"david" <nospam@nospam274503> wrote in message news:J96dnQTNN6kGGbranZ2dnUVZ8surnZ2d@bt.com... > Am trying to choose my first prog, either FTM or some other (Legacy?). I > can't work out the difference between these two... > > Who Do You Think You Are Standard Edition CD-ROM £9.99 > > Who Do You Think You Are? Family Tree Maker Deluxe V2 (CD-ROM) £23.99 > > http://www.bbcshop.com/bin/venda?ex=co_wizr-xapian&threshold=1&synall=1&bsref=bbc&searchfld=&searchpage=&searchinvt=1&searchstry=&searchlike=1&srchopt=V&itemsperpage=10&bklist1=&searchex=who+do+you+think+you+are&V=software&submit.x=11&submit.y=9 > > Same versions on Amazon, one much cheaper. > > What's the difference in terms of features? > > I have read that the latest FTM 2008 should be avoided as buggy? I have the impression that you're in the UK, in which case you may be able to still get the earlier versions of FTM at places such as PC World. I found copies at less than half price in a discount bin in Debenhams last summer. I'm using ver 2005 quite happily - have been with FTM since ver 4, tried others and gone back to it. Will not be going to 2008 as they've removed too many features I like. Try the free ones as well, such as Legacy. The main thing is that as long as whichever programme you choose can produce gedcom files (and you don't load the system with photos), if you then find another programme you like better, it will be easy to transfer your data. Lesley Robertson

"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote in message news:4ae43$47284e7e$83b4502b$13703@news2.tudelft.nl... > > "david" <nospam@nospam274503> wrote in message > news:J96dnQTNN6kGGbranZ2dnUVZ8surnZ2d@bt.com... >> Am trying to choose my first prog, either FTM or some other (Legacy?). I >> can't work out the difference between these two... >> >> Who Do You Think You Are Standard Edition CD-ROM £9.99 >> >> Who Do You Think You Are? Family Tree Maker Deluxe V2 (CD-ROM) £23.99 >> >> http://www.bbcshop.com/bin/venda?ex=co_wizr-xapian&threshold=1&synall=1&bsref=bbc&searchfld=&searchpage=&searchinvt=1&searchstry=&searchlike=1&srchopt=V&itemsperpage=10&bklist1=&searchex=who+do+you+think+you+are&V=software&submit.x=11&submit.y=9 >> >> Same versions on Amazon, one much cheaper. >> >> What's the difference in terms of features? >> >> I have read that the latest FTM 2008 should be avoided as buggy? > I have the impression that you're in the UK, in which case you may be able > to still get the earlier versions of FTM at places such as PC World. I > found copies at less than half price in a discount bin in Debenhams last > summer. > I'm using ver 2005 quite happily - have been with FTM since ver 4, tried > others and gone back to it. Will not be going to 2008 as they've removed > too many features I like. > Try the free ones as well, such as Legacy. The main thing is that as long > as whichever programme you choose can produce gedcom files (and you don't > load the system with photos), if you then find another programme you like > better, it will be easy to transfer your data. > Lesley Robertson > With respect to photos, note that FTM is one of the few programs that will not export media references to a gedcom file. If you have a lot of group photos and wish to assign individual "mugshots" from them, then Family Tree Builder (My Heritage, free) and Family Historian (Calico Pie) each have advanced features to do this. If you just wish to include photos (without "cutout" assignment features), then almost all programs, with the exception of F-ZIP and FTM, will transfer the media references via gedcom transfer. Nigel www.tcgr.bufton.org