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Free Legacy Family Tree update now available (version 8.0.0.459)

Free Legacy Family Tree update now available (version 8.0.0.459)

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:

  • 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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If you are a Standard Edition Legacy user, you will need to visit our website. Go to http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/DownloadUpdate.asp and follow the instructions.

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