Freddy G,

I'm not sure what you mean by GeneWeb.  Is your genealogy in the cloud?
There should be a command of File >Export and you can create a Gedcom that
way.

Ancestral Quest was supposed to be the next program after PAF.

Everyone will tell you that their program is the best, of course!  The 4
most popular genealogy software programs on the market (for a PC) are
Family Tree Maker (FTM) by Ancestry.com (no free trial), Legacy Family Tree
(their standard edition is free), RootsMagic (their Essentials is free),
and The Master Genealogist (TMG) which is free for a 30 day trial period.

Download Legacy, RM, and TMG and play with them all.  Make up some people
(George Washington, Bugs Bunny), have Daisy Duck married to Donald and a
child by Bugs Bunny and see how the software handles it.  Have people with
the same name (3 or 4 George Washingtons - one born 1722, another born
1799, another born 1850, and the last one born 1900 and see how to
distinguish between them all).

Legacy has a fairly intuitive interface and is pretty powerful.  RM has the
smallest learning curve and has a portability option (RootsMagic to Go)
with their paid version.  TMG has the largest learning curve, is the most
powerful, is completely customizable and has really good filters for
handing people of the same name.

When I give my Genealogy Software Review speech, I tell those who are
nervous computer users to try RM first (Essentials) and see how they like
it.  I tell people who don't want to spend too much time learning a program
but want it to do more to try Legacy.  I tell people who are annoyed that
their program won't do this or that and who are comfortable with the
computer to try out TMG.  Because FTM doesn't have a free trial it's hard
to say what to do with that program.  If you go to your local genealogy
society, someone probably has it and can show you what it looks like and
what is does.

I belong to a Users Group for my genealogy software program.  People come
to our meetings who are checking out the other programs because they don't
like the one that they are currently using.  See if there are any User
Groups in your area.  RM, Legacy, and TMG has a User Groups tab on their
respective web sites.



Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
Achada

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