Genealogy Forum UK

Can someone help me with a list of those online sites that are have software that is free to download or sites that will host your tree for free.
to start off your family history.

Want to know if this is correct.

Ancestry- You can upload your tree in a public or private tree....question do you have to be a member of ancestry to
a)upload
b) then see the public trees

I think it is free to upload your tree....but if you want to view a tree even if public you have to subscribe to ancestry
is that true?


Find my past....do they offer a facility?

Roots Magic.....can you upload your tree? or do they do free software you can download and use?

Tribal Pages offer free hosting and you can back up your site.

Genes Reunited free hosting but to contact others you need to pay subscription?


what are the others?
Paf?
My heritage?

any others



I have Family tree maker which I like but mine is an early version.
question...does anyone have the latest or fairly new version and what do they think of it?

You can upload a tree to MyHeritage for free but usage is limited.

I'm pretty sure http://www.mundia.com/gb/ is free, it's a branch of Ancestry and trees on it can be seen through Ancestry. Again you have to pay for the full shebang.

Similarly with http://www.tribalpages.com/.

Thanks Srd

MyHeritage has a limit of 250 people in tree and search results are limited

You do need a paid subscription to use Ancestry.

Why not try the LDS free site, Familysearch.org You get access to all thier records including some collections, such as the British residences in India, however you only get individual results returned, with an invitation to view documents on Find My Past! However it seems about the best of the free bunch
Here are a few other services and software, some which you have already mentioend

Free Open Source and unrestricted.
FamilySearch - http://www.familysearch.org Tribal Pages
 ScionPC - http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/scionpc/
 Gramps - http://gramps-project.org/
 GeneWeb - http://opensource.geneanet.org/projects/geneweb
 Tribal Pages - http://tribalpages.com/

Free Limited and Lite Versions of Commercial Software
 Legacy Standard - http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
 Family Tree Builder - http://www.myheritage.com/
 RootsMagic - http://www.rootsmagic.com/
 Brothers Keeper - http://www.bkwin.org/
 Ancestral Quest - http://www.ancquest.com




https://familysearch.org/

Thanks guys