I got this from another list don't know if you everyone knew about it so I thought I would pass it on. Tammy The Roots PC: Mormons ready new download The Mormons will follow their popular FamilySearch.com site by releasing a family tree organizer for the PC. By Ashley Craddock, ZDNN June 25, 1999 12:33 PM PT UPDATED: 2:01 PM PT The Mormon Church is making computerized genealogical research easier than ever before. As of Monday, June 28, the Church is offering free downloads of Personal Ancestral File 4.0, a new Windows-based version of its genealogical management program. The new software program is available at www.familysearch.org. The program does not provide genealogical data. Instead, it helps users organize their family history records, then obviates the need for illegible trees hand-written in ancient, spidery script. The program also creates charts and logs to help users in their search for missing ancestors. The Mormon Church, which has been gathering genealogical records across the world for more than a century, houses a mother lode of information. It operates more than 3,400 Family History Centers and houses a huge collection of records at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, which boasts records of more than 2 billion names. Match made in heaven The Internet and the Mormons are seemingly a match made in heaven. Family history research ranks among the most popular Net-based activities around. Coincidentally, family history research is considered a religious obligation among the Mormons. ______________________________