A special thanks to Jim Moores for sharing this info: Note: As of 5/26/93 a separate file, FAQ.MACTOSH, contains info about Macintosh software. That info superceeds any listed below. Apple/Mac Genealogy software for the ROOTS-L FAQ. ======================================================================= Apple/Mac Genealogy Software FAMILY ROOTS - Quinsept, 20 Grassland St, P.O. Box 216, Lexington, MA 02173; 617-641-2930 (MA or foreign) or 800-637-ROOT (other U.S) Available for IBM and compatibles, CP/M, Commodore 64, TRS- 80, Apple and others; ($225 for the MS-DOS, Apple II and Commodore, $157.50 for Macintosh, $149 for CP/M and TRS-80), not copy protected; trial disk and guide, $9.50. MC, Visa and American Express. Specify computer type, disk type, CP/M version number, TRS or Apple model, etc. For "tinkerers," the noncompiled BASIC code can be purchased for an extra $20 (Apple version comes only in non-compiled Applesoft Basic). Apple ProDOS version requires 128K of memory on an Apple IIc, IIe, or IIgs. It will not work on an Apple IIe with only 64K of memory. Quinsept BBS on line from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. at 617-641-1080. All versions of Quinsept software can be migrated to all other versions (or machines) for a small cost usually for around $12/ diskette. Custom work (ie damaged diskettes) is $50/hour. ** See Family Roots Utilities at the end of this file) ** FAMILY CHARTS - Quinsept, Inc., address above. A partial Family Roots package including the full Family Roots manual, and the modules for data entry, charts, lists and all essential utilities. Does not do group sheets or person sheets. A good starter package. $150. Any computer except Macintosh. FAMILY SHEETS - Quinsept, Inc., address above. A partial Family Roots package including the full Family Roots manual, and the modules for data entry, group sheets, person sheets, lists and all essential utilities. Does not do charts. A good starter package. $120. Any computer except Macintosh. LINEAGES - Quinsept, Inc., address above. Two versions "Standard" - $49. and "Advanced" - $99. Apple PRODOS and MS-DOS versions are available. Store data for millions of people. Print pedigree charts, group sheets and list of names. "Advanced" version also prints descendants charts. MS-DOS needs 2 drives or a hard disk and an Epson Compatible printer. Apple version needs 1 drive and an Imagewriter printer. LINEAGES - Quinsept, Inc., address above. "Starter" version for the Commodore 64. Store data for 570 people. Print Alpha lists, print descendants charts and three kinds of ancestor charts - $29. "Standard" - $49. and "Advanced" - $99. versions available for Commodore 64/128. "Standard" will store unlimited number of people. Print charts, alpha lists, address labels, information sheets, text and blank charts. "Advanced" version allows up to 4 disk drives, any printer. Can be customized to add fields (ie occupation), print group sheets, etc. (THE) GENEALOGIST'S RIGHT HAND - User Friendly Systems, Inc., 6135 Ross Rd, Fairfield, OH 45014; 513-874-4550; $49. Apple II, IIe & IIc. GDBS - Genealogy Data Base System, Data Base Systems, P.O. Box 7263, Huntsville, AL 35807; 205-881-6957; $99.95 (includes s&h). Version 1.1 for Apple II computers. MACGENE - Tony Lucich, Applied Ideas, Inc., P.O. Box 3225, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; 213-546-2996. List price is $145, with an upgrade kit available for $25 to registered MacGene owners; copy protected. A "Club Pack" containing six full sets of MacGene is available to genealogy and/or Macintosh users' groups for $625. Checks only, no credit cards; the company has a 14-day return policy. Requires a 512K Macintosh; hard disk and Apple printer recommended. The company's literature says it takes full advantage of all Mac features and will link to other Mac software, such as MacWrite and MacPaint. Planned upgrades include a GEDCOM utility and a bilingual version. MAC HYPERCARD STACKS - For the Macintosh. All of the following programs need HYPERCARD (available for $49.95 from Apple) to operate. MACROOTS - Bruce W. Muckala, Rt. 1, Box 408, Bagley, MN 56621. $25/shareware. Version 4.0 available on bulletin boards. Only program that runs on 128K Mac. MY ROOTS - Mark Peters, 1513 Townee Lane, Naperville, IL 60565; 312-357-0932; Apple II+, IIe and IIc & IBM and compatibles; $49.95, run-ready version, $25 additional. Mac version projected, will be $99.95. OMNIS3 DATABASE - Template StarCom Software, Windsor Park East, 25 W 1480 N, Orem, UT 84507, 801-225-1480. A template for the Macintosh database program Omnis3 ($495). Program is listed in a catalog of add-on products for Omnis3 published by Blyth Software, creators of Omnis3. PERSONAL ANCESTRAL FILE (PAF) - Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS - Mormans), Salt Lake Distribution Center, 1999 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84104. 1-800-453-3860 ext 5274 outside of Utah, inside 1-800-662-3756 ext 5274. MS-DOS, Macintosh and Apple II (DOS3.3) versions available - $35 for all versions. MS-DOS requires 2 drives or 1 drive and a hard drive. Macintosh version requires 2 disk drives and 512k. Apple version requires 2 drives and an 80-column card. All versions require a printer. Will store unlimited number of people. Predefined fields include LDS specific fields (ie ordinance dates, etc). Will do family groupings, pedigree searches and print pedigree charts, group sheets. Sort capability and print lists is available. Research Data Filer allows your to document your sources. Genealogical Information Exchange (GEDCOM) allows you to create a standard file output that can be submitted to the LDS Ancestral File and interface with other packages (not available in the Apple version). PAF AND BACK - a utility for IBM and compatibles with a hard disk - $30. Allows transfer of data from Family Roots to PAF (Personal Ancestral File) in a GEDCOM format. Will also transfer with ROOTS III. Allows submission to the LDS (Morman) Ancestral File. From Quinsept. See address above. PHOENIX - GenTech, P.O. Box 3303, Eugene, OR 97403; 503-485- 0281 (nights). For the Macintosh; supports GEDCOM. Optional features allow storying, printing and analyzing census records, city directory information, passenger lists, naturalization records, IGI data, birth, marriage and death certificates, LDS ordinance data, ethnic information and more. Standard package, $119, each optional feature between $5 and $7. Free demo available. PHOENIX GenTech, P.O. Box 3303, Eugene, OR 97403; 503-485-0281 (nights). For the Macintosh; supports GEDCOM. Optional features allow storying, printing and analyzing census records, city directory information, passenger lists, naturalization records, IGI data, birth, marriage and death certificates, LDS ordinance data, ethnic information and more. Standard package, $119, each optional feature between $5 and $7. Free demo available. REUNION - Leister Productions, 14 Hill Blvd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, phone 717-697- 1378. For the Macintosh, requires 1MB memory and two 800K disk drives; $99 plus $4 s&h; Visa and MC. GEDCOM option scheduled for addition, at which time the price will increase to $129. Free brochure and sample printouts available. Family Root Utilities FAMILY ROOTS TREE CHARTS is a supplemental program that uses the data files created by FAMILY ROOTS (Quinsept, Inc). It is available from Quinsept, Inc, P.O. Box 216, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173, phone 617-641-2930. Price is $60. TREE CHARTS creates and prints special wall-type charts in which each person is in a box, and linked vertically and horizontally to other members of the family. Written by Alexander G. M. Smith, 175 Daniel Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y OE1. Available in MS-DOS and Apple ProDOS. FAMILY CONNECTIONS, a utility program for IBM and compatibles with hard disk, prints a variety of reports using Family Roots data transformed into dBASE III format. Available from Quinsept (address above). It can also prepare Tiny Tafels from Family Roots database. Can import from: Family Roots data via FAMILY ROOTS and also TREE CHARTS, ROOTS II data via Pathways, PAF data via FRASC, dbASE type data via Nantucket's (Clipper) CXUTIL Utility, which is included in the package. Can export to: dBase, Lotus, Wordstar, Footprints in History, TinyTafel. $75 from Quinsept Inc (see address above). FAMILY MOVE - a utility program for IBM and compatibles - $59. Allows exchange of Family Roots data via modem. From Quinsept. CHANGER - a utility for all computers except Macintosh. Allows you to change file-space, record parameters after data has been stored. ======================================================================== >From: Gary Steiner FAMILY TREE v4.0 is a stand-alone genealogy program with the ability to import and export AppleWorks database files. Version 4.0 also offers expanded pedigree submission charts and complete support for GEDCOM standards. Cost: $49.95 plus $2.50 s/h. Owners of previous versions of Family Tree can order an upgrade to version 4.0 for $10 plus $2.50 s/h. For more information contact: Robert Merrill, 6180 Via Real #25, Carpinteria, CA 93013; 805-684-3366. ======================================================================== >From: jthielen@vnet.IBM.COM (Jim Thielen) Thanks a lot for your recent mail. Pedigree is a brand-new software package for Apple IIGS computers for genealogy. It runs under the desktop interface and even supports limited multitasking (limited because actually only one function may take some time, namely importing GEDCOM files) under The Manager. We will soon upload a demo version of Pedigree. We are waiting for the revised American manual that arrived this week in the USA. Expect first copies shipping by the end of next month. (The program is already finished.) Pedigree features a consistent and intuitive point & click interface. You can even paste photographs into a tree! The size of a tree is limited only by available RAM. You can change views quickly (tree, zoom into a record, etc.), create a calendar that contains important events, and so on. Pedigree costs only US$40.00 and is available from Bright Software only. Our agency in your country will be glad to provide you with a demo, and if you like the program, "the real thing". You can reach our sales representative at: Bright Software P.O. Box 120 Exeter, ME 04435-0120 U.S.A. voice 207 379-3181 e-mail larry%lablues@UUCP Except for Pedigree, all products have been developed at Bright Software. This guarantees excellent customer support - we know what we are supporting. Thanks to electronic mail, we can also answer even difficult questions about Pedigree within very short time. I hope I have answered your questions appropriately. If you like to know more about a particular product, you can order for $3 a demo copy of Symbolix, Gate, and Pedigree (this includes air mail delivery and a disk, please add $2 per program or include blank 3.5" disks, one for each demo). I'm looking forward to hearing from you! With kind regards, Henrik Gudat Pr. ========================================================================