tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post4546035454045013675..comments2023-10-28T08:05:11.991-06:00Comments on Renee's Genealogy Blog: Why I Left Legacy for RootsMagicRenee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-75482764412126023862015-11-25T09:43:43.655-07:002015-11-25T09:43:43.655-07:00I love the program so much I now work for RootsMag...I love the program so much I now work for RootsMagic. Renee Zamorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-19502685970886003682015-11-11T22:31:51.276-07:002015-11-11T22:31:51.276-07:00Are you still happy with RootsMagic?. I have used ...Are you still happy with RootsMagic?. I have used PAF for years and since they stopped upgrading years ago I am now looking for a new program that may be more compatible with Win 10. So I was interested in your comments as I have tried Legacy and a couple of others (all free versions at present) and haven't found something to my liking. I also like spreadsheet type layouts, more logical.SurfinNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517809837350030554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-7306755747531846162013-08-16T19:20:21.601-06:002013-08-16T19:20:21.601-06:00In RootsMagic you can specific the child's rel...In RootsMagic you can specific the child's relationship to their parents. It doesn't always show up in reports though. To learn more about the difference between RM4 & RM6 you would have to know what came in RM5 too. You can read articles on http://blog.rootsmagic.com about each. There is a list of what's new in RM6 at http://www.rootsmagic.com/RootsMagic/WhatsNew.aspxRenee Zamorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-59662142029322910732013-08-15T21:38:24.409-06:002013-08-15T21:38:24.409-06:00I am just starting to get back into my research af...I am just starting to get back into my research after an eight year break. I was going to download the newest PAF and found that I couldn't. I have read your blog and might be interested in trying out RM. Can you tell me if you can indicate when a child is a stepchild? My daughter wants to be listed with myself and my current husband but to be accurate I need to list her as a stepchild. Also, how does RM4 differ from RM6? Thank you very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-70282119746232191622013-08-15T18:27:19.717-06:002013-08-15T18:27:19.717-06:00I will make an up to date comparison after Legacy ...I will make an up to date comparison after Legacy 8 is released.Renee Zamorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-47455363187326757292013-07-22T22:15:38.493-06:002013-07-22T22:15:38.493-06:00Can you update your comparison of Legacy to the ne...Can you update your comparison of Legacy to the newer Roots Magic 6? That would be helpful to those currently (July 2013) trying to make a current comparison! Thanks!<br /><br />RCSRichard C. Shipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401985337524226460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-5465305420668939492012-12-19T10:36:11.394-07:002012-12-19T10:36:11.394-07:00I would hope it was pretty obvious that I wasn'...I would hope it was pretty obvious that I wasn't an employee of RootsMagic while I was a Legacy user. It was only after switching to RootsMagic and loving it so much that I started to work for them.Renee Zamorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-15218652055907812582012-12-18T21:55:37.076-07:002012-12-18T21:55:37.076-07:00Perhaps worth commenting somewhere on this page th...Perhaps worth commenting somewhere on this page that Renee *works for* RootsMagic.. Whether that was the case when this article was written is also relevant - especially if the article was written prior to being an employee.<br /><br />This article was something that helped me decide on RM when I was originally deciding on a program - I was less than pleased when I found out, and an update stating that fact - and knowing that the article I had assumed was unbiased information was in fact unbiased when it was written - would have made a huge difference. I'm aware that this fact is included in the About Me page - however for this article, it should also be stated on the page of the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-21525136746808524242011-12-22T19:33:20.236-07:002011-12-22T19:33:20.236-07:00I have been using PAF for 10 years and when the ch...I have been using PAF for 10 years and when the church said that there would be no more tech support for this program, I have been looking for a replacement. I asked a sales person about RootsMagic and Legacy and if he knew the difference between the two. I just came across your blog and happy I did. I think I have made my mind up to get RM4. Wish me luck. ThanksGrampshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213585610726476901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-48863992177599048972011-06-03T08:48:54.430-06:002011-06-03T08:48:54.430-06:00I am so glad I found this post. Years ago I starte...I am so glad I found this post. Years ago I started into picking up my Mom's Genealogy and I used Legacy 5 back then. But I put it away for several years because of time constraints and was now going start getting back into it. Your article convinced me to give Roots MAgic a try as I had been seeing good reviews about it. Thank you for writing this review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-35453357195145471332011-02-07T06:50:45.307-07:002011-02-07T06:50:45.307-07:00Thanks, you made my choice easy! Very good blog wi...Thanks, you made my choice easy! Very good blog with images!<br />Thanks again!<br />SolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-40004775053586378902010-09-26T13:34:09.897-06:002010-09-26T13:34:09.897-06:00I also switched from Legacy to RTM. The reason fo...I also switched from Legacy to RTM. The reason for this is that Legacy simply can't export real footnotes and index entries to an RTF or Word file. It just adds text lines to the end of the text block instead.<br /><br />This is a huge problem if you ever plan to write any family history narrative and cite your sources. And it was a deal breaker for me.<br /><br />I've been on at Geoff@Legacy about this since version 5 and while he keeps promising they will fix it, it hasn't been fixed yet (v7.4), so I'll be sticking with Rootsmagic.Marina Garrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169036794227305880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-77198710160731684822009-09-02T18:52:15.977-06:002009-09-02T18:52:15.977-06:00Hi, Renee! I totally relate to your blog post. I h...Hi, Renee! I totally relate to your blog post. I have been a Legacy user for about 2 years. I migrated to Legacy from FTM and thought there could be nothing better. I even read your post when it was originally posted and thought, "Anh, I hate spreadsheets because I work with them all day long. I don't think RM could be that much better than Legacy." Well, fast forward to now. I've decided to go on the RM Valentines Cruise in Feb 2010, so I thought I would just try out the trial version of RM 4. After using it for just a few days, I have decided that I am in love with it too. I love the fact that I can share events so easily and create my own source templates. And that I can see so much on one screen! And the chronological events screen on the edit person view!! Wow! Anyhow, I just think it's funny how I ignored your post for so long and didn't realize how true it was until I tried it out for myself.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613226474582263185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-18969826409849729682009-05-16T21:37:00.000-06:002009-05-16T21:37:00.000-06:00Nice analysis. I just got to reading views and rev...Nice analysis. I just got to reading views and reviews due to recently downloading RM4 trial version. It is a very nice piece of software and I was impressed. I've been with Legacy since v2, but there are some strong features in RM4. One thing I love about Legacy though is the name list and being able to edit nearly everything about a person/family from there-I miss that when I run RM. Also tags are vital to my research and RM also doesn't have those. The thing that will decide for me will be how Legacy implements newFamilySearch integration if they do a good job I stay, if they screw it up RM will be my choice. One or the other-I refuse to use both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-54489186246385259232009-02-22T20:06:00.000-07:002009-02-22T20:06:00.000-07:00I'm still a newbie but I have tried a lot of diffe...I'm still a newbie but I have tried a lot of different genealogy software packages. I was about to switch to FTM2009 from RM3, but there is no way I am going to wait for TGN to fix it.<BR/><BR/>I have been playing around with the community release of RM4 and while at first I thought it looked a little clunky and not nearly as visually appealing as some other tools out there, I am getting used to it.<BR/><BR/>The one feature that I simply couldn't live without is the ability to open more than one database and have them appear side by side. And then with a simple drag and drop you can copy people over. That is so useful when a distant cousin sends you a GEDCOM full of people you don't have in your database. It's also been helpful when I researched a new line and wanted to add it to my main tree.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I tried Legacy a while ago and couldn't find my right from my left. I think I will stick with RM3/4 for now.Abba-Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089473766267377501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-84037405030976242622009-02-22T17:55:00.000-07:002009-02-22T17:55:00.000-07:00I'm a RootsMagic user and the only other programs ...I'm a RootsMagic user and the only other programs I have used are PAF and the old DOS Roots I and II programs in my early years of research.<BR/><BR/>I think users become comfortable with the program they use and style their data entry and routines around what the program will accommodate. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, I'm not interested in a change, and I find RM suits my needs. I have a couple of things that I wish worked a little differently,but I've figured out how to be comfortable doing what I want to get done, and I like RM.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-74068152788283607622009-02-18T18:26:00.000-07:002009-02-18T18:26:00.000-07:00Anonymous #2 - I will try to work up a list of wor...Anonymous #2 - I will try to work up a list of work arounds for you in RootsMagic. Probably will be another blog article.Renee Zamorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-3949819060763928572009-02-18T13:25:00.000-07:002009-02-18T13:25:00.000-07:00I have used Legacy for many years and am always lo...I have used Legacy for many years and am always looking for "one" program I can use for everything. I was hoping for that for RM4 (am doing a beta test).<BR/><BR/>I will probably have to still use both because of several features that I just cannot find within RM 4:<BR/><BR/>1)Reference File ID's (Sources, source detail citations)are not easily visible (in a list report format) in RM4 and they cannot be generated based on previous last-used ID's which I use a lot in Legacy as I gather new documents and code them to link to the names extracted from them.<BR/><BR/>2) Media handling. In Legacy, when I add a new Media item, I have a screen where I can add Title, Date and description with the the document visible and size-able so I can "transcribe" the text directly to the description while both are in view.<BR/><BR/>3) MRIN or Marriage/Family ID's -- I need those since I upload/update my data periodically to my TNG Site Builder site where Family and Individual ID's are necessary for when other users add information and it needs to be synchronized. I cannot find any Family or Marriage ID's for RM.<BR/><BR/>4) On shared events in Legacy, I can "copy" an entire event, along with its source, media, etc and "share" it with another person, by just copying the event to that person.<BR/><BR/>If the above were not so important in my day-to-day usage of my genealogy data, I would probably just use RM4 exclusively, but I just can't do without those features for what I am doing, but I love RM4's interface and many, many other things, so I will just have to use both, which I don't like doing, but RM4 does import Legacy 7 files seamlessly (except for the DNA results), so I can use both programs for now.<BR/><BR/>On new FamilySearch synch--RM4 is much slower than AQ 12.1 on that issue, but I am sure they are working on tweaking that yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-89302063418668884012009-02-17T10:02:00.000-07:002009-02-17T10:02:00.000-07:00I started with Roots II in about 1984, then follow...I started with Roots II in about 1984, then followed it to Roots III. These were both DOS programs but I still think they were ahead of their time. Due to family life and other considerations I kind of dropped out of family history research for 12 years or so.<BR/><BR/>In 2004 I decided to get back into doing some but by then it would have been foolish to try to stay with an old DOS program. I started looking around for what current Windows programs would offer most of what I loved with Roots III and settled on RM, I think it was V 2 at that time.<BR/><BR/>I was able to port over most of my data. The only problem was with a fact that I'd created in R3 for Military Service. Otherwise it worked pretty well. Since then I've enjoyed RM for much of the same reasons Renee has mentioned. I especially like being able to print any report directly from RM to a PDF file that can easily be emailed to contacts. I have the full Adobe Acrobat program and with it can make it so easy for people to add or correct things I may have wrong. I am looking forward to V4.Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381970360203140143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-35574700979031184752009-02-17T06:45:00.000-07:002009-02-17T06:45:00.000-07:00A few years ago, I was considering moving away fro...A few years ago, I was considering moving away from RootsMagic because it doesn't allow same-sex marriages. So I purchased Legacy 6.0 Deluxe. First, it did not display properly. Through Support, we figured out the issue was an incompatibility with my video card and their suggestion was to revert to the previous driver. Since every other program on my computer worked correctly with that video card and the most current driver, I did not see this as a "solution" but as a fault in the Legacy program. Second, it did not import my data correctly: every description as its own fact type. Now, I fully expect "some" clean up, but not the equivalent of re-entering every item in a 16,000 person database.<BR/><BR/>Trying Legacy was not a wasted effort - it reminded me RootsMagic is a great program that doesn't ask me to jump through hoops...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-79366307457419750132009-02-16T23:00:00.000-07:002009-02-16T23:00:00.000-07:00To Anonymous,I don't want to get into a feature wa...To Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I don't want to get into a feature war with you. Yes, Legacy has some features that RootsMagic doesn't provide, i.e. Research Guidance. Since I already have GenSmarts that was not a deciding factor for me.<BR/><BR/>I didn't judge the quality of the program based on who has the most features, it's based more on which program features are easier to use.<BR/><BR/>That said, there are some features that only RootsMagic will have.<BR/><BR/>1. RootsMagic to Go - run on a flashdrive.<BR/>2. Creates Shareable CDs that are self running. <BR/>3. Unicode for language support<BR/>4. Witness/shared events - TMG does have this feature.<BR/>5. Users can create their own source templates <BR/>6. Citation quality - follows the BCG standard<BR/><BR/>Those were big pluses to what I needed and wanted in a program.Renee Zamorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-18585759213344699812009-02-16T18:14:00.000-07:002009-02-16T18:14:00.000-07:00I started using Family Origins, the predecessor of...I started using Family Origins, the predecessor of Roots Magic, with version 1. I purchased that program from a company called Parsons Technology, and have never looked at any other program. I now have several family members also using the program so we can all exchange data.Justgeo1https://www.blogger.com/profile/06780609778159316014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-4340744636155665132009-02-16T17:57:00.000-07:002009-02-16T17:57:00.000-07:00Sure hard to say RM is ahead of the game when Lega...Sure hard to say RM is ahead of the game when Legacy 7 already has most of RM's new features. Sure makes me wonder what else RM doesn't have when most of their new features are already in other programs. 75% of RM's new features have been in Legacy 7 for quite some time....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882615047107015166.post-17772416873420740792009-02-16T15:58:00.000-07:002009-02-16T15:58:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comparison. I will be teaching all ...Thanks for the comparison. I will be teaching all three programs shortly, RootMagic, Legacy and Ancestral Quest. I have used Legacy for some time but I am always open to change. I will give RootsMagic a more serious look. Thanks again.James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.com