Robin asked: Anyone have suggestions for family health history charts/programs? Just saw this site: http://www.itrunsinmyfamily.com/ Robin, I have not used the program you mentioned for family health histories, but I have used the one created by the surgeon general. See https://familyhistory.hhs.gov/fhh-web/home.action I have not taken the time to compare the two programs, but I do think that family health histories are very important. I had a client whose father died when he was young and so he never knew much about his family history. When I researched his paternal line I found that none of the men in his direct line for four generations lived past 55 years old and thought he needed as much health history as I could provide for him. Angela McGhie

I had a similar discovery when I started researching my half-sister's mother's family. Four generations of men, all dead before 60, all heart attacks. I encouraged my sister to pass on the information to her son. Janice Sellers On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Angela McGhie <mcghiefamilyhistory@gmail.com> wrote: > I have not taken the time to compare the two programs, but I do think that > family health histories are very important. I had a client whose father > died when he was young and so he never knew much about his family history. > When I researched his paternal line I found that none of the men in his > direct line for four generations lived past 55 years old and thought he > needed as much health history as I could provide for him.

Using these charts - are they private or can companies and the government access them anytime they want?  Just curious. Cheryl Proctor Southern Indiana   ________________________________ From: Angela McGhie <mcghiefamilyhistory@gmail.com> To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [TGF] family health history charts/programs Robin asked: Anyone have suggestions for family health history charts/programs? Just saw this site: http://www.itrunsinmyfamily.com/ Robin, I have not used the program you mentioned for family health histories, but I have used the one created by the surgeon general. See https://familyhistory.hhs.gov/fhh-web/home.action I have not taken the time to compare the two programs, but I do think that family health histories are very important. I had a client whose father died when he was young and so he never knew much about his family history. When I researched his paternal line I found that none of the men in his direct line for four generations lived past 55 years old and thought he needed as much health history as I could provide for him. Angela McGhie The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message