I don’t know if it’s Memorial Day that got me thinking, or the fact that my husband’s cousin and his wife just announced they are going to have a baby, but I suddenly have this desire to create our family tree. There are so many branches and marriages and half siblings and whatnot that there is no way I can do this mess on paper. So I started looking on-line for software and I did come across some sites and programs.

Does anyone have any experience with family tree generator software or websites? I don’t want anything TOO complicated (I’m just not that computer savy), but something with names, relationships, birth dates, death dates, wedding dates, that sort of thing. I guess picture capability would be nice, but I don’t know how practical that is.

So, if anyone knows anything about any of these things, please let me know! Thanks!!

[I posted this in Biology as well, I wasn't sure where it fit best...]

I had a program years ago and I think it was called Genchron Wks, a Microsoft Works software that was quite simple. I gave up on that genealogy business because I ran into too many dead ends. Probably too many horse thieves and others who preferred to remain hidden from the public.Youmight try one of these groups for advice

Thanks, Frank!

Elixina:

I have been doing my Genealogy for the last three months.

I use Ancestry.com. This is a world wide Genealogy. It cost
$ 29.95 a month for this program, however I found this program to be very useful.

I have found almost 4,900 relatives, both living and dead.

Some of my relatives go back as far as 1,400 AD.

Thank you for the information! Unfortunately, it seems like I was the only one in the family interested in the idea, so I have pretty much given up on it...