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Title: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: British Kiwi on Monday 17 November 14 11:13 GMT (UK)
Hi

I have been trying to go through all the topics about software, but most of the threads are really old. I have been using FH3 for years and I am getting an upgrade for Christmas. I'm trying to decide on FH5 or Legacy 8. I checked out a review site and it recommended Legacy 8, but I got the impression that FH5 only got a lower rating as the review didn't take into account the plugins and Ancestory Sources. The key things I am looking for is easy input of sources especially from the internet. Mapping where my family has lived (all over the world!) and maybe even being able to produce a book/pdf or support my little blog.

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: Gadget on Monday 17 November 14 11:29 GMT (UK)
Hi

I've been using FH since version 2 and have version 5 now. The upgrading of my old files has never been problem. It does all I need  :)


Gadget
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: RJ_Paton on Monday 17 November 14 11:37 GMT (UK)
Another vote for Family Historian ... although I only use a fraction of the functionality of FH5 the very flexibility of the program means that I can tailor it to work the way I want, rather than adjusting my work for the program.
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: British Kiwi on Tuesday 18 November 14 08:05 GMT (UK)
Thanks. I am leaning towards it. it looks like what legacy can do over fh5 according to the review seems to be covered by the plugins.
Have you used any of the mapping plugins?
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: ShaunJ on Tuesday 18 November 14 08:09 GMT (UK)
FH6 will be released on December 9th
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: British Kiwi on Tuesday 18 November 14 08:15 GMT (UK)
Someone mentioned that but I didn't realise it was so soon! Now just have to decide to get ancestry or FindMyPast subscription!
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: British Kiwi on Tuesday 18 November 14 10:19 GMT (UK)
Any ideas on what is on the new release? Can't see it on their website.
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: ShaunJ on Tuesday 18 November 14 10:38 GMT (UK)
Had an email about FH6 today:

"It will be a big and exciting release, packed with enhancements and great new features. There are far too many features to cover in a single bulletin (and in any case, we want to keep some surprises for the day), but just to whet your appetites, we are including a sneak preview of a just a couple of new features below – Map Windows and Witnesses.

Feature Preview 1: the New Map Window
Family Historian 6 will have a new workspace window called the Map Window. You can use it to map the locations of all the places and events in your projects. You can even view family movements over time, using the Time Slider. You can choose any combination of people and events, and filter on event types – and use the same or different markers. Click on a marker to view all the events that occurred there in a popup window. This means that you can show all your ancestors’ birth places marked in red, and all your spouse’s ancestors’ birth places marked in green, for example. Moving around the map, and zooming in or out to see more or less detail, is easy and fun. And you have a choice of two different map styles.
 
Feature Preview 2: Witnesses
Up to now, if you wanted to record that two people got married, you would create a marriage event for the two people. But there was no way to record all the other people who may have participated in the same event – such as the bridesmaids, the best man, the ministers and the guests. These are all what we call 'witnesses'. Now in version 6, you can record as many witnesses as you like for any event or attribute. The program comes with many standard roles for these witnesses (such as 'bridesmaid', 'best man' and so on), but you can create as many new roles as you like, and each role can have as many people as you like. You can use this capability in many ways. For example, you could use it to record the fact that a group of people all lived together, if you wanted to. The practical effect is to provide richer and more fleshed-out reports, and a richer experience when browsing, because witness details can be accessed when viewing an event from the point-of-view of any of the participants"
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: smudwhisk on Tuesday 18 November 14 11:06 GMT (UK)
Another vote for Family Historian, I've been using v5 since Jan 2013, having previously used Family Tree Maker.  I find FH far better and it doesn't take ages to open either. ;D
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: British Kiwi on Tuesday 18 November 14 22:56 GMT (UK)
Decision made. Was worried I would have to pay for an upgrade but free upgrade if bought from now on.
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: clave on Tuesday 18 November 14 23:42 GMT (UK)
Question for all - i am still using Easytree from the generations grandsuite [ ca 2000 ] , because it does all i want and i like to keep my stuff separate - are there any progs that will import the database and preserve individual's Id's ?

Thanks , Clave
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: RJ_Paton on Wednesday 19 November 14 11:21 GMT (UK)
Question for all - i am still using Easytree from the generations grandsuite [ ca 2000 ] , because it does all i want and i like to keep my stuff separate - are there any progs that will import the database and preserve individual's Id's ?

Thanks , Clave

Family Historian recognises and will import a number of different program databases into a new project - I'm not sure if Grandsuite is one of them (although it will certainly import any Gedcom file).
The easiest way to find out is to download the free 30 day trial version of Family Historian and try it out (this trial version is the full program only limited by that 30 day period)
http://www.family-historian.co.uk/
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: smudwhisk on Wednesday 19 November 14 15:31 GMT (UK)
Family Historian recognises and will import a number of different program databases into a new project - I'm not sure if Grandsuite is one of them (although it will certainly import any Gedcom file).
The easiest way to find out is to download the free 30 day trial version of Family Historian and try it out (this trial version is the full program only limited by that 30 day period)
http://www.family-historian.co.uk/

It would probably also be worth posting the question on the Family Historian Forum as they may be able to help - http://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/.
Title: Re: Family Historian 5 vs Legacy 8
Post by: clave on Friday 21 November 14 19:13 GMT (UK)
Thanks Guys - will give it a go