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From: Richard Brogger <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Step children
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 19:13:26 -0500
References: <20010902.185025.-16716283.2.steven.chall@juno.com>


Robin and Steven,

If you look at the WG website, it mentions frequently "family
history." Even the box for the gold edition says "The Complete
Family History Project Manager!"

Where does the idea that it is for genealogy only come from?

Richard

wrote:
>
> On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 16:07:06 +0930 Robin Lamacraft <>
> writes:
> > RichardB and BobV,
> . . . . . . It seems as if this problem is raised at each 2nd or 3rd
> meeting as the *mis-use* of TMG for Family History continues.
> Unfortunately for family historians, TMG is still the best evidence /
> anecdote blotting paper around and many historians turn to it as a method
> of computerizing their records.
> > > > > >
> Robin,
> And the desires of those doing "Family History" and those doing
> "Genealogy" is probably one factor that limits sales of TMG since many
> items appearing on the Wish List are appropriate to family history but
> are technically not genealogy. Thus Family Tree Maker, which caters to
> the historian offers several features which I like (and wish for) but
> don't expect to see in TMG since they don't purely follow bloodlines.
>
> StevenC
>
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