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Genealogy: Free programs, lessons, Utilities, and Other Helpful Things

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Genealogy Programs There are many. Here are 2 excellent free ones. LegacyFamilyTree free standard version PAF free	Lessons/How To Dear Myrtle About.com FamilyTree Maker The Genealogy Home Page
Helpful Software TreePad Lite (personal database program) Bygones (Research Note Keeping) GEN Viewer Lite Irfanview (great viewer) Picasa (photo organizer, editor, and backup. I can't believe it is FREE) Adobe Reader (a must)	Photo Space PhotoBucket Shutterfly Fotki Have a Web Page There are many. These are the ones I have experience with. RootsWeb Freepages Yahoo's Geocities
Word Processors Open Office Suite (This is great.) AbiWord(I really like this one too, but it is only a word processor)	Browsers Firefox Mozilla Seamonkey Opera E-mail Programs Thunderbird Pegasus
HTML Editors NoteTab HTML-Kit I use this one and love it. Arachnophilia Coffee Cup HTML Editor	Learn HTML WebTechU HTML Tutor Learning to Publish HTML Lessons W3 Schools
FTP FTP Commander FileZilla(I use this one) FTPNavigator	Diary Software idailydiary (I like this one) Digital Diary (my daughter loves this one)
Blogs Blogger (can put up icon in googlebar, and can use Word to post from) MSN Spaces (If you have MSN Messenger or a Hotmail acct. Nice looking.) Wordpress Xanga	Calendar Program Rainlendar(Nice little program. I have it.) Art Plus Software[EasyNoter +]