Geneology
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Lowell,
I was refered to you in seeking information about geneology programs on the
Amiga. I have a friend who is into geneology and just got an Amiga and
would like to know what good programs are available. I appreciate any
information you could give me to share with my friend.
Pat B.
Being relatively new to the area, I am not an expert, but I'll be happy to
tell you what I know. I have been looking at genealogy software for the
Amiga for a while now, but so far I have not found anything that is
outstanding. This is one of those areas where there is more to choose from
on Messy-Dos platforms.
There are 4 choices that I know about. They are "Norgen", "Your Family
Tree", "GENP" (I think), and one that I just saw in the Genealogy forum
called "Genealogy on Display" (file name AMYGEN.ARC). I plan on
downloading it today to have a look.
I bought Norgen last year, but have not done a whole lot with it, for
reasons I'll get into later. "Your Family Tree" looked to simplistic when I
bought Norgen. GENP is from someone in Australia. It looked to have some
good capabilities, but I was a little nervous about support from overseas
(nothing against Australia). However, they were VERY quick to send me
information when I circled their number on some reader service card. I
received it within 3 weeks!
There is a file in the "Other Software" library in the genealogy forum
which has a brief summary of these 4 programs. It is called AMIGA5.SFT. I
would suggest that you download that file and have your friend read it,
then get back to me. It might be helpful if you could tell me what the
Amiga setup consists of, whether or not your friend has any experience with
genealogy, and how involved he wants to get in his record keeping. Then,
your friend might have some specific questions, and I'll also tell you
about my experiences with Norgen.
— Lowell