[AT] O.T. -- genealogy

[Indiana Robinson]

On 21 Dec 2005 at 21:45, Herbert Metz wrote:

> I have neglected my genealogy project for several years.    The program I was using would be over ten years old.    Would appreciate opinions on functional, modest priced programs of today.
> TIA, Herb 


Hi Herb:

	Go to:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
	I tried dozens of programs and some were just silly junk 
and some were better but not natural to use. Some are set 
up to steal and resell your hard work.  I finally settled 
on Legacy and have been most pleased for several years. 
Lots of ways to store lots of different types of 
information including pictures and good internal problem 
checking, like people living too long or born after they 
died etc. Also lots of possible reports built in.
	You can down-load the free version and try it then if you 
want you can pay and upgrade. If you pay and upgrade the 
information you have put into it will still be there intact 
and will flow right into the new version. They have tons of 
support including a forum. The manual is quite good. 
Backing up is quick and easy. Just for safety I keep a copy 
on a floppy disk, a CD, a zip disk and on the hard drives 
of 3 other computers plus a copy off site... Too dang much 
work in it to take any chances.   :-)   I don't try to 
chronicle every 23rd cousin's kids but it is up to over 
1700 names. Some of them required an awful lot of hours to 
sort out.
Happy digging...

--
"farmer"

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net

	I have created a local Shopsmith users list for my area. 
It is described as follows:
This is to be a list for Shopsmith owners and want to be 
owners in the general area of Indiana. If you are across 
the line in OH or IL that is fine too. I don't want to draw 
a hard line but I hope for all members to be within a 
reasonable driving distance of each other. This list is for 
sharing woodworking tips and stories and Shopsmith tips and 
stories but also is to be used for the buying, selling and 
swapping of Shopsmith tools, accessories and parts between 
members of this list. 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaSSlist/