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I've been using PHPGedView for years. Slick interface. GEDCOM export. Unfortunately, the script keeps getting flagged as a trojan.

http://www.phpgedview.net/ Actively developed under GNU license and supports GEDCOM.

Instead I reccomed using PHPGEDview.

Free, full featured, web based, and gedcom compliant.

http://www.phpgedview.net/

I would post a link to my online family tree but dont feel like gettiing slashdotted :)

GRAMPS is an outstanding piece of software. When I first began using it a few years ago, it was a little rough and it was difficult to install on Windows. This made it great for me while running Ubuntu, but difficult for me to recommend to family members. It seems to have much better support now under Linux, Windows and Mac. It also uses an open XML-based file format that at least one working group is looking at as the basis for an updated standard to replace the aging GEDCOM format. I think this is definitely the candidate for best OSS Genealogy.

PHPGedView is another good, open-source, web-based genealogy package. This is a good one to use if you're planning to build your family tree collaboratively among several family members. My biggest complaint about it is that it's a little clunky looking and some family members seem a bit intimidated by it, so they don't make changes or additions when they could. I began building a new theme and layout for it, but I put it on hold when I felt like it was taking time from working on the family history itself. Of course, it also requires that you have a server to host it on.

A similar online family tree is Wikitree.com. It looks promising, but I haven't yet found a good way to sync changes between it and my local genealogy software. It's still in its infancy though.

All that said, my favorite genealogy software is the closed-source Legacy Family Tree. The standard edition is free and the full "deluxe" version is inexpensive. Unfortunately, it's Windows only (I've had mixed luck running it through WINE). It's advantage though is that it's very easy to install and use and has some powerful tools for sourcing and merging trees. It also creates some very impressive, customizable family tree charts that can be saved in a variety of formats or printed through their mail-order service. It also saves your genealogy database in several formats including GEDCOM.

Ancestry.com is the necessary evil of the genealogy world. They have many records on their site that aren't available elsewhere on line, but they have made quite a few business decisions over the years that don't sit well with many family historians. They also produce the "Family Tree Maker" software which I recommend avoiding.

I personally use PHPGEDview. If you need something web-based, this is a great piece of software. It lets my whole family, all around the country, work on the tree.

http://www.phpgedview.net/

I use PHPGedview for posting my family tree online. You can easily define how much privacy you want to enforce, and most people restrict display of data unless someone has registered. Registration requests come in to my email and I can grant access, allow a person to add updates (which I later approve), etc. It's a very cool package if you have access to a web server that handles PHP.

Try PHPGedview
http://www.phpgedview.net/

GEDCOM is the standard file format for geneology information. There are plenty of products that import or use this format. GEDCOM was developed by the LDS Church (Mormons). They also have a free program to manage your geneological data called Personal Ancestral File. Personally I use PHPGEDView to manage my family geneology data (view here