Hello Eldon: Do you have an URL for the PAF program? >From: "Eldon Edgin" <eldon-edgin@worldnet.att.net> >Reply-To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com >To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Tree Software >Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:40:13 -0500 > >I have used a number of genealogy programs, including Ancestral Quest, >Family Tree Maker, PAF and several others. I chose PAF5 for the following >reasons: >1) Many of these software companies will not be in business a few years >from now (some of them probably will not be in business a few days from >now). No one can sell millions of genealogy software programs. >2) You can transfer data between the software but you will create many >errors. I have personally spent hundreds of hours straightening up the >errors created by the last transfer. >3) The LDS Church is likely to be around for a long time and is likely to >maintain their software. >4) The price for PAF5 is attractive (it is free). >5) PAF5 is a very good genealogy software. > >Eldon J. Edgin >14908 Woodbriar Drive >Dallas, Texas 75248-4551 >Phone: (972) 991-4891 FAX: (214) 306-1535 >e-mail: eldon-edgin@.att.net _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
You can go to: www.familysearch.org You can download PAF5 from there. Eldon J. Edgin 14908 Woodbriar Drive Dallas, Texas 75248-4551 Phone: (972) 991-4891 FAX: (214) 306-1535 e-mail: eldon-edgin@.att.net ______________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlotte Terbot" <turbobutterfly@hotmail.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Tree Software > Hello Eldon: Do you have an URL for the PAF program? > > > >From: "Eldon Edgin" <eldon-edgin@worldnet.att.net> > >Reply-To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com > >To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Tree Software > >Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:40:13 -0500 > > > >I have used a number of genealogy programs, including Ancestral Quest, > >Family Tree Maker, PAF and several others. I chose PAF5 for the following > >reasons: > >1) Many of these software companies will not be in business a few years > >from now (some of them probably will not be in business a few days from > >now). No one can sell millions of genealogy software programs. > >2) You can transfer data between the software but you will create many > >errors. I have personally spent hundreds of hours straightening up the > >errors created by the last transfer. > >3) The LDS Church is likely to be around for a long time and is likely to > >maintain their software. > >4) The price for PAF5 is attractive (it is free). > >5) PAF5 is a very good genealogy software. > > > >Eldon J. Edgin > >14908 Woodbriar Drive > >Dallas, Texas 75248-4551 > >Phone: (972) 991-4891 FAX: (214) 306-1535 > >e-mail: eldon-edgin@.att.net > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > This is a closed list. This means that unless > you are subscribed to the list, you can't post > messages. >