** There are several good Genealogy Programs
     of varying quality, features, cost, support staff.

 PAF from the LDS Church
       keeps records and prints reports, charts, books

 PAF Companion  from the same
       prints reports, charts, books from a PAF file

 Ancestral Quest from Incline Software
        (was the basis for the current PAF, but now diverging slightly)
       keeps records and prints reports, charts, books
 Legacy   from Millennia Corp.
        keeps records and prints reports, charts, books
        Offers better-than many method(s) for merging files from companion researchers.

 Family Tree Maker  from BannerBlue/Broderbund/TheLearningCompany/A&E
      In VERY WIDE use; sold commercially almost everywhere -- especially online.
       keeps records and prints reports, charts, books
       has MANY research adjuncts

 Master Genealogist Wholly-Genes
      In moderate use; sold commercially from their web site and other places.
       keeps records and prints reports, charts, books.
       Maintains a min of about FORTY(40) FILES for each separate family.
       Offers a service to produce nice WALL CHARTS

 Heritage Family Tree and Family Trees Quick   from Individual Software Inc.
      In wide use; sold commercially from their web site and other places.
       keeps records and prints reports, charts, books
       has many research adjuncts

 Generations (Family Tree) Grand Suite from Sierra - the big game company
       keeps records and prints reports, charts, books
       has many research adjuncts

 ROOTS  from  CommSoft/Palladium
          one of the very original software packages; heavy duty; "Cadillac";
        been out-stripped in sales by others; is no longer marketed.

 Family Ties      from Neil Wagstaff of Provo, Utah
          one of the very original software packages; is no longer marketed.

 Family Ties      from   www.individualsoftware.com
          totally different than the above; has disappeared from the market;
          likely morphed into one of their other offerings.

 FTP (Family Tree Print Utility) from Common Sense Software
                  made EXCELLENT WALL CHARTS from Wagstaff's FamilyTies
       !!  IF YOU EVER HEAR OF THIS OUTFIT PLEASE LET ME KNOW. !!

See also other notes on the subject at ...
   http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/june00/software.html
   http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/june00/programs.html
   http://genealogy.about.com/od/software_history/