Hello, Have you considered using Microsft access and or Sun OpenOffice and using it as a front end to Legacy and adding your own extra tables ?
Can elaborate if you wish Bill On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Ken <mistyblu...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > For a while now I have been struggling to find an appropriate software > product that will allow me to record electronically all my genealogical > information & documents I hold as well as all those scraps of information > you gather along the way which invariably become useful later in your > research. My genealogical program will continue to be Legacy 7 but I’m > looking for a complimentary research/record software program to help me keep > track of all my documents and to cross reference all the data. That said, I > don’t want to invest a lot of time in a program that doesn’t fulfil what’s > expected. > > > > Of late I have been testing Clooz 2.1 because it was said that it could > link to Legacy but I have since found out that it can’t link to Legacy 7. > It also has to run under XP compatibility mode on my Windows 7 operating > system. I have also read some online reviews which haven’t been too kind > about this program so am a bit hesitant to invest in it. Nevertheless, I do > like the way it allows you to link a number of people to a source document > such as a Marriage Certificate. > > > > I have also been testing Custodian 3 but I find it’s a bit frustrating > because there is only one main index which is based on Names set out with > single line entries for a person each time they are noted in a source > document. As such, a name will be listed four or more times based upon what > certificate or source document they have been noted within – this is a bit > confusing. It would be far better to just have the name appear once and > when you click on the record it opens up another screen that provides you > with all the source entries for that person. > > > > The final program I have been using is Genota 4 which links to Legacy. The > program appears good for keeping track of all those loose notes and > correspondence but I haven’t worked out whether it will be able to > link/cross reference a person to different source documents. > > > > Anyway, before venturing any further on this project it would be great to > hear the views of other members of the LUG. > > > > Maybe there is another program out there that is compatible with Legacy 7 > which I don’t know about. > > > > Regards, > > > > Ken. > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
