ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu (12/05/90)
I would like to produce a family tree. Does anyone know of any program
that will do this for an IBM PC. Preferably freeware/shareware, but
I would be interested in commercial software also.
Thank You,
Andy
alg106 at psuvm
alg106@psuvm.psu.edujls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) (12/06/90)
In article <90338.211047ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu> ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >I would like to produce a family tree. Does anyone know of any program >that will do this for an IBM PC. Preferably freeware/shareware, but >I would be interested in commercial software also. Call your nearest Mormon temple. Every one I know of which is in a reasonably urban area has copies of a PC program to generate family trees. I think it's free, or almost free. -- Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer. "It doesn't have to work... they'll be paralyzed just from laughing at me." - Dr. Who, _Shada_ UUCP: ames!vsi1!hsv3!jls INTERNET: hsv3.UUCP!jls@apple.com
eoph12@castle.ed.ac.uk (I F Gow) (12/06/90)
I've been using Family History, which is shareware, and have found it quite useful. It has quite good facilities for creation of reports in various formats, as well as the standard tree style. Each individual is assigned a number when typed in, and this is then used when describing relationships etc. There was a review about a year ago in the UK magazine PC PLUS about freeware/shareware family tree programs. Iain
wilson@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Bob Wilson) (12/07/90)
One "semi-commercial" product you might try is PAF (Personal Ancestral Filer) which is produced by the Mormon Church, who of course have a lot of interest in genealogy for theological reasons. It costs $35.00 and is well documented. It can be ordered from Salt Lake Distribution Center 1999 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, Utah, 84104 or by telephone and with a charge card: They charge an extra $2.00 for a phone order. (I don't have the phone number here but Salt Lake City information gives it out.) I encountered it in the newsletter of the Morris County (NJ) Genealogical Society, where it got a good review, and ordered it for my wife to use. So far she likes it, although she has not begun to use all of its many facilities. It will definitely print family trees. Bob Wilson wilson@math.wisc.edu
bg11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian E. Gallew) (12/07/90)
> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc: 5-Dec-90 Re: Family Trees James > Seidman@hsv3.UUCP (670) > Call your nearest Mormon temple. Every one I know of which is in a > reasonably urban area has copies of a PC program to generate family > trees. I think it's free, or almost free. The name of the program is Personal Ancestral File. Order forms are available in all LDS (Morman) stake centers and some chapels. In honesty, I have never seen it at the Visitor's Center of any temple (which is the only place a non-member has access to). Also, the program costs $35.00. I find it to be very useful, with my own/wifes family consisting of over 1050 individuals on record! -Brian You drop the bomb -more- It goes off... -more- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am *NOT* as think as you dumb I am!! | This space for rent (241-6939) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Even I don't agree with myself! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send me mail so I can send you mail so you can send me mail so ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------
dcurtis@crc.ac.uk (Dr. David Curtis) (12/14/90)
In article <90338.211047ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu> ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >I would like to produce a family tree. Does anyone know of any program >that will do this for an IBM PC. Preferably freeware/shareware, but >I would be interested in commercial software also. I have a program called PEDRAW which you might find suitable. It's mainly for scientific applications and research into genetic diseases, but it could be used for general family information. I'm just in the process of submitting it to Simtel, so hopefully it should be available there soon. If you'd like more info then email me. Dave Curtis Academic Department of Psychiatry, Janet: dc@UK.AC.UCL.SM.PSYCH Middlesex Hospital, Elsewhere: dc@PSYCH.SM.UCL.AC.UK Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA. EARN/Bitnet: dc%PSYCH.SM.UCL@UKACRL Tel 081-380 9475 Fax 081-323 1459 Usenet: ...!mcsun!ukc!mrccrc!D.Curtis
kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley ) (12/14/90)
In article <90338.211047ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu> ALG106@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >I would like to produce a family tree. Does anyone know of any program >that will do this for an IBM PC. Preferably freeware/shareware, but >I would be interested in commercial software also. wuarchive.wustl.edu has several geneology programs in the mirrors/msdos/genealogy directory. -- Kaleb Keithley Jet Propulsion Labs kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov Offensive quote coming soon to a .signature file near you.
macress@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Mark A Cress) (12/16/90)
There's a program called Family Tree Maker that, surprisingly, does exactly what you're looking for. Costs about $50 in your local software store, but well worth the price. It can produce several different types of charts (even leaving space for photos if you wish), can store huge amounts of information on each person (including medical history and user-defined events, like communions or Bar Mitzvahs).