"Harrison Genealogy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > 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 > Thanks for the response Bill. It is difficult to decide even between the more common possibilities with only the advertised features to go on. Actual user experience is so much more valuable. Regards Dave --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to [email protected] ---