Free family tree maker ( does anyone know...)

[Starshine]

Hi.. could anyone recommend a free family tree maker..
before I become buried... by bits of scribbled information..

I've looked on Google... and there seems to be as few possibilities..  but I thought I'd ask here first...  to see if anyone can suggest anything..

I was actually thinking of writing on a large tablecloth...  as what starts as a very small tree soon seems to get very big.. particularly as I start to reach past my great grandparents.

Any thoughts would be very much appreciated..

Ps.. its not that I object to paying.. and expect everything for free.. its just  that I have no access to plastic ,(and so online payment even of a  small amount ,) at this time..

( which was why I thought of the table cloth.. or maybe a sheet would do..!

... I've even been eyeing up the kitchen walls!!!) 

[silvery]

Free software here, the PAF

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

and plenty more free on the internet. 
Handy tip is to keep your tree and all photos, censuses, certificate scans etc on your computer and upload the gedcom (list of names) to any sites you may want to use. 
Once you have entered it in one, the gedcom should be able to be exported from, and and imported into, any of them. 

Another free site

http://tribalpages.com/

have a look here

http://genealogy.about.com/od/software_windows/Genealogy_Software_Windows.htm

[silvery]

http://www.rootsmagic.com/

http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/

http://www.download3000.com/download_29316.html

[Starshine]

Thanks Silvery... I'll have look at those...

I live abroad and at the moment pick my mums brain over the phone.. and go searching on the internet..  so anything found  online is already on the computer..

I'd describe myself as more imaginative than organized..  so this is quite a challenge for me..

Thanks again..

I'm being dragged off to the kitchen   to feed the flock now but will have a peep later...

[Starshine]

OOOPs missed your last post..

Thanks again.. its very kind of you...  will let you know  how i get on...

( hope one doesn't need to be a rocket scientist..   )

[Starshine]

Just noticed its been moved..

Thanks Arranroots ...     I'm still finding my way around here...  ( or trying to!!!!)

 

[Starshine]

Hi Silvery....  downloaded  the first link you posted..

at...

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

I think i'll be able to work with that once i get the hang of it... 

especially as it also has ,` how to...`  lessons..

 

So that will keep me busy...

Thanks again..

[Danchaslyn]

 

Oh Starshine

         I had such a good laugh!!!!

A tablecloth, thats the VERY BEST idea I've heard of yet!!!!!     

Seriously, thats going to be the one for me........   

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Starshine]

Hi Danchaslyn...  

I'm still tempted with the tablecloth..  I thought i could even hang it on my wall...  like the tapestries of olden days..  so that may still happen..

But I have..

( due to the kindess of a friend...  who  took pity on me and downloaded it too just so she could walk me through it!!!)

..... actually got the tree started.. so thats something..

I thought it was going to sit there like a white elephant on the desk top.. for ever and ever with me being too scared to do more than peep.

So am feeling quite happified at the moment..