Which genealogy software is best?

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JayDax

Which genealogy software is best?

Legg inn av JayDax » 30 jan 2005 17:50:19

I'm curious to know what reccomendations you all have for genealogy
software. Personally I use PAF - a free download from http://www.familysearch.org.
Am I missing out however? I don't mind paying a fee for a better program
that has a clear advantage. PAF's limitation seems to be that it won't allow
hypertext links.

Bob Melson

Re: Which genealogy software is best?

Legg inn av Bob Melson » 30 jan 2005 18:54:52

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:50:19 +0000, JayDax wrote:

I'm curious to know what reccomendations you all have for genealogy
software. Personally I use PAF - a free download from
http://www.familysearch.org. Am I missing out however? I don't mind paying a fee
for a better program that has a clear advantage. PAF's limitation seems to
be that it won't allow hypertext links.

This is a question that's asked and answered with regularity on this and
other newsgroups. Seems to me the answer is that there is no single best
genealogy program -- it depends on too many subjective factors and really
boils down to what you're most comfortable with and how well it meets your
requirements. Beyond that, naming names and comparing features has been
done far too often for this to be a meaningful discussion.

Bob Melson


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Rio Grande MicroSolutions | ignorance in action.
El Paso, Texas | Goethe
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K0BBE

Re: Which genealogy software is best?

Legg inn av K0BBE » 30 jan 2005 20:23:23

"JayDax" schreef ...
: I'm curious to know what reccomendations you all
: have for genealogy software. Personally I use PAF
: - a free download from http://www.familysearch.org.
: Am I missing out however? I don't mind paying a fee
: for a better program that has a clear advantage.
: PAF's limitation seems to be that it won't allow
: hypertext links.
:


The results of Pro-Gen you can see
@ http://go.to/coilge .

A trial version (available in English) of the program
(limited input)
@ http://www.pro-gen.nl/nlhome.htm .

You may decide what is best..!
--
K0BBE ( webblad: http://go.to/coilge )
e-adres: incorrect

Dave Hinz

Re: Which genealogy software is best?

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 30 jan 2005 20:48:25

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:50:19 -0000, JayDax <news@jaydax.co.uk> wrote:
I'm curious to know what reccomendations you all have for genealogy
software. Personally I use PAF - a free download from http://www.familysearch.org.
Am I missing out however? I don't mind paying a fee for a better program
that has a clear advantage. PAF's limitation seems to be that it won't allow
hypertext links.

PAF is one of the best for PC. Where, though, are you trying to put
hyperlinks and it's not working? If that's the only thing, maybe we
can figure this out for you.

Steve Hayes

Re: Which genealogy software is best?

Legg inn av Steve Hayes » 31 jan 2005 05:38:09

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:50:19 -0000, "JayDax" <news@jaydax.co.uk> wrote:

I'm curious to know what reccomendations you all have for genealogy
software. Personally I use PAF - a free download from http://www.familysearch.org.
Am I missing out however? I don't mind paying a fee for a better program
that has a clear advantage. PAF's limitation seems to be that it won't allow
hypertext links.

It depends on what you want to do with it.

I use Legacy, but I also use PAF to transfer GEDCOM files to Legacy, because
if I import the GEDCOMS directly into Legacy, the RINs get scrasmbled.


--
Steve Hayes
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work)
Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/

Rich

Re: Which genealogy software is best?

Legg inn av Rich » 31 jan 2005 17:47:30

"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41fd94bd.110137678@news.saix.net...
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:50:19 -0000, "JayDax" <news@jaydax.co.uk> wrote:

I'm curious to know what reccomendations you all have for genealogy
software. Personally I use PAF - a free download from
http://www.familysearch.org.
Am I missing out however? I don't mind paying a fee for a better program
that has a clear advantage. PAF's limitation seems to be that it won't
allow
hypertext links.

It depends on what you want to do with it.

I use Legacy, but I also use PAF to transfer GEDCOM files to Legacy,
because
if I import the GEDCOMS directly into Legacy, the RINs get scrasmbled.


--
Steve Hayes
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work)
Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/


The RIN numbers should not get changed if you have the "Try to keep oridinal
ID numbers (RINs)" selection checked. Perhaps you also have to have the
"Fill all existing abandoned RINs" deselected.

Steve Hayes

Re: Which genealogy software is best?

Legg inn av Steve Hayes » 01 feb 2005 10:20:03

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:47:30 GMT, "Rich" <nospam@att.net> wrote:

"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
I use Legacy, but I also use PAF to transfer GEDCOM files to Legacy,
because
if I import the GEDCOMS directly into Legacy, the RINs get scrasmbled.

The RIN numbers should not get changed if you have the "Try to keep oridinal
ID numbers (RINs)" selection checked. Perhaps you also have to have the
"Fill all existing abandoned RINs" deselected.

They shouldn't get changed, but they do, when importing for GEDCOM, but not
when importing from PAF 4.x, so I import the GEDCOM file into PAF first, and
then into Legacy.


--
Steve Hayes
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work)
Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/

Rich

Re: Which genealogy software is best?

Legg inn av Rich » 01 feb 2005 17:38:41

"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41ff07ca.53197999@news.saix.net...
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:47:30 GMT, "Rich" <nospam@att.net> wrote:


"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
I use Legacy, but I also use PAF to transfer GEDCOM files to Legacy,
because
if I import the GEDCOMS directly into Legacy, the RINs get scrasmbled.

The RIN numbers should not get changed if you have the "Try to keep
oridinal
ID numbers (RINs)" selection checked. Perhaps you also have to have the
"Fill all existing abandoned RINs" deselected.

They shouldn't get changed, but they do, when importing for GEDCOM, but
not
when importing from PAF 4.x, so I import the GEDCOM file into PAF first,
and
then into Legacy.


If you could supply Legacy support with a sample they would fix the problem.

I found a rather involved problem in one in one of their reports. Sent an
example and they had solved the problem the next day and had a fix in the
next update.

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