From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Jul 21 03:34:59 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 k6L9Yxjb029684; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:34:59 -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 k6L9YvBn017295 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:34:57 -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 k6L6unFI018390 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:56:49 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6L6unRh018389 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:56:49 -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 k6KHbhFI016987 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:37:44 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6KKFeAo014395 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:15:40 -0600 X-Envelope-From: southpawphilly@gmail.com Thu Jul 20 14:15:40 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 k6KKFejb014386 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:15:40 -0600 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6KKFYCI013898 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:15:35 -0600 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n29so721035nfc for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:15:35 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ntnIwgxGXRaCS94LSnMPnm1Ezq+6qoJtNp/nU1JoefepLhY4Hgd06dcC+CqqcORyM4e0iV32oqMaYiyv6mTkHg93Ndy/oUqWPqoCYqJ0K1owZytihxr06Y4Mp3HMi/6uaczxD6ncuajGtj0gY1RLlKCCr+S/9Cov2/cQEkZO/e0= Received: by 10.78.159.7 with SMTP id h7mr892090hue; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.164.4 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6b9c81920607201309pb48ba83o2bb1b02aeff4809a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:09:27 -0400 From: SouthPawPhilly To: "Frederick H. Whitley" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Genealogy Software Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <200607201544.k6KFikrf025860@mail.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3ad.66fd2f5.31f0e92a@aol.com> <200607201544.k6KFikrf025860@mail.rootsweb.com> 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 PAF (Personal Ancestral File) is a free genealogical program that comes from the Latter Day Saints. http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10151&productId=47670&langId=-1&cg1=13669&cg2=14000&cg3=&cg4=&cg5=&sortId=3&sortOr=1&retURLtext=Back%20to%20'Software%20Downloads%20-%20Free'&retURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ldscatalog.com%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FCategoryDisplay%3FcatalogId%3D10151%26amp%3BstoreId%3D10151%26amp%3BcategoryId%3D14000%26amp%3BlangId%3D-1%26amp%3Bcg1%3D13669%26amp%3Bcg2%3D%26amp%3Bcg3%3D%26amp%3Bcg4%3D%26amp%3Bcg5%3D%26pageId%3D1%26pageCt%3D15%26sortId%3D3%26sortOr%3D1 It's very nice and the one I use after having used Family Tree Maker. Joan On 7/20/06, Frederick H. Whitley wrote: > 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): > > > > > > >