On Friday 17 June 2011 18:45, Bob Melson ([email protected]) opined: > On Friday 17 June 2011 18:35, Dave C ([email protected]) opined: > >> >> "Steve Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected] >>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:39:47 +1200, "Dave C" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>Thanks Todd - I will have a look at Legacy. Hadn't heard of that one >>>>prior to asking the question here. >>> >>> I'm quite surprised at that, since the basic version is free, so you >>> can try >>> it to see if you like it, and paqy for the additions if you need them. >>> >>> I've been using it since 2002 as my main program, and find it adequate >>> for my >>> needs, so try it and see if it meets yours. >>> >>> >> Definately going to do that Steve. Thanks >> >> Dave >> >> >> --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to >> [email protected] --- > > Notably missing from all this has been gramps, which just released it's > 3.3.0 version. While originally a Linux/Unix app, it's available for > Windows. See http://gramps-project.org/ for details. And, BTW, it's > free. > > Surly Ol' Bob I should add that I've been using it for 4-5 years now, primarily as a backup for phpGedView, and have found it to be capable and competent. Like all the others, it does have its quirks, but it's capable of exporting either gedcom or xml, will produce (static) web-pages from a database and doesn't whimper much when importing a gedcom from another app. Has a full range of text and graphic reports, does maps when suitably configured and has a number of useful 3d-party add-ons that extend its usefulness/utility. I haven't played with the latest'n'greatest just yet, but it promises to push the envelope. For a current review, see Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/06/gramps-330-is-now-available.html SOB -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes -- Thomas Paine

"Bob Melson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > On Friday 17 June 2011 18:45, Bob Melson ([email protected]) opined: > >> On Friday 17 June 2011 18:35, Dave C ([email protected]) opined: >> >>> >>> "Steve Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>> news:[email protected] >>>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:39:47 +1200, "Dave C" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Thanks Todd - I will have a look at Legacy. Hadn't heard of that one >>>>>prior to asking the question here. >>>> >>>> I'm quite surprised at that, since the basic version is free, so you >>>> can try >>>> it to see if you like it, and paqy for the additions if you need them. >>>> >>>> I've been using it since 2002 as my main program, and find it adequate >>>> for my >>>> needs, so try it and see if it meets yours. >>>> >>>> >>> Definately going to do that Steve. Thanks >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to >>> [email protected] --- >> >> Notably missing from all this has been gramps, which just released it's >> 3.3.0 version. While originally a Linux/Unix app, it's available for >> Windows. See http://gramps-project.org/ for details. And, BTW, it's >> free. >> >> Surly Ol' Bob > > I should add that I've been using it for 4-5 years now, primarily as a > backup for phpGedView, and have found it to be capable and competent. > Like all the others, it does have its quirks, but it's capable of > exporting either gedcom or xml, will produce (static) web-pages from a > database and doesn't whimper much when importing a gedcom from another > app. Has a full range of text and graphic reports, does maps when > suitably configured and has a number of useful 3d-party add-ons that > extend its usefulness/utility. I haven't played with the > latest'n'greatest just yet, but it promises to push the envelope. For a > current review, see Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter at: > http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/06/gramps-330-is-now-available.html > > SOB > > -- > Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas > ----- > The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated > in the name of the noblest causes -- Thomas Paine > Thankyou Bob - I will take a look. No aversion to free <grin>. --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to [email protected] ---