I also heard the other day about Ken's death in a car crash, in an e-mail from his daughter, who is trying to sort out his affairs. Anyone who was in communication with Ken regarding Coulls, can still contact me at <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk>, as I have the master database of Coulls Perts, and other fisher families of Ferryden and Usan. I will do my best to hep, using my 10,000+ person database and my masses of paper files. I have a couple of thousand BDM certificates, not yet sorted into a database. Any suggestions as to a good piece of software that might suit this task, preferably freeware? Gordon Johnson

Hi Gordon Although I did not know Ken or his wife its sad to hear of the accident, my wifes father also died in America in 2002 due to a road accident while researching the native Indians there Regarding your software requirement , have you looked at freereg? They have some free software which may kill two birds with one stone, it is specifically made for the data capture from births, marriages & deaths and looks to be just what you are looking for, it would also enable you to add the same details captured to freereg without any further work Worth a look I would say Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) >I also heard the other day about Ken's death in a car crash, in an > e-mail from his daughter, who is trying to sort out his affairs. > Anyone who was in communication with Ken regarding Coulls, can still > contact me at <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk>, as I have the master database of > Coulls Perts, and other fisher families of Ferryden and Usan. I will do > my best to hep, using my 10,000+ person database and my masses of paper > files. > I have a couple of thousand BDM certificates, not yet sorted into a > database. Any suggestions as to a good piece of software that might suit > this task, preferably freeware? > Gordon Johnson

> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:21:04 +0100 > From: gordon@kinhelp.co.uk > To: angus@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Ken Coull - Ferryden Researcher > > I also heard the other day about Ken's death in a car crash, in an > e-mail from his daughter, who is trying to sort out his affairs. > Anyone who was in communication with Ken regarding Coulls, can still > contact me at <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk>, as I have the master database of > Coulls Perts, and other fisher families of Ferryden and Usan. I will do > my best to hep, using my 10,000+ person database and my masses of paper > files. > I have a couple of thousand BDM certificates, not yet sorted into a > database. Any suggestions as to a good piece of software that might suit > this task, preferably freeware? > Gordon Johnson > It's not freeware, but I keep all my BMDs in the database area of MS Works. It's very simple and much more tolerant of errors and foibles than Access, and still lets you search and sort on the different fields (eg sorting on cause of death for my OPS immediately highlighted a couple of typoid outbreaks). Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Try Open Office it is free and has many of the features of MS Office. John Waite Cranbourne Australia Lesley Robertson wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:21:04 +0100 >> From: gordon@kinhelp.co.uk >> To: angus@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Ken Coull - Ferryden Researcher >> >> I also heard the other day about Ken's death in a car crash, in an >> e-mail from his daughter, who is trying to sort out his affairs. >> Anyone who was in communication with Ken regarding Coulls, can still >> contact me at <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk>, as I have the master database of >> Coulls Perts, and other fisher families of Ferryden and Usan. I will do >> my best to hep, using my 10,000+ person database and my masses of paper >> files. >> I have a couple of thousand BDM certificates, not yet sorted into a >> database. Any suggestions as to a good piece of software that might suit >> this task, preferably freeware? >> Gordon Johnson >> >> > > > It's not freeware, but I keep all my BMDs in the database area of MS Works. > > It's very simple and much more tolerant of errors and foibles than Access, and > > still lets you search and sort on the different fields (eg sorting on cause of death > > for my OPS immediately highlighted a couple of typoid outbreaks). > > Lesley Robertson > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >