Selected Software for Genealogists

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The following programs have been recommended by members of the UVPAFUG to help you with your Family History work. These programs require the Windows 95/98 or later Operating Sytems, unless otherwise indicated. A section with helps for PAF is also included.

A more complete listing of software is located at CyndisList's Software page.

Groupings on this page	Software noted on this page
Commercial Genealogy Programs PAF3/4/5 Utilities GEDCOM Utilities Helpful PC Utilities PAF Helps	Ancestral Quest AniMap Plus Bygones Clooz FamilyHistory CD Family Tree Maker GED2HTML GEDBrowser GEDClean GEDCOM Explorer GenSmarts GENViewer IGI255 Legacy Family Tree The Master Genealogist PAF Insight Parish Locator PDF995 Personal Ancestral File Prn2file RootsMagic WinZip Yankee Clipper Plus

Commercial Programs

Ancestral Quest (Incline Software)

http://www.ancquest.com/

AniMap Plus

http://www.goldbug.com/AniMap.html

FamilyHistory CD

http://www.familyhistorycd.com/

Family Tree Maker (MyFamily.com) (Windows/Mac)

http://www.familytreemaker.com/

Legacy Family Tree Deluxe Edition (Millenia)

http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp

The Master Genealogist (Wholly Genes)

http://www.whollygenes.com/

PAF-Personal Ancestral File (LDS Church) (Windows/Mac)

http://www.familysearch.org/

RootsMagic

http://www.rootsmagic.com/

Evaluating The Genealogical Programs above

Genealogy Software Review.
http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

Genealogical Software Report Card

http://www.mumford.ca/reportcard/

Genealogy Programs

AniMap Plus (demo available)

County Boundary Historical Atlas for Windows

http://www.goldbug.com/AniMap.html

BYGONES (Freeware)

A program designed to enter and keep genealogical research notes. For Win9x and MAC.

http://home.utah-inter.net/bygones/index.htm

Clooz (Version 1.23) (For Windows and MAC)

A database program for systematically organizing and storing all of your genealogical notes.

http://www.clooz.com/

IGI255 (Version 4.9a) (Freeware) (This is a direct download link.)

A DOS database program that accepts files from the IGI/OI, SDI and MI of FamilySearch, that allows for reindexing.

http://www.uvpafug.org/software/igi25549.exe (279K)

Legacy Family Tree (Millenia) (Version 5.0) (Freeware)

http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp

PAF-Personal Ancestral File (LDS Church) (Windows 9x and later)

http://www.familysearch.org/

Parish Locator (Freeware)

Identifies parishes in England, Scotland and Wales within a specified distance of a particular parish.

http://web.onetel.net.uk/~gdlawson/parfind.htm

PAF3/4/5 Utilities

GenSmarts (Commercial)
http://www.gensmarts.com
GenSmarts is a genealogy software utility that uses artificial intelligence to analyze your existing genealogy file and produce research recommendations. It helps you generate and track to do lists, print worksheets to record your genealogy research results, and plan trips to libraries, court houses, etc. For online research, GenSmarts produces links that already have your ancestors name and specifics embedded -making it much easier to perform online record lookups.

GENViewer

http://www.mudcreek.ca/

Reads the content of PAF 3 4 and 5 databases, Legacy databases and also reads GEDCOM Version 5.5 files. There are free versions for Family History Centers, for use on CDs, and a minimally featured version for personal use, as well as a fully featured commercial version.

PAF PAL (Version 2.0 for PAF3/4, Version 5 for PAF5) (Commercial)

Useful utilities not available in PAF Version 3, 4 or 5.

Pal Software

1065 West 10210 South

South Jordan, UT 84095

USA

PAF Insight (Commercial)

http://www.ohanasoftware.com/

PAF Insight is a new suite of tools for PAF 5 users. PAF Insight's Sync feature allows you to compare and synchronize two PAF databases. Sync also lets you do an intelligent import. View/Trim reveals data you didn't realize was hiding in your database. Merge gives you advanced merging capabilities not found in PAF.

PDF995 (free - adware)