I switched from FTM about 4 years ago. Yes, there was A LOT of cleanup but
it was a GOOD thing! It forced me to look at everything again and I found a
lot of errors. Also, the county verifier and the potential problems feature
of Legacy found a ton more errors that FTM never caught. I was able to
standarize my events, locations, surnames, you name it.
The 2nd cleanup mode began when I started going from the Basic source
generator to the Sourcewriter. Again, it made me go back over everything
and I was able to make everything uniform and consistent. I am almost
finished with converting all my sources over. All I have left is the 1870
and the 1880 census and I am halfway through the 1880 now.
I am VERY happy with Legacy.
michele
----- Original Message -----
From: "William H. Boswell" <whbosw...@gmail.com>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Most have switched?
I really do like it. It has many more features than the others I've tried.
I would have stayed with FTM, but they changed hands too many times and
the
direction the company is going in now just isn't acceptable to me.
I just dread another year of cleanup which is what happened to me last
year
with FTM2009. You get it in and can't get it back out without a lot of
cleanup. TMG and Legacy are the only genealogy programs I know that will
allow you to do a report for everyone in your file. FTM will not and I
think it's intentional. We should have the control over our data not the
software.
Bill Boswell
-----Original Message-----
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Teresa Keough
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:27 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Most have switched?
I think you will like Legacy. It is quite customizable and intuitive. I
have found the tutorials and the Legacy book really helpful (I use the
computer version). What was so bad about RM4 if I may ask.
-----Original Message-----
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Laurie Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, 21 October, 2009 2:59 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Most have switched?
I've just switched from RootsMagic 3. Has anyone on the list done this? If
so, how much cleanup did it take? One of my concerns is that I lost 23 of
300 notes in the GEDCOM from RM3. I haven't tried to figure out yet which
ones I lost, since it looks like a daunting task.
I'm still not sure if I want to use Legacy, even though I love it so far.
I
might decide to stay with RM3 since I've been using RootsMagic (and its
predecessor Family Origins) for about 10 years. I hate RM4 and GEDCOMMED
back to RM3, even though it meant some cleanup. If I decide to switch to
Legacy permanently, I'll definitely buy the deluxe version.
TIA for any help.
Laurie Nelson
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From: "William H. Boswell" <whbosw...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:08 AM
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Most have switched?
Suzanne:
I had the same problem with TMG v7. I did a direct import into TMG v7
from
FTM2009 because it reads the file directly. When exported to a GEDCOM
and
imported into Legacy all the images transferred over, but there were
zillions of duplicates and the locations list was a mess. I ended up
just
doing an export from FTM to GEDCOM and, while the cleanup is still major,
it
isn't quite as bad. A lot of my data from TMG was corrupt probably since
it
was reading from FTM. FTM had my most current data.
Bill Boswell
-----Original Message-----
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Suzanne Scheraga
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 7:51 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Most have switched?
I've recently switched to Legacy from TMG and have had a really hard time
with clean up. I'm not all that experienced with either program so I may
be
having a harder time than you would. One of the interesting things I
learned
from this group is how Access can be used to modify the Legacy database.
My
advice is to work really hard at mapping your fields and learning if it
is
possible to use external tools like Access to correct anticipated
problems.
Since I have been working so hard on cleanup (and I have a very small
project compared to yours), I wish I understood more about both software
programs before the transfer. I'm sure I would have saved myself a lot of
work.
Suzanne
Reddick, Florida
--- On Mon, 10/19/09, * <vkgm1...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: * <vkgm1...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Most have switched?
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 2:30 PM
Bob, I am struggling with leaving TMG 7.04 now, mainly because of the
tired,
FoxPro-based interface.
In the last few days, I have looked at GRAMPS, RootsMagic, Legacy, and
FTM
2010, but Legacy is in the forefront for my new application.
The problem for me is that I have 8,500+ individuals, many of which have
WITNESS tags, which I understand do not import well.
~ Kat
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