Dave I use a number of Progs myself. My main one is Legacy 7.5, I also use RootsMagic 4 FTM 2010 and Family Historian 4. Rootsmagic is very good at searching your data and it will import from various file formats incl Legacy without using a GEDCOM, so you don't get any "missed" or unknown fields being reported. Also It has a programme with it called RootsMagic to Go which allows you to keep the Prog and your data on a memory stick and use it with any Computer. Family Historian on the other hand uses GEDCOM files as its file format and will import with no problem. It used to have a quite different layout but now has a more usual family one (ie Husband/Wife with children underneath and Parents above) I tend to use Legacy purely because I have quite a few of the "add on"s for it (ie Genelines) and I've used it for a number of years and got used to it. If I was starting again I think I would definitely use RootsMagic ....... Regards Bill ======================================================================== * This Mail was sent WITHOUT attachments* Bill Harrison's Genealogy Pages can be found online at http://www.harrisongenealogy.co.uk Also BMSGH Webmaster - URL = http://www.bmsgh.org Also Webmaster of The Staffordshire BMD which can be found at http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk and the West Midlands BMD at http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk ======================================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave C Sent: 17 June 2011 06:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Advice on replacement Software Please I am currently running an anchient version of Family Tree Maker (V7) circa 1999. I have started to look at newer offerings and have initially been put off the latest version of FTM which seems to be an annual exercise in marketing rather than a step advancement. Having now decided to cast the net wider than an "upgrade" your opinions and experiences would be appreciated. What do people think of RootsMagic? I'm in New Zealand, but most current research is focussed in the UK. Running Dual Core 2.7Ghz CPU 4GHz Ram Vista Business 32 Many Thanks Dave --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to [email protected] --- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message