Family Tree Builder by MyHeritage Ltd. (Gilad Japhet) Intuitive, easy to use software that includes features such as smart matching technology, chart designs, smart research, consistency checking and online family tree publishing among others. It supports 36 languages and dual language input. Free • Subscription • Windows • Full Featured http://www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder	34 Reviews, latest 1 day ago Overall 34 2.57 2013 3 1.34 2012 1 4.00 Earlier 30 3.71 Add Your Review

Family Tree Maker - Current Version by Ancestry.com The current version of Family Tree Maker is followed by its release year, e.g. 2012. It was completely rewritten in 2008 and is very different than its previous incarnation. There is also a Mac version. They have a Family Tree Maker category in their blog. Use this entry to review the current version, and use the FTM Up To Version 16 entry to review the versions prior to the rewrite. Purchase • Windows • Full Featured • Builds Website http://www.familytreemaker.com/

152 Reviews, latest 6 days ago Overall 152 2.24 2013 19 2.27 2012 26 1.90 Earlier 107 2.51 Add Your Review

Brother’s Keeper by John Steed The most respected and successful shareware genealogical program. Has been around a long time and has many dedicated users. Purchase • Windows • Full Featured http://www.bkwin.org/	63 Reviews, latest May 16, 2013 Overall 63 4.63 2013 5 5.00 2012 9 4.51 Earlier 49 4.42 Add Your Review

Ahnenblatt by Dirk Böttcher A free and easy-to-use genealogy software for Windows. It is available in several languages (English, German, French, Spanish and more). It also has a website in German and a Portal in German.  Can run as a portable application on a USB stick. Free • Windows • Full Featured http://www.ahnenblatt.com/	101 Reviews, latest May 14, 2013 Overall 101 4.88 2013 40 4.95 2012 55 4.83 Earlier 6 5.00 Add Your Review

Family History System by Phillip Brown A program with a well laid out and very unique “Relative Report”. It started out as a DOS program in the 1990’s and recently has been converted to Windows. There is a free version plus an extended version. Free • Purchase • Windows • Full Featured http://www.familyhistorysystem.com/	3 Reviews, latest May 13, 2013 Overall 3 4.83 2013 2 5.00 2012 0     No Ratings Earlier 1 3.00 Add Your Review

GenealogyJ by Nils Meier A full-featured standalone Java application that can handle all of your genealogic information (GEDCOM compliant). It provides different graphical components for working on your Family Tree. This is an Open Source project and is free. This is where you go to help with the development of GenealogyJ. It is written in the language Java. Free • Windows • Mac • Unix • Full Featured http://genj.sourceforge.net/

5 Reviews, latest May 9, 2013 Overall 5 4.50 2013 1 4.00 2012 2 5.00 Earlier 2 4.41 Add Your Review

RootsMagic by RootsMagic, Inc. (Bruce Buzbee) A program from the developer of the very popular and well-liked Family Origins. This program is even better. Complete and easy to use with extensive reports. There is a free version called RootsMagic Essentials. There is a free app for iOS. It has some active user groups. They also have a blog. Free • Purchase • Windows • Full Featured • Builds Website http://www.rootsmagic.com/

58 Reviews, latest May 1, 2013 Overall 58 4.31 2013 6 4.46 2012 6 3.74 Earlier 46 4.45 Add Your Review

Family Historian by Calico Pie (Simon Orde) A new kind of family tree program with a design with strengths in its user interface, use of GEDCOM, graphics and picture handling. See their Design Goals & Philosophy page to see their ideas. It has a User Group. Purchase • Windows • Full Featured • Builds Website http://www.family-historian.co.uk/	21 Reviews, latest Apr 28, 2013 Overall 21 4.48 2013 5 4.20 2012 4 5.00 Earlier 12 4.63 Add Your Review

Gramps by Don Allingham A GNOME genealogy program for Linux and FreeBSD and Mac OS X and Windows that allows you to easily build and keep track of your family tree. This is an Open Source project and is free. This is where you go to help with the development of GRAMPS. It is written in the language Python. The GRAMPS project has a blog. See also Gramps Portable. Free • Windows • Mac • Unix • Full Featured • Builds Website http://www.gramps-project.org/

38 Reviews, latest Apr 20, 2013 Overall 38 3.44 2013 5 4.27 2012 8 3.03 Earlier 25 3.21 Add Your Review

Pandora’s Hope Chest by Pandora’s Hope (Eric Vance) A Google Chrome browser extension that helps users of the FamilySearch.org website by searching your family tree and collecting Temple work that is ready to request. Free • Windows • Mac • Unix • Utility https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pandoras-hope-chest/gjneklba...	1 Review, latest Apr 18, 2013 Overall 1     No Ratings 2013 1     No Ratings 2012 0     No Ratings Earlier 0     No Ratings Add Your Review

Family Tree Maker - Up To Version 16 by Ancestry.com The number one selling genealogy program of all time. Produces a wide variety of reports and charts. This entry is for Family Tree Maker as it existed up to Version 16, which was then rewritten entirely in 2008. Because the versions are so different, please use this entry for the older versions and use the FTM - Current Version to review the newer versions. Unsupported • Windows • Full Featured • Builds Website http://web.archive.org/web/20060803064623/http://familytreemaker.com/

50 Reviews, latest Apr 7, 2013 Overall 50 4.28 2013 5 4.13 2012 10 4.57 Earlier 35 4.18 Add Your Review

FastFilm by J. Bejaran A program to speed up the process of downloading records from Family Search. It is a free Java program that works on Windows, Mac and Linux. Free • Windows • Mac • Unix • Auxiliary http://students.cs.byu.edu/~jbejaran/FastFilm/	1 Review, latest Apr 7, 2013 Overall 1 5.00 2013 1 5.00 2012 0     No Ratings Earlier 0     No Ratings Add Your Review

The Master Genealogist (TMG) by Wholly Genes, Inc. (Bob Velke) A comprehensive program with many features that include a powerful report writer and excellent source referencing. It has User Groups. Purchase • Windows • Full Featured • Builds Website http://www.whollygenes.com/	126 Reviews, latest Mar 31, 2013 Overall 126 3.63 2013 4 3.65 2012 30 3.63 Earlier 92 3.61 Add Your Review

Clooz by Ancestral Systems, LLC (Joe Bissett and Richard Thomas, Jr.) Clooz is a document based sophisticated research assistance tool and database for systematically researching, accumulating, analyzing, organizing and storing the clues to your ancestry, and interfaces with certain established family tree programs. Purchase • Windows • Auxiliary http://www.clooz.com/	18 Reviews, latest Mar 25, 2013 Overall 18 4.38 2013 3 3.42 2012 15 4.60 Earlier 0     No Ratings Add Your Review

Legacy by Millennia Corp (Dave Berdan and Ken McGinnis) A comprehensive Windows program with many features, nicely described on their web site. It has a standard version that is free, and is one of the better free genealogy programs available. It compares itself with Personal Ancestral File, Family Tree Maker, Roots Magic, and The Master Genealogist. They have a blog. They have a number of user groups. Free • Purchase • Windows • Full Featured • Builds Website http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/

90 Reviews, latest Mar 10, 2013 Overall 90 4.02 2013 7 3.68 2012 10 4.39 Earlier 73 4.06 Add Your Review

My Family Tree by Chronoplex Software (Andrew Hoyle) A genealogy product to create your family tree. Privacy controls. Translated into many languages. Support for left to right and right to left languages. Video player and picture slideshow. And more. Free • Windows • Full Featured http://chronoplexsoftware.com/myfamilytree/	2 Reviews, latest Mar 10, 2013 Overall 2 5.00 2013 1 5.00 2012 1 5.00 Earlier 0     No Ratings Add Your Review

ScionPC by Robbie J Akins A genealogical management system with a modern, easy to-use interface. Free • Windows • Full Featured http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/scionpc/	1 Review, latest Feb 21, 2013 Overall 1 5.00 2013 1 5.00 2012 0     No Ratings Earlier 0     No Ratings Add Your Review

Personal Ancestral File (PAF) by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Personal Ancestral File is a very popular genealogy program that has been available free for many years and has a large following. The LDS has stated that it will no longer be updating the program. The final version is 5.2.18.0 (2005). But LDS still answers questions about it and they have an active Users Group. Free • Windows • Full Featured http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/

26 Reviews, latest Feb 20, 2013 Overall 26 4.63 2013 3 4.35 2012 3 5.00 Earlier 20 4.61 Add Your Review

Ages by Jom Daub The “comfortable” genealogy program, with a nice tree-drawing capability. Multi-lingual in 11 languages. Website in English or German. Purchase • Windows • Full Featured http://www.daubnet.com/english/ages.html	7 Reviews, latest Feb 18, 2013 Overall 7 4.64 2013 1 5.00 2012 0     No Ratings Earlier 6 4.25 Add Your Review

GenoPro by Daniel Morin The only program that displays genograms. Many unique features including the ability to write macros in VBScript and JavaScript to perform complex computations and transformations on your family tree. It used to be freeware but is now shareware. Has had millions of downloads from shareware sites. They have a list of essential features of sound genealogy software. Purchase • Windows • Full Featured http://www.genopro.com/

12 Reviews, latest Jan 30, 2013 Overall 12 2.87 2013 2 2.47 2012 2 3.07 Earlier 8 3.93 Add Your Review

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