I think the FTM is the best as far as layout is concerned. But the company makes it very hard to be flexible with it. It's hard to delete anything, and impossible to copy and paste. You end up with two "Harold Youngers" one with a wife and one without and can't make heads nor tails of which one to get rid of. They have too many updates for which they charge too much. Personally, I believe that uploading your family tree to ANY program is not an especially good idea, so since my initial mistake of uploading a Younger file to Family Tree way back when I was a novice at this (it's been erased), I haven't bothered. There were so many mistakes in dates and people in that first file I uploaded, I blush just thinking about it. I like Kindred Konnections and Ancestry for the bits and pieces of information I get from them. I haven't tried any other programs. And now that I'm getting closer to putting together my "book"....a compilation of information for my children...I wish I had a better vehicle for my information.

Brownie wrote: > I think the FTM is the best as far as layout is concerned. If you do then you would love Generations. It started out called Reunion and still is for the MAC. Reunion sold the Win version to Sierra. They used to have screen shots on their site at http://www.sierra.com They have changed the name to Generations and it has capabilities of millions of names. Here is what you see on your screen: At the top are 4 buttons one for each parent of the main box which looks like 5x7 cards, one for wife an one for husband. Below are buttons for each child. Press any button and that family card appears. You can also make the background and cards whatever colors you want-relieving that mono screen. Unlike FTM you do not have to scroll down to see all children, even if they has 20 of them, they are all there. The buttons only get smaller! If you need to erase a card you simply drag the button to the trash can in the upper corner. Also as far as the fields on the cards go you can make them say whatever you want. This is the problem you have though when you trade GEDcom info unless the person you exchange with has this program and the same fields. Say you have a field called military or census and your friend doesn't, the GEDcom has no place to put it and the info you entered may not come out as you would like. If you do use this program the best thing I found is to have birth/death and notes fields. Another neat thing is if you add a photo is shows up on the card, if you check the box to do so. It sure makes it not so monotonous to see a face or document once in a while! Gosh do I sound like a salesperson? Watever works best, is the best program for each of us. -Linda in KC