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From: george@swbatl.sbc.com (George Nincehelser 5-6544)
Subject: Re: Genealogy Software
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.013251.16901@swbatl.sbc.com>
Organization: Southwestern Bell Advanced Technology Laboratory
References: <3150@skivs.UUCP> <1991Apr11.002549.26415@spectra.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 91 01:32:51 GMT

In article <1991Apr11.002549.26415@spectra.com> scott@spectra.com (Tim Scott) writes:
>Although I hesitated to order it since it was HyperCard based, I am
>extremely impressed with Reunion from Leister Productions. Besides 
>having all the features I wanted, it was very easy to use, had 
>excellent reporting and charting features, and a complete, thorough and
>attractive manual.
>
>It's only $50 and I can pronounce myself a satisfied customer.  Leister
>is on America OnLine for support.  You can buy it from MacUser Marketplace
>and through the big mail order outfits.

Count me as a satisfied customer, too!

>Another poster highly recommended the LDS Church's Personal Ancestral File
>(PAF), which I haven't tried. I have tried Family Heritage File (FHF) 
>which I'm afraid just isn't ready for the Mac; it's clearly a DOS
>port and very clunky.  A flyer in the package mentioned a new version
>more Mac-like; this was about 2 months ago.  But after trying Reunion,
>it does everything I can ever imagine needing so I didn't give FHF
>another chance.  

FHF is truly bad and ugly!  I had it confused with PAF for a while.  All I can
say is that I'm sorry for the publishers of PAF.  It sure looks like FHF tries
to ride on PAF's reputation.

I bought a copy of PAF.  It's OK.  I can't say I really like it.  For what I
want, Reunion is much better.  Reunion seems to be a bit less "clinical" than  
PAF.  I can see relationships easier with Reunion.  I also feel it is easier 
to enter data in Reunion, too.

The biggest drawback of Reunion is its speed.  It is really slow on me SE, and
not a lot better on my IIcx.  PAF flies, and I really like that, but speed 
isn't everything in my book.

>Disclaimer: I am in no way connected with Leister Productions except as
>a satisfied customer.  Your mileage may (OF COURSE) vary.

Same goes for me.
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