[17097] in APO-L
Re: Family Tree Software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. Meeks)
Wed Jul 30 18:01:11 1997
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 14:59:16 -0700
Reply-To: "R. Meeks" <rmeeks@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
From: "R. Meeks" <rmeeks@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199707302118.OAA06126@mx5.u.washington.edu>
for anyone looking for a family tree software package, it is very dificult
to purchase a standard application like those sold in stores. As you have
found, they are directed toward someone putting together long standing
"normal" families. As we all know, apo in no way is a normal family
structure. For something like what you want to use, I would recommend a
program called visio. It is a multiple purpose program I use at the
office to lay out network diagrams but also has orgchart capabilities that
you could use to type in your own wording and configuration. My phone
numbers are listed below, I could better explain it on the telephone if
needed.
Ryan Meeks
Junior
Political Science & Society and Justice
Alpha Phi Omega- President
College Republicans-Chief Of Staff
Home: 206.527.3035
Office: 206.205.9529
Pager: 206.663.2081
On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Jeni Barovian wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm looking for software to track my chapter's family trees, and I'm having
> a difficult time of it. We've always kept visual representations of our
> family trees by hand, but the influx of new brothers each semester makes
> the process of updating those trees rather tedious.
>
> I know there are several family tree software titles out there, but in
> downloading several shareware packages, I haven't found one that meets our
> requirements. The main problem is that big/little brother family trees
> aren't exactly structured the same way as "normal" families that these
> applications tend to track. Also, the applications that produce the nicest
> reports (a graphical tree printout) have too many unnecessary features and
> are too expensive.
>
> I'm looking for something that can easily and simply build a tree, based on
> big/little relationships, each "node" containing basic information like
> name and semester pledged. It should also be able to print a readable and
> pleasant-looking tree, on multiple pages, if necessary. A Windows
> application would probably be most easily transferrable from one semester
> to the next between chapter historians. Am I asking too much? :)
>
> I welcome any suggestions anyone out there may have. Thanks!
>
> In LFS,
> Jeni Barovian
> VP of Membership, Fall 1997 - Theta Upsilon
> Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, Ohio
> http://sclwww.scl.cwru.edu/apo
>
