Penny, I agree. I do not want an event driven style of database but, like you, one that is people/family driven. I would think also that it would be extremely difficult to combine the two approaches into a unified database
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy vs TMG > Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:08:12 -0500 > > This was my experience with TMG, as well. I even got the TMG training > videos in hopes they would help sort out why this thing was harder-to-use > than any genealogy program should be. > > And ... Oh my gosh. Those stupid films they made us watch (to keep us busy) > in 6th grade were not as yawn-inducing as the TMG training videos are. I've > hung onto them to use as sure-fire insomnia relief. (Thank you, Millenia > for, not only making a user-friendly program, but for making training > interesting, easy to watch, and enjoyable!) > > I also do not look at genealogy as event-oriented with people attached to > said events; this is the TMG approach to genealogy db creation. Legacy is > much more intuitive and user-friendly; furthermore, it looks at gen. db > creation as people first, with events that happened to those people second. > Legacy is much more my style and continues to fulfill all my needs and then > some; I was quite relieved to have found it after my bummer-experience with > TMG. > > As I see it, Legacy and TMG use two different approaches and, therefore, > fill two different niches in the gen-db world. > > Penny > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G. C. Oliver" > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:57 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy vs TMG > > >>I have TMG 6 that I upgraded from TMG 5. I have tried on many occasions to >> work with it and cannot. >> If you want to spend you time fooling around with the software and forget >> about Genealogy it's the program for you. You can dot your I's twice and >> cross you T's three times. >> In all honesty I am sure TMG works well for a lot of (A__L) people but it >> is >> way too complex and the learning curve too steep for me. I would rather >> spend my time researching than worrying about the punctuation in a >> descendent report. >> G.C. _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000002ukm/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
