[AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program
I have Legacy, I love it but having and not happy with it at the same time. The problem i have problems loosing data, every once in a while when entering a new family. I get and error and can't get rid of it until i do a file repair i back up my file and check if the last person i added is there, as days go by i'm looking for other data i have put in and it is all missing, looking for something better than Legacy that can handle my big File any suggestion, I tried TMG takes to long to upload my file and to search, Family tree maker is the same. Thanks George -- www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program
How many people are in your file? Cheri -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program
How large is your data file? Legacy has a limit of 2 GB for the family file (extension is fdb.) Here is a link to some suggestions for dealing with data losses and some other ideas about why they occur--http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00944/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Data-Loss-How-can-I-stop-prevent-it.html. Also, their support is normally pretty responsive so if you can give them a clear picture of the problem and of what version of Legacy and what version of Windows, they should be able to help you. Here is the link for reporting problems: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Problems.asp Diane George From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of George Pacheco Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 3:03 PM To: Azores-Gen Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program I have Legacy, I love it but having and not happy with it at the same time. The problem i have problems loosing data, every once in a while when entering a new family. I get and error and can't get rid of it until i do a file repair i back up my file and check if the last person i added is there, as days go by i'm looking for other data i have put in and it is all missing, looking for something better than Legacy that can handle my big File any suggestion, I tried TMG takes to long to upload my file and to search, Family tree maker is the same. Thanks George -- www.georgepacheco.com http://www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program
I have 158342 On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Diane George digeorg...@hotmail.com wrote: How large is your data file? Legacy has a limit of 2 GB for the family file (extension is fdb.) Here is a link to some suggestions for dealing with data losses and some other ideas about why they occur-- http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00944/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Data-Loss-How-can-I-stop-prevent-it.html . Also, their support is normally pretty responsive so if you can give them a clear picture of the problem and of what version of Legacy and what version of Windows, they should be able to help you. Here is the link for reporting problems: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Problems.asp Diane George *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *George Pacheco *Sent:* Sunday, September 07, 2014 3:03 PM *To:* Azores-Gen *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program I have Legacy, I love it but having and not happy with it at the same time. The problem i have problems loosing data, every once in a while when entering a new family. I get and error and can't get rid of it until i do a file repair i back up my file and check if the last person i added is there, as days go by i'm looking for other data i have put in and it is all missing, looking for something better than Legacy that can handle my big File any suggestion, I tried TMG takes to long to upload my file and to search, Family tree maker is the same. Thanks George -- www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program
You need to find out the file size by going to the folder where Legacy stores the Data; the folder name is usually “Data” and it is in the “LegacyFamilyTree” folder. If you used the default locations, the files are in the Documents folder in Windows. If you do exceed the limit, you may have to split your database into smaller “branches.” The file ends with the extension “.fdb.” That is what determines whether you have exceeded the file size limit. If you start looking at other programs, be sure to find out what the file size limitations are or you will run into similar problems. Diane George From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of George Pacheco Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 5:13 PM To: Azores-Gen Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program I have 158342 On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Diane George digeorg...@hotmail.com mailto:digeorg...@hotmail.com wrote: How large is your data file? Legacy has a limit of 2 GB for the family file (extension is fdb.) Here is a link to some suggestions for dealing with data losses and some other ideas about why they occur--http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00944/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Data-Loss-How-can-I-stop-prevent-it.html. Also, their support is normally pretty responsive so if you can give them a clear picture of the problem and of what version of Legacy and what version of Windows, they should be able to help you. Here is the link for reporting problems: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Problems.asp Diane George From: azores@googlegroups.com mailto:azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com mailto:azores@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of George Pacheco Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 3:03 PM To: Azores-Gen Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program I have Legacy, I love it but having and not happy with it at the same time. The problem i have problems loosing data, every once in a while when entering a new family. I get and error and can't get rid of it until i do a file repair i back up my file and check if the last person i added is there, as days go by i'm looking for other data i have put in and it is all missing, looking for something better than Legacy that can handle my big File any suggestion, I tried TMG takes to long to upload my file and to search, Family tree maker is the same. Thanks George -- www.georgepacheco.com http://www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- www.georgepacheco.com http://www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com
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Thank you everyone! On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Diane George digeorg...@hotmail.com wrote: You need to find out the file size by going to the folder where Legacy stores the Data; the folder name is usually “Data” and it is in the “LegacyFamilyTree” folder. If you used the default locations, the files are in the Documents folder in Windows. If you do exceed the limit, you may have to split your database into smaller “branches.” The file ends with the extension “.fdb.” That is what determines whether you have exceeded the file size limit. If you start looking at other programs, be sure to find out what the file size limitations are or you will run into similar problems. Diane George *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *George Pacheco *Sent:* Sunday, September 07, 2014 5:13 PM *To:* Azores-Gen *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program I have 158342 On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Diane George digeorg...@hotmail.com wrote: How large is your data file? Legacy has a limit of 2 GB for the family file (extension is fdb.) Here is a link to some suggestions for dealing with data losses and some other ideas about why they occur-- http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00944/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Data-Loss-How-can-I-stop-prevent-it.html . Also, their support is normally pretty responsive so if you can give them a clear picture of the problem and of what version of Legacy and what version of Windows, they should be able to help you. Here is the link for reporting problems: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Problems.asp Diane George *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *George Pacheco *Sent:* Sunday, September 07, 2014 3:03 PM *To:* Azores-Gen *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program I have Legacy, I love it but having and not happy with it at the same time. The problem i have problems loosing data, every once in a while when entering a new family. I get and error and can't get rid of it until i do a file repair i back up my file and check if the last person i added is there, as days go by i'm looking for other data i have put in and it is all missing, looking for something better than Legacy that can handle my big File any suggestion, I tried TMG takes to long to upload my file and to search, Family tree maker is the same. Thanks George -- www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- www.georgepacheco.com -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program
This is from the genealogy software Ancestral Quest in answer to file limits. The following is from the FAQ page. I really like this program. How many individuals can I enter with AQ? The limit on individuals is not a hard limit. You can enter roughly 1 million individuals. Less if you enter a lot of documentation with each, and more if you have less documentation. On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:12 PM, George Pacheco bretanha1...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you everyone! On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Diane George digeorg...@hotmail.com wrote: You need to find out the file size by going to the folder where Legacy stores the Data; the folder name is usually “Data” and it is in the “LegacyFamilyTree” folder. If you used the default locations, the files are in the Documents folder in Windows. If you do exceed the limit, you may have to split your database into smaller “branches.” The file ends with the extension “.fdb.” That is what determines whether you have exceeded the file size limit. If you start looking at other programs, be sure to find out what the file size limitations are or you will run into similar problems. Diane George From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of George Pacheco Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 5:13 PM To: Azores-Gen Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program I have 158342 On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Diane George digeorg...@hotmail.com wrote: How large is your data file? Legacy has a limit of 2 GB for the family file (extension is fdb.) Here is a link to some suggestions for dealing with data losses and some other ideas about why they occur--http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00944/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Data-Loss-How-can-I-stop-prevent-it.html. Also, their support is normally pretty responsive so if you can give them a clear picture of the problem and of what version of Legacy and what version of Windows, they should be able to help you. Here is the link for reporting problems: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Problems.asp Diane George From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of George Pacheco Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 3:03 PM To: Azores-Gen Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program I have Legacy, I love it but having and not happy with it at the same time. The problem i have problems loosing data, every once in a while when entering a new family. I get and error and can't get rid of it until i do a file repair i back up my file and check if the last person i added is there, as days go by i'm looking for other data i have put in and it is all missing, looking for something better than Legacy that can handle my big File any suggestion, I tried TMG takes to long to upload my file and to search, Family tree maker is the same. Thanks George -- www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- www.georgepacheco.com -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program
Ok I'll let George know. -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Program
George, I checked with a friend about TMG. It was 300,000 people a couple of years ago. Cheri -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program
Has anyone besides Ricardo tried this free genealogy program? If so, please share your thoughts on it’s pros and cons. Thanks, Sam in Maz Sent from Windows Mail From: Ricardo Chaves Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:16 PM To: Azores Group Something light, simple and free, worth giving a try! http://www.ahnenblatt.com/ Cheers 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program
Hi, I've used TMG and just upgraded it from a 4 to a 8. I downloaded it. It is confusing, and I have had to call a few times for help, but they are very nice and they explain to you where you need help. I wish I had a book that I could look at and take my time reading . That would be a lot easier for me. I don't know how to use 80 % of the program. I wonder if they sell just the book. I guess I'll have to call . Pat Mello Sylvia snowing in Dartmouth Ma. 16 degrees - Original Message - From: Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com To: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:39:55 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program Geez, Rick, thanks for blowing my cover! LOL TMG has the Silver Edition for $34 (download only) or $40 (CD Rom and electronic Users Guide). The Gold Edition is $60 (download only) or $70 (CD-ROM electronic Users Guide). There is a chart that explains the difference: http://goo.gl/IAjTsk The current version is 8.0. To go from 7.0 to 8.0, I paid $30. And when they come up with version 9.0, it will be something along those lines. And it will take them 2 or 3 years to come out with 9.0 I started with TMG 2.5 in the mid-90s. Here it is, almost 20 years later and TMG is up to version 8.0. That's 6 version changes in 20 years, which averages out to you shelling out more money every 3.3 years. I like the filtering. If I'm trying to figure out my Ponta Garca people, so I can run the filter for everyone born in Ponta Garca. Or married in Ponta Garca. Or, or, or. OR, it can be and, and, and. This does take some time to learn. I also like customizing my Pick List. This is the index of people. Mine is set up to show the names, date of birth, date of death, father's name, mother's name, and spouse's name. So, if I'm looking at my 25 Manuel Silvas, I can really see which one I want to work on. There are other fields I can put in too (or take out). I pretty much like it how it comes out to the box. The main screen shows my subject person and all their details/events that happened in their life. So if it was displaying my immigrant ancestor, I would see the birth, immigration, censuses, WW1 Draft, dispensation (I had to make a tag or event for that), marriage(s), children, occupation, death, burial. All of that, right there, in my face. Not hidden behind an icon. I like that. To the right of that screen, I have 3 boxes: His children, his siblings, and his associates. Some people have their Flags open. I toggle that one off and on. I also have a couple of other layouts. I have one for the projector at my genealogy society. That's no big deal, really. I also have one called Project Explorer where I have my Details window open and my Pick List open. This is for me to clean my database. Well, split it. Should have split my dad's Portuguese lines from his American lines years ago before merging it with my mom's. My mom has no Portuguese ancestry and is not related to him that way. Yeah, DNA proved that they are 6th cousins, but it's on my dad's one an only German line way back in the 1740s. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
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What about software for Macs. I use Reunion but don't really like it that much. It seems clunky to me and looks dated. I also bought FTM and MacTree but haven't made the switch to one of these yet. I'm leaning towards MacTree because navigation seems more intuitive. Any opinions from Mac users? MaryAnn Santos On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: GGervais, You'll get people telling you that the best program is the one they are using. That's not going to help you. If you want certain things in a program and can tell us, that may steer you towards one program or the other. The 4 most popular in the PC market are: Family Tree Maker (FTM), Legacy, RootsMagic, and The Master Genealogist. You already know about FTM. Legacy has their Standard Edition (free) and their Deluxe (pay). So download Legacy and play around with it: www.legacyfamilytree.com The Deluxe has about 100 extra bells and whistles. RootsMagic also has a free editions. They call it their Essentials. Download that and play around with it too: www.rootsmagic.com/essentials I don't know how many extra bells and whistles their paid version has. The Master Genealogist (TMG) allows you to explore their full program for 30 days free (and then it locks you out). www.whollygenes.com Download that and play around with it (but make sure you have close to a month to peruse it. Trying to figure that program out 2 days before it expires is like doing a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle in 1 hour). I go over all 4 programs in a lecture in Salt Lake. Your local genealogy society may have speakers. Request that they find a speaker that can lecture on genealogy software. General overview of the 3 you haven't tried: RootsMagic probably has the smallest learning curve. However, I've read that some people find that they outgrow that program rather easily. However, there's a RM User Group at one of my local genealogy societies, and there are a couple of engineers in there. So it's whatever makes you happy. Legacy has a pleasing user interface and a smaller learning curve. It can be a fairly powerful program, too. It's Source Writer is absolutely fantastic. No other program has a source feature like that. I'd have to look up the cons for Legacy. TMG is the most powerful program out there. They have a bit of a learning curve, but they have tried to do things to make it easier (they have a beginner's mode vs. an advanced mode). Their filtering feature is awesome (you have to practice learning how to use it, though). And it's just about completely customizable too. So you don't like the user interface out of the box, you can change it. When I bought a genealogy program in the mid-90s (I think this was back in the Windows 3.1 days), I had 2 criteria. 1) It had to have a character field long enough to take a city name the length of Ribeira das Tainhas or Vila Franca do Campo. 2) It had to take diacritics. Those accented letters. I wanted the names to be written properly. I wanted José de Mello, not Jose de Mello. Only 1 program on the market could do that at that time. Now, it's a moot point. They can all do that. So if you have any specific concerns for a genealogy program, ask away. Or try all 3 and then ask away. But make fake family and marry yourself to yourself, mess up on dates and make someone born after they died, make someone have a baby out of wedlock, etc. See how each program handles or display these things. Also, depending on where you live, see if there is User Group in your area (all the web sites above have a User Groups section where you can check to see if there is one in your area). We get people dropping in to our group wanting to see what the program is like before they purchase it. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- *MaryAnn Santos* Senior Advisement and Student Affairs Administrator Department of Art and Art Professions NYU/Steinhardt 212.998.5702 m...@nyu.edu -- 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
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Thanks for the information. I t's a good day to play around and see what I can find. Appreciate your help. - Original Message - From: Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com To: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:37:10 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program GGervais, You'll get people telling you that the best program is the one they are using. That's not going to help you. If you want certain things in a program and can tell us, that may steer you towards one program or the other. The 4 most popular in the PC market are: Family Tree Maker (FTM), Legacy, RootsMagic, and The Master Genealogist. You already know about FTM. Legacy has their Standard Edition (free) and their Deluxe (pay). So download Legacy and play around with it: www.legacyfamilytree.com The Deluxe has about 100 extra bells and whistles. RootsMagic also has a free editions. They call it their Essentials. Download that and play around with it too: www.rootsmagic.com/essentials I don't know how many extra bells and whistles their paid version has. The Master Genealogist (TMG) allows you to explore their full program for 30 days free (and then it locks you out). www.whollygenes.com Download that and play around with it (but make sure you have close to a month to peruse it. Trying to figure that program out 2 days before it expires is like doing a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle in 1 hour). I go over all 4 programs in a lecture in Salt Lake. Your local genealogy society may have speakers. Request that they find a speaker that can lecture on genealogy software. General overview of the 3 you haven't tried: RootsMagic probably has the smallest learning curve. However, I've read that some people find that they outgrow that program rather easily. However, there's a RM User Group at one of my local genealogy societies, and there are a couple of engineers in there. So it's whatever makes you happy. Legacy has a pleasing user interface and a smaller learning curve. It can be a fairly powerful program, too. It's Source Writer is absolutely fantastic. No other program has a source feature like that. I'd have to look up the cons for Legacy. TMG is the most powerful program out there. They have a bit of a learning curve, but they have tried to do things to make it easier (they have a beginner's mode vs. an advanced mode). Their filtering feature is awesome (you have to practice learning how to use it, though). And it's just about completely customizable too. So you don't like the user interface out of the box, you can change it. When I bought a genealogy program in the mid-90s (I think this was back in the Windows 3.1 days), I had 2 criteria. 1) It had to have a character field long enough to take a city name the length of Ribeira das Tainhas or Vila Franca do Campo. 2) It had to take diacritics. Those accented letters. I wanted the names to be written properly. I wanted José de Mello, not Jose de Mello. Only 1 program on the market could do that at that time. Now, it's a moot point. They can all do that. So if you have any specific concerns for a genealogy program, ask away. Or try all 3 and then ask away. But make fake family and marry yourself to yourself, mess up on dates and make someone born after they died, make someone have a baby out of wedlock, etc. See how each program handles or display these things. Also, depending on where you live, see if there is User Group in your area (all the web sites above have a User Groups section where you can check to see if there is one in your area). We get people dropping in to our group wanting to see what the program is like before they purchase it. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. 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
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Pat M.S, A couple of beta testers put together a book. Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist by Lee Hoffman http://www.whollygenes.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?screen=PRODproduct_code=GTM A Primer for The Master Genealogist by Terry Reigel http://www.whollygenes.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=BPRIMER There are also videos or video/book combos here: http://www.whollygenes.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=TRAINING The nearest User Group to you is in Boston. http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?showtopic=7931 That was their announcement when they were new in 2007. Don't know if they are still active or not. I've been on a TMG cruise. It was funny to watch Bob Velke, president of Wholly Genes, publisher of The Master Genealogist, bumble around trying to find something to answer someone's question. He knew TMG had that feature. He had his developers write code for it, but it was something he didn't use and had to poke around a bit to find it! Hope this helps! 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
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MaryAnn S, Reunion has 80% of the Mac share. I think MacTree (?) was 2nd. Since FTM came out with a Mac version, they are gaining ground. RootsMagic was talking about a Mac version, but I don't know what came of that (I'm not a Mac user). However, if you are Mac user running Parallels, VM Fusion, or another one of those types of programs (Windows simulators?? I don't know what they are called), you can run any Windows program on your Mac. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
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Thanks, Edna. I was afraid of that. Years ago I used LDS/FMC software and it was exceptional at that time. MaryAnn Santos On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Edna Epps dave-e...@comcast.net wrote: Mary all I can say is good luck. I love my Mac but have not found a program that I like for it. I was used to FTM on my PC and finally ended up just getting an inexpensive PC and using it for my genealogy.;) Edna Lemos Epps dave-e...@comcast.net Joshua 10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it where the Lord listened to the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel On Jan 29, 2014, at 4:41 AM, MaryAnn Santos m...@nyu.edu wrote: What about software for Macs. I use Reunion but don't really like it that much. It seems clunky to me and looks dated. I also bought FTM and MacTree but haven't made the switch to one of these yet. I'm leaning towards MacTree because navigation seems more intuitive. Any opinions from Mac users? MaryAnn Santos On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: GGervais, You'll get people telling you that the best program is the one they are using. That's not going to help you. If you want certain things in a program and can tell us, that may steer you towards one program or the other. The 4 most popular in the PC market are: Family Tree Maker (FTM), Legacy, RootsMagic, and The Master Genealogist. You already know about FTM. Legacy has their Standard Edition (free) and their Deluxe (pay). So download Legacy and play around with it: www.legacyfamilytree.com The Deluxe has about 100 extra bells and whistles. RootsMagic also has a free editions. They call it their Essentials. Download that and play around with it too: www.rootsmagic.com/essentials I don't know how many extra bells and whistles their paid version has. The Master Genealogist (TMG) allows you to explore their full program for 30 days free (and then it locks you out). www.whollygenes.com Download that and play around with it (but make sure you have close to a month to peruse it. Trying to figure that program out 2 days before it expires is like doing a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle in 1 hour). I go over all 4 programs in a lecture in Salt Lake. Your local genealogy society may have speakers. Request that they find a speaker that can lecture on genealogy software. General overview of the 3 you haven't tried: RootsMagic probably has the smallest learning curve. However, I've read that some people find that they outgrow that program rather easily. However, there's a RM User Group at one of my local genealogy societies, and there are a couple of engineers in there. So it's whatever makes you happy. Legacy has a pleasing user interface and a smaller learning curve. It can be a fairly powerful program, too. It's Source Writer is absolutely fantastic. No other program has a source feature like that. I'd have to look up the cons for Legacy. TMG is the most powerful program out there. They have a bit of a learning curve, but they have tried to do things to make it easier (they have a beginner's mode vs. an advanced mode). Their filtering feature is awesome (you have to practice learning how to use it, though). And it's just about completely customizable too. So you don't like the user interface out of the box, you can change it. When I bought a genealogy program in the mid-90s (I think this was back in the Windows 3.1 days), I had 2 criteria. 1) It had to have a character field long enough to take a city name the length of Ribeira das Tainhas or Vila Franca do Campo. 2) It had to take diacritics. Those accented letters. I wanted the names to be written properly. I wanted José de Mello, not Jose de Mello. Only 1 program on the market could do that at that time. Now, it's a moot point. They can all do that. So if you have any specific concerns for a genealogy program, ask away. Or try all 3 and then ask away. But make fake family and marry yourself to yourself, mess up on dates and make someone born after they died, make someone have a baby out of wedlock, etc. See how each program handles or display these things. Also, depending on where you live, see if there is User Group in your area (all the web sites above have a User Groups section where you can check to see if there is one in your area). We get people dropping in to our group wanting to see what the program is like before they purchase it. 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
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MaryAnn Santos: I am a devoted Mac user, but as someone else stated, I haven't really found a Mac genealogy program that I'm happy with. I have tried them all. Almost all of the following have a free demo version, always with limitations, but it's a great way to try out software before you decide which one meets your needs. Here are the top 5: Reunion, http://www.leisterpro.com/index.php, has always been the most popular for Macs. I used it from version 4 thru the current version, but it's sadly lacking in many areas and I really don't like the new interface. That, of course, is just my opinion, for what that's worth. Family Tree Maker 3, https://www.familytreemaker.com/Products/Mac, is another popular Mac program but I don't think it offers a demo version. It is affiliated with Ancestry.com. Mac FamilyTree, http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree/, is a program that offers a demo version so you can try it out. I believe it is fully functional but doesn't allow you to save or print. Heredis 2014 offers a demo version http://www.heredis.com/en/heredis-2014-for-mac/ There is no time limit on this free demo but you are limited to 50 people. iFamily for Leopard, http://ifamilyforleopard.com. This also has a demo version. You can read about and compare features of all these programs and more here: Mac Genealogy Reviews: http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-genealogy-software/index.html Personally, I run Parallels on my Mac so that I have a complete Windows 7 computer within my Mac. So, with that, I use Legacy 8 and love it! It fulfills all my needs and has a pleasant, easy to use interface. With some type of virtualization software such as Parallels, VM Fusion, and others, you can use any Windows program you want. I hated to go over to the dark side but I never was happy with Mac genealogy offerings. Remember, these are just my opinions . different folks have different needs and expectations. With the exception of FTM, all of the above programs have demo modes so that you can try before you buy. You can't ask for more than that! Good luck, Kathy Cardoza ~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html Climb my Family Tree: http://www.kathys-place.com/index.html ~~~ On Jan 29, 2014, at 4:41 AM, MaryAnn Santos m...@nyu.edu wrote: What about software for Macs. I use Reunion but don't really like it that much. It seems clunky to me and looks dated. I also bought FTM and MacTree but haven't made the switch to one of these yet. I'm leaning towards MacTree because navigation seems more intuitive. Any opinions from Mac users? MaryAnn Santos -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
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Here is a good source if you are interested in what's out there for Mac users. http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2013/03/genealogy-programs-for-macintosh.html I use reunion, but I'm certainly not married to it. I might give some of these a try. Tish On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Kathy Cardoza kmacard...@me.com wrote: MaryAnn Santos: I am a devoted Mac user, but as someone else stated, I haven't really found a Mac genealogy program that I'm happy with. I have tried them all. Almost all of the following have a free demo version, always with limitations, but it's a great way to try out software before you decide which one meets your needs. Here are the top 5: Reunion, http://www.leisterpro.com/index.php, has always been the most popular for Macs. I used it from version 4 thru the current version, but it's sadly lacking in many areas and I really don't like the new interface. That, of course, is just my opinion, for what that's worth. Family Tree Maker 3, https://www.familytreemaker.com/Products/Mac, is another popular Mac program but I don't think it offers a demo version. It is affiliated with Ancestry.com. Mac FamilyTree, http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree/, is a program that offers a demo version so you can try it out. I believe it is fully functional but doesn't allow you to save or print. Heredis 2014 offers a demo version http://www.heredis.com/en/heredis-2014-for-mac/ There is no time limit on this free demo but you are limited to 50 people. iFamily for Leopard, http://ifamilyforleopard.com. This also has a demo version. You can read about and compare features of all these programs and more here: Mac Genealogy Reviews: http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/mac-genealogy-software/index.html Personally, I run Parallels on my Mac so that I have a complete Windows 7 computer within my Mac. So, with that, I use Legacy 8 and love it! It fulfills all my needs and has a pleasant, easy to use interface. With some type of virtualization software such as Parallels, VM Fusion, and others, you can use any Windows program you want. I hated to go over to the dark side but I never was happy with Mac genealogy offerings. Remember, these are just my opinions . different folks have different needs and expectations. With the exception of FTM, all of the above programs have demo modes so that you can try before you buy. You can't ask for more than that! Good luck, Kathy Cardoza ~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html Climb my Family Tree: http://www.kathys-place.com/index.html ~~~ On Jan 29, 2014, at 4:41 AM, MaryAnn Santos m...@nyu.edu wrote: What about software for Macs. I use Reunion but don't really like it that much. It seems clunky to me and looks dated. I also bought FTM and MacTree but haven't made the switch to one of these yet. I'm leaning towards MacTree because navigation seems more intuitive. Any opinions from Mac users? MaryAnn Santos -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
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Something light, simple and free, worth giving a try! http://www.ahnenblatt.com/ Cheers On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:24 PM, ggervais1...@centurylink.net ggervais1...@centurylink.net wrote: I was searching for genealogy programs as I bought Family Tree Maker but don't care much for and thought about legacy and saw Master genealogist as being a great program. Anyone have any thoughts? I am starting my genealogy search again and hope to be able to put everything into some program before I loose everything. -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- Ricardo Chaves -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
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Dick Eastman just wrote that GRAMPS has a new version. It runs on Macs and PCs: http://goo.gl/o3glim -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program
I have been playing with Heredis all afternoon (a pretty complete trial program) and I am pretty impressed. The learning curve was minimal and it thinks like I do. It gives you a list of all your duplicates and shows you both entries with a merged entry in the middle. You can then work with the entry that will be merged and pick and choose what you want to keep. You then hit something like merge entry and bam!, the duplicates are gone and all that is left is the merged entry. Not sure what happens if you decided you made a mistake... It also does a good job on relationships (maybe more than you care to know). Check it out. It works for Mac and PC. Tish On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: Dick Eastman just wrote that GRAMPS has a new version. It runs on Macs and PCs: http://goo.gl/o3glim -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
[AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program
I was searching for genealogy programs as I bought Family Tree Maker but don't care much for and thought about legacy and saw Master genealogist as being a great program. Anyone have any thoughts? I am starting my genealogy search again and hope to be able to put everything into some program before I loose everything. -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program
GGervais, You'll get people telling you that the best program is the one they are using. That's not going to help you. If you want certain things in a program and can tell us, that may steer you towards one program or the other. The 4 most popular in the PC market are: Family Tree Maker (FTM), Legacy, RootsMagic, and The Master Genealogist. You already know about FTM. Legacy has their Standard Edition (free) and their Deluxe (pay). So download Legacy and play around with it: www.legacyfamilytree.com The Deluxe has about 100 extra bells and whistles. RootsMagic also has a free editions. They call it their Essentials. Download that and play around with it too: www.rootsmagic.com/essentials I don't know how many extra bells and whistles their paid version has. The Master Genealogist (TMG) allows you to explore their full program for 30 days free (and then it locks you out). www.whollygenes.com Download that and play around with it (but make sure you have close to a month to peruse it. Trying to figure that program out 2 days before it expires is like doing a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle in 1 hour). I go over all 4 programs in a lecture in Salt Lake. Your local genealogy society may have speakers. Request that they find a speaker that can lecture on genealogy software. General overview of the 3 you haven't tried: RootsMagic probably has the smallest learning curve. However, I've read that some people find that they outgrow that program rather easily. However, there's a RM User Group at one of my local genealogy societies, and there are a couple of engineers in there. So it's whatever makes you happy. Legacy has a pleasing user interface and a smaller learning curve. It can be a fairly powerful program, too. It's Source Writer is absolutely fantastic. No other program has a source feature like that. I'd have to look up the cons for Legacy. TMG is the most powerful program out there. They have a bit of a learning curve, but they have tried to do things to make it easier (they have a beginner's mode vs. an advanced mode). Their filtering feature is awesome (you have to practice learning how to use it, though). And it's just about completely customizable too. So you don't like the user interface out of the box, you can change it. When I bought a genealogy program in the mid-90s (I think this was back in the Windows 3.1 days), I had 2 criteria. 1) It had to have a character field long enough to take a city name the length of Ribeira das Tainhas or Vila Franca do Campo. 2) It had to take diacritics. Those accented letters. I wanted the names to be written properly. I wanted José de Mello, not Jose de Mello. Only 1 program on the market could do that at that time. Now, it's a moot point. They can all do that. So if you have any specific concerns for a genealogy program, ask away. Or try all 3 and then ask away. But make fake family and marry yourself to yourself, mess up on dates and make someone born after they died, make someone have a baby out of wedlock, etc. See how each program handles or display these things. Also, depending on where you live, see if there is User Group in your area (all the web sites above have a User Groups section where you can check to see if there is one in your area). We get people dropping in to our group wanting to see what the program is like before they purchase it. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program
I used Family Tree Maker for a number of years and for the most part I liked it. I started finding that there were things I could not do with it in searching and printing so after much consideration I got The Master Genealogist. The first thing is that it is not upgraded every year to a new version which you have to spend another $40 to get the latest version. I bought TMG about 4 years ago about $80 and since then FTM has changed times. So while the initial cost is higher in the long run it is cheaper. With FTM I never used the on line tree or signed up for Ancestry which I do not need. The program is difficult to learn and takes time but the more I use it the better I like it. Cheri has been using it much longer then me so perhaps she will chime in. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ggervais1...@centurylink.net Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 5:24 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program I was searching for genealogy programs as I bought Family Tree Maker but don't care much for and thought about legacy and saw Master genealogist as being a great program. Anyone have any thoughts? I am starting my genealogy search again and hope to be able to put everything into some program before I loose everything. -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] genealogy program
Geez, Rick, thanks for blowing my cover! LOL TMG has the Silver Edition for $34 (download only) or $40 (CD Rom and electronic Users Guide). The Gold Edition is $60 (download only) or $70 (CD-ROM electronic Users Guide). There is a chart that explains the difference: http://goo.gl/IAjTsk The current version is 8.0. To go from 7.0 to 8.0, I paid $30. And when they come up with version 9.0, it will be something along those lines. And it will take them 2 or 3 years to come out with 9.0 I started with TMG 2.5 in the mid-90s. Here it is, almost 20 years later and TMG is up to version 8.0. That's 6 version changes in 20 years, which averages out to you shelling out more money every 3.3 years. I like the filtering. If I'm trying to figure out my Ponta Garca people, so I can run the filter for everyone born in Ponta Garca. Or married in Ponta Garca. Or, or, or. OR, it can be and, and, and. This does take some time to learn. I also like customizing my Pick List. This is the index of people. Mine is set up to show the names, date of birth, date of death, father's name, mother's name, and spouse's name. So, if I'm looking at my 25 Manuel Silvas, I can really see which one I want to work on. There are other fields I can put in too (or take out). I pretty much like it how it comes out to the box. The main screen shows my subject person and all their details/events that happened in their life. So if it was displaying my immigrant ancestor, I would see the birth, immigration, censuses, WW1 Draft, dispensation (I had to make a tag or event for that), marriage(s), children, occupation, death, burial. All of that, right there, in my face. Not hidden behind an icon. I like that. To the right of that screen, I have 3 boxes: His children, his siblings, and his associates. Some people have their Flags open. I toggle that one off and on. I also have a couple of other layouts. I have one for the projector at my genealogy society. That's no big deal, really. I also have one called Project Explorer where I have my Details window open and my Pick List open. This is for me to clean my database. Well, split it. Should have split my dad's Portuguese lines from his American lines years ago before merging it with my mom's. My mom has no Portuguese ancestry and is not related to him that way. Yeah, DNA proved that they are 6th cousins, but it's on my dad's one an only German line way back in the 1740s. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
