I found features in RootsMagic that I really liked. While I really liked TMG, too many had trouble understanding it when I tried to teach it to my local society members. I didn’t want to have to teach a non-techie how to use TMG. I started using RootsMagic when a client wanted the research I performed to be entered into a database they could get at the end of the project. But in the last sixteen years several other programs have caught up with TMG. I’ve been a user of TMG since 1995-way back in the DOS days.Īt the time TMG was the most sophisticated, advanced, user-customizable genealogy software of all the applications I tested. As a techie, being able to customize my software appealed to me in a big way. By 1995 EFT wasn’t being updated and I had been reading about The Master Genealogist (TMG) and its advanced features. I found Everyone’s Family Tree (EFT) by Bill Dollarhide and happily used it for many years. I tried FTM and quickly decided it was only good for pretty charts as far as I was concerned. For a few months I used PAF which was limited in source citation implementation and other ways. My software of choice changed in the beginning years of my research, but I’ve used one program for over sixteen years now. I’m switching to RootsMagic as my main genealogy software. At least, according to my genealogy software buddies. Others may have different interpretations of these events.ĭon’t tell anyone, but I’ve been a secret heretic for almost a year now. Disclaimer: This post contains opinions based on my understanding of events and my experiences.

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