Suzanne, I switched from TMG two or three years ago, and with a database of only around 4000, I had a lot of trouble with clean-up, too.
However, the switch coincided with jumping on a genealogy education track (IGHR, NIGR, the NGS course, and so on), and as a result, the clean-up time was also a profitable time for me. The clean-up garnered me a lot of new perspective on old lines that I hadn't looked at for a while. So it's not all bad! Janis Walker Gilmore On 10/19/09 7:51 PM, "Suzanne Scheraga" <sjscher...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've recently switched to Legacy from TMG and have had a really hard time with > clean up. I'm not all that experienced with either program so I may be having > a harder time than you would. One of the interesting things I learned from > this group is how Access can be used to modify the Legacy database. My advice > is to work really hard at mapping your fields and learning if it is possible > to use external tools like Access to correct anticipated problems. Since I > have been working so hard on cleanup (and I have a very small project compared > to yours), I wish I understood more about both software programs before the > transfer. I'm sure I would have saved myself a lot of work. > > Suzanne > Reddick, Florida > > > > --- On Mon, 10/19/09, * <vkgm1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: * <vkgm1...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Most have switched? > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 2:30 PM > > Bob, I am struggling with leaving TMG 7.04 now, mainly because of the tired, > FoxPro-based interface. > > In the last few days, I have looked at GRAMPS, RootsMagic, Legacy, and FTM > 2010, but Legacy is in the forefront for my new application. > > > The problem for me is that I have 8,500+ individuals, many of which have > WITNESS tags, which I understand do not import well. > > ~ Kat > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:46 PM, SgtBob <s...@cox.net> wrote: > > I've used a number of genealogy programs over the past 10-15 years as most > of us have done and I have found that Legacy is about the most versatile one > I've ever used. It has a learning curve to be sure, but I suspect that you > will be a spokesperson for it once you've used it for a while. I've been > using it for a little over a year and am still learning all the benefits it > has. Stay with it, you wont regret having learned to use it. > > > > > My only desire would be that an Apple version would be developed so I could > boot the Virtual Machine I have to run. I do understand that that is probably > not going to happen due to the Access portion of the package - but I'm staying > with Legacy anyway. :-) > > > > > Bob > > > > ---- Heather Stovold <hstov...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well I, for one, had switched... I first used a genealogy program in 1988, > >> and Legacy didn't exist at that point. I was very careful about changing > >> programs for a lot of reasons (including a couple of bad experiences.) - but > >> switched to Legacy a few years ago after being recommended by a friend (and > >> then I read reviews etc.) > >> > >> I think with a careful read, that you are correct - the person was > >> indicating that any genealogy program is overwhelming if it is their first > >> ever genealogy program - and that even making a switch can take a while to > >> get used to the differences. This is true in general of any computer > >> program. > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Ward Walker <wnkwal...@rogers.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Well that's sad. Is it really true? People only turn to Legacy after > >>> frustrations with other programs? I would have thought, after all these > >>> years, that most of us went looking for a genealogy program and chose > >>> Legacy, based on reviews, ads, free trials, etc. Legacy is the only program > >>> I have used. I chose it about 12 years ago and found it quite intuitive, > >>> relative to other (non-genealogy) programs I had used. (I realize Legacy was > >>> simpler then.) I have to skip over all the vague references on this list to > >>> FTM, etc., which are meaningless to me. > >>> > >>> I hope you are saying that _any_ first-time genealogy program can be > >>> overwhelming, depending on one's general computer experience, rather than > >>> saying that Legacy, in particular, is overwhelming. > >>> > >>> I suspect that following this List can often be much more overwhelming than > >>> basic use of the program itself. :-) > >>> > >>> Ward > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michele Lewis" < > >>> cranberryf...@charter.net> > >>> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > >>> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:00 AM > >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Lost and needing help > >>> > >>> > >>> Mary, > >>>> Is this the first genealogy program you have used? I can see how it could > >>>> be VERY overwhelming to someone who has never used a computer genealogy > >>>> program before. Most of us have switched from other programs (and it still > >>>> can be a little daunting). > >>>> > >>>> ... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: > >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.co >>> m/Etiquette.asp> > > >>> Archived messages: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > >>> Online technical support: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Hel >>> p.asp> > > >>> To unsubscribe: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree. >>> com/LegacyLists.asp> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > -- > > /Users/robertrunion/Desktop/eMail Icons/signature.pdf > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > 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
