I don't actually remember when I joined LVUG, probably about 2 years ago, but I really haven't done much with anything on G+ until just recently. (Like most of us, my personal life interferes terribly with my genealogy addiction!!) Anyway, I've been doing genealogy for 17 years and was actually fortunate to have already had several of my families already plotted out, meaning I've been able to work forward, not just backward. I started out with FTM back in that late 90s but it was, then much too simple a program for a researcher taught by a librarian (i.e., "cite your sources!") so I moved to The Master Genealogist, which I still like but about 4 years ago I moved to Legacy, mostly because of its really open nature: webinars, sharing, ease of use while still being thorough in the data-fields. Really, an all-around good program. Oh, and I use Legacy 8.5 Deluxe. Mine and my husband's families were all here in what is now the USA between 1635 & ...