Connie, Your "private flamer" has certainly been proven out-of-line. Please try to ignore him. We need people like you. This thread has resonated on this topic, although a few may have misread your original premise. A number of "LUGs" have agreed that, while database programs can be helpful in organizing genealogical information, they are not effective at desktop publishing. When I was a TMG user, I was forced to conclude that TMG would not be adequate for writing my Family History. Perhaps if my goal were publishing professional genealogy reports, either program would do, although to me, both would have been a compromise.
So here's how I have been proceeding recently: I enter the vital data and sources into Legacy normally, add historical context, biographical and human interest references into Event Notes with source data, now using Source Writer to produce consistent "professional" citations. This of course overloads Events but gives a great Chronological feel for the ancestor's life. I still miss the likes of Manuscript for writing and publishing. One of my complaints of both programs is the child-like repetitiveness of database facts when using pre-formed sentences to create narratives. The Descendant reports have most of the information I want but, as written, are deadly boring to other non-genealogist family members. To rectify this I save the report as a PDF file, convert it to Word format and go to work on it to try to flesh out my ancestors' lives a bit. Most of the content is there - it just needs some humanizing. At the same time I've been experimenting with presentation and storage methods such as linking to other narratives, images, descriptions and historical context, indexing, etc. all on the same self-contained DVD. My generation may soon be gone so I may never have to resort to paper! (g) Before the nay-bobs berate me that this of off-topic, let me suggest that this is the future of genealogy and is on-topic for us and for a company like Millenia. Thanks. Hugh ________________________________________________________ On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Connie Sheets <clshee...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Because of the intensity and frequency of private flaming that I have been receiving from this list over the last few weeks, I will be reverting to as close to "lurker" mode as I can muster, and am contemplating leaving the list. > > I have always done my best to be helpful and keep to topic. Quite frankly, I've been on some contentious lists and message boards and have developed a rather thick skin, but this one takes the prize for passive-aggressiveness. To those who seem to have nothing better to do than write aggressive messages to posters who innocently violate your concept of what is appropriate: the Legacy staff, or the polite people on the board, will inform us if we mess up. You don't have to do it for them. If you aren't interested in the subject line, the content of the first post the thread, or the name of the poster, use the delete key thereafter. > > I deeply appreciate those of you who have helped me learn to make better use of Legacy, and I hope in the process I have at least occasionally helped others. > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > >