| Survey Year: | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Number of members in RUG | 596 | 530 | 495 | 394 |
| Number of members responding so far | 283 | 202 | 204 | 158 |
| Percentage of members responding so far | 47.5% | 38.1% | 41.2% | 40.1% |
| Number responding so far, who have computers in household 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 15 |
54 81 85 35 14 6 4 2 1 1 |
34 60 61 29 11 2 2 1 1 |
33 61 53 31 15 7 1 1 2 |
20 47 40 29 10 7 2 2 |
| Percent responding so far, who have computers in household 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 15 |
19.1% 28.6% 30.0% 12.4% 4.9% 2.1% 1.4% 0.7% 0.4% 0.4% |
16.9% 29.9% 30.3% 14.4% 5.5% 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% |
16.2% 29.9% 26.0% 15.2% 7.4% 3.4% 0.5% 0.5% 1.0% |
12.7% 29.9% 25.5% 18.5% 6.4% 4.5% 1.3% 1.3% |
| Average number of computers in household | 2.8 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
| Maximum number of computers in household | 15 | 15 | 15 | 08 |
| Number responding so far, who have computers used for genealogy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 13 15 |
102 88 61 10 5 3 1 2 1 |
73 65 37 10 4 2 2 1 1 |
81 82 32 8 |
57 76 19 4 1 |
| Percent responding so far, who have computers used for genealogy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 13 15 |
37.4% 32.2% 22.3% 3.7% 1.8% 1.1% 0.4% 0.7% 0.4% |
37.4% 33.3% 19.0% 5.1% 2.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% |
39.9% 40.4% 15.8% 3.9% |
36.3% 48.4% 12.1% 2.5% 0.6% |
| Average number of computers used for genealogy | 2.1 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
| Maximum number of computers used for genealogy | 15 | 15 | 04 | 05 |
| Number responding so far, who have a PRIMARY machine of type Desktop Laptop |
214 68 |
154 46 |
155 48 |
110 47 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a PRIMARY machine of type Desktop Laptop |
75.9% 24.1% |
77.0% 23.0% |
76.4% 23.6% |
70.1% 29.9% |
| Number responding so far, who have Windows on PRIMARY computer (even if you are an Apple or Linux user with an extension to use Windows) Windows 2000 Windows 7 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows MacOS Windows NT Windows Vista Windows XP_Home Windows XP_MCE Windows XP_Professional None |
11 7 1 1 1 13 129 19 101 |
7 1 1 1 25 93 9 64 |
6 1 50 62 12 72 1 |
3 39 1 22 45 5 43 |
| Percent responding so far, who have Windows on PRIMARY computer (even if you are an Apple or Linux user with an extension to use Windows) Windows 2000 Windows 7 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows MacOS Windows NT Windows Vista Windows XP_Home Windows XP_MCE Windows XP_Professional None |
3.9% 2.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 4.6% 45.6% 6.7% 35.7% |
3.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 12.4% 46.3% 4.5% 31.8% |
2.9% 0.5% 24.5% 30.4% 5.9% 35.3% 0.5% |
1.9% 24.7% 0.6% 13.9% 28.5% 3.2% 27.2% |
| Number responding so far, who have a PRIMARY machine with speed Less than 600 MHz 600-999 MHz (0.6-0.999 GHz) 1000-1399 MHz (1.0-1.399 GHz) 1400-1799 MHz (1.4-1.799 GHz) 1800-2199 MHz (1.8-2.199 GHz) 2200-2599 MHz (2.2-2.599 GHz) 2600-2999 MHz (2.6-2.999 GHz) 3000-3399 MHz (3.0-3.399 GHz) 3400-3799 MHz (3.4-3.479 GHz) 3800-4199 MHz (3.8-4.199 GHz) 4200 MHz (4.2 GHz) or greater (prior to 2009) 4200-4599 MHz (4.2-4.599 GHz) 4600-4999 MHz (4.6-4.999 GHz) 5000 MHz (5.0 GHz) or greater Don't Know |
10 15 8 36 35 49 46 34 9 1 24 13 |
2 4 6 22 37 40 31 30 5 2 9 9 |
7 2 21 30 41 38 34 8 2 1 5 13 |
6 4 16 21 22 32 25 1 1 1 4 21 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a PRIMARY machine with speed Less than 600 MHz 600-999 MHz (0.6-0.999 GHz) 1000-1399 MHz (1.0-1.399 GHz) 1400-1799 MHz (1.4-1.799 GHz) 1800-2199 MHz (1.8-2.199 GHz) 2200-2599 MHz (2.2-2.599 GHz) 2600-2999 MHz (2.6-2.999 GHz) 3000-3399 MHz (3.0-3.399 GHz) 3400-3799 MHz (3.4-3.479 GHz) 3800-4199 MHz (3.8-4.199 GHz) 4200 MHz (4.2 GHz) or greater (prior to 2009) 4200-4599 MHz (4.2-4.599 GHz) 4600-4999 MHz (4.6-4.999 GHz) 5000 MHz (5.0 GHz) or greater Don't Know |
3.6% 5.4% 2.9% 12.9% 12.5% 17.5% 16.4% 12.1% 3.2% 0.4% 8.6% 4.6% |
1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 11.2% 18.8% 20.3% 15.7% 15.2% 2.5% 1.0% 4.6% 4.6% |
3.5% 1.0% 10.4% 14.9% 20.3% 18.8% 16.8% 4.0% 1.0% 0.5% 2.5% 6.4% |
3.9% 2.6% 10.4% 13.6% 14.3% 20.8% 16.2% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2.6% 13.6% |
| Number responding so far, who have a PRIMARY machine with RAM 512 to less than 1024 MBytes 1 to less than 2 GBytes 2 to less than 4 GBytes 4 to less than 6 GBytes 6 to less then 8 GBytes Greater than or equal to 8 GBytes Don't Know |
88 67 67 49 7 |
43 43 48 59 5 |
27 29 45 94 7 |
13 9 37 50 21 18 8 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a PRIMARY machine with RAM 512 to less than 1024 MBytes 1 to less than 2 GBytes 2 to less than 4 GBytes 4 to less than 6 GBytes 6 to less then 8 GBytes Greater than or equal to 8 GBytes Don't Know |
31.7% 24.1% 24.1% 17.6% 2.5% |
21.7% 21.7% 24.2% 29.8% 2.5% |
13.4% 14.4% 22.3% 46.5% 3.5% |
8.3% 5.8% 23.7% 32.1% 13.5% 11.5% 5.1% |
| Number responding so far, who have on PRIMARY machine, hard drive(s) which total 16-20 GBytes 30-40 GBytes 40-60 GBytes 60-80 GBytes 80-100 GBytes 120-150 GBytes 150-200 GBytes 200-250 GBytes 250-300 GBytes 300-400 GBytes 400-500 GBytes 500-600 GBytes 600-700 GBytes 700-800 GBytes 800-900 GBytes 900-1000 GBytes Greater than 1000 GBytes Don't Know |
7 21 24 32 16 35 28 34 18 52 14 |
4 12 8 16 10 24 21 24 8 65 7 |
6 8 8 14 4 15 13 24 10 14 2 10 10 51 14 |
2 4 2 9 3 11 12 12 10 11 10 11 6 7 2 5 28 10 |
| Percent responding so far, who have on PRIMARY machine, hard drive(s) which total 16-20 GBytes 30-40 GBytes 40-60 GBytes 60-80 GBytes 80-100 GBytes 120-150 GBytes 150-200 GBytes 200-250 GBytes 250-300 GBytes 300-400 GBytes 400-500 GBytes 500-600 GBytes 600-700 GBytes 700-800 GBytes 800-900 GBytes 900-1000 GBytes Greater than 1000 GBytes Don't Know |
2.5% 7.5% 8.5% 11.4% 5.7% 12.5% 10.0% 12.1% 6.4% 18.5% 5.0% |
2.0% 6.0% 4.0% 8.0% 5.0% 12.1% 10.6% 12.1% 4.0% 32.7% 3.5% |
3.0% 3.9% 3.9% 6.9% 2.0% 7.4% 6.4% 11.8% 4.9% 6.9% 1.0% 4.9% 4.9% 25.1% 6.9% |
1.3% 2.6% 1.3% 5.8% 1.9% 7.1% 7.7% 7.7% 6.5% 7.1% 6.5% 7.1% 3.9% 4.5% 1.3% 3.2% 18.1% 6.5% |
| Number responding so far, who have a SECONDARY machine of type Desktop Laptop Net Book Personal Data Assistant (PDA) Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) Don't Know |
47 111 3 |
27 83 2 1 2 |
26 90 2 3 1 |
27 64 8 1 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a SECONDARY machine of type Desktop Laptop Net Book Personal Data Assistant (PDA) Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) Don't Know |
29.2% 68.9% 1.9% |
23.5% 72.2% 1.7% 0.9% 1.7% |
21.3% 73.8% 1.6% 2.5% 0.8% |
27.0% 64.0% 8.0% 1.0% |
| Number responding so far, who have Windows on SECONDARY computer (even if you are an Apple or Linux user with an extension to use Windows) Windows 2000 Windows 7 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows MacOS Windows Vista Windows XP_Home Windows XP_MCE Windows XP_Professional None Don't Know |
3 3 12 3 2 8 66 7 51 2 2 |
2 4 2 10 48 3 41 5 |
1 1 1 27 37 3 48 3 1 |
1 22 1 13 31 2 28 1 |
| Percent responding so far, who have Windows on SECONDARY computer (even if you are an Apple or Linux user with an extension to use Windows) Windows 2000 Windows 7 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows MacOS Windows Vista Windows XP_Home Windows XP_MCE Windows XP_Professional None Don't Know |
1.9% 1.9% 7.5% 1.9% 1.3% 5.0% 41.5% 4.4% 32.1% 1.3% 1.3% |
1.7% 3.5% 1.7% 8.7% 41.7% 2.6% 35.7% 4.3% |
0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 22.1% 30.3% 2.5% 39.3% 2.5% 0.8% |
1.0% 22.2% 1.0% 13.1% 31.3% 2.0% 28.3% 1.0% |
| Number responding so far, who have a SECONDARY machine with speed Less than 600 MHz 600-999 MHz (0.6-0.999 GHz) 1000-1399 MHz (1.0-1.399 GHz) 1400-1799 MHz (1.4-1.799 GHz) 1800-2199 MHz (1.8-2.199 GHz) 2200-2599 MHz (2.2-2.599 GHz) 2600-2999 MHz (2.6-2.999 GHz) 3000-3399 MHz (3.0-3.399 GHz) 3400-3799 MHz (3.4-3.479 GHz) 3800-4199 MHz (3.8-4.199 GHz) 4200 MHz (4.2 GHz) or greater (prior to 2009) 5000 MHz (5.0 GHz) or greater Don't Know |
11 11 20 29 21 22 6 7 1 1 5 17 |
5 10 8 26 17 10 5 2 2 2 3 22 |
3 6 9 19 29 17 11 7 1 2 2 11 |
2 2 6 20 24 12 8 5 1 2 9 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a SECONDARY machine with speed Less than 600 MHz 600-999 MHz (0.6-0.999 GHz) 1000-1399 MHz (1.0-1.399 GHz) 1400-1799 MHz (1.4-1.799 GHz) 1800-2199 MHz (1.8-2.199 GHz) 2200-2599 MHz (2.2-2.599 GHz) 2600-2999 MHz (2.6-2.999 GHz) 3000-3399 MHz (3.0-3.399 GHz) 3400-3799 MHz (3.4-3.479 GHz) 3800-4199 MHz (3.8-4.199 GHz) 4200 MHz (4.2 GHz) or greater (prior to 2009) 5000 MHz (5.0 GHz) or greater Don't Know |
7.3% 7.3% 13.2% 19.2% 13.9% 14.6% 4.0% 4.6% 0.7% 0.7% 3.3% 11.3% |
4.5% 8.9% 7.1% 23.2% 15.2% 8.9% 4.5% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 2.7% 19.6% |
2.6% 5.1% 7.7% 16.2% 24.8% 14.5% 9.4% 6.0% 0.9% 1.7% 1.7% 9.4% |
2.2% 2.2% 6.6% 22.0% 26.4% 13.2% 8.8% 5.5% 1.1% 2.2% 9.9% |
| Number responding so far, who have a SECONDARY machine with RAM 512 to less than 1024 MBytes 1 to less than 2 GBytes 2 to less than 4 GBytes 4 to less than 6 GBytes 6 to less then 8 GBytes Greater than or equal to 8 GBytes Don't Know |
64 36 29 11 12 |
28 27 23 24 12 |
15 26 23 51 4 |
12 10 20 38 7 2 3 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a SECONDARY machine with RAM 512 to less than 1024 MBytes 1 to less than 2 GBytes 2 to less than 4 GBytes 4 to less than 6 GBytes 6 to less then 8 GBytes Greater than or equal to 8 GBytes Don't Know |
42.1% 23.7% 19.1% 7.2% 7.9% |
24.6% 23.7% 20.2% 21.1% 10.5% |
12.6% 21.8% 19.3% 42.9% 3.4% |
13.0% 10.9% 21.7% 41.3% 7.6% 2.2% 3.3% |
| Number responding so far, who have on SECONDARY machine, hard drive(s) which total 16-20 GBytes 30-40 GBytes 40-60 GBytes 60-80 GBytes 80-100 GBytes 120-150 GBytes 150-200 GBytes 200-250 GBytes 250-300 GBytes 300-400 GBytes 400-500 GBytes 600-700 GBytes 700-800 GBytes 900-1000 GBytes Greater than 1000 GBytes Don't Know |
15 24 25 23 17 11 12 6 3 3 16 |
6 10 10 25 10 13 10 5 7 18 |
6 5 6 23 12 19 11 10 3 4 2 2 5 11 |
3 5 6 10 5 14 7 12 2 4 5 2 3 2 4 9 |
| Percent responding so far, who have on SECONDARY machine, hard drive(s) which total 16-20 GBytes 30-40 GBytes 40-60 GBytes 60-80 GBytes 80-100 GBytes 120-150 GBytes 150-200 GBytes 200-250 GBytes 250-300 GBytes 300-400 GBytes 400-500 GBytes 600-700 GBytes 700-800 GBytes 900-1000 GBytes Greater than 1000 GBytes Don't Know |
9.7% 15.5% 16.1% 14.8% 11.0% 7.1% 7.7% 3.9% 1.9% 1.9% 10.3% |
5.3% 8.8% 8.8% 21.9% 8.8% 11.4% 8.8% 4.4% 6.1% 15.8% |
5.0% 4.2% 5.0% 19.3% 10.1% 16.0% 9.2% 8.4% 2.5% 3.4% 1.7% 1.7% 4.2% 9.2% |
3.2% 5.4% 6.5% 10.8% 5.4% 15.1% 7.5% 12.9% 2.2% 4.3% 5.4% 2.2% 3.2% 2.2% 4.3% 9.7% |
| Number responding so far, who use as their email program Eudora GMail (Google Mail) MS Outlook MS Outlook Express Thunderbird Web-based (e.g., Yahoo, etc.) Other Don't Know |
16 5 59 78 30 33 53 7 |
9 3 47 56 32 18 29 5 |
6 14 47 50 33 20 32 2 |
6 17 34 41 25 11 23 1 |
| Percent responding so far, who use as their email program Eudora GMail (Google Mail) MS Outlook MS Outlook Express Thunderbird Web-based (e.g., Yahoo, etc.) Other Don't Know |
5.7% 1.8% 21.0% 27.8% 10.7% 11.7% 18.9% 2.5% |
4.5% 1.5% 23.6% 28.1% 16.1% 9.0% 14.6% 2.5% |
2.9% 6.9% 23.0% 24.5% 16.2% 9.8% 15.7% 1.0% |
3.8% 10.8% 21.5% 25.9% 15.8% 7.0% 14.6% 0.6% |
| Number responding so far, who use as their photo imaging program Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photo Deluxe Adobe Photoshop Elements IrfanView LView Google's Picasa Software that came with your digital camera None Other Don't Know |
52 9 80 9 2 15 28 23 56 4 |
41 6 68 9 2 9 10 19 35 |
38 3 67 15 1 12 13 13 40 |
27 2 50 10 1 18 12 8 29 |
| Percent responding so far, who use as their photo imaging program Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photo Deluxe Adobe Photoshop Elements IrfanView LView Google's Picasa Software that came with your digital camera None Other Don't Know |
18.7% 3.2% 28.8% 3.2% 0.7% 5.4% 10.1% 8.3% 20.1% 1.4% |
20.6% 3.0% 34.2% 4.5% 1.0% 4.5% 5.0% 9.5% 17.6% |
18.8% 1.5% 33.2% 7.4% 0.5% 5.9% 6.4% 6.4% 19.8% |
17.2% 1.3% 31.8% 6.4% 0.6% 11.5% 7.6% 5.1% 18.5% |
| Number responding so far, who use most often as their genealogy program Family Tree Maker Legacy Personal Ancestral File ROOTS III ROOTS IV ROOTS V RootsMagic The Master Genealogist v4.x The Master Genealogist v5.x The Master Genealogist v6.x The Master Genealogist v7.x The Master Genealogist, other versions Ultimate Family Tree other |
4 1 1 2 1 7 9 220 5 28 2 |
2 2 1 3 3 51 114 6 17 |
1 2 1 2 2 15 137 27 15 1 |
6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 123 5 7 |
| Percent responding so far, who use most often as their genealogy program Family Tree Maker Legacy Personal Ancestral File ROOTS III ROOTS IV ROOTS V RootsMagic The Master Genealogist v4.x The Master Genealogist v5.x The Master Genealogist v6.x The Master Genealogist v7.x The Master Genealogist, other versions Ultimate Family Tree other |
1.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.7% 0.4% 2.5% 3.2% 78.6% 1.8% 10.0% 0.7% |
1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 1.5% 1.5% 25.6% 57.3% 3.0% 8.5% |
0.5% 1.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.0% 7.4% 67.5% 13.3% 7.4% 0.5% |
3.8% 1.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 5.7% 77.8% 3.2% 4.4% |
| Number responding so far, who use next most often as their genealogy program Brothers Keeper, FG, FO, Visual Roots Family Tree Maker Legacy Personal Ancestral File ROOTS III ROOTS IV ROOTS V RootsMagic The Master Genealogist v4.x The Master Genealogist v5.x The Master Genealogist v6.x The Master Genealogist v7.x The Master Genealogist, other versions Ultimate Family Tree other Don't Know |
8 40 6 15 2 4 1 6 27 14 9 |
8 25 4 7 1 1 1 3 1 11 9 1 9 5 |
6 25 3 5 1 1 5 1 6 17 2 10 4 1 |
5 12 2 1 2 1 5 1 4 20 2 8 4 |
| Percent responding so far, who use next most often as their genealogy program Brothers Keeper, FG, FO, Visual Roots Family Tree Maker Legacy Personal Ancestral File ROOTS III ROOTS IV ROOTS V RootsMagic The Master Genealogist v4.x The Master Genealogist v5.x The Master Genealogist v6.x The Master Genealogist v7.x The Master Genealogist, other versions Ultimate Family Tree other Don't Know |
6.1% 30.3% 4.5% 11.4% 1.5% 3.0% 0.8% 4.5% 20.5% 10.6% 6.8% |
9.3% 29.1% 4.7% 8.1% 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 3.5% 1.2% 12.8% 10.5% 1.2% 10.5% 5.8% |
6.9% 28.7% 3.4% 5.7% 1.1% 1.1% 5.7% 1.1% 6.9% 19.5% 2.3% 11.5% 4.6% 1.1% |
7.5% 17.9% 3.0% 1.5% 3.0% 1.5% 7.5% 1.5% 6.0% 29.9% 3.0% 11.9% 6.0% |
| Average number of projects | 4.2 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
| Maximum number of projects | 400 | 12 | 20 | 13 |
| Average number of individuals in data base | 9853 |
8293 |
10865 |
8825 |
| Maximum number of individuals in data base | 250,000 | 65,000 | 250,000 | 73,718 |
| Number responding so far, who use most often as their word processor Ami Pro MS Word MS Word Pad MS Works OpenOffice.org WordPerfect other Don't Know |
2 214 2 8 2 50 4 1 |
1 153 5 3 37 2 |
2 148 1 4 5 42 2 |
1 121 1 5 28 1 |
| Percent responding so far, who use most often as their word processor Ami Pro MS Word MS Word Pad MS Works OpenOffice.org WordPerfect other Don't Know |
0.7% 75.6% 0.7% 2.8% 0.7% 17.7% 1.4% 0.4% |
0.5% 76.1% 2.5% 1.5% 18.4% 1.0% |
1.0% 72.5% 0.5% 2.0% 2.5% 20.6% 1.0% |
0.6% 77.1% 0.6% 3.2% 17.8% 0.6% |
| Number responding so far, who use next most often as their word processor Ami Pro MS Word MS Word Pad MS Works OpenOffice.org UFT Editor WordPerfect none other Don't Know |
1 54 37 15 15 4 28 115 9 1 |
30 22 6 14 3 24 93 6 |
35 23 7 19 3 17 87 7 1 |
1 21 14 7 12 1 17 74 7 1 |
| Percent responding so far, who use next most often as their word processor Ami Pro MS Word MS Word Pad MS Works OpenOffice.org UFT Editor WordPerfect none other Don't Know |
0.4% 19.4% 13.3% 5.4% 5.4% 1.4% 10.0% 41.2% 3.2% 0.4% |
15.2% 11.1% 3.0% 7.1% 1.5% 12.1% 47.0% 3.0% |
17.6% 11.6% 3.5% 9.5% 1.5% 8.5% 43.7% 3.5% 0.5% |
0.6% 13.5% 9.0% 4.5% 7.7% 0.6% 11.0% 47.7% 4.5% 0.6% |
| Number responding so far, who use most often as their spreadsheet program Excel Lotus MS Works OpenOffice.org Quattro Pro none Don't Know |
193 6 22 3 20 37 1 |
135 3 10 5 17 29 1 |
147 4 4 5 19 25 |
109 3 3 3 16 22 |
| Percent responding so far, who use most often as their spreadsheet program Excel Lotus MS Works OpenOffice.org Quattro Pro none Don't Know |
68.4% 2.1% 7.8% 1.1% 7.1% 13.1% 0.4% |
67.5% 1.5% 5.0% 2.5% 8.5% 14.5% 0.5% |
72.1% 2.0% 2.0% 2.5% 9.3% 12.3% |
69.9% 1.9% 1.9% 1.9% 10.3% 14.1% |
| Number responding so far, who use most often as their database program Alpha Approach FoxPro MS Access MS Works OpenOffice.org PCFile Paradox Q&A dBase none other Don't Know |
1 2 9 80 34 3 3 6 2 4 117 9 11 |
1 1 2 61 16 4 2 2 1 1 94 8 6 |
1 63 12 10 2 2 1 2 96 5 9 |
2 5 39 8 2 1 2 1 80 6 8 |
| Percent responding so far, who use most often as their database program Alpha Approach FoxPro MS Access MS Works OpenOffice.org PCFile Paradox Q&A dBase none other Don't Know |
0.4% 0.7% 3.2% 28.5% 12.1% 1.1% 1.1% 2.1% 0.7% 1.4% 41.6% 3.2% 3.9% |
0.5% 0.5% 1.0% 30.7% 8.0% 2.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 47.2% 4.0% 3.0% |
0.5% 31.0% 5.9% 4.9% 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 1.0% 47.3% 2.5% 4.4% |
1.3% 3.2% 25.3% 5.2% 1.3% 0.6% 1.3% 0.6% 51.9% 3.9% 5.2% |
| Percent responding so far, who have a CD-ROM drive | 97.2% |
96.0% |
96.1% |
94.9% |
| Percent responding so far, who have a CD Read/Write drive | 95.0% |
94.5% |
93.6% |
94.3% |
| Percent responding so far, who have a Digital Video Drive (DVD) | 83.6% |
83.1% |
83.2% |
84.7% |
| Percent responding so far, who have a DVD Read/Write drive | 65.5% |
72.9% |
76.7% |
79.1% |
| Percent responding so far, who have a combined CD and DVD (CD/DVD) drive | 71.7% |
72.8% |
72.9% |
75.2% |
| Percent responding so far, who have a combined CD and DVD read-write (CD/DVD-RW) drive | 59.3% |
67.0% |
68.0% |
63.5% |
| Percent responding so far, who have a thumb drive (memory stick or flash drive) | 92.4% |
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| Percent responding so far, who have a multi-purpose cell phone | 13.8% |
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| Percent responding so far, who have a Personal Data Assistant (PDA) | 28.3% |
31.0% |
28.6% |
18.4% |
| Number responding so far, who have a scanner 35 mm Slide Scanner Flatbed Scanner Hand Scanner Sheet Feed Scanner Don't Know |
259 7 |
2 184 5 |
1 185 1 9 1 |
145 6 1 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a scanner 35 mm Slide Scanner Flatbed Scanner Hand Scanner Sheet Feed Scanner Don't Know |
97.4% 2.6% |
1.0% 96.3% 2.6% |
0.5% 93.9% 0.5% 4.6% 0.5% |
95.4% 3.9% 0.7% |
| Number responding so far, who have a printer Dot Matrix Printer Ink-Jet Printer Laser Printer Don't Know |
11 237 126 3 |
11 165 95 2 |
11 183 77 1 |
9 131 67 1 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a printer Dot Matrix Printer Ink-Jet Printer Laser Printer Don't Know |
2.9% 62.9% 33.4% 0.8% |
4.0% 60.4% 34.8% 0.7% |
4.0% 67.3% 28.3% 0.4% |
4.3% 63.0% 32.2% 0.5% |
| Number responding so far, who have a color printer No Yes Don't Know |
17 265 1 |
11 190 |
8 196 |
9 149 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a color printer | 93.6% |
94.5% |
96.1% |
94.3% |
| Number responding so far, who have a Local Area Network (LAN) Wired Wireless Mixed None Don't Know |
42 78 61 100 1 |
32 62 45 59 3 |
20 58 67 58 |
16 58 50 33 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a Local Area Network (LAN) Wired Wireless Mixed None Don't Know |
14.9% 27.7% 21.6% 35.5% 0.4% |
15.9% 30.8% 22.4% 29.4% 1.5% |
9.9% 28.6% 33.0% 28.6% |
10.2% 36.9% 31.8% 21.0% |
| Number responding so far, who have audio files No files 1-10 files 11-20 files 21-30 files Greater than 90 files |
272 8 1 1 1 |
194 7 1 |
194 7 3 |
153 3 2 |
| Percent responding so far, who have audio files No files 1-10 files 11-20 files 21-30 files Greater than 90 files |
96.1% 2.8% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% |
96.0% 3.5% 0.5% |
95.1% 3.4% 1.5% |
96.8% 1.9% 1.3% |
| Number responding so far, who have picture files No files 1-100 files 101-200 files 201-300 files 301-400 files 401-500 files 501-600 files 601-700 files 701-800 files 801-900 files 901-1000 files 1001-2000 files 2001-3000 files 3001-4000 files 4001-5000 files Greater than 5000 files |
134 95 15 9 3 6 1 4 1 1 9 1 2 1 1 |
90 64 17 7 2 5 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 1 |
82 58 24 11 4 8 1 2 3 2 5 1 1 2 |
56 58 8 11 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 |
| Percent responding so far, who have picture files No files 1-100 files 101-200 files 201-300 files 301-400 files 401-500 files 501-600 files 601-700 files 701-800 files 801-900 files 901-1000 files 1001-2000 files 2001-3000 files 3001-4000 files 4001-5000 files Greater than 5000 files |
47.3% 33.6% 5.3% 3.2% 1.1% 2.1% 0.4% 1.4% 0.4% 0.4% 3.2% 0.4% 0.7% 0.4% 0.4% |
44.6% 31.7% 8.4% 3.5% 1.0% 2.5% 0.5% 2.0% 1.5% 0.5% 1.5% 1.5% 0.5% 0.5% |
40.2% 28.4% 11.8% 5.4% 2.0% 3.9% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 1.0% 2.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1.0% |
35.4% 36.7% 5.1% 7.0% 2.5% 1.9% 2.5% 1.3% 1.9% 1.3% 1.9% 0.6% 0.6% 1.3% |
| Number responding so far, who have video files No files 1-10 files 21-30 files Greater than 90 files |
278 4 1 |
196 4 1 1 |
200 3 1 |
155 3 |
| Percent responding so far, who have video files No files 1-10 files 21-30 files Greater than 90 files |
98.2% 1.4% 0.4% |
97.0% 2.0% 0.5% 0.5% |
98.0% 1.5% 0.5% |
98.1% 1.9% |
| Number responding so far, who have a digital camera No Yes |
26 257 |
13 188 |
9 195 |
8 150 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a digital camera | 90.8% |
93.5% |
95.6% |
94.9% |
| Number responding so far, who have a video camera No Yes Don't Know |
232 51 |
160 41 |
154 46 2 |
122 35 |
| Percent responding so far, who have a video camera | 18.0% |
20.4% |
22.8% |
22.3% |
| Number responding so far, who use supplementary tools Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, by Elizabeth Shown Mills Getting the Most Out of TMG, by Lee Hoffman Primer for The Master Genealogist, by Terry Reigel AniMap, software for mapping Deed Mapper, software for mapping descriptions from deeds Family Tree SuperTools, by Wholly Genes GedStar Pro for TMG (for Palm users) GenMatcher for comparing two genealogy files for matches GenSmarts, by Underwood Innovations GenViewer for viewing and analyzing genealogy information IrfanView, software for resizing and fixing images Map My Family Tree, software for mapping On This Day, by John Cardinal PathWiz!, by SCEYA Pty Ltd PicWiz, software for resizing images Pocket Genealogist for TMG (for Windows devices) Second Site, by John Cardinal TMG Witness to Note (WIT2NOTE), by Gary Hester TMG training DVDs, by 123genealogy.com TMG video tapes, recorded by the RUG TMG video training tapes, by The Studio TMG4 Utility, by John Cardinal TMG5 Utility, by John Cardinal TMG6 Utility, by John Cardinal TMG7 Utility, by John Cardinal |
177 48 157 47 22 92 2 81 40 98 1 5 112 |
73 140 54 8 3 33 13 7 107 11 15 5 32 15 7 78 1 62 26 73 1 36 54 |
89 139 75 29 21 32 29 13 111 17 32 14 46 25 5 21 83 3 65 20 72 2 1 22 70 |
80 109 79 24 18 24 16 7 85 13 29 19 30 18 1 12 60 3 49 10 57 1 12 57 |
| Number responding so far, who have an Internet connection Cable Dial-Up Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Fiber Optic Fixed Wireless ISDN Satellite Don't Know |
133 22 97 11 9 6 5 |
91 12 64 15 10 5 3 |
99 5 64 13 13 6 3 1 |
72 1 45 21 12 3 3 |
| Percent responding so far, who have an Internet connection Cable Dial-Up Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Fiber Optic Fixed Wireless ISDN Satellite Don't Know |
47.0% 7.8% 34.3% 3.9% 3.2% 2.1% 1.8% |
45.5% 6.0% 32.0% 7.5% 5.0% 2.5% 1.5% |
48.5% 2.5% 31.4% 6.4% 6.4% 2.9% 1.5% 0.5% |
45.9% 0.6% 28.7% 13.4% 7.6% 1.9% 1.9% |
| Number responding so far, who perform genealogy research on the Internet No Yes |
12 269 |
6 193 |
8 195 |
4 153 |
| Percent responding so far, who perform genealogy research on the Internet No Yes |
4.3% 95.7% |
3.0% 97.0% |
3.9% 96.1% |
2.5% 97.5% |
| Number responding so far, who post genealogy information on the Internet No Yes |
234 49 |
152 48 |
130 73 |
94 62 |
| Percent responding so far, who post genealogy information on the Internet No Yes |
82.7% 17.3% |
76.0% 24.0% |
64.0% 36.0% |
60.3% 39.7% |
| Number responding so far, who use TMG or FTST or UFT message boards No Yes |
80 195 |
52 144 |
63 139 |
48 106 |
| Percent responding so far, who use TMG or FTST or UFT message boards No Yes |
29.1% 70.9% |
26.5% 73.5% |
31.2% 68.8% |
31.2% 68.8% |
| Number responding so far, who perform backups of their genealogical data After significant amount of data entry or editing Daily Each session Monthly Never Once a year Quarterly Several times each session Twice a year Weekly |
90 18 68 25 1 2 3 13 1 29 |
94 24 78 26 1 3 6 13 2 32 |
79 22 62 18 2 2 7 16 2 22 |
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| Percent responding so far, who have backups of their genealogical data After significant amount of data entry or editing Daily Each session Monthly Never Once a year Quarterly Several times each session Twice a year Weekly |
36.0% 7.2% 27.2% 10.0% 0.4% 0.8% 1.2% 5.2% 0.4% 11.6% |
33.7% 8.6% 28.0% 9.3% 0.4% 1.1% 2.2% 4.7% 0.7% 11.5% |
34.1% 9.5% 26.7% 7.8% 0.9% 0.9% 3.0% 6.9% 0.9% 9.5% |
|
| Number responding so far, who use media for backing up genealogical data Computer's CD or DVD (usually R/W) Computer's internal Hard Drive (normally C:) External Hard Drive Floppy Disk Internet site Thumb Drive (sometimes called Flash Drive) |
59 98 113 27 83 |
66 109 125 5 34 98 |
43 91 106 10 33 87 |
|
| Number responding so far, who have genealogy skills Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Professional |
10 25 169 68 11 |
6 16 117 52 9 |
5 14 131 49 5 |
3 6 100 43 6 |
| Percent responding so far, who have genealogy skills Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Professional |
3.5% 8.8% 59.7% 24.0% 3.9% |
3.0% 8.0% 58.5% 26.0% 4.5% |
2.5% 6.9% 64.2% 24.0% 2.5% |
1.9% 3.8% 63.3% 27.2% 3.8% |
| Number responding so far, who have computer skills Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Professional |
1 12 165 89 15 |
9 112 69 10 |
15 102 72 15 |
9 83 58 8 |
| Percent responding so far, who have computer skills Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Professional |
0.4% 4.3% 58.5% 31.6% 5.3% |
4.5% 56.0% 34.5% 5.0% |
7.4% 50.0% 35.3% 7.4% |
5.7% 52.5% 36.7% 5.1% |