Genealogy Software

I suppose I could have organized the information on my family history by using word pad or notepad, and that would have been fine up to a point. However, once my knowledge grew to dozens and then hundreds of ancestors I was glad I had genealogy software that greatly simplified my family history.

There is free genealogy software available, do a Google search and you will find an assortment of programs. Of course you can always purchase genealogy software.

What do I use?  I started with Ancestral Quest, and it really made my record keeping easy. I accumulated information on 1,637 individuals that I believed I was related to, then my computer died (I did have backup on another device).

I was skeptical of the accuracy of some of my existing information, and decided to start all over again on my replacement computer.

Just for fun, I decided to try the free version of Legacy Family Tree for my redo of my family ancestry. I liked it enough that I soon upgraded to their paid version. Legacy Family Tree has an excellent support group on Facebook, and that is one of the reasons why I decided to use Legacy Family Tree as my only actively used genealogy software.

I am sure there must be other great genealogy software programs available, but those are the two I have tried, with no complaints about either one.