Not bad.
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Thursday 15 February 2007, Nick Rout wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:44:06 +1300
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thursday 15 February 2007, Zane Gilmore wrote:
One particularly popular activity is genealogy.
I don't know what is available for Linux though.
GRAMPS
http://gramps.sourceforge.net/
LifeLines
http://lifelines.sourceforge.net/
I use the latter, with which one can generate many different reports,
If there is interest, I'd be happy to show it off as a secondary talk one
evening.
Yes please.
Beat me to it, I have played with Gramps, and it seems quite good.
I think it's probably grown quite a bit since I played with it a while ago
now. Currently, there seem to be quite a few genealogy programs on
SourceForge. Perhaps we might have an 'Open Evening' showing them off the
General Public, as well as the Canterbury Genealogists, or whatever they call
themselves - I forget? I have a couple of friends who are into genealogy
quite deeply.
There are several groups you can join, in various Chch suburbs (10!).
Nothing free tho, iirc - database access subs.
Resources: http://www.infohelp.co.nz/famhist.html
You've changed my first impression, that - as one expects from the M$
world - most genealogy software was a have. That is, you'd tend to pay
for a glossy package and enter your details, that would be uploaded to a
database that no doubt search charges were applied to. So there's hot
business competition in that field, with your work floating it!
All things considered, the primary tools for me were, after family
interviews: browser, email (distant 'rellies'), and OOo (spreadsheet) -
all of which are eminently serviceable on any modest freenix box. I
ended up completing the family tree lines with a ruler, connecting the
cells in the chart - all on one landscape A4 page.
Central & suburban libraries come next, as the CCC pays your sub to
Ancestry.com - unbeatable for UK etc census access - also guidebooks.
See http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/FamilyHistory/
After that beginners should join their local NZSocGen branch, for
established networks of research (names), and techniques. Lotsa legwork.
cheers
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Rik
