The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Camilo Rodriguez-Uribe,  4 days ago

Easy to use.

Biggest Pro: update from everywhere
Biggest Con: do not have tree consistency checker

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Doug Rusmisell,  May 29, 2013

TNG is the best genealogy program out there, especially for the experienced genealogist. Most if not all American genealogy programs are geared for the period of 1850 and later, where vital statistics are recorded by municipalities. Prior to that churches recorded baptisms and maybe births, marriages and burials and maybe deaths. These other programs can’t handle the change. TNG does a great job on the change while the others just stick baptisms or burials on some other additional facts screen.

Biggest Pro: handles the multitude of other facts well
Biggest Con: needs the ability print family group scrrens or pedigree screens to 8 1/2 by 11 formats

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Phil Oneacre,  May 15, 2013

I have been using this product for about 6 years going back to version 6. While version 6 was good, TNG has been continually enhanced and refined every year for a very small fee. Darrin Lythgoe’s calling has given we family historians a great product that can be shared among other family members wanting to document their lives,

Like most new product you try there is a learning curve but one that is very well worth it. Every year I find a another feature that is helpful in documenting my part of the family and helping other more distant members document theirs.

Biggest Pro: Web based, many options of how and what to include, mult-user with security for a particular segment of the family
Biggest Con: Cannot read my mind on what I want to do next.

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Steve Peters,  Apr 27, 2013

Despite the fact than modenr genealogical research occurs on the road, this is the one desktop-based application which seems obstinately to avoid quite simple access to its MySql database from mobile devices.

I’d build one myself, but - as I say, my objective to to save time rather than fix someone else’s omissions.

Nope, a one-man-show application like TNG will always be up against it when others can work as teams, whether paid or open-source.

Biggest Pro: easy install
Biggest Con: Developer team is too small

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by A. Bedarida,  Apr 24, 2013

A few days ago I ran into a minor bug that appeared in a rare corner case when exporting a GEDCOM file. I sent a personal email to Darrin, with a summary of the problem. I sent no files, no examples, just a short explanation. I am not even using the latest version of TNG, because I had no reason to update.
Within hours, Darrin fixed the problem and notified me, asking for more time to conduct proper testing. Not even two days later, Darrin sent me some updated files, which worked perfectly and fixed the bug. When I looked at the changes in the PHP code, they were absolutely non-trivial!
This is the very best customer service I experienced in a very long time. Much larger companies would have lot to learn from Darrin.

Biggest Pro: Customer service, Very powerful and complete

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Eric English,  Apr 21, 2013

Great support and a very good product. A much needed software product for the world of genealogy website development.

Biggest Pro: Biggest Pro: Robust Feature Set
Biggest Con: Biggest Con: Some might find it difficult to get set up.

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Andy Mcbride,  Apr 19, 2013

I use TNG at http://www.mcbridehistory.com. I have been using the product since 2007 when I started assembling my family history. It is extremely easy to use and setup. I went from install to adding data in less than 30 minutes. I have no complaints about the prodct at all. As the version have progressed it just keeps getting better.

Biggest Pro: Super easy to use and outstanding support
Biggest Con: I wish the PDF output were better for my purposes (not really a con just a wish)

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Dan Imhoff,  Apr 13, 2013

I cam across TNG while researching a method for converting my GEDCOM files to XML or similar format for the purpose of moving my tree to a hosted web site. Not only did I find that TNG handled the conversion piece (to a MySQL structure) but that it was a full featured Genealogy program as well. I have been working on my family’s genealogy for about 12 years and have used four different programs both on Windows and Mac machines and none compare to the features included with TNG. I also have 20+ years in IT/software development. The scalability and speed of TNG are unsurpassed by anything out there today. You end up with a highly functional web site with an open source (PHP) front end that you easily customize and a MySQL backend which provides tremendous opportunities to query and build your own reports. I do not recall being so pleased with a purchase - this is a well designed and highly functional solution for a web based genealogy requirement

Biggest Pro: GEDCOM to MySQL converson
Biggest Con: Be patient with your host account. I needed to change over from Windows to Unix on GoDaddy to allow the direct access to the MySQL Database.

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Ron Dahl,  Apr 10, 2013

I wish I had upgraded to this program 2 years ago. It exceeds all my needs on everything including user support.

Biggest Pro: open source php and mySQL
Biggest Con: nonte

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Hans Selbach,  Mar 18, 2013

working with the program since 2004. You have to know exactly, what to do before you start.

Biggest Pro: good support, easy to use
Biggest Con: reports could be better

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Gene Wheeler,  Mar 14, 2013

Excellent means of publishing your genealogy data online in a dynamic fashion. Very customizable, but great right out of the box. Superb support from TNG and from user forums.

Biggest Pro: Easy to use, but can be customized; dynamic, easy and fast to update. Excellent support.
Biggest Con: None

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Glenn Thomas,  Mar 13, 2013

Longtime users of TNG, with each release Darin makes this product better and better

Biggest Pro: Fast Easy to use, great mods
Biggest Con: you need to have database skills to setup

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Gene Wheeler,  Jan 19, 2013

Excellent means of presenting your GEDCOM file. Easy to update, very flexible. Superior product support and user forum. No other product comes close.

Biggest Pro: Fast, easy updating of your genealogy website
Biggest Con: Need to learn some php in order to customize, but there are lots of bells and whistles which are already included!

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Peter Bjørn Thomsen,  Dec 30, 2012

I have used TNG for many years now, and watches the software grow in usability.
I have tried out most of the software available to day and TNG beats it all, in almost every subject .

Biggest Pro: All of it
Biggest Con: The lack of the ability to make a book

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by AKnuelle,  Dec 23, 2012

Very simple Setup and Installation, a very good support by author!

Biggest Pro: Easy to use
Biggest Con: Good Support by author

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Thomas Phillips,  Dec 23, 2012

Complete genealogy web software package. Works excellent and is keep up to date.

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Peter Western,  Dec 21, 2012

I have been using Darrins software for numerous years; so many I cant recall. At least since version 1 or 2?
The use of TNG has greatly enhanced my site visitors experience and I have gained 100’s of subscribers over that time.

The software is always being improved and kept up to date with the latest technologies, so much so, that it has got better and better.

I have liaised with Darrin on many subjects and desired improvements over the years and found him to be very friendly and receptive to suggestions.

Many thanks for a great product at a great price.

Peter Western
Maximilian Genealogy
http://www.database.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/genealogy/2007_new_tng/

Biggest Pro: Ease of set up
Biggest Con: None really if you get stuck Darrin is only too willing to help you out.

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Stegemüller,  Dec 8, 2012

I love TNG and I have had it for quite a few year now. I think I started on version 5 and the latest version i version 9. It creates nice looking websites, that are fast to load, including all information of the person.

Before TNG I tried various programmes that created thousands of HTML-files but I realized that was not the way to go.

TNG is easy to set up and the manual in the readme-file is really easy to follow.

The support for the programme is excellent. I have used the Forum a lot, and everybody on the Forum is really helpfull.

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Thomas,  Nov 1, 2012

Design : TOP ! The best of category. 5 stars of course !!!!
Security (Websecurify) : 37 security faults, just installed, Not update, just new install !!! Again -3 stars !
FamilyTreePHP has 2 faults, to compare.
Sorry men, good job already but you can best job, i’m sure.

The Next Generation (TNG) Review by Glenn Thomas,  Oct 23, 2012

I have been using TNG since Version 7, but Version 9 is just a great update to TNG. New templates have been added. New improvements in the website code itself are great as well.

Biggest Pro: New Templates
Biggest Con: forgetting to remove old add ons (operator issues not TNG)..