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://www.eogn.com/
Digital Genealogist
by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens
An online periodical in PDF format focusing on the use of technology in genealogy and all its various applications.
http://www.digitalgenealogist.com/
Geneasofts
by Jean-Yves Baxter
Daily news on genealogy software, web-based user interfaces and other genealogy tech news.
http://geneasofts.geneanet.org/en/
Geneasofts - French
by Jean-Yves Baxter
The French version of the site.
http://geneasofts.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 up to IE7 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://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
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.
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.computing/
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.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.
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/
Family Tree Software Comparison
by My History
A useful comparison table for prospective purchasers of family tree software, comparing many different features about a number of programs.
http://www.my-history.co.uk/acatalog/compare.htm
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
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
A Genealogical Software Report Card
by Bill Mumford
A comparison of numerous features of some popular programs in an attempt to fairly evaluate one against another.
http://www.mumford.ca/reportcard/
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
La page des logiciels
by Philippe Ramona
A page in French with comparisons and some good comments about individual programs.
http://www.es-conseil.fr/pramona/outils/outils1.htm
Choosing a Genealogy Program
by Beehive Books (Jan Gow)
Do you know the 4 areas where you need to match the program to you? Check this excellent guide.
http://www.beehivebooks.co.nz/id39.htm
Choosing Genealogy Software
by Jim Byram
This Family Chronicle article from March/April 2000 compares the strong and weak points of the major genealogy programs.
http://www.familychronicle.com/software.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
Comparing Genealogical Software
by Juliana Smith
An article from The Family History Compass of Aug 28, 2000.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=2252
What Genealogy Software Should I Buy
by Betty Clay
A very good article of things to consider before buying from Genealogical Computing, Oct 1, 1999.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=1661
Putting your Surnames Online
A nice article about the various programs to generate web pages from GEDCOM files with links to sample outputs.
http://www.searchforancestors.com/webpage/gedcom.html
Genealogical Software: The Next Generation
by George G. Morgan
An article from October 1999 with the author’s personal ideas about what he would like to see in Genealogy Software in the future. Very interesting.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=1611
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.
C/Net Download.com Downloads
by C/Net Networks, Inc.
Genealogy reviews with user ratings and user reviews and free downloads.
http://www.download.com/1770-2001_4-0.html?query=genealogy&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads
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.php?id=131
MacUpdate: Home & Personal: Genealogy
Here you can find programs for the Mac.
http://www.macupdate.com/personal.php?sub=3
PalmGear Genealogy Software
Descriptions and downloads of many of the programs available for palmtops. Some are free and some are shareware which you can buy from this site.
http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.answernew&keyword=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/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=284
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/
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
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