This file, ROOTSOFT.92A2, contains part 2 of 4 parts of a digest of genealogical software articles that have appeared in the ROOTS-L news list from January 1, 1992 through June 30, 1992. ROOTS-L contains articles copied from the soc.roots news group. ROOTS-L articles are archived on the North Dakota Higher Education Network (HECN) host, Internet: LISTSERV@vm1.nodak.edu BITNET: LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 UUCP: ...!uunet!plains!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv and may be obtained via LISTSERV or anonymous ftp from the ROOTS-L.LOG* files of the ROOTS-L directory. Vic Abell, abe@cc.purdue.edu, July 27, 1992 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 16:05:00 CST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: EYSTEIN@KSUVM.BITNET Subject: Soundex Program A few weeks ago there were several messages asking about programs to generate soundex codes, and some were posted written in C, Pascal etc. This is for you antediluvian types out there (like me): 60 DIM N(122) 70 DATA 0,1,2,3,0,1,2,0,0,2,2,4,5 80 DATA 5,0,1,2,6,2,3,0,1,0,2,0,2 90 FOR I=65 TO 90:READ N(I):NEXT:RESTORE 100 FOR I=97 TO 122:READ N(I):NEXT 110 INPUT "Surname: ",N$ 120 L=LEN(N$) 130 PRINT "Code = ";LEFT$(N$,1); 140 FOR J=2 TO L 150 V=ASC(MID$(N$,J,1)) 160 IF N(V)=0 THEN 220 170 IF N(V)=N(W) THEN 220 180 IF V=W THEN 220 190 PRINT N(V); 200 C=C+1:W=V 210 IF C=3 THEN END 220 NEXT 230 IF C=2 THEN PRINT "0":END 240 IF C=1 THEN PRINT "0 0":END 250 IF C=0 THEN PRINT "0 0 0" 260 END .-------------------------------------------------------------. | Gary Merrill, Division of Biology, Kansas State University | | Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4901, eystein@ksuvm.ksu.edu | | eystein@ksuvm.bitnet | ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1992 05:30:31 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Ralph Clark Subject: Re: Soundex Program Sorry. The BASIC program is too simple. But it can be instructive. It will fail on "Lloyd" = L300. Try 135 W=ASC(MID$(N$,1,1)) It will fail on "Rorer" = R660. Try, quick fix, 220 W=V:NEXT Thanks for getting us antidiluvians started. --- Ralph -- Ralph Clark (clark@ttidca.tti.com) {csun|philabs|psivax}!ttidca!clark ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1992 05:12:57 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Theodore John Swift Subject: Re: software question JMCLAUGHLIN@VCUVAX.BITNET (Judy McLaughlin) asks "the software question": > The Problem: A broke graduate student (me) with a quantity of > information she needs to organize before she can move on with her > research on her family. Join the crowd! :-) > IBMs and Macs available, if she works in the evening at school, but > she owns a Commodore 64, and it would be much easier to use the C64 > at home. > The Question: Where, what and how? I need software to organize this > stuff, as the longhand versions are getting quite numerous and unwieldy. > ...The other requirement is *cheap*. I might be able to wring $20-50 > from interested relatives, but I can't put out much myself unless I want > to be eating pasta for the month. Does anyone have any suggestions? The absolutely cheapest thing would be to use whatever word processing program you already have on the C-64 and acheive a limited sort of automation by having your text "on line", where you can edit stuff more easily. Give some thought to your needs and records, then set up a standard template listing name(s), dates, and places for each person. Later, when you graduate and start your prestigious and lucrative career, you can buy yourself a super turbo giant whiz-bang computer, and rescue your text from the C-64 without retyping it all (motion of fingers being crossed). This is still somewhat tedious, in that most of the indexing and organization is in your head, but as I said, it's the cheapest, and with luck, your word processor will help by doing automatic searches, cutting, pasting, etc. Two other suggestions for sources: 1) a quarterly journal called Genealogical Computing and 2) the computer listings in The Genealogical Helper. One or both of these should be available at a nearby genealogical library or society, the Mormon Family History Centers, or maybe your public library. Unfortunately, with only a few exceptions, good genealogical software costs money. And though it's a valiant little workhorse, the C-64's resources may eventually, shall we say, cramp your style. But there are many good commercial and "shareware" programs out there, too, and you can probably go a long way before things get too frustrating. A quick glance in the July/Aug/Sept 1991 _GC_ (Volume 11:1) found * a version of Family Roots "for the C-64/128" by Quinsept, Inc. P.O. Box 216, Lexington, MA 02173; (617)641-2930 (MA & foreign), (800) 637-ROOT (USA.) Their ad says "write or call for a free brochure with sample printouts". The _GC_ directory of software says $225, except Mac version, $180; CPM and TRS-DOS versions $149. 300 page manual; runs on one or two floppy system, etc., 60 day guarantee. Allows unlimited notes, 9 user-defined fields, footnotes for fields, searches on multiple fields, large databases. Output includes pedigree charts, family group sheets, descendants, ahnentafel, individual reports. * Lineages by Quinsept (same address,etc.) Standard $49, Advanced $99. 180 page manual, tech support, runs on one or two floppy system or hard drive. unlimited notes, advanced version has nine user defined fields, can search on name field only, millions of records per database. Produces lists, four or five generation pedigrees, family groups, descendants (adv. version only) * Pedigree 3.0 by EROSystems, 1642 Noreen Dr. San Jose, CA 95124. $15 Shareware registration; C-64; reviewed in GNS/CIG _Digest_ 9:2 (_GC_ notes that the following information has not been updated since last year's directory and it may or may not be current): * Arbor-Aide by Software Solutions 7378 Zurawski Ct., Custer, WI 54423 (715) 592-3594. $89.95 for DOS, $54.95 for C-64 (demo for $5; specify machine type). 60 page manual (DOS) 40 page manual (C-64); tech support, C-64 version runs on single floppy system; allows 16 lines of free-form text per record; searches on names, ID numbers, 598 individuals per C-64 database. Outputs name lists, 4 or 5 generation pedigrees, group sheets, individuals. * Family by PFA, Inc. 8600 East Old Spanish Trail #79, Tucson, AZ 85710, (800) 366-1372. Available for MS/DOS, C-64, C-128, AppleDOS, TRS-80 Color. $34.95. 8 page manual, tech support, runs on one or two floppy system or hard disk. 11 data fields, outputs 5-generation pedigrees, family group sheets. * Family Tree version 2.3 by Genealogy Software, POBox 611170, Port Huron, MI 48061 (519) 542-4424 $49.95. For the C-64 and C-128. 18 page manual, telephone and mail tech support, works on one or two floppy system. Allows 255 characters of notes per individual, four user-defined fields, searches on most fields, 500 records per database (C-64). Outputs 4, 5, 6 generation pedigrees, family groups, descendant, individual, register format report. If you decide that it's worth it to risk life and limb to use a PC or a Mac (I would recommend the Mac for my own oh-so-inbiased reasons :-) ), the best program in your price range ( <$50) is, IMHO, * Personal Ancestor File from our friends in Salt Lake. Salt Lake Distribution Center, 1999 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104 (801) 240-2584. $35.00. 220 page manual, online help, tech support, runs on one floppy system (Mac version, 800K disk only (not 400K, which are hard to find these days anyway)), two floppy, or hard disk system. Imports and exports GEDCOM, unlimited free-form text, ditto feature, searches on multiple fields, up to 65,000 individuals per database. Outputs lists, 99-generation pedigree (4, 5, 6 per page), family groups, ahnentafel (DOS), descendants, individual. Reviewed in _GC_ 6:1 (ver 2.0), 8:1 (ver 2.1 (Mac)), 9:3 (ver 2.2 (DOS)). This is a very good product for the price. The manual is *very* well written and organized, comes in a a three-ring, hand-tooled, imported fine Corinthian vinyl :-) binder; the program is well designed and thought out, works smoothly, and doesn't crash. In the Mac version, all data are stored in a single file; in the PC version, data are (or were last time I looked) stored as a number of separate files (e.g., foo.mar, foo.notes, foo.ind, held together by a common name such as foo). -- ---------------------- Ted Swift tswift@well.sf.ca.us or, better yet, Ted_Swift@qm.sri.com "You bally well are informed, Jeeves! Do you know everything?" "I don't know, sir" ~P.G. Wodehouse ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1992 18:28:21 GMT Reply-To: Tom Lincoln Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Tom Lincoln Subject: Re: software question The basic dilemma with computer programs for genealogy is that they must address a number of different things that one would like to do: 1) Put down the facts about the individuals involved, and find the obvious holes (like missing dates). 2) Look at (and for) the relationships among individuals as a family cross section, an ancestral tree and as a decendancy tree. 3) Consider tentative and incomplete information, lore. etc. that might enlarge ones understanding on where to look for better data. 4) Document sources that are firm and those that are tentative. 5) Keep track of reference sources available and used. 6) Network out to others who may be able to help. 7) Keep track of expenses and consider the costs of alternative ways of obtaining data, including time vs. money. If this is documented, it can be reviewed. These could be further divided, but the point is clear. This implies a very sophisticated data base structure which can can keep track of the heterogenious demands of the real world. Data base designers have begun to march in this direction.. starting with classic fixed field length structures in a simple hierarchy to Codasyl time hierarchies with multiple entry points to B-Trees to flat relational files with openended size relationships for each data item to object oriented data bases that encapsulate ideosyncracy to tagged knowledge bases... all because the structures to date have all failed in some way. The challenge of dealing with ambiguity and incompleteness, which is the challenge of cross word puzzles, genealogy, and medical diagnosis and treatment, is also a broader challenge for networked computer systems which combine heterogenious data bases. (They have just discovered them ... we have been working with them for a very long time!) THis promises stronger and better programs in the future... but in looking at the list posted by Ted Swift tswift@well.sf.ca.us, not everybody has the same requirements. You might use my check list to sort out yours, or perhaps someone can suggest a better one. Tom ------------------Searching Before 1870--------------------- | | | Clark (TN) Newton (GA,AL,TN,ARK,MO) Naylor (MD,KA) | | Haines (PA) Pierce (PA) Lloyd (PA) Wise (PA,MD,VA) | | Peck (KY) Gregg (PA) Hare (VA) Rawls (VA,MD,IL) | | Mitchell (IL,IO,KA,MO, Scotland) | ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1992 18:04:05 -0500 Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: gagnon@BU-PUB.BU.EDU Subject: Re: BK5 and HP LaserJet help needed. I have found that the default font does not have the graphics characters to print from Family History System on an HP printer. I have found it necessary to change the default font (I believe the correct one to use is PC something or other). I have also had to change the font pitch to 17 from 16.66 with the compressed print to make it fit on the page. There are several laserjet utilities available (including public domain ). You can also change the margins with software. Using a utility is easier, but simple programs can be written in any language to send the control codes to the printer. >David< gagnon@bass.bu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1992 15:56:33 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: James Barrett Subject: Re: BK5 and OS2 jime@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes: >Over the weekend I tried to install Brother's Keeper v5 (BK5) on my >sister-in-law's PC. She runs OS/2 (commonly called half-OS). After >putting all the files in one subdirectory (called BK), and changing >directory to BK, I issued the BK5 command, invoking the BK5.BAT file. >A DOS window opened up, the BTRIEVE thing loaded, the BK window came >up, but it complained that it needed the LANGUAGE.BK5 file (please >insert a disk). I'm running OS/2 v2 right now. Procomm is in one DOS window, BK5 in another. Methinks you should add an entry for it from the Desktop. Be sure to specify the working directory as C:\BK. This is what directory will be current as the system runs. BTW, OS/2 v2 is twice the OS that DOS (Windows isn't an OS and NT isn't Windows) is. James C. Barrett (barrett@cc.gatech.edu)| "Whales are a lot like humans... Georgia Tech College of Computing | Only they mate for life." - D.Barry ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1992 21:32:59 CST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: Cliff Manis Subject: Answers to questions about BK5 Readers: Here are the answers to two of the questions about two days ago from ROOTS-L about BK5. These answers are from John Steed, author of Brother's Keeper. >> From compuserve.com!75745.1371 Thu Feb 20 18:45:39 1992 >> Subject: Re: BK5 and OS2 (fwd) >> >> Someone else reported a problem running BK5 under OS/2 version 2. The >> program checks to see if the language file exists. OS/2 reports that >> it does not exist. It is looking for the file in the "current" directory >> but I guess OS/2 is not looking in the right place. Perhaps I will >> need to modify the program to look in the "C:\BK5" directory. It the >> person having problems using OS/2 version 2 beta version? >> ----- >> >> From compuserve.com!75745.1371 Thu Feb 20 18:45:42 1992 >> From: John Steed <75745.1371@CompuServe.COM> >> Subject: Re: BK5 and HP LaserJet help needed. (fwd) >> >> To set up the HP laser printers with BK5, run the Utility program and >> Pick a printer - pick H for HP. Then in the main program pick P to >> send print strings and send string 13 to set up the printer with the >> IBM line drawing characters. >> Most reports print less than 80 characters per line. Some reports print >> up to 132 characters per line and compressed characters are used. A >> few reports allow the user to set the left margin. >> cliff -- Cliff Manis K4ZTF Manis/Manes Family History Researching: MANIS MANES WHITEHORN CANTER BIRD FRANCIS NEWMAN USMAIL: P. O. Box 33937, San Antonio, Texas 78265-3937 BITNET: cmanis%csoftec.csf.com@NDSUVM1 Caretaker of GENEALOG INTERNET: cmanis@csoftec.csf.com Standard Disclaimer: We are not associated with anyone. (PERIOD). (.) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1992 08:09:00 MST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: MARLEYT@ARIZVMS.BITNET Subject: Re: wall display of family I just recieved a copy of Family Tree. It is a excellent program ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1992 10:23:34 EST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: David.Strong.Flower@UM.CC.UMICH.EDU Subject: RE: printer problem I work with communications interfaces and this sounds like a FLOW CONTROL problem (also known as "HAND SHAKING". The computer send characters faster than the printer can print them so the printer has a buffer. When a printer fills it's buffer from the computer and lowers a level to say "don't send any more". When the printer is ready for more characters from the computer then it raises this signal. The signal name is often called "Clear To Send" (CTS). Another flow control method are characters called XON & XOFF. XON = printer ready to receive. XOFF = Printer NOT redy to receive. It could be that the XON is sent only when the printer is powered on or reset and never sent after an XOFF (Printer buffer full) from the printer In either case look and make sure that FLOW CONTROLS match, and are enabled. I would check both manuals for flow control set-ups as well as the cable between the printer & computer (to ensure that all wires are there to ensure the proper FLOW CONTROL/HAND SHAKING between the computer and printer). ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1992 10:28:55 CST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: Ed Mertes Subject: PAF Printer Problems In response to the two messages on printer problems with PAF: I had no problems with the Oct 89 PAF 2.2 but when I installed one of the "Bug-Fix" updates (Feb 91 I think) I started having problems. I am using a Panasonic 1180 on a Compuadd 386SX. The first problem I had was the time-out error. After checking the update documentation I found a 'number of retrys' option on the setup screen. I changed this value and that stopped the error messages, however a new problem appeared. Occasionally on Family Group Sheets the printer would 'hiccup', thatis it would add an extra space or line. The errors would be consistent, on one sheet it would always add a space at the same place, on another group sheet it would always add a blank line at the same place. If I requested a certain MRIN I knew there would always be an error at the same place. The error occurred both when printing individual FGRs or when printing a range. I wrote a letter to Salt Lake City explaining the problem and including examples with the errors circled. I even reinstalled the Oct 89 version and printed the same records to show that the errors did not occur under the previous version. I received a call from LaKay ? about my letter. The conversation convinced me that nobody had read my letter beyond 'printer problem' or looked at my examples before calling me. They asked me a few basic trouble shooting questions like "Was my printer configuration correct?" I had sent them a print-out of my Config screen which they could have looked at. They finally suggested that I send them a copy of my data files so they could recreate the problem. Instead of sending the files I went back and played around with the configuration. I finally discoved that if I set the number of retrys to a large number like 255 the problem disappeared. The documentation that came with the upgrade only said that field was added to fix printer problems. In my case it caused them! I guess to end a long story with some suggestions. If you are having problems with the Oct '89 version send it back for a later version. If your having problems with one of the bug-fix versions try bumping up the retry value to a large number like 255. Let us know if this fixes the problems. Ed Ed Mertes 7746 Suffolk Ave. St. Louis, MO 63119 (314) 647-8847 mertes@stl-07sima.army.mil mertes@st-louis-emh2.army.mil mertes%st-louis-emh2.army.mil@vm1.nodak.edu Researching: MERTES DREILING JACCOD GIRARD GRAF DEPAUL/DIPAULO REINACHER PLOESSER/PLAZIER CANTER ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1992 15:37:03 EST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: Gary Steiner Subject: Re: old gedcom => new gedcom program? >Mickey, please don't leave us hanging like that! What is this about? >Which versions of PAF (including 2.1 for Macintosh) use old and which MacPAF uses the "new" GEDCOM format. I recently found out that there are different "versions" of GEDCOM when I tried to import an old Family Tree Journal GEDCOM file into my MacPAF. In reading up on the subject, and asking around in the Genealogy Forum on CompuServe, I found out that the GEDCOM spec has been changed a couple of times since its inception. Since GEDCOM is a product of the LDS Church, you can be assured that if you have the latest version of Personal Ancestral File, then you have the latest version of GEDCOM. Gary Steiner STEINER@Muppet.dnet.GE.com West Berlin, NJ Researching: South Jersey Philadelphia PA Germany Austria LUDLAM BUFFINGTON SIEGHART STEINER MCKAIG COUNTRYMAN MOHR LANGSHAW WALLACE LOWER and related families: HAND, HAYES, MORRIS, MURROW, PARKS, WILLIAMS ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1992 09:06:26 -0500 Reply-To: ah189@cleveland.Freenet.Edu Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: Denis Reid Subject: RE: printer problem If the printer problem in the DOS version of PAF cannot be solved, I highly recommend sending the printer output to disk or diskette. A menu option in the program will allow you to do this. Not only will it solve the "printer time-out" option, but it will allow you to print the disk off-line while running any other program. Just use the DOS PRINT command. This is especially helpful on large print outs where sometimes the printer jams the paper or ribbon and you must start the job all over again. Although I do not have the printer time out problem with my configuartion, once I started printing to disk, I never use any method because of the numerous advantages. Denis Reid ah189@cleveland.freenet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1992 09:11:46 EST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: Laura Milera Subject: Instructions for Family Tree Chart Here are the instructions for creating a Family Tree chart, using WordPerfect 5.1 (WordPerfect Magazine, Sept. 1991) The instructions involve creating a table, which will be the tree structure itself, as a primery file, and then a secondary file of names, dates, etc. The two files are then merged. The final tree will also have an attractive border around it.WordPerfect novices need not fear, as the instructions are not difficult - just involved. Instructions follow: ***Getting Started*** To create a family tree from a blank screen, first select the desired font. Do this by pressing: . Ctrl/F8 (Font), and then 4 (Base Font) Highlight and select the desired font (an 8 point italic is preferable). Next, press: . Shift/F8 (Format), 2 (Page), 1 (Center Page), Y (Yes) and F7 (Exit) To create the table, press: . Alt/F7 (Columns/Table), 2 (Tables), 1 (Create) . type 4, for the number of columns and: . type 15, for the number of rows This creates a basic chart for a 4 generation family. . press F7 (Exit) to leave the Table Edit mode ***Setting Up A Merge*** The next step is to automate entry of data into the chart by setting up a merge. Begin by selecting the boxes where data will be entered (instruc- tions will follow). Once you've got the idea, you can make changes to suit your individual needs. First, using the arrow keys: . move your cursor to Cell A8 This is the first cell in which a merge code will be placed. The merge codes will automatically direct WordPerfect to enter genealogical informa- tion in specific places during the merge. . press Shift/F9 (Merge Codes) which will enter {FIELD}1~ in Cell A8 . at the Enter Field: prompt, type 1 and press the Enter key . move to cursor Cell B4 . using the same keystrokes as above (Shift/F9...etc.) enter field 2 when prompted Continue entering field numbers, so that you have the following: ___________________________________________________ : Cell A8 : {FIELD}1 : Cell D3 : {FIELD}9 : :___________:____________:___________:____________: : Cell B4 : {FIELD}2 : Cell D5 : {FIELD}10 : :___________:____________:___________:____________: : Cell B12 : {FIELD}3 : Cell D7 : {FIELD}11 : :___________:____________:___________:____________: : Cell C2 : {FIELD}4 : Cell D9 : {FIELD}12 : :___________:____________:___________:____________: : Cell C6 : {FIELD}5 : Cell D11 : {FIELD}13 : :___________:____________:___________:____________: : Cell C10 : {FIELD}6 : Cell D13 : {FIELD}14 : :___________:____________:___________:____________: : Cell C14 : {FIELD}7 : Cell D15 : {FIELD}15 : :___________:____________:___________:____________: : Cell D1 : {FIELD}8 : : :___________:____________:________________________: . press Shift F7 (Print), 1 (Full Document) to print a hard copy of the result so far. Note: Only the numbers, not the {FIELD} codes will print Once the merge codes are inserted, you can begin shaping the tree. Return to the Columns/Table edit screen, by: . placing your cursor inside your table and pressing Alt/F7 (Columns/Table) To help with pruning, use a highlighter pen to mark your printout with the lines that will remain on the finished chart, such as: ______________ : {FIELD}2~ {FIELD}1~ : ___________: ...etc. : : {FIELD}3~ :____________ (I hope the above line drawing transfers properly when sending via e-mail) This will help you visualize how the finished chart will appear. Using this as a visual guide, remove the unwanted lines. Next, press: . Ctrl/Home (GoTo), type A1 and press Enter .Center the tree, by pressing 6 (Options), 3 (Position of Table), 3 (Center) an then F7 (Exit) This will center the chart horizontally. Next, press: . Alt/F4 (Block), then Home, Home, down arrow key, to block the entire table . press 3 (Lines), 7 (All), 1 (None) Now look at your printout to see what lines should be reinserted. Let's walk through replacing the lines in the next two columns. Press: . Ctrl/Home (GoTo) . type Cell A8 . press 3 (Lines), 4 (Bottom), 2 (Single) Next, press: . Ctrl/Home (GoTo) . type Cell B4 . press 3 (Lines), 3 (Top), 2 (Single) Next, press: . Alt/F4 (Block) . Ctrl/Home (GoTo) . type Cell B12, and then press 3 (Lines), 1 (Left), 2 (Single), And then: . 3 (Lines), 4 (Bottom), 2 (Single) Next, press: . Ctrl/Home (GoTo) . type Cell C2 and continue adding lines (those which you highlighted in your printed chart) . press F7 (Exit) to leave the Table Edit mode To insert smaller margins, so that the border graphic that will later be inserted, will wrap arount the table. . press Home, Home, down arrow key, then Shift/F8 (Format), 2 (Page) 5 (Margins) . type .75" for the top margin and press Enter. Type .75" for the bottom margin and press Enter twice . type .75" for the left margin and press Enter, and type .75" for the right margin and press Enter. . press F7 (Exit) to return to your document. To create a fancy border around the tree, press: . Alt/F9 (Graphics), 4 (User Box), 1 (Create) . select 1 (Filename), type Border-8 (and the path if necessary) and press Enter . press 4 (Anchor Type), 2 (Page). At the prompt, Number of pages to skip: press Enter. . press 5 (Vertical Position), 1 (Full Page), 6 (Horizontal Position), 1 (Margins), 4 (Full) . select 8 (Wrap Text Around Box) and type N (No), and press 9 (Edit) Since this border was created for a landscape paper size, and we're going to use it for portrait orientation, rotate the border by pressing: . 3 (Rotate). At the prompt, Enter number of degrees:, type 90 and press Enter . At the prompt, Mirror Image? type N (No). Press 2 (Scale) . At Scale X: type 140, at Scale Y: type 130. Press F7 (Exit) twice, to return to the regular editing screen To make sure that the primary file looks correct, press Shift/F7 (Print) 6 (View Document), then F7 (Exit). . press F7 (Exit), then Y (Yes) to save the document . type tree.pri as your document name and press Enter. Answer N (No) to exit WordPerfect ***Secondary File*** To create the secondary file from a blank screen: . type the person's name that will be placed on the tree in the position designated as {FIELD}1~, and press Enter to advance to the next line . on line 2, type the birthdate and press F9 (End Field) Following this format, continue entering data sequencially for the position of {FIELD}2~ (father), {FIELD}3~, (mother) and so on, in the order they're designated on the tree. As you enter data for the secondary file, make sure the information for the individual whose name will bein {FIELD}1~ is the first entry, the individual who'll be in {FIELD}6~ is the sixth entry, etc. On the line following your last {END FIELD} code, press: . Shift/F9 (Merge Codes), 2 (End Record) An example of your secondary file, might appear as: Rebecca Kay Kintner 9 Jun 1943{END FIELD} Elgin Perry Kintner 5 Sep 1917{END FIELD} Ethel Nevada Pritchell 28 Aug 1913{END FIELD} ... all the way to the last field: Mary Elizabeth Chandler 20 sep 1852 23 Jul 1908{END FIELD} {END RECORD} You can add more records if you wish to produce multiple charts. When this file is complete, press: . F7 (Exit), Y (Yes), name the file tree.sec, type N (No) to exit WordPerfect ***Merging*** Now force the tree into full bloom by mergin the chart with the secondary data file. To merge the tree and data from a blank screen, press: . Ctrl/F9 (Merge), 1 (Merge), type tree.pri for the primery file, and press Enter . type tree.sec for the secondary file and press Enter Your tree should now blossom. Save your work by pressing: . F10 (Save), Y (Yes) and type finished.ft as your filename To view your tree first and then print, press: . Shift/F7 (Print), 6 (View Document). Press the spacebar, and then 1 (Full Document) to print your chart. To create other trees based on otherlineages, use the same skeleton tree structure (TREE.PRI), and simply make changes in your data file (TREE.SEC) or create a new data file and repeat the merge instructions. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1992 10:28:38 CST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: "PATRICK HAMEL" Subject: New program for TRS-80 computers WORKS! Many of us cannot afford a big outlay for color screens and really don't need the power of the new machines for genealogy. Acting on the request of several users of the older "CLAN" program, Chris Fara (microdex) has rewritten written a fast new program which will translate the data files from the older older program and is FAST. I bought it and get no money for telling you about it. A TRS-80 model-4 costs about $50 to $150 dollars on the used market, and is very good for text processing. The program will print as fast as the printer can run, and even support a laser printer. It has Ancestor and Descendent charts, as well as almost unlimited word processing capability built in for the person's data sheets. It It will interface to external files (typesetters,IBM's,etc) for publishing that b that book we are all planning. We have over 750 people in our copy, the lack fact that it no longer takes any time sorting before printing is astonishing. astonishing. So if you don't have Kilobucks to put down for a machine for your records, look into a Model-4 and "Clan-4" from Microdex. The address is "1212 North Sawtelle Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85716" Again - This is info on a new product only. PAT HAMEL ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1992 13:49:14 GMT Reply-To: "Stephen A. Wood" Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: "Stephen A. Wood" Subject: PC genealogy files available by anonymous ftp There is a anonymous ftp site for genealogy related files located at hallc1.cebaf.gov (129.57.7.19). This site is primarily for programs as genealogy text files are available at other sites. However some text files, particularly large ones may be found here compressed into ZIP files. The following files have been added since the last announcement to soc.roots about this ftp site. 141478 Mar 1 fedgeb31.zip Family Edge Gene. Prog. Pt. 1 of 3 82501 Mar 1 fedgeb32.zip Family Edge Gene. Prog. Pt. 2 of 3 86532 Mar 1 fedgeb33.zip Family Edge Gene. Prog. Pt. 3 of 3 195209 Mar 2 cdiary10.zip Cumberland Diary. Diary/Journal keeping. Ira Lund 240730 Mar 3 cstory10.zip Cumberland Story. Publish your life. Ira Lund 330111 Mar 3 ctree32.zip Cumberland Tree V3.2. Family tree software. Ira L. If you have any programs that you would like to contribute to this archive, please write me at the address below. Stephen Wood Presently Searching: LAMB SHIFLETT HUMES LIMB TODD BITNET: saw@cebaf INTERNET: saw@hallc1.cebaf.gov ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1992 14:50:31 EST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: FSM02@ALBNYDH2.BITNET Subject: PAF printer problem Thanks to all you who helped me through this. My version of PAF 2.2 dated 5 august 1991 has a line of the config screen where you select the disk options and screen colors that is not included in the 'getting started' book. This line says'printer time out value; 0' and must be reset to a larger figure(I used 255) to allow the printer to print more than a few lines at a time. Thanks again. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1992 00:28:33 EST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU Subject: PAF User Groups This week's mail includes a notice about the establishment of an IBM-PAF User Group in the Philadelphia area, and alludes to similar developments elsewhere. The contact person for the Philadelphia area group is George W. Schock, 201 Pennsylvania Ave., Prospect Park PA 19076 (tel 215 532-8698 or 356-8504), and the initial meeting will be on Sat, 28 March, at 1 pm in Broomall. I doubt that I will attend, but it sounds like a good opportunity to meet other local genealogentry :-). Bob Kraft, UPenn ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1992 12:56:00 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Steve Hayes Subject: askSam Is anyone else out there using askSam for genealogical note taking? We got a copy of askSam, a database program for freeform and structured text, to keep a terminology database. It seed a very powerful program, and in order to learn to use it I tried it out with many kinds of data, including genealogical data. It seems to be well suited for making genealogical notes, especially when you take your laptop to the library etc. Here are some samples of what it can do: I wanted to find all records with "Bruce", so I entered "Bruce" as a search argument, and this is what askSam gives me: >==================== Name[ Robert Bruce Vause ] RID[ ] DocNum[ ] SName[ Vause ] FNames[ Robert Bruce ] Updated[ 07 MAR 92 ] Notes Robert Bruce Vause married Marguerite McBride 1939 08 03 Name[ William Bruce ] RID[ ] DocNum[ ] SName[ Bruce ] FNames[ William ] Updated[ 07 MAR 92 ] Notes William Bruce of the Storekeeper General's Department nephew of Matilda Vause (born Park) died 1885 06 03 at Port Louis, Mauritius (Natal Mercury 1885 07 04 - Shelagh Spencer's Notes) Name[ Alice Bruce ] RID[ ] DocNum[ ] SName[ Bruce ] FNames[ Alice ] Updated[ 07 MAR 92 ] Notes Alice Bruce, wife of John Bruce of the Surveyor General's Department, niece of Matilda Vause (born Park) died 1877 03 21 aged 28 at Rosehill, Port Louis, Mauritius (Natal Mercury 1877 05 26) >====================== Those are three records. The bits that follow the "Notes" heading are the notes I originally entered. I added the fields later. AskSam has three kinds of fields - structured fields, that begin with a [ and end with a ] or the end of the line; implied fields (like a $ sign or a date) and contextual fields - in the example above the word "Notes" is a contextual field. I wanted a formatted report. This is what askSam gave me: >======================= William Bruce 07 MAR 92 William Bruce of the Storekeeper General's Department nephew of Matilda Vause (born Park) died 1885 06 03 at Port Louis, Mauritius (Natal Mercury 1885 07 04 - Shelagh Spencer's Notes) Alice Bruce 07 MAR 92 Alice Bruce, wife of John Bruce of the Surveyor General's Department, niece of Matilda Vause (born Park) died 1877 03 21 aged 28 at Rosehill, Port Louis, Mauritius (Natal Mercury 1877 05 26) Robert Bruce Vause 07 MAR 92 Robert Bruce Vause married Marguerite McBride 1939 08 03 >============= If I print it on paper it produces a header as well. The RID (RIN) field is empty, because I don't know the exact relation William and Alice Bruce were to Matilda Vause (nee Park). Matilda was my great great grandmother. Here is the askSam script or program that produces the report. It is entered into the database as a record, well, two records, actually. The first produces the header (when it's sent to screen or printer) and the second produces the body. The heading ":listnotes" is the name of the program, the colon preceding it tells askSam it is a program to run. >================== :listnotes {HEADING :S TOP} {MARGIN 10 75} {COL 7 DATE COL 25 "LIST OF NOTES ON PEOPLE IN HAYESFAM"} {COL 62 "PAGE " NUMBER} {ROW +1} {COL 7 "NAME" COL 40 "RID" COL 50 "DOC NO" COL 62 "UPDATED"} {SKIP 1} :listnotes ""Enter search criteria" {SORT :L NAME[} {VALUE SKIP 1} {COL 7} NAME[ {COL 40 OPTIONAL} RID[ {COL 50 OPTIONAL} DocNo[ {ROW +1} {COL 60 OPTIONAL} UPDATED[ {ROW +1} {ROW +1 STREAM MARGIN 15 75 COLUMN 15 LONG NOTES} {MARGIN 1 80} >=============== Hope that helps to give you an idea how it works. The ""Enter search criteria" produces a dialogue box on screen, and that's where I typed "bruce" for that particular search. The {SORT :L NAME} sorts it alphabetically by the surname in the name field. "Value" tells it not to print the names of the fields, only their contents. "Skip 1" means leave a blank line after each record. "COL 7" means start printing at columns 7. Optional means don't worry if that field does not contain a value. "STREAM" means print everything after the word "Notes" like a word processor with wordwrap, ignoring any formatting in the original record. Steve Hayes of 5:7101/22.5@Fidonet Searching for HAYES, GROWDON, VAUSE, HANNAN, STOOKE, COTTAM, GREENAWAY MCFARLANE, HOLLINS, PARK, HERBERT, DYER, TILLY, MCCARTNEY & many more! -- INTERNET: Steve.Hayes@p5.f22.n7101.z5.fidonet.org ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1992 22:49:11 GMT Reply-To: Tom Lincoln Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Tom Lincoln Subject: Re: Mac genealogy software that does pictures? In article <1992Mar14.190101.18819@eecs.nwu.edu> phil@eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) writes: >I am looking for genealogy software >for a Macintosh that will allow me to catalog a picture along with >the other information for an individual (and, optionally, for a family). >It would be very very nice if it kept the picture separate so that >multiple references to the same picture (i.e.: three people in the >picture) would not require three different copies of the picture on >disk. > >Any hints tips or pointers? Thanks. > I would use HyperCard, which is not yet integrated into the same data base, but that can come when the software catches up with what folks want and can do.. Under Multifinder with a reasonable screen you can bring them quite close together. Tom ------------------Searching Before 1830----------------------- | | | Clark (TN) Newton (GA,AL,TN,ARK,MO) Naylor (MD,KA) | | Haines (PA) Pierce (PA) Lloyd (PA) Wise (PA,MD,VA) | | Peck (KY) Enfield (VA) Hare (VA) Rawls (VA,MD,IL) | | Mitchell (IL,IO,KA,MO, Scotland) | ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1992 14:47:15 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Mac Genealogy S/W & Pictures I have been using a FreeWare package from GEnie for several years now called HyperTree. Version 1.2 was written by a man up in Alaska, as I recall, and has worked wonderfully on my Mac SE. A new version written by a different author is called HyperTree II V1.3. HyperTree II V1.3 has recently been posted and is based on the original HyperTree, but has numerous enhancements including the ability to reference/attach PICTURES! One word of caution, however. Although it works okay on my Mac IIci at work, it causes my Mac SE at home t o go into convulsions! HyperTree II V1.3 is also no t exactly FreeWare like the original HyperTree. If you don't send the author the cash within a certain time period after initially using the program, the report printing capability turns itself off. If there is enough interest and you can't get to GEnie, I'll investigate some way to put the FreeWare on an FTP-able source. Dick Schoenling Internet: dtracy@bnr.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1992 11:21:53 PST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: BILL_SILVERTHORN.LAX2@XEROX.COM Subject: Re: Anonymous In-Reply-To: "EHRICH%VTCS1.BITNET@vm1.nodak:edu:Xerox's message of 15-March-92 (Sunday) 19:00:00 PST" >Colleagues, > I'm using PC PAF and have been very happy with all but its >graphics. While it has a decent ancestry chart, it has no descendancy >chart, other than a list format. Anyone know of any sw that reads PAF >or GEDCOM and will do nice graphics? That failing, what packages do the >best job with graphics? Roger Ehrich Brothers Keeper .... Many PAF users have added BK to their "utilities" list, while many more have even switched their databases over completely ... the GEDCOM interface is one of the best (between these two packages) in that there are no size restrictions (like Family Tree Maker @1200) .... Give it a try ... available on most genealogy BBS and in v5.0 at present ... shareware cost $45 and does everything that you would ever want, especially as a utility add-on for PAF .... Bill (WDS on GEnie) ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1992 05:23:00 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Steve Hayes Subject: ASKSAM software On <12 Mar 1992 10:13> Uucp (5:7104/4) said to Steve Hayes : U> I saw your message on Roots-L and was wondering how I might obtain U> a copy of ASKSAM, if it has a version for a Mac SE with 4mb of RAM. U> Please reply to DAVID_STRONG FLOWER@UM.CC.UMICH.EDU unless you U> think other people on ROOTS-L might be interseted. It may be of interest to others, so here goes: I have an MS-DOS version - I don't know if there is a Mac version, but you could always ask them: Seaside Software P.O. Box 1428 Perry FL 32347 FAX 904-584-7481 BBS 904-584-5413 Steve Hayes Department of Missiology University of South Africa P O Box 392 Pretoria 0001 South Africa -- INTERNET: Steve.Hayes@p5.f22.n7101.z5.fidonet.org ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1992 19:01:00 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Steve Hayes Subject: Biography program A program now being developed by the Ideal Present Club of 20 Linforth Drive, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 2EQ, will be able to produce a biographical report from PAF data files. I have looked at a preliminary version, and the program shows great promise, especially for UK family historians. One of the things it is designed to do is to predict what families might be found in the UK census returns - thus providing a guide to future research. This can be adapted to other countries in which old census returns are available to researchers. Here is a sample of part of a biography that it produces: Simon HAYES (198) Last Revision: Thu 19 Mar 1992 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD AGE DATE EVENT (q age based on baptism) DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD b3Abt 17853He was born in North Curry, Somerset, England 23Abt Feb 17873His wife, Rachel ALLEN, was born (when mother 25) in 3 3Winscombe, Somerset, England 213Abt 18063Coming of Age 293Sun 17 Apr 18143He married Rachel ALLEN (age 27) in Winscombe, Somerset, 3 3England 563Sun 6 Jun 18413Census in U.K.: 1st to list names (Public Record HO 107). 3 3Prediction (no children over 25 shown; * by subject) ZDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 3 Name and Surname Relation Cond. Age of Occupation Where Born 3 to Head M F CDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 3*Simon HAYES Head Mar 56 Somerset North C 3 Rachel HAYES Wife Mar 54 Somerset 3 Sander HAYES Son U 21q Somerset 3 James A HAYES Son U 19 Somerset @DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 583Thu 16 Feb 18433His granddaughter, Emma HAYES, was born (when mother 25) in 3 3Bedminster, Bristol, England 583Thu 30 Nov 18433His grandson, William HAYES, was born (when mother 26) in 3 3Somerset, England 603Abt 18453His grandson, James A HAYES, was born (when mother 27) in 3 3Bedminster, Bristol, England 613Tue 5 May 18463His son, Sander HAYES, married Barbara CLEVELY (age 27) in 3 3St Thomas's, Bristol, England The program is fairly flexible, and one can decide whether to include or exclude information about grandchildren, uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews, cousins etc. It can also include important genealogical and other events. The defaults include English information like the start of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in 1837, regnal years etc. But this can be edited to include any other information appropriate to the researcher. The authors are still working to improve the program. If you would like more information, they will provide it if you send a stamped addressed envelope or a couple of international reply coupons. = Steve -- INTERNET: Steve.Hayes@p5.f22.n7101.z5.fidonet.org ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1992 16:47:51 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Mark Law Subject: Re: BK 5.0 Sex field In article "Sylvain J. Pelletier" writes: :I am now trying the Brother Keeper software v5.0. How can I change the :sex (switch) of married persons. (They were obviously entered by :mistake). The software doesn't seem to allow it. : Go to one or the other of the married persons. Enter the command to delete a marriage, I believe that it is "D". You will now be able to change the sex of both persons. Following that, you will be able to re-enter the marriage in the normal way using the "ADD" routine. .. -- Searching: LAW, KERR, KNIGHT, DEROUCHE Mark A. Law Mark.Law@umich.edu (313) 936-4910 Information & Networking Services University of Michigan Hospitals ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1992 18:22:17 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: "Bayersdorfer, Mitch" Subject: Re: Mac genealogy software that does pictures? In article <1992Mar15.224911.27438@rand.org>, lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln) writes: > > In article <1992Mar14.190101.18819@eecs.nwu.edu> phil@eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) writes: > >I am looking for genealogy software > >for a Macintosh that will allow me to catalog a picture along with > >the other information for an individual... I use Reunion Version 3.0. It allows one to link scanned images to any family card, and the same image to many cards. Their address is: Reunion (TM) 3.0 Leister Productions 14 Hill Blvd. Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-697-1378 Their Internet email address is: D4652@applelink.apple.com - Mitch This does not necessarily represent the views of Apple Computer, Inc. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1992 15:04:11 GMT Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: hyde - 1281 Subject: A new version of soundex code Hi, On March 23, 1992, George Armhold (armhold@dimacs.rutgers.edu) posted a perl file to do soundex coding. I have modified his code to conform with the Soundex Coding Guide on page 12 of "Guide to Genealogy Research in the National Archives," 1985 book. Also, I have created a whole program to run for those of you not familiar with perl. Perl is usually available on UNIX systems. Thanks again for George's contribution. Dan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CUT HERE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ # perl file by Dan Hyde, Computer Science # Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837 # hyde@bucknell.edu # (717) 524-1281 # March 26, 1992 # assumes file of surnames in 'surnamefile', one surname per line. # assumes this code is in a file called soundex. # use by typing: perl soundex # ---------------------- sub Soundex ----------------------------------- # soundex.pl # by George Armhold # 3/22/92 # altered by Dan Hyde to fit Soundex Coding Guide on page 12 of # "Guide to Genealogy Research in the National Archives," 1985 book # return the Soundex value of a string using the following rules: # # 1) save first character # 2) recode characters per table: # A E I O U Y 0 (temp) # B F P V 1 # C G J K Q S X Z 2 # D T 3 # L 4 # M N 5 # R 6 # W H 7 (temp) # 3) if two adjacent digits are now identical, remove one # 4) truncate to four digits or pad out the result with zeroes to # make four digits # 5) remove all vowels except in the first position (A E I O U Y) # 6) remove all sW and Hs if not first character # 7) replace the first digit with the first character from the # original word sub soundex { # takes a string as an argument, and returns its soundex value local($pattern) = @_; # upper-case the pattern to normalize matches $pattern =~ tr/a-z/A-Z/; $pattern =~ s/[^A-Z0-9]//ge; # allow only alphanumerics # remember the first char local($first) = substr($pattern, 0, 1); # w and h have value 7 temporarily $pattern =~ s/(W|H)/7/ge; # vowels have value 0 temporarily $pattern =~ s/(A|E|I|O|U|Y)/0/ge; # these chars have value 1 $pattern =~ s/(B|F|P|V)/1/ge; # these chars have value 2 $pattern =~ s/(C|G|J|K|Q|S|X|Z)/2/ge; # these chars have value 3 $pattern =~ s/(D|T)/3/ge; # this char has value 4 $pattern =~ s/L/4/g; # these chars have value 5 $pattern =~ s/(M|N)/5/ge; # this char has value 6 $pattern =~ s/R/6/g; $pattern =~ tr/\0-\377//s; # remove adjacent identical digits # remove vowels except in the first position local($temp) = substr($pattern, 1, length($pattern) - 1); $temp =~ s/0//ge; # remove W & H except in first position $temp =~ s/7//ge; # preserve the first char, and attach # the rest (vowel-less and no Ws and Hs) $pattern = $first . $temp; # pad on zeroes if necessary and truncate $pattern .= "0000"; $pattern = substr($pattern, 0, 4); substr($pattern, 0, 1) = $first; # replace the first char $pattern; # return value } # ----------------------end of sub Soundex ------------------ # ---------------------- main program ----------------------- print "Soundex Codes \n\n"; open( IN, 'surnamefile' ); while( $name = ){ $s = &soundex( $name ); print "$s $name"; } # -------------------------- end ------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ cut here +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------------------- Dr. Daniel C. Hyde Dept of Computer Science Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 717-524-1281/1394 hyde@bucknell.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1992 10:12:02 LCL Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: Alf Christophersen Subject: Re: Genealogy Software > I researched my family tree a while back and have recently decided to >get back into it. I would like to compile all my current data and >transfer it to a computer. Does anyone know of any software available don't have a Mac. > Also, can someone (perhaps Alf Christopherson) please send me the FAQ >for this group? Thanks. The easiest way to get that FAQ is getting it yourself from the Listserv. Start with sending the following command: /list roots-L to the Listserver! YES! Again, I repeat it, send it to the Listserver! Now you will get a file within few minutes with all titles available. Amongst them you will find several FAQ files. They are numbered from 001 and upwards. If you want FAQ 001, then you may either use FTP or you may send a command to the Listserver to send you that file. If you use anonymous FTP, please remember to give the command cd roots-l before you proceed! Then you may say 'get faq.001'. Important! In FTP world, all files are denoted like 'file.ext'. When sending a command, you must use BITNET terminology and the it is GET FILE EXT The command to send you the file faq.001 is then GET FAQ 001 Hope this help you and any other who don't know how to get any FAQ files. Alf Christophersen Roots-L List owner ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1992 10:40:26 CST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: "Glenda F. Gillham" Subject: GENEALOGY SOFTWARE Re ur ? about genealogy software for IBM PC... The following are two programs for genealogy: "Personal Ancestral File""PAF" published by: "The Family History Dept" Ancestral File Operations Unit 50 East North Temple St. Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 Ac 801 240-2584 And, my favorite software is: "Brother's Keeper" Version 5.0 by John Steed 6907 Childsdale Rd Rockford, MI 49341 Compuserve ID #74745,1371 or his BBS AC 616 364-1127 Brother's Keeper is shareware and available on many BBS for download. I really like it. Glenda & Gary Gillham ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1992 12:25:00 EST Reply-To: ROOTS-L Genealogy List Sender: ROOTS-L Genealogy List From: "Jennifer R. Amon" Subject: Reunion To anybody using Reunion software: I requested info from Leister Productions about "Reunion" software. They sent me a brochure and some samples of printed pedigree and descendant charts. The charts look great. My question: Will the charts look equally great from my Personal Laserwriter LS printer? To anybody looking at various software packages: Reunion, Version 3 (for the Mac): unlimited generations descendant charts to 20 generations pedigree charts up to 7 generations up to 19 children ber husband and wife up to 9 spouses per individual includes 5 user-defined fields for medical, military, education, etc. data export facility (GEDCOM or data files and PICT files) mailing lists, labels and mail merge files supports reference notes to keep track of research efforts free telephone support Requirements: A Mac with: 2MB RAM, hard disk, Apple system 6.0.5, 6.0.7, 7.0, 7.0.1 or newer A family I was able to request information by sending email to: D4652@applelink.apple.com Jennifer R. Amon BAMON@OCVAXC.BITNET Amherst, Ohio bamon@ocvaxc.cc.oberlin.edu RESEARCHING: AMON (Germany, Switzerland) DODD (Pennsylvania) FARVER (Pennsylvania) FREEMAN (England) HEASLEY (Pennsylvania) HAYES (Dover, Delaware) FOULK (Pennsylvania) HONEY (Delaware) BUCHANAN (Pennsylvania, Scotland) CAPLAN (Lithuania) STRIGHT (Pennsylvania) FRIEDLANDER (Lithuania) =========================================================================