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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 1,587 Send Message	Helen	Report	20 May 2003 14:08
	Paul Because I have to keep this hobby as cheap as possible, I downloaded the family tree software from the familysearch site. It's FREE and doesn't take too long to download and I find it easy to use. I'm sure some of the CDs you can buy do many wonderful things but when you're just starting out at genealogy you don't need anything too complicated (or expensive). It's Gedcom compatible which means you can create a file of your whole (or part) tree and then send it to anyone with compatible family tree software (almost all are) As a Yorkshire lass I say 'owt for nowt can't be bad!'

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