Bill I use a Samsung Android tablet and phone on the road. I can't run BK as its Windows only. I purchased an app call GEDExplorer (written by Sundin Software, www.sundin.nu available, on the Google Play Store). Cost the princely sum of $AU5. Well worth the cost. You export a GedCom from BK and store it on your Android device, then run GEDExplorer and read the GED file. It gives you most of the information available in your BK database, in tree, circle or data sheet format. The main issue is that it is just a GED reader and display. You CANNOT edit anything. I don't find that a problem, as I think you should only have a single database and distribute updates from there. This save you from the dilemma of trying to figure out which of you databases is the most recent, and do they both have the same data? Having said that, the author has said that editing MAY be added in future. Hope this helps Steve Boyd Melton, Vic Australia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:22:25 +1000 From: "Bill" <wbwebster@internode.on.net> Subject: [BK] Using a tablet To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <006901d557d8$0a311940$1e934bc0$@internode.on.net> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii" Not entirely BK or genealogy, but they are both crucial to my decision. I find myself car-bound for lengthy periods and even a laptop is too cumbersome to be practical.  I want to be able to login to, for example, newspaper apps, which are only Android or Apple.  But I would also love it if I could tap into (and edit?) BK.  Or other Windows apps? My Windows use would not be resource heavy - BK, Word, Outlook. I am looking for others' experiences in using either a Windows tablet that can use Android apps or vice versa.  (In my Windows PCs, BK's files sit under Dropbox.) While writing, I have 7.4 CD on order, updating from 7.3.1.  When installing, given that the program Brother's Keeper is in the C drive but the files are under Users\Me\Dropbox\Brother's Keeper 7\Data\(databases), will I need any special installation procedure? Bill Webster NSW Australia

Great tip Steve. Many thanks. I suppose periodically you could delete what's there and upload a fresh ged. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Boyd [mailto:boydsd@tpg.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 21 August 2019 9:45 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Re: Using a tablet Bill I use a Samsung Android tablet and phone on the road. I can't run BK as its Windows only. I purchased an app call GEDExplorer (written by Sundin Software, www.sundin.nu available, on the Google Play Store). Cost the princely sum of $AU5. Well worth the cost. You export a GedCom from BK and store it on your Android device, then run GEDExplorer and read the GED file. It gives you most of the information available in your BK database, in tree, circle or data sheet format. The main issue is that it is just a GED reader and display. You CANNOT edit anything. I don't find that a problem, as I think you should only have a single database and distribute updates from there. This save you from the dilemma of trying to figure out which of you databases is the most recent, and do they both have the same data? Having said that, the author has said that editing MAY be added in future. Hope this helps Steve Boyd Melton, Vic Australia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:22:25 +1000 From: "Bill" <wbwebster@internode.on.net> Subject: [BK] Using a tablet To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <006901d557d8$0a311940$1e934bc0$@internode.on.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Not entirely BK or genealogy, but they are both crucial to my decision. I find myself car-bound for lengthy periods and even a laptop is too cumbersome to be practical. I want to be able to login to, for example, newspaper apps, which are only Android or Apple. But I would also love it if I could tap into (and edit?) BK. Or other Windows apps? My Windows use would not be resource heavy - BK, Word, Outlook. I am looking for others' experiences in using either a Windows tablet that can use Android apps or vice versa. (In my Windows PCs, BK's files sit under Dropbox.) While writing, I have 7.4 CD on order, updating from 7.3.1. When installing, given that the program Brother's Keeper is in the C drive but the files are under Users\Me\Dropbox\Brother's Keeper 7\Data\(databases), will I need any special installation procedure? Bill Webster NSW Australia _______________________________________________ Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/bk@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus