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Marianne, I intercepted your reply to Thomas re a genealogy program. There are several good ones for the Amiga, although I'm not familiar with the one on the Fish disk. I use "Your Family Tree", aka "YFT" (commercial), available from MVP Software, P.O. Box 458, Aliquippa, Pa. 15001 (Telephone: 412-378-0411). It has a lot of nice features and is not expensive. Another one you might look for on boards (try the Roots Forum – Other Software) for the demo of "Origins". It's also commercial, but you can try out the demo. I have the commercial version, but frankly, I prefer YFT, which I think has more flexibility. Whatever you decide on, make sure it has GEDCOM capability. GEDCOM, in case you aren't familiar with it, is a protocol whereby you can save data to a file and import it into another program on any platform running a program which supports GEDCOM. That's important because 1) you might want to change programs at some point, and won't have to re-enter all your data, and 2) you can exchange data with other genealogists, either bringing a .ged file into your database or providing them with data – either way, neither of you has to input the data. Both YFT and Origins support GEDCOM. Good luck. Mary