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Free genealogy software to help keep you organized

Are you on a tight budget? The following software packages may be what you're looking for!

Best Genealogy Software

Legacy Family Tree 6.0

Legacy Family Tree (standard edition) is a free genealogy software package that has a well earned reputation. The 6.0 means it has been around a while and is a solid player in the field of genealogy research.

In addition to offering you the basics of recording and organizing your research, Legacy includes a bounty of useful features. These include the all-important ability to record your sources. The following photo is an example of Legacy's source citation feature.

Legacy Family Tree also allows you to view a print a wide variety of useful reports that include: lineage, family group records, timelines and descendant reports.

Multi-media features of this package allow you to attach photographs of your ancestors or scanned documents of items like birth or marriage certificates.Other nifty features include a research log, relationship calculator and a to-do list.

Online support is extensive and includes tutorials and user groups. This a software package you should consider!

Personal Ancestral File

Also known as PAF, this free genealogy software has its roots in the days of an operating system known as DOS. (This was before Windows!).

Published by the Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), it has an illustrious pedigree!

Although not as powerful as commercial software, PAF users benefit from regular software updates and extensive support that includes tutorials and online help.

In addition to basic features, PAF comes with an add-on package that allows you to print beautiful color ancestor and descendant charts.

To obtain this software just visit the following site. You will be required to register with your name and e-mail address.

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