What is the best family tree software?

Question

I want to be able to store all the usual information, do timelines and scan in and store documents all linked within the software!

Which software does this? Preferably free!

Answer 1

I have been at this some time, I use Generations which covers most of my needs in respect of Time Lines and Linking family's, I also use a programme called Custodian 3 which can be used to store all sorts of related data.

Hope this is of help

Answer 2

I started using ancestory.com. I can't say it is the best, but it is pretty comprehensive. You can scan in photos, write stories, attach one piece of information to multiple people (for example, there is a 1910 census listing my great grandma, gr great grandma, my uncles, and my gr great grandpa, and I can attach that document to each of them instead of uploading it multiple times. It also gives you 'hints' on information that matches in their records. Some are not the same people, but others have helped fill in the blanks.

Answer 3

I have been using family tree software for over twenty years and in that time I have had 5 or 6 different ones. In my view The Master Genealogist is quite simply the best combination of recording events, evidence, exhibits, citing source references and maintaining research tasks etc. Combined with above average reports & charts and a support network that cannot be faulted.

Answer 4

Ancestry.com is a website, where you can upload info.. it is NOT a program.

PAF (personal ancestral file) is the free program offered by the LDS church (www.familysearch.org).  It has been around more than 20 yrs, and is a standard. There are other programs with more features, but personally, I feel PAF has anything you need.

My opinion.. the program is not as important as the quality of the facts/ info that it stores.

You can download it, and work with it free. If you decide it is not elaborate enough, then you can buy a 'better' program and just transfer the data.