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Use Of Computer Packages 18 Feb 2000
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All Windows PC software given below has import and export datafiles complying with the GEnealogical Data COMunications (GEDCOM) transfer standards of the LDS church unless otherwise stated.
| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
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| !Family ver 2.18 (public domain) |
RISC OS 3 | CiG Dec96 | |||||
| A-Gene Mike Simpson |
S&N | Amiga 500/600 | CiG Sep91 | ||||
| Ancestral Quest ver 3.0 Incline Software |
$39.95 | PC-486 RAM 4Mb HD 5Mb |
Yes | Yes | No | Compatible with PAF 3.0 | FTMag Jun 98 & Jul 00 |
| Ancestry Focus Multimedia Ltd |
Focus
Multimedia Sandown |
PC Win | Basic data-base Can create Coats of Arms |
FTMag Nov98 | |||
| Brothers Keeper ver 5.2b John Steed |
Shareware £40 Joe Houghton |
PC-386 RAM 8Mb HD 3Mb |
Yes (with limited options) | FTMag May96 | |||
| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
| Cumberland Family Tree ver 2.51 (windows) Ira J Lund |
Shareware £28 Ensign Sys |
PC-386 RAM 8Mb HD 3Mb Win95 |
No | Produce good indexed Family Book | FTMag Nov98 | ||
| Cumberland Tree Prof ver 4.1 (MSDOS) Ira J Lund |
S&N | PC-MSDOS | |||||
| Easy Family Tree ver 4.2 Sierra Home |
£9 | PC-Pentium RAM 12Mb HD 50Mb Win95 |
Database only from Generations. Basic starter FH data-base |
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| Family Base ver 2.11 Mike Parsons |
Shareware £20 |
PC-286 RAM 4Mb HD 1Mb |
Yes | Limited to 1000 records No customisation of reports and charts |
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| Family Heritage ver 2 IMSI |
IMSI (UK) Sandown |
PC Win | Yes | No | Limited customisation of reports and charts Produces multiple phot oalbums |
FTMag Aug98 | |
| Family Heritage DeLuxe ver 2 IMSI |
IMSI (UK) Sandown |
PC Win | As above but includes software for full customisation of reports and charts | FTMag Aug98 | |||
| Family History
System Murray Kennedy |
Micro-Aid | Acorn RISC | CiG Dec87 | ||||
| BBC | CiG Jun85 | ||||||
| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
| Family Origins ver 9 Parsons Technology |
£30 | PC-486 RAM 8Mb HD 5Mb Win95 |
Yes | Yes | Good source documentation | FTMag May98 | |
| Family Roots II Chris Skellern |
FaSTClub | Atari | Yes | No GEDCOM facilities | CiG Dec94 | ||
| Family Tree Ver 2.27 (public domain) I & M Baker |
FaSTClub | Atari | CiG Mar95, FTMag Apr99 | ||||
| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
| Family Tree Companion UK Palladium Interactive |
Ron
City S&N |
PC Win | |||||
| Family Tree Maker Basic ver 4.4 Broderbund |
Sandown S&N TWR |
MSDOS | Yes | Yes | Very good paginated customised drop-line family trees. | ||
| Family Tree Maker DeLuxe UK ver 8 Broderbund |
£65+ Back to R |
PC-486 RAM 16Mb HD 20Mb Win95 |
Yes | Yes | Comprehensive multi-media database. Very good paginated customised drop-line family trees. Hourglass tree of ancestors and descendents. |
FTMag Dec98 FTMag May 00 |
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| Family Tree Maker ver III Banner Blue Software |
S&N | PowerMac | Yes | Mac version of above | MacUser May97 | ||
| Gene ver 4.2.1 (shareware) Diana Eppstein |
David Tippey | 68K & PowerMac | Yes | Produces compact family trees | |||
| GenMVD (was
Geni) Martin N Dunstan |
Martin N Dunstan | PSION (not Psion5) | Has search and display facilities but input only from GEDCOM files | CiG Jun97 | |||
| Genealogy for Windows ver 5.16 Chris Boutal |
£55 | PC-386 RAM 4Mb HD 6Mb |
Good source-oriented research tool. Suitable for one-name studies |
FTMag Nov97 | |||
| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
| Generations ver 8 Sierra Home |
£35+ | PC-486 RAM 8Mb HD 10Mb Win95 |
Yes | Yes | Comprehensive multi-media database. Produces colour customised charts |
FTMag Sep98 FTMag Mar99 FTMag Apr00 CiG Sep98 |
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| Genius ver 1.5 Peter Resch |
Shareware £23.95 |
PC-386 RAM 4Mb HD 1Mb |
Limited reports Maximum of 5000 records with limited field lengths. No separate source documentations. |
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| Gentree II Paul Bower |
Locoscript Software | Amstrad PCW | CiG Sep93 | ||||
| GSP Family Tree ver 2.0a GSP Spftware |
£19.95 | PC-486 RAM 8Mb HD 7Mb Win95 |
Yes | Yes | Beginners Multimedia database Limited choice of info on trees Source info not separate |
FTMag Feb98 | |
| Kinship Graham Crow |
AVP Computing | BBC Master | No GEDCOM facilities. No of records limited. |
CiG Sep89 | |||
| Kith & Kin Pro SpanSoft |
Shareware £33 |
PC-Pentium RAM 16Mb HD 7Mb Win95 |
Yes | Yes | Flexible multi-media database. Wide variety of reports. Charts are basic. |
FTMag May99 | |
| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
| Heritage (shareware) Thomas Grandine |
TAG Software | Mac System 7 or later | Yes? | ||||
| Legacy Family Tree ver 3 Millenia Corp. |
£38 | PC-Pentium RAM 16Mb HD 20Mb |
Yes | Variety of customisable charts, lists and reports. Good merge facilities. Generates family history books. |
CiG Jun98 FTMag Oct98 FTM Dec00 |
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| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
| Newgen (public domain) E G Richards |
E G Richards | Atari | GEDCOM facility avaiable. Works with floppy disks. |
CiG Jun89 | |||
| Newgen5K (public domain) E G Richards |
E G Richards | Atari | as above but holds up to 4000 records on hard disk. | CiG Jun89 | |||
| PAF (Personal Ancestral File) ver 4.04 LDS Church |
£5.95 LDS
Church |
PC-Pentium RAM 32Mb HD 20Mb Win95 |
Yes | Yes | No | Comprehensive multi-media program. Produces customisable charts, lists, reports etc. Good match and merge facilities. UK user group support. |
CiG Sep99 FTMag Dec99 |
| PAF (Personal
Ancestral File) ver 2.31 LDS Church |
LDS Church Distribution centre | iMac | Information presentation limited. | ||||
| Pedigree ver 2.6N Murray Kennedy |
Ron City, S&N, TWR | PC MSDOS | Yes | Flexible customisable data-base with wide variety of charts and reports. | |||
| Relations ver 2.3 (shareware) Peter Mitchell |
David Tippey | Newton 2.0 OS | |||||
| Reunion ver 7.02 Leister Prod. |
£78 | iMac System 7.5 or later | Yes | Yes | Produces many charts Has source referencing. |
CiG Jun 93 FTM Oct00 |
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| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
| Scion Genealogist ver 5.08 (public domain) Robbie J Atkins |
Amiga | FTMag Nov96 | |||||
| The Master Genealogist Gold ver 4 Wholly Games |
£73 | PC-486 RAM 24Mb HD 25Mb Win95 |
Yes | Yes | Comprehensive multi-media event oriented data-base
producing reports and charts. Particularly suitable for research projects and one-name studies with excellent source documentation. |
FTMag Feb 99 | |
| The Master Genealogist Silver ver 4 Wholly Games |
£9.99 | PC-486 RAM 24Mb HD 25Mb Win95 |
Yes | Yes | As Gold edition but with very limited selection of charts and no printed Manual | FTMag Feb 99 | |
| Ultimate Family Tree DeLuxe UK ver 3 Palladium Interactive |
£45 Back to R |
PC-486 RAM 16Mb HD 70Mb Win95 |
Yes | Like a suite of genealogy tools with UFT ver 2.91 at
its core. Good research tool. Not now being further developed. |
CiG Jun98 FTMag Aug99 |
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| WinGenea ver 1.7f David Risley |
Shareware £32 |
PC-286 RAM 4Mb HD 1Mb |
Yes | Good screen display. Limited reports. No separate source recording. |
CiG Sep96 | ||
| WinFamily ver 6.01g Webhuset |
Shareware £50 |
PC-486 RAM 8Mb HD 4Mb |
Yes | Yes | Produces excellent customised colour photo charts. No separate source documentation. |
CiG Mar97 | |
| Product & Producer | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Webpage creation | Drop- line FT | Comments | Review |
| prepared by Eddie Spackman | Written 11th February 2000 |
with details of factual errors,
mis-statements and typos.