I've been playing around with both RM and Legacy trying to determine which program I want to make my permanent "home". I find things I like about both programs, and it is a tough decision. Can you elaborate on why you find Legacy superior to RM? Kathleen L. On 9/25/2014 10:56 PM, karenhappuch via wrote: > I acquired a second home, Legacy, in August and completed the move this morning. My genealogy data and research now have two homes, TMG ad Legacy. There are, of course, lots of things to be done in the "second home", but those can be done while I'm fully using the program. > > I've also imported my TMG project to RootsMagic both by Gedcom and by direct import include the most recent direct import. Plusses of the direct import are all the tag types and the witnesses and roles placed in the "share". Otherwise the RM direct import is inferior to my TMG 9.03 Gedcom import into Legacy. > > The Legacy cleanup forced me to look at every person in my 6200 person main dataset. Was it time consuming? YES. Was it worth it? YES. I've identified new research to do and some individuals and families that need a closer look. > > Census tags took much of my time. My TMG global census sentences won't work in Legacy because the two programs handle witnesses and roles differently. That was ok with me because they'd often required modification at the local level in TMG. I'd been wanting to change those for several years, so now it is done. The new ones work very well. > > Barbara S. > > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the message subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barbara wrote "My TMG global census sentences won't work in Legacy because the two programs handle witnesses and roles differently." This is an absolute show stopper for me. I not only have custom census sentences for a variety of roles, but also custom sentences for mariners (I have alot of whaling captains, ship owners, etc.). I worked with RootsMagic during the development of the TMG import, and the handling of my sentences, roles and witnesses are now supurb! I will be switching to RM once I get my backlog of data entered into TMG. Julie On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Kathleen Lenihan via < tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I've been playing around with both RM and Legacy trying to determine > which program I want to make my permanent "home". I find things I like > about both programs, and it is a tough decision. Can you elaborate on > why you find Legacy superior to RM? > > Kathleen L. > > On 9/25/2014 10:56 PM, karenhappuch via wrote: > > I acquired a second home, Legacy, in August and completed the move this > morning. My genealogy data and research now have two homes, TMG ad > Legacy. There are, of course, lots of things to be done in the "second > home", but those can be done while I'm fully using the program. > > > > I've also imported my TMG project to RootsMagic both by Gedcom and by > direct import include the most recent direct import. Plusses of the direct > import are all the tag types and the witnesses and roles placed in the > "share". Otherwise the RM direct import is inferior to my TMG 9.03 Gedcom > import into Legacy. > > > > The Legacy cleanup forced me to look at every person in my 6200 person > main dataset. Was it time consuming? YES. Was it worth it? YES. I've > identified new research to do and some individuals and families that need a > closer look. > > > > Census tags took much of my time. My TMG global census sentences won't > work in Legacy because the two programs handle witnesses and roles > differently. That was ok with me because they'd often required > modification at the local level in TMG. I'd been wanting to change those > for several years, so now it is done. The new ones work very well. > > > > Barbara S. > > > > *** > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the message subject and body. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the message subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Julie, I'm curious how you coped with RM only having a Principal role for P1. I've some 5,000 events over a number of tags in my TMG data where P1 has a role other than principal, with associated sentences that do assorted things, eg link to specific websites or simply make the narrative reports less bog standard/more interesting. Without the context of the role, a lot of these don't make much sense. To convert my main db to RM I'd be spending rather a lot of precious research time working on these 5,000+ creating adiditonal fact types to work around this issue, which clutters the fact/tag type list, unnecessarily in my opinion. Lorna Henderson http://LornaHen.com On 27/09/14 1:49, Julie Rosales via wrote: > Barbara wrote "My TMG global census sentences won't work in Legacy because > the two programs handle witnesses and roles differently." > > This is an absolute show stopper for me. I not only have custom census > sentences for a variety of roles, but also custom sentences for mariners (I > have alot of whaling captains, ship owners, etc.). > > I worked with RootsMagic during the development of the TMG import, and the > handling of my sentences, roles and witnesses are now supurb! I will be > switching to RM once I get my backlog of data entered into TMG. > > Julie > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Kathleen Lenihan via < > tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> I've been playing around with both RM and Legacy trying to determine >> which program I want to make my permanent "home". I find things I like >> about both programs, and it is a tough decision. Can you elaborate on >> why you find Legacy superior to RM? >> >> Kathleen L. >> >> On 9/25/2014 10:56 PM, karenhappuch via wrote: >>> I acquired a second home, Legacy, in August and completed the move this >> morning. My genealogy data and research now have two homes, TMG ad >> Legacy. There are, of course, lots of things to be done in the "second >> home", but those can be done while I'm fully using the program. >>> I've also imported my TMG project to RootsMagic both by Gedcom and by >> direct import include the most recent direct import. Plusses of the direct >> import are all the tag types and the witnesses and roles placed in the >> "share". Otherwise the RM direct import is inferior to my TMG 9.03 Gedcom >> import into Legacy. >>> The Legacy cleanup forced me to look at every person in my 6200 person >> main dataset. Was it time consuming? YES. Was it worth it? YES. I've >> identified new research to do and some individuals and families that need a >> closer look. >>> Census tags took much of my time. My TMG global census sentences won't >> work in Legacy because the two programs handle witnesses and roles >> differently. That was ok with me because they'd often required >> modification at the local level in TMG. I'd been wanting to change those >> for several years, so now it is done. The new ones work very well. >>> Barbara S. >>> >>> *** >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the message subject and body. >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> *** >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the message subject and body. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > *** > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the message subject and body. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-REFUGEES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This one is a biggie for me too. I don't even understand the logic behind it. RootsMagic has roles implemented so why would it not be possible to assign a role to P1. Technically, we could create separate tags for each role to resolve the problem, but what a chore. Hopefully, if enough of us ask about this one, RootsMagic will consider changing it. Sheila Altenbernd -----Original Message----- From: LornaMoa via Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 4:51 PM To: Julie Rosales ; tmg-refugees@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG-REFUGEES] Move completed (to RM - P1 roles?) Julie, I'm curious how you coped with RM only having a Principal role for P1. I've some 5,000 events over a number of tags in my TMG data where P1 has a role other than principal, with associated sentences that do assorted things,