I'd been considering FTM2012 (I use the 2006 version), but after learning about Ancestry accessing my files, I'm going to try Legacy. I've enjoyed quite a few of the free Legacy seminars on various aspects of genealogy, so it seems fair to reciprocate and use their program. Hope I can manage the switch. Thanks to all of you for recommending Legacy. Jan in N.O. On 8/18/2012 8:43 PM, laorlean-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:55:17 -0500 > From: "Joan Grego" <jmgrego@bellsouth.net> > Subject: [LAORLEAN] Legacy > To: "laorleans" <laorlean@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <8B96E783B5A84C8EB01FF1B5A450F365@Joanscomputer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Hi, > > I just went on Legacy's web site and it looks like I can download from FTM. They give you the instructions. Also there is a lot of information about Legacy on their site. Guess I will be doing a lot of reading for the next few days. > > Thanks everyone. > Joan Grego > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:45:52 -0500 > From: Peggy <rooneytoon29@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Legacy > To: "laorlean@rootsweb.com" <laorlean@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <C69C1AD8-D7CE-4012-93C0-2EEC212355B8@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I have both. You CAN download from FTM and Legacy is a pretty awesome program. I have both it & FTM on my PC but use my Mac program mainly. FTM is my second choice but only because I was so used to it (had it since 2.0). If you're open to something new, Legacy is very good. > > New Orleans Proud > > On Aug 18, 2012, at 6:55 PM, "Joan Grego" <jmgrego@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I just went on Legacy's web site and it looks like I can download from FTM. They give you the instructions. Also there is a lot of information about Legacy on their site. Guess I will be doing a lot of reading for the next few days. >> >> Thanks everyone. >> Joan Grego >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:42:35 -0700 > From: "Shelia Salomone" <salomos@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Legacy > To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <002a01cd7dab$e9b36460$bd1a2d20$@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I have to put my two cents worth in. I use FTM 2012. I do choose to upload > to Ancestry only because I look at it as though Ancestry is my backup of all > data in my family tree. If my computer crashed and I had no backup on a > remote device I would lose it. Therefore, Ancestry is my external storage > device. > > You can set Ancestry so that ALL of your tree is "PRIVATE". This is how I > have mine set up. No one can see your data or tree unless you give them > permission. The other nice thing is that the FTM 2012 program keeps the two > databases in sync. If you make a change on FTM then it will be copied to > Ancestry. And vice versa, if you make a change on Ancestry you will get the > same change on FTM. But, this is a feature that you have control over. If > you don't want them to stay synched then just turn the feature off. I > personally like to do different things in each one just for ease of how > certain processes work. For instance, I like to do my searches through > Ancestry just because I find it easier. But, Ancestry does not have all of > the features that FTM has such as People Merge and Find Duplicate Persons as > well as other things. So, I do these tasks on FTM. Together they give me > more flexibility. But, I also own a membership on Ancestry so there are more > records available to me than a free membership. > > Now for LEGACY. I, too, have heard wonderful things about Legacy. There are > features with it that is not available on FTM. But, my downfall is that it > does not sync up to Ancestry. So, for me there would be more work involved > finding the records on Ancestry or FTM and then transfer them to Legacy. > But, all of these mentioned have the ability to download and save various > GEDCOM files so that you could transfer them back and forth between > different software. This may be the option I use so that I can take > advantage of features in one that is not in the other. You just have to > maintain the two or three and keep them in sync manually. > > I hope I did not bore everyone with the details and I would be glad to help > you, Joan with the scenario that you would like if you have any problems! > Just some things to think about when pondering "WHICH SOFTWARE FOR ME?"! > > Shelia > > -----Original Message----- > From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Peggy > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 5:46 PM > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Legacy > > I have both. You CAN download from FTM and Legacy is a pretty awesome > program. I have both it & FTM on my PC but use my Mac program mainly. FTM > is my second choice but only because I was so used to it (had it since 2.0). > If you're open to something new, Legacy is very good. > > New Orleans Proud > > On Aug 18, 2012, at 6:55 PM, "Joan Grego" <jmgrego@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I just went on Legacy's web site and it looks like I can download from > FTM. They give you the instructions. Also there is a lot of information > about Legacy on their site. Guess I will be doing a lot of reading for the > next few days. >> Thanks everyone. >> Joan Grego >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LAORLEAN list administrator, send an email to > LAORLEAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the LAORLEAN mailing list, send an email to LAORLEAN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of LAORLEAN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 162 > **************************************** >

Jan, Let me know how it goes changing over, that is probably what I will go to next. Jan S - Orlando, FL -----Original Message----- From: Jan Dean Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:05 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAORLEAN] Legacy vs. FTM I'd been considering FTM2012 (I use the 2006 version), but after learning about Ancestry accessing my files, I'm going to try Legacy. I've enjoyed quite a few of the free Legacy seminars on various aspects of genealogy, so it seems fair to reciprocate and use their program. Hope I can manage the switch. Thanks to all of you for recommending Legacy. Jan in N.O. in the subject and the body of the message