> I want a piece of paper, filed where it seemed to me to be a > good idea to file it. > > Paper because I find it easier to shuffle paper than > electrons -- for one thing, I can spread two dozen pieces of > paper on the table-top and STILL be able to read them, > something I find I cannot do with even 4 windows open on the > monitor. > > Cheryl Cheryl, Far be it for me to question you on this, as that is how historians have done their jobs for centuries!! But I think in this day and age of computers there are better ways. Glad I'm getting some answers to my questions. Yours is to use paper, Steve's is to use askSam. Hoping I'll get a few more answers. Tom

On Mon, 23 May 2011 15:22:54 -0700 (PDT), Tom Wetmore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I want a piece of paper, filed where it seemed to me to be a >> good idea to file it. >> >> Paper because I find it easier to shuffle paper than >> electrons -- for one thing, I can spread two dozen pieces of >> paper on the table-top and STILL be able to read them, >> something I find I cannot do with even 4 windows open on the >> monitor. >> >> Cheryl > >Cheryl, > >Far be it for me to question you on this, as that is how historians have done their >jobs for centuries!! But I think in this day and age of computers there are better >ways. > >Glad I'm getting some answers to my questions. Yours is to use paper, Steve's is >to use askSam. Actually I use askSam to generate paper too! But the historian thing reminds me of another program I'd like to see, which has been discussed here occasionally in the past - an event-based program for recording conclusions as well as evidence, which could be used by general historians and not just family historians. It should take into account other relationships than familial ones, and would be ideal for biographers. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk