Joel wrote: "Family Origins . . .is a good program and a lot better deal than the $60-70-80 one might pay for Family Tree Maker" and Gail responded: "This is good to know, but parsons and broderbund are the same people, . . . I paid 19 dollars to up grade mine from the 4.4 to 5.0." What bothers me about these products, specifically the World Family Tree cds is that WE do years of work researching our families, the Broderbund/Parsons sells our results (including many not well researched efforts) back to us! I have found family genealogical software a great way to organize & display information, but I have found as good or better actual genealogical information on FREE sites on the web. Linda's pages are a great example. Also, who is paying Linda & all the other "Rootsweb" volunteers? Broderbund/Parsons has figured out a great way to make money, but my thanks really goes to Linda and her countless rootsweb colleagues who work tirelessly for little reward, but our thanks. KC Kim Chambers UConn, Storrs Researching: CHAMBERS, CROW, WILLIAMS, CAMPBELL, STANDIFORD, OGLE, DORSEY, WELLMAN, TERRELL, MERRILL, LANDER, WIANT