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From: blevins@hpccc.HP.COM (David Blevins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Genealogy Software Wanted
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Date: Thu, 12-Mar-87 13:26:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 12 13:26:41 1987
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I have a little experience w/ two "shareware" family tree programs, "FT-ETC"
and "Geneology on Display."  After much frustration, I abandoned trying to
use "Geneology" because it is written in Basic and to just read the text
files requires either 1) having an IBM Graphics Printer or 2)  tweaking
Basic programs to support my Thinkjet.  So I will talk about "FT-ETC."

I entered about half of my known tree (about 15-20 names) with no problems,
and the program allows you to view relationships in several ways.  I have
not yet tested the tree-printing functions.  I like "FT-ETC" because most
functions are accessed thru one program; with "Geneology," there are MANY
Basic programs.

My one criticism of "FT-ETC" is that there is no way to annotate a person's
entry with notes (like occupation, idiosyncrasies, etc.).  I believe that
this is a planned enhancement, which would be sent to the user upon pay-
ment of the $35 suggested contribution.

Both programs are available thru

PC-SIG
1030 E. Duane Av.
Suite J
Sunnyvale, CA 94086


The company selling FT-ETC is

Pine Cone Software
PO Box 1163
Columbus, Indiana 47202-1163

Hope this helps...


Dave Blevins hplabs!hpccc!blevins