December 31, 2011 In the three years that the GenSoftReviews website has been in operation, genealogists have posted over 1000 reviews and ratings of the genealogy software they use. Each year, GenSoftReviews tabulates the highest rated programs, and awards any program achieving a score of 4.00 or more out of 5, a Users Choice Award. The programs winning a GenSoftReviews Users Choice Award for 2011 include: Ancestral Quest - 4.89 out of 5 Family Historian - 4.63 out of 5 My Great Big Family - 4.62 out of 5 Personal Ancestral File - 4.61 out of 5 Ultimate Family Tree - 4.59 out of 5 GenSmarts - 4.52 out of 5 WikiTree - 4.48 out of 5 Genbox Family History - 4.47 out of 5 The Next Generation - 4.45 out of 5 RootsMagic - 4.45 out of 5 Brother's Keeper - 4.42 out ot 5 Reunion - 4.36 out of 5 Family Tree Maker - Up to Version 16 - 4.18 out of 5 Legacy - 4.06 out of 5 Congratulations go to all the 2011 winners. ### About Louis Kessler Louis Kessler has been a genealogist and a programmer for over 30 years. He developed and maintains the GenSoftReviews site. He is also the author of his own genealogy program known as Behold that can be found at www.beholdgenealogy.com

Since all of them are between 4 and 5 it seems they all have most of the needed features. On 1/2/2012 5:29 PM, L. L. Scott wrote: > December 31, 2011 > > In the three years that the GenSoftReviews website has been in operation, genealogists have posted over 1000 reviews and ratings of the genealogy software they use. Each year, GenSoftReviews tabulates the highest rated programs, and awards any program achieving a score of 4.00 or more out of 5, a Users Choice Award. > > The programs winning a GenSoftReviews Users Choice Award for 2011 include: > > Ancestral Quest - 4.89 out of 5 > Family Historian - 4.63 out of 5 > My Great Big Family - 4.62 out of 5 > Personal Ancestral File - 4.61 out of 5 > Ultimate Family Tree - 4.59 out of 5 > GenSmarts - 4.52 out of 5 > WikiTree - 4.48 out of 5 > Genbox Family History - 4.47 out of 5 > The Next Generation - 4.45 out of 5 > RootsMagic - 4.45 out of 5 > Brother's Keeper - 4.42 out ot 5 > Reunion - 4.36 out of 5 > Family Tree Maker - Up to Version 16 - 4.18 out of 5 > Legacy - 4.06 out of 5 > > Congratulations go to all the 2011 winners. > > ### > > About Louis Kessler > > Louis Kessler has been a genealogist and a programmer for over 30 years. He developed and maintains the GenSoftReviews site. He is also the author of his own genealogy program known as Behold that can be found at www.beholdgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Most have some form of free trial. Depending on how one's brain functions certain programs are more intutitive. -----Original Message----- From: Richard L Walker Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 7:21 PM To: fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Genealogy Software Reviews Since all of them are between 4 and 5 it seems they all have most of the needed features. On 1/2/2012 5:29 PM, L. L. Scott wrote: > December 31, 2011 > > In the three years that the GenSoftReviews website has been in operation, > genealogists have posted over 1000 reviews and ratings of the genealogy > software they use. Each year, GenSoftReviews tabulates the highest rated > programs, and awards any program achieving a score of 4.00 or more out of > 5, a Users Choice Award. > > The programs winning a GenSoftReviews Users Choice Award for 2011 include: > > Ancestral Quest - 4.89 out of 5 > Family Historian - 4.63 out of 5 > My Great Big Family - 4.62 out of 5 > Personal Ancestral File - 4.61 out of 5 > Ultimate Family Tree - 4.59 out of 5 > GenSmarts - 4.52 out of 5 > WikiTree - 4.48 out of 5 > Genbox Family History - 4.47 out of 5 > The Next Generation - 4.45 out of 5 > RootsMagic - 4.45 out of 5 > Brother's Keeper - 4.42 out ot 5 > Reunion - 4.36 out of 5 > Family Tree Maker - Up to Version 16 - 4.18 out of 5 > Legacy - 4.06 out of 5 > > Congratulations go to all the 2011 winners. > > ### > > About Louis Kessler > > Louis Kessler has been a genealogist and a programmer for over 30 years. > He developed and maintains the GenSoftReviews site. He is also the author > of his own genealogy program known as Behold that can be found at > www.beholdgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message