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Genealogy Programs and associated download sites, mailing lists, and N.Z. User groups.
These are for MS Windows:     (click for Macintosh OSX programs)
(Ranked according to popularity with GCG members)

Program name

Current
 Version

(red if new)

PublisherFree trial?

User Group, Mailing list, additional options

NZ User Group contact

FTM . (Family Tree Maker) 

2012Ancestry.com

Discussion List


Legacy standard 


Deluxe/Platinum

7.5

7.5
MillenniaYes

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 Keeper6.5Brothers Keeper
mailto: BK-L@Rootsweb.com

TMG (The Master Genealogist)

7Wholly GenesYesGuided 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 SoftwareYes

FAQs 


Relatively Yours 

3.3.4085

Computability Pty. Ltd.Yes

Discussion Group on Yahoo


Family Historian4.1Calicoe Pie, UKYesUser Group & Mailing List
Family Atlas1.0.5Rootsmagic


EZITREE Plus12.02R & Y ToomeyDemo

Family Tree Builder5My HeritageFree"the most advanced and easy-to-use free genealogy software in the world"?

Genbox3.7.1Thoughtful Creations30 day

Hereditree Hereditree Pty Ltd.30 day


Kith & Kin Pro3Spansoft Yes

Eureka's Family Tree Creator2.0




GenP3.02Cocolsoft Computer Solutions?

Branches????????Sherwood Electronics30 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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Note2: The GCG does not endorse or recommend any particular program.

Updated July  2011 . . . . . . . . . . . .  email . .  made on a Mac