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Legacy - suitability for UK data?

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Legacy - suitability for UK data?

Posted: 23 Oct 2014 11:47AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 23 Oct 2014 1:36PM GMT
After 37 years of accumulating paper and only using Word tables and Excell to organise data, I have finally recognised the inevitability of buying genealogy software. Legacy is one of the two programmes that I'm considering (the other is Roots Magic) but both in the company's information and in online reviews, I can find nothing describing how it copes with UK data which is subtly different to US data and may not fit very well into US-focussed templates. I am aware that I can start with the free version of Legacy and trial it before committing to the programme.

My research is roughly 50% UK (sixteenth century to present) and roughly 50% US (1620s to present).

I have only limited need for uploading images. Detailing sources is very important to me.

Many dates are inexact; I currently express them thus: "she was born (1752-56)" or "he married prior to 31 March 1762"; how does Legacy allow inexact dates to be expressed?

For many individuals I have quite a lot of biographical information that I prefer to record as free text; how much free text does Legacy permit to be recorded for each individual?

I aspire to place my research online, probably using The Next Generation. This company's website includes Legacy in its list of compatible programmes for Gedcom transfer. Has anyone on this forum had experience of transferring Gedcoms from Legacy to The Next Generation, and how did The Next Generation handle imports of inexact dates and extensive free text from Legacy?

Many thanks in advance for any information that anyone may be able to provide.
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protheroejone... 23 Oct 2014 5:47PM GMT 
Val_G003 25 Oct 2014 8:52PM GMT 
protheroejone... 27 Oct 2014 11:36PM GMT 
Val_G003 28 Oct 2014 2:38AM GMT 
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