01/03/2025
We often get asked about what's the best family tree program. We have to say that there is no best program, they all have their own features, bells and whistles, some of these features are available in one program but not in another and it's really a matter of what you want the program to do. Everybody who uses a program will tell you that it's the best one purely because they use it and they know how it works there's also the matter of cost and the only way to tell if a program suits your needs is to download it and try it but not all programs offer a free demo version.
We would like to point out that there are a couple of free, fully functional programs that are free to download and use forever.
They both have some family tree chart design capabilities and as with all other family tree programs they are both fully gedcom compatible and will import and export gedcom files.
One is Legacy 10 the download link is https://legacyfamilytree.com/
There is another one available from the Microsoft Store, again free of charge called My Family Tree, the download link is https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh2k2xc?hl=en-US&gl=US
My Family Tree™ is a genealogy application built for Windows® and requires the .NET 8 Desktop Runtime. You can use it to build interactive family charts in no time at all. For those just starting out investigating their family history, it provides an easy way to visualize and share your family tr...