These may be online or printed. They may be free or have a fee.
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
by Dick Eastman
Dick Eastman’s excellent free Online weekly newsletter, that always contains all the latest news of interest for genealogists using computers, and often has detailed reviews of genealogical software.
http://blog.eogn.com/
Geneasofts
by Jean-Yves Baxter
Daily news on genealogy software, web-based user interfaces and other genealogy tech news.
http://genealogyblog.geneanet.org/
Geneasofts - French
by Jean-Yves Baxter
The French version of the site.
http://blog.geneanet.org/
Modern Software Experience - Reviews
by Tamura Jones
Very comprehensive technical reviews of many different software programs.
http://www.tamurajones.net/reviews.xhtml
http://www.tamurajones.net/genealogy.xhtml
(Note: By default, Internet Explorer prior to IE9 will not open .xhtml pages).
Genealogy Software News
by Sarah, Doug, and Kevin
Provides information on genealogy software releases, reviews, and articles.
http://www.genealogysoftwarenews.com/
Genealogy Software Guide
A site collecting information about all genealogy software programs of all types, current and past. This is a sister site of genealogysoftwarenews.com and appears to have stopped publishing.
http://www.genealogysoftwareguide.com/
MacGenealogy.org
by Chad Osten
Genealogy news and information for Macintosh users with comprehensive information about Mac genealogy software. Excellent site.
http://www.macgenealogy.org/
MobileGenealogy.com
by Chad Osten
News about genealogy software for Handhelds, PDAs and Mobile Phones. It covers Palm OS, PocketPC/Windows Mobile and Psion operating systems.
http://www.mobilegenealogy.com/
Victorian GUM - Genealogists Using Microcomputers Newsletter
An Australian publication of a group designed to assist members with information about hardware and software packages that can aid family history research.
http://www.vicgum.asn.au/gumnews.html
Australian Family Tree Connections - Computers and Genealogy
This is a monthly Australian Genealogy magazine with a regular section on Computers and Genealogy.
http://www.aftc.com.au/Computers/C.html
Digital Genealogist
by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens
An online periodical that published from 2007 to 2009 in PDF format focusing on the use of technology in genealogy and all its various applications. Back issues are still available for free online.
http://www.digitalgenealogist.com/
Genealogical Computing Archive
by The Generations Network, Inc.
A quarterly publication that published from 1982 to 2006. Many of the articles from the magazine have been archived online here.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/archive.aspx?type=gencomp
Computers in Genealogy
by the Society of Genealogists
A British quarterly publication devoted to helping genealogists in the use of computers. Ceased publication in 2005. Computer articles are now being included in the society’s Genealogist’s Magazine.
http://www.sog.org.uk/cig/cease.shtml
Here are different ways to discuss genealogy software with others.
soc.genealogy.computing
This is where to go with your questions on computer programs for genealogy. It has a newsgroup that can also be accessed through a mailing list, and you can search its archives.
httphttp://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.computing/topics
Genforum’s Genealogy Software Discussion Forums
Here are active discussion groups for several different programs, including: Family Tree Maker, Family Origins, Family Tree Creator, Generations, Ultimate Family Tree, Ancestral Quest, Brother’s Keeper, PAF, Reunion, and The Master Genealogist.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/general/#computers
Software Mailing Lists
by John Fuller
Lists and describes the mailing lists available on the internet for specific genealogical software programs, with instructions on how to subscribe.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_software.html
Software Lists Hosted by RootsWeb
RootsWeb is the internet’s oldest and largest free genealogy community. They host many software mailing lists. You can subscribe to them from this web page.
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/
These are where you want to go if you want more opinions about the various programs.
Comparison of genealogy software
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a nice comparison that appears to be kept up to date.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
Reviews of the Best Genealogy Software
by No1Reviews.com
A selection of programs picked for a complete editor review, star ratings of features, and user reviews, with a Top 10 picked and a buying guide.
http://genealogy-software.no1reviews.com/
Genealogy and Family Tree Software
by FindTheBest.com
A detailed comparison of programs with ratings, prices and feature lists. Uses GenSoftReviews as one of its sources for its Expert Rating.
http://genealogy-software.findthebest.com/
Genealogy Software Reviews
by ConsumerSearch
These are reviews about other published reviews of genealogy software in various magazines and periodicals. They compare and rate the each review and the selections with each other.
http://www.consumersearch.com/genealogy-software
Genealogy Software Review
by TopTenReviews
Detailed comparisons and reviews of many top programs, as well as a lot of information to help you decide which program is best for you.
http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
Genealogical Computing’s 2005 Family History Software Directory
Genealogical Computing Magazine maintains a list of genealogical software, and gives specs and lists the features of each.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=11298
Genealogy Today’s Genealogy Software Guide
by Software Wonders of NJ
Info about over 200 programs. Users are invited to rate the software they’ve used.
http://www.genealogytoday.com/software/guide.html
Comparing Genealogy Software Programs
by Richard Wilson
Compares many different features for 8 of the most popular programs.
http://rwilson.us/comparison.htm
Richard Wilson’s Comparison of Genealogy Web Pages
by Richard Wilson
Here Richard compares the web pages produced by many programs. He also gives samples of the web pages produced.
http://rwilson.us/compare.htm
These are places you can find collections of many of the programs and utilities available. You will not find commercial programs here - only freeware, shareware and demos. For commercial programs, you will have to look on store shelves or go to the developer’s web sites.
Simtel Genealogy Programs
Simtel was a distribution network for shareware back in the early 1990’s. They are now back with a new interface and updated listings.
http://www.simtel.net/category/view/id/131
PalmGear Genealogy Software
Descriptions and downloads of programs available for palmtops. Some are free and some are shareware which you can buy from this site.
http://www.pocketgear.com/us,en,usd/palm/search.html?qry=genealogy
SourceForge - Topic Genealogy
The world’s largest Open Source software development website. These programs range from those just beginning development to those that are well developed and can compete in quality and features with any program. All programs are free to use and are looking for users and developers to help them advance.
http://sourceforge.net/search/?q=genealogy
Penn State University’s collection
Penn State at one time supported the archiving of any and all Genealogical materials on their web servers. Once this got too large they had to cut back, but they still maintain the best genealogy program archives of programs from the early 90’s, and many of them are still useful. Check out the subdirectories: programs, windows, mac, otheros, paf, and utils as well as any others that might interest you.
ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/genealogy/INDEX.html
I tried to include as many programs as possible for this review site, but I may have missed some. The sites below may include some others. If you want any added, please go to the suggest page of this site.
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites - Software & Computers
by Cyndi Howells
If you want completeness, Cyndi has the most comprehensive list of links available anywhere. If you want more than this, Cyndi has a section on this page titled “Miscellaneous Download and Reference Sites” that will take you everywhere else (including back to my page).
http://www.cyndislist.com/software.htm
About.com’s Genealogy Software Pages
A fairly good list of categorized links and short descriptions of each program is available here.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/family_tree_software/Genealogy_Software_Family_Tree_Programs.htm
Creer sa base
by Guillaume Roelly
A list in French of many programs, their languages, licenses, and their sites.
http://www.roelly.org/~genealogie/logiciels/lgcreebase.htm
Les logiciels de Genealogie
by Gilles Amiel
A list in French of many programs, including many programs that are written in French.
http://gilles.amiel.free.fr/gen1.html
Tools voor Genealogen
A nicely organized list of genealogy software, in Belgian. There are small screen shots of many of the programs and utilities.
http://users.skynet.be/gentools/
Of Apples and (Family) Trees
by Dirk Haun
Listings of Genealogy Programs for the Macintosh as well as links where available.
http://www.haun-online.de/Genealogy/e_genmac.html
