I've got myself a bit confused about a very basic point. I'm making some tree charts for a long-widowed aunt who uses her married name, say Mary Smith. But in FTM she is of course identified by her maiden name, say Mary Brown. How do you resolve the problem that the tree charts will be headed 'Mary Smith', a name she and her relatives haven't used for decades? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

A couple of years ago I carefully prepared several tree chart views for an individual 'Elizabeth Surname', and saved them. Recently, resuming my research, I've made many corrections/additions to her tree. I've also corrected her first name, which in fact is 'Betty'. But on opening the saved views, although all the detail changes are correctly reflected, the *heading* is not! It still shows, for example, 'Elizabeth Surname: Ancestors & Descendants'. A bug in FTM 2006? Can I change something to correct this please? Or must I remake the views from scratch? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

On Jan 23, 7:26 pm, John <l...@sig.net> wrote: > http://www.gedlink.com/still exists, but has been revamped to > genealogie.com (all in French). Yes, I've seen that. But it appears that the company just bought the domain and made it an "umbrella" website: it is strictly linked with other websites that advertise gifts, pets, and all kind of commercial stuff, and does not offer the GedLink software anymore.

http://www.gedlink.com/ still exists, but has been revamped to genealogie.com (all in French). There is a place for Gedlink users to log in, so you may still be able to use GedLink. John On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:15:30 -0800 (PST), "leonardodiserpierodavinci@gmail.com" <leonardodiserpierodavinci@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I recently bought a new computer and I wanted to reinstall GedLink on >it to work on my family's genealogy tree. >However, when I install it it tries to connect to a server and it >aborts with an Error 404. >It looks like it has become abandonware. Do you know any other free >software that is able to edit and view GED files? >Thanks in advance, > >L

leonardodiserpierodavinci@gmail.com wrote: > On Jan 23, 12:39 am, Ian Goddard <godda...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> More than just a GED editor Gramps http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page will import GED. > > Thanks, I knew this one, but I was unsure whether I should try it as > the Windows installer is still in beta. > Do you use it under a MS Win environment? No, I use Linux. The only Windows app I need is Enterprise Architect and that runs under Wine. -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk

On Jan 23, 12:07 pm, Ian Goddard <godda...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > No, I use Linux. I'll give GRAMPS a try. It looks great and it's Free Software. The Windows version, although experimental, does not seem to raise obvious problems according to the docs. I am still curious to know what happened to the GedLink Editor software. If anyone out there knows whether it has been officially abandoned, please post here.

On Jan 23, 12:39 am, Ian Goddard <godda...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > More than just a GED editor Gramps http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page will import GED. Thanks, I knew this one, but I was unsure whether I should try it as the Windows installer is still in beta. Do you use it under a MS Win environment?

leonardodiserpierodavinci@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I recently bought a new computer and I wanted to reinstall GedLink on > it to work on my family's genealogy tree. > However, when I install it it tries to connect to a server and it > aborts with an Error 404. > It looks like it has become abandonware. Do you know any other free > software that is able to edit and view GED files? > Thanks in advance, > > L More than just a GED editor Gramps http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page will import GED. -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk

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leonardodiserpierodavinci@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I recently bought a new computer and I wanted to reinstall GedLink on > it to work on my family's genealogy tree. > However, when I install it it tries to connect to a server and it > aborts with an Error 404. > It looks like it has become abandonware. Do you know any other free > software that is able to edit and view GED files? > Thanks in advance, > > L PAF5 from LDS? -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:15:30 -0800 (PST), "leonardodiserpierodavinci@gmail.com" <leonardodiserpierodavinci@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I recently bought a new computer and I wanted to reinstall GedLink on >it to work on my family's genealogy tree. >However, when I install it it tries to connect to a server and it >aborts with an Error 404. >It looks like it has become abandonware. Do you know any other free >software that is able to edit and view GED files? >Thanks in advance, > >L Of course a GED file is simply a structured text file. Any word processor or text editor can edit such a file. This means if you are running Windows you already have two included..... Notepad and Wordpad. But why edit GEDCOM files directly? It's far easier to just load it into a genealogy program and make your genealogical corrections and additions there, then save it back as a GEDCOM. There are several free Genealogy programs available too. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

On Jan 22, 3:51 pm, Charlie Hoffpauir <inva...@invalid.com> wrote: > Of course a GED file is simply a structured text file. Yes, I know. > Any word processor or text editor can edit such a file. This means if you are > running Windows you already have two included..... Notepad and > Wordpad. I am not crazy enough to edit my genealogy tree in GEDCOM format by hand, using a text editor. ;-) > But why edit GEDCOM files directly? It's far easier to just > load it into a genealogy program and make your genealogical > corrections and additions there, then save it back as a GEDCOM. There > are several free Genealogy programs available too. This was exactly my first question. So far I have downloaded three freeware genealogy programs, installed it, noticed that they missed the feature to import GED files, then removed it from my machine. If you can point me to the names of some freeware programs able to work with GED files, I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance, L

leonardodiserpierodavinci@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I recently bought a new computer and I wanted to reinstall GedLink on > it to work on my family's genealogy tree. > However, when I install it it tries to connect to a server and it > aborts with an Error 404. > It looks like it has become abandonware. Do you know any other free > software that is able to edit and view GED files? > Thanks in advance, > > L It is still available here as a free download. http://www.download.com/GedLink-Editor/3000-2127_4-10199070.html -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/

Terry Pinnell wrote: > I'm just resuming work in FTM 2006 after a break of a couple of years, > so I'm a bit rusty. > > I have a list of 8 children. One birth date I've entered exactly: > 03 Jan 1914 > > 3 others are only within a Quarter: > Bet. Apr - Jun 1907 (the oldest) > Bet. Jul - Sep 1911 > Bet. Jan - Mar 1919 (the youngest) > > I don't yet have dates for the other 4 intermediate ones, so for the > time being I've entered: > Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 > > But after sorting by date,("Arrange the children on this Family View > in order of birth (oldest first)?"), they were displayed incorrectly > like this: > > Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 > Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 > Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 > Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 > Bet. Apr - Jun 1907 <------ OLDEST > Bet. Jul - Sep 1911 > 03 Jan 1914 > Bet. Jan - Mar 1919 > > Why isn't the oldest shown at the top please? If it's a bug, seems to > have been around for a couple of years... > > -- > Terry, East Grinstead, UK Hi Terry This is not a new problem - if you trawl the archives here, you will find that it has been discussed before. I doubt the problem is confined to FTM. Trying to sort date fields with abt., bef., aft., and all the variations is quite difficult to arrange. Dates - ie, full dates, d.m.y or m.d.y - are normally converted to an integer, and sorted that way. But add in the generalisations mentioned above, and creating an integer is difficult, if not impossible. The workaround is to figure out the correct order, and enter some spurious *full* dates that run in that order. Sort the kids, then go back and alter the real dates to the ranges you have. Paul

On Jan 22, 1:50 pm, "Gene Y." <please.ask> wrote: > It is still available here as a free download. > http://www.download.com/GedLink-Editor/3000-2127_4-10199070.html Yes, I know. It can be downloaded also from Tucows. The problem, as I said, is that the installer doesn't work: it tries to connect to a server, it reports an Error 404, then it aborts the installation.

singhals wrote: > There is (or was, a few years back) a program that created index cards. > It was said at the time that you could do anything with these entries > that you could do with real index cards. Perhaps someone else remembers > the name of that program. I still remember with humor an ad that appeared in many issues of Byte Magazine: "Turn your $1000 computer into a $60 typewriter!" -- Wes Groleau Ostracism: A practice of sticking your head in the sand.

Hi, I recently bought a new computer and I wanted to reinstall GedLink on it to work on my family's genealogy tree. However, when I install it it tries to connect to a server and it aborts with an Error 404. It looks like it has become abandonware. Do you know any other free software that is able to edit and view GED files? Thanks in advance, L

"cecilia" <myths@ic24.net> wrote in message news:479516fb.4313125@news.plus.net... > Paul Blair wrote: > >[..] I doubt the problem is confined to FTM. > >Trying to sort date fields with abt., bef., aft., and all the variations > >is quite difficult to arrange. [...] > >The workaround is to figure out the correct order, and enter some > >spurious *full* dates that run in that order. Sort the kids, then go > >back and alter the real dates to the ranges you have. > > Legacy allows sorting of siblings birth-dates, and then individual > moving up or down the list. Does not FTM? Yes, you can sort the children in FTM. Select one child and then use "People", "Move Child from". Move the cursor to the place you will insert the child and then use "People", "Move Child to". Kurt F

Paul Blair wrote: >[..] I doubt the problem is confined to FTM. >Trying to sort date fields with abt., bef., aft., and all the variations >is quite difficult to arrange. [...] >The workaround is to figure out the correct order, and enter some >spurious *full* dates that run in that order. Sort the kids, then go >back and alter the real dates to the ranges you have. Legacy allows sorting of siblings birth-dates, and then individual moving up or down the list. Does not FTM?

I'm just resuming work in FTM 2006 after a break of a couple of years, so I'm a bit rusty. I have a list of 8 children. One birth date I've entered exactly: 03 Jan 1914 3 others are only within a Quarter: Bet. Apr - Jun 1907 (the oldest) Bet. Jul - Sep 1911 Bet. Jan - Mar 1919 (the youngest) I don't yet have dates for the other 4 intermediate ones, so for the time being I've entered: Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 But after sorting by date,("Arrange the children on this Family View in order of birth (oldest first)?"), they were displayed incorrectly like this: Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 Bet. Jul 1907 - Dec 1918 Bet. Apr - Jun 1907 <------ OLDEST Bet. Jul - Sep 1911 03 Jan 1914 Bet. Jan - Mar 1919 Why isn't the oldest shown at the top please? If it's a bug, seems to have been around for a couple of years... -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK