This message is from: "Teressa Kandianis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I've been so intrigued with the folk histories of various fjords - the stories that are included with the pedigree - that I spent way too much time yesterday looking through the Canadian info on the web site. And though interesting - especially when I spot a now familiar name - it is clunky to use and incomplete. Having spent a little time in recent years trying to put together my own family's lineage, I am familiar with the software program Family Tree Maker. I thought I might open a new book on fjords and try to put in lineages as they appear on the list and as I glean them from other sources. The beauty of this is that printouts can be done as hourglasses - with one horse in the center and the horses descendants and ancestors swelling out to top and bottom; as traditional lineages with one person at the root and the descendants following (though the numerous divorces and remarriages will be somewhat complex); and you can scan photos into the album for each entry; includes stories in the "notes"; and include medical info and personal characteristics (height, color, etc) ; and there is a page of facts which can be used for each entry where the list of accomplishments could be entered. For people like me, the list would include fact 1 - Cleaned Merit's feet and he didn't have a halter on. May 30,1999. For others, the list of shows and prizes would perhaps be the red letter days. And reports from the records kept can be custom designed for specific purposes. Has anyone already tried this with Family Tree Maker or a similar program? Teressa from sunny, frosty Ferndale.
