Can anyone suggest a good programme for producing a 'tree' from a gedcom? I have used various genealogical programmes but have not been able to find one that can produce a classical family tree. Alan At 11:38 30/07/2003 -0400, Mike Morris wrote: >The List is quiet, so it might be a good time for me to put in a suggestion. > >Do you have a situation where you want to make a comment in your family >tree? but feel frustrated because the tree program does not make >allowances for this other than to type your comments inside a persons box >in the tree. A comment or reminder you might forget because you cannot see >it with out opening the box?. > >Please consider the following idea. Create an empty box by adding a child >to the family. Then name the box 'NOTES'. Now as you glance down your tree >you can pick up these notes. > >I had an example were in the 1891 census Gorton Manchester, my SPENCER >family is listed with a young chap aged 3 who is listed as a cousin with >the surname name Mathews. This might be the son of a sister to the head of >the family. I would like to remember this name with out looking through my >paper records. I have other examples of notes I would like as a reminder. > >I hope you might find this useful. > >Kind regards > >Mike Morris > > >==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, >you should send the command "unsubscribe" to >[email protected] >(if in mail mode) or [email protected] (if in >digest mode.) >To switch from one mode to the other, you should unsubscribe from one >and then subscribe to the other. If you >want messages to stop, you should simply unsubscribe. ____________________ Alan Barnard Burnaby, BC, Canada MLFHS 2361 NCFHS 1811 SfkFHS 5148 Have you visited www.bcitra.bc.ca? There you will find information on Senior's concerns, and information on our Family History Group.