In message of 28 Nov, Peter Abbott <peterabbott.eymore@btinternet.com> wrote: > Generations on the PC is from the same stable, developed by Reunion. > It is my preferred choice even though updates are no longer available > on PCs. It depends on how much your data is important to you and how much time you have invested in it. But the problem with continuing to use Generations on a PC is if there should be some development in the PC operating system that finally prevents Generations from running. This is more likely to affect you when you replace your old PC as the new one will have the newest operating system. If you decide this is unacceptable, you have to consider what you will do with your data. You cannot transfer it all out reliably using GEDCOM; this inevitably leads to some problems. I have even come to the conclusion that the genealogy program designers might have deliberately made it difficult for you to transfer serious amounts of data via GEDCOM: it is better for them if you stay with their program and pay the upgrade fees for the new versions. There are two means of getting the data out without compromising it: TMG on a PC and Reunion on a Mac. I tried the TMG route and failed to like that all-encompassing platform; they had done well to make something work under FoxPro but there is nothing to beat a purpose designed interface. But it has a strong following and many like it for its power. TMG has a very powerful program that will take data direct out of the master files of many other genealogy programs including Generations; I used this successfully. This left Reunion on a Mac and the new Mini is a very capable machine and takes the sensible move of not requiring you to buy keyboard, mouse or monitor with it; you use your old ones. The owners of Reunion will convert your Generations file to a Reunion one for you, within a few hours too; I do not know how much longer they will do this, of course - they don't advertise this service but if you ask nicely they may still do it. Admittedly I now have the risk that Reunion will cease being developed on the Mac but all programs are subject to that risk. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe                                          tim@powys.org              For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org

I like Generations and continue to use it but, as I recently had a conflict with Omnipage, copy all my data to Legacy, which is a very similar program. I find Tree Drawing in Generations very good and worth any inconvenience for this alone. Regards, Roger Jones Holland > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Powys-Lybbe [mailto:tim@powys.org] > > In message of 28 Nov, Peter Abbott <peterabbott.eymore@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > > Generations on the PC is from the same stable, developed by Reunion. > > It is my preferred choice even though updates are no longer available > > on PCs. > > It depends on how much your data is important to you and how much time > you have invested in it. But the problem with continuing to use > Generations on a PC is if there should be some development in the PC > operating system that finally prevents Generations from running. This > is more likely to affect you when you replace your old PC as the new one > will have the newest operating system. > > If you decide this is unacceptable, you have to consider what you > will do with your data. You cannot transfer it all out reliably using > GEDCOM; this inevitably leads to some problems. I have even come to > the conclusion that the genealogy program designers might have > deliberately made it difficult for you to transfer serious amounts of > data via GEDCOM: it is better for them if you stay with their program and > pay the upgrade fees for the new versions. > > -- > Tim Powys-Lybbe                                          tim@powys.org >              For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org