I would like a "like" button I could hit!!!!! On 2 September 2016 at 10:17, Graham Lambert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Once again we may need to say, "You can't please all the people all the > time". I for one don't mind the side issues involved with our family > history programs and the operating systems we use to run them. Life is a > big learning curve. > > Graham > > On 02/09/2016 11:12 AM, Mary Young wrote: > > Are we getting a bit off topic here?? > > On 2 Sep 2016 01:43, "Charles Personal" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I use the freeware program “Classic Shell” to make Win10 look and feel >> like Win 7. It works very well to hide many of Win 10 problems. >> For e-mail I use Microsoft Live Mail, a free download from Micorsoft and >> not the e-mail that come with Win 10. I use Chrome, Firefox and Internet >> Explorer and not “Edge’ that came with Win 10. Win 8 and 10 are the best >> things that ever happened for Apple. >> >> Carol & Charlie >> [email protected] >> >> *From:* Bill Hoff <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 1, 2016 4:46 PM >> *To:* 'Legacy User Group' <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] [Legacy] FTM file to Legacy -can SKS act >> asintermediary, please >> >> >> Denise >> >> Thanks for the FTM update. I’m not that great with software and file >> conversions, backups and switching use between computers. I would like to >> do some research while on an extended trip beginning next week but not >> exactly sure how to go about that. I do have Legacy installed on a Windows >> 10 computer I will be taking with me but I normally work with a Windows 7 >> computer and prefer Windows XP. I don’t like Windows 10 at all but then >> I’ve told my kids no more devices as gifts please. Not up to it all any >> longer. >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Denise Moss-Fritch >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 01, 2016 3:07 PM >> *To:* 'Legacy User Group' >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] FTM file to Legacy -can SKS act as >> intermediary, please >> >> >> >> Bill, >> >> >> >> No, Ancestry sold FTM (programming code, brand name, etc) to Software >> MacKiev in January of this year. They also provide support and offer >> upgrade from older versions of FTM to their new version of that software. >> Software MacKiev is supposedly ‘partnering’ with Ancestry to rework the >> Sync system between FTM and Ancestry’s online trees. That company is also >> reworking the FTM 2014 code (there has already been a version 2014.1 >> release) to fix many of the memory usage problems with Ancestry’s FTM code, >> and are supposedly planning a new updated version of FTM. Software MacKiev >> is the developer of the Mac version of FTM. >> >> >> >> The FTM interface has a lot of positive features – for example the >> Sources tab that offers direct access to both sources and citations – along >> with many negatives (for example, no way to locally change an even sentence >> for one individual, only global changes to all uses of an event). >> >> >> >> I’ve spent a number of years with TMG (1995-2002), followed by Genbox >> (2002-2013), before using FTM and now looking at transferring totally to >> Legacy. There are many ‘hidden’ differences between FTM and Legacy, for >> example the way each creates, displays, uses, and transfers via GEDCOM >> married names. Even though Genbox was ‘discontinued’ (although still >> available) the end of 2007, I still rate that genealogy software as >> ‘excellent’, well beyond TMG. >> >> >> >> Denise >> >> >> >> *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected] >> <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Bill Hoff >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 1, 2016 7:31 AM >> *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] FTM file to Legacy -can SKS act as >> intermediary, please >> >> >> >> I thought FTM no longer selling a >> >> product so maybe no necessary support for the software and Win 10. I had >> serious issues with a FTM update which was never resolved and I switched to >> Legacy about 2 or 3 years ago. Left FTM files on my Win 7 PC just for >> reference but have not done so for months, a lot of them. >> >> Bill >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Aug 31, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Jenny Goldsworthy < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hope the problem is sorted but I find it strange that FTM won't work >> >> on or with Windows 10. >> >> My old FTM program from the days of Windows 95 and 98 still works >> >> as went into it other day to check on some data and exported a file to >> Legacy. >> >> Since I bought it years ago I have gone through numerous computers, >> >> XP, Windows 7 and now 10. >> >> Just curious has any-one else experienced this. >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 31 August 2016 5:06 AM, Judy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Jenny~ >> I still have my FTM installed on a Win7 machine and would be happy to >> receive your sister's file and return it as a GED or import it into >> Legacy and return it t her. >> >> Judy Conklin >> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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