Forum: Genealogy Software

I have used Legacy ever since it hit the boards and have been rather happy with it until now. Last week as I was openning the program, it automatically downloaded an update (V7.4). It was a disaster. The uploading appears to have gone faulty and now I cannot access my family files. Some 6 days...

Hi all, I have read about a genealogy software program called GenSmarts. I was about to download the free trial version and I wondered if anyone has tried this software and if they found it a useful genealogy 'assistant'?

Dear All My software package has room for a birth date and baptism date as well as death date and burial. But if you enter baptism date only (and for the early stuff I don't have many birth dates) or burial date only the person doesn't start or end properly. What does everyone else do? Do you...

This question relates to genealogy societies compiling family trees and making those trees available to patrons. Is there a commercially available genealogy program that would allow a society to compile family trees, make that information available on a computer to its patrons visiting their...

I am not sure if I can post this on here and apologise if I am breaking any rules. I need to sort out my family history records and thought of using one of these, but am a bit of a technophobe. Has anyone here used this "device" and how did you get on with it? It is very expensive and I don't...

I know how to do paragraph breaks in my notes on Tribal pages "<p>" but how can use bold technique? I wish to highlight some Titles on my home page but don't know what techno codes I should be using.

I'm looking around for suitable Family Trees to purchase either boxed in stores or downloaded online. I know there's a few out there but my main problem is it's not a straightforward lineage as my great-grandfather had a half brother (same mum, diff dad) both emigrated to the UK, started up...

Hi I got an email today announcing the above app for Apple Iphone/ipod touch devices. It's free so I've installed it and set my login to my Ancestry acct. It seems pretty good I can browse my tree, look at events. No problems so far but I've only had it installed a short while. I'll...

I have been asked by a new searcher about software for building a tree. This is something I know nothing about - I have Legacy but apart from uploading my tree I haven't used it as I can still use the tree I built on genes and I only use it for reference. Any suggestions/preferences? Carol

Until now I have been using a Palm pc (Tungsten E) for my portable family history. I have easily downloaded my gedcom onto a programme (Gedwise) and from there transferred it to my handheld. But, my husband has upgraded me! and now I cannot do anything......... I have a new 'puter with XP, and...

Hi, I am probably acting a bit thick, but I am having terrible trouble Exporting my family tree to a Gedcom file.I have my main Family Tree on Ancestry and I follow their instructions for exporting to a Gedcom file. All appears to be in order and the file is on my desktop made up of 418 KBs....

We’ve been using an old version of Family Tree Maker (v 11) for quite a few years now. The only problem we have is with the printing options. It doesn’t seem to have the flexibility that others promise. For example, when I do an All-In-One tree I would prefer the generations to be in line with each...

I recently learned about this " Smartgenealogy" free program. & have been using it successfully. However, I have run into some snags. I do find it is a bit short on directions & the help index is quite limited. Does anyone on this forum have any experience with it? - Or is there a user forum that...

Not sure if this is the right place, but, has anyone tried to get into Tribal Pages this morning, I'm getting a message saying "Oops! This link appears to be broken'. No matter which way I try I get a version of the same message and even Googling doesn't throw any light on it. Margaret

Folks, Does anyone beside me use PAF 5? I want to copy my entire file and send to my sisters for their information as they don't have any genealogy programs at present,i have sent some branches as PDF files but it still looks incomplete. Eric

A rather long time ago, my first forage into Family Tree software was with a little package named I think, ' Family Tree- 311' the numbers are the only thing I really remember. Twas used on Windows '95. ( aquired via "Sunday Paper advert) This little goodie was able to collate all Births,Deaths...

After weeks of wondering which software programme to ask for as a pressie I finally decided on Roots Magic, which came today. I have downloaded the programme on to my pc but it is still the free trial version!!, does anyone now where i find the registration key to unlock the full version?? I would...

I got the free disk for this programme with Practical Family History. It seems like a good/cheap idea but I can't seem to find out how much the upgrade costs so that I can do full charts. Has anybody used it, anyone any idea on cost, is it worth it?

Hi all Sorry to ask this question but even looking at all the posts on FTM 2010 I am still puzzled.............. I am doing my tree on Anc and now want to get it off and onto my pc. Am I right in thinking that FTM2010 will download ALL pictures and EVERYTHING I have written on Anc? Also...