From: MarkTaylor@aol.com (Mark Taylor)
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: Re: Wall Charts from PAF (MAC)
Date: 22 Dec 92 00:08:33 GMT
Followup-To: soc.roots
Organization: Apple Computer Inc.

In article <ROOTS-L%92122108363968@VM1.NODAK.EDU>, pm@FLOYD.ATT.COM wrote:
> 
> Hi, I would like to be able to print wall charts showing all members of my
> family from PAF version 2.1.  I checked previous ROOTS-L requests for such
> a capability and found that Mark Taylor "marktaylor@aol.com" had a program
> called Gedcompanion that was supposed to print wall charts.
> 
> I sent mail to Mark but have not received any response.  Does anyone have
> a phone number or other way to get a hold of Mark?  Also, is Gedcompanion
> on an anonymous ftp server anywhere?

Sorry you've had trouble reaching me - my e-mail has trickled off so I
haven't
been checking for it as often.  Most of my orders are now coming via US
Mail.

I'm including below the text of the original notice I posted here a few
months ago.  Note that GEDcompanion is not shareware.

> Is there anything better than Gedcompanion?

Nope.  :-)

> 
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.  Happy holidays!
> 
> p.s. Please respond directly to "floyd!pm@att.com" as I am not on the ROOTS-L
>      mail group.  Thanks

This message is to announce a new genealogy program for the Macintosh
called GEDcompanion.  It converts GEDCOM files from Personal Ancestral File
and other genealogy programs into formats that can be read by word
processors, spreadsheets, databases, and outline programs.

GEDcompanion creates descendants files that can be opened by MORE from
Symantec Corporation or Org Plus from Banner Blue Software Inc. to produce
beautiful wall charts.  During the testing phase of GEDcompanion, these
wall charts have been the hit of three family reunions - it makes it easy
to see how members of a family are related.  If you have been creating
these kinds of charts by hand, or if you have just been wishing for a way
to automatically turn your data into wall charts, GEDcompanion is the
program for you!

GEDcompanion also creates "Family History" files.  These are descendants
files that can be opened up with virtually any word processor.  Add a title
page, choose a font, print, and you've just published a book of your family
history!  Family History files contain full names, date and place of birth,
christening, death, and burial of all individuals and their spouses, along
with the names of each spouse's parents.  No longer do you have to print
out all descendants to see them - just use your word processor to browse
through the names.  

Have you ever wanted to move your data to a spreadsheet or database
program, so that you can search and sort, and look for errors? 
GEDcompanion lets you create database files, tab-delimited text files that
can be opened by virtually any spreadsheet or database program.  Sort
everyone in your database by date of birth, or search for everyone who was
born, christened, died, or buried in the county you'll be visiting on your
next trip.  The possibilities are endless.

Finally, GEDcompanion also creates Ahnentafel files, standard textual
pedigrees that show in a compact format all of an individual's direct
ancestors.

GEDcompanion works under both System 6 (6.0.5 and later) and System 7.  It
is designed specifically for the Macintosh and fully implements the
Macintosh user interface.  Complete documentation is included. 
GEDcompanion is NOT shareware, but is available for just $20 from:

Mark Taylor
PO Box 2034
Cupertino, CA 95015-2034

If you use a Macintosh for genealogy, you can't afford to be without
GEDcompanion!
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