We have another great new update for our Legacy Family Tree 8 users (free) for you to download. We've added 250 brand new Research Guidance suggestions. Maybe there's a new source or two for one of your ancestors! We also fixed some minor issues you have reported to us.
See the download instructions below for step-by-step instructions on installing this update.
What's New
Legacy's exclusive, built-in Research Guidance, takes a look at what you already know about an ancestor, then gives you a prioritized list of research links and suggestions – all based on your ancestor's time period and location. Beginners love the guidance; experienced researchers love the checklist as a way to not overlook potential sources. Here's the list of new Research Guidance sources added in this update:
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Wragge Labs (repository)
Australian WWI Records Finder
AIF Project (repository)
Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918
Discovering Anzacs (Boer Wars and World War I)
Queensland Births, 1829-1914
Queensland Deaths, 1829-1984
Queensland Marriages, 1829-1939
Chronological Register of Convicts, 1824-1839 (Queensland)
St. Helena Prisoners, 1863-1936 (Queensland)
Toowoomba Prisoners Indexes 1864-1906 (Queensland)
Criminal depositions 1861-1885 (Queensland)
Divorces 1861-1894 (Queensland)
Equity files 1857-1895 (Queensland)
Inquests 1859-1897 (Queensland)
Instruments of renunciation 1915-1983 (Queensland)
Justices of the Peace 1857-1922 (Queensland)
Naturalisations 1851-1904 (Queensland)
Trustees files 1889-1929 (Queensland)
Wills 1857-1940 (Queensland)
Brisbane Hospital admission registers 1872-1887
Brisbane Hospital registers of deaths 1899-1913
Brisbane Hospital registers of deaths 1933-1952
Consumptive patients 1897-1902 (Queensland)
Mackay Hospital admissions 1891-1908 (Queensland)
Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1875-1884 (Queensland)
Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1884-1907 (Queensland)
Assisted Immigration 1848-1912 (Queensland)
Card index to nominated immigrants 1908-1922 (Queensland)
Immigration 1922-1940 (Queensland)
Land orders 1861-1874 (Queensland)
Oronsay immigration 1925-1972 (Queensland)
Passage Certificates 1887-1906 (Queensland)
Passport Register 1926-1939 (Queensland)
Register of immigrants 1864-1878 (Queensland)
Register of immigrants 1882-1938 (Queensland)
Registers of immigrants, Brisbane 1885-1917 (Queensland)
Colonial Secretary's Correspondence relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People 1859-1903 (Queensland)
Correspondence relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 1894-1915 – Deebing Creek (Queensland)
Aboriginal War Census returns 1915 – 1916 (Queensland)
Toowoomba Girls Reformatory Admissions 1881-1903 (Queensland)
Toowoomba Girls Reformatory Discharges 1882-1903 (Queensland)
Westbrook Reformatory Admission Registers 1871-1906 Queensland)
Australian South Sea Islanders 1867-1908 (Queensland)
Boer War (Queensland units)
Australian Cemeteries Index
Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957
Alabama, Estate Files, 1830-1976
Alabama Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872
Alabama, Jefferson County Circuit Court Papers, 1870-1916
Alabama, Sumter County Circuit Court Files, 1840-1950
Arizona, Douglas, Arrival Manifests, 1906-1955
Arizona, Maricopa County Probate Records, 1870-1930
Arizona, Maricopa, Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1885-1960
Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929
Arkansas Deaths and Burials, 1882-1929; 1945-1963
Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939
Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945
Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979
Arkansas, Ex-Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1939
Arkansas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1864-1872
Arkansas, Sebastian County Births, 1877-1963
Arkansas, Sebastian County Deaths, 1877-1963
Arkansas, Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Records, 1867-2013 [Pulaski County)
California Births and Christenings, 1812-1988
California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960
California, Collections of the California Genealogical Society, 1700-1942
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
California Great Registers [voting registers], 1866-1910
California Los Angeles Passenger Lists, 1907-1948
California Marriages, 1850-1945
California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866-1992
California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989
California, Oakland, Alameda County, Obituary Card Files, 1985-2011
California Probate Estate Files,1833-1991
California, San Diego Naturalization Index, 1868-1958
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979
California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997
California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953
California, San Francisco Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving, 1954-1957
California, San Francisco, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records, 1910-1941
California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918
California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991
California, San Mateo County Records, 1851-1991
California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011
California, San Pedro, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records, 1930-1936
California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-197
Colorado Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-1939
Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006
Colorado, County Marriages, 1864-1995
Colorado Denver County Probate Case Files, 1900-1925
Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934
Connecticut Divorce Index, 1968-1997
Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997
Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896
Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955
Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919
Delaware Orphan Court Records, 1680-1978
Delaware Vital Records, 1680-1971
Delaware, County Naturalization Records, 1796-1958
Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records (Births), 1847-1954
Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records (Marriages), 1847-1954
Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records (Deaths), 1847-1954
District of Columbia Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964
District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1959
District of Columbia, Births and Christenings, 1830-1955
District of Columbia, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1863-1872
District of Columbia, Glenwood Cemetery Records, 1854-2013
District of Columbia, Marriages, 1830-1921
Florida Births and Christenings, 1880-1935
Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1955
Florida Deaths and Burials, 1900-1921
Florida Deaths, 1877-1939
Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001
Florida, Key West Passenger Lists, 1898-1945
Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875
Florida Marriage Index, 1927-2001
Florida Marriages, 1830-1993
Florida Marriages, 1837-1974
Florida Probate Records, 1784-1990
Florida, Tampa, Passenger Lists, 1898-1945
Georgia, Andersonville Prison Records, 1862-1865
Georgia Births and Christenings, 1754-1960
Georgia Confederate Home Records, 1901-1930
Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998
Georgia, Elbert County Records, 1790-2002
Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1933
Georgia, Hall County Marriages, 1950-2005
Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909
Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967
Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990
Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1897-1942
Hawaii Births and Christenings, 1852-1933
Hawaii Deaths and Burials, 1862-1919
Hawaii, Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, 1900-1952
Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953
Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1922
Idaho Births and Christenings, 1856-1965
Idaho, Bonneville County Records, 1867-2012
Idaho, Butte County Records, 1882-1970
Idaho, Cassia County Records, 1879-1989
Idaho, Clark County Records, 1884-1998
Idaho, County Birth Records, 1883-1929
Idaho, County Death Records, 1883-1929
Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950
Idaho, County Naturalizations, 1861-1974
Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965
Idaho Divorce Index, 1947-1961
Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956
Idaho, Elmore County Records, 1889-1972
Idaho, Gooding County Records, 1879-1962
Idaho, Lemhi County
Records, 1868-1964
Idaho, Lincoln County Records, 1886-1972
Idaho Marriage Index, 1947-1961
Idaho Marriages, 1878-1898
Idaho Marriages, 1903-1942
Idaho, Minidoka County Records, 1913-1961
Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007
Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013
Idaho, Teton County Records, 1900-1988
Idaho, Twin Falls County Records, 1906-1988
Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940
Illinois Cemetery Transcriptions, 1853-2009
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935
Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1988
Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1959-1995
Illinois, Cook County, Maywood, Maywood Herald Obituary Card Index, 1885-2002
Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934
Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1962
Illinois, DeKalb County Land Records, 1838-1927
Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956
Illinois, Lee County Records, 1830-1954
Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Public Library Collections, 1879-2007
Illinois, Non-Population Census Schedules, 1850-1880
Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979
Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950
Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991
Illinois, Tazewell County, Obituary Card Index from the "Pekin Times", 1914-2007
Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933
Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920
Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992
Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959
Indiana Naturalization Records and Indexes, 1848-1992
Indiana Ripley County, Osgood, Greendale Cemetery Records, 1861-2007
Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950
Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935
Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990
Iowa, Fayette County Probate Records, 1851-1928
Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992
Iowa Non-Population Census Schedules, 1850-1880
Iowa, Polk County Probate Records, 1914-1924
Iowa, Poweshiek County Land Records, 1855-1934
Iowa, Poweshiek County Probate Records, 1850-1954
Kansas Births and Christenings, 1818-1936
Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911
Kansas Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930
Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935
Alabama Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Arizona Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Florida Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Maryland Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Mississippi Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Missouri Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Tennessee Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Texas Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Virginia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
Alabama Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Dakota Territory, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Delaware Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Florida Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Georgia Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Maryland Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Mississippi Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Missouri Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Nebraska Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Nevada Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
New Mexico Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
New York Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
North Carolina Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Oregon Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Tennessee Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Texas Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Utah Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Virginia Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
West Virginia Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960
Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950
Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961
Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970
Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979
Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990
Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954
Learn more about Legacy's Research Guidance in this webinar (free): Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists by Geoff Rasmussen.
What's Been Fixed
View the December 5 release notes here.
How to Update
For our Deluxe Edition users, all you have to do is connect to the Internet, start Legacy 8, and click on the "Install and Download Now" link on the Legacy Home tab. (If you're reading this from within the Legacy Home tab inside of Legacy 8, you'll first need to click on the Home button in the top left of the Legacy Home tab which looks like the following picture:
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