XPost: free.uk.genealogy, soc.genealogy.computing, alt.genealogy   
   XPost: england.genealogy.misc   
   From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:40:07 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"   
    wrote:   
      
   >In message , Ian   
   >Goddard  writes:   
   >>On 16/04/18 05:47, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>> But what makes FamilySearch more useful now is its integration with   
   >>> programs like RootsMagic and Legacy Family Tree.   
   >>   
   >>I can't say I'm enthused about linkages with any Windows-only   
   >>proprietary programs.   
   >>   
   >>Ian   
   >   
   >I understand your principle, but it's not as if FamilySearch have   
   >declared they will _only_ work with those prog.s; _nothing_ has been   
   >_removed_ from what anyone can do, only something _added_.   
   >   
   >(I have no connection with either software.)   
   >   
   >FindAGrave and Brother's Keeper (another Windows-only [though I suspect   
   >it would work under WINE]   
   >   
   It does.   
      
   >genealogy software) have recently come to some   
   >sort of agreement; this doesn't decrease the usability of FindAGrave.   
   >(Which I find a useful site, though I prefer Gravestone Photographic   
   >Resource [http://gravestonephotos.com/] for UK ones [both have some   
   >coverage outside US and UK as well].)   
      
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