I'm surprised that when discussing the virtues and vices of Family History programmes the conversation revolves about how easy they are to use and how nice the charts are that they produce. From my point of view the great failing of the programme I have is that it doesn't have plentiful records to access once you get your family genealogy to earlier than 1837. My other complaint is that the records it has are often not very well transcribed and, when you point out an error or send a spelling correction, it is not acted upon. Can we have a useful discussion about which programmes have access to the most pre-1837 records? David Gregory

David >From what you say I think you are confusing family history programs, in which you create a database of your own research on your computer, and family history online resources, such as Familysearch, Ancestry or Find My Past. Ruth in Hampshire > -----Original Message----- > From: cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cheshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Gregory > Sent: 25 February 2014 09:46 > To: CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CHS] Family History Programmes > > > I'm surprised that when discussing the virtues and vices of > Family History programmes the conversation revolves about how > easy they are to use and how nice the charts are that they produce. > > >From my point of view the great failing of the programme I > have is that > >it doesn't have > plentiful records to access once you get your family > genealogy to earlier than 1837. My other complaint is that > the records it has are often not very well transcribed and, > when you point out an error or send a spelling correction, it > is not acted upon. > > Can we have a useful discussion about which programmes have > access to the most pre-1837 records? > > David Gregory > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >