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From: Steve Gauss <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Genealogy Programs
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:48:43 -0500
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I agree that this seems to me to be a good topic for discussion,
especially since John asked the question on behalf of an addition to
the Essex website.

I use both Rootsmagic and The Master Genealogist and have tried PAF
and Legacy in the past. They all have advantages and disadvantages
and each person has to decide whether a particular program fits their
needs. TMG does almost everything you could want, but as a result is
somewhat slow and complicated. Rootsmagic is easier to use and fast
and does everything that I want it to do. However, there are things
neither program does and I write my own programs (in Perl on linux)
to compensate.
There has been a lot of discussion about the latest version of Family
Tree Maker. It apparently has changed radically (see Dick Eastman's
newsletter at eogn.com, for example). I don't like change but others may.

Steve Gauss

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