If a product does exactly what you want it to do and a way you like why would you care if it was ever going to be updated? My main genealogy program is FTM 8.0. I've updated it twice and both times I decided I liked 8.0 better. But, for day to day use I much prefer to use PAF. I record all of my data in FTM, then use it for all of my reports I print out. Then I export a gedcom and import to PAF for day to day work. To think you would automatically update a program just because somebody decides to issue an upgrade seems pretty silly to me if your happy with what you're using. I have better things to do with my time than spending it trying to learn someones idea of a new and improved way of doing things when the old way works. Larry On 1/27/2014 9:52 AM, Martha A Crosley Graham wrote: > Good Morning, > No offense to PAF users, but why would anyone want to continue to use > software that will never be updated? > > PAF served it's purpose and it is time to let it retire. The online > function of the FS Tree is not -IMHO- acceptable either. > Reasons? As of right now, there is no way to create a gedcom for backup > and the whole system of servers that FS uses are subject to internal > server errors. Who knows what havoc that causes to data? > > So, in the interest of finding and using modern genealogical software, > let me just say that there are a lot of programs out there that are not > only inexpensive, but exciting to use. Granted, there is a learning > curve to everything we do webwise, but that is what keeps our minds > functioning. > > Try Legacy Family Tree 8, there is a free version and the deluxe version > is only $30.00. This is cheap compared to some of the other stuff out > there. FTM is more expensive and of course is owned by Ancestry. > Both Roots Magic and Legacy integrate with FS which is an interesting > search tool when used properly. > Here is a list of others: > https://familysearch.org/products > > One last bit of information. The past couple of years has brought a > proliferation of businesses that promote Genealogical research by > offering online data entry and storage of that data. As with any > purchase: Buyer Beware! Those businesses that offer online data entry > can and will sell your files. The ability to control who sees and uses > your research should be you, not Ancestry, My Heritage or even > FamilySearch. Take a look at your contract and make sure you understand > the ramifications of it all. > > Finally, be sure that a gedcom can be created and off-loaded. Also that > all media files can be saved off site. Servers are frail and can fail. > There is no guarantee that any of the Paid online Genealogical Services > will send you a full backup if their systems fail. > > Martha A Crosley Graham > Allegheny County Coordinator > State Coordinator: California GenWeb > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- My genealogy page http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ Allegheny County Maps page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/