From: "Regena Lally" <jrl91@worldnet.att.net> Date: Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:17:28 PM US/Central To: "lanita miller" <ozarkn@southwind.net> Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Genealogy programs...pros and cons Hi Lanita and everyone. I have an IBM clone puter. PAF stands for (sorry, I should have mentioned this) Personal Ancestral File, it is the LDS program. I used to spend extraordinary amounts of time at the LDS Family History Center when I lived on the other side of the valley. Mesa AZ has the 2nd largest LDS Family History Library, with Salt Lake City being the largest. I lived only a few miles from the one in Mesa. I learned to use their program and since it was so inexpensive I just purchased the program for myself. I have a center here in Sun City (actually in the Peoria stake) but it is tiny compared to the other one. So, since I have to purchase and install a new program, I just wondered what was out there, and why people like or dislike a particular software program? Gena

I have not had experience with all of the programs and am not qualified to rate them but I once considered changing away from Family Tree Maker and found the transition more than I wanted to deal with. In other words, will the new software, whatever you may be interested in translate from the old. If you must start from scratch, that is not an issue. Some people I know have merely transferred their old hard drive to another computer and ran two hard. That way, you don't lose the old and have it at your fingertips, so to speak. Larry Wyatt recently fired up a new program and did a ton of research. Maybe he will see this and respond. ----- Original Message ----- From: "lanita miller" <ozarkn@southwind.net> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:37 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Software and computer > > From: "Regena Lally" <jrl91@worldnet.att.net> > Date: Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:17:28 PM US/Central > To: "lanita miller" <ozarkn@southwind.net> > Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Genealogy programs...pros and cons > > Hi Lanita and everyone. I have an IBM clone puter. PAF stands for > (sorry, > I should have mentioned this) Personal Ancestral File, it is the LDS > program. I used to spend extraordinary amounts of time at the LDS Family > History Center when I lived on the other side of the valley. Mesa AZ > has the > 2nd largest LDS Family History Library, with Salt Lake City being the > largest. I lived only a few miles from the one in Mesa. I learned to use > their program and since it was so inexpensive I just purchased the > program > for myself. I have a center here in Sun City (actually in the Peoria > stake) > but it is tiny compared to the other one. > > So, since I have to purchase and install a new program, I just wondered > what > was out there, and why people like or dislike a particular software > program? > > Gena > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >

I was originally using the feee download from Ancestry and It was a little difficult. I purchased Family Tree Maker and (glutton for punishment that I am) reentered everything by hand from Ancestry (wanted to have it just so). You can do quite a lot with FTM, including entering photos plus most any notes you want. I believe I paid around $65 for it and one nice thing about the software is that they're continually updating it. When I bought it, it was version 9 and you can purchase the updates to keep "modern" (I haven't actually subscribed to the web site as yet so don't know how or how much the updates are). I must apologize as I tend to "run on" but hope this may give you some insight into FTM, at least. Larry Wyatt in S.A. (San Antonio, i.e.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Evans" <mevans7@houston.rr.com> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Software and computer > I have not had experience with all of the programs and am not qualified to > rate them but I once considered changing away from Family Tree Maker and > found the transition more than I wanted to deal with. In other words, will > the new software, whatever you may be interested in translate from the old. > If you must start from scratch, that is not an issue. Some people I know > have merely transferred their old hard drive to another computer and ran two > hard. That way, you don't lose the old and have it at your fingertips, so to > speak. Larry Wyatt recently fired up a new program and did a ton of > research. Maybe he will see this and respond. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lanita miller" <ozarkn@southwind.net> > To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:37 PM > Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Software and computer > > > > > > From: "Regena Lally" <jrl91@worldnet.att.net> > > Date: Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:17:28 PM US/Central > > To: "lanita miller" <ozarkn@southwind.net> > > Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Genealogy programs...pros and cons > > > > Hi Lanita and everyone. I have an IBM clone puter. PAF stands for > > (sorry, > > I should have mentioned this) Personal Ancestral File, it is the LDS > > program. I used to spend extraordinary amounts of time at the LDS Family > > History Center when I lived on the other side of the valley. Mesa AZ > > has the > > 2nd largest LDS Family History Library, with Salt Lake City being the > > largest. I lived only a few miles from the one in Mesa. I learned to use > > their program and since it was so inexpensive I just purchased the > > program > > for myself. I have a center here in Sun City (actually in the Peoria > > stake) > > but it is tiny compared to the other one. > > > > So, since I have to purchase and install a new program, I just wondered > > what > > was out there, and why people like or dislike a particular software > > program? > > > > Gena > > > > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > >

Gena wrote: >I have an IBM clone puter.  PAF stands for  (sorry, >I should have mentioned this) Personal Ancestral File, it is the LDS >program. I use Sierra Generations (Deluxe Version). I find it extremely easy to use, very intuitive mostly. Even after several years of use, I only scratch the surface of its capabilities. It has a wealth of pre-programmed report formats, and can import/export GEDCOM files from other systems. It cost me the equivalent of about US$50.00 here in Australia when I bought it and I wouldn't expect it to be much more or less than that price now. Although it doesn't integrate with any sort of photo storage, it has plenty of places for notes of various types on the standard person screen layout, and it would be easy to enter your picture file name(s) in a consistent place somewhere. My only complaint with it is that if you make a mistake on entering multiple marriages, it doesn't seem to be easy to correct. Maybe somebody with more experience would like to give me a hint or two with that problem? Cheers, Ron Burnett Melbourne, Australia