I use Ancestral Quest and have overall found it much easier than PAF. I have not tried scanning, but there is that capability, at least with photos. I don't find a need to use PAF for anything anymore. My brother-in-law uses Family Tree Maker--and reports similar success. These are PAF compatible. Hope it helps. Robert ------------------ Reply Separator -------------------- Originally From: JCBrooks@aol.com Subject: [HANDCART-L] Software Date: 08/06/1998 03:53pm I am about ready to scream....I have been using PAF 2.31 for what seems like forever and thought I'd better upgrade to 3.0. I hesitated because of the glitches but was assured that 3.0M would fix all that. So I downloaded all my info into 3.0...and started adding more....such as completed temple data, etc. and a few new families I researched recently. I am SOOOOOOOO frustrated with 3.0......you can't default, you can't insert without hitting a special key each time, the ditto function is a pain in the neck...and the family group sheet print outs are UGLY....and I can't get rid of all those useless notes that I don't even have..it just prints extra pages with names. The PAF Companion is also a pain in the next....the family group sheets require so much paper...my personal family has four kids...it used to take one page to print it..now it takes two. that's not a big deal unless you have a 30000 name database like I do and want to print out. So, what software have all of you LDS researchers turned to that is user friendly and allows for TempleReady? I had hoped to do a book someday and get a scanner...which software imports those things well? Ideas...opinions? Michele Brooks