Is it possible to view and maybe obtain a copy of it to
use on my family's website?
Greatly Appreciated!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Cedric Villat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:29 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Genealogy Software?
Jim,
I made a Family Tree program in CF. It was really only for my own family
tree, and so some of the features are pretty archaic, but it works. It even
displays the tree in nice HTML pages and you can navigate the tree up and
down. You can also zoom in/out to see multiple levels of generations. You
can enter people and link them up to children/parents. If you want to see
it, shoot me an email offlist and I'll send you the link. If it doesn't have
what you need, it would be easy to modify.
Cedric
>Any recommendations?
>
>I've got "Family Tree Maker 11" but have quickly discovered that it sucks.
>Some of my problems:
>
>+) To add a nickname you need to dig down three screens - and then than
>nickname isn't displayed anyplace useful.
>
>+) Images and other media assets are stored in the family tree file itself
>(not linked) so you can only work with them inside the program once you add
>them.
>
>+) Media assets can only be linked to people or marriages and then only to
>ONE thing. If I have a picture of a father and a son I can only link it to
>one of them unless I include it twice. You've only one view of media
assets
>(a large sheet of thumbnails) and no way to display more description or
>title text. There's also no distinguishing between media (image, sounds,
>etc) and documentation (birth certificates, burial notices, etc).
>
>+) Navigation is a beast - especially among multiple spouses. It really
>sucks.
>
>+) In general the program looks awful. Not a huge thing, but with
>everything it's just another nail in the coffin.
>
>+) The labeling in the software is very restrictive. You get "Husband" and
>"Wife" only - no way to directly indicate homosexual or non-married
>relationships, no way to clearly indicate illegitimate children or unknown
>parentage. Maybe I just have a screwed up family, but I need some of those
>things!
>
>The software is version 11... you'd think that they would have addressed
>some of this in 11 tries.
>
>I've done some looking and am considering RootsMagic 2.0
>(http://www.rootsmagic.com/) - it seems to address most of my concerns and
>looks a damn-sight better. Has anybody used it?
>
>I tried the demos of "the Master Genealogist" (insanely complex with very
>poor media options and a definite DOS feel) and "Personal Ancestor File"
>(free but very, very limited) and didn't much care for either.
>
>I want to be able to manage large amounts of media (image, documents, etc)
>preferably linking them to multiple people, events and places without
>duplication. I'd really like the ability to represent non-traditional
>family units and relationships and need the ability to gracefully handle
>multiple spouses. I'd also really appreciate a program that isn't ugly as
a
>bug.
>
>Any other ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jim Davis
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