RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY-RESOURCES-SOFTWARE

Before computers, noting down information was a laborious process. The information was copied and recopied and scissors and pasted into different formats. Today, there are software programs which take your information and create charts, family histories and even webb pages at the push of a computer key. What follows are some sites which describe those various software programs and how to obtain them.

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Genealogy Software Springboard
Created in 1996 in order to help rooters & genealogists review genealogy programs, and what was once a one page listing of all major programs has now grown into hundreds of listings. Since 1996, thousands of online genealogists have visited this site and gained information and knowledge to help them determine which genealogy program is the best to serve their needs.
http://home.tbbs.net/kbasile/software.html

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The motherlode of URL's listing software related to genealogy is Cyndi's List for Software & Computers
http://www.cyndislist.com/software.htm#Tools

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Bill Mumford's Genealogical Software Report Card
Based on reviews compiled as part of the process when a program is submitted to the National Genealogical Society's (U.S.) Newsmagazine for review. Includes links to the original reviews.
http://www.mumford.ca/reportcard/

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Program Websites

• Ancestral Quest

• Brother's Keeper

• Family Tree Maker

• Heredis

• Legacy Family Tree

• The Master Genealogist

• Rootsmagic

Free

• Personal Ancestral File is a free program developed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is full-featured and can be downloaded from the LDS Familysearch website.

Mac Users

• Heredis (Mac version)

• Reunion