From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jul 20 12:35:56 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6KIZujb010246; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:35:56 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6KIZrKa006299 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:35:53 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6KFvkFI016680 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:57:46 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6KFvkXE016679 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:57:46 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6KD6tFI016310 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:06:55 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6KFiob0011226 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:44:50 -0600 X-Envelope-From: whitleys@ptd.net Thu Jul 20 09:44:50 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6KFiojb011217 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:44:50 -0600 Received: from pm15.mailnet.ptd.net (pm15.mailnet.ptd.net [204.186.29.107]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6KFikrf025860 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:44:47 -0600 Message-Id: <200607201544.k6KFikrf025860@mail.rootsweb.com> Received: (qmail 6790 invoked by uid 50005); 20 Jul 2006 15:44:43 -0000 Received: from 24.152.217.32 by pm15.mailnet.ptd.net (envelope-from , uid 50002) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (clamdscan: 0.88.2/1600. Clear:RC:0(24.152.217.32):. Processed in 0.132061 secs); 20 Jul 2006 15:44:43 -0000 Received: from 24.152.217.32.res-cmts.eph.ptd.net (HELO FredsDesktop) (authenticated:whitleys@[24.152.217.32]) (envelope-sender ) by pm15.mailnet.ptd.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with RC4-MD5 encrypted SMTP for ; 20 Jul 2006 15:44:42 -0000 From: "Frederick H. Whitley" To: , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Genealogy Software Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:44:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 thread-index: AcasDK0Uj3YK4F5bQ+iBZzidLcsg5QABDWxw In-Reply-To: <3ad.66fd2f5.31f0e92a@aol.com> X-Qmail-Scanner-Message-ID: <11534102837646784@pm15.mailnet.ptd.net> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Hi, Please explain what the acronym PAF represents. Every 'arena' has a vocabulary, and usually those who are well versed in that 'arena' know what these letters represent. This technique is commonly done, but the assumption that all parties are knowledgeable of their meaning is not correct. So I ask everyone to please first write out the meaning, i.e. Family Tree Maker, then use FTM in the text. Oh, and while I am thinking of it, the same for pronouns. PLEASE use the noun first in responses in the TEXT of the message. So often I read something like "That was a good idea" and I wonder what the pronoun is modifying. I sincerely hope my message does not offend anyone, because my desire id to improve communication and not to make anyone uncomfortable while sharing with the group. Thank you, and stay well. FRED in PA -----Original Message----- From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com [mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JNich57@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:12 AM To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Genealogy Software My primary software is PAF which can be downloaded free of charge from FamilySearch. I have been very pleased with the format and ease of use. It does all the basic reports. I have also tried Legacy and like it as well, but since I started with PAF decided to stick with it and only use Legacy for some of its report features. Of course, this requires me to create a new gedcom but load it to Legacy, but since I don't print reports very often I don't consider that a problem. I am not a FTM fan since everytime I had it loaded on my pc it caused problems. Granted this was an older version (about 5 or 6 years ago) but since it didn't offer me anything better than PAF or Legacy I decided I didn't need it. Personally I think you should choose whatever software is the easiest for you to use and that gives you the reporting that you want. JON In a message dated 7/19/2006 7:25:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, phoenix@nova1.net writes: I would greatly appreciate any input on which program(s) list members use either in combination with or in the stead of Family Tree Maker. These are the names of the demos I have (if you use something not listed here, please tell me about it):