| If you are looking for a good software system | | | | with US ancestry are better served by the CD |
| for getting started on your family tree, | | | | bundles than anywhere else across the country. |
| Generations Family Tree is one you may want to | | | | On the other hand, the deluxe edition of the |
| check out. The software is set up for ease of | | | | program does have access to a 3 billion name |
| use even by beginners. The charting is one of the | | | | search, which was set up by a professional |
| better aspects of the software. The use of the | | | | genealogist. Included with the purchase is a |
| software allows the use of GEDCOM to import | | | | Heritage Quest Research Club one year |
| between different genealogical programs. This | | | | membership. |
| should be a great aspect but in Generations | | | | There are also the tools you will need to set up |
| Family Tree it is not quite as beneficial as one | | | | your own web page and the system includes a |
| would expect when using this feature. | | | | CD that has Create-a-Family included with the |
| The system of moving items around to make | | | | program. |
| sure you have them where they need to be is | | | | Generations Grande Suite 8.0 includes a Netting |
| drag and drop. This is a good feature. Another | | | | Your Ancestors book, Snapshot Express and |
| good feature is the viewing of the family tree in | | | | genealogy software. In addition are 1800 U.S. |
| 3D. Using the family chart is enhanced by the use | | | | census records on 31 CDS. These are everyone |
| of photos, documents, audio and captions. | | | | that have survived to date. U.S. digitalized military |
| When considering the Family Tree Generations | | | | records, 350 million Generation World Name Index |
| software there are certain requirements for the | | | | names and the Social Security death index round |
| system to work properly. The processor must be | | | | out this system. |
| at the very least a Pentium 166 Mhz. The use of | | | | As a family tree software, this is worth the price |
| an operating system such as Microsoft Windows | | | | you will pay. The features included in the |
| 95, 98, ME or XP is necessary and it also requires | | | | Generations Grande Suite are a good value for |
| 24 MB of RAM for starters. | | | | those starting to research their family tree and |
| If you want to use the online features of the | | | | those with a little more experience as well. |
| program Internet access is a must. The hard disk | | | | The basic search and recording of your family's |
| must have 100 MB and at least 4x is required for | | | | history can be found using this program. One of |
| the CD-ROM. A printer, mouse, high color 16-bit | | | | the features you will enjoy will be the addition of |
| video card with 800 x 600 reproduction is also | | | | borders and colors to the text. The addition of |
| needed. | | | | pictures to the charts is also a good feature. |
| Without these aforementioned enhancements to | | | | Adding clip art could have been a beneficial aspect |
| the system, the program is rendered useless. | | | | to the program. Basically if you are looking for a |
| There are a few disadvantages to the program | | | | beginners program with added features, |
| such as it is no longer supported by Sierra. Those | | | | Generations Family Tree is a good program. |