tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post616390545578325703..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: More Comments About Genealogy SoftwareJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-84720416277272173592018-01-07T14:32:15.556-07:002018-01-07T14:32:15.556-07:00TMG is another program, still used by many.An oldi...TMG is another program, still used by many.An oldie but a goodie.(Not me, I'm using FTM, almost thought that was lost too, thankfully it is not.) Seeds to Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146194433439896630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-75186346806394253112018-01-05T09:43:19.058-07:002018-01-05T09:43:19.058-07:00Maybe you're preaching to the wrong choir: If...Maybe you're preaching to the wrong choir: If Windows XP users cannot use the current internet browsers, they are not going to get your message. LJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00545567121588273476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-14560086008650098342018-01-05T07:50:11.477-07:002018-01-05T07:50:11.477-07:00Truly important topic. A lot of good genealogical ...Truly important topic. A lot of good genealogical work has been lost because it is kept in a format that no longer are readable. I included your article im ny "Friday Finds" at http://martinroe.com/blog/index.php/2018/01/05/friday-finds-week-1-2018/Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561246545226503579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-62583543924070342902018-01-03T15:45:12.404-07:002018-01-03T15:45:12.404-07:00Hence the analogy to junk cars. Hence the analogy to junk cars. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-65500156165217199692018-01-03T10:09:32.311-07:002018-01-03T10:09:32.311-07:00I took a look at the reviews for PAF. Here are two...I took a look at the reviews for PAF. Here are two 5 star, yes, FIVE star, reviews from 2017 on the GenSoft site you mentioned:<br /><br />"I used PAF for many years and I loved it. It was so easy to use. I liked having it because no one could make changes on it like they do on Family Search. Recently I lost all of my data on PAF. I am crushed. I have the program but I can’t find all my information. I had thousands upon thousands of names and personal information. I spent 47 years gathering the information. Even my flash drive doesn’t work. I tried using the flash drive to upload on my computer."<br /><br />and <br /><br />"For what it’s worth: have been using the LDS Personal Ancestral File program for many years, and I have yet to find a substitute that even comes close to PAF 5. I still have it on my Windows laptop - don’t have an installation disk because LDS offered it as downloadable from their website - but I subsequently switched to Mac a few years ago. Looks as if I may have to go back to my clunker of a laptop in order to use PAF 5 again. I used Wineskin to install it on my iMac, and it worked like a charm. But subsequent Apple operating system updates have made PAF 5 unusable again on my preferred Mac platform. And the current versions of Wineskin and Porting Kit don’t seem to work to get PAF 5 running on my up-to-date iMac. The Porting Kit developer’s response after my last failed attempt was that he may have let the Porting Kit licence expire, but he would re-instate it shortly. I’m still waiting. Wish there was some way to get an easily installable copy of PAF 5 onto my iMac. My genealogy work has suffered since PAF 5 stopped working on my iMac."<br /><br />and a four star review:<br /><br />"I think PAF was great. I have GED and BAK files from my PAF1and2 which were DOS format. I have lost my software. Can anyone help me get my data back? I’d like to get software that would read the DOS versions."<br /><br />Does make me scratch my head to think that people give four and five stars to a program they admit doesn't work anymore.Gordon Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501621351412089615noreply@blogger.com