I'm in Australia and use GenSmarts, I like the sandbox feature where you set up your own complex searches of your Legacy file. From that I could gauge which people to look at for military records, indexes etc, because GenSmarts makes guesses at dating for individuals. While the suggested dating is useful as a guide, don't completely trust it. You may find some other GenSmarts' elements useful, where it suggests some online searching for some of your gaps, Legacy now has more powerful searching so it covers some of GenSmarts features.
I've only just bought Personal Historian, so I can't really comment on it yet. It's supposed to help you write out your personal history on various topics. I've noticed that it will suggest various themes and the help section was useful. I have plans on using it and mixing the themes and some of the interview questions from Legacy to get information in oral/video history format, then I'll use Personal Historian to help me flesh it out into a more readable format - I like using the Fog Index for that. So yes there are many Americanisms in the programs, but you can pick and choose the elements that are useful to you. Cheers Tracy ** $10 OFF when you spend $50 or more in our store. Use coupon code: Legacy2008 at checkout. Offer expires 10/31/08 ** 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
