Genealogy Chat

I use Family Historian but I have a 'free sample' of FTM. They are both good and do most of the same things in slightly different ways. I chose Family Historian because it was UK authoured and therefore has less Americanisms. Nothing against the US - its just that non of my family ever went there! I think you can find free sample programs of each of them on the Web - certainly FH does a free sample of the full program so you can try it out. The only difference to the real thing is that you can't save anything! Anne

Hi Sophie,most of the GR members use FTM. It does quite a bit,including allowing you to include the dreaded marriage of cousins without any problems,import/export gedcom files and create family group reports,different tree charts etc. You can also have a web site too,it is pretty good value,certainly cheaper than Family Historian. One thing to watch though if you do plump for FTM,just get the standard version (not the basic or deluxe) The basic version doesn't have all the features and the deluxe has extra discs which quite frankly aren't worth the plastic they are made of. Glen

I am currently using a free downloaded program from the LDS site which has suited me fine until now. However, I am tempted t buy one of the above but would appreciate any feedback from existing users before I decide which one I want. Thanks Sophie