Genealogy Online

Keeping Track

Keeping track of it all - then

Keeping track of it all – now

Genealogy Software

• Organize info by family

• Easy to modify

• Many reports

• Interchange data via GEDCOM

• Free or low cost

Which Software

• If what you have works for you – great!

• www.consumersearch.com/www/software/genealogy-software/ for reviews

• Free genealogy software– RootsMagic Essentials

• Upgrade to full RootsMagic for $30

– Personal Ancestral File

• If what you have works for you – great!

• www.consumersearch.com/www/software/genealogy-software/ for reviews

RootsMagic Essentials

• Download from www.rootsmagic.com/Essentials/

• Can later upgrade to RootsMagic• Feature comparison chart

www.rootsmagic.com/RootsMagic/Features.aspx

Personal Ancestral File

• Download– PAF 5.2– PAF Companion Basic– PAF Tutorial

• From– www.familysearch.org/eng/home/welcome/pafdownload.asp

• Upgrade to PAF Companion for $6.75– Very good charts

PAF Tutorial

• 7 Lessons on PAF usage– Getting Started: Typing in Your Family – Getting Started: Making Changes – Notes and Sources – Printing Forms and Reports – Sharing Files – Match/Merge – Advanced Focus/Filter

• Can access fromwww.familysearch.org/ENG/paf/lessons/paf5.html

GEDCOM

• GEnealogy Data COMmunication

• For exchange of databases

• Filetype is GED (ex. - surname.ged)

• File…Import - to bring data in from file

• File…Export - to create file

PAF Reports

• PAF– Pedigree– Ancestry– Descendants– Books, etc

• PAF Companion ($6.75)– More sophisticated, colorful charts– Fan charts, kinship, hourglass, etc