Genealogy Programs

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1993 13:41:41 +0000 From: Richard Rathe <Richard_Rathe@qm.circa.ufl.edu> Subject: [*] Family Tree Software Report Thanks to all who responded to my appeal for information. Please place this upload in the reports subdirectory. It contains comments on three genealogy programs for the Mac: MacRoots, Personal Ancestor File, and Reunion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard Rathe, MD rrathe@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu ------CUT HERE------ Report on Macintosh Genealogy Programs Compiled by Richard Rathe 3/93 === MacRoots ============================== This is a basic, no frills genealogy program. The program is structured around individuals who can then be linked to others through marriage or parentage. It has the ability to generate tree diagrams, however, the printed versions are character based, ala 9-pin dot matrix days. $35 from Itasca Softworks Bruce W. Muckala Rt. 1, Box 408 Bagley, MN 56621 The version I tried is 5.7 and copyright 1990. I am not sure if there is an update. === Personal Ancestor File ================ "...I have been using Personal Ancestor File 2.1 for a couple of years and am quite happy with it. The Church of Latter Day Saints(LDS)in Salt Lake puts it out for Mac and DOS. It is well documented and packaged and cost (back then) $ 35.00. Quite a bargain. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family History Department Ancestral File Operations Unit, 2 WW 50 East North Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 1-800-336-6644 Don't let the sectarian origins of this software put you off it is widely used and appreciated by genealogy people of all stripes..." "...I used PAF from the Church of the Latter Day Saints. PAF = personal ancestral file. I am not a Mormon, but the software is outstanding and the cost is less than $40.00. I do not have it with me here at work so that is all I know off the top of my head. If you can't track it down based on this, let me know and I will send you more specific info about getting it. It is the best thing for geneology work I have ever seen and the you can get access to their databases of info too..." "...My wife and I have been using 'Personal Ancestral Files' (for the Mac) from the Mormon Church. It seems to be a very usable and friendly system. It doesn't require much disk space, as the manual states that it will work on a single (800K) floppy system. It has many features for insuring that you are consistent in spelling names of persons and places. It can also produce innumerable charts, diagrams and reports. If you are not Mormon (we aren't) you can turn off the 'extra' Mormon-only data the program can collect..." === Reunion ============================== "...I have been using Reunion for several years and have found it excellent. It is HyperCard based, but extremely powerful. Unlike many other applications that I investigated before choosing Reunion, Reunion is a Mac application -- it really takes advantage of GUI. I have…