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Use Of Computer Packages 18 Feb 2000
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Use of Computer Packages... for Genealogy and Family HistoryGenealogy
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The contents below are based on articles by Eric D Probert in the March, June 1999 and March 2000 issues of Computers in Genealogy and June 2000 issue of Family Tree Magazine. Please see these articles which give further details. Also see the Family Tree Magazine web-site at www.family-tree.co.uk |
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| Product | Supplier | Computer | Multi- media | Web page creation | Dropline FT | Comments | Review |
| Biographer ver 1.37 Peter Cooley |
£25 | PC-486 RAM 8Mb HD n/kMb Win95 |
GEDCOM file utility producing life history timelines. May also be used to maintain a FH data-base. | FTMag Jan96 & May 00 | |||
| BIRDIE ver 1.1 B Tyrwhitt-Drake |
Drake Software, SoG, S&N | PC-Win | Utility to convert IGI info into data-base format. Sorts, selects and displays on maps. | FTMag Jun97 FTMag Dec96 |
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| ConviGED ver 1.6 David Sweatman |
S&N | PC-Win | Conversion utility for IGI GEDCOM & ASCII text files | FTMag Jan97 | |||
| GenBrowser Robert Harding |
Ripple Effect Software | PC-Win95+ | Searches the Web for names in a GEDCOM data-base. Will create a GEDCOM file of ancestors & descendants found on GED2HTML creted web pages. | ||||
| GenMap UK ver 1.00s Stephen Archer |
Stephen
Archer Ron City S&N |
PC-Win | Utility to display genealogical and historical data on maps. Plots surname distributions. | CiG Dec97 FTMag May97 |
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| Eprint E G Richards |
E G Richards | Atari | Prints dropline charts from Newgen5K on Epson printers. | ||||
| Family Tree Print GEDd (Shareware) Com Sense Software |
PDSL | Produces box-style family trees from GEDCOM files | CiG Dec91 | ||||
| GEDitCOM John A Nairn |
GEDitCOM | PowerMac | Permits viewing, editing, display and printing of GEDCOM files | ||||
| GIPSI Plus Michael Booth |
GIPSI Plus | PC MSDOS | Converts GEDCOM files from IGI into data-base format | FTMag Jan95 | |||
| IGIRead ver 4.0 Stephen Archer |
Stephen Archer | PC-Win | Converts IGI data to ASCII text, data-base and spreadsheet formats | FTMag Apr95 | |||
| IGI Search ver 242 Bob Holloway |
Bob
Holloway SoG |
PC-Win95+ | Searches datafiles from IGI data created by IGIRead and removes duplicates | FTMag Jan99 | |||
| NewGED E G Richards |
E G Richards | Atari | GEDCOM import/export facility for Newgen range of programs | ||||
| PAF Companion ver 2.0 LDS Church |
LDS Church | PC-Win | No | Flexible PAF (ver 2.0 & later). Prints 11 charts and reports but not drop-line FT.. | |||
| Sparrowhawk ver 1.0 (shareware) Brad Mohr |
David Tippey | Mac System7 or later | Yes | Creates web pages from GEDCOM files. | |||
| TreeDraw ver 2 Nick Hunter |
£20 | PC-Win | Graphics editor for producng sophisticated charts from Kith & Kin and GEDCOM files. | FTMag Mar97 FTM Jan01 |
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| uFTi ver 1.6 N Oughtibridge |
N Oughtibridge | PC-Win | Yes | Converts data in a GEDCOM file to a series of web pages which may include source, surname index and ancestor tables. | |||
| Will Reader ver 4.0 B & M Westcott |
B & M Westcott | PC-Win | Suite of programs to assist in interpreting wills and inventories | FTMag Jan99 |
| prepared by Eddie Spackman | Written
11th February 2000 |
with details of factual errors,
mis-statements and typos.