Hi Bill,
Based upon my research I believe that all three programs have been developed from Microsoft Access. I’m not that skilled with Access so the idea of me developing a research database is not really an option. Appreciate the suggestion though. Ken From: Bill Wood [mailto:steamingb...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 24 September 2010 6:43 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Genealogical Research & Record Keeping Software 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 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 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
