On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:30:01 -0500, Denis Beauregard <denis.b-at-francogene.com@fr.invalid> wrote: >I would prefer Legacy over PAF because PAF is outdated. The >last release may be more than 10 years ago (or little changes >after that). Also, you have to be sure PAF will work on Win 7 >or 8, a problem with old softwares. I use both. I use PAF 4 for quick 'n dirty rough research (and transfer the data files back and forth between my Win XP desktop and my Win 7 laptop every day. I use Legacy for my main family file with people that I'm fairly certain are related. PAF is easy for quick data entry. Legacy (even the free version) lets you seach on place names. Earlier versions of PAF (1 & 2) let you do that, but 4 & 5 don't. So for quick and easy stuff ("not too complicated"), try PAF. You can always move it to Legacy or another program later. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:33:37 +0200, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote: >I use both. I use RootsMagic and Legacy the same way - or did. I found two problems with transferring from one to the other. 1. Both allow sourcing of names. But RM sources the name in a manner that will not transfer back to Legacy as a name source. Instead it transfers back by gedcom as "unassigned". The name is still sourced in Legacy but the source is in the wrong place. 2. Because I am known by my middle name I enclose my middle name in quotes - and for everyone else who was known by the middle name. That used to be very common years ago. It works in Legacy. RM picks it up twice as... Billy "Bob" "Bob" Doe. I don't see a workaround for either. After all these years I guess I will have to give up on RM. I tried PAF years ago and gave up on it quickly. Maybe I'll give it another go as a second program to Legacy if gedcoms will transfer precisely. Hugh