Comparison of genealogy software
Encyclopedia
This article compares several selected client
-based genealogy programs
. Web-based genealogy software
is not included.
Client (computing)
A client is an application or system that accesses a service made available by a server. The server is often on another computer system, in which case the client accesses the service by way of a network....
-based genealogy programs
Genealogy software
Genealogy software is computer software used to record, organize, and publish genealogical data. At a minimum, genealogy software collects the date and place of an individual's birth, marriage, and death, and stores the relationships of individuals to their parents, spouses, and children...
. Web-based genealogy software
Comparison of web-based genealogy software
This article compares several selected genealogy programs that run on a web server. Genealogy websites are not included.-General information:-System support:-General features:-Chart features:-Site administration features:-Visitor features:...
is not included.
General information
| Software | Example(s) | Latest release | Free to use | Free software Free software Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do... |
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| Ahnenblatt Ahnenblatt Ahnenblatt is a genealogy software to create family trees, pedigree charts and ahnentafels.Genealogic data is stored in a proprietary file format, that can be exported to other formats , e.g... |
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2011-02-08 | Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| Agelong Tree Agelong Tree Agelong Tree is a genealogy application for Microsoft Windows, developed by Genery Software. It functions as a database and a chart producer.- Platforms :... |
2007-12-27 | (40 Person Free Trial) |
Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| Ancestral Quest Ancestral Quest Ancestral Quest or AQ is a genealogy software application for Windows, developed by Incline Software, LC. It features data entry with sourcing capabilities and scrapbook extensions; a print engine for standard or custom charts and reports; a web page creator; a collaboration engine; and an... |
2011-07-21 | (Basics version) |
Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| Brother's Keeper Brother's Keeper (software) Brother's Keeper is a genealogy software program for Windows.The program functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.Brother's Keeper uses Btrieve as the underlying database engine.... |
2011-09-23 | (Unreg. ver.) |
Shareware Shareware The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a... |
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| Family Historian Family Historian Family Historian is a genealogy software program designed and written by Calico Pie Limited, a UK software design and development company founded by Simon Orde in 1995. Family Historian was named as family history software of the year by Your Family Tree magazine in November 2008... |
2009-May | Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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2011-01-26 | (Free ver.) |
Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| Family Tree Maker (Windows) | 2011 | Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| Family Tree Maker for Mac | 2010-11-04 | Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| GEDitCOM II GEDitCOM GEDitCOM is genealogy software for the Mac OS X. The program provides methods to input, manipulate and view information about a family history. It includes options to produce charts depicting family relationships and to produce Web pages for publishing a family history online.GEDitCOM has native... |
2010-07-17 | Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| Genbox Family History Genbox Family History Genbox Family History is genealogy software for Microsoft Windows, developed by Thoughtful Creations. It functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.-Features:... |
2007-11-17 | (30 Day Free Trial) |
Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| GenealogyJ GenealogyJ GenealogyJ is a viewer and editor for genealogic data, suitable for hobbyist, family historian and genealogy researcher. GenealogyJ is written in Java and so is available on most platforms and supports the GEDCOM standard. Many reports like family tree, table, timeline and geography are available.... |
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2010-02-19 | GNU GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project.... |
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| GenoPro GenoPro GenoPro is a software application for drawing family trees and genograms. GenoPro can store additional information such as pictures, contacts, places, sources, occupation and education history for each individual, as well as document the relationships among individuals.- History :GenoPro was... |
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2010-12-30 | (25 Person Free Trial) |
Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| GRAMPS GRAMPS The core export file format of Gramps is named Gramps XML and uses the file extension .gramps. It is extended from XML. Gramps XML is a free format. Gramps usually compresses Gramps XML files with gzip. The file format Portable Gramps XML Package uses the extension .gpkg and is currently a .tar.gz... |
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2011-10-01 | GNU GPL GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project.... |
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| Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree is genealogy software for Windows that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history. The standard edition is distributed as freeware, with no restrictions, only requiring registration on the company's web site to download the software.... |
2011-06-04 | (Standard Edition) |
Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| LifeLines LifeLines LifeLines is a free open-source genealogy software tool to assist family history research. LifeLines primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability to easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format. It was the first open-source genealogy program for Unix... |
2007-10-06 | MIT License MIT License The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms... |
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| MacFamilyTree MacFamilyTree MacFamilyTree is a commercial genealogy program for Mac OS X which helps users build their family tree, adding data about family members, including pictures and sound clips. The program allows the user to add sources for the information, with the ability of including scanned documents... |
2010-05-14 | Shareware Shareware The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a... |
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| Personal Ancestral File Personal Ancestral File Personal Ancestral File is free-of-cost genealogy software provided by FamilySearch, a website operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
2002-07-23 | Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| Reunion Reunion (genealogy software) Reunion is genealogy software made by Leister Productions, Inc., a privately held firm established by Frank Leister in 1984 located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The company operates as a genealogy software developer exclusively for the Mac OS. Reunion was initially a Macintosh application,... |
2010-08-28 | Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| RootsMagic RootsMagic RootsMagic is a genealogy software program designed and written by RootsMagic, Inc, a USA software design and development company founded by Bruce Buzbee in 1987... |
2011-02-12 | (Essentials) |
Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
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| SmartGenealogy SmartGenealogy SmartGenealogy is a freeware genealogy software program that can handle very large databases. Its most powerful feature is that it can easily import and convert information from a spreadsheet and convert it to the GEDCOM format. It is available in French and English. SmartGenealogy uses the Borland... |
2007-05-02 | Freeware Freeware Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the... |
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| The Master Genealogist The Master Genealogist - Languages available :English , English , German, Dutch, Norwegian, French, Italian and Afrikaans.- File format :TMG's underlying database engine is Visual FoxPro v9... |
2009-02-13 | (30 Day Free Trial) |
Proprietary Proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary... |
Operating system support
| Software | Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal... |
DOS DOS DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related... |
Mac OS Mac OS Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface... |
Linux Linux Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds... |
BSD Berkeley Software Distribution Berkeley Software Distribution is a Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995... |
Unix Unix Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna... |
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| Ahnenblatt Ahnenblatt Ahnenblatt is a genealogy software to create family trees, pedigree charts and ahnentafels.Genealogic data is stored in a proprietary file format, that can be exported to other formats , e.g... |
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| Ancestral Quest Ancestral Quest Ancestral Quest or AQ is a genealogy software application for Windows, developed by Incline Software, LC. It features data entry with sourcing capabilities and scrapbook extensions; a print engine for standard or custom charts and reports; a web page creator; a collaboration engine; and an... |
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| Agelong Tree Agelong Tree Agelong Tree is a genealogy application for Microsoft Windows, developed by Genery Software. It functions as a database and a chart producer.- Platforms :... |
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| Brother's Keeper Brother's Keeper (software) Brother's Keeper is a genealogy software program for Windows.The program functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.Brother's Keeper uses Btrieve as the underlying database engine.... |
(5.2B) | Wine | Wine | |||
| Family Historian Family Historian Family Historian is a genealogy software program designed and written by Calico Pie Limited, a UK software design and development company founded by Simon Orde in 1995. Family Historian was named as family history software of the year by Your Family Tree magazine in November 2008... |
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| Family Tree Builder | Wine(v2) | Wine | ||||
| Family Tree Maker (Windows) | Separate | Wine | Wine | |||
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| GEDitCOM II GEDitCOM GEDitCOM is genealogy software for the Mac OS X. The program provides methods to input, manipulate and view information about a family history. It includes options to produce charts depicting family relationships and to produce Web pages for publishing a family history online.GEDitCOM has native... |
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| Genbox Family History Genbox Family History Genbox Family History is genealogy software for Microsoft Windows, developed by Thoughtful Creations. It functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.-Features:... |
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| GenealogyJ GenealogyJ GenealogyJ is a viewer and editor for genealogic data, suitable for hobbyist, family historian and genealogy researcher. GenealogyJ is written in Java and so is available on most platforms and supports the GEDCOM standard. Many reports like family tree, table, timeline and geography are available.... |
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| GenoPro GenoPro GenoPro is a software application for drawing family trees and genograms. GenoPro can store additional information such as pictures, contacts, places, sources, occupation and education history for each individual, as well as document the relationships among individuals.- History :GenoPro was... |
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| GRAMPS GRAMPS The core export file format of Gramps is named Gramps XML and uses the file extension .gramps. It is extended from XML. Gramps XML is a free format. Gramps usually compresses Gramps XML files with gzip. The file format Portable Gramps XML Package uses the extension .gpkg and is currently a .tar.gz... |
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| Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree is genealogy software for Windows that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history. The standard edition is distributed as freeware, with no restrictions, only requiring registration on the company's web site to download the software.... |
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| LifeLines LifeLines LifeLines is a free open-source genealogy software tool to assist family history research. LifeLines primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability to easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format. It was the first open-source genealogy program for Unix... |
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| MacFamilyTree MacFamilyTree MacFamilyTree is a commercial genealogy program for Mac OS X which helps users build their family tree, adding data about family members, including pictures and sound clips. The program allows the user to add sources for the information, with the ability of including scanned documents... |
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| Personal Ancestral File Personal Ancestral File Personal Ancestral File is free-of-cost genealogy software provided by FamilySearch, a website operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
(2.3.1) | Wine | Wine | |||
| Reunion Reunion (genealogy software) Reunion is genealogy software made by Leister Productions, Inc., a privately held firm established by Frank Leister in 1984 located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The company operates as a genealogy software developer exclusively for the Mac OS. Reunion was initially a Macintosh application,... |
(4.0) | Wine(v4.0) | Wine | |||
| RootsMagic RootsMagic RootsMagic is a genealogy software program designed and written by RootsMagic, Inc, a USA software design and development company founded by Bruce Buzbee in 1987... |
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| SmartGenealogy SmartGenealogy SmartGenealogy is a freeware genealogy software program that can handle very large databases. Its most powerful feature is that it can easily import and convert information from a spreadsheet and convert it to the GEDCOM format. It is available in French and English. SmartGenealogy uses the Borland... |
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| The Master Genealogist The Master Genealogist - Languages available :English , English , German, Dutch, Norwegian, French, Italian and Afrikaans.- File format :TMG's underlying database engine is Visual FoxPro v9... |
(2.3) | Wine | Wine |
- Using JavaJava Virtual MachineA Java virtual machine is a virtual machine capable of executing Java bytecode. It is the code execution component of the Java software platform. Sun Microsystems stated that there are over 4.5 billion JVM-enabled devices.-Overview:...
- PortedPortingIn computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed...
- Using WineWine (software)Wine is a free software application that aims to allow computer programs written for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. Wine also provides a software library, known as Winelib, against which developers can compile Windows applications to help port them to Unix-like...
Features
| Name | Unicode Support | Individual view | Family view | Pedigree view | Chronology view | Ancestor charts | Ancestor narrative reports | Ancestor pedigree reports | Descendant charts | Descendant narrative reports | Fan charts | Research Manager | DNA charts | Research Guidance | Mapping |
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| Ahnenblatt Ahnenblatt Ahnenblatt is a genealogy software to create family trees, pedigree charts and ahnentafels.Genealogic data is stored in a proprietary file format, that can be exported to other formats , e.g... |
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| Ancestral Quest Ancestral Quest Ancestral Quest or AQ is a genealogy software application for Windows, developed by Incline Software, LC. It features data entry with sourcing capabilities and scrapbook extensions; a print engine for standard or custom charts and reports; a web page creator; a collaboration engine; and an... |
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| Agelong Tree Agelong Tree Agelong Tree is a genealogy application for Microsoft Windows, developed by Genery Software. It functions as a database and a chart producer.- Platforms :... |
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| Brother's Keeper Brother's Keeper (software) Brother's Keeper is a genealogy software program for Windows.The program functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.Brother's Keeper uses Btrieve as the underlying database engine.... |
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| Family Historian Family Historian Family Historian is a genealogy software program designed and written by Calico Pie Limited, a UK software design and development company founded by Simon Orde in 1995. Family Historian was named as family history software of the year by Your Family Tree magazine in November 2008... |
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| GEDitCOM II GEDitCOM GEDitCOM is genealogy software for the Mac OS X. The program provides methods to input, manipulate and view information about a family history. It includes options to produce charts depicting family relationships and to produce Web pages for publishing a family history online.GEDitCOM has native... |
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| Genbox Family History Genbox Family History Genbox Family History is genealogy software for Microsoft Windows, developed by Thoughtful Creations. It functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.-Features:... |
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| GenealogyJ GenealogyJ GenealogyJ is a viewer and editor for genealogic data, suitable for hobbyist, family historian and genealogy researcher. GenealogyJ is written in Java and so is available on most platforms and supports the GEDCOM standard. Many reports like family tree, table, timeline and geography are available.... |
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| GenoPro GenoPro GenoPro is a software application for drawing family trees and genograms. GenoPro can store additional information such as pictures, contacts, places, sources, occupation and education history for each individual, as well as document the relationships among individuals.- History :GenoPro was... |
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| GRAMPS GRAMPS The core export file format of Gramps is named Gramps XML and uses the file extension .gramps. It is extended from XML. Gramps XML is a free format. Gramps usually compresses Gramps XML files with gzip. The file format Portable Gramps XML Package uses the extension .gpkg and is currently a .tar.gz... |
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| Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree is genealogy software for Windows that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history. The standard edition is distributed as freeware, with no restrictions, only requiring registration on the company's web site to download the software.... |
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| LifeLines LifeLines LifeLines is a free open-source genealogy software tool to assist family history research. LifeLines primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability to easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format. It was the first open-source genealogy program for Unix... |
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| MacFamilyTree MacFamilyTree MacFamilyTree is a commercial genealogy program for Mac OS X which helps users build their family tree, adding data about family members, including pictures and sound clips. The program allows the user to add sources for the information, with the ability of including scanned documents... |
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| Personal Ancestral File Personal Ancestral File Personal Ancestral File is free-of-cost genealogy software provided by FamilySearch, a website operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
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| Reunion Reunion (genealogy software) Reunion is genealogy software made by Leister Productions, Inc., a privately held firm established by Frank Leister in 1984 located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The company operates as a genealogy software developer exclusively for the Mac OS. Reunion was initially a Macintosh application,... |
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| RootsMagic RootsMagic RootsMagic is a genealogy software program designed and written by RootsMagic, Inc, a USA software design and development company founded by Bruce Buzbee in 1987... |
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| SmartGenealogy SmartGenealogy SmartGenealogy is a freeware genealogy software program that can handle very large databases. Its most powerful feature is that it can easily import and convert information from a spreadsheet and convert it to the GEDCOM format. It is available in French and English. SmartGenealogy uses the Borland... |
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| The Master Genealogist The Master Genealogist - Languages available :English , English , German, Dutch, Norwegian, French, Italian and Afrikaans.- File format :TMG's underlying database engine is Visual FoxPro v9... |
Languages
Available user interface languages| Name | English | Afrikaans | Danish | Dutch | French | German | Italian | Norwegian | Polish | Spanish | Swedish |
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| Ahnenblatt Ahnenblatt Ahnenblatt is a genealogy software to create family trees, pedigree charts and ahnentafels.Genealogic data is stored in a proprietary file format, that can be exported to other formats , e.g... |
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| Ancestral Quest Ancestral Quest Ancestral Quest or AQ is a genealogy software application for Windows, developed by Incline Software, LC. It features data entry with sourcing capabilities and scrapbook extensions; a print engine for standard or custom charts and reports; a web page creator; a collaboration engine; and an... |
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| Agelong Tree Agelong Tree Agelong Tree is a genealogy application for Microsoft Windows, developed by Genery Software. It functions as a database and a chart producer.- Platforms :... |
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| Brother's Keeper Brother's Keeper (software) Brother's Keeper is a genealogy software program for Windows.The program functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.Brother's Keeper uses Btrieve as the underlying database engine.... |
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| Family Historian Family Historian Family Historian is a genealogy software program designed and written by Calico Pie Limited, a UK software design and development company founded by Simon Orde in 1995. Family Historian was named as family history software of the year by Your Family Tree magazine in November 2008... |
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| Genbox Family History Genbox Family History Genbox Family History is genealogy software for Microsoft Windows, developed by Thoughtful Creations. It functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.-Features:... |
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| GEDitCOM II GEDitCOM GEDitCOM is genealogy software for the Mac OS X. The program provides methods to input, manipulate and view information about a family history. It includes options to produce charts depicting family relationships and to produce Web pages for publishing a family history online.GEDitCOM has native... |
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| GenealogyJ GenealogyJ GenealogyJ is a viewer and editor for genealogic data, suitable for hobbyist, family historian and genealogy researcher. GenealogyJ is written in Java and so is available on most platforms and supports the GEDCOM standard. Many reports like family tree, table, timeline and geography are available.... |
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| GenoPro GenoPro GenoPro is a software application for drawing family trees and genograms. GenoPro can store additional information such as pictures, contacts, places, sources, occupation and education history for each individual, as well as document the relationships among individuals.- History :GenoPro was... |
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| GRAMPS GRAMPS The core export file format of Gramps is named Gramps XML and uses the file extension .gramps. It is extended from XML. Gramps XML is a free format. Gramps usually compresses Gramps XML files with gzip. The file format Portable Gramps XML Package uses the extension .gpkg and is currently a .tar.gz... |
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| Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree Legacy Family Tree is genealogy software for Windows that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history. The standard edition is distributed as freeware, with no restrictions, only requiring registration on the company's web site to download the software.... |
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| LifeLines LifeLines LifeLines is a free open-source genealogy software tool to assist family history research. LifeLines primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability to easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format. It was the first open-source genealogy program for Unix... |
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| MacFamilyTree MacFamilyTree MacFamilyTree is a commercial genealogy program for Mac OS X which helps users build their family tree, adding data about family members, including pictures and sound clips. The program allows the user to add sources for the information, with the ability of including scanned documents... |
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| Personal Ancestral File Personal Ancestral File Personal Ancestral File is free-of-cost genealogy software provided by FamilySearch, a website operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... |
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| Reunion Reunion (genealogy software) Reunion is genealogy software made by Leister Productions, Inc., a privately held firm established by Frank Leister in 1984 located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The company operates as a genealogy software developer exclusively for the Mac OS. Reunion was initially a Macintosh application,... |
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| RootsMagic RootsMagic RootsMagic is a genealogy software program designed and written by RootsMagic, Inc, a USA software design and development company founded by Bruce Buzbee in 1987... |
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| SmartGenealogy SmartGenealogy SmartGenealogy is a freeware genealogy software program that can handle very large databases. Its most powerful feature is that it can easily import and convert information from a spreadsheet and convert it to the GEDCOM format. It is available in French and English. SmartGenealogy uses the Borland... |
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| The Master Genealogist The Master Genealogist - Languages available :English , English , German, Dutch, Norwegian, French, Italian and Afrikaans.- File format :TMG's underlying database engine is Visual FoxPro v9... |
- AhnenblattAhnenblattAhnenblatt is a genealogy software to create family trees, pedigree charts and ahnentafels.Genealogic data is stored in a proprietary file format, that can be exported to other formats , e.g...
is also available in Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Turkish - Genbox Family HistoryGenbox Family HistoryGenbox Family History is genealogy software for Microsoft Windows, developed by Thoughtful Creations. It functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer.-Features:...
is also available in Russian, Slovak, Slovenian; partial translations are available for Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese. - GRAMPSGRAMPSThe core export file format of Gramps is named Gramps XML and uses the file extension .gramps. It is extended from XML. Gramps XML is a free format. Gramps usually compresses Gramps XML files with gzip. The file format Portable Gramps XML Package uses the extension .gpkg and is currently a .tar.gz...
is also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Esperanto, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, and Slovak. - Legacy Family TreeLegacy Family TreeLegacy Family Tree is genealogy software for Windows that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history. The standard edition is distributed as freeware, with no restrictions, only requiring registration on the company's web site to download the software....
is being tested in Finnish. - Can be created by available translation program.
- Includes both nynorsk and bokmål
- Includes U. K. English and U. S. English.
- Can be created using the built-in translation tables.
- GenoProGenoProGenoPro is a software application for drawing family trees and genograms. GenoPro can store additional information such as pictures, contacts, places, sources, occupation and education history for each individual, as well as document the relationships among individuals.- History :GenoPro was...
is also available in Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian/Lettish, Russian and Vietnamese. Partial translations are available in Portuguese (Brazil), Indonesian, Dutch, Hebrew, Swedish, Portuguese (Portugal), Lithuanian, Turkish, Chinese Traditional/Taiwan (Big5), Albanian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Scots Gaelic, Chinese simplified (GB2312), and 18 more languages translated less than 50%. - Ancestral QuestAncestral QuestAncestral Quest or AQ is a genealogy software application for Windows, developed by Incline Software, LC. It features data entry with sourcing capabilities and scrapbook extensions; a print engine for standard or custom charts and reports; a web page creator; a collaboration engine; and an...
also has partial translations in Chinese (Traditional) and Finnish.
External links
- Genealogical Software Report Card - Bill Mumford's opinions on the important features of genealogy software, with charts showing features available in common products. Very dated information. (Historical)RIP
- Genealogy Software Reviews - User reviews and ratings of genealogy software.
- RootsWorks PDA2001 Genealogy Software Comparison - Deals with genealogy software running on portable digital assistants (PDAs).