I agree with Cheri, try out the sample programs. I however am an Ancestral Quest user. There is a free version of AQ available online to download. It is usable, but does not include all of the "goodies" that come with the full version.
I am biased because AQ is written by a friend of mine. He is the one that originally wrote the PAF program. On the AQ website, I believe there is a place to email questions or a phone number to call with questions. Marilyn On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Freddy G, > > I'm not sure what you mean by GeneWeb. Is your genealogy in the cloud? > There should be a command of File >Export and you can create a Gedcom that > way. > > Ancestral Quest was supposed to be the next program after PAF. > > Everyone will tell you that their program is the best, of course! The 4 > most popular genealogy software programs on the market (for a PC) are > Family Tree Maker (FTM) by Ancestry.com (no free trial), Legacy Family Tree > (their standard edition is free), RootsMagic (their Essentials is free), > and The Master Genealogist (TMG) which is free for a 30 day trial period. > > Download Legacy, RM, and TMG and play with them all. Make up some people > (George Washington, Bugs Bunny), have Daisy Duck married to Donald and a > child by Bugs Bunny and see how the software handles it. Have people with > the same name (3 or 4 George Washingtons - one born 1722, another born > 1799, another born 1850, and the last one born 1900 and see how to > distinguish between them all). > > Legacy has a fairly intuitive interface and is pretty powerful. RM has > the smallest learning curve and has a portability option (RootsMagic to Go) > with their paid version. TMG has the largest learning curve, is the most > powerful, is completely customizable and has really good filters for > handing people of the same name. > > When I give my Genealogy Software Review speech, I tell those who are > nervous computer users to try RM first (Essentials) and see how they like > it. I tell people who don't want to spend too much time learning a program > but want it to do more to try Legacy. I tell people who are annoyed that > their program won't do this or that and who are comfortable with the > computer to try out TMG. Because FTM doesn't have a free trial it's hard > to say what to do with that program. If you go to your local genealogy > society, someone probably has it and can show you what it looks like and > what is does. > > I belong to a Users Group for my genealogy software program. People come > to our meetings who are checking out the other programs because they don't > like the one that they are currently using. See if there are any User > Groups in your area. RM, Legacy, and TMG has a User Groups tab on their > respective web sites. > > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
