Hello,

• I am an aerospace engineer/programmer. I have been dabbling in recording my family’s history on-and-off my whole life. Typically short intense research periods followed by long gaps in-between, as family, career, and life permitted.
• My research has revealed multiple Germanic, Irish and Scottish immigrant lines spanning from the late 18th century and across all of the 19th century. A few of these lines tracked back into 15th century Europe, although most lines are research dead-ends at the waters edge. DNA indicates there is also notable Scandinavian, all of the British-Irish Isles.
• I’ve used genealogy software for many decades starting with PAF/DOS, a long time amateurishly with FTM. I eventually realized the importance of citing sources, got serious and switched to TMG. Upon its demise I chose RM for several reasons:

1. Its unencrypted SQLite database allowing me to develop my own s/w tools to customize for features not in RM10.
2. Its great online user community support.
3. Its overall set of features.
4. To support small software businesses.

I’ve mostly migrated to Linux, RM being one of a very few Windows apps that I use that does not support Linux. I have not found a Linux-alternative genealogy app to my liking compared to RM. For my genealogy research I use an older multi-monitor Ubuntu PC workstation with a VirtualBox Windows 10 guest, which is where I installed RM10.

John