It does however seem to be less intuitive than some other programs. You do however tend to get wide variations in reviews and often this depends on how well the reviewer has read the instructions and implemented them. I see that Gramps has mixed reviews for the MAC version. Beware however, that you cannot just take photographs in Record Offices without permission and there is usually a fee involved. That's great if you want to enter data at a record office or elsewhere that you'd rather not take your main computer to and it could save you handwriting everything. Many programs now provide a version to use on a tablet or smart phone that you can keep in sync with the version on your main computer via a Cloud service such as Apple's Cloud Drive or Dropbox. Why not just use one platform? It would certainly save you time and the potential errors. Does Gramps enable that? If not you will have to sync them manually which is a recipe for error and twice the work. If you download each version on your two computers I wonder how you will keep the different versions in sync with each other. I see that you use a MAC and a PC and having looked at the Gramps site, which I'd never heard of before, it seems that there are different versions, one for each platform. Just because you no longer subscribe doesn't mean that your data isn't still on their site. Also beware that once on the web it stays on the web. Tribal Pages is free so is an exception to that comment but you are still reliant on them staying alive, so to speak. That may not be the case if you keep your tree online but private but in both cases it relies on you keeping your subscription going to the website. Inevitably some will not take the care to ensure that their information is correct as you presumably do and your carefully researched data will then grow on the web in a disorderly and inevitably incorrect way. ![]() If, like Daft Bat, you are happy to keep your family tree online and allow others to see it you must accept that other people will copy your data with or without your permission (or acknowledgement) and add it to their own efforts. ![]() Daft Bat has already told you that most have free downloads to sample and that's an excellent way to try before you buy. ![]() I'm not sure that there is a right answer because so many of the programs are similar, so rather than make a recommendation I'll make a few general points. Yours is a question that comes up often - I've asked it myself.
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