There has been some discussion in soc.genealogy.computing about event-based software, and also software for recording evidence. This has come up before, and I still feel the need for such software, and have yet to find it. We are spoiled for choice in lineage-linked programs, but I don't know of any event-based programs that will do what I want - namely to record events, and the people and organisations associated with those events. The links would not necessarily be genealogical, but should include friends, employers, yeachers, pupils, colleagues and even enemies. I think a program that could do this would ne of interest not just to family historians, but also to general historians, biographers and even detecitives (where the "events" could be related to a crime, or a series of crimes, and the "people" would be the suspects and their associates. I've tried to summarise the needs in a blog post at: http://su.pr/2vQjRv and sample database tables are available for download from the files section of the genealogy software forum at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gensoft/ I'm reopening this subject because I really would like to see (and be able to use) such a program before I die. -- 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

Steve Such a thing already exists ! .... Its called Custodian 3 and is based on about 12 Access databases all linked together .... A demo version is available for download at http://www.custodian3.co.uk/ the only restriction in the demo I believe is the number of records you can enter. You can import from Access, Excel, VRI, IGI etc. AND you can add your own fields and there is a form designer to enable to add your own records etc. Check it out .... Regards Bill (just a user of it - No links to the Co at all) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Hayes Sent: 26 May 2011 09:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Event-based database software for historians, biographers and genealogists - redux There has been some discussion in soc.genealogy.computing about event-based software, and also software for recording evidence. This has come up before, and I still feel the need for such software, and have yet to find it. We are spoiled for choice in lineage-linked programs, but I don't know of any event-based programs that will do what I want - namely to record events, and the people and organisations associated with those events. The links would not necessarily be genealogical, but should include friends, employers, yeachers, pupils, colleagues and even enemies. I think a program that could do this would ne of interest not just to family historians, but also to general historians, biographers and even detecitives (where the "events" could be related to a crime, or a series of crimes, and the "people" would be the suspects and their associates. I've tried to summarise the needs in a blog post at: http://su.pr/2vQjRv and sample database tables are available for download from the files section of the genealogy software forum at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gensoft/ I'm reopening this subject because I really would like to see (and be able to use) such a program before I die. -- 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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message