Well, I have been using various genealogical software for about 20 years and I just like it best I use the others too, just not as my primary format. The reports are wonderful and I like the online searching that is not just tied to Ancestry I also maintain lots of family web pages and I use its book format for my text Here is a sample of one of my families - see how it hypertexts http://griffincunningham.net/Casner/ Legacy is free to try it -download it today and try it http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ Also do the video tour and you'll see some of the bells and whistles?' The 09 is really really good But I think it's just a matter of personal taste and comfort. All the major genealogical software programs use a gedcom file ( file format ) -so it's very easy to convert or just share your file back and forth between all programs You guys all sound off as to what software you are using I certainly think you should upgrade to a '09 version of something in the world of software 2005 was a looonnngg time ago. :)