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"E" On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony, > > We discuss genealogy software a few times a year. Some people get a new > computer and get new software. Some people outgrow their software. > Sometimes, their software gets a new version that the person simply cannot > stand. So they post to the list. > > Now is a good time to discuss software because many of the companies will > have a sale for Christmas. > > I was pretty tired last night and just hunted up the link from a previous > post. > > Having your tree on Ancestry is great because it can be accessed > anywhere. I made a fake tree on Ancestry just to play around with it. And > to see what it would do when I entered Fred Flintstone and Wilma > Slaghoople, two fictional characters. > > I'd strongly suggest you have a program on your computer that can do way > more for you than Ancestry can. Ancestry is very, very limited. The stand > alone genealogy programs can do much more for you. You can store your back > up on a flash/thumb/USB drive, up in the cloud (Dropbox, Carbonite, > whatever), and you can create a Gedcom and upload it to Ancestry as well. > > If you are a PC, play around with 3 of the big 4 (Legacy, RootsMagic, and > The Master Genealogist; Family Tree Maker doesn't have a trial version to > play with) and see if you like them. Go to your local Family History > Center or genealogy society and find someone with Family Tree Maker. It's > published by Ancestry and will link and upload directly to Ancestry (or so > I understand). > > If you like Legacy, RootsMagic, or The Master Genealogist, subscribe to > their newsletters. They will announce their holiday sales. > > 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.
