> On Sat, 6 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, I do have a registered copy of this package. I like the > reporting capabilities in it, especially the full journal report. > Unfortunately, there isn't a version that runs on Linux, which is my > preferred operating system. I've found that I like the approach used in > The Master Genealogist best, especially when I have resources that show > conflicting dates for events like birth, but lacking a version for Linux > (or any UN*X, for that matter), and a desire to work on a fun project at > home, I launched Genes. > > > 2) The LDS requires that each person have a father and mother which raises > > problems if the child is illegitimate or one parent is unknown. Ha, they are going to have really big problems with the present generation then!!! I really wrote to suggest you look at Geneweb if you haven't already done so. I have been following the progres of Genes with interest and have also tried ftree which is a bit further advanced along the road to usabilty than Genes. Geneweb uses a very different approach to anything else I have used and utilises Netscape (or another gui browser but works best with NS) to display the data. Designed as a web server it will also run standalone. It doesn't (yet) have the reporting facilities of something like Family Tree Maker but will import/export gedcom files, has nowhere to record Mormon specific events. This doesn't bother me as I have no interest in recording them. It is easy to send family data to someone else as saving a decendant tree for example produces an HTML file which can then be viewed in any browser It is multi-language capable (Afrikaans was added in the most recent release) which is something you may want to consider one day. -- John Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from Bournemouth, UK using RedHat Linux 6.1 and GeneWeb database for Family History research Family Names include: GLA: Lewis, Griffith(s), Hopkins, Jenkins HAM: Cooper, Buxey, Barker, Foster _______________________________________________ Genes-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/genes-devel
