I keep my data in a slightly non-standard way that helps me with that task. The pedigree chart can help. In addition, I make the first child in a family the direct relation, rather than all of them in birth order. PAF pings me for this, but I find it a lot easier to go through the database as a result. Not quite what you were looking for, but maybe a technique that you can use. I suspect there is a package that can do that relationship. I think there used to be a GEDCOM display package that had lines between different branches. That may almost be something that would be useful. Unfortunately, I can not find the program on my current system. It was a GEDCOM viewer. I might suggest trying Cyndi's List (http://www.cyndislist.com) to find possible programs under software. You actually might find some current packages on Cyndi's List that will meet the need and I have not even seen yet. Bill > I have a very large family tree with many side branches (ie. > following various spousal families) and from time to time I find that > someone's name is in my file but the path to them from me is so > convoluted that it is hard to figure out. > > So I was wondering if PAF has some way of doing this, or if not, then > is there some other genealogy software that can? I'm not talking > about the relationship calculator exactly, because in most cases PAF > wouldn't consider there to BE a relationship -- at least not one of > direct descent. I just want to know how to get there from here. :) > > Sandy >

Thanks for your suggestion. I'll look into the Gedcom reader. Sandy On 1 Mar 2008 at 17:03, [email protected] wrote: > I keep my data in a slightly non-standard way that helps me with that > task. The pedigree chart can help. In addition, I make the first child > in a family the direct relation, rather than all of them in birth > order. PAF pings me for this, but I find it a lot easier to go through > the database as a result. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: > 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Not quite what you were looking for, but maybe a technique that you > can use. > > I suspect there is a package that can do that relationship. I think > there used to be a GEDCOM display package that had lines between > different branches. That may almost be something that would be useful. > Unfortunately, I can not find the program on my current system. It was > a GEDCOM viewer. I might suggest trying Cyndi's List > (http://www.cyndislist.com) to find possible programs under software. > You actually might find some current packages on Cyndi's List that > will meet the need and I have not even seen yet. > > Bill > > > I have a very large family tree with many side branches (ie. > > following various spousal families) and from time to time I find > > that someone's name is in my file but the path to them from me is so > > convoluted that it is hard to figure out. > > > > So I was wondering if PAF has some way of doing this, or if not, > > then is there some other genealogy software that can? I'm not > > talking about the relationship calculator exactly, because in most > > cases PAF wouldn't consider there to BE a relationship -- at least > > not one of direct descent. I just want to know how to get there > > from here. :) > > > > Sandy > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1305 - Release Date: > 2/29/2008 6:32 PM >