From: ssh@allegra.att.com (syed s haider)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: family tree software - response summary
Date: 27 Sep 92 15:39:02 GMT
Followup-To: soc.roots
Distribution: soc.roots,misc.consumers
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

In article <1992Sep14.164013.13323@allegra.att.com>, I wrote:
> I'm looking for software that would allow me to enter
> (completely) and then display (in pieces) family tree
> information.

Many people responded.  Thanks to all of you!  I haven't sorted
through all of this information yet, but it is summarized below for
those of you who sent me email requesting it.

Syed S. Haider	ssh@allegra.att.com

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I use Personal ANcestral Management which is put out by the Mormon chuch.  It
cost about $30 and works well.  I don't have an address here at work but I
am sure you could call the geneological library of the local mormon chuch and
get it.

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I'd suggest Brother's Keeper v5.0.  It's available for ftp,
but I forget where.  There is a newsgroup - soc.roots

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You do not mention your system.  If it's a PC, try comp.binaries.ibm.pc.*
groups.  For what it's worth, I use Brother's Keeper, a shareware package.
There are lots of others that are pretty decent.

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I use Personal Ancestral File from the Mormon Church.

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My sister told me that all the best family tree programs come from Salt
Lake city, Utah.  The Mormons have a ritual where they "save" all their
ancestors by some special ceremony -- so they do more searching for
ancestors than anybody.  I don't know how you find out what's out there
-- but I'd bet the Mormon church would tell you what they know, if you
called them.

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I have Reunion, which is a Hypercard program. I like it. You can input
pictures, do trees and much more.

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The Mormon church (L.D.S.) is very much into geneology.  They sell
software for both Mac and PC that is very nice and costs hardly anything
at all.  There are a few fields in the records that are church specific
(I'm not a member, so I don't know what they are for), but it's a pretty
good package.  I can look up the 800 number for you if you want (the software
is at home)

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There are shareware and commercial programs available.  They have
been described numerous times in Soc.Roots.

The top of the line commercial product is called Roots III.  (earlier versions
were Roots and Roots II).  I am using Family Roots.  Both of these programs
give you convenient formats for entering and storing data, and both support
many different output forms, from simple pedigree charts to family history
books.

I don't have their addresses here at work.  If you need them, I can bring
them in some day and send them to you.

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If you find a real UNIX based system that is released (there is at
least one in development) I would be interested in hearing.  I currently
run Brother's Keeper under VP/ix (DOS emulation) which, while it works,
doesn't let me cut-and-paste, etc. from other X windows.
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