91% Discussed family history with other family members
49% Created a family tree
37% Traveled to an ancestral hometown/country
37% Written up a family history
29% Used the Internet to search for information on genealogy

Books
"The Source", Edited by Loretto Szvcs and Sandra Lubeking, Revised 1997
"The Genealogists Handbook: Modern Methods for Researching Family History", The American Library Assn., 1995
  Books at Cindi's List
  Planting your family tree online : how to create your own family history web site, Cyndi Howells.
  The Handy Book for Genealogists
  Ancestry's Red Book
  Higginson Books
  Rare books at abeBooks.com
Magazines (circulation)
Family Tree (150 K)
Ancestry
Family Chronicle
Heritage Quest

Reference Tools
  City/County Lookup and Maps
Vendors (Supplies, Charts, Forms, Books)
List at Cindi's List
Everton Publishers (supplies, forms, CDs), Genealogy Unlimited (books, forms, European Maps), Genealogical Publishing Company, Heritage Books, Inc., Gaylord Bros. (Library/Archival Supplies)

Ancestry.com Message Boards

Family Tree Databases above.

Counties, Localities and Region Links at Cindi's List for:
CA, KY, MD, MI, MO, OH, NC, PA, VA,

State GenWeb Pages:
CA, KY, MD, MI, MO, NC, OH, PA, VA,

California Genealogy Resources

• Recommended: [PC Mag. rataing]
  • Legacy Family Tree [5] - Best Intermediate program per PC Magazine. More features than Family Tree Maker but still easy to use.
  • Family Tree Maker (FTM) easy to use, most popular. See review in PC Magazine [5]
    Ver 16 good, Ver 2008 - problems.
    (Development on Mac version stoped in Fall 2000)
  • The Master Genealogist (TMG) (Wholly Genes Sftwr) $59/$99 (Most features, best for notes and sources, steep learing curve, Choice of semi-pros)
  • Reunion (Leister Productions) $100 (Best for Macintosh)
  • The programs below may not be around any more
  • Family Tree Legends Easy to use. Can do automatic web updates to GenCircles pedigree database on the Web. Beginner Program competitive with FTM
  • Ancestral Quest [3] - Intermediate program.
  • Roots Magic - Family Tree Magazine liked it.
  • Heredis a popular program in Europe with a unique 3D view to get (almost) everyting on one page. Now available on the Mac also.
• Inexpensive - Popular:
  • Personal Ancestral File (PAF) [4] is available free from the FamilySearch.org the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Morman)
    
  • GEDitCOM Macintosh program for editing GED
• Reviews and comparisons at:
  paf-review
  PC Magazine
  Richard Wilson's site
• Discontinued: Family Origins (was created by a Genealogist),
• Software at Cindi's List
• The Genealogical Software Report Card
• Most programs allow interchange of files in the GEDCOM data format standard and will create Web pages.
• Genealogy Software list at About.com
• Comparisons at: Genealogy Software Springboard, PC Magazine Reviews
  The Genealogical Software Report Card Scores: [TMG - 78, Fmly Origins - 66, Generations - 59, PAF - 58, Family Tree Maker - 57]
  PC Magazine Review Sep. 17, 2002 Family Tree Maker 10 Deluxe - 5, Legacy Family Tree 4.0 Deluxe - 5, PAF - 4, Family Trees Quick & Easy 5.0 - 4, Generations Family Tree Plus - 3, Ancestral Quest 3.0 - 3,   Family Origins Deluxe 10 - 2.
  Master Genealogist not rated - listed as powerful but difficult to learn.
  Reunion vs. FTM
• Creating/Publishing Web Pages