On Sunday 12 th November 2006 the Computer Interest Group presented a seminar on the various Family Tree Programs that are available.

The title of the day was “Family Tree Maker vs Legacy” and these two programs were showcased as examples of what programs can do and how each is different.

Paul demonstrated how each program could be used to:

• Store and Organise all data gathered in research;
• Document Sources, Comments or Qualifications for information;
• Store, Organise and Edit electronic files; and
• Display or Share your information in Reports, Books, Charts, Web Pages or GEDCOM

• Source Clipboard
• Master Lists
• Location Handling
• Ability to Report to PDF
• Relationship Calculator/Tree
• Search Function
• Image Handling
• Tag Function

• Name Index can’t be sorted by married name
• Chart Functions aren’t as attractive as other programs
• To Do List Format can’t be fully condensed.

• Name List can be sorted by Married Name
• Ability to Report to PDF
• All in One Chart
• Map Report
• Privatise Function

• Location Handling
• Names entered in one field (Given and Surname)
• Event / Fact Limitations

We also saw how Google Earth could be used to show where our ancestors lived.