I use FTM just because I started with it many years ago - DOS format, before Windows. It was the first one out there. I break it down by family, and when I get a lot of information about a line, I just make a chapter in the book for that family out of it. That way, it is in the correct file, and I can find it without having to remember what person's section I had it in. This is good for large family photos as well. I have seen and am impressed with the Master Genealogist's reports and organization, but I like using the more common software for sharing purposes. I use databases a lot for other stuff. They are good for organizing facts, but a bit unwieldy for large amounts of data. I just filled out a form for FTM in which they asked if I would like to be able to export the material in database format. It was the only suggestion on their list I gave a high rating to. I expect it will come. It is a good idea. I would like to have more data in one file - when people write with questions they usually don't specify the file name (I ask them to) so I have to guess, search, know the individual, or ignore the query. I must have about 20 files now, some I use all the time and some I make up for persons or publications which ask about only one line. It is awkward to import data from one file into another. Looking for errors is a never-ending process in that case. My Missouri material, for instance, is three files - The Innes line, Scotland straight to Fayette, mainly Louise Coutt's work (she doesn't use a computer) The Rucker line (actually one for all Peter descendants and one for my branch) from Virginia to Carroll County, and the Thomas line cut out of it for the Thomas genealogists. My Guillets, Ruckers, and Thomases are so completely intermingled that it is hard to know when I have material in one file and not the other. This sounds awful to read it, but after I work with it a while I get to know and enjoy the individual families. There are probably better ways, but genealogy is hardly an exact science. Sally Tomson Federal Way, Washington http://web3.foxinternet.net/tomsons/