Asturian-American Migration Forum

I know that this question has been asked before and I'm sorry for asking it again, but can anyone give me a recommendation on genealogy software. The one I have is not satisfactory.


Thank You
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Ya se que esta pregunta se ha preguntado. Pero necesito recomendaciones en esta area.

Muchas gracias.

What are you using now? What problems are you having with it?

I recently picked up a copy of Family Tree Legends nearly for free at CompUSA. It's not obvious how to work with Spanish surnames and it's not talked about in the user guide, but it's possible. Here's what you do:

While you are on that person's page, highlight the two surnames, and then right-click in the name box, and choose the option to make this the surname. That works well, but it is awkward. [Oops... look at what Elí says below.]

I've also tried the free version of Legacy Family Tree. I think in Legacy you enclose the last name between slashes:

María Elena /Menéndez Conde/

Both programs seem capable, but I haven't gotten very far with it yet.

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¿Qué programa usas ahora? ¿Cuáles problemas encontraste?

Recientemente compré una copia de Family Tree Legends casi gratis en CompUSA. No es obvio como inscribir apellidos españoles y no se habla de esto en la guía usuaria, pero es posible. Aquí está el método:

Mientras estás en la página de aquella persona, destaca sus dos apellidos, y luego pulsa el botón derecho del ratón en el campo de nombre, y escoge la opción para hacer esto el apellido. Esto funciona bien, pero es incómodo. [Aye... ver lo que dice Elí abajo.]

También he probado la versión gratis de Legacy Family Tree. Pienso en la Herencia usted incluye el apellido entre cuchilladas:
María Elena/Menéndez Conde/

Ambos programas parecen capaces, pero aún no he tenido mucha experiencia con ellos.

I too am using this package and was having issues with the last names. Thanks for the hint! I guess now I can continue with my project.

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Yo tambien estoy usando esta software. Muchas gracias por tu ayuda. Ahora puedo ver si acabo con mi projecto.

Hmm I’m not familiar with that program (Family Tree Legends) but if it works like PAF then for María Elena /Menéndez Conde/ the program would assume that /Menéndez Conde/ is a new last name and on the males pass that on to the descendants. You would have to fix every single individual every single time, chances are you will miss something (if it works like PAF).

“El Anillo” has a good site of resouces of the sort http://www.elanillo.com/recursos.shtml of those maybe GDS would serve you best http://www.gdsystem.net/v5/es/

Ah, Elí's right. I hadn't gotten that far in adding that side of the family's data to the program. That's a disadvantage. I'll write a message to the company to see if we can get that fixed in a future upgrade of Family Tree Legends.

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Ah, sí, Elí tiene razón. No he hecho mucho en añadir la rama asturiana a la base de datos. Esto es una desventaja. Escribiré un mensaje a la empresa para ver si pueden arreglarlo en una futura mejora de Family Tree legends.

This web page lists several programs it thinks handle Spanish surnames well:
http://www.cubagenweb.org/progs.htm
The reviewer recommends separate input fields for first and last names. But I doubt that these programs give children the right names. (See Elí's post).

Each of these are or will be available in free and paid versions
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) - versions 4 and 5:
http://www.familysearch.org/

Legacy Family Tree:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com

GenDesigner (untested by the reviewer and it's still in Beta):
http://www.gendesigner.com/
It does not recommend Family Tree Maker because it's name field is limited to too few characters.

I have been having trouble with Family Tree Legends, so unless their tech support gets better and someone responds to my requests for help, I am not recommending it.

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Esta página web cataloga varios programas que tratan de apellidos de español de manija bien:
http://www.cubagenweb.org/progs.htm
El crítico recomienda que los programas tengan campos distintos para nombres de pila y apellidos. Pero dudo que los programas puedan dar apellidos correctos a los ninos. (Ve el mensaje de Elí).

Cada uno de estos es o estará disponible en versiones gratis y pagadas
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) - versiones 4 y 5:
http://www.familysearch.org/

Legacy Family Tree:
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com

GenDesigner (sin prueba por el crítico y todavía está en Beta):
http://www.gendesigner.com/
No recomiendan al Family Tree Maker porque su campo de nombre es limitado a demasiado pocos carácteres.

He estado teniendo problemas con Family Tree Legends, al menos que su soporte técnico mejore y alguien responda a mi solicita para ayuda, no lo recomiendaré.