I really did not want to lose all of my work because of file corruption and so I found myself back to work researching tools that I could easily import my work into from TMG I also started to run into some software issues in and became a bit leery of its stability. TMG (no longer available) was an a really robust tool for genealogists, but it had way too many custom features and was really more complicated than I really needed. The licensing rights were later sold to Software MacKiev)īut at that time, I ended up doing a great deal of research to find something similar to Reunion ® on a PC, as well as what software tools other genealogists were using on the PC and I narrowed my choice down to a product called “ The Master Genealogist“. (NOTE: I learned much later that the PC license of Reunion ® was sold to Ancestry and would later become Family Tree Maker ®. Unfortunately, there was not a PC version of Reunion ® available, and so I needed to find something new. It was an excellent family tree software to start out with, and I would still be using it today if it weren’t for the fact that I switched to a PC based computer. In the early 1990’s, I started out on the Macintosh with a product called Reunion ®. The following is an overview of some of the other tools that I’ve used in the past. To date, I have yet to find the perfect family tree tool, but I have found that my favorite, Family Tree Maker is coming very close to perfection. All of these tools are excel in certain areas, but not in others. Over the past decade or so we’ve used a variety of family tree software tools with a variety of success and hardships. The reason for this is that you may not be able to transfer or share any of the data that you’ve entered with others. You should stay away from any free or shareware tools that were developed by an unknown company or group. One of the most important considerations when selecting a family tree software tool is the manufacturer’s longevity in the marketplace and the product’s ease of use and reliability. The Master Genealogist (Discontinued in 2014).RootsMagic (A popular alternative to Family Tree Maker).NOTE: The version of FTM was discontinued on ( Read More)
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