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Offline nellie d

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Re: What (Free) Software?
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 30 December 04 00:01 GMT (UK) »
Paul

I've used Embla family Treasyres and it's caused real problems with my computer. I think it's best to give it a miss.

Thaanks for the other info everyone.

Nellie
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Lambden, Hawkins - Berkshire
Biggs, Cooper, Druce, Hedges, Haywood, Francis,Ward, Skidmore, Pinfold, Dorn, Gardener, Hopgood - Oxfordshire
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Rowland, Emmett, Lockhart - Southwark/Middlesex
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Offline PaulRobinson

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Re: What (Free) Software?
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 30 December 04 07:22 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Nellie & everyone, some useful info here.

I've put just about all my available data into Legacy now and it seems to work very well. The interface is a little dated but I have no other complaints considering it's a free program - I'm probably going to shell out the $20 (what's that, about £12) to upgrade to the deluxe edition.

Cheers

Paul
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Re: What (Free) Software?
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 30 December 04 08:16 GMT (UK) »
Hi Paul

One important feature of any genealogical program is the ability to do backups, so you can protect your data.

Check Legacy for exporting to Ged files and ensure that for your own protection, that you use it.

Regards
Fran

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Re: What (Free) Software?
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 30 December 04 12:18 GMT (UK) »
Fran

Yep, it does export to GEDCOM and I'm using the back-up! ;)

Paul
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Re: What (Free) Software?
« Reply #13 on: Friday 31 December 04 06:55 GMT (UK) »
Yes, I have used Legacy for about 6 years and found it very, very dependable.    I am now using Version 5 De Luxe.   

But you might also be interested in GenPro.     It is a free program which produces a genuine tree.      That is its function.       The Help instructions are clear and straightforward.     It handles Gedcom beautifully.    I use it as an addition to Legacy.   Find it at GenoPro.com
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Re: What (Free) Software?
« Reply #14 on: Friday 31 December 04 08:42 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Bill, I'll check it out
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Re: What (Free) Software?
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 12 August 10 19:48 BST (UK) »
Six years late but ... I use GRAMPS (Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System) - primarily for Linux, but has Windows and Mac OS versions too. Plenty of on-line documentation, and a users mailing list - both cover using the program, and genealogy help.

It's open source as well as free.
http://gramps-project.org/
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Re: What (Free) Software?
« Reply #16 on: Friday 13 August 10 09:54 BST (UK) »
I see there are Legacy users on board Please can anyone tell me if Legacy is capable of producing Ancestor narrative reports which  will include  children in each generation plus " more about" feature , marriage notes and other notes in the narrative. I have been seen a very nice ancestor narrative report with all those features but dont know what software produced it.I can do main ancestors only and also narrative descendent reports but would like to be able to produce full narrative ancestor reports
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