Cheri: I was thinking he could use the familysearch.org then register to use "family tree" right on that website. Now you can download pictures and they keep on improving it; it's free and any one in the world can connect with his line.
Maybe I'm missing something here but I stopped using legacy and PAF. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 4, 2013, at 4:54 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Freddy G, > > I'm not sure what you mean by GeneWeb. Is your genealogy in the cloud? > There should be a command of File >Export and you can create a Gedcom that > way. > > Ancestral Quest was supposed to be the next program after PAF. > > Everyone will tell you that their program is the best, of course! The 4 most > popular genealogy software programs on the market (for a PC) are Family Tree > Maker (FTM) by Ancestry.com (no free trial), Legacy Family Tree (their > standard edition is free), RootsMagic (their Essentials is free), and The > Master Genealogist (TMG) which is free for a 30 day trial period. > > Download Legacy, RM, and TMG and play with them all. Make up some people > (George Washington, Bugs Bunny), have Daisy Duck married to Donald and a > child by Bugs Bunny and see how the software handles it. Have people with > the same name (3 or 4 George Washingtons - one born 1722, another born 1799, > another born 1850, and the last one born 1900 and see how to distinguish > between them all). > > Legacy has a fairly intuitive interface and is pretty powerful. RM has the > smallest learning curve and has a portability option (RootsMagic to Go) with > their paid version. TMG has the largest learning curve, is the most > powerful, is completely customizable and has really good filters for handing > people of the same name. > > When I give my Genealogy Software Review speech, I tell those who are nervous > computer users to try RM first (Essentials) and see how they like it. I tell > people who don't want to spend too much time learning a program but want it > to do more to try Legacy. I tell people who are annoyed that their program > won't do this or that and who are comfortable with the computer to try out > TMG. Because FTM doesn't have a free trial it's hard to say what to do with > that program. If you go to your local genealogy society, someone probably > has it and can show you what it looks like and what is does. > > I belong to a Users Group for my genealogy software program. People come to > our meetings who are checking out the other programs because they don't like > the one that they are currently using. See if there are any User Groups in > your area. RM, Legacy, and TMG has a User Groups tab on their respective web > sites. > > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, > Achada > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
