Don here, I have no particular reason for going from FTM to Legacy over the other way around (Legacy to FTM). Just wanted to have one program to post initial entries.
I am open for suggestions as to the best way to go. I would like to stick with just one program. Give me reasons to stay only with Legacy over maintaining both, other than the cost of updating both. I would appreciate comments. Don -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sandra Tyler Duncan Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging FTM and Legacy Files I agree totally , but I also did from FTM to Legacy before I went totally LEGACY because I was not sure which one I wanted to stay with. I also used Family Origins then its child Roots Magic What finally convinced me to go LEGACY besides its merging factor was all the shortcut keys. A massive stroke in 1998 left me with the use of just my right side and the shortcut keys in LEGACY have allowed me to enter over 30,000 names in 3 months Now I ONLY use one family tree program -"LEGACY " Love, Light, Rainbows & Blessings Sandra Tyler Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Bayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Merging FTM and Legacy Files > Don O. Wrote: > >> For information only: I have both Legacy 5 and FTM 2005. >> What I do is make all my postings to FTM 2005 and then create a GEDCOM > file, >> go to Legacy and import the FTM file to Legacy. >> >> That way I have same information in both files and can utilize the > benefits >> of both programs. > > I have Legacy 5 deluxe and FTM 10. Do do the opposite of what Don does. > I keep my "main" database in Legacy and then export viat GEDCOM to FTM. > IMO it's easier to enter new data into Legacy, but that's opinion. > What I don't think is opinion, is that Legacy has better & more extensive > sourcing capabilites than FTM (certainly FTM 10) Legacy has better > searching > capbailities and in general has a better database "engine" than FTM. FTM > makes > more and better trees. So I export to FTM from Legacy to make trees. > I don't care that I get lot's of error messages on import to FTM because > when > I researched them, most had to do with FTM getting confused about all of > Legacy's > sourcing capabilites. So that's why I do it the way I do. > > I'd love to hear from Don about why he goes the opposite way. Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
