http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5037 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Genealogy/ancetry software en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:38:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5037#post-54071 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:23:39 +0000 Buckleysmom 54071@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ornithos....thanks for the info, I'll be checking it out in just a bit.<br /> BK </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5037#post-54042 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:33:25 +0000 ornithos 54042@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Buckleysmom,</p> <p>When I first got into geneology I did some research into free software and managed to find a program called Personal Ancestral File (PAF). This was developed by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the Mormons).<br /> Mormons have a connection to ancestry as they perform ceremonies that I like to call "retrospective baptism", hence their interest in such software.</p> <p>The program itself is "no frills", but it does most of what you'd ask of such a program and is very easy to use. Importantly, it uses the GEDCOM file format, which is the standard data interchange format used by genealogy software in general. If you decide to get a better program later you'll be able to carry your data across.</p> <p>You can find it by following this link:</p> <p><a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp?page=home/welcome/simplePAFRegistration.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp?page=home/welcome/simplePAFRegistration.asp</a></p> <p>They require a simple email registration before you can download, but in my experience it is nothing onorous.</p> <p>You can also get PAF Companion, which allows you to "Print your family tree in colorful ancestor and descendant charts. PAF Companion is easy and fully compatible with PAF."</p> <p>Please note that the <a href="http://www.familysearch.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.familysearch.org</a> website itself is a useful resource for doing family searches.</p> <p>Good luck, regards,</p> <p>SB </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5037#post-54039 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:17:56 +0000 Buckleysmom 54039@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Does anyone know of a good free geaneology/ancestry/family tree type software? I've been doing my family tree online and since I have over 200 people on it now I decided I should get a good program and get it off the internet, cause if I lose my connection to the www I don't want to lose all the work I've put into it. I've checked out ancestry.com, rootsweb.com and a few others for info and the tree is currently at Geni.com which lacks a few things. </p> <p>Anyway, if anyone out there knows of something good I'd appreciate a heads up. Or gee, maybe we could get a non-free one as a giveaway???? Maybe???? Huh???? Please???? </p>