Category Family Tree Maker Roots Magic Legacy Reunion MacFamily iFamily GRAMPS
Program Version 2006 3 7.0.0.109 Deluxe 9.0b 5.6.7 2.511 3.1.3
Linux – Note: there are also
Windows and Mac OS X
Operations System Windows Windows Windows Mac OS X Mac OS X Mac OS X versions that may not work
www.synium.de/products/
Website www.familytreemaker.com www.rootsmagic.com www.legacyfamilytree.com www.leisterpro.com macfamilytree/index.html www.ifamilyforleopard.com www.gramps-project.org
Price (download) n/a $29.95 for Roots Magic 4 $29.95 $99.00 $49.00 $29.95 free
Price (CD) plus $39.95 for Family Tree Maker
shipping and tax 2010 $29.95 for Roots Magic 4 $39.95 $99.00 n/a n/a n/a
Yes, limit to input 50 can import gedcom, but no
Yes; also Roots Magic individuals, no import of further changes, saves or
Demo? no Essentials is free use Standard Edition (free) gedcom prints allowed full functionality for 10 days GRAMPS is free
Other features iPhone app iPhone app iPhone app in the future
Yes, by person – can review all
To Do List? Yes Yes L-DB-ToDoList n/a n/a items n/a
Yes, Special Characters under
Special Characters cannot enter, but can display Use the Character Map Special Character input table Edit Menu
Yes, under Events-Places –
Yes – uses MS Mapping, requires Internet access, uses
Mapping? n/a n/a requires Internet access n/a n/a Google Mapping Uses Google Maps
Can set Focal Person Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Built-in; Online Tutorial and Built-in; PDF Manual for Built-in minimal Tutorial; Online Basic help in program; Online PDF Manual for download;
Help FAQ; Books Built-in; FAQ; Online Built-in; Online Web Forum download; Online Web Forum Questions and Forums Web Forum Online Manual, FAQ, Forums
7727; includes unnamed
People 7553 7553 7553 7553 7553 spouces 7553
5130; includes single parent
Marriages/Families 2839; gedcom records rejected 3011 3011 families 3011 3011 3011
Sources 1059 1060; one source split into two 1059 1059 1059 1059
Ancestor Reports based on Martin Oslund (1919-2008)
L-CMO-Photo Tree - I-MGO-Ancestor Chart, with
Ancestor Chart F-MGO-Ancestor Chart RM-MGO-Photo Tree Use Legacy Charting n/a M-MGO-AncestorChart pics G-MGO-AncestorChart
L-MGO-Ancestor Chart-pic – 2 R-MGO-Pedigree Chart – 1 I-MGO-Ancestor Chart, with
Pedigree Chart F-MGO-Pedigree Chart RM-MGO-Pedigree Chart pages - Use Legacy Charting page Screen pics Yes
Other Charts Fan Chart Wall Charts, Box Charts Use Legacy Charting R-MGO-Fan Chart – 1 page M-MGO-FanChart
I-MGO-Ancestors-by
Generation – 12 pages, pics,
very small fonts – can edit
R-MGO-Ahnentafel – 3 pages report file in your word
Ahnentafel Report n/a RM-MGO-Ahnentafel Yes, in Ancestor Reporting R-LFA-Tiny Tafel – 1 page n/a processor G-MGO-Ahnentafel – 2 pages
I-MGO-Ancestors – 15 pages,
pics and sources, very small
F-MGO-AncestorReport – 33 RM-MGO-Ancestor Report – I-MGO-Ancestor Report – 52 fonts – can edit report file in G-MGO-AncestorReport-ps –
Ancestor Report pages 22 pages, pic pages, pics, source n/a n/a your word processor 28 pages
Descendant/Family Reports based on Lars Fredrik Åsenlund (1818-1886):
F-LFA-Descendant Chart – RM-LFA-Descendant Chart – R-LFA-Descendant Chart – 2 G-LFA-DescendantChart – 1
Descendant Chart 21 pages to piece together 11 pages Use Legacy Charting pages M-LFA-DescendantChart I-LFA-Descendant Chart page
RM-LFA-CMO-Relationship R-LFA-MGO-Relative Chart – Yes, in paid version;
Relative Chart Yes, Kinship Reports Chart Use Legacy Charting 28 pages also in HTML format Yes n/a
Yes, in paid version; Also can
Yes, many options open a timeline for each
RM-MGO-Ancestor Timeline R-LFA-Timeline Chart – 6 person and link to Wikipedia on
Timeline Chart n/a Chart.rmc L-LFA-Timeline – 4 pages pages the event n/a G-CMO-Timeline
F-MGO-AncestorReport – 33 Both Ancestor and Descendant L-LFA-Descendant Report – 62 R-LFA-Family History – 45 I-LFA-Descendant Report-ps – G-LFA-DescendantReport-
Family History Report pages versions pages, with pics, sources pages n/a 46 pages with source and pics detailed – 41 pages
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F-LFA-DescendantOutline – 2 L-LFA-Descendant Outline – 2 I-LFA-Descendant Outline – 2 G-LFA-DescendantOutline – 4
pages RM-LFA-Descendant Outline pages pages and pages
F-LFA-DescendantReport – 38 RM-LFA-DescendantReport – L-LFA-Descendant Narative – R-LFA-Register-s – 41 pages I-LFA-Descendant Report-ps – G-LFA-DescendantReport-
Descendant Report pages 26 pages 48 pages, with sources R-LFA-Descendant – 3 pages n/a 46 pages with source and pics detailed – 41 pages
F-LFA-FamilyGroup R-LFA-FamilyGroup-s – 5
Family Group Sheet F-GA-FamilyGroup RM-LFA-Family Group L-LFA-Family Group – 2 pages pages n/a I-LFA-Family Group – 2 pages G-LFA-FamilyGroup – 2 pages
RM-MGO-Individual Report – R-LFA-PersonSheet-s – 5 Yes, in paid version; also I-LFA-Person Report – 1 page
Person Sheet n/a 11 pages L-LFA-Individual pages M-MGO-PersonReport.HTML with pic and source n/a
Can be enabled to pop-up on
start, Can create reports for
Reminders n/a n/a n/a certain events n/a n/a n/a
R-Slideshow – 60 photos, 4
Slideshow n/a n/a Yes, all or by individual minutes Can see in Media Browser n/a
Category Family Tree Maker Roots Magic Legacy Reunion MacFamily iFamily GRAMPS
Other Reports
I-LFA-WebPages & I-GA-
WebPages – generates small
set of web pages. up to 3 Program has crashed when
Yes – multiple formatting R-Web Cards folder – over ancestors, includes 1 or more trying to create a set of Web
Web Pages n/a options n/a 5200 items: pages and pics Yes, in paid version descendants Pages
L-DB-Location Report - 401 R-DB Places List-Burials – 36
Places List n/a Yes, many options pages – many options pages – many options Yes, in paid version n/a Yes
R-DB Index of Persons – 143 Yes, in paid version; also in Yes, Index of Persons, with
places, with birth date/place & HTML; see also Distinctive selection options, by name,
Index of Persons Yes, in Custom Reports Yes, Custom Reports other options Persons Report birth, death Yes
R-DB Calendar-Births – By
L-DB-Calendar-Births – by day, month, year for many There is an On-This-Day
month, Births/Anniversaries – events, all or chosen option, allowing selection of Birthdays & Anniversaries
Calendar List n/a RM-Calendar Can also create Calendars individuals Birthdays List, in HTML day and month Report
R-Relationships-LFA – 6 Yes, Relationship Calculator
Relatives Yes, in Kinship Reports Yes, in reports Yes, Relationship Report pages, can add fields Yes, Kinship Reports pulldown Yes, Kinship Reports
Yes, a variety of charts –
Statistics on family file Yes Yes R-DB Statistics – 1 page M-DB-ChildrenPerFamily I-DB Statistics – 1 page G-DB-summary – 1 page
R-DB SourceUsage – 446 I-DB SourceUsage – 1078
pages for all 1059 sources – pages for all sources – Yes, can exports Events,
L-DB-SourceCitation – 134 can determine where each Also Onscreen Viewer with Places, Notes, People to CSV
Source Usage Yes Yes pages – many options source is used by person Yes, a variety of options to list associated persons or spreadsheet
Yes, can exports Events,
Places, Notes, People to CSV
Surnames n/a Yes, surname index L-DB-SurnameSummary n/a Yes, Onscreen pulldown option or spreadsheet
I-DB PictureReport – 11
Yes, lists of multi-media files Yes, list of multi-media files pages, where each pic is used
Picture Report n/a used used Can see in Media Browser and filename n/a
Inconsistencies Yes, duplicates, missing info, L-DB-ProblemsReport – many
Report Yes, Data Errors – missing info etc options n/a I-DB Inconsistencies n/a
DB Changes n/a n/a n/a n/a Yes, on a person basis I-DB Changes – 2 pages n/a
Yes, custom reports can be Yes, custom reports can be Yes, a variety of reports under
Filtered or Custom designed with a variety of fields designed with a variety of fields the Reports Menu, can be Yes, see Anything and Presets Yes, can search for persons I-DB Filter – can filter by Name
Reports and selected individuals and selected individuals customized under the Find Menu with Birth & Death options info, birth/death dates/place n/a
I-DB EventsPlaces-Filtered –
Many possible reports on Yes, can exports Events,
Yes, a verity of facts and Yes, see Anything under the Events on Names, Places, Places, Notes, People to CSV
Event Reports n/a events L-DB-Events – many options Find Menu and select Events Yes, in paid version Dates, with many options or spreadsheet
uses your own word processor uses your own word processor Easy to navigate via the uses your own word processor
Things I like very easy to input data to finish reporting excellent report options to finish reporting pedigree display to finish reporting
easy to follow Elizabeth Shown uses your own word processor
Mills sourcing rules very easy to add media files to finish reporting
excellent web page generator
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generated reports use too
Did not accept Legacy gedcom small of a font; can be fixed in
5.5 file on import. Note FTM reports menus can be your word processor, but it is Web page generator does not
Things I dislike 2010 did accept this same file lacks mapping confusing too expensive cannot select a focal person tedious work
Cannot preview reports; can
GPS positions are not always does not remember the person only view them after being
correct; can enter the correct Person's Primary picture is selected from one report to the created using your
events vs facts of personal info GPS coordinates for places displayed on top of text next wordprocessor
events vs facts of personal
info; Note on gedcom import or
in setup, one can combine
Llacks mapping. Note FTM facts and events into one
2010 does have mapping display Reporting choices are weak
No provision for entering
Special (Foreign) characters.
Can enter them using Foreign
Keyboard Layouts
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