These are for MS Windows:     (click for Macintosh OSX programs)
(Ranked according to popularity with GCG members)

Program name	Current  Version (red if new)	Publisher	Free trial?	User Group, Mailing list, additional options	NZ User Group contact
FTM . (Family Tree Maker)	2012	Ancestry.com		Discussion List
Legacy standard  Deluxe/Platinum	7.5 7.5	Millennia	Yes	http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/LEGACY.html "Families" is an iPad companion program for Legacy users	Jan Gow
PAF (Personal Ancestral File)	5.2.18.0	L.D.S.	Yes	PAF Companion (Optional extra Reports)	Ted Davidson
Brothers Keeper	6.5	Brothers Keeper		mailto: BK-L@Rootsweb.com
TMG (The Master Genealogist)	7	Wholly Genes	Yes	Guided Tour   Second Site 2 (web building utility)
RootsMagic  Essentials (Free)	4.1.1.1	Rootsmagic Inc.	Yes Free	Roots Magic U K U K Forum
Ancestral Quest,	12.1	Incline Software	Yes	FAQs
Relatively Yours	3.3.4085	Computability Pty. Ltd.	Yes	Discussion Group on Yahoo
Family Historian	4.1	Calicoe Pie, UK	Yes	User Group & Mailing List
Family Atlas	1.0.5	Rootsmagic
EZITREE Plus	12.02	R & Y Toomey	Demo
Family Tree Builder	5	My Heritage	Free	"the most advanced and easy-to-use free genealogy software in the world"?
Genbox	3.7.1	Thoughtful Creations	30 day
Hereditree		Hereditree Pty Ltd.	30 day
Kith & Kin Pro	3	Spansoft	Yes
Eureka's Family Tree Creator	2.0
GenP	3.02	Cocolsoft Computer Solutions	?
Branches	????????	Sherwood Electronics	30 day
Gramps	3.2.5	Don Allingham	Free	A GNOME genealogy program for Linux and FreeBSD and Mac OS X and Windows.    Gramps blog

See also Cyndi's list of software

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Updated July  2011 . . . . . . . . . . . .   . .