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  • Which family tree software is best to use?

    Ive been trying the standard version of legacy and have now had a quick look at rootsmagic and was wondering what other people's thought's were on the best software to buy?

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    I think we all have differing views on which is the best - it's probably the one we get used to.

    The most popular one at the moment seems to be Family Tree Maker, although I would recommend avoiding the 2008 version.
    Do you want to pay for the software - if you don't then PAF and Legacy are free to download from the internet.
    I believe on the Family Historian website there is a 30 day free trial - so you could try that one out as well.

    Not much help, am I!
    Last edited by Elaine ..Spain; 31-10-08, 22:06.
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    • #3
      I can highly recommend Kith and Kin Pro from Softspan it also comes with treedraw software that will print out your tree in the recognised format.

      You can download a thirtyday trial from softspan, I can't remember the url but if you google softspan it will pop up, It is a scottish company so in the Uk

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      • #4
        Ian,
        You might find some useful comments on the following thread - a recent poll to see which software was used by our members.
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        • #5
          I find Legacy to be a good software. I used to use one of the older FTM but Legacy is for me. I also have a tree on Tribal Pages and GR
          Neil
          Last edited by Neil; 01-11-08, 16:14. Reason: Adding info
          Neil passed away in April 2019

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          • #6
            Family Historian is excellent and very versatile, it draws superb trees and has a very good user group. Roots Magic is also good and there is a new version due out soon, if you buy RM3 now I believe that you will be able to download RM4 for free.

            I think that both of the above have free download trials.

            Margaret
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            • #7
              Family Historian just won the 'Best Family Tree Program' award in Your Family Tree magazine this month!!!

              I'm a FH user

              Anne

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              • #8
                Import from legacy to Ftm 2009

                Thankyou all for the advice I am going to use ftm 2009 because I use ancestry a lot and want to put the tree online.
                I am trying to import my tree from Legacy to ftm 2009 and when I do most of the dates are missing!
                How do you import the tree without losing half the info?
                Ian

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