Software

last updated 6 Dec 2019

Program Overview Integration Notes

Family Tree Maker Best all-around on Windows Ancestry
FamilySearch Owned by Ancestry now

Reunion Best program the Mac Google Maps
Reunion Web Tool Syncs from iPhone to desktop.

Legacy 9 Top end program
Best Reports
Lots of custimization FamilySearch
MyHeritage
FindMyPast
Find A Grave
GenealogyBank
ancestry ($) The Research Guidance feature suggests resources

Family Historian 6 Easiest for beginners MyHeritage
FindMyPast

RootsMagic 7 Most Popular
w/ genealogists Ancestry
FamilySearch
MyHeritage
FindMyPast
ancestry ($)

Program	Overview	Integration	Notes
Family Tree Maker	Best all-around on Windows	Ancestry FamilySearch	Owned by Ancestry now
Reunion	Best program the Mac	Google Maps Reunion Web Tool	Syncs from iPhone to desktop.
Legacy 9	Top end program Best Reports Lots of custimization	FamilySearch MyHeritage FindMyPast Find A Grave GenealogyBank ancestry ($)	The Research Guidance feature suggests resources
Family Historian 6	Easiest for beginners	MyHeritage FindMyPast
RootsMagic 7	Most Popular w/ genealogists	Ancestry FamilySearch MyHeritage FindMyPast ancestry ($)

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Scores Family Historian (4.8), Family Tree Maker (4.5 on Win, 2.0 on Mac), Reunion (4.0), RootsMagic (3.9), Legacy (2.4 - It got high reviews in other places.) Software Review: Legacy Family Tree 8.0
3 Helpful Charts About Genealogy Software and Online Trees FamilyTreeMagazine
Genealogical Software Programs | AmericanAncestors.org

Other programs: GEDCOM Splitter
GEDCOM-Editor
GenMerge - Utility that finds and merges duplicates in GEDCOM file

Evidentia - Augments your current genealogy software by letting you focus on sources. It allows you to document sources, catalogue claims and analyze evidence, all in support of the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS).

Hedris - The best known genealogy software in Europe,

Map My Family Tree

Source: Comparison of genealogy software - Wikipedia
Language Support - Wikipedia

Old reviews (2005)

Recommended: [PC Mag. rataing]
- Legacy Family Tree [5] - Best Intermediate program per PC Magazine. More features than Family Tree Maker but still easy to use.
- Family Tree Maker (FTM) easy to use, most popular. See review in PC Magazine [5]
  Ver 16 good, Ver 2008 - problems.
  (Development on Mac version stoped in Fall 2000)
- The Master Genealogist (TMG) (Wholly Genes Sftwr) $59/$99 (Most features, best for notes and sources, steep learing curve, Choice of semi-pros) Discontinued in 2014
- Reunion (Leister Productions) $100 (Best for Macintosh)
- The programs below may not be around any more
- Family Tree Legends Easy to use. Can do automatic web updates to GenCircles pedigree database on the Web. Beginner Program competitive with FTM
- Ancestral Quest [3] - Intermediate program.
- Roots Magic - Family Tree Magazine liked it.
- Heredis a popular program in Europe with a unique 3D view to get (almost) everyting on one page. Now available on the Mac also.
Inexpensive - Popular:
- Personal Ancestral File (PAF) [4] is available free from the FamilySearch.org the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Morman)
- GEDitCOM Macintosh program for editing GED
Reviews and comparisons at:
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Most programs allow interchange of files in the GEDCOM data format standard and will create Web pages.
Creating/Publishing Web Pages