Need help opening a CD about family history

The instructions for the CD are (1) insert disc and wait for icon to appear on desktop [this I can do]; (2) open Netscape [here's the starting point for my question....]
Is Navigator the same as Netscape and which version do I look for [my mac is OS 10.6.7]? What do I need to know about installing it, given that I'm obviously not very tech-savvy?
And what does a browser have to do with a CD anyway?
I'm sorry if I picked the wrong forum to post this question! But I appreciate any help you can give me.

Follow the rest of the instructions in any web browser unless you run into further issues. This typically occurs when the files on the CD are the same format as those used on the web.
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