Hello

Can anyone recommend a genealogy program that is vertical and simple to use? I stopped researching years ago after entering 600 names when my upgraded program became too complicated, but I would like to start researching again.

Thank you.

Estelle Guttman #7805
Reston Va

I use "RootsMagic"   I really like it.

Cumberland Family Tree is a simple to use yet very covenient and has many good and useful features. If you decide to use it you'll find that it is not expensive too.
The s/w can be found here: 
www dot cft-win dot com (please remove the spaces and replace dot with "."
I enjoy it for years. 
Micha

I like Legacy family tree.  I am not sure what you mean by vertical, but you can view pedigree charts and descendants charts easily, and the children go under the parents when you enter the data.  Also there is a Facebook Legacy users group, that can answer your questions quickly.  If you have a problem you usually can get an answer as to how to do something within a few minutes.  It does have a lot of "bells and whistles" but you can start with a free download of the program from Legacyfamilytree.com.  As you get more comfortable and want to do more, then you can if you wish, get the deluxe version for a relatively small price, and your data remains, you just unlock some of the more advanced features.  There is one negative - it has a christened/baptised field in the individual input screen that as of now, can't be hidden.  You can customize the family view screen, so you don't see it.  I don't use it, but would very much prefer that it were not there.  That said, I have been using this program for my husband's family for many years and find it so much better than other programs that I decided if I could ignore it for his non-Jewish family, I could ignore it for my Jewish one.
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Sarah L Meyer
Georgetown TX
ANK(I)ER, BIGOS, KARMELEK, PERLSTADT, STOKFISZ, SZPIL(T)BAUM, Poland
BIRGARDOVSKY, EDELBERG, HITE (CHAIT), PERCHIK Russia (southern Ukraine) and some Latvia or Lithuania
https://www.sarahsgenies.com

I've used Reunion for over a decade. It has pretty much everything I need.
Upgrades are not free, so I looked around for alternatives.
I tried a couple of other programs, but I realized that I'm pretty happy with what Reunion gives me.
Keep in mind that certain versions of software may not run on your computer's operating system. Check the specifications carefully.
(Example: Reunion 12 does not run on my mac, which is using OS 10.12)
Understand that once you're invested in a program, you're probably going to stick with it.

Here are some websites that review the different programs:
https://genealogytools.com/the-family-tree-software-alternatives-series/
https://familyhistorydaily.com/genealogy-help-and-how-to/best-family-tree-software/
https://hobbyhelp.com/genealogy/best-genealogy-software/

Good luck with your search,
Laurie Sosna
San Francisco, CA

My vote also definitely goes to Brother's Keeper

First of all, not having your family tree right there on your computer, whether-or-not it's also online too, is very risky. Additionally, it's much easier to navigate through one's tree, print reports to share and flexibly keep detailed information for each person.

Moreover, besides being available interchangeably in dozens of languages, Brother's Keeper - since several decades - has been updated every couple of months or so, adding new features, reports, graphic presentations, 'bells and whistles', etc.

Kind regards,
Alan Ehrlich
Switzerland

Just want to react to Dani's remark that Brother's Keeper, in addition to genders:  "Male" and "Female"... does indeed also have the third choice: "Unknown".

Kind regards,
Alan Ehrlich
Geneva Switzerland