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Genealogy Software

I am keeping this thread open to discuss the various kinds of Genealogy Software available both for free and a small cost. Some of these programs are also available as trail versions allowing you to test before you buy.

PERSONAL ANCESTRAL FILE UPGRADE PRINTS IN COLOR
See https://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,...3109-15,00.html

Members and genealogists using Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Companion can now print and view family tree charts in color using the program's newest upgrade. PAF Companion 5.2, created by Progeny Software, Inc., uses individual and family data from PAF files to create charts in five formats and millions of colors. The software can render up to 16 million colors and gradients to the charts, helping users organize family lines by gender, generation, or lineage.

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I use a program called GEDitCOM, which is essentially a customizable GEDCOM editor. It certainly doesn't have the nice little features that PAF does, but it runs on my iBook. The latest version of PAF for the Mac is about 10 years old, and doesn't even handle new GEDCOM files.

Anyway, it is very inexpensive, about $25.

A member of my ward is getting a Windows emulator for his Mac, just so he can use PAF. I might be willing to do the same, if it works for him.

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I use Legacy. A simple straight forward common sense program