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From: Firebird <>
Subject: Re: [TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM] Genealogy software
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:38:32 +0000
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Christy Fillerup wrote:


> I feel this way about client research as well as my own. I do keep my
> research in FTM 2008, but really only to aid in creating family group
> records, etc. I really prefer to create a "client" report for each of my
> own family groups as well. In my opinion genealogy software puts too much
> emphasis on facts, NDP, and not enough emphasis on the reasoning behind each
> assertion. A GEDCOM without accompanying report, or copious notes, as well
> as source citations is pretty much useless in my opinion.

Surely a lot would depend on what your client wanted, source citations
excluded.

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