Greetings, I started with using legacy and I still use it. Thanks to a cousin, I now have the family website on tribal pages. It is free up to a certain amount. I have yet to reach that limit point. My cousin has 25,000 names so he pays a small fee. I can put citations on it as well as pictures. My cousin has a family members who served military picture page. It sends out a monthly newsletter and I have a guest password for family as well as my own for editing. It does not do any research, just the info. My back up is a flash drive. I am still pretty new at all this, but for a beginner I really like it. There is a lot out there and it gets confusing to me. I feel what I have now is working for what I am doing. As the tree grows, I will probably need to make changes. It is always a works in progress, just like my garden.
Robin Lebo On Feb 13, 2012, at 14:47, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > For Elaine, > > If you are using the same program on different computers (desktop and > laptop), you can back up to a flash drive or use Dropbox. > > For Rich Silva: > There is no "best" genealogy software. What you find best or I find best may > be two completely different things. The "best" one for you will be the one > that matches your needs and goals. > > The 4 most popular (in alphabetically order) for use on a PC (although a Mac > running VMFusion or Parallels can run these as well): > Family Tree Maker > Legacy Family Tree > RootsMagic > The Master Genealogist > > I'll look for a post I made about them later and repost it here. > > I believe all have demos except Family Tree Maker. > Legacy: www.legacyfamilytree.com (download the standard version) > RootsMagic: www.rootsmagic.com (I think the "essentials" is free) > The Master Genealogist: www.whollygenes.com (free for 30 days) > > Play around with them a bit and see what you like or dislike about them. > > There are many other genealogy software programs out there besides the 4 most > popular, above. You can find a review here: > http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ > You can also google "genealogy software programs" and find more that way. > > There are also some cloud-type software programs. Ancestry.com is one. I > think you need a subscription to have your tree housed there, but I'm not > entirely sure. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, > Achada > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
