Chapter 9 - Genealogy Software Programs and Computer Utilities
Genealogy Software (Stand alone) Programs
(Most programs have a free trial version you can download)
- Ancestral Quest – http://www.ancquest.com/index.htm (free 60-day trial, can run from flash drive)
- Branches – http://www.branchesgenealogy.com/ (by Sherwood Electronic Laboratories, free 30-day trial)
- Brother's Keeper – http://www.bkwin.org (shareware, free to download, multiple languages)
- Ezitree (Plus) – http://www.ezitree.com.au (free trial version)
- Family Historian – http://www.family-historian.co.uk (free 30-day trial)
- Family Tree Maker (FTM) – http://www.familytreemaker.com (by Ancestry.com, no free or trial version)
- Genbox Family History – http://www.genbox.com (free 30-day trial)
- Genbox compares itself to other software – http://www.genbox.com/comparison.htm
- GenP – http://www.genp.com.au/ (free trial allows 20 openings of the program)
- Gramps – http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page (open source free program for Linux, also runs on Macintosh & Windows
- Hereditree – http://www.hereditree.com (free version allows up to 100 people)
- iFamily for Mac – http://www.ifamilyformac.com (for Macintosh, free 10-day trial)
- Legacy Family Tree – http://www.legacyfamilytree.com (standard edition free, or upgrade to Deluxe edition)
- MacFamily Tree for Macintosh – http://www.synium.de/products/macfamilytree/index.html (by Synium, free version disables saving & printing)
- Personal Ancestral File (PAF) – http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/ (by Family Search) (free)
- Pocket Genealogist – http://www.northernhillssoftware.com (for Windows Mobile, PocketPC & SmartPhones, 30-day trial)
- Relatively Yours – http://www.relativelyyours.com (trial version has limited number of people)
- Reunion for Macintosh – http://www.leisterpro.com (by Leister Productions, free trial version has 50 people limit)
- RootsMagic – http://www.rootsmagic.com (free RootsMagic Essentials has some features disabled)
Online (or combination online/offline) data storage
- Ancestry.com trees – http://trees.ancestry.com (costs)
- FamilySearch – http://www.familysearch.org
- Family Tree Explorer – http://www.findmypast.co.uk/family-tree-explorer.jsp
- GeneaNet – http://www.geneanet.org (some parts cost)
- Genes Reunited – http://www.genesreunited.co.uk (some parts cost)
- Lost Cousins – http://www.lostcousins.com (some parts cost)
- My Heritage – http://www.myheritage.com (some parts cost)
- One Great Family – http://www.onegreatfamily.com (costs)
- PhpGedView – http://www.phpgedview.net/
- The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) – http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php (costs)
- Webtrees – http://webtrees.net
- WeRelate – http://www.werelate.org
- World Connect – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Other Useful
- Family History Computer Programs – http://www.vicgum.asn.au/FamilyHistoryPrograms.pdf
- Cloud-based systems – http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/08/windows-is-dying-and-so-are-macintosh-and-linux.html
See also Understanding Cloud Computing https://www.familysearch.org/techtips/2012/01/understanding-cloud-computing - Comparison of genealogy software – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software
- Dangers of posting information online – http://www.cluewagon.com/2011/08/in-which-i-say-geni-and-crap-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/ (blog post, also about dangers of 'world trees')
- Dropbox – http://www.dropbox.com (Synchronise data between computers)
- Free Genealogy Stuff – http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/freebies.html
- GEDCOM defined – http://www.cyndislist.com/gedcom.htm (GEnealogical Data COMmunication package)
- Genealogy mailing lists – http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html
- Genealogy online database hosting – (an alternative way of publishing your family history on the internet)
- http://www.myheritage.com (free to 1,000 records & 250 MB storage for photos etc, monthly cost for more)
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ (free, text based)
- Genealogy Software and Reviews – http://www.cyndislist.com/software.htm (includes links to genealogy programs, many have free trial versions)
- Genealogy Software Reviews – http://www.consumersearch.com/genealogy-software
- Genealogy Software Reviews – http://genealogy.about.com/od/software_reviews/Genealogy_Software_Reviews_Ratings_Comparisons.htm
- Genealogy Software Top Ten Reviews – http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
- GenSoftReviews – http://www.gensoftreviews.com/ (Users choice ratings)
- Gould Genealogy, Adelaide – http://www.gould.com.au
- Mobile Genealogy – http://mobilegenealogy.com (genealogy software for handheld devices eg PDAs)
- Rootsweb – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
- Search engines –
- http://www.google.com.au
- http://www.searchwhateveraustralia.com.au/ (Genealogy search Australia)
- http://bing.com
- http://au.altavista.com
- http://www.anzwers.com.au
- http://www.google.co.nz
- http://www.google.co.uk
- Google Alerts – http://www.google.com.au/alerts?hl=en
- Google Genealogy Searcher – http://www.searchforancestors.com/google/searcher.html (useful, but be wary of disguised links to Ancestry.com)
- The Master Genealogist (TMG) – http://www.whollygenes.com (This program is no longer available for sale, however users continue self-help advice)
- VicGUM – http://www.vicgum.asn.au/ (information about hardware & software packages for genealogists)
- "Which Genealogy Software Program is Best?" – http://genealogy.about.com/cs/genealogysoftware/a/software.htm