Dorothy, There certainly used to be free demos. I down loaded it along with a selection of other genealogy programs before deciding on Family Tree Maker. You can have a look at the latest version here: http://www.genealogy.com/cpc/FTM2005_Landing_02.html?priority=0000900 Andrew -- My genealogy page: http://w1.300.telia.com/~u30014342/gen.htm