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Looking for the ideal lineage linked database program

Posted by James Tanner on August 31, 2010 at 8:00pm
There have been a rash of Blog posts about the release of Family Tree Maker 2011. It looks like I last visited the subject of lineage linked database programs
back in January of 2009. For those of you who are not used to that
name, a lineage linked database program is software that stores your
family information such as Personal Ancestral File, RootsMagic,
Ancestral Quest, Legacy Family Tree and so forth. There are new programs
coming out all the time and it is difficult (read impossible) to keep
up w
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Event database program

Posted by Steve Hayes on December 7, 2009 at 2:34am
One of the things I feel the need for as a research tool is an event database program, and I wonder if anyone else feels the need for auch a thing.Most lineage-linked genealogy programs allow one to enter and search events relating to people, but I see the need, in addition, to be able to search for people relating to events.In other words, one would enter events, and enter information about people who participated in the events, whether related to each other or not. This would help genealogists
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Cleaning up the database

Posted by William Douglas on October 30, 2009 at 7:00am
I was prompted by a post in the Legacy Users group to check my database for duplicate and inconsistent entries.I have collected and collated individual contributions, downloaded GEDCOMs and pulled in family trees from a variety of sources. And they are all different! Or so it seems.How many different ways are there to enter Arlington Cemetery? Or to spell Massachusetts? (I had to spell check it, so I hope it is right?)However, the thing that surprised me most were the number of occasions where t
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Family Tree Connection - Update (19/Jul/2009)

Posted by Illya Daddezio on July 19, 2009 at 5:44pm
Family Tree Connection

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 1913 Catalogue - Bulletin of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and Alumni Report, Vol. VI, No. 2, May, 1913, Catalogue Number. Published Bi-monthly by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 145 North Tenth Street, Philadelphia.

Franklin and Marshall College 1878-1879 Catalogue - Annual Catalogue of Franklin and Marshall College, and the Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA. 1878-1879.

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