Gena, Family Tree Maker is a great program, very easy, and it can import your PAF or GEDCOM file and save it as a Family Tree Maker file. I started with Family Tree Maker several years ago, so I didn't have to do it, but I just checked the Help Topics index for importing PAF and GEDCOM and it looks very easy. Your original file and the BACKUP that I know you have ;o) are still there so if you made a mistake you could just start over, no harm done. (Always keep a recent backup copy of any important file, whether its your checkbook or your genealogy!) I did import a cousin's information once, and the only "hard" part was the time it took to confirm that similarly named individuals were the same person before they were merged. (Even though it might do it very quickly, you probably would not want your program to make the assumptions on its own, especially if you have lots of people with the same or similar names married to people with the same names as their ancestors and descendants.) I will paste in the Help Topic from FTM version 10 below so you can make a judgment on how easy it will be. I think you'll like FTM. You can print ancestor and descendant trees or hourglass trees, it gives you many options for printing these trees and for formatting reports. You can keep a scrapbook. It does timelines. Tons of good stuff! Judy Here are Family Tree Maker's instructions for importing a PAF. This is straight from the Help Topics in the program and, of course, it is copyrighted material, but I dont think genealogy.com, LLC will mind since I'm promoting their product! To open a PAF file (version 2.1 or later) in Family Tree Maker: Note: If you are trying to open a PAF file from the Macintosh version of PAF, you must first save the PAF file in PAF's DOS format before attempting to open it in FTW. 1. From the File menu, select Open Family File (ALT, F, O). 2. Click the Files of type drop-down list and then select Personal Ancestral File (INDIV2.DAT). Please note: There are two Import options. PAF 3.0 (*.PAF) and PAF 2.x (INDIV2.DAT). PAF version 3.0 uses .PAF extensions. PAF versions 4.0 and higher also use .PAF extensions, but must be converted to GEDCOM format before importing into Family Tree Maker. 3. In the Look in lists, select the drive and folder where the file you want to open is located and then select the file name. If you are unsure where your file is, click Find file and follow the instructions in Finding files. 4. Click Open to open the New Family File dialog box. 5. In the New Family File dialog box, you must give the PAF file a new name so that Family Tree Maker can make a copy of it and convert the copy to a Family Tree Maker for Windows file. Either click Save to accept the name that Family Tree Maker suggests or type a new name in the File name field and then click Save. The file name can be any valid Windows file name, up to 255 characters, although it must have the extension .FTW. If you do not type in the .FTW extension, Family Tree Maker will add it for you. 6. If Family Tree Maker encountered any difficulties while importing your file, it tells you that you can view a list of warnings and errors. After viewing the error list (if necessary) you can begin working with your Family File. Note: The Genealogy.com Online Help Center is a resource for answers to technical or customer service-related questions - 24 hours a day. Here you' ll find easy to understand articles, tips, step-by-step instructions and tools for using Family Tree Maker. From the Internet menu, select Technical Support, or point your browser to www.genealogy.com/help. Family Tree Maker version 10