# Genealogical programs apart from Ancestry.com

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 1, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-programs-apart-from-ancestry-com/967254 "2022-07-01T14:51:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-programs-apart-from-ancestry-com/967254/1 "2022-07-01T14:51:34Z")

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I tried to keep track of my huge extended family on Ancestry but became concerned that I was exposing my living relatives to phishing attempts (I,e., I was putting down information like my second cousin’s grandmother’s maiden name, which he would be unaware is out there on the interwebs)–all I need really is a neat chart of blank space for various people’s names, dates, birthplaces etc. I could do it in a word processing program, but it would be great if there were something cheap that has all that stuff set up already. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-programs-apart-from-ancestry-com/967254/2 "2022-07-01T15:06:42Z")

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I made my own home-rolled one in FileMaker and made it public-domain freeware:

[https://www.genderkitten.com/WS2/FmPro/FamHx/FamHx.html](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS2/FmPro/FamHx/FamHx.html)

[![](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS2/FmPro/FamHx/Images/Ancestor%20Chart.jpg) ](https://www.genderkitten.com/WS2/FmPro/FamHx/Images/Ancestor%20Chart.jpg)

I have a runtime version of it (i.e., doesn’t require you to own FileMaker Pro) and a regular version (which does). Windows or Mac but the printing configurations were set up on a Mac and may not print reliably on a Windows box.

I was originally going to refine it and release it as shareware but stopped working on it. But there’s a constant slow trickle of people asking for a copy.

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**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-programs-apart-from-ancestry-com/967254/3 "2022-07-01T15:52:02Z")

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Brother’s Keeper ( [https://www.bkwin.org/](https://www.bkwin.org/) ) is a genealogy software.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogical-programs-apart-from-ancestry-com/967254/4 "2022-07-01T15:59:42Z")

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Mrs Geek uses [Legacy Family Tree](https://legacyfamilytree.com/).