Lisa - Thanks! Genopro's Genogram is much more detailed with relationships than what I am looking for. I went thru some layers of the government program, but I don't think I want to entrust family data to them by using the on-line system. And I surely don't want to download the government's old PC program, which seems fraught with pitfalls! The heredity trail that "generational health" provides looks just great. I've got 26 cousins who should be tracked, so a separate tree will have to be made for every child of each set of grandparents. Thanks again, Dave Witthans ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Lepore To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] Form for Relatives documenting health history? Hi Elaine & Dave - One program I've read about is Genopro http://www.genopro.com/genogram/ Take a look at this page of the surgeon general http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/ There is a link there for My Family Health Portrait you can use it on line or download it or print out a hard copy. Maybe you could send that form around to the relatives. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "ETM" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] Form for Relatives documenting health history? > There's a good genealogy lesson at > > http://www.genealogy.com/202/lesson2/course2_01.html > > and an example of a genogram is in the lesson and > very interesting. > > I don't know that any genealogy programs take > medical history into account beyond note entries, > but it sticks in my mind that there was a program > at some time in the past that did handle such > information. I think classic medical histories > have been pushed into the background by a rush > toward dna. > > Pfizer has a health tree, I didn't try to set it > up. > > http://www.generationalhealth.com/ > > Elaine > > Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but > records. > > Hello Dave > > On Wednesday, July 12, 2006, you wrote > > > > > Hope this is not Off Topic: > > > > Is there a form that notes health concerns that may be hereditary? > > > > This seems like a good thing to take or send to our relatives. > > > > At the very least it can prepare family members > > for possible future problems. > > > > If there is such a document, does it include a > > method for detecting when a generation is skipped? > > > > Thanks for your replies, Dave Witthans

Dave - It will be a valuable set of information if you can get your cousins to participate. Sometimes people are not forthcoming about their personal illnesses, etc. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Witthans" <[email protected]> > > Lisa - Thanks! > > Genopro's Genogram is much more detailed with relationships than what I am looking for. > > I went thru some layers of the government program, but I don't think I want to entrust family data to them by using the on-line system. > > And I surely don't want to download the government's old PC program, which seems fraught with pitfalls! > > The heredity trail that "generational health" provides looks just great. I've got 26 cousins who should be tracked, so a separate tree will have to be made for every child of each set of grandparents. > > Thanks again, Dave Witthans > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lisa Lepore > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:32 PM > Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] Form for Relatives documenting health history? > > > Hi Elaine & Dave - > > One program I've read about is Genopro > http://www.genopro.com/genogram/ > > Take a look at this page of the surgeon general > http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/ > > There is a link there for My Family Health Portrait > you can use it on line or download it or print out > a hard copy. Maybe you could send that form > around to the relatives. > > Lisa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ETM" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] Form for Relatives documenting health > history? > > > > There's a good genealogy lesson at > > > > http://www.genealogy.com/202/lesson2/course2_01.html > > > > and an example of a genogram is in the lesson and > > very interesting. > > > > I don't know that any genealogy programs take > > medical history into account beyond note entries, > > but it sticks in my mind that there was a program > > at some time in the past that did handle such > > information. I think classic medical histories > > have been pushed into the background by a rush > > toward dna. > > > > Pfizer has a health tree, I didn't try to set it > > up. > > > > http://www.generationalhealth.com/ > > > > Elaine > > > > Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but > > records. > > > > Hello Dave > > > > On Wednesday, July 12, 2006, you wrote > > > > > > > > Hope this is not Off Topic: > > > > > > Is there a form that notes health concerns that may be hereditary? > > > > > > This seems like a good thing to take or send to our relatives. > > > > > > At the very least it can prepare family members > > > for possible future problems. > > > > > > If there is such a document, does it include a > > > method for detecting when a generation is skipped? > > > > > > Thanks for your replies, Dave Witthans >