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**keithkiss** · 02-07-2007, 07:23 AM

What kind of family tree software do you use?
Actually a web solution would fantastic.

Any suggestions?
What do you use?
Example?

Super thanks

Keith

**KML9870** · 02-07-2007, 07:33 AM

I took the easy way out about 9 years ago. My family has an account at myfamily.com and I have Family Tree Maker 2006. The program is very easy, even does online searches for likely ancestors for you, then easily imports the data. From there it's a click of a menu option to upload the tree to myfamily.com where anyone (that has a username & password to your particulary site) can view, edit, download, etc the tree. Myfamily.com also has a photo album, news, calendar, etc.

When we started the site was free, but alas nothing stays free. It's now $29.95 a year for 1 gb of space, which we have never filled even though we have over 800 pics. A few of my aunts and I take turns paying each year so I end up paying every fourth year. Not a bad deal for a no-worry, easy for everyone way to stay in touch with everyone spread across the globe and for everyone to contribute to the information in the family tree.

**Kyrnt** · 02-07-2007, 04:38 PM

Keith,

I use Ancestry.com which I enjoy a great deal. Granted, I have never used anything else, so I have little to compare it to -- but I thought I would give you my opinion.

That said, it is also a service that happens to include access to the web-based tree building software -- but given that I needed both, it was a good solution for me. And recently they added the capability to export you entire tree to a particular format (the name escapes me right now) in case you need to walk away from the service.

**KML9870** · 02-07-2007, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyrnt

Keith,

I use Ancestry.com which I enjoy a great deal. Granted, I have never used anything else, so I have little to compare it to -- but I thought I would give you my opinion.

That said, it is also a service that happens to include access to the web-based tree building software -- but given that I needed both, it was a good solution for me. And recently they added the capability to export you entire tree to a particular format (the name escapes me right now) in case you need to walk away from the service.

Same difference - Ancestry.com owns myfamily.com & distributes Family Tree Maker

. And it's a gedcom file that is extremely universal for other programs. I've been doing my geneology for going on 15 years & my hubby's for about 5 years (got tired of hearing he didn't know how he was related to people we ran into

). One of his distant cousins once emailed me a gedcom file and it was a snap to import it into my existing info - even merged duplicate individuals. Two of my favorite things about Family Tree Maker: 1) It has a relationship calculator - you can choose any two individuals and it will calculate the relationship. 2) Age calculator - you put in a date and the date of birth and it will tell you the exact age of the person at the time of an event.

**LadynRed** · 02-08-2007, 08:51 PM

I've been working on the family history for about 10 years. I started with Family Tree Maker and I'm still using it. Great program and IMO, the best out there.