Comments on: Open Thread Thursday – Running Multiple Genealogy Software Programs

By: Bonnie (valentinoswi

Bonnie (valentinoswi — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:06:58 +0000

I use both FTM and My Heritage – the FTM versions are great for the interface with Ancestry – however because I do so much (almost all) research of Italian records – and because our family live in Italy and not all are fluent in English, I love the language capabilities of My Heritage. I can do my work in English and then flip a button to Italian and NOT lose the information! I simply export a GED file – I keep it updated every time I work on the file – and then can move between either program easily – I also do the same with the photo files to go along between the two programs.
The backups are important to me as I name and tag as many photos as I can for over 1000 people back to the 1600′s – that is strictly the paternal line for my inlaws – there are more on the maternal side – and there there are my own family lines.

By: Valerie C

Valerie C — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:25:09 +0000

I own both Reunion (9.0c) and MacFamily Tree (5.7.8). However, I really only use Reunion. I’ve been using reunion since version 6 and feel that the software only gets better with each update.

I bought MacFamily Tree on a bit of a whim, but when I loaded my gedcom file into the program, I found that I lost all of my sources, many of my tags and some of my dates. I also found that, although not hard to figure out and use, the program was not as intuitive as Reunion. It’s a heavier program with more layers that is harder to navigate. It also doesn’t add anything that reunion can’t do, so I really never use it.

Also, I’m glad to see that Ancestry.com is releasing FTM for Mac, but I don’t know that I’ll buy it. I really want to test a demo version before I buy to test compatibility with my current gedcom.

By: Randy Seaver

Randy Seaver — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:18:15 +0000

I wrote a longer post since I needed blog fodder this morning.

Read it at http://www.geneamusings.com/2010/10/why-i-use-several-software-programs.html

By: Mike West

Mike West — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:54:02 +0000

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By: celia black

celia black — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:04:19 +0000

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By: HR Mitchell

HR Mitchell — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:18:32 +0000

For many years, I used PAF as my primary software package, supplemented by FTM version 7; I would then export a single, combined & cleaned for my website. Over the last year, I begun using FTM 2010 more as the primary (mainly for the built-in ancestry.com search features, but still export for my website, which uses Darrin Lythgoes' The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding package for presentation. My desire would be to use only the TNG package and not bother with desktop programs at all, and slowly but surely, I'm making that move.

By: geneabloggers

geneabloggers — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:05:12 +0000

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By: Teresa Williams

Teresa Williams — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:00:02 +0000

I use Legacy because it fits with how I think. I’ve recently discovered Behold and plan to create Behold ancestor reports. It’s exactly what I wanted for my web site.

By: Jennifer Geraghty

Jennifer Geraghty — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:52:26 +0000

Apple is like a religion to me, so I work on a Macbook Pro laptop and an iMac desktop, and use MacFamilyTree software. The latest version 6 has some excellent updates, and the system is integrated with FamilySearch.org (as someone who searches principally in Ireland, the U.K. and Australia, I’m not a fan of Ancestry). What I like most about MacFamilyTree is the mobile app which can be used either on an ipad or iphone. It’s very convenient when I want to do work, but don’t want to lug around the laptop. That’s my two Apple cents. Cheers! Jennifer

By: Celia Lewis

Celia Lewis — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:24:39 +0000

I tend to use FTM2005 as my “base” and export GEDCOM forms to others every month or two. Then I find I’m preferring RootsMagic for a year and do the reverse. Haven’t lost any data yet. I teach Genealogy for Beginners classes, so I continue to use Legacy as the basic free software program in order to be able to teach others. – Celia