Hi Barton I am using PAF with Win 7 and it works just as well as it ever did Why do you say you have to change ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/05/2014 15:02, Barton Lewis wrote: > I recently bought a new computer and as a result will have to say goodbye to > PAF, my genealogical software. I've imported my file into the free versions > of both Legacy and RootsMagic. Does anyone have experience with both > programs and have a preference for one over the other, and if so, why? > > > > Many thanks for any feedback. > > > > Barton

PAF's development was stopped several years and support for it ended last year for good. Closest replacement is Ancestral Quest, same programmers wrote PAF. W. David Samuelsen On 5/10/2014 8:40 AM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Barton > > I am using PAF with Win 7 and it works just as well as it ever did > > Why do you say you have to change ? > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 10/05/2014 15:02, Barton Lewis wrote: >> I recently bought a new computer and as a result will have to say goodbye to >> PAF, my genealogical software. I've imported my file into the free versions >> of both Legacy and RootsMagic. Does anyone have experience with both >> programs and have a preference for one over the other, and if so, why? >> >> >> >> Many thanks for any feedback. >> >> >> >> Barton > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks everyone for your feedback on software. I will download Ancestral Quest also and give it a try. I like the idea of a book that can be generated in RootsMagic. Has anyone tried that feature and were they happy with it? Barton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of W David Samuelsen Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 11:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Legacy vs RootsMagic PAF's development was stopped several years and support for it ended last year for good. Closest replacement is Ancestral Quest, same programmers wrote PAF. W. David Samuelsen On 5/10/2014 8:40 AM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Barton > > I am using PAF with Win 7 and it works just as well as it ever did > > Why do you say you have to change ? > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 10/05/2014 15:02, Barton Lewis wrote: >> I recently bought a new computer and as a result will have to say >> goodbye to PAF, my genealogical software. I've imported my file into >> the free versions of both Legacy and RootsMagic. Does anyone have >> experience with both programs and have a preference for one over the other, and if so, why? >> >> >> >> Many thanks for any feedback. >> >> >> >> Barton > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to [email protected] and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Although all my PAF files transferred over to the new computer, I also need to download the software to open them with, and you can't do that anymore, now that LDS has discontinued downloads and support for PAF. Barton On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Barton > > I am using PAF with Win 7 and it works just as well as it ever did > > Why do you say you have to change ? > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 10/05/2014 15:02, Barton Lewis wrote: >> I recently bought a new computer and as a result will have to say >> goodbye to >> PAF, my genealogical software. I've imported my file into the free >> versions >> of both Legacy and RootsMagic. Does anyone have experience with both >> programs and have a preference for one over the other, and if so, >> why? >> >> >> >> Many thanks for any feedback. >> >> >> >> Barton > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Barton Several of us took the precaution of downloading a fresh copy of PAF before it was removed Its available from a few places For example http://www.parowansoftware.com/ You might also want to look at Ancestral Quest PAF came from the same writers as AQ and will be very familiar to a PAF user but has more bells and whistles But there is no reason that PAF should not work until and if you decide to change Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/05/2014 15:56, BARTON LEWIS wrote: > Although all my PAF files transferred over to the new computer, I also > need to download the software to open them with, and you can't do that > anymore, now that LDS has discontinued downloads and support for PAF. > > > Barton