Yes, thanks, Gary. Cheryl Gary Templeman wrote: > To clarify, the basic Legacy program is free and is a good solid program, > but does not have all the features that the paid Legacy Deluxe version has. > When a software program comes in more than one "flavor" and one want to use > the free version, it is good to research the differences to be sure you > understand the limitations. The free versions work for a lot of people, and > are also great for testing even if you think you might want to upgrade to > the paid version later. > > Gary Templeman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "singhals" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:53 PM > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Re PAF2wiz > > > >>marg wrote: >> >> >>>Good morning. >>> >>>I ahve been using PAF for ever and really like it. the list I belong to >>>was >>>sent the following >>> >>>"Whoah there! Be careful about PAF. Judging by what I've been reading in >>>various blogs, the LDS will let PAF die a natural death once they roll >>>out the new version of FamilySearch. " >>> >>>So I am wondering what is to happen to my very relaible PAF. And waht >>>does >>>that mean? >>> >> >>_Eventually_ PAF will die because the operating system after >>Vista won't run it. Until then, don't worry about >>it...unless you want to start looking at alternatives so >>you'll know which one to move to 4, 5 years down-stream. >> >>AncestralQuest is the windows version of PAF's big brother. >>LegacyFamily Tree is free. Which of the dozen or so >>PC-based programs out there you'd prefer is kinda like which >>which Ice cream or car is best -- no accounting for tastes >>(g) ... some people are perfectly happy with vanilla >>icecream or a VW; others want Rocky Road or a Corvette. >> >>Cheryl -- There should be no attachments on this message, unless I specifically mentioned them above.

I am considering trying out Legacy after using PAF ever since Version2 (possibly even Version 1). I have one major concern about Legacy: In PAF 5 there is a feature called Advanced Focus Filter that I find very confusing. In PAF 2, doing a search was VERY SIMPLE. I could type SEVY in the surname field; type KANSAS in the State field, hit some Function Key, and it would give me every SEVY born in Kansas. I could also do more complex searches just as easily. How are such searches done in the Basic Legacy? Are searches in the Advanced Legacy done any differently? I have another question. For those who have had both the Basic and the Full Featured Legacy, what are the three most important features that the full featured program has over the free program. I'm not a cheapskate, but when I looked over the features on the Legacy web site, the advanced features didn't seem all that important to me. Tom Sevy in Taylorsville, Utah PS: As I was writing this I got a response to an inquiry which I sent to Legacy last night. This is VERY satisfactory in my opinion. I am also generally pleased to see that they will respond quickly to questions. The person at Legacy gave me a good answer, but I'm still interested to hear what "users" think. Although he responded to my questions, his main suggestion was that I download the FREE version and try it out. Sounds reasonable to me.