Return-Path: Received: from erie.edrc.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09469; 30 Sep 92 12:25:32 EDT Received: from erie.edrc.cmu.edu by ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa00729; 30 Sep 92 12:25:05 EDT To: bovik@CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Genealogy Software Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 12:25:00 -0400 Message-ID: <727.717870300@ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU> From: Darcy_Bullock@ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU ------- Forwarded Messages Return-Path: Received: from gem.garnet.cs.cmu.edu by ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa07943; 28 Sep 92 17:33:29 EDT To: Darcy Bullock Subject: Re: Genealogy Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 17:33:22 EDT From: landay@GEM.GARNET.CS.CMU.EDU Sender: landay@GEM.GARNET.CS.CMU.EDU In article , you write: |> My wife has recently become intersted in tracing her family tree. Could |> somebody suggest how or where I might find an MS-DOS software package for |> managing and organizing this information. |> |> Thanks, |> |> Darcy Bullock Subject: Re: Family Tree (Geneology) SW for MAC? Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 11:14:29 GMT In article armand@comm.mot.com (Arman Dolikian) writes: > >The title says it all! > >+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ >|Arman Dolikian |Internet: armand@comm.mot.com | >|Motorola LMPS Software Technology Center| X.400: CAD001@email.mot.com| >|1301 E. Algonquin Road - IL02 Rm 4433 | Voice: (708) 576-0771 | >|Schaumburg, IL 60196 USA | Fax: (708) 576-3131 | >+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ PAF (Personal Ancestry File) put out by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints (Mormon Church) is probably the best deal you can get in the way of geneology programs. PERSONAL ANCESTRY FILE (PAF) Product # 30992 (Macintosh) also available in an IBM version. Price: $35 (Great Deal!) Address: Salt Lake Distribution Center 1999 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104 Tel: (800) 537-5950 I understand they take MC/VISA for a $2 fee. I have had really good luck with this program and would recommend it for any- one. It really makes keeping track of your family easy and fun. ------- Message 2 Return-Path: Received: from flower.learning.cs.cmu.edu by ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa07967; 28 Sep 92 18:22:22 EDT Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:11-EDT From: Lonnie.Chrisman@FLOWER.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU To: Darcy Bullock Subject: Re: Genealogy Message-Id: <717718287/ldc@FLOWER.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU> In-Reply-To: Darcy Bullock's bboard message of 28-Sep-92 15:13 >somebody suggest how or where I might find an MS-DOS software package for >managing and organizing this information. I've been told that the best one is PAF. This is the one I use. It is a package sold by the mormons. I think the best deal is for your wife to join the LDS geneology library. In Santa Clara, Calif, it was $15 per year, but by joining, they give you a copy of the program. They also have group meetings where they exchange software tools, etc, that people have written for PAF, and various other hints, etc, about using the software (at least they do this in the Santa Clara club). Best of all, however, is that you also get to access their geneology database and records, which is rumored to have just about all the geneology records ever written down on microfiche or CD-ROMS. I don't have any personal experience with their library, but many different people have told me independently that it is well worth joining just for the library access. My opinion is that the program is reasonably good, but could use additional features for viewing the various relationships, etc, that exist. Perhaps some of these tools that people are trading do these things. I do think it is reasonably useful. My database has about 3500 people, and it seems to handle that size without any problem. I am planning on checking into the Pittsburgh LDS service here fairly soon to see if they offer the same resources as the Santa Clara branch does. They have a library on 46 School St., phone: 921-2115. Their hours are 10-8 Tu & Th, 10-2 Wed, and 10-4 Sat. I just called once, at the wrong hours, and got the message telling me the hours, so I can't guarantee that they do everything the same as the Santa Clara branch does. Lonnie ------- Message 3 Return-Path: Received: from andrew.cmu.edu by ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa08014; 28 Sep 92 18:40:37 EDT Received: by andrew.cmu.edu (5.54/3.15) id for darcy+@erie.edrc.cmu.edu; Mon, 28 Sep 92 18:40:30 EDT Received: via switchmail; Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:40:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from carnot.itc.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:35:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from carnot.itc.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:35:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.carnot.itc.cmu.edu.rs.aix31 via MS.5.6.carnot.itc.cmu.edu.rs_aix31; Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:35:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:35:42 -0400 (EDT) From: David Anderson To: darcy+@erie.edrc.cmu.edu (Darcy Bullock) Subject: Re: Genealogy In-Reply-To: References: Ask on soc.roots. - --david ------- Message 4 Return-Path: Received: from orion.fac.cs.cmu.edu by ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa08062; 28 Sep 92 20:56:08 EDT To: darcy+@ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Genealogy Newsgroups: cmu.cs.general References: Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 20:55:31 EDT From: phdye@ORION.FAC.CS.CMU.EDU Sender: phdye@ORION.FAC.CS.CMU.EDU I am also interested in locating some geneology software. Could you please pass any information you receive to myself ? Philip ------- Message 5 Return-Path: Received: from gaia.edrc.cmu.edu by ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa08080; 28 Sep 92 21:03:23 EDT Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 21:01-EDT From: David.Lampenfield@GAIA.EDRC.CMU.EDU To: Darcy Bullock Subject: Re: Genealogy Message-Id: <717728465/dcl@GAIA.EDRC.CMU.EDU> In-Reply-To: Darcy Bullock's bboard message of 28-Sep-92 15:13 The Mormons have a couple packages for < $50 . osmith@edrc was using something also. Thats all i know. ------- Message 6 Return-Path: <@ts2a.sei.cmu.edu:crm@SEI.CMU.EDU> Received: from ts2a.sei.cmu.edu by ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa08110; 28 Sep 92 22:30:07 EDT Received: from localhost by ts2a.sei.cmu.edu (5.65/2.5) id AA15667; Mon, 28 Sep 92 22:29:54 -0400 Message-Id: <9209290229.AA15667@ts2a.sei.cmu.edu> To: darcy+@ERIE.EDRC.CMU.EDU Subject: re: Genealogy Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 22:29:53 EDT From: Charles Myers If your wife is interested in genealogy, sooner or later she'll need to make contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, probably better known as the Mormon's. This church has the largest genealogical library in the world, actually located in a granite vault carved out of the Rockies in Utah. The church also has branch libraries throughout the world where microrfilms from the central facility can be ordered at very minimal cost. The only one in the Pittsburgh area is located in Greentree. The church makes available genealogical software at very minimal cost, essentially the cost of producing the disks and the documentation. I have the software for the Mac, though I haven't had (taken?) the time to get into it at all. When I bought it a couple of years ago, I think it cost about $35. I'm quite certain that they have the same package to run on MS-DOS. I don't recall seeing anything around the house in near history, but would be glad to get a number/materials if you're interested. Chuck ------- End of Forwarded Messages