Save for a few paid-commercial softwares, I have been working mostly with either open-source or shareware programs. As I was browsing for updates to my installed programs, I chanced upon a reference to an open-source genealogical database program - GRAMPS. While appropriately named in reference to one's grandfather or ancestor, it is actually an acronym for Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.
I have had a small collection of information on our family history but I have never found proper place in which to place them. I have thought of a scrapbook but in the meantime, I have to keep them in a properly categorized database. Partly, miscellaneous notes are kept in my wiki notepad- WikidPad. But informationation on people, that is our relatives are best kept in a genealogical database. And after several trial days on the GRAMPS Software, I feel I have found just what I needed.
It was developed by genealogists for genealogists but it is relatively easy to use even for lay people wanting to keep just a record of their family's history. You can create several trees for different unrelated families (useful for professional researchers) or just create one tree with unlimited branches into related families which is basically useful for those just interested in their own family ancestry and descendancy.
Other free database alternatives area available online but they often require web-hosting with a free account & lots of ads. Some have free software with limited functionality that can only be maximized with a subscription account. Since I didn't want to make our family database public on the internet, a web-host or subscription account didn't appeal to me.
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