Hi Linda, Ancestral Quest (AQ) is just one of many genealogical programs. FTM is also a genealogical program. RootsMagic is another one. The company that makes AQ is the same one that made and maintained PAF for the Mormons. It is sort of a beefed up PAF. Neil On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 8:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Neil! I appreciate y our time to help me think this thru as > well as to offer more help after I consider what you have already mentioned. > > Is AQ part of FTM? That's my first question. > > Linda > > > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:41:44 -0700, Neil Hofland wrote: > > Hi Linda, > > If I understand what you want, it is essentially a modified Family Tree > Maker program that would be extremely expensive. I don't know anyone who > could do it, and I would be cautious about dealing with anyone who says > they could do it cheaply. I have never used Family Tree Maker but > genealogical programs have to be pretty much the same, with different ways > of doing the bells and whistles. I think there might be a good chance you > could do what you want within the FTM program. Now this is sort of a > nonsensical statement because I really don't know enough about the details > of what you want. However, I think I might be able to use the features > available within the Ancestral Quest (AQ) program that I use. There may be > fields to collect information that you don't use because you have no > interest in them, such as Confirmation, Bar Mitzva, Bat Mitzvah, or even > Circumcision.along with many others that exist in AQ. There may be a way > to change the field name to Died Before 65 of Alz.. If there isn't you can > still use the field as you will know what it really contains. AQ has the > ability to attach any number of Events to an individual's record. You can > add an event to the Event List and define what data to collect for each > event. For example, I could add an event "Died Before 65 of > Alz" and > identify what data I want to collect such as death date, first signs of > Alz, who noticed the signs, treatments tried, treatment results, when first > tested, who tested, etc. I could then use the Report capability of AQ to > define a report giving the names of those who died before 65 and get a > listing. Similar events could be defined for whatever you want to > know,.tailored to the reports you wish to produce. I hope you get the > idea. The more I think about it the more I think it could be solved with > adding events and producing tailored reports. > > You might find someone who is expert on FTM who could help you, but it > would probably require some long phone calls to define what you really > want. Right now you have a general idea of what you want, but defining the > details of exactly what you want will take some time. > > I hope this is of some use to you. Get back to me with any questions. > > Neil > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/ > index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > 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 > > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/ > index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > 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