[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy prompts because I wasn’t paying attention at the beginning of the year. This is week #26…Genealogy Software.] When I first started working on my family tree, I bought a DOS bases software program called “The Leading Edge”. I love it. It…
Tag: Genealogy Software
Same Sex Relationships and Genealogy Software
Thomas MacEntee of geneabloggers.com has asked us to write about genealogy and Gay ancestry for National Coming Day. While I don’t have any Gay ancestors (that I am aware of…yet), I have several Gay relatives within my tree. I am happy to add all relationships to my genealogy database. I enter those who are married,…
Combining RootsMagic Databases
I want to bounce something off you guys, especially those who are familiar with RootsMagic. This is the situation. I have three different genealogy databases for my family tree. Way back when I started, it made sense. One database for my Dad’s side, one for the Jones Jackson line, and one for the massive Pacheco…
SNGF: Problem List Report
Randy Seaver’s got a new challenge for us for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Run the problem list report from my genealogy software and then report on it. I use RootsMagic 3.2.2. The Problem List Report can be found under Tools>Problem Search>Problem List. Selecting the Problem List brings up a screen where I can modify which…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Count Your Trees, Part Two
This is the second post on Randy’s Genea Musings “Count Your Trees” challenge. This time I’ll use my Jones-Jackson-Kelly-Dolan database and the database for my Dad’s side. Unlike the Azoreans who multiplied like rabbits, these lines are much shorter and were more painstaking to research. The root person for this database is Julia Jackson, my…