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Family Tree Maker 2017
Price: $69.95
Manufacturer: Software Mackiev
Biggest draws: Lots of bells and whistles; charts, reports and book publishing; integration with Ancestry.com and web searching; help options and companion guide
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Drawbacks: Learning curve; no independent web publishing; buggy merging of online data
GEDitCOM II
Price: $64.99, or upgrade from GEDitCOM 3.8 or earlier for $19.99
Manufacturer: John A. Nairn
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Biggest draws: Ability to customize interface to your liking, native GEDCOM format
Drawbacks: A bit pricey for shareware
iFamily for Mac
Price: $49
Manufacturer: Keith Wilson
Biggest draws: Source documentation, numerous viewing options, gadgets
Drawbacks: Limited help section; lacks features to privatize data, create Web pages and record conflicting information
Heredis 2019
Price: $49
Manufacturer: BSD Concept
Biggest draws: Nifty graphics, 3-D family tree
Drawbacks: Slow GEDCOM importing
MacFamilyTree 9
Price: $49
Manufacturer: Synium Software
Biggest draws: Easy setup, attractive interface, fast GEDCOM imports
Drawbacks: No family group sheet
Reunion 12
Price: $99, or $49 for upgrade from an older version
Manufacturer: Leister Productions, (717) 697-1378
Biggest draws: improved interface; intuitive ease of use, navigation and data entry; extensive and contextual help files; drop-and-drag multimedia, places and sources; souped-up web publishing; full iOS integration
Drawbacks: new web searching isn’t integrated into program itself, relying on your browser; some features are hard to find; no PDF output
RootsMagic 7
Price: Free trial, $29.95, $19.95 upgrade
Manufacturer: RootsMagic
Biggest draws: ease of use, data entry, documenting sources, reports, publishing your tree online
Drawbacks: nothing major
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