions was not working correctly. Fixed.

    Note fields - Using the Clear button now also clears any existing text attributes (bold, ital, etc.)

    Notes - Added warning message if notes are edited and then Cancel or X is clicked.

    Origins Report - England was showing as United Kingdom. Fixed.

    PAF Import - Family sources now import as marriage sources.

    Pedigree Chart - Source citations for vitals for females were not showing. Fixed.

    Pedigree View - Adding a Father or Mother would always reset the start person to the Husband of the current marriage. Fixed.

    Pedigree View - Sibling List, Right Click menu options opens incorrect person.

    Pedigree Web Pages - FamilySearch IDs were being displayed in two different places. Fixed.

    Pedigree Web Pages - Fixed a problem showing details of a Deceased Child of Living Parents.

    Pedigree Web pages - French gender terms for christened/baptized were corrected.

    Pedigree Web Pages - Marriage event sentence override was not being used if filled in. Fixed.

    Photo Album - Photo Album wasn't honoring "Include only tagged pictures" setting. Fixed.

    Picture Center - Rename does not prefill the filename box. Fixed.

    Pictures - Edit Media was missing the Trim button. When Cropping the Trim button needed to be displayed.

    Pictures - Fixed some cases where the path was being stored with the filename.

    Potential Problems - Fixed and out-of-range event date problem alert that was invalid.

    Potential Problems - If setting to report problems for all UPPERCASE surnames conflicts with the Customize setting to convert all added surnames to UPPERCASE, a message is displayed. Also setting the Customize setting to UPPERCASE surnames turns off the all caps surnames potential problems setting.

    Potential Problems - LDS Tab, Set all and Clear all buttons were not showing translations.

    Potential Problems list - Now only show first three problems in the popup list with "click to see more..." if more than three.

    Privacy Settings - For both reports and exporting Private Notes were being reset to Checked. Fixed. The Retain settings options is now only valid during the current session.

    Quick Access Toolbar - Default FamilySearch icon now refreshes when turned On or Off.

    Relationships - Now recognize spouses of half-siblings.

    Renumber Rins - Cursor is now positioned so you can type the RIN number when the renumber screen is first displayed.

    Reports - When excluding shared events, the First Name was not be set correctly for next non-shared event sentence. Fixed.

    Settings - Two-digit year warning message couldn't be turned off. Fixed.

    Settings - User ID #s in Options > Customize > 12.4, Clearing All was not clearing marriage User ID #s. Fixed.

    Shared Event Sentences - There is now a field selection combo box available for shared event sentence overrides.

    Shared Events - Edit a Shared Event, edit the Shared Notes and click Save. When you edit them again they are gone. Fixed.

    Shared Events - Missing scroll bar for Sentence Preview. Fixed.

    Shared Events - Sharing Vital Event Bapt/Chr - Event name remains Christening on when it should be Baptism based on Options 3.10 setting. Fixed.

    Shared Events - The list of people who shared and event was not including people who had the exact same name as the event owner. Fixed.

    Source Clipboard - Fixed cursor positioning on entry.

    Source Clipboard - If there is more than one source on the clipboard - and Prompt for Detail is turned on - the user must add or edit the details on all the sources before clicking Save to save all the sources from the clipboard.

    Source Clipboard - Now always put cursor in first field even when Prompt for Detail is not set.

    Source Clipboard screen - Fixed problem of error 28 if there were no detail fields.

    Source Detail Screen - Fixed problem with tabbing down list of input fields when there is a scrollbar.

    Source entry in Table of Contents - Now included if printing end notes.

    Source Report - Fixed problem where master source text marked as not to be included in reports was being included.

    Source Report - List style was showing imbedded formatting codes. Fixed.

    Web Pages - Individual web page creation missing information on people if set to one family per page.

    4 March 2014 - Version 8.0.0.414 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Miscellaneous - fixes.

    2 March 2014 - Version 8.0.0.412 - Build

    New Items

    FamilySearch - Added the feature to be able to skip the "Possible Duplicates" task for an individual.

    FamilySearch - Added the option to auto download descendants of an individual in FamilyTree. So now, you can download ancestors and descendants of an individual.

    Pedigree View - Added back the Spouse/Children and Siblings Lists. To turn on the two lists Right Click on Pedigree View background area and from the popup menu select "Show Spouse/Child and Siblings Lists"

    Media Gallery - Added "Scan a Picture" to the menu of the Add Media button.

    Media Gallery - From the Media Gallery there is a new button to add the current picture as the Windows Desktop Background.

    Changed Items

    Research Guidance - There is no longer a Research tab on the main views. Research Guidance is now requested by clicking the Research Guidance button on Tools > Other Tools or by clicking the Research button that can now be added to the My Toolbar tab. This generates guidance for the current person. (You can now select a current person on the Pedigree, Descendant, and Index Views. On the Family View, guidance is requested by right-clicking on the desired person and choosing Research Guidance from the submenu. (The Husband and Wife can still have a Research Guidance button on their toolbars.) This can also be done on the Pedigree, Descendant, and Index Views by right-clicking on a person and choosing Research Guidance.

    Fixed Items

    Backups - Focus Group and Source Clipboard files are now included in backups.

    Edit Individual - Fixed an error 13 that some users were getting related to their regional settings when they would cancel out of editing an individual.

    Events - For Marriage Events the setting for Add Event Notes to sentence would not stay set.

    FamilySearch - Fixed the issue with printing LDS FOR form when reserving ordinances.

    FGS Report - Children's vital notes were printing when the option was turned off. Fixed.

    FSID display - Some reports would turn on the display of FSIDs after report was run. Fixed.

    GEDCOM Export - Sources with no detail entry but with Entry Date or File ID information now have this info exported instead of begin skipped.

    GEDCOM Export - When doing tagged records, the FAMC tags were being duplicated. Fixed.

    Legacy Export - Export tagged people to a new Legacy family file. We fixed a problem with family connections that could be missing in some cases.

    Modified Date - Cancelling from Edit Events even with no changes would update an Individual's Modified Date.

    Pedigree Chart - FamilySearch IDs were being duplicated after the person's name. Fixed.

    Reports - Pedigree charts printed in landscape mode where there was not room for the spouse in the first box were shifted off. Fixed.

    Search - Deleting last individual in a Search List could cause a run-time error 402. Fixed.

    Search - Invalid return of Individuals who are in-laws. Fixed.

    Search - Search for a blank Family Search ID was not working.

    Search and Replace - Will not find Carriage Returns. Fixed.

    Shortcut Keys - Fixed CA to CF (child 10 thru 15).

    Sources - The Source Quality settings are now saved on the Source Clipboard between sessions.

    Toolbar - Quick Access Toolbar position is now remembered between sessions.

    Web Page Creation - Added back the small blue buttons to Edit the Custom HTML Header and Footer.

    4 February 2014 - Version 8.0.0.397 - Build

    New Items

    FamilySearch - Legacy now has full FamilySearch Certification!!!

    Fixed Items

    Miscellaneous - fixes.

    18 January 2014 - Version 8.0.0.385 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Check/Repair - Fixed a problem where the error.log file was not being displayed for some users.

    Miscellaneous - fixes.

    15 January 2014 - Version 8.0.0.381 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Colors - Resetting default colors would also resets customized screen fonts.

    Database Size - Improved the size of family files. The last build caused them to be larger than was needed.

    Event Entry Screen - Fixed a preview of notes problem.

    Help File - Help has been updated.

    Legacy Charting - Fix a problem some users had with ordering of Charts.

    Relationships - A couple of the translated languages had Relationships Missing for 4th Gr Grand Aunt/Uncle and above.

    Reports - Family Group Sheet - Cleaned up Events in List Style.

    Reports - Fixed a couple formatting issues with the Lineage Report where wives were missing a hyphen (-) between name and relationship.

    Reports - Now check to make sure font sizes are not set to a zero.

    Reports - The option to not include names with Shared Events was not working for main person's name.

    SourceWriter - Source Detail Entry - Cursor now defaults to the first field when opened.

    Web Pages - Individual Web Pages will now suppress details for deceased child of living.

    20 December 2013 - Version 8.0.0.367 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Backup - A prolbem where filenames that contained a period in the name would build a backup name that was truncated at the period.

    Database Conversion - Fixed the error 9 that some users were having when opening an file from Legacy 7.5.

    Data Entry - Clicking Source Icon while editing an event would blank out preview sentence.

    Geo Location Database - Fixed the title that was being displayed to correctly show County, Country, etc.

    Formatting - Several improvements to Location and Surname formatting.

    Name List - Notes and Sources Tab were missing a * to indicate contents.

    Quick Access Toolbar - Customize Quick Access Toolbar problems resolved.

    Quick Access Toolbar - Fixed an Error 9 Subscript out of Range when doing a Reset.

    17 December 2013 - Version 8.0.0.366 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Install - Fixed a problem that some users would get during the install with an error message during the install about a GLBxxx.tmp file.

    Geo Database - There were some users who are having problems with Legacy not finding the Geo Database even after they have downloaded and installed it. If you are one of those who had a problem please click this link and download and install the Geo Database again. You also need to download and install this Legacy update and then everything should work great.

    Miscellaneous - fixes.

    14 December 2013 - Version 8.0.0.364 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Miscellaneous - fixes.

    6 December 2013 - Version 8.0.0.358 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Miscellaneous - fixes.

    30 November 2013 - Version 8.0.0.356 - Build

    Fixed Items

    Potential Problems - Fixed a problem that could cause an error when editing.

    Miscellaneous - fixes.

    25 November 2013 - Version 8.0.0.353 - Build

    New Version 8.0 Released - The beginning of a new Legacy!


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