Picking the right genealogy software for you depends on what you want to do with it. You might not think of creating electronic photo albums, digitally restoring photos or storing your family recipe collection as tasks for your genealogy program, but SierraHome's latest version of its Generations software can do all that and more. The core Generations program handles basic data entry in a way that will be familiar if you've ever seen genealogy software. You use Family Cards, which contain data on the individual and spouse and their parents and children. If an individual marries more than once, you must create a new Family Card.
Generations offers a generous collection of events and facts and an intuitive way to add new ones.
Generations handles this well. The folks at SierraHome promised a fix for this problem after version 5.2 came out, but now they say it won't be addressed until version 7.0. Often it isn't the core program that makes the difference, but the additional resources that are included in your purchase. Those extras in the Grande Suite start with 13 CDs of genealogy data. Everyone offers the Social Security Death Index, so that isn't a big deal, but the Civil War Muster Rolls are a true research tool.