* A Little Help Please with Legacy

[Wee Ann]

Yesterday I decided to give F.H. a try! I sat and entered most of the members of my family, and I still have to start on my husbands lot. I have all this already on my computer on 'Legacy'. Is there some way I could transfer the whole lot on to F.H. without sitting there and typing it all in? Considering that I have entered so much already of what is there?
Thanks in anticipation
Wee Ann

[jimlad68]

This might help: how_to:import_from_legacy|> Import from Legacy (How To)

but try this page too how_to:index#importing_to_family_historian|> Importing to Family Historian

I have never used Legacy, so others might be able to offer other suggestions.

[Wee Ann]

Thanks for that Jimlad! I'll give them a try.
Ann

[Wee Ann]

I had a quick look at the suggested sites, and they are just so much gobbledygook to me!
Maybe I should just get my two typing fingers into gear, and go from there.
Thanks anyway for trying to help! It shouldn't take me too long ... maybe a week or two???
thanks again
Ann

[Valkrider]

Ann

It really isn't too difficult. It is worth giving it a try with just a vanilla export from Legacy and an import to Family Historian. Then just a quick data tidy up and it will save you a lot of work. Do this into a new project so you don't mess up the inputting that you have already done.

[tatewise]

Ann, welcome to the FHUG, I have moved this posting to the Importing and Exporting Forum where you are more likely to get advice from Legacy users.

However, whichever route you decide to take I would strongly advise you spend some time getting familiar with Family Historian and also its free associated program Ancestral Sources that may reduce the amount of typing.
Too often, users say they wished they had known that FH or AS could do this or that before they entered all their data.

So have a look at how_to:key_features_for_newcomers|> Key Features for Newcomers and work through all the advisory articles, which may lead on to further advice that interests you.

If anything is not clear then please ask, but do Post a new topic for each new subject.