I agree with Cheri, try out the sample programs. I however am an Ancestral Quest user. There is a free version of AQ available online to download. It is usable, but does not include all of the "goodies" that come with the full version.
I am biased because AQ is written by a friend of mine. He is the one that originally wrote the PAF program. On the AQ website, I believe there is a place to email questions or a phone number to call with questions. Marilyn On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
