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Unofficial Family Origins® Wish List |
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This page is a running list of the enhancements that members of the Family Origins Users mail list have requested. It's purpose is to document that a feature is desired. Just because something is mentioned here, it does not mean that it will appear in a future release of FOW. This page is not affiliated in any way with FormalSoft, Inc. (the maker of FOW) or Parsons Technology (the distributor of FOW).
The wishes:
On Tue Nov 24 1998, Pat Guimont, email: Patty0802@aol.com wrote:
To have an area to provide family stories and surname history, etc. that would not appear right under the individual or family names when printing out a Book. Kind of like a separate heading maybe at the end of the database somewhere or to have option to "stick it in" whereever we would like to see it appear on our Book Reports.--------------------------------------------------
On Tue Nov 24 1998, Alan Wood, email: awood@se-iowa.net wrote:
Capability to modify print margins. Especially the right margin to allow for binding when duplex printing.--------------------------------------------------
On Tue Nov 24 1998, Trudy Lundy, email: tlundy@plix.com wrote:
Capability for Ahnentafel Numbers but not just as a fact. The old PAF 2.31 had a few key strokes to put Ahnentafel Numbers in the ID Number field and you could toggle back and forth. Some of us work with European researchers and some of us just want Ahnentafel Numbers. It is so easy to keep track of individuals when you have same name generation after generation.--------------------------------------------------
On Tue Nov 24 1998, Cindy, email: cbryant@qtm.net wrote:
I would like to see the ancestors listed when doing a book as Jos Smith Joe Sr, 1, Peter, 2, etc) then when reading the book you'd have some Idea which branches you were reading about with tracing his/her number backwards. I would also like to have the ability to put birthdates in my index, or at least year, or allow me to put what fields I want in the index.--------------------------------------------------
On Wed Nov 25 1998, Keith Thompson, email: Katman01@Worldnet.att.net, wrote:
I would like to see the "TODO" icon change color when the status is changed from Open to Done. I keep these todo items at hand to remind me later on that I have done additional followup, but without the report, I have to open each one to see if I have completed it. The other item would be to show on the header, the children that have been added. When adding a large number (several families have 10 or more), it would help when interupted, to have the last 3 or so shown on the header of the add children window.--------------------------------------------------
On Wed Nov 25 1998, Dick Akins, email: akins@ksu.edu, wrote:
It would be very convenient to be able to specify the default locations for databases, backups, and gedcoms. This would be similar to the way word processors are set up. I keep all these in different folders and have to navigate around every time I want something.--------------------------------------------------
On Wed Nov 25 1998, Frequent User, email: mm1jgscks@hotmail.com wrote:
I would like to see an ALL PERSON tree available in an upcoming version...I would like also to add that the tech support for this program is far superior to any other tech support I have ever encountered. Those kids in Iowa are so pleasant to talk to and they always are willing to help me out even if it is something simple.--------------------------------------------------
On Wed Nov 25 1998, Sue, email: gonfishinmn@yahoo.com, wrote:
I'd like to be able to copy events from one individual to another. Something similar to the existing memorize and paste for sources would be ideal.--------------------------------------------------
On Fri Nov 27 1998, Charlotte, email: cbrennan@primenet.com, wrote:
An index for the cascading pedigree chart. My pedigree chart is 105 pages long and I prefer it to the box chart, but it really needs an index!--------------------------------------------------
On Fri Nov 27 1998, Margo, e-mail: malurvey@juno.com
A global Source Import. There have been several times that I would like to import the main source of the file for each person. When I import a gedcom file from another source, it would be great to have a way to put the Source in somewhere. I'm not exactly sure how it would be best to accomplish it. Also a ditto key for sources would be nice. Like the F8 and F9 key on PAF. I know the memorize button is there but you have to take a lot of steps to get there.--------------------------------------------------
On Sun Nov 29 1998, Marc, email: mirish@midtown.net, wrote:
I would like to have the ability to add some history to the places I've entered so that when I print a book on a family it could include information about what was going on in the places they lived. This is a sort of an expanded timeline feature. For example, you might have an idea if your relative helped found a town or came during a particular migration or whatever. This would make a great program even better.--------------------------------------------------
On Mon Nov 30 1998, Jim, email: JimMorlock@aol.com, wrote:
I would also like to have the Birth and Death dates appear in the Find Person name display list so that the dates can be seen without having to highlight a specific individual.--------------------------------------------------
On Mon Nov 30 1998, Jim, email: JimMorlock@aol.com, wrote:
The first report can be found under Reports > Lists > Family Timelines. For clarity, this report might be re-labeled something like "Timeline - selected people". It lists all facts or events in timeline order for the selected individuals. I would like to see this report improved to show the places where the fact or event occured along with an option to select the types of facts to be included or excluded. Someone else may have already made this suggestion. The second report can be found under Reports > Lists > Place Lists. This report provides a listing of all places with a time line listing of events for each of the places. For clarity, this report might be re- labeled something like "Timeline - Multiple Places" or "Place List Timeline - multiple places. The thrid report can be found under Lists > Place List. Highlight the desired place, select the Print / Report button, and then select the radio button labeled "All events in the highlighted place". This provides a time line report for a single place. For consistency in the method of finding a report, I would like to see this report included under the Reports > Lists menu list. For clarity, this report might be re-labeled something like "Timeline - Single Place".--------------------------------------------------
On Mon Nov 30 1998, Lynn, email: lingbro@pacbell.net, wrote:
In the Report menu, Lists, Descendant list- it doesn't offer choices. It automantically addes b-d dates. There are times I want to add more fields, IE: marriage, event location, etc.--------------------------------------------------I would like to see a timeline, so I don't have to import to FTM 5.0
On Tue Dec 1 1998, Margo, email: malurvey@juno.com, wrote:
Another wish is that when you make a GEDCOM, it would be nice if you could split a branch off to make another tree. I would like for it to pick up everyone in that branch of the family. The only way to do it now is to ask for ancestors, then go to the end-of-the-line and ask for descendants. It still misses second marriages if there are no children. So if I want all of the families on my mother's side, including the ones that are not related by blood it takes a lot of time to go in and select each one individually. If they could perfect this it would make reports a whole lot easier.--------------------------------------------------Also I miss my end-of-the-line ancestors report from PAF. What about a Place Sorted List without the events or selected events and then be able to sort them out by state. I know you are supposed to be able to do that with the Reports menu but I find that kind of clunky. Maybe I just don't know how to use it properly.
Another thing is the match merge feature. I wish it would show more information such as marriage date, and it should allow us a second chance to unmerge! (I get trigger happy!) <G>
I can't think of anything else right now, I love FO but I still miss some of the simple things that PAF had that none of the other programs have.
Thanks for letting us get our suggestions out, I think Parsons has done a great job, but there is always room for improvement.
Oh another thing, is there anyway to globally remove the guessing game that Family Tree Maker does on dates for WFT GEDCOMS? That really messes Merging people it takes forever. Again, PAF has the best match, merge program going! It just doesn't get all of the events.
On Tue Dec 1 1998, Judy, email: hoberta@hilconet.com, wrote:
Reference here is to the Descendant, and or, Ancestor list [v6 does desc only] (chart), not Books---------------------------------------------------FO allows no choices other than adding or not adding, the spouse-
Pardon the mention
but about the only reason I use FTM is because of its descendant chart (Outline) , as it lets you customize it the way you want it to look and what to include. Gives you the choice of including - full dates, b-m-d & locations, or any of the other fields available- for everyone on the chart.
On Thu Dec 3 1998, Chris Wuestefeld, email: chrisw@blast.net, wrote:
--------------------------------------------------I'd like to offer a few suggestions:
- Image storage:
- Store any images inside the database rather than in external files. This would make it much easier to organize my work.
- Since I expect you won't do that, at least allow me to specify in some global option a base directory for images, and for each image, just get the location relative to that. For example, the global base might be C:\Genealogy\Images, and my uncle's picture might be stored as Knapp\David.jpg. I need this because I'd like to distribute the database and files, on CD, to my relatives. I can't do this now, because currently it wants all images on drive C:, but the CD will be drive D:
- It seems that once any image is supplied for a person, then some picture must be chosen for any reports that include images. There should be a way to say that for this person, no image should be used. Sometimes I've got a scan of some supporting documentation (e.g., birth certificate) in the images; I don't want that to be printed in a report.
- Sources
- Sometimes a source is a multimedia file. For example, I might scan a birth certificate. This should be handled not as a scrapbook item for the person, but as a source for the event.
- Navigation
- After navigating to child A's family in the family view and switching to the tree view, I can't navigate to child B in the tree view. I suggest a button that chooses an alternate line of descent.
- How about a way to bookmark an individual, so I can jump back to him/her with one or two clicks?
- Merge intelligence
- While SmartMerge might be an improvement over no help at all, I'm not sure how much help it is. I'd like to add these features:
- Why do we need to walk through a list of non-matches before we get to the first real match, before SmartMerge can be invoked? There should be an option to invoke it right from the start. If there's a large number of people with unknown surname, you wade through a large list of combinations.
- It would be nice to have it (optionally) look at spouse, parent, or child names. Any known LDS numbers should certainly be considered. I've accidentally caused myself a lot of accidental grief with this feature the way it is.
- Typically when I merge, it's to consolidate a new gedcom with my existing database. At the start of this operation, the contents of the gedcom will appear as two separate trees in the same database -- call them A and B. I'd like to be able to say that when merging, the source must be in B and the target must be in A. In other words, a member of A can never be merged with another member of A. This is what's desired, since I already know that the members of A are distinct.
On Sun Dec 6 1998, Paul Smith, email: prsmith@pdq.net, wrote:
I wish that FOW. . .
- had icons on the Family View/Tree View indicating that there were notes/sources present similar to the To-Do & Multimedia & Address icons.
- had a list box for children of the screen's root person so you could choose the descendancy line to follow.
- had a good Time Line (NOT chronological listings)
- would display/print to the various output devices ALL results of a Find operation.
- would follow an ancestral line when performing merges. e.g. you merge a child then the system automatically looks at the parents, grandparents, etc. if appropriate until no match is detected.
- could do multi-level sorts. e.g. list alphabetically by surname and then by given name and then by state and then by county. This could be added to the Search Criteria screen, custom report generator, etc.
- set and save the page orientation (landscape/portrait) and margins for a given report - esp custom.
- save ALL reports to file so they could be taken to a print shop for professional/color preparation. (Note that multimedia files would have to be saved also for Photo Charts.)
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On Wed Dec 9 15:31:56 1998, Sue, email: gonfishinmn@yahoo.com, wrote:
I'd like to be able to create my own type of "marriage" event. What I mean by this is an event that creates a link between two people. I can see using it for recording the godparents, sponsors, etc. of a religious event or a unique relationship between two people (they never married, but lived together for xx years).--------------------------------------------------
On Fri Dec 11 09:00:39 1998, Mary Fowler Leek, email: maryleek@ibm.net, wrote:
Photo's inserted on right side on reports... A request I'd like to make is for the photo's to be inserted/displayed on the right hand side of the data, so that the report formatting isn't goofed up. If photo's aren't available for everyone, which is usually the case, then where the occasional photo is plugged in causes the the report formatting to look totally unstructured.--------------------------------------------------Being able to display/print the photo caption under the photo in the report would also be very nice.
On Tue Dec 29 08:54:25 1998, Ted Bremer Sr, email: TBremerSr@aol.com, wrote:
I have FOW6 and think its GREAT. Just have a few problems with it. Hopefully they can be corrected/added to the next release.--------------------------------------------------
- When going to print a report from the PRINT PREVIEW screen, a menu comes up asking what pages to print. This is fine, BUT it doesn't allow me to select the number of copies, print econony style, etc. To do these items, we need access to the PRINTER SETUP screen here at print time, not first going to it thru the file selection screen.
- For the Birthday and Anniversary List, you can't use selection to run a report on a small section of the tree.
- When printing Box Charts, the title prefix and suffix only print if you are going with full birth, marriage, and death info. To go with a quick short chart under this mode, NO PART of the title prints. One loses things such as Sr. and Jr. and Dr. etc.
- When printing a list report for a selected number of people, the selection window is preloaded with 10 generations. All of the other reports will start with 15, and keep what you set it for. When I change the 10 to 15 for my list report, it goes back to 10 the next time I use it. This is a pain in the neck.
On Tue Dec 29 09:35:45 1998, Ted Bremer Sr, email: TBremerSr@aol.com, wrote:
Reading over the above wish list, especially regarding a person timeline, brought back memories of when I kept my genealogy records by hand (UGH! Dread the thought now!). I made up my own forms, being an accountant, to best display the info on a person. What I did was as follows (It still appears as avery good way to display info for a person's life):--------------------------------------------------All of the events of his/her life were laid out in time sequence, each on a separate line, not flowing like a book. The printed line for an event would start with their age, then the date, then the event description. This way, as you read the report down the page, you would be reading thru the person's life. EG: If a person got their first job at the age of 16, the line might read: 16 1956 He started his first job at the Supermarket. The age would be calculated from the date and the person date of bitrh. Events printed for that person would include their children's main events also. EG: 25 1965 Birth of son Robert. or 48 1988 Marriage of son Robert. (Could even go to print the events of grandchildren, etc.) Carry-over events like this would stop with the death of the person. Printing and reading a report like this REALLY personalizes a person's life. Every person in your family would want a copy of theirs.
On Sun Jan 3 10:29:03 1999, Mayo Heath, email: heathdm@netscape.com, wrote:
Please add support to import photos from PhotoShop 3. You have this in Announcements 7. I use a digital camera but am just learning it so I need to "fix" my pictures with PhotoShop which has its own format and will not save back to jpg.--------------------------------------------------
On Sun Jan 10 06:56:38 1999, Debbe A. Hagner, email: hvgr74a@prodigy.com, wrote:
1. Indication that this person was NEVER MARRIED. 2. Indicate that this family had NO CHILDREN. 3. Source - Primary vs secondary (I would like to see different colors for them.. My goals is to get ALOT of primary records (so when I print the FACT without source) let us have the option without primary or secondary. 4. TODO LIST - The * is still there when the item in done which is frustrating cuz I keep thinking I still got something to do!!! If I don't make myself clear - please ASK!! LOOKING forward to the next release!!--------------------------------------------------
On Sun Jan 10 06:56:51 1999, Dick Flisrand, email: rflisran@smig.net, wrote:
I would like the ability to add addresses (as we now can sources) to reports, as when I send family info to relatives, I would like to include addresses for people in the report.--------------------------------------------------
On Sun Jan 10 07:00:21 1999, Loretta Krumwiede Barlow, email: lorbar@fortwayne.infi.net, wrote:
With regard to the Multimedia file: I would like to be able either to drag-and-drop the arrangement of photos or specify a position in the scrapbook with a code. As I work my way through a collection of family photos, I would like to be able to position the baby picture I just found ahead of the marriage portrait I put in a month ago. I also like the idea I read above of having the caption and the comments (often the caption won't contain all the names of the people in a photograph) print under the photo in a report.--------------------------------------------------
On Sun Jan 10 09:03:34 1999, Gordon Young, email: gyoung@seanet.com, wrote:
With the advent of larger size printers such as the Epson 1520 (17 inch width and up to 44 inch length), printing ancestor and descendant charts with much less fitting and pasting becomes more desirable. It would be of value to be able to put more than six generations on one page, perhaps up to twelve; more if you printed in landscape mode. Margin control is also valuable to allow for different binding allowances. Perhaps paper widths of up to 36 inches could be accommodated for use with various plotters. Paper that is 17 x 22 inches is available in the Seattle are on special order (2 day turnaround) for around $.05 a sheet for 20 lb. The use of 11 x 17 inch paper for inclusion in book type reports could now be very feasible and an attractive feature.--------------------------------------------------
On Sun Jan 10 16:32:27 1999, Nancy Long, email: glong555@aol.com, wrote:
I have the latest FO version 7.01 but still want more: 1. Descendant report: the option of printing a) direct descendants only b) all descendants c) all descendants except the direct descendants in subsequent (this would require user to mark those not to be printed) Why option #3? Say I print out all John Long's known descendants for four generations and I have little information except for my own direct line. I would print that out and place in my research notebook so at a glance in a library, I can see who and what I lack on collaterals. I have lengthy information on my direct line and prefer to put that in a separate section of my research notebook so I can see where data missing on my direct line. I would use option #1 for that. 2. Family Group Sheet-options for printing: a: print basics only (birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial) b: added selected facts as marked for this report. c: print all known facts for this report. d. print all known facts for all FGS reports. The user could have the choice of selecting a,c or d with a quick keystroke. The user should be allowed to determine the defaulted choices so after selecting B and entering the facts to be shown, the user could keep these choices for all FGS until the user decided to change them. Why? To share with others who MIGHT be connected, the user does not have to send EVERYTHING the first time. For those of us who have many facts per person, this makes the FGS very lengthy. We need the option to shorten the report. ADDING facts or a selection of all facts with a single keystroke is much easier than reducing the facts with each report! 3. Family Group Sheet: Give users the option to print a. ONLY the sources attached to the fact fields. b. notes and sources for each fact. Sending notes is more efficiently done by sending a book report in my opinion.--------------------------------------------------
On Sun Jan 10 16:34:15 1999, Nancy Long, email: glong555@aol.com, wrote:
I have the latest FO version 7.01 but still want more:--------------------------------------------------1. Descendant report: the option of printing a) direct descendants only b) all descendants c) all descendants except the direct descendants in subsequent (this would require user to mark those not to be printed) Why option #3? Say I print out all John Long's known descendants for four generations and I have little information except for my own direct line. I would print that out and place in my research notebook so at a glance in a library, I can see who and what I lack on collaterals. I have lengthy information on my direct line and prefer to put that in a separate section of my research notebook so I can see where data missing on my direct line. I would use option #1 for that. 2. Family Group Sheet-options for printing: a: print basics only (birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial) b: added selected facts as marked for this report. c: print all known facts for this report. d. print all known facts for all FGS reports. The user could have the choice of selecting a,c or d with a quick keystroke. The user should be allowed to determine the defaulted choices so after selecting B and entering the facts to be shown, the user could keep these choices for all FGS until the user decided to change them. Why? To share with others who MIGHT be connected, the user does not have to send EVERYTHING the first time. For those of us who have many facts per person, this makes the FGS very lengthy. We need the option to shorten the report. ADDING facts or a selection of all facts with a single keystroke is much easier than reducing the facts with each report! 3. Family Group Sheet: Give users the option to print a. ONLY the sources attached to the fact fields. b. notes and sources for each fact. Sending notes is more efficiently done by sending a book report in my opinion.
On Sun Jan 10 16:39:38 1999, Ken Farrar, email: farrark@vt.edu, wrote:
I would like FOW to be able to estimate birth, marriage, and death dates based on ancestor and/or predecessor known dates. It would also be nice to have a switch on the reports to allow / dissallow printing of the estimated dates.--------------------------------------------------
On Wed Jan 27 05:13:56 1999, Robert, email: res@null.net, wrote:
I wish for a better editor for handling notes. Mine are imported from PAF. After they are included in HTML generation, they have faulty line overflow and spurious spaces in the middle of text.--------------------------------------------------
On Fri Feb 26 06:08:13 1999, Robert N. Geiser, email: swisstea@bright.net, wrote:
1. Show possible matches in chronological birth order when adding a person - rather than requiring users to memorize everyone in their database. Very important when working with ethnic families where most of the spouses share some similar ancestors. 2. Test age between spouses (within 30), age at death (between 0-100), birthdate to parent's marriage date, etc. not to exclude anything, but prompt to double check your entry and/or sources if you typed a wrong century in. 3. Allow SmartMerge to run unattended for obvious matches instead of stopping at every possible match. 4. Allow the user to automatically assign REFN based on the inputer's initals and the record number. 5. Allow one keystroke or mouse click to sort spouses or children chronologically. 6. When merging two records, keep the best information and combine the notes and sources. If person A has a birthdate of ABT 1782 and person B has a birthdate of 25 SEP 1780 ... keep the complete date ... and keep any links to parents and spouses ... even if record A had the spouse and record B had parents. 7. And multi-user would be nice ... especially over the internet ... so family members spread around the world could work together as a team out of a single database.--------------------------------------------------
On Mon Mar 1 16:09:03 1999, Stan Page, email: stan_page@bigfoot.com, wrote:
I would like to be able to add, delete or modify facts en masse for a group of people that I select. It would help greatly in cleaning up data, marking groups for further action, designating lines of descent, etc. I am seeking a true database-style ability to affect groups of records with a single action.--------------------------------------------------
On Sat Mar 13 14:30:34 1999, Steven M. Manning, email: manning@radiks.net, wrote:
1. Allow more selection before creating a GEDCOM file, for example: when I select the descendants of a person, I would like to include all spouses's parents. 2. At this time, when you open a dialog for selecting a fact, marriage fact is the only one that you can cancel by using ESC. Please apply it to all other facts, not just marriage fact because it would save time by not have to select and delete a fact if I press wrong fact. 3. Auto correction for Date entries (of course, we can override it at any time if necessary). 4. Fix the alphabetic order bug search method. For example, if I type the surname like Derrick and Derrick (adopted), it won't let me look for Derrick and force me to look at Derrick (adopted). If your program indicate Derrick (adopted), why not backspace then it will should recognize Derrick instead of Derrick (adopted). I can give you many examples. Please contact me if you need more information. Thank you.--------------------------------------------------
On Sun Mar 14 10:45:43 1999, DAY, email: sday@telusplanet.net, wrote:
I started Family Origins with 3 families on one data base. I would now like to separate out each family --------------------------------------------------On Mon Mar 15 08:08:36 1999, Virginia Wegenast, email: Vjwegenast, wrote:
A way to identify direct descendants both in the family group sheets and in the index. Perhaps in bold print. Also a way to do a descendant waterfall chart with only the direct descendants and their spouses.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Mar 22 07:33:52 1999, Jim Bard, email: j.bard@worldnet.att.net, wrote:
It would be great to be able to print a ancesterial chart that included "Everyone" not just parients, grandparients, etc. but everyone in the records.(cousins, etc.) "Everyone in the data base on a chart.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Apr 1 11:40:13 1999, Terry Landreneau, email: tnlandreneau@centuryinter.net , wrote:
Whenever I open up FO 7 the status bar is always present. I have to go to the View and check it to remove it. I would like to see this as an option in the program startup, so that I would not have to check it every time.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Apr 1 11:40:38 1999, Terry Landreneau, email: tnlandreneau@centuryinter.net , wrote:
Whenever I open up FO 7 the status bar is always present. I have to go to the View and check it to remove it. I would like to see this as an option in the program startup, so that I would not have to check it every time.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Apr 16 21:57:26 1999, Guy Desjardins, email: guy.desjardins@videotron.ca , wrote:
I would like to be able to translate the software in french. In all contracts (marrige, selling or other facts), I would like to add a field for the notary and be able to produce a report with a list of contracts of one notary to have a faster search in public archives. I would like also to have fields for godparents in baptism and link them to the database.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Apr 21 22:58:43 1999, Ralph Frank De Witt, email: ralphdewitt@email.msn.com, wrote:
Would like the database to automaticly add reference numbers to the reference/id number fact, this should be Ahnentafel Numbers or a number with a user defined prefix or sufix (similar to Family Tree Maker version 6). The database should renumber any recordes being imported into it and renumber when merges and delets take place.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Apr 23 11:37:28 1999, Ralph Frank De Witt, email: ralphdewitt@email.msn.com, wrote:
Would like to see the abililty to rotate and filp photo in the scrapebook area of the program. Similar to Ancestral Quest 3.0. Would like to see source documents that are scanned in attached to citation simiular to the Ancestral Quest 3.0 handles them.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Apr 28 12:38:03 1999, Gilles Tourangeau, email: gillestourangeau@yahoo.com, wrote:
Would like to have the possibility of printing reports in other than the english language. It would certainly be an attractive marketing strategy to offer FO reports in french, spanish, etc.. I think Brothers Keeper 5.2 and The Master Genealogist (v4) offer this feature. Thanks--------------------------------------------------On Fri May 7 14:14:53 1999, Mark Tucker, email: mtucker@iname.com, wrote:
1. A real Research Log that prints like the standard form.--------------------------------------------------
2. Attach photos to families
3. Attach photos to events
4. Attach photos to locations
5. Attach photos to sourcesOn Fri May 7 14:19:52 1999, Mark Tucker, email: mtucker@iname.com, wrote:
Be able to format Source references any way you like for footnotes, bibliography, etc. Provide Source templates as documented in "Cite your Sources" and "Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian"--------------------------------------------------On Wed May 12 08:39:34 1999, Howard Hickman, email: hmh4sure@compuserve.com, wrote:
Some way to connect a child to the father and to the mother. Childrens names, as sons and daughters, sometimes appear in parents' obituary, but without any genealogical connection to either parent.They may be stepchildren, etc., of one parent or the other. Confirming data may be found later that connects them to one parent but not the other. I now use the Birth event, but it isn't very satisfactory. I'm not inclined to use Father and Mother as events.--------------------------------------------------On Wed May 12 08:40:29 1999, Howard Hickman, email: hmh4sure@compuserve.com, wrote:
Some way to connect a child to the father and to the mother. Childrens names, as sons and daughters, sometimes appear in parents' obituary, but without any genealogical connection to either parent.They may be stepchildren, etc., of one parent or the other. Confirming data may be found later that connects them to one parent but not the other. I now use the Birth event, but it isn't very satisfactory. I'm not inclined to use Father and Mother as events.--------------------------------------------------On Wed May 12 08:40:52 1999, Howard Hickman, email: hmh4sure@compuserve.com, wrote:
Some way to connect a child to the father and to the mother. Childrens names, as sons and daughters, sometimes appear in parents' obituary, but without any genealogical connection to either parent.They may be stepchildren, etc., of one parent or the other. Confirming data may be found later that connects them to one parent but not the other. I now use the Birth event, but it isn't very satisfactory. I'm not inclined to use Father and Mother as events.--------------------------------------------------On Wed May 12 08:41:33 1999, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Sun May 16 15:59:16 1999, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
My favourite program, although it would be even more helpful if the find date options contained the options for finding INCOMPLETE and APPROXIMATED dated therefore reporting dates like Jun 1890 and Bef 1865 respectivly. This would help greatly in creating a report of events that are still to be proven.--------------------------------------------------On Sun May 16 16:01:02 1999, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
A full screen split pane window for merges, showing as much comparitive information as possible.--------------------------------------------------On Thu May 27 21:17:35 1999, Rand Putnam, email: rmputnam@access1.net, wrote:
1. Add ancestors to names in the book report (i.e., (Bill3, Mike2, Joe1) 2. Create a subset of all people associated with a given place 3. Allow the "Select Person" feature to sort by name and date (instead of record number) 4. Allow source citations at the bottom of each page in book report (instead of at the end of the book) 5. Assign a single source to and entire family for a given event at once (i.e., assign a source to all of the births of children in one family with a few keystrokes, like Legacy) 6. Allow seperate notes for each source cited 7. Improve the index feature for the book report. The index for FO 7.01 is very awkward.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Jun 3 13:54:30 1999, David Todd, email: David.Todd@Psych.UMass.EDU, wrote:
ToDo list:--------------------------------------------------allow general ToDo's (not related to an individual) include a "date completed" field--I'd like to review changes I've made since the last time I distributed info to the family. It would be ideal to have a log of all changes as an option, but key changes could be documented with the ToDo feature if this field were added On Sat Jun 12 05:52:29 1999, Cardin Corbit, email: corbit@empire, wrote:
The ability to print file folder labels for Individuals with basic vital statistics. with an option to select individuals or a group of individuals.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jun 19 17:47:14 1999, John Mitchell, email: jsmitchell1@worldnet.att.net, wrote:
As others said,have ancestors numbered in printouts to make it easier to follow the line.Also I carry a pedigree chart when i travel to libraries. It would be nice to have the computer number on the chart so when you change the data you are able to use a person,s computer # instead typing the name. I recently changed from another program and still have a lot to learn, however we do need the ability to split a line from the database if it is not currently available.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jun 20 08:02:46 1999, Helen Bumgardner, email: bhbumgar@gte.net, wrote:
In FOW ver 6 the font in making a book was much larger than the one now in Ver. 7.0. I have checked my manuel and asked others how to change this. It would help all if clear instructions were given to make a change in the font size & type when creating a book. Many need larger type. If this has been asked before someone please let me know. Thank you.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jun 21 18:40:02 1999, Jim Birch, email: JASBIRCH@aol.com, wrote:
I would like a future version of Family Origins to have a "Descendancy Tree" similar to one that Brother's Keeper has. I have found this feature to be very useful for sending information to others who are either non genealogist or to non English speaking people. It is very easy for someone to follow the family line.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Jun 23 08:43:44 1999, Herman Geschwind, email: geschwind@aol.com, wrote:
In earlier versions of FoW there was the capability to sort all children globally in correct birth order. With current version we longer have this feature. Would be nice to have it back.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jun 28 12:29:42 1999, Steven M. Manning, email: manning@radiks.net, wrote:
Fix the bug. When you are in Adopted dialog, you might noticed there are two places with same underline S for Specific parents and Source. Please correct the mistake so we can continue to use ALT S for source and ALT [any key] for specific parents. Thanks.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Jul 21 19:03:37 1999, Charlotte Dean, email: cdaz@zekes.com, wrote:
Regarding "Cite Your Sources" would like to be able to print book titles in italics.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Jul 21 19:04:08 1999, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Wed Jul 21 19:05:51 1999, Charlotte Dean, email: cdaz@zekes.com, wrote:
Regarding "Cite Your Sources" would like to be able to print book titles in italics.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Jul 22 16:19:59 1999, Fred McMurray, email: mckay@linknet.net, wrote:
On your photo tree chart, the oldest people appear in the branches instead of the roots where they belong. Is there a way to reverse this? Also there is not enough space to put 14 children. What do we do, just forget that the last two as though they were not born?--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 25 03:37:21 1999, Martha J. Hicks, email: mjhicks1@juno.com, wrote:
Highlighting all direct ancestors (within the program) for a specified person would be so helpful. I have a large database that includes many families with eight to fourteen children and each family seems to have one or more Mary's, John's, Samuel's, etc. (For example, I can have five or six names that are Joseph Hadley.) It gets so confusing when looking anywhere in the database, (family view, tree view and main index)to remember which was the direct ancestor. It would be so nice to be able to specify an individual for whom all direct ancestors are highlighted everywhere in the database. Thank you.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 25 03:45:35 1999, Martha J. Hicks, email: mjhicks1@juno.com, wrote:
How about the date format option of Jan. 1, 1999 (in other words, the standard that is most commonly used with a period when abbreviating the month, and a comma after the day.) In books, it looks rather informal to read Nov 11 1910, whereas the format- Nov. 11, 1910 would give a neater more polished look. Thank you.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 25 03:54:36 1999, Martha J. Hicks, email: mjhicks1@juno.com, wrote:
An enhanced check for missing sources would be very helpful. In addition to or rather than having a report of all facts without sources, how about a report that shows any individuals that lack sources altogether. For many people in the database, there are only general sources given, and not one for each fact. That way, we could ascertain those individuals who were truly overlooked in being given a source. ******************************************************** Also, modified registers fail to bold print the name of a spouse for whom there are no facts. It would be nice to have the name bold for these individuals too.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Aug 3 14:39:03 1999, Loretta Krumwiede Barlow, email: lorbar@fortwayne.infi.net, wrote:
OK. One more thing. FOWIN 9.0 could have a scrapbook option to print a scrapbook for "Descendants of..." or "Ancestors of..." or both (as in the new hourglass chart).--------------------------------------------------On Tue Aug 3 19:22:40 1999, Anne Kruszka, email: apercival@aol.com, wrote:
Support for Ansel characters like other Windows programs, to allow for the special characters that are not included in the ANSI set.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Aug 4 04:18:59 1999, Richard Collins, email: rocollins@aol.com, wrote:
I would like to be able to use the windows cut, copy, and paste features. This would make it a lot easier to add information to records and to copy the same information into multiple records.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Aug 4 09:46:23 1999, Stephen Fuller, email: GenQry@aol.com, wrote:
Need to be able to designate a 'preferred' date when entering multiple dates for the same event. I often have conflicting information for the same event from different sources, and need a way to not only record both dates but also mark which one I think is correct while doing further research. Along with this, only the preferred date should show on the family view panel and there should be an option for printing both dates or only the preferred date on reports.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Aug 4 09:56:44 1999, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Wed Aug 4 10:02:45 1999, Stephen Fuller, email: GenQry@aol.com, wrote:
When recording data related to weddings, burials or funerals I often would like to record not only the location (city, county, state) but also site information (name of church, cemetery or funeral home). It would be nice to have a separate field for this data. A field for recording the name of the person officiating (minister, priest, justice of the peace, etc.) would also be nice.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Aug 4 13:40:06 1999, Mark Daly, email: markd@city-net.com, wrote:
I would like to see a report that shows the medical history of a selected person. Perhaps it would be based off a list of selected event tags (including user-defined tags) or maybe medical information on hereditary diseases, etc. could be built into the program so the report is a true medical history. Or, a combination of both. A more advanced feature might be analyzing trends several generations back (if info is available) to indicate risks the person should be aware of.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Aug 7 11:11:55 1999, Harold Littlejohn, email: hltljohn@att.net, wrote:
The newest Version of PAF 4.0 has the option to "Append to Names" a Custom ID, instead of a record number. This is really handy. It lets me match ID's with my written records. Would be nice to see this feature added to FOW.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Aug 8 04:51:59 1999, Eugene Belair, email: embelair@aol.com, wrote:
Provide a direct descendant list from my gggggrandfather to me without listing all of his descendants.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Aug 8 14:01:56 1999, Thomas L. Smithson, email: smithson@up.net, wrote:
The ability to change the drive or directory of all images at once, so that the program will retrieve photos even if you move them from C drive to ZIP drive to CD-ROM.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Aug 9 15:40:46 1999, Lawrence Bass, email: lnbass@arlington.net, wrote:
I’ve been trying to figure out how to print a “book” from the Family Origins Ver. 7 that will include all the descendants of the end-of-line ancestors for an individual but have been unable to do so. What I would like to do is select an individual and then select all the end-of-line ancestors for that individual. From there, I want to select all the descendants of the end-of-line ancestors and print a “book” of those descendants along with an index. The best that I have been able to do is select one of the ancestors and print a “book” of the descendants of that ancestor along with an index. Then I can select another ancestor and repeat the procedure. I end up with a separate “book” of each end-of-line ancestor along with a separate index for each. This will necessarily cause duplication of some of the individuals in the “books” even though I limit each printout with the number of generations choice. What I would like to get is one “book”, with one index, that includes all the combined descendants of each end-of-line ancestor assigned to the proper generation level without duplication of individuals. Attempting to combine the “books” using a word processor hasn’t been a viable answer because the “books” assign each of the persons to a generation level and the generation levels don’t necessarily correspond. I would appreciate any help regarding this matter.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Aug 12 14:29:45 1999, Anne Kruszka, email: apercival@aol.com, wrote:
I would like to be able to insert Soundex codes while working on TO DO lists. Right now, you have to close that down, go into Calculator, figure out the soundex code and then go back into the TO DO list. VERY time-consuming! A nice little button to insert Soundex Code would be nice!--------------------------------------------------On Mon Aug 16 10:34:03 1999, Paul E. Feick, email: pfeick@networld.com, wrote:
I'm using FOW Ver. 7. I'm used to having an Anniversary Search in ROOTS II in DOS which is very Handy. Entering a Date would show All Events for that Date, Birth, Marriage, Death, etc.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Aug 19 19:11:52 1999, Tom Wilkerson, email: wilkersn@tfs.net, wrote:
Global Search & Replace--------------------------------------------------On Thu Aug 19 19:14:55 1999, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Sun Aug 22 13:34:02 1999, Duane Barton, email: duane_barton@yahoo.com, wrote:
2 requests: 1. Add aliases (AKA's) to the lookup list 2. Summarize end notes by page. Currently in 8.0, you can either process in extreme detail ( 1 note or ibid for each reference) or extreme summary (on reference to each source). I would like a note generated once when a new reference to a page is found and all subsequent references to that page have the same superscript. Currently my end notes out weight the content 3 to 1 in my reports.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Aug 24 07:22:05 1999, Vicky Miller, email: vmgeneal@pacbell.net, wrote:
I am using Family Origins ver.8 and love it. I have several suggestions that would be very helpful: Enlarge the "Merge Duplicate Individuals" window so that more of the family relationships can be viewed without scrolling down. Also, on the "Find Duplicates to Merge" options, currently there is an option to ignore entries with no surname. It would also be helpful to have the option to ignore entries with a surname, but no given name. Some sort of automatic date range entry estimator for entries without dates would be helpful, perhaps with a screen for accepting the entry or not and an option for accepting all entries. This would also make the analyzing duplicates easier by having some point of time reference, since the tree is not viewable in the duplicate window. A screen to add several children to a family at once in a list format would be helpful for entering large families. Have an option when exporting GEDCOMS of direct ancestors or descendants of an individual, that you could choose how many generations out from the "main" tree you would like to include. For example: direct ancestors and their children AND two more generations down (second or third cousins, second or third cousins once removed, etc.). This would be very helpful, and each person could choose how distant they want to list relatives. You now have the "Hourglass" tree. Have you thought about having an "Hourglass" type Book in the report section? Hope these ideas are useful. I would sure like to see some of them in upcoming patches, versions, or even supplemental add-on software.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Aug 26 13:50:58 1999, Robert Manson, email: robman@digitalexp.com, wrote:
Has the problem with "word splitting" at the end of a line in the "Book" print-out been corrected as an update for 8.0?--------------------------------------------------On Sat Aug 28 18:01:24 1999, Frank Powell, email: nfpcdp@feist.com, wrote:
Ditto to Stan Page's request. I merge in a lot of files from off the internet as I'm sure many others do. Keeping duplicates weeded out is a major task.Being able to add a global reference to the searchable place list would be most helpful. After cleaning up a downloaded file a global reference could be added. After importing this file into one's main file, the 'find a person' option could be used to locate each newly imported name to check for duplications and mergeable files.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Aug 29 09:50:55 1999, Tony Peregoy, email: tperegoy@mindspring.com, wrote:
Please add the ability to indicate three types of relationships: 1) Known or proven 'solid line' which is currently in FO, 2) Probable 'dashed line', and 3) Possible 'line of small circles'. The types Probable and Possible should allow multiple family connections to show areas being worked on. Anyone who has worked in genealogy long enough knows how these would help.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Aug 29 09:53:04 1999, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Sun Aug 29 10:01:49 1999, M. Dow Lambert, email: mdowl2@ixpnet.com, wrote:
I wish you would modify the multiple database drag and drop feature to actually drop the data into position in the receiving database, similar to the system used in the Legacy genealogy program. Your system is fine if you are moving a new name, but when it is a duplicate you then have to merge records to combine the data. I have used several versions of FOW for several years, and have looked forward to this feature. Thank you for including it in version 8.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Aug 29 13:39:52 1999, Candy, email: tazeq@aol.com, wrote:
I have been with the Family Origins genealogy program since it first came out in DOS. I love it! There is only one teeny tiny thing I would like to see added.I have noticed a pattern in one of the lines that I am following where there are illegitimate children. Parents never married, and children are usually the product of a very short relationship. I would like to see a way of this info being added, without having to 'create' a marriage event (which would be totally false)...and then listing it as a divorce...(again totally false).
These children would still be 'half-siblings' to the parent's other children...but of a totally different relationship.
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On Tue Aug 31 17:40:37 1999, Erik Jensen, email: erikjensen@home.com, wrote:
Let's get FO ported to a Unix type OS. It could Linux, FreeBSD or perhaps Solaris. I run all three. FreeBSD is the most stable.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Aug 31 18:26:03 1999, John P. DuLong, email: dulongj@habitant.org, wrote:
Family Origins, with one exception, meets almost all my needs for a genealogy computer program. The exception is the lack of italics and bold in the notes and sources. It is impossible to meet the style and format guidelines for proper documentation without highlighting the titles of books and journals. Please consider adding this feature in version 9. Thank you.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Sep 2 02:49:00 1999, Bob Bermel, email: bbermel@cgocable.net, wrote:
1.Include a 'scrapbook' for places. 2. the ability to link/launch original documents and replies to the correspondence log.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Sep 3 20:18:55 1999, Mark Schears, email: schears@usa.net, wrote:
1). Under File, create a list of up to 5 databases that one can choose, similar to Word or Excel. Also, make this user selectable. 2). When creating Web pages, allow for a hyperlink for an html selection. It would be nice to have the link active when I put my homepage on my FOW web pages! 3). Please allow for web output of Modified Register Book reports to contain the photos, similar to the way the pictures appear if I were to print the Book out!!! --------------------------------------------------On Sun Sep 5 13:34:07 1999, Dan Parry, email: WelshMN@earthlink.net, wrote:
Currently still using FO 7.01, awaiting delivery of FO 8.0. I would like to see the ability to attach multimedia files to Events and Places in addition to people. In addition, some capability to use subdirectories for multimedia files so they can be shared with others more easily. If I keep all the files for one branch of the family or one surname in a particular subdirectory, I can copy them and give to other family members much more readily. I believe I have seen these suggested in earlier wishes, but want to add my support for this idea.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 6 16:11:14 1999, Win Apel, email: winapel@micron.net, wrote:
I just upgraded from Family Origins 7.0 to 8.0. I created a Web page (including clicking the box "Include Photos?"), and uploaded it. It looks fine, except that none of the photos are there. I did not have this problem with Version 7.0. Thus, I wish photos worked ini 8.0.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 6 16:11:37 1999, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 6 16:11:58 1999, Win Apel, email: winapel@micron.net, wrote:
I just upgraded from Family Origins 7.0 to 8.0. I created a Web page (including clicking the box "Include Photos?"), and uploaded it. It looks fine, except that none of the photos are there. I did not have this problem with Version 7.0. Thus, I wish photos worked in 8.0.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Sep 7 15:37:23 1999, Diane Miles, email: milesd@norwich.net, wrote:
I'm currently using the 8.0 version of Family Origins. I would like to have the choice of what color to use when printing out the family tree in hourglass form. Another feature I'd like, is when doing a print out of the book, to have the person's name and generation number in superscript and then in brackets the male decendents with the generation number in superscript. Another wish is to have the option of printing a specific family group sheet or marking multiple family group sheets in the database to be printed.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Sep 7 19:16:20 1999, Spencer Laird, email: mlaird1@san.rr.com, wrote:
I would like to see Census data entry forms as part of FO. After entering the data from the Census into the form it could then be linked to an individual and/or family. When printing it would print all census liked to the family and/or individuals in the family if that option was selected. Also the would be a long and short form of the Census when printing.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Sep 10 07:52:41 1999, Marcia D. Melnyk, email: mdmelnyk@mediaone.net, wrote:
Would like to have pedigree charts automatically numbered (correctly) regardless of whether you have information in the field or not. Because FO only numbers charts that continue onto a subsequent chart, every time you find that next generation it changes tohe numbers on ALL charts. I am not aware of any genealogical program that does this and it would be great if FO could be the first! I teach genealogical clases all ove the US and every person that I have recommended FO to has loved it! Keep up the great work, Bruce!--------------------------------------------------On Fri Sep 10 18:55:53 1999, Rosamund Ann Ball, email: wrencd6@intrepid.net, wrote:
A way to cut down on the print sizes of specific names...or an option to add a second line to the name on a pedigree chart. When you're working in the Middle Ages/Dark Age Europe, when people had no last names and were identified only by the lands they ruled, the names can get quite long... I can print out 12 generations w/out trouble, but if I do more than that, then I have to go back in and edit the names by hand...a name that appears as "Richard de Bohun, Earl of Such-and-Such" simply can't be handled by the present print options. Help for us medieval history nuts, please!--------------------------------------------------On Fri Sep 10 18:56:29 1999, , email: , wrote:
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A way to deal with Quaker dates without converting them. It has always been advised to write them as they are written. Example: With FO, 4-19- 1737 becomes 19 Apr 1737. There is always a chance of making errors with conversions and calculations.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Sep 11 20:41:40 1999, Ruth Christ, email: ruth-christ@uiowa.edu, wrote:
It would be very helpful if the AKA names were included in the search list and as cross references in indexes. Among Norewgians, it is not unusual to find that a person went by several names during their lifetime. New immigrants in particular often alternated between use of a farm name and their father's or their own patronymic or an anglicized form of any of the above. It would probably be necessary to have the form for AKA entry divided by surname, first name, etc., just as the primary name is done.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 13 19:48:27 1999, Evan, email: Estolb7395@aol.com, wrote:
To be able to save ancestor (pedigree) and other charts as an ascii file to be able to email info.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 13 19:48:46 1999, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 13 20:13:38 1999, Betsy Grovenburg, email: bmbg@juno.com, wrote:
I work at a Family History Center and many of us are real "converts" to Family Origins. We talk about it frequently and recommend it constantly. Great work! We have discussed our wishes and here are a few of our most pressing needs: 1. Please make a "print" button to print out all associated events (with person name & #) for a specific place in the Place List Manager, just as you have done for the Source Manager. (See Rand Putnam's wish for same thing on 27 May 1999.) 2. We REALLY would like to have the ability to link one note to one source in an individual's event list. Example: Under birth event I want to list 3 different sources, a parish baptismal record (which gave a birthdate), a mid-wife's birth date notation, and a family bible reference. Two of these examples are considered "Primary" sources, the other is probably Secondary. However you currently have only one screen for notes - so all the notes for each different source are lumped together (and they are conflicting), with no way to differentiate them without restating the source name on the notes screen -- which becomes a very messy option in the Book and Website formats...! Example: 5 Jan 1777 - (Midwife's date & Family Bible) 15 Jan 1777 - (Baptismal Record)--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 13 20:16:58 1999, Betsy Grovenburg, email: bmbg@juno.com, wrote:
Thanks again... More wishes: 1.PLEASE give us the option to allow/disallow the printing of a note on each and every note screen. Currently I am using a user-defined event called "hidden note" to put in "sensitive" information that is necessary for research, but not desirable for printing out... 2. Please give us the option to print source citations at the bottom of each page in Book or Web report (instead of at the end of the book). I don't mind seeing "Ibid." and having to go back a page to figure out the reference.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 13 20:21:04 1999, Betsy Grovenburg, email: bmbg@juno.com, wrote:
A wish from the Tuesday staff at the FHC: From the Source Manager screen allow a "select individuals/family" option to assign that source and it's citation, coupled with an event you can select, to a group of people. Example: I use a user-defined event called "1850 Census" that lists the date & place a person is shown in the 1850 US census. It prints out saying: "He was listed in the 1850 US Census enumerated on (DATE) at (PLACE)." (Very useful in a timeline setting) Then I would like to select all those people who have that exact event, date/place, & source citation and have the program insert that event and source at once to all of them... Nice, yes?! : )--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 13 20:29:17 1999, Betsy Grovenburg, email: bmbg@juno.com, wrote:
Please allow an italics font for book titles. Putting in a field for such things as churches, cemeteries, etc. associated with places, would be a nice feature. Example: "Prefix Field:" St. John's Church Cemetery ... "Place Field:" Norway Township, Wright County, Iowa. Prints out as "St. John's Church Cemetery at Norway Township, Wright County, Iowa. (With Option to use "in" instead of "at"). PS. I love your place list manager & source manager (and global search/replace). I was able to convince my dedicated PAF-using mother to switch over to FO because of them. Another friend who used FTM for years & years (another dedicated genealogist) also switched because of these features.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Sep 15 19:23:04 1999, Peggy Hooper, email: hooperhous@earthlink.net, wrote:
I am using version 8.0. Still wishing for a way to select a specific source and see all of it's citations, not all the sources and citations at once. I would also like to be able to add and remove individuals from this specific citation list. I would also like to select a group of people and assign a source. I just love using Family Origins!--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 20 20:34:17 1999, Arthur L. Ridley, email: ridley331@juno.com, wrote:
This may already be somewhere in the myriad of requests. When adding children from a long list of children it would be helpful to be able to see who the last child entered was, I frequently get lost, especially when called away from the terminal in the middle of adding children.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 20 20:42:51 1999, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 20 20:48:52 1999, Arthur L. Ridley, email: ridley331@juno.com, wrote:
On Register reports, immediately after the name of the individual, a list of first names of the direct line back to the ancestor selected as #1 on the chart (possibly with the ancestor's number by the name.) It would make it easier for the reader to tell at a glance from which line the individual is descended. Possibly make this feature an option.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Sep 22 15:22:35 1999, Curtis L. Van Vark, email: cdvanvark@kdsi.net, wrote:
My great-Aunt wanted me to print a book by following family lines rather than by generation. I tried to customize this in a book but failed. If it is possible that would be great.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Sep 23 10:13:24 1999, Dora A. Black, email: dblack9690@aol.com, wrote:
1. The program should do "back-generation" -- give the names of bloodline parent, grandparent, etc, OR at a minimum give the parents names; i.e., John Doe (son of Jim Doe and Mary Buck). 2. Birth dates (and birth place, too, preferably) be given for ALL children in when listing children in the book journal report. Currently birth dates are only given for those children whose lines are not carried forward but birth dates should be listed for all children. I have both Family Origins and Family Tree Maker. I could abandon FTM in an instant if these two items were written into the Family Origins program. The FTM program (Ver. 6.0) has so many programming errors that it's a joke (I started with FTM Ver. 4.0 and each succeeding version has had so many errors that I need to get a better program). These two items are the only thing keeping me from returning to the Family Origins program -- the individual summary and Family Group Sheet are excellent!--------------------------------------------------On Thu Sep 23 19:07:35 1999, , email: , wrote:
I would like be able to give my cousins a genealogy CD that would have the Family Origins viewing interface. This would allow them to easily browse thru the family tree and view all the information and pictures in my ".fow" file.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 27 08:55:02 1999, Steve Page, email: steve.page@lineone.net, wrote:
The emigrated fact prints out back to front. My understanding is that Emigration means to leave rather than arrive, which is the context you have it. It is presumably focused from the point of view of those of you in the US who emigrated from Europe!--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 27 08:56:22 1999, Steve Page, email: steve.page@lineone.net, wrote:
I wish the scrap book stored relative paths rather than full. It causes no end of problems when moving the database to other drives, or trying to run it of a CD.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Sep 27 08:58:51 1999, Steve Page, email: steve.page@lineone.net, wrote:
It would be handy if the Todo list could have a pick list or standard template of usual things to do. Then when adding a new person, a standard list of tasks (e.g. search 1841 census, search Pigotts etc) allowing it to be used a tool for directing research.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Sep 29 08:20:53 1999, Dan Spier, email: dandaspier @juno.com, wrote:
I am just updating to FO 8.0. I wish that you could print out a report that showed the relationship of any two people. I am frequently asked "How is he/she related to me"? I then have to manually print out the common ancestor, and the two paths down showing each individual and their spouses until I reach each individual. I label each level downward (siblings, first cousins, second cousins, including removals, etc.). The same thing is done when the relationship is a straight line (such as GGGG Grandfather) but this is more obvious. It would be great it Family Origins would do this automatically!--------------------------------------------------On Sun Oct 3 16:20:23 1999, Donald Tucker, email: dtucker@gwi.net, wrote:
I would like to see FO finally do the Register type report correctly. At present the only birth dates which appear are those for children not carried forward. All the genealogy journals both NEHGS and modified register always give the birth dates for all the children when listed under the parents. It is very annoying to have to search through pages to try to see the birth dates. When we look at families we need to be able to see the children and their dates at a glance. Many journals and programs also give the death date as well, but that is not as critical. This should be very easy to correct and could be done as patch not a major upgrade.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Oct 7 16:49:22 1999, Alison JOnes Agins, email: aliagins@aol.com, wrote:
First, I LOVE FO! I've had mine all along and use it to work in although I do have FTM as well. You keep improving and this forum may be why! I wish that when I made a gedcom file that I could copy photos to send along as well. I wish that there was a button on the family page that would take me straight to an edit page for my FO web site. I wish there was a choice to delete an entire line going back with the click on one person. Boy! would that help! Well, there might be more, but, I'm fighting with the web site trying to get it set up.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Oct 12 19:45:19 1999, Mike Thompson, email: mthompson83@alum.mit.edu, wrote:
I would love to have the ability to create family facts/events. Many family histories include a statement like "In 1843, the family traveled by wagon to a new homestead in Indiana."--------------------------------------------------Adding a "Moved" event for just one parent (probably the father) is not good becase a report or a traversal of the database that does not include that person will miss the fact. Plus it would not be clear, without a note, that the event applied to the whole family.
Putting the event on each spouse and all children that were living at the time is not a good solution either. When you need to change/correct the details of the fact, you have to change each instance. In a book report, especially a decendent report, seeing the same fact repeatedly is tedious.
On Tue Oct 12 19:57:22 1999, Mike Thompson, email: mthompson83@alum.mit.edu, wrote:
The problem list report is a wonderful feature for catching data entry errors and source discrepencies. Now it just needs the ability to ignore "confirmed" facts. For example, a problem is reported that a child was born before their parents marriage. The researcher double checks the sources, maybe finding additional ones, to confirm the information. The user needs the ability to mark the facts as "confirmed", so that when the problem listy report is run in the future, the false positives will be suppressed.--------------------------------------------------Not having this ability makes it hard to pick out new errors, if you have a large number of "errors" which really are not.
Also any time a fact is changed, it should clear this setting so that it will be rechecked when the report is run again.
On Tue Oct 12 20:08:27 1999, Mike Thompson, email: mthompson83@alum.mit.edu, wrote:
The ability to jump directly from a report to a person/event. When you are reviewing a report on the screen and you locate a person that you want to edit, it would be very nice to be able to double-click on the person in the report and have the system jump directly to the person (preferable while keeping the report window available.--------------------------------------------------Ask any user of Quicken for an example of going from a report directly to a transaction record in an account.
On Wed Oct 13 13:56:26 1999, Lynna Kay Shuffield, email: friday@argohouston.com, wrote:
The fact for DIVORCE does not appear on the Family Group Sheet Report. When you send a Family Group Sheet to someone to "fill in the information" not having the Divorce fact show up is not good because if they don't think about it or see it, they usually forget about adding that info. So, you have to go back and specifically ask about divorce info.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Oct 14 04:20:02 1999, Martin R.J. Cleaver, email: Martin.Cleaver@BCS.org.uk, wrote:
Where can I buy a copy of FO in the U.K.? Mail-order is fine but when I got to shoptlc it does not tell me what I will pay for having it shipped over! Furthermore, shoptlc only provide a 1-800 number that I cannot call from the U.K. (By the way, did you know that FO is rated the #1 product in the Genealogy Software section by deja.com users - see http://www.deja.com/rate/list_items.xp?CID=11318&PCID=11167 ). I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a copy...--------------------------------------------------On Fri Oct 15 10:18:27 1999, David Pine, email: david@club-air.com, wrote:
I want to distribute a family history CD-ROM to members of my family and I would like to see a feature on FO that would help with the Creation of a CD-ROM. IT would be nice to be able to create a live, interactive presentation complete with photos, sound, and other multimedia (as well as general information and text).--------------------------------------------------On Sun Oct 17 11:14:40 1999, Betty Stokes, email: bdsjh@hal-pc.org, wrote:
The ability to use tabs on the note pages. I use the census fact and type the census in the note. I can never get it to line up.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Oct 18 23:56:23 1999, Ernest Feil, email: efeil@pacbell.net, wrote:
To copy and paste everything--------------------------------------------------On Sat Oct 23 09:32:51 1999, Barbara L Richardson, email: joatmon7@netdirect.net, wrote:
I would like to see 5 or 6 Generation Fan Pedigree charts. I have seen these on other programs and they look quite elegant! Also when you bring up the find list of individuals, why can't you type in who you are looking for instead of having to scroll all through them. I have over 4,000 names and this is very time consuming. This would be very convenient for merging individuals. Thanks. Barbara--------------------------------------------------On Sat Oct 23 12:28:08 1999, Lynn Farmer, email: lynn@lynnfarmerphoto.net, wrote:
MY WISH LIST....... 1.) I believe that Family Orgins is the only major genealogy program that does not have improbable date checking as data is being input. 2.)Inputing dates...It would make it much easier if Family Orgins would enter the month in the same manner that the place list works. 3.) I would like to see the WHOLE Fact list as being editable. I would like to delete MANY of the items there that I will NEVER use.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Oct 24 15:48:30 1999, Lyle A. Knox, email: laknox@uswest.net, wrote:
On Nov. 25, 1998, Dick Akins asked for one of the things that I've been wishing for since I first started using FOW, the ability to list a default directory for FOW to start looking in. Nearly a year later and you still don't have it. Very annoying to have to go through several steps just to locate other d.b.s. Another wish that has come up just recently, is that when you print out a family group sheet, while it does include other spouses, it doesn't include any children from those other spouses. Again, annoying and time-consuming when you're trying to print out forms to give to others to fill in and give back. A =feature= I'd like to see added is a simple check box on the main data entry screen that would put a tag in the general notes to show that this person is alive; preferably a user-definable tag. This would obviate the need for much typing of notes for those of us who use "cleaning" software to remove personal info on living people. Another thing I'd like to see is an expansion of the dimensions of the wall chart. 15 feet is just way too small. It's my paper and my wall, why does the size of the chart have to be limited? One last thing; SmartMerge isn't really very smart. I ran it three times when I decided to merge my 9 different d.b.s and still had several hundred that needed to be merged. This is causing me to spend many hours going over records by hand. Merge also creates way too many matches on records that are obviously not related in any way. Other than these, I have no complaints about FOW. It's a very friendly program.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Oct 25 18:34:41 1999, Rick Sterling, email: fow@rickster.org, wrote:
I use 3 genealogy programs currently. FOW 8.0, PAF 4.0, and Generations 5.2. I use FOW for data entry and general database administration of several databases with from 1200 to 23,000 persons. I use the other two programs for the additional reports they can create. I have been using FOW since 5.0. I do like the new features in 8.0 but feel there could have been a few more ... ;-) I'll do these one topic at a time. Merging: When bringing up the "Explorer" please allow a user to use Control-left mouse click to highlight-select multiple duplicate names simultaneously for a merge operation. This methodology typically presents same named duplicates adjacent or near each other and would allow a very fast and efficient merge of 2 or more records. When dragging and droping a record between two databases DO NOT reset the database to the HOME record. It is VERY frustrating to have the program "HELP" me out when I don't need the "HELP". I have yet found an instance where I needed to go to the HOME record after a drag and drop... typically ( 99% of the time ) I then need to do a merge or add the new record as a parent or child of an existing record necessitating lots of extra clicks and keystrokes to get back to where I was working. Which brings us to .... When working with two databases allow the user to drag and drop a record between databases and enquire if a merge and/or SPLICE operation should be initiated. This presupposes that the program is context sensitive and 'KNOWS' the position in the receiving database that the user dropped the record on. When two or more databases are displayed, allow the user to right click on a record and present additional options "MERGE - TO" "MERGE - FROM". The program would bring up the two records in the individual merge panel after the second record is selected. Allow merging and/or splicing between databases. To make merging records easier add a "Synchronize Display" function/command/mode so that when working with 2 views of the same database the windows could be synchronized in some fashion. The ability to 'synchronize' two different databases would be very powerfull. A simple methodolgy would be to have the user establish a 'common root' and then have the program slave either window to the other using the same relative movements. Movements to fathers or mothers only might be required. The user should be able to turn off NAG prompts about 'backing up database' before a merge if they desire. As a disabled person I am constantly looking to remove nonproductive program prompts that just make my task harder or longer.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Oct 25 18:45:56 1999, Rick Sterling, email: fow@rickster.org, wrote:
RELATIONSHIPS:--------------------------------------------------
The current relationship calculator is cute but basically useless as the data presented must be hand copied ( Please use the windows standard select - copy - paste functions on ALL windows. Never second guess the usefulness of screen data for the user. )... a relationship REPORT would be VERY useful.
The Kin list report is too all inclusive currently ... allow the user to provide target records. ie. Report all blood relationships between A and B and who the common ancestor C is.On Mon Oct 25 20:21:43 1999, Joseph Thomas Richardson, email: jtrichardson@worldnet.att.net , wrote:
Keeps getting better and better-- I love 8.0-- keep it coming! But I definitely have a lot of wishes-- some of which bug me so much I'm about ready to program them myself! But of course, I don't have the time for that, so all I can do is wish. :) One in particular that I was thinking of just the other day: a Place Name Manager. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's thought of that. It sure would be nice to have a utility to organize the place names database. I was thinking of something like a cascading "tree" (sorry, I'm not up on my jargon)-- set up like a directory tree or object tree or such, with "folders" to contain various hierarchies of places-- e.g. Country > State > County > City > Location. So, say, if I was going on a trip to Granville County, North Carolina, I could go into my Place Name Manager and print a list of all the cemeteries in the sub-structure of "North Carolina" > "Granville County"; or even better, add a simple search, and have it a return a list of all the DUTTONs and FRAZIERs buried in cemeteries in Granville County, North Carolina. I think ya'll probably get the idea. It sure can be a hassle to have to go through the Place Names list and pick out each location you want to do something with-- even with the great new ability to search it! (Thanks!) Also, as a part of this same package: when entering Place Names for Facts, the user could choose an "Advanced" option, and receive a form by which to directly specify each of the location fields. Or, by default, a simple string parser could be employed to separate the "long" Location field into the different fields. (Options could specified in the Program Options or Database Options menu for defaults for the parser, e.g. a bit "Assume Country='U.S.' unless otherwise specified?" And, wow! It could even be linked into the wonderful Place Finder to "positively identify" place names as they are entered! That would open up a whole new world of possibilities, wouldn't it? Those nasty spelling errors could be corrected as they are made (that option could be disabled if it gets too annoying, of course), county names could be suggested when they are unknown, and your place names could automatically be placed into their proper classification. And, gadzooks! If all of your place names are linked into the place finder, why not allow for a mapping feature? Something I've always wanted to do is print out a map showing the migration patterns of my family-- a point on the map for the birth and death places of each successive generation. Or for other facts, as one sees fit. One could map the residences of each of his living cousins-- a *must* for family reunions! Whew! I could go on for hours! I hope somebody reads this and gets a lightbulb-- I know I turned on quite a few for myself just in the process of writing this. I'll be back in the future to post more.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Oct 26 12:41:30 1999, Elda O'Connell, email: emoconnell@unidial.com, wrote:
I wish V 8.0 did proper wordwrapping. I am finding many instances of split words - like all but the last letter on one line, the last letter of a word on the next. This never happened in any of the earlier versions of FO - what happened? It makes a very poor-looking report and is also hard to read. Also - couldn't some of these wishes be removed from this listing? Seems like many of the first ones I had to page through were already accomplished. Thanks.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Oct 28 18:52:25 1999, Marilyn, email: MMacMurph@aol.com, wrote:
When printing a book of ancestors, I would like the option of including at least the marriage and possibly the children of the first geneneration. I would also like to have pic references for places and sources.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Nov 4 16:09:16 1999, Larry Lister, email: thelisters@tds.net, wrote:
I would like to see the "search select fields" expanded to include Sources. This would be useful in creating a gedcom file based on the source.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Nov 5 18:33:33 1999, Martha S. Millington, email: martisiq@mtco.com, wrote:
Tech support--------------------------------------------------On Wed Nov 10 23:14:17 1999, Lyle Knox, email: laknox@uswest.net, wrote:
This is a second go-round for me. I'd like to have the option in printing reports to include a spouse's ex'es or the fathers of step-children. I have no children myself, but have 2 step-daughters and unless I do a family printout of my wife's ex'es, neither one of them will show up. =My= ex will show up if I do a family printout; why can't I have the option of showing my wife's ex'es (and families) as well? As I'm coming up on a Thanksgiving day reunion and will be printing out family group forms for filling-in of missing data, it would be very handy not to have to print out 2, 3 and even 4 reports on some who might attend.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Nov 12 04:08:52 1999, Willi-Martin Jaeger, email: Jaeger.w.@t-online.de, wrote:
i'm looking for a Germen Version from the Family Origins 8.0 Deluxe--------------------------------------------------On Sun Nov 14 12:44:17 1999, Mark Young, email: LLMYoung@AOL.com, wrote:
I've been using Family Origins since it first came out in the 1.0 version. I've upgraded through the 3.0, 5.0, 6.0 and my current 7.0 versions. I've been very satisfied with it as a whole. I do have two suggestions: 1) Figure out a way of linking children, born out of wedlock, to both parents without being forced to the extreme of creating both a ficticious marriage event and subsequent fictitious divorce. 2) Back around ver 5.0, the To Do List was capable of being printed as a comprehensive list for all individuals in the database. Ver 6.0 lost this ability. To Do Lists could only be printed for individuals. I would like to see the comprehensive list capability restored. It was very useful when conducting research at a specific library. Simply type in the research locale and everything needed to be checked there for all individuals in database was printed out.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Nov 16 20:34:51 1999, Fred Snell, email: fsnell@mediaone.net, wrote:
Just installed Family Origins 8.0 and it looks good. But it appears to default to "My Documents" for the data files. Would be nice for it to "remember" the last directory for a task like opening files. Also to backup to A:, I need to navigate a lot of menus to get there. Great product otherwise.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Nov 17 06:27:19 1999, Lew Horne, email: Lewhorne@aol.com, wrote:
I would like to see an ALL PERSON tree available with the ability to "trim" the tree by adding / subtracting individuals or family branches.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Nov 17 07:31:12 1999, Robert Clay, email: Robert_W_Clay@prodigy.net, wrote:
I would like to see a print feature that would allow you to print odd and even numbered pages separately.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Nov 21 14:54:38 1999, Stephen Sams Barranco, Sr., email: sbarranco@worldnet.att.net, wrote:
I would like Bruce to add the scrolling feature of the mouse to FO8.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Nov 22 02:43:10 1999, Randy Scott, email: randykar@ipa.net, wrote:
I am currently using the FO 8.0 upgrade. The books report generates the occupation fact in a backwards manner, (example) "he was a in 1884 in farmer". It always gets the occupation and date field turned around. It apparently does this with other fact fields, like religion. Any way of correcting this myself or do I have to wait for the next upgrade? Maybe there is a patch? However, all in all, FO is a good program.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Nov 22 17:31:36 1999, chuck adams, email: chucka2@gate.net, wrote:
Creat a report writer as found in familytreemaker where you can add text pages, indexes, table of contents, etc., inorefer to compose a comprehensive report. Add the feature to the report so you can trace surname ancestors. Enhance the test editor so you can set margins and justify text.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Nov 22 17:32:16 1999, chuck adams, email: chucka2@gate.net, wrote:
Creat a report writer as found in familytreemaker where you can add text pages, indexes, table of contents, etc., inorefer to compose a comprehensive report. Add the feature to the report so you can trace surname ancestors. Enhance the test editor so you can set margins and justify text.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Nov 22 23:44:27 1999, Jeffrey Kemp, email: jpkemp@wantree.com.au, wrote:
RE: FO v7.0 (btw FO's great, previously had v4) - The book report looks good except when photos are printed including multiple spouses & no children, it lists "... married [2nd spouse] on [date]" right next to the photo of the first spouse - a bit confusing. Also, may I reiterate the wish for an ALL PERSON family tree report. This preferably would come with a graphical UI that allows you to move person blocks around the page, and the connecting lines to their parents and children would be maintained.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Nov 24 13:39:21 1999, Mike Dekarske, email: mike.dekarske@bigfoot.com, wrote:
Allow an image to be attached to any "Fact". Then when you show the scrapbook for a person, all images attached to that person's facts can be displayed.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Nov 25 11:02:06 1999, Emily Palmer, email: esp@qadas.com, wrote:
I agree wholeheartedly with Marcia Melnyk's comments above about the pedigree charts and how they're numbered. Even if there is no continuing information on a person, the line should still be numbered so that when you do fill in the missing data you won't have to print out all the charts again. I haven't been able to figure out why none of the software programs do this! FO should be the first! I've used FO for more than five years now and love it. Every once in a while I check out other programs, but I always end up coming back to Family Origins. Keep up the good work!--------------------------------------------------On Thu Nov 25 14:54:08 1999, Mary Marvin, email: mjlynn@aol.com, wrote:
I'd like to have the ability to print a family tree photo chart that includes more than 12 children. I have relatives with 13 and 14 children (same parents) and there's only room for the first 12 children. If there is a work-around to printing all of the photos, please let me know. Otherwise, I'd like the option added.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Nov 26 07:52:44 1999, , email: , wrote:
PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!! I REALLY NEED THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! I am just updating to FO 8.0. I wish that you could print out a report that showed the relationship of any two people. I am frequently asked "How is he/she related to me"? I then have to manually print out the common ancestor, and the two paths down showing each individual and their spouses until I reach each individual. I label each level downward siblings, first cousins, second cousins, including removals, etc.). The same thing is done when the relationship is a straight line (such as GGGG Grandfather) but this is more obvious. It would be great it Family Origins would do this automatically!--------------------------------------------------On Fri Nov 26 07:54:07 1999, , email: , wrote:
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PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!! I REALLY NEED THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! I am just updating to FO 8.0. I wish that you could print out a report that showed the relationship of any two people. I am frequently asked "How is he/she related to me"? I then have to manually print out the common ancestor, and the two paths down showing each individual and their spouses until I reach each individual. I label each level downward siblings, first cousins, second cousins, including removals, etc.). The same thing is done when the relationship is a straight line (such as GGGG Grandfather) but this is more obvious. It would be great it Family Origins would do this automatically!--------------------------------------------------On Thu Dec 2 15:39:34 1999, Terry Turner, email: terryt@iaccess.za, wrote:
SMARTMERGE - is not quite so smart! Here in South Africa we are trying to build a complete South African database for research. Our first step was to download the IGI for Africa, a total of some 375,000 names. But with the duplicates (each child downloaded has 2 parents, 10 children downloaded give you 20 parents etc etc) the file contains about 900,000 names. I wish there was some way to tell SMARTMERGE what fields to compare when merging records, as many of the duplicates are only names and spouses, no dates or anything else. Or maybe sks could write a utility to do this.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Dec 4 22:08:50 1999, Mark Schears, email: schears@usa.net, wrote:
I wish that there was some way to have FOW automatically create a .zip file of the pictures that I have attached to the people in my database. Specifically, I want to be able to find out how many people in a specific persons descendants listing; to be able to put these into a .zip file for transfer to other programs/relatives. I have to do this manually now, weeding out the names.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Dec 8 09:09:05 1999, David Martin, email: dgmartin@bellsouth.net, wrote:
Be able to mark several individuals and apply a source, fact, etc. to them. Also, it would be nice to be able to export a GEDCOM file that only contains the descendants of a particular person, or a particular person's ancestors.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Dec 12 11:11:10 1999, Mary Jo Bassham, email: mbassham@home.com, wrote:
1.I have updated my hard dive twice now and bith times I reload my Gedcom file into the new drive, I have to go thru the find list and create a MARRIAGE for those who have no Marriage date. Shouldn't it be fixed so it is done just like those who have a marriage date. 2. I several family lne in one file. Would like to be able to split off the diffrent family lines and have them deleted from the original file, but leaving the connecting person(s).--------------------------------------------------On Mon Dec 13 11:24:08 1999, Curtis Van Vark, email: cdvanvark@kdsi.net, wrote:
I would like to have the ablility to make personal notes of an indivudual or list of sources that would not be printed with a book compilation. This information could concern divorces, adoptions, previous marriages, or children born out of wedlock. With this ability you could complete or better understand the information you have without creating friction with you relitives.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Dec 14 11:53:36 1999, Fred Ramsey, email: framsey@home.com, wrote:
I wrote a 368 page genealogy book on my family. It included footnotes, bibliography and index. I want to get it into Family Origins Two things would help. 1)Use of a full word processor, such as Word 7, inside the notes so we can center, page, paragraph, border, etc. 2)Unlimited note length. Currently it is limited to about 29 pages of type.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Dec 22 16:41:21 1999, Larry Lister, email: thelisters@tds.net, wrote:
I would like to be able to create GEDCOM files by sorting on a source (i.e. include or exclude everyone with this source in any or all of the fact types).--------------------------------------------------On Mon Dec 27 09:05:47 1999, Mark Gerdes, email: arkansas@bigfoot.com, wrote:
An XML standard for genealogical data and Family Origins adoption of it.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jan 3 13:05:06 2000, Robert Dugan, email: vklink@hotmail.com, wrote:
I'm using 8.0 now. I would love to have HTML generated for "family page"-like browsing. The ancestor/descendant trees or nice but it would be nice to browse facts on people that aren't direct ancestor/descendants. The "all people" list sort of gives you this but it isn't organized very well. Also, it would be nice to declare a certain facts private (eg: SSN) instead of ALL facts for a living person. I don't mind posting some of my living person facts to the web, but not all. Overall, a great program though.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jan 3 20:43:52 2000, Tim Farr, email: tf@srjh.emery.k12.ut.us, wrote:
I would like photos to print on the right side of the page in the ancestor book for a cleaner looking printout and also include the spouse and children of the first generation. Also some features on the LDS side such as Copy previous entry or from sibling or from one of the parents. Also better navigation in the tree window would be very nice. I have tried many programs and have decided to stay with this one.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Jan 5 06:05:22 2000, Terry Simonds, email: fsimonds@gate.net, wrote:
At the main screen, it would be very helpful if the "Individual Note" and "Family Note" icons on the toolbar at the top could be modified to indicate whether or not there were any data contained in them. Maybe an asterisk (*) or color change...--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jan 9 10:00:37 2000, Douglas White, email: drwhite@uci.edu, wrote:
In Options/Program Options/View I would like to be able to click / / Display Occupation of highlighted person or more generally / / Display additional fact type(s) (when clicked the list of fact types that can then be clicked would appear) I am a social science research making heavy use of FOW--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jan 10 16:12:03 2000, George Lloyd, email: george_lloyd@prodigy.net, wrote:
I have three wishes, in rder of priority: 1. A switch to mask birth dates, etc. This would really help prepare a report/GED files for publication. 2. A version of FO that wuld run on LINUX! 3. A version of FO that would run on a MAC -- the only resaon I'm still running a Windows platform is because there is no genealogy program for LINUX. nor a good genealogy program for MAC.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Jan 13 10:31:45 2000, John Friede, email: jafriede@attglobal.net, wrote:
FO 6.0 & 8.0 do not take into account that the person is still living when reporting a person's religion in a book. For example, instead of saying "he is baptist", it says "he was baptist".--------------------------------------------------On Fri Jan 14 09:49:14 2000, Randy Scott, email: randykar@ipa.net, wrote:
When attempting to use "my briefcase" to update or move files back and forth between my desktop and laptop, you can move an FOW Gedcom or a FOW zip file without any problems, but not the standard FOW file. When attempting to do so, an error message is received which has only part of the file name in it. However, when performing the same procedure with FTM, it runs smoothly and error free. Any ideas? I still love FO though!--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jan 17 11:30:25 2000, Dick Willet, email: RLW4@msn.com, wrote:
I wish the powers to be would keep us more informed of what is going on. Latest patches, updates, etc. Everything seems to be done "hit or miss". Also, if the server is not working why does the program upload the program? OR, why can't the upload be fixed that if something happens it will stop and restart where it left off.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Jan 20 09:24:34 2000, John P. DuLong, email: dulongj@habitant.org, wrote:
I would like to see a network version of Family Origins with record locking. I now have a network in my home and my wife and I both use Family Origins. We are cousins so it makes since to keep our data in the same database. All the computers in my house are networked. It would be great if my wife and I could work on the same Family Origins database, but different records, at the same time. As it now stands we have to keep backing the data up on disk, restoring it to one machine and not using it on the other. It is awkward. Also, would you please add the capability to use italics and bold in the notes and especially the sources. Thanks for the great tool--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jan 24 07:28:59 2000, Hans Albeck, email: hans.albeck@teliamail.dk, wrote:
I propose by this to connect multilingual facilities to Family Origins, especially concerning reports and schemes for printing. --------------------------------------------------On Mon Jan 24 07:41:03 2000, Hans Albeck, email: hans.albeck@teliamail.dk, wrote:
I propose by this to connect multilingual facilities to Family Origins, especially concerning reports and schemes for printing. I myself would prefer danish language.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jan 24 18:17:19 2000, Jackie Wilson Smith, email: jaws64@eaglecom.net, wrote:
I discovered FO in December by downloading the trial version and knew immediately this was the program for me! I had been a die-hard PAF user for 7 years, and there are features I still love about PAF, but FOW fulfills 97% of my dreams. The remaining wishes are:--------------------------------------------------Source Usage (or Cited) Report This report should allow one, all or any number of selected sources to be printed, with a listing below of the individuals on which that source is sited. This would allow for correcting errors in source citation. The means of selecting the sources to print should be the list of sources but with the ability to Control-Click to select non-adjacent sources or Shift-Click to select a range of adjacent sources.
Explorer 1. Recognize characters typed after the comma. When a database contains over 200 individuals with the same surname this would be more efficient than scrolling through the entire list. 2. Allow user-entered (or defined) "comparisons". 3. Allow the find results to be saved and returned to at a later time.
"Marriage Fact" The marriage fact should have a "status" option. This option could have the following options: Married Never Married* Divorced Annulled Partners^ *As I read through the previous "wishes" I noticed others who also don't like to create an artificial marriage fact. The "Never Married" status would correct that problem. ^In this day & age, many couples are partners for many years, but never marry - see Marriages below.
Marriages Okay, people will object to this, but I have to say it: every genealogy program MUST adapt to the times. And this means recognizing same-sex Partnerships/Lifetime Commitments. Children are adopted by and/or born to same-sex partners. Unless softwares are brought up to date, how are we to document these "families"?
Gedcom Creation When selecting people to export, add another section to the pop-up window called "Selected individuals" which displays those individuals already marked. It also needs to display a "counter" of how many individuals have been selected. Also needs another option in the "Mark Ancestors" pop-up that allows Direct ancestors, their children & spouses.
Those are my "original" thoughts. However, I really liked Joseph Thomas Richardson's 10/25/1999 suggestions about the Place Name Manager. I love the idea of a mapping feature, although I believe this would best work as a supplemental feature either as a sub-program or a stand-alone program that utilizes the FOW database.
On Wed Jan 26 20:03:26 2000, Michael L. Dolsen, email: thelineagekeeper@alaska.com , wrote:
1. Availability to create PostScript files so to print on large format printers. i.e., HP 3500C large format printer. 2. Be able to change color of font anywhere within the database to use color codes to indicate particular areas need further study. A way of creating a reminder notice to ones self. More later.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jan 29 05:58:00 2000, B. Sue Foy, email: bsuefoy@myriad.net, wrote:
I would like a nickname field on the individual edit screen that could be used as an option in the "book" report or on calendars. To have the full formal name on the calendar seems a bit stiff and some family members may not even know a person by anything other than a "nickname". FTM has this feature & it is nice. I am a long-time Family Origins user (since version 1.0) and love it. Have converted several of my genealogy group who love FO because of its user friendly screens.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jan 30 10:13:42 2000, , email: , wrote:
Since Bruce, the MAGNIFICENT, added record numbers to FO 8, it would be nice to be able to print them on Individual summaries and/or group sheets so that you can go directly to add or correct--------------------------------------------------On Tue Feb 1 08:45:10 2000, Arthur Smith, email: artsmith@interpac.net, wrote:
Report line entry link to individual's record. I'd like to see the ability to click on a line entry on a report, and have that person's record appear for review or correction.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Feb 4 12:42:53 2000, Jack W Wise, email: jwwise@texas.net, wrote:
A true graphical timeline, not a chronical listing. A slide show or printout of all pics in album form Export to ancestral file--------------------------------------------------On Fri Feb 4 14:48:26 2000, Martha J. Hicks, email: mjhicks1@juno.com, wrote:
Being able to see a list of individuals who are entirely lacking sources would be nice. (Since many individuals are just given one general source when one source supplied all their data, instead of a separate source for each fact.) Also, when given the chance to sort children after entering a family, it would be nice if, in addition to being shown each child's name and birth date, there could be a M (male) or F (female) next to each name. That way we could double-check that we entered it correctly with a glance for the whole set of children.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Feb 5 22:53:59 2000, Timothy Cole, email: timcole@colescorner.com, wrote:
I would like the ability to sort all entries by city, township, county, and state and also by year. Sometimes, in my research, I recognize a township name and remember that I've added other ancestors with that same township. Maybe a pattern will develop that will help further research or tie families together, pointing to companion migration, etc.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Feb 6 16:56:06 2000, Carol Deatherage, email: Rumberc@aol.com, wrote:
My wish would be to be able to print the marriage list. If I want to go to the list then to my file, I have to reorder the marriage list. Why not make a print button there so I can print it, so I have a working list to take with me when I do research?--------------------------------------------------On Mon Feb 7 17:01:53 2000, Thomas A. Stobie, SFO, email: stobie@sprynet.com, wrote:
I saw your list, and have a few to add.1. Sources of Sources and Notes 2. Automatic added of event sources when bring in and/or copying from a GEDCOM or another file. Similiar to what is down for the people sources today in such cases. 3. Family Merge, that uses family information and merges whole familiies (multi-generation) mostly automatically. 4. The ability to link different FOW databases. 5. The abilty to disable the marriage list feature (Too often, I click on this by mistake, and have to what a few minutes for it to complete before I can cancel it.) 6. The ability to include grandparents of spouses in reports (in addition to the parents that are already included) 7. The ability to include event data on parents of spouses. 8. Notes on places. 9. Intelligent place management, that recognizes abbreviations, location containment, such as this city within this county, etc. 10. The ability to mark any data as non-publishable to handle the people who really do not want their data published at all. 11. SmartMerge to consider who the parents of the potential mergees are. 12. Quick way to clean up events or other data loaded in a new GEDCOM, maybe searching by source or by event type. 13. Upfront Identification of GEDCOM, its possible flaws, and automatic cleanup as much as possible. Examples: fixing Uppercase only names, identifying non-recognizable events, and seeking input on how to handle them. 14. Publication of the database format of Family Origins so that those who know how to, can access the data directly. 15. The ability to rebuild the index when it gets corrupted.
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On Wed Feb 9 07:55:24 2000, Bruno, email: j.bruno.coon@airmail.net, wrote:
It would be nice to have 1) a setup option that allows you to use the editor of your choice for editing notes, perhaps the Windows default editor for "txt" files. 2) Allow a special character or token that would prevent some sensitive research notes from being printed. 3) Allow marriages to have reference numbers (MRIN in PAF) that appear on the report header and marriage so that family members doing research without a computer can easily reference a specific family group using only the printed reports. 4) Allow navigation directly to a family group or individual via RIN/MRIN numbers to easily update changes made and returned via faxed report.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Feb 12 16:05:49 2000, , email: , wrote:
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That the book print feature would have a cover page that would support a photo and text.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Feb 12 16:06:52 2000, Duane Baysinger, email: dbaysinger2@juno.com, wrote:
That the book print feature would have a cover page that would support a photo and text.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Feb 12 16:06:53 2000, Duane Baysinger, email: dbaysinger2@juno.com, wrote:
That the book print feature would have a cover page that would support a photo and text.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Feb 12 16:06:53 2000, Duane Baysinger, email: dbaysinger2@juno.com, wrote:
That the book print feature would have a cover page that would support a photo and text.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Feb 12 16:06:54 2000, Duane Baysinger, email: dbaysinger2@juno.com, wrote:
That the book print feature would have a cover page that would support a photo and text.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Feb 12 16:06:55 2000, Duane Baysinger, email: dbaysinger2@juno.com, wrote:
That the book print feature would have a cover page that would support a photo and text.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Feb 12 16:07:22 2000, Duane Baysinger, email: dbaysinger2@juno.com, wrote:
That the book print feature would have a cover page that would support a photo and text.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Feb 13 03:32:27 2000, Ray Kennedy, email: rkfamtree@att.net, wrote:
The New Family Origins 8.0 has a wrapping problem on the "book" report. I cannot find a fix for Family Origins 8.0 can anyone help me?--------------------------------------------------On Sun Feb 13 08:25:40 2000, Chris & Joy Barrett, email: C.M.Barrett@tesco.net, wrote:
I would like the ability to print out descendant charts in the British "drop down" fashion please. The American style is difficult to follow.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Feb 14 18:09:02 2000, Sherron Moore, email: sherronw@searnet.com, wrote:
1. reverse the order of this wish list so that we can see the most recent additions first. 2. eliminate "wishes" that are more than 6 months old. 3. I'd like to be able to read or print all events that happened in a particular year or time frame, i.e., all events in my data base that occurred in 1740; all events in my data base that occurrec between 1860 and 1865.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Feb 15 11:44:01 2000, Ken Farrar, email: farrark@vt.edu, wrote:
I would like a "logical check" built into FO to check dates AS THEY ARE ENTERED. It would take the new date and see if it was possible, i.e., not before a birth or after a death date (burial must be on or after the death date). It could possibly compare the new date to that of a parent and/or child so that a person's birthdate was not after that of their child or before their parents' birthdates or after the death of their mother, etc. The user should be given the option of changing the date or accepting the date, similar to the possible person duplication check made when entering a new person into the database. This would help tremendously it preventing (or at least minimizing) the old "typo" errors. Maybe the parameters in the "Problem Report" could be used for the date entry checks.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Feb 15 13:22:32 2000, John Feagin, Sr., email: feagin@home.com, wrote:
I would like FO to fix the "disappearing screen" syndrome. Many times when I merge two individuals such as in the case of duplicate marriages - immediately after the merge the original screen disappears and the "root" person screen appears instead. I then have to go and search for the person I was originally working with. This seems to happen in the "Family View" most often. The same thing sometimes happens when a spouse is deleted in Family View. It does not happen in "Tree View". This is an aggravating problem that I hope is fixed in the next release.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Feb 16 14:27:16 2000, David Johnson, email: DavidLJoh@aol.com, wrote:
When I travel I always carry an alphabetical list with me. I currently use Brothers Keeper. It prints out an informational index geared to what you want included. One name per line with columns for birth, marriage and death dates or a miriad of information you personally think is important. This Brothers Keeper list in my case is 18 pages long. The same list from Family Origins is 72 pages long. Please revise your program to conform to a list similar to BK. Does anyone agree?--------------------------------------------------On Wed Feb 16 15:07:46 2000, Jim, email: winfrey2@bellsouth.net, wrote:
I wish FO had resizable windows with proportional fonts (like Legacy). Many of us don't have the eyes we used to and being able to enlarge edit and report windows and have the fonts automatically increase saves a lot of squinting and leaning in close to the monitor.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Feb 18 14:48:55 2000, Dave McBride, email: dmc@ozeinfo.net.au, wrote:
I'm using FOW 7.01, W98 and Office 2000. This is not specifically a "wish list" item AND I understand that 3rd party software is not supported....but here goes. I wanted more flexibility in reports etc and came across TGC on the Parsons site. After downloading the near 10Mb file from TGC and installing I had various error problems. After communicating with the developer December 19 the reply was that it appears to an Access 2000 problem and he is "working on it". Despite more communication with them, 2 mths later, the silence is deafening. Has anyone out there had problems with Office 2000 and using the Genealogy Companion v3.2? If so how did you overcome it. Any other suggestions on other software that is reliable and will give more funcionality in reporting?--------------------------------------------------On Sun Feb 20 22:38:23 2000, Chuck Lawson, email: c2lawson@idt.net, wrote:
When producing a "Book" report, if the same "Source" with no "Citation Details", or with the printing of "Citation Details" turned off, is referenced from different places, the "Source" will appear only once in the list of sources. That's good. However if an identical combination of a "Source" and a "Citation Details" is referenced from different places (with printing of "Citation Details" turned on), then this identical combination of "Source" and "Citation Details" will appear multiple times in the list of sources. That's not so good. Could FOW be changed so that identical combinations of "Source" and "Citation Details" will not appear multiple times in the list of sources?--------------------------------------------------On Mon Feb 21 17:34:59 2000, Kirk Batzer, email: kbatzer@erols.com, wrote:
A problem I’m always facing is selecting family members for reports, GEDCOM files, etc. I distribute these to different family branches, where it doesn’t make sense to distribute the entire database. The selection process is just not granular enough. I need a way to save a customized selection list. This way I can just reference the customized selection list to create GEDCOM file or report. This would be a greate enhancement.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Feb 25 09:42:36 2000, John P. DuLong, email: dulongj@habitant.org, wrote:
I would like to see a multiuser version of Family Origins with record locking. My wife and I share a common data base because we are cousins and so many of our Acadian and French Canadian ancestors overlap. We also have a network in my house. However, we can not use Family Origins simultaneously because of the danger of corrupting the data base. So I copy it to her hard drive when she wants to use it and bring it back to my hard drive when she is done modifying it. This is tedious and awkward. Will there ever be a multiuser version. I suspect more and more people will have networks in their homes and want to share the Family Origins data base across computers. Thanks for an otherwise great product. Oh yea, please add the ability to use bold, italics, and underline in notes and citations.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Feb 27 05:37:33 2000, Aurie W. Morrison, email: gnut@iu.net, wrote:
I would like to have the person's name and generation number listed in the BOOK REPORT section. It is very important to see at a glance how your ancestor fits into the ancestor trail, especially where you are following all children. Example: John 5- Peter-4-William -3- John -2-1. Aurie--------------------------------------------------On Thu Mar 2 19:45:48 2000, Jay Sage, email: sages@mediaone.net, wrote:
I wish that one could create additional icons in the toolbar for which one could define one's choice of report. I often do the same report over and over and wish that I did not have to work my way through the whole report menu system each time (e.g., reports -> lists -> descendants list -> create, etc.) I'd like to just click the icon and have the report appear, perhaps with just a final OK click on the last screen of the report setup. At the very least, it would be nice to have a "repeat last report" icon. Even better would be several user-definable icons.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Mar 4 12:34:57 2000, Norma Thompson, email: nthmpsn@concentric.net, wrote:
I wish: I could have the option of enlarging the various boxes (like the notes box) to full screen. I could tell Family Origins where the data files are so that I don't have to click the path from "My documents" every time. That I could meaningfully express how good this program is--especially in comparison to the #1 seller!--------------------------------------------------On Sun Mar 5 18:13:20 2000, John Duling, email: duling@ris.net, wrote:
Currently on the Family group sheets is the option of printing (or not printing) notes for children. I would like to see the same option for printing (or not printing) sources for children.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Mar 5 18:14:01 2000, , email: , wrote:
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Currently on the Family Group Sheet is the option of printing (or not printing) notes for children. I would like to see the same option for printing (or not printing) sources for children.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Mar 6 15:41:09 2000, Dan Slater, email: dea.slater@sympatico.ca, wrote:
I am using FO v8, and really like it. But the web pages function lacks the ability to generate a familty tree view (similar to the online one at myfamily.com). I have switched to The Genealogical Companion to produce my FO8 web pages, but still need something else to produce a tree view. Hopefully this feature will be in FO v9.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Mar 12 18:01:35 2000, Glen, email: glen@dontemail.com, wrote:
Include one more line at top of screen for displaying any of several optional items about the person. Default would be Note:. In other words, in addition to Born:, Marr:, and Died:, a Note: line would be added. It would show as much of the note as would fit on a single line, and when it hit the right side of the screen, there would be a "..." button that could be clicked to view the entire note in a dialog box.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Mar 12 18:30:19 2000, Glen, email: glen@dontemail.com, wrote:
Options for displaying more info in the tree view. Currently, if I switch to a smaller font on a large monitor, I just get small print and lots of empty white space. If I have five "William Brown"s in a row, I want to know which is which at a glance, and on an ordinary screen, there's plenty of room for more info. At the very least, I'd like the option to display a name as "William Brown [1688-1730]", with an additional line displaying the first few words of the NOTE for that person. There's room for that second (note) line of data in every generation except the last (rightmost) one. Double-clicking the note would bring up the full note in a dialog box.--------------------------------------------------I'd also like the option to add additional generations to the tree view. I'd be the judge of how much is too much on one screen. (Yes, I realize it would take significantly longer to display. I'd decide on the tradeoff.)
Ideally, I'd like to be able to define about four custom tree views, each one assigned to a button in the button bar. I might right click each button, select "Edit view..." and define the custom tree view that I get when I click that button: maybe a fast one corresponding to what we have now, a deep one showing only names in a small font to 8 generations, an informative one showing five generations with lots of info on the first four, etc.
If full customization of tree views is too difficult, then at least give us a zoom out/zoom in capability around the current name, showing fewer generations with more info per name or more generations with less info per name.
On Wed Mar 15 02:55:10 2000, Colin, email: elco@xtra.co.nz, wrote:
Tbe ability to separate the 'definite' individuals from the 'very likely' (95% certain but only perhaps one or two sources to date to verify them) on the database and charts. Diferentiation could be by colour or preferably the use of an alternative font. In fact the use of various fonts for individual records would enable great flexibility for differentiating (say) adopted children, as well as my initial request. Fonts would be preferable for those of us without colour printers I hope others have the same problem and this would be a simple solution Thankyou--------------------------------------------------On Wed Mar 15 11:59:39 2000, Johanne Brunet, email: milnet@msn.com, wrote:
I have tried Family Origins recently and I consider it superior to the three other genealogy programs I have used until now. To my great disappointment however, I cannot make it my first choice because it does not offer the possibility of printing reports in other languages, particularly in French! Since most of my relatives cannot read English, any publication using Family Origins would be restricted to my personal use only. Please tell me you will be adding this feature soon...--------------------------------------------------On Sat Mar 25 09:22:00 2000, Mark Daly, email: markd@city-net.com, wrote:
I have several trees in 1 database because I fully expect these people to connect at some point but I haven't found the connection yet. I would like a better way to select the root person from each tree. Like some kind of pick list. The "forest" report helps but I would like the software to present me with a choice to change trees. Thanks.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Mar 25 09:31:04 2000, Mark Daly, email: markd@city-net.com, wrote:
It would be helpful if FOW could indicate when an entered date isn't a valid date. For example if I write "BET 1850/1852" -- which I did while my brain was on vacation -- the date syntax is not recognized by FOW as valid. I agree it's a stupid way to write that but I did it. FOW, however, should either 1) say "huh?" or 2) show the text in italics or some other visual way to know it ain't right. BTW, the first idea would probably be very irritating. Enough said. Thanks.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Mar 25 09:33:32 2000, Mark Daly, email: markd@city-net.com, wrote:
Display the age of the mother and/or father after the birth information for a child in the summary info at the top of the screen. This could help show if you've entered a date wrong (like when the mother is 69 when her 6th of 10 kids was born!). Just looking for ways to keep me from perpetuating typos. Thanks.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Mar 26 17:10:20 2000, Rodney Councell, email: rcouncell@bluecrab.org, wrote:
I did use Family Orgins from the first version, but move away from it the about 4 years ago, because of the reports. All major genealogical program use the Modified Register. Please add that to your next version. Reports reads as follows: 1. SMITH William4 (Thomas1) (Joseph2) (Henry3) born etc 2. SMITH Mary5 born etc--------------------------------------------------On Mon Mar 27 05:09:37 2000, Margaret Babicsak Loroff, email: marlo@nwonline.net, wrote:
I have used FO since day one and after reading this comumn recently my mind is in a termoil about what I am missing. The one thing I miss is I would like a section to keep information about persons that would not be printed out in the book unless I want it, Probably a diary about the individual for my own use for "sticky" information, as I do have a few.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Apr 3 14:43:36 2000, H.D.Bryant, email: hdbryant@uswest.net, wrote:
I am a long time user of Legacy 2 and now Legacy 3. I recently tried your Family Origins 8 and am convinced this is the program I want to really test out in the next year. Here is what I miss most so far: In Legacy (and the LDS Program) you can choose a primary person and then have the program calculate the kin relationship of the various names in the database. Family Origins will do this but only for 2 persons or for a multi-page report. Would it be possible for Family Origins to display on the Family View Page the "RELATIONSHIP TO THE PRIMARY PERSON". This is a very important bit of information that is MISSING from Family Origins V8. Thanks!--------------------------------------------------On Sat Apr 8 10:50:18 2000, Chip, email: vpg1@cornell.edu, wrote:
Two wishes: Relationships: In Gedcom there is a tag, 1 ASSO, which can be used for godparents, for example (2 RELA GODF or 2 RELA GODM) (so the form is 1 ASSO @I1@ / 1 RELA GODM. I'd like to be able to have this function. As it is now I've created a user-defined fact godparents, putting this tag into the note, then when I generate a gedcom I have to do a search and replace to construct this relationship. Others that don't seem to be in Gedcom standard but would be useful would be wedding witness.
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- FOW web page generation is pretty good, But I'd like to have more control over the final look. I don't like, for example, the large header that's automatically generated with generation number, so I've had to go in and change that by hand; likewise with the page title. It would be good (and it seems not too difficult) to give us a place to create a web page template.
- The other web issue for me: now you can do sites for either the descendants of one person or the ancestors of one person. I want to do both, that is, all the ancestors of my kids, but also all the descendants of their great grandparents. Right now I've had to generate a bunch of different web sites, and then manually integrate them, also name indexes, etc. I realize this is a bigger technical challenge than my first request but it would be great.
On Sun Apr 9 15:31:43 2000, Linda Barney, email: txbarneys@orbitworld.net, wrote:
I love Family Origins and have chosen to recommend it to many people over the years. They are all happy users now. It's a wonderful program, but of course I have my wish list: 1. reverse the order of the wish list 2. in BOOK printout: a) print back generation so we can keep track of who relates to whom b) list birth dates/place for all, not just those not carried forward c) on the last generation of the book don't put a + and no other information - put all the information there d) allow us to chage the size of the photograph and print the caption that we entered with the photograph e) allow us to print sources at the bottom of the page or all at the end of the book. 3. On the INDIVIDUAL SUMMARY printout have option to print To Do items on the page, that way my family information and my To Do information are on one page to take with me for research 4. allow us to drag and drop FACT ITEMS in the order we want them. Having to put Chr. aft 1 Jan 1892 just so my christening place goes in the right place is very cumbersome. 5. If we enter an address in the ADDRESS BOOK allow us to have that address print in the book printout so we don't have to double enter all our addresses.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Apr 12 10:03:19 2000, James Cohen, email: james.cohen@gte.net, wrote:
I would like to be able to print the entire photo album beginning with an individual and selecting ancestors or decendents. For example I could start with the root person and print an album with all decendents. It would still have a header for each album page as now but I wouldn't have to work my way through the database one person at a time.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Apr 12 15:14:04 2000, Amy Loewy, email: amyloewy@mindspring.com, wrote:
I would like to be able to print family trees that show all children of the root person together, regardless of who the father is. Or at least the option to choose. In this day and age of extended families...most often step-children and Half-children are living in the same family together. Therefore they should be listed as siblings, regardless.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Apr 17 08:28:27 2000, Mark Schears, email: schears@usa.net, wrote:
Does FOW 8 or greater run on Windows 2000 without any problems? --------------------------------------------------On Mon Apr 17 20:09:21 2000, Alfred D. Eller, email: adeller@santel.net, wrote:
I would like to see some way to mark possible problems, that have been determined not to be errors, so they will not keep returning on subsiquent "problems" lists.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Apr 18 18:41:16 2000, Michael M. Shaw, email: thousandislands@mediaone.net, wrote:
I'd love a button on the toolbar that takes me back to the Home person (person #1).--------------------------------------------------On Thu Apr 20 08:05:56 2000, Jimmie D. Becraft, email: jimbecraft@bigfoot.com, wrote:
I wish FOW could search and import data from World Family Tree CD's and other FTM data CD's directly, without having to use a separate program and export/import GEDCOM's. I have Family Tree Maker, but I prefer to use FOW to maintain my genealogy files.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Apr 21 16:33:37 2000, Gerry Pepin, email: gpepin@mediaone.net, wrote:
I'd like the option of flagging an ancestor I've entered, by using a different colored font for the name. Having it stand out in, the charts would be so much easier than constantly looking through task lists to remind me who's background need work.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Apr 24 07:23:37 2000, Marshall Hamilton, email: marshall@fred.net, wrote:
Selections when creating Temple Ready disk: I'm still looking or hoping for an automated way of doing this. I'd like to use the "find" feature and tell the program to include only those with "qualified" in the LDS fields, or those that qualify and have one gender or another, and apply that find to the ancestors of the person I've selected. And I'd also like to limit the number of hits so I don't end up with a gedcom file that's too hefty for the wimpy computers at the FHC. BTW, PAF4 and Legacy can both do something like what I'm looking for. If it isn't now in FOW, could it be added to the next version? Please?--------------------------------------------------On Mon Apr 24 09:43:27 2000, Al Drepperd, email: aldrep@palmnet.net, wrote:
As a long time user of FO I enjoy the program very much. But I am also using two other programs since all three have features that I like. However, I am now using Win 98, and FO Version 8.0 and I am very frustrated on not being able to bring family photos into the scrapbook area in a fast easy way. FTM and Generations offer techniques that are easy to import photos. I have a new scanner and even using it I should be able to scan a phonto directly into the scrapbook for the person. I am forced by FO to go through a series of file identifications and unecessary keystokes to get the photo in.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Apr 26 06:56:06 2000, Park Temple, email: lptemple@erols.com, wrote:
FOW 8.0 is a great step forward, especially with the patch - but there are several large database maintenance items that need to be added. For instance - I need a report that indicates which PLACES have no events - so I can clean them out of the listing. Now, I must print out all the places WITH events, then open the FOW file for places in a text editor, save it as a different name, and compare the two. I have 4600 places - that's a laborious task that a computer could do instantaneously. FOW needs to support those of us with large and active databases with maintenance features.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Apr 29 15:43:34 2000, Bill Cook, email: wcook14024@aol.com, wrote:
My webpage is located at http://www.familyorigins.com/users/c/o/o/William-A-Cook/index.html Now, my wish is to be able to delete one of the reports "My Family" My wish is to be able to upload other reports (I only have two but the site says I have five). My wish is to be able to contact someone for help with the webpage difificulties I am experiencing. My wish is that this site worked because I love the gendex files but if there is no control on the reports (such as deleting and updating them) what good are they. My wish is that you would come home from fishing and help out with some of these problems. My wish is to get a reply with some worthy information that will actually help me and not just make me more frustrated with this website. Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com--------------------------------------------------On Tue May 2 16:22:56 2000, Cindy Kington, email: crk@vci.net, wrote:
I would like to be able to have a pedigree chart or something that indicated by sight if it is a male or female (i.e. circle or square or different color box) and to be able to identify the cause of death for each individual. I am interested in my genealogy but I am also interested in having a way to keep track of my genetic history. To me they go hand in hand. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------On Wed May 3 15:38:33 2000, Mary Nolte, email: gnolte2@ametro.net, wrote:
a SURNAME report or list..... You should be able to highlight an individual and request a surmane list, maybe in alphabetical order. When you have traced some branches to the 1700s or even to the 1300s, a surname list can be hard to keep up with. I have to enter all seperately on my Excel program now.--------------------------------------------------On Thu May 4 14:02:24 2000, Janelle Holmes, email: wildair@texas.net, wrote:
An Undo feature for the last people merged. Too many times I've accidentally merged two unrelated people and then have to go back and try to remember what dates belonged to which person, etc. An Undo feature (or Unmerge) would be great when we get a little too quick with the Merge button.--------------------------------------------------On Thu May 4 22:34:20 2000, Dennis Przybyla, email: theprizfam@softcom.net, wrote:
I would like to see the ability to go up to 100 generations on the nice webpage generation instead of only 32. I would like to see the ability to change the case of the names to mixed case so when I print out reports the names will all look nice. I would like to see the new temples added in an update patch so I can enter the data for the people I have done work for in the Reno Nevada Temple.--------------------------------------------------On Sat May 6 21:45:05 2000, M. Capps, email: mcapps@gateway.net, wrote:
I have been noticing a problem of missing spouses on the created webpages. I went back to check a few couples I knew had not shown up correctly on my website pages, and found that they WERE already married with a date already listed. (I checked each person's individual file, as well as the report list for marriages.) In all cases, they had no children, and were still living individuals. It seems that because the descendant is "private", then the spouse doesn't get listed, unless they share children. My wish is that the spouses would show up EVERY time. I would also like to see the ancestors listed in reverse order beside each descendant's name in a Descendant report. This would be much better than the numbering system, since the numbers can change when you add more descendants to various families. I LOVE the program. Keep on making it better and better.--------------------------------------------------On Sun May 7 00:24:22 2000, Linda Byrd, email: lbbyrd@prodigy.net, wrote:
I just started using FO8 and I love it -- except . . . I would like the ability to change font type and size and/or a rich text option for all reports. I really don't like the present defaults.--------------------------------------------------On Sun May 7 13:11:58 2000, Louis Haynes, email: edhaynes@napanet.net, wrote:
There are a lot of very good suggestions here but I haven't seen the one I wish for the most - a way to share my info with relatives who have no interest in doing genealogy research but like to read about the family. They wouldn't know what to do with a gedcom file and the print version with photos would take a lot of time and postage. I save my data and images with a CD-R. I'd like to be able to send run- time copies of CDs to relatives with computers. I'd like to see a program which can view FO's data and which can be given away with data bases. This way I could share genealogy information and photos with anybody who has a computer and CD player. If the program had auto-run then somebody like my mother (who has trouble with a tv remote control) could slip the CD into the computer, let the viewing program run, and scan whatever data she wishes with the mouse. I would love this to be a feature of FO but I'd even pay for a seperate viewing program which I could share. On the plus side, such exposer to genealogy research results may recruit new researchers (who would want to purchase FO of course).--------------------------------------------------On Sat May 13 06:16:01 2000, P J Evans, email: pj.evans@usa.net, wrote:
I'd like to see (1) other spouse and children of ancestors, and spouses of siblings of ancestors, appear (as an option or all the time) in books and in the website (it would save a lot of time!); (2) birth and death information for the direct ancestors in the same generation as for their siblings; (3) the index files should not have the same person appearing multiple times for the same family (I have a lot of cousin marriages, so their ancestors appear two or more times). FOW isn't the only program I usse (I also use PAF3) but it is certainly easy to use and I have the feeling that the programmers put function ahead of looks, unlike FTM and its various desceandant programs (Oh, to have GRS-searchable CDs in production!)--------------------------------------------------On Wed May 24 20:12:19 2000, Christina Hunt, email: Ninah@ix.netcom.com, wrote:
*** 1. Still hoping for the--------------------------------------------------option to open the database to the last person edited rather than the HOME person. 2. Would also like a single hotkey for the paste feature. 3. A way to exclude some sources. I list people who have sent me email etc in my sourcing but do not want to give this kind of info out to others especially in a public forum where I might be sharing.On Wed May 31 15:26:44 2000, John Blaber, email: john@mnemonics.freeserve.co. uk, wrote:
The ability to import GEDCOM files made with Family Tree Maker, and have all the sources and notes copied across to Family Origins. There seems to be incompatibility here. Can the developers of the two programs get together?--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jun 3 10:26:31 2000, Menne Glas, email: menne@planet.nl, wrote:
About the Wish-List: Last wish First!!!!!! Submitted before by others, I am sure, but not resolved. About FOW: a lot! Most burning: * Possibility to start (Smart)Merge at a certain point. Lets say I have imported (and merged) a GED-file from a friend concerning the Ritsema's from Meedhuizen. Now I want to start looking for duplicates from Ritsema, don't want to go through a-b-c..q-r. Second: treat a christening/baptizing date as a birth date, whenever the latter isn't mentioned.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jun 5 15:23:06 2000, Bob Anthony, email: bcanthony@wa-net.com, wrote:
I would like to see a version for my iMAC.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jun 10 08:51:36 2000, Gene Sanford, email: GSanford@peoplepc.com, wrote:
I would like to be able to use same the correspondence log and contact list in more than one database. Or, be able to acess the contact list from another database.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Jun 13 21:12:44 2000, Jeff Reimert, email: FamilyHistory@ZombieLand.com, wrote:
On the book report, it would be nice if the program could detect duplicate ancestors and instead of printing out their data and notes, it would say something like "same as so and so in generation XX" It is frustrating to have to clean up duplicate info. when branches overlap and you have several pages of notes.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jun 18 11:11:30 2000, Eduardo Chamberlain, email: chamarq@sol.racsa.co.cr, wrote:
-An UNDO option to the Merge command. -Name of the spouse parents in the Indented Descendant Books (just as it does in the Modified Register Descendant Book) -Separate the childs (at least an indication in the numbers 1 and 1b for example), from different marriages in the Indented Descendant Books. -Print photos in the Print to file options -Include a optional printing, additional note space, for comments you don't want everyone to see -Keep a record of the last time an entry was modified.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Jun 23 07:21:51 2000, Hans Albeck, email: hans.albeck@teliamail.dk, wrote:
Family Origins 8.0 does not create correctly devided lines in the notes in GEDCOM-files, in accordance to GEDCOM-standard 5.5! In accordance to the standard 5.5 the lines in notes should be devided inside words and not by the spaces between words. As Family Origins 8.0 devide by the spaces between words, these spaces are lost by importing a GEDCOM-file, created by Family Origins 8.0, in a program using correct import of GEDCOM-files in accordance to the GEDCOM- standard 5.5 - and the imported notes are unuseable for serious purposes. Please make the GEDCOM-exportfunction more logical and correct as soon as possible - for instance using a dialogbox similar to the dialogbox in PAF 4.0 for Windows.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jun 26 10:12:12 2000, Hans Albeck, email: hans.albeck@teliamail.dk, wrote:
When Family Origins 8.0 (and 7.0 as well) creates a website with photoes, the clickable links to these photos in the generated html-pages refer to the filenames of the photoes with the letters lowercase, independent if the filenames are beginning with letters in uppercase. That does not have any effect, if the website is placed on a Windows- server, where lower- contra uppercase is ignored, but if the webpages are lying on a Unix-server, the photos cannot be shown, as the Unix-server makes a difference between letters in upper- and lowercase. The creators of Family Origins should correct this inaccuracy, so the links to photos in a website refer to the precise names, including correct specification of upper- and lowercase letters.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 2 03:22:24 2000, Bud Curtis, email: Bud.Curtis@mindspring.com, wrote:
I would like to see an organizd way to distribute my FO database to family members from a CD. Perhaps a read only version of FO could be provided that would allow the destination family member to review the tree, print out reports, and use the excellent search features of FO. They just couldn't make changes directly to the database. Perhaps there could be a feature allowing them to print out text files and then email their changes to the author. One issue that needs a better solution than the SUBST command is the location of the pictures referenced in the FO database. This should be handled by a parameter with in FO and can be changed in the programs configuration.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Jul 4 23:00:08 2000, Russ Long, email: russl@uswest.net, wrote:
When working with individuals/families and trying to complete LDS ordinances, it would be helpful to be able to select individuals/familes to print with ordinance lists. This would allow a person with a large database to select only those they are working with rather than having to search through a list of everyone to see if they are "qualified"(or other possible lists).--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jul 15 16:25:42 2000, Charles L. Perrin, email: webmaster@sneakers.pair.com , wrote:
Fully integrate Place Finder into Family Origins. Right now, it does add functionality, but it's not as slick as a combined program.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jul 15 19:30:57 2000, Mike Hitch, email: mike_hitch@msn.com, wrote:
A couple small ones having to do with the Modified Register: - Include birth/death years with parents of spaouse listing. - Include include listing of lineage in parenthesis such as: 1026. Leah Hitch (John, James, Edward, John, Joseph, Adam) Thanks,--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jul 22 07:04:24 2000, , email: , wrote:
--------------------------------------------------On Tue Jul 25 17:19:23 2000, Gary JD Gingras, email: zhangrau@techie.com, wrote:
HEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why did this list turn into a sigle-word-width column???????--------------------------------------------------On Thu Jul 27 19:40:49 2000, Max Bryant, email: Genotime@Bellsouth.net, wrote:
(1)Calculate, display and print relationships of entire database to "root person." (2) Option to print record numbers on reports (3) Require (or allow) FO program to re-use record numbers after individuals are deleted from database.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 05:49:30 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
Print this list in reverse order, and delete wishes older than maybe 1 year which probably apply to previous versions.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:08:14 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
Help users increase the accuracy of formatting in facts by taking the "sample sentence structure" as shown in the "define personal fact" box and showing it in they grey area at the top of the "edit personal fact" box, but inserting the actual text yor are inputting including the propositions you have defined. This would allow users to see exactly how their information will appear in books and save a lot of time going back to edit information to make it read right afterwards.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:13:02 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
Give the option of finding and printing sources and citations when creating CUSTOM REPORTS.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:15:41 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
Give the option to select a record to edit directly from a report, rather than noting the number and returning through explorer. This could also easily be done by allowing explorer to display only the found set of a certain search criteria. Users could then easily compare and edit records as needed.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:18:08 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
Supply much more information on the "have you entered this individual before" dialog box to enable a decision to be made. At present I always choose "continue adding individual" and make my comparisons later due to the lack of information.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:23:19 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
Too much of my time is spent modifying files and input from other programs and users. Computers are meant to make tasks like this easier. I would like to see tables (lists) like the place list that could be selected for any fact description. This could be editted like the place list and records containing the description could also be printed like the place list. This one enhancement would save me a load of time.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:33:30 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
I wish I could assign a default directories for backups, gedcom exports, data files and pictures rather than always being thrown into My Documents.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:40:02 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
I wish I could define the sort sequence in the explorer screen. Even as a default I personally would prefer - SURNAME by SOUNDEX, GIVEN NAME, BIRTH DATE as the sequence. This would be a great help in identifying possible duplicate entries.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:48:53 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
I wish I could attach photo's to events like marriages, burials etc and also attach notes and photo's to places. The places which have a phot or historical description attached could then appear in the appendix of any book output.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 06:58:45 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
I would like to be able to design a cover page for my book output containing the option to change fonts, include a picture, automatically insert date printed and the authors name.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 07:08:37 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
I wish when using find from explorer that the "found set" only would be displayed with a "found record count". Coupling this with a full screen explorer window showing the first number of lines of "individual notes" at the bottom would be a great enhancement for me. This would also cover that old wish that keeps coming up for the ability to go to edit from reports.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jul 30 07:11:58 2000, Jackson, email: jackson.eagleson@virgin.net , wrote:
This is NOT a wish (I think I have posted enough). To end on an up note I would just like to say I have been using FO for many years and it is still my number 1 genealogy program. I thank Bruce for that and I hope he continues to push it forward beyond reproach.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Aug 2 09:08:18 2000, chris_collman, email: chris_collman@yahoo.com, wrote:
I'm using 6a and will probably wait for 9. I like the book reports because they have stories and more information that weave. I strongly dislike the typical Family Tree approach to web publishing. At the moment I "publish" a decendant book in RTF for each of my major lines and put it in my Public Yahoo briefcase. I can live with the format and fonts. So I want web links in my family tree format which will jump to either my total book, or a particular book, and back again of course. This is just like finding the individual and drilling down for more details. RTF can be read by most Windows/Dos wordprocessing programs. People can cut and paste in and out of FO notes. If I was a bit more jealous of my work, I might translate the work to be read by Acrobat.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Aug 4 09:37:54 2000, Jason Mendenhall, email: mendjaso@isu.edu, wrote:
I would like to see family origins create a website that would show a pedigree chart when it. was finished as part o the site. so that people could see the connects of the family.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Aug 4 10:50:22 2000, Dennis Riley, email: riley@toad.net, wrote:
BLANK Census forms that could be filled in and printed. 14 forms,,, some VERY similar. It would be nice to link the forms to a family - - but, the form would be sufficient for formal documentation.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Aug 9 04:20:15 2000, Menne Glas, email: menne@home.nl, wrote:
1) Make wish-list readable (later entries are indented too much, one word each line!0 2) Possibiltity to attach a document to a person (like photos etc.)--------------------------------------------------On Sat Aug 19 10:39:07 2000, Gloria Basham-Barnes, email: gbashambarnes@juno.com, wrote:
My most fervent wish, at this moment, is that someone stop sending me E-mail i.e.FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D digest V00 #264 (or other #'s which I can't remember at the moment).It supposedly has attachments to it, but they are not there.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Aug 31 10:37:09 2000, , email: , wrote:
I would like to know if I can back the Family Origin 8.0 on a disk.All computer people tell me that I can't do it..I have lost this program once and it tuck me for every to replace it...can some help me out on this. Thanks --------------------------------------------------On Sat Sep 2 10:34:42 2000, Ward Bray, email: wardbray@adelphia.net, wrote:
I just received v9. I wish the personal timeline would show child births. I know the family one does, but...--------------------------------------------------On Sat Sep 2 22:23:14 2000, Robert S Ouzts, email: rawboots@hotmail.com, wrote:
When creating a descendancy chart webpage, and cousins married each other, make one page for the family and not 2 pages as is now: one for the husband's descendacy, and one for the wife's. It would be nice to have them on the same page.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Sep 5 22:01:35 2000, Jackie, email: jackeckles@yahoo.com, wrote:
I second this wish from 1998. It would be great to enter couples as something other than married (i.e., partners, never married (but maybe had children), etc.) On Wed Dec 9 15:31:56 1998, Sue, email: gonfishinmn@yahoo.com, wrote: I'd like to be able to create my own type of "marriage" event. What I mean by this is an event that creates a link between two people. I can see using it for recording the godparents, sponsors, etc. of a religious event or a unique relationship between two people (they never married, but lived together for xx years).--------------------------------------------------On Tue Sep 5 22:02:06 2000, Jackie, email: jackeckles@yahoo.com, wrote:
I second this wish from 1998. It would be great to enter couples as something other than married (i.e., partners, never married (but maybe had children), etc.) On Wed Dec 9 15:31:56 1998, Sue, email: gonfishinmn@yahoo.com, wrote: I'd like to be able to create my own type of "marriage" event. What I mean by this is an event that creates a link between two people. I can see using it for recording the godparents, sponsors, etc. of a religious event or a unique relationship between two people (they never married, but lived together for xx years).--------------------------------------------------On Wed Sep 13 07:04:08 2000, Gene Shoemaker, email: shoemakr@colby.ixks.com, wrote:
I wish the names of the data bases were displayed when viewing them side by side. With the same names often appearing on the screen it's difficult to tell which data base is which. I'm using version 8.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Sep 13 07:28:17 2000, Bob H. Fincutter, email: RFincutter@aol.com, wrote:
Allow a user to export the address to Parson's Address book or 1) combine husband and wife for one label 2) do not print deceased persons 3) print parents but not those children under 18 3) permit printing a "Family E-mail" list.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Sep 13 17:43:52 2000, Jane Washburn, email: washburnfam@mindspring.com, wrote:
Love version 9.0 but wish you would add/fix following: (1) Add option to print FO record number (truncated and clearly marked, like [FO#-----]) beside name on Family Group Sheets, Family & Individual summaries, books ETC ETC. This would help emmensly when locating records in very large databases. (2) For Source data and notes: First, make windows larger - perhaps screen width. Then, add ability to format text with bolding, italics, underline, etc. This would be a tremendous help. (3) Title prefixes - are not printing on pedigree charts or box charts (possibly other charts too.) (4) On pedigree chart - add ability to word wrap a long name to 2 lines (with smaller text size if needed.) (5) On Family Group Sheet - First, include husband & wife names (& FO record #s) at top of second & following pages - VERY helpful if pages get separated. Next, expand child note printing option to allow printing of notes for UNmarried children even if omitting those for married children. (This would help because there is no way to print these notes without printing all notes, and there are no seperate Family Sheets for unmarried children to do their notes.) Next, move source reference numbers to end of event lines. (6) Scrapbooks - First, add support for more picture formats, like .tif, .gif, etc. Second, add options to print fewer pictures at larger sizes (ex: 2 pictures, each a half-page) and to print page in landscape mode. Third, for group pictures, add larger caption area where all individuals' names can be listed and printed beneath the picture when the scrapbook is printed. Thanks so much for your consideration of these suggestions that will make a great program even better.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Sep 20 07:29:42 2000, Stephanie Mullen O'Rourke, email: sandjoro@aol.com, wrote:
I would like to see a report after a smart merge has been completed in case something was merged that I didn't want.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Sep 26 01:20:02 2000, Marcos Souza, email: mfsouza@iname.com, wrote:
FOW is, by far, the best genealogy software except by the limitation of not offering its screens/reports/help in other languages. Only English seriously limit its application, and that is why I don't addopt it.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Sep 29 13:30:59 2000, Joyce Kersey Karr, email: joycekersey@hotmail.com, wrote:
This is a great program and I love using it... but... I would like to be able to edit and copy in the screen when I print a report to the Screen/Printer. Often times I only want to e-mail a person a part of a report. The way it is now, I have to save the report to a text file - then open the text file - then cut and paste into my e-mail what I want to send.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Oct 4 16:04:44 2000, David Meredith, email: david_meredith@ntlworld.com , wrote:
Could the 'Things to do'editor be up-graded along the lines of the 'Source Manger' editor format. It would be very useful to be able to scroll through a list of names subject of on-going research and have the sort of info immediately to hand for the high-lighted individual as per the 'sources'- also need more room to add on-going research notes. Also I think the output format should be revamped with regard to taking sheets out for note making at the archives and libraries etc. I know these facilities are in place now - but everything is cramped--------------------------------------------------On Mon Oct 9 22:39:46 2000, glen hagen, email: ghagen@prodigy.com, wrote:
I agree with the email sent to you on Tue Jun 13 21:12:44 2000, by Jeff Reimert regarding elimination of duplicates when printing ancestor trees. In fact, I asked you for this back about the FO3 timeframe and even sent you code that I wrote at the time to print out an ancestor box chart that did exactly this. You never responded to me then, so I don't hold out much hope now. I still have the source file; dated Feb 17, 1994.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Oct 26 18:24:38 2000, Leti Baar, email: lbaar@qwest.net, wrote:
When a gedcom file is downloaded and then imported into FO I would like the source attached to each event not just to the individual.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Oct 26 23:47:04 2000, Jim Stamos, email: jim44@aol.com, wrote:
I like the way icons were added to individuals in FO 9 to indicate at a glance if there are pictures, notes, or sources. There is no such indication for families. I know there are asterisks in the "Family Origins Explorer" but that is not as obvious as the icons or even the asterisks in "edit mode" for the individuals. The icons could go on the Family View page. They need to be placed somewhere below the individual summary so as not to be confused with the icons for the individual highlighted.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Oct 27 00:18:01 2000, Barbara Wright, email: BL30x90@aol.com, wrote:
I would like to be able to delete items from the "possible problems" report. My grandfather DID marry (his second wife) at an advanced age... a long-ago cousin DID happen to marry someone of the same surname (Wright was/is a common name). Once an item has been verified as a non-problem there is no way to remove it from the list. My report is now eleven pages long but only the last dozen or so entries are actual, current "possible problems".--------------------------------------------------On Sun Oct 29 15:02:12 2000, Rodney Schmidt, email: , wrote:
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I'd like to see FOW extended to handle genetic traits as follows: 1) Create a new class of properties for individuals called "traits". These are similar to "facts" but differ in security, data recording, and display/printing. 2) Security a) Don't print traits to web, books, or gedcom (probably a system policy but perhaps user-selectable) b) Have a property for each trait at an individual's level so that one can specify whether or not the individual wants the trait values to be kept private. 3) Data entry a) Permit multiple distinct traits per individual b) Permit the user to name each trait c) Restrict the set of values that can be entered for each trait to one of the following: Unknown (default) Absent Present Unknowable (uniformative individual) Can't tell yet (e.g. too young to display trait) Equivocal d) Have a setup dialog box that allows the user to specify the following for each trait value option: DisplayColor Shading/Fill Letter to print within the individual's symbol DisplayText Side/quadrant of each symbol to use if multiple traits are to be displayed simultaneously 4) Define a new class of genetic trait reports a) Use standard symbols for individuals (boxes for men, circles for women; alive, dead, stillborn) b) Each individual is represented as a symbol only c) Similar to pedigree charts in organization d) Each trait is selectable for inclusion on reports independent of whether other traits are included e) Reserve lines below each individual's symbol for user-selectable display lines: FirstName LastName IndividualIDNumber Trait1Option DisplayText Trait2Option DisplayText ... f) General chart options: Show spouses (yes/no) Over-ride non-printing of individual's trait information where individuals have requested tht the trait information not be made public (such information would not be displayed by default) Display non-biologic relationships (adoptions, second marriages) (yes/no)--------------------------------------------------On Fri Nov 3 17:24:22 2000, Don Lance, email: Don@TheLances.org, wrote:
I currently use Family Tree Maker, but I prefer the extended features that Family Origins offers. I would like to start using Family Origins, but I have a lot of data to port over that is not preserved accurately in the GEDCOM format (sources, images, long narratives, etc.) Since both Family Origins and Family Tree Maker are distributed by Parsons, is there any future chance that Family Origins would support the import of FTM data directly? Otherwise, I would have to look at a long, tedious process of guaranteeing that all my data is ported.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Nov 4 08:37:00 2000, Rebecca, email: Rramsey113@aol.com, wrote:
I'd like a catagory named "multiple birth". This way I could note twins and triplets.--------------------------------------------------When I enter a stillbirth, the birth and death dates do not appear when I make a report or list.
On Mon Nov 6 16:53:29 2000, Mary AliceMoore, email: mamoore@inebraska.com, wrote:
I wish to have Family Origin 8.0 and have a Online Descendants charts, Just click and mail out. FTM 7.0 has this and I like, it. I have 5.0 Origin, some day will up date it.Can some one send me a phone to order the Family Origin 8.0 Please, Thank you, --------------------------------------------------On Mon Nov 13 09:14:27 2000, Derek Maude, email: derekmaude@hotmail.com, wrote:
When I am searching for a name in the "Find a person" feature, I cannot go directly to certain names by typing the name if there are some "OR" surnames. For example, if I am searching for "Maude,William" but have a "Maude or Maud,George" it will not allow me to go any farther than the "Maude or Maud,George" entry. When I type the comma, it should jump me past the "Maude or Maud" entries.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Nov 18 12:17:06 2000, Morris Plummer, email: mplummer@inct.net, wrote:
I have ben using Family Origins every since Version 1. I am now using Version 9. I think FO has done a great job of continuing to improve the product. Here is my list of suggestions. 1, Let us scan text into our notes or sources section ( from scanners) 2, Let us put puctures we put into files into FO, not be kept ssomeplace else. Those someplace else locations sometimes go away. Thank you, and I do hope you will consider these proposals.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Nov 27 01:23:52 2000, Keith A. MORRISON, email: keith.virginia@xtra.co.nz, wrote:
When using GEDCOM to export information you only have the choice of having all notes, and all sources and all addresses or no notes, etc. as ticked in each of the boxes. Would it be possible to tick any or all of these features and NOT have them apply to people still alive. I know that this is a feature that is available as a specialised programme, but if would be so helpful if such a devise was available as a option in the FO programme.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Nov 28 06:45:30 2000, Kim Pasquill, email: football@net2000.com.au, wrote:
I have been using Family Origins for a number of years now, and have been waiting for my Wish to come true. My wish is that if there is no birth or burial information supplied for an individual then the baptism/christening - burial information should appear in the Family View Screen for parents and children. Most of my research is centered around pre birth, death and marriage registration, and I have hundred's of individuals who only will ever have baptism and burial information but no birth and death information. It is very annoying having to view each individual to get their baptism and burial information, whereas if this information was on screen for each person, it would make life a lot easier.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Dec 2 18:14:02 2000, Richard D. Bowles, email: rdbowles@erols.com, wrote:
I would like to see a circular pedigree type chart. I have see these done manually but it would be nice if FO could produce it. If you have not seen one it is like a bullseye with each generation a circle around the inner circle containing the starting person. In the first outer circle are the parents with the father taking the top half of the circle and the mother the bottom. The next circle contains the grandparents with the circle divided into quarters. The next into eights and containing the great-grandparents. The advantage being that each circle is larger and can contain more text, I have seen a great number of generations on one page.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Dec 10 22:08:53 2000, Lloyd Swanburg, email: lswanburg@aol.com, wrote:
I love the Relationship Chart in FO v.9.0. A nice feature to add would be the ability to go directly from the Relationship Calculator to printing a Relationship Chart for the two selected individuals. Also, I notice that in order to print Relationship Charts for two individuals that are related in more than one way, I must temporarily break the chain of the first relationship, so that the charting program can detect the next relationship. When two or more relationships exist I'd like to be able to select which ones to chart without having to temporarily break a chain link. I might add, I have been a FO user since version 3, and still consider it the best (and I have others on my PC).--------------------------------------------------On Sat Dec 23 16:12:04 2000, Don Lake, email: d_lake@ameritech.net, wrote:
I would like to be able to import an Adobe Acrobat PDF file as an individual's source document (e.g., US Census records).--------------------------------------------------On Fri Jan 12 13:19:56 2001, Vince, email: fossil@pipeline.com.au, wrote:
I would like to see each EVENT, such as Birth, Death, Marriage, etc, have a fiels for the inclusion of official government agency registration numbers--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jan 15 18:58:41 2001, Sue Babcock, email: sbabcock@qwest.net, wrote:
I would like to be able to include more different types of files in the scrapbook, such as Adobe Acrobat pdf, and Paperport max files.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Jan 23 20:52:35 2001, Vern Taylor, email: vyrn@netscape.net, wrote:
I like to see a way to apply a color line marking the path between two individuals, thus making it easier to navigate without loosing your way down some cousins path. Second, I'd like to see the tabs for Pedigree,& Family, add a third called Form View. If a family or individual has a census record entered this would give you a display laid out like the appropriate census. If you are adding census data, then choose the census year, and the census form pops up and lets you enter the same fields as that years census.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jan 27 03:47:45 2001, C. Scott, email: cscott@atlantic.net, wrote:
When you want to make changes to your web page, it would be nice if the previous information you used, Title etc., stayed on the page unless changed. It is a pain to have to recreate the page each time and rechoose background, buttons, etc. Also, allow one to add backgrounds and buttons of their choosing. And last, allow more than one link to other sites. Can be done with html programing but is also a pain each time you update your page.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jan 28 12:49:54 2001, Geraldine Livers, email: gerry@idir.net, wrote:
I just recently discovered the need to record an adopted child of two "same sex" parents. I just upgraded to FO 9. Hope that can soon be an added feature. As others noted - the ability to record a child out of wedlock without fasely marrying the parents is a need. Thanks for listening, Gerry.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Jan 30 15:29:29 2001, Mike McLaughlin, email: mmclaug667@aolo.com, wrote:
When working with LDS Ordinances...When a death date is not known, one should be able to just add "Dead" in place of the death date. You can do this with the PAF program. This way, Temple Ready will pick up the ordinance so that it can be performed. In FOWIN 9.0 right now, if you enter Dead, Temple Ready does not pick it up.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Feb 4 13:00:21 2001, , email: , wrote:
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Some people ask that their personal data not be published on a web site. It would be nice to have a checkbox on an individual to exclude certain types of data from being published on the web site. For example, Include name but exclude personal data and sources, Exclude everything and publish the name as Private, etc.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Mar 4 23:15:05 2001, John A. Crosthwait, email: poiu5432@aol.com, wrote:
I would like to access the WFT & Family Treemaker reference disks directly from Family Origins, instead of having to boot up Family Treemaker (which i don't like) & then GEDCOM files over to FOWIN. I would also like to be able to print ancestor charts to DOS text files for e-mailing.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Mar 8 20:01:40 2001, jan nussbaumer frazier, email: jnfra@aol.com, wrote:
#1 To cross index list-places so that if I have, say Indorness,Scotland. I can also see the the people that I have with that place. #2 List the generations (as PAF has it)--------------------------------------------------On Mon Mar 12 23:39:53 2001, Carole, email: MNGrammy@yahoo.com, wrote:
I wish you could print an index of Individuals, sorted alphabetically to start a new page with each change the the first letter of the last name. (ie: a; b; c; d; etc) Earlier versions of PAF did this and it is extremely helpful to be able to do this.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Mar 22 08:33:01 2001, Bobby Davis, email: rndavis@yahoo.com, wrote:
3D pedigree charts and some way to display siblings with a common parent that live in the same household within the same family.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Mar 26 10:39:46 2001, , email: , wrote:
i waht to know more about my family name "delahaye"if u have any information contact me at top_dawg_kerome@yahoo.com--------------------------------------------------On Mon Apr 30 06:54:12 2001, Danny Brown, email: trakker_dan@yahoo.com, wrote:
1. Next to the name of each individual in an ancestor report, I would like to see the names of his parents listed. I would also like to see the the basic info on the children included. For instance: 345. John Smith (son of Robert Smith and Jane Doe) married Martha Johnson (daughter of David Johnson and Margaret Davis). John was born in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee on Oct 14, 1849, he died in Detroit, Michigan in 1900. Martha was born in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1851, she died on Oct 19, 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. She was buried in the Mongrove Baptist Church Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. John and Martha became the parents of: 346. Robert Smith: Born Nov 13, 1870 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Died Apr 3, 1925 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Buried Monte Vista Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee. Married: 1. Jane Martin 2. Edna Potter --------------------------------------------------On Wed May 2 11:02:16 2001, S. Katz, email: katzs@concentric.net, wrote:
I have used FO since version 4 and love the improvements made through the current version. Just 2 suggestions: 1. Allow setting of a global folder for photos. I am now stuck using a D: drive since all my photos have that imbedded in the name. It also makes it difficult to share with someone who only has a C: drive. Alternatively, allow use of a path with no drive letter. 2. I love the idea of individual and family scrapbooks, but I would also like to be able to print ALL the pictures for an individual whether in th individual scrapbook, his family scrapbook, or his parents' family scrapbook.--------------------------------------------------On Fri May 4 17:19:37 2001, sarah, email: sweethrt48@hotmail.com, wrote:
that all these people would GET A LIFE because they obviously dont have one if they are writing to you about thier wishes instead of DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!--------------------------------------------------On Fri May 4 17:20:16 2001, sarah, email: sweethrt48@hotmail.com, wrote:
i wish that all these people would GET A LIFE because they obviously dont have one if they are writing to you about thier wishes instead of DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!--------------------------------------------------On Wed May 9 10:03:50 2001, Mrs. James Simkins, email: ksfsimkins@scinternet.net, wrote:
I have been doing family history research for 30 years and I was the director of the local LDS branch library. I have over 32,000 names in one of my Family Origins databases and it is only a drop in the bucket of what I have accumulated. I LOVE Family Origins and recommend it to everyone I come in contact with. I have 3 wishes: 1- On the alphabetized finding list if there were an asterick to mark those names found on your pedigree chart. I just spent two days researching a lady that was a spouse of a sibling of my ancestor because she had the same surname as my ancestors. You could save hours of "off- road" research. 2- Could you make it possible to import photos from other databases. I have photos on disks but I have not been able to import them directly to my program. 3- Improve the scanning capabilities in the scrapbook. Photos from books or newspapers or photocopies do not scan well and there is no way to "tweak" the resulting scan for "moire- effect". ( And I can't get my scrapbook to allow me anymore than one page of scrapbook entries, even though it should allow more.)I have version 9. Even without these changes, FAMILY ORIGINS is the BEST program for any user with any amount of data. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO!--------------------------------------------------On Sun May 13 08:50:36 2001, Chas D, email: chasd@bigger.com, wrote:
Would like to convert Family Orgins files and Family Tree Maker files to read each others data bases.--------------------------------------------------On Sat May 26 10:13:30 2001, Rick Dexter, email: rick@dexterfamily.com, wrote:
I'd like the ability to attached scanned images (TIF/JPG/GIF) to individual sources so that you can link the source record to an image of it. Also a print function from within the source manager so you can print a copy of the image either size untouched OR scaled to 8.5x11 with source captions.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jun 3 19:38:59 2001, Jack W. Ralph, email: nvjack@nvbell.net, wrote:
I notice that this page has not been updated for over two years. My wish is that Susan M. Baker (or whomever is now responsible for this page, if anyone) update the page, making it more readable in the last half, and purging all "wishes" that have been fulfilled with Version 9.0. *Then*, I could post my wishes for Version 10.0 with confidence. Susan, are your there? Is anyone there? Sincerely, Jack W. Ralph, Carson City, NV A Family Origins owner/user since Version 1.0 (really!)--------------------------------------------------On Thu Jun 14 03:46:31 2001, Walter Hunkeler, email: walter.J. hunkeler@bluewin.com, wrote:
A plausibility test for dates entred (eg. children birth date must be later than those of the parents by min x years and max y years, otherwise ask for confirmation)--------------------------------------------------On Sun Jun 17 07:49:57 2001, Jan, email: itsjan2u@excite.com, wrote:
When you bring up a pedigree to print and it shows as a print preview, I would like to be able to save that to perhaps a .doc so that I can email it to "anyone" to view, regardless of what software the have in their computer. As it is now, you need to print it, scan it, save as a .bmp or .jpg, which is fine if the person is viewing it, but does NOT print to one sheet of paper. This makes it very difficult to share with family members. I would also like to make the margins smaller on some printouts.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Jun 20 16:37:21 2001, Roshy, email: tdxhythtgx@taz.com, wrote:
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I have enjoyed useing Family Origins now for several years. In fact, I think I started with either version 2 or 3. Several years ago I talked to Your support people and they were very nice. I guess I was one of many that requested 2 things. First I requested that you add a photo album to the program and you did that. I also requested that you have the photo album accept jpg and tif files. On the very next version that was done BUT ON THE VERSION AFTER THAT YOU WENT BACK TO JUST BMP FILES. PLEASE LET US USE TIF & JPG FILES AS WELL.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jul 21 22:38:43 2001, J. Booms, email: jlbooms@yahoo.com, wrote:
With the 9.0 version I have lost the ability to print notes attached to the LDS ordinances. My sources are still printing, but the notes do not. I am scared to death because I might lose information without having a hard copy print out. This was available in the older versions, but was lost with the new 9.0 version. Please help!!!--------------------------------------------------On Thu Aug 16 17:57:34 2001, theodore g valcis, email: goldbugltd@onemain.com, wrote:
put find people back up on tool bar where it's easier to find. also a toll free number so i can order the latest rev 10.0 and a ability to swap info per disk with relatives to keep info personal. TGV--------------------------------------------------On Fri Sep 7 13:53:43 2001, Edwin Broome, email: ebroome@localnet.com, wrote:
Some way to back out entries made in error. For example, I entered a Gedcom file into my database by mistake. As a result my database includes about 1000 or more entries that have nothing to do with by family. I've been using the regular delete capability but that only does one name or a family at a time--------------------------------------------------On Sun Sep 23 21:17:40 2001, Renea Cowan, email: Symbiogolf@aol.com, wrote:
Why doesn't this work with Macs--------------------------------------------------On Tue Sep 25 16:32:16 2001, Lloyd Swanburg, email: lswanburg@aol.com, wrote:
I wish there to be an administrator for this WISH LIST PAGE. It is a MESS on my my computer, viewed with AOL. Any others wish the same?--------------------------------------------------On Mon Oct 1 14:15:55 2001, Pieter Gons, email: p.gons@hccnet.nl, wrote:
I also like to be able to change the language, for me the Dutch language would be fine. --------------------------------------------------On Sun Oct 7 11:39:33 2001, Marjorie Rapp, email: mlrapp@qwest.net, wrote:
1. Technical support by phone or e-mail where one could get an answer to a problem that is not covered in 'help' or the book. 2. Ability to select the font and type size for the BODY of family group sheets and pedigree charts. 3. UNDO for facts and merges made in error. 4. BACK button as in Family Tree Maker 5. Pedigree charts using boxes, but with the continuation numbering.--------------------------------------------------On Fri Nov 16 07:41:30 2001, Daniel Glen Carnal, email: dgcarnal@tri- county.main.nc.us, wrote:
A Linux freindly/capable version.--------------------------------------------------On Thu Dec 6 10:11:53 2001, Ted Smith, email: ted_smith@lotus.com, wrote:
When I select FIND to locate a group of people and the SEARCH CRITERIA box is display... if I enter a simple search such as SURNAME EQUALS FLAHERTY, the process appears to build an index "on the fly". I would expect that indexes already exist for the standard fields available in the Search Criteria window. Sure more complicated searches might require building a new index, but SURNAME + GIVEN NAMES should be a standard search. Then if the index was available, a binary search should immediately bring me to the first find. With a database containing over 40,000 names, the FIND feature is turning into an annoyance. I would love to see prebuild indexes that are updated immediately as we add new information. Then a binary search of the indexes.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Dec 15 17:09:26 2001, Sue Leferson, email: SLeferson@compuserve.com, wrote:
I would like Family Origins to include CAUSE OF DEATH--------------------------------------------------On Sat Dec 15 17:14:55 2001, Sue Leferson, email: SLeferson@compuserve.com, wrote:
I would like the death entry to include CAUSE OF DEATH not just the date and place, and then an ability to search that cause of death to create a database of a specific disease entity. I would also like there to be a category such as a common law or same sex spouse marriage to be included as a marriage option. I love Family Origins! Have version 10 now, and started way back at the beginning of FOW!--------------------------------------------------On Fri Dec 21 16:25:28 2001, Kathy Simkins, email: ksfsimkins@scinternet.net, wrote:
I LOVE Family Origins !!! Are you considering a PDA ( Palm Pilot ) component as PAF version 5.0 has? It would make it possible to carry what I need in a pocket and not have to spend my precious time watching my laptop like a hawk. ( You deserve a NOBLE PRIZE for all that you do!)--------------------------------------------------On Sat Dec 22 10:28:56 2001, Chris Westmoreland, email: CJWestmoreland@calc aria.freeserve.co.uk, wrote:
Rather than type the text of a source into the Source List I would like to be able to put in a hyperlink to a document containing the source text. Currently (FO v. 10) I add the source into the scrapbook for that source. I would also like the option to be able to print the Source Text in book reports, whether it's printed in the source text or available cia a hyperlink.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Dec 22 10:30:32 2001, , email: , wrote:
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I would like Family Origins to fully support long file names, e.g. I would like to be able to create a WESTMORELAND database and also a WESTMORELAND WIP database.--------------------------------------------------On Sat Jan 5 04:02:45 2002, Peter Eldredge Jnr, email: pj@famsea.freeserve.co.uk, wrote:
I would like to like to be able to put in a note and attach it to everyone with the same surname, not just an individual or family (husband and wife). This would be handy if you wanted to add in the background for a surname. for example you may like to add the note "Eldred may be descended from the name Eldredge" and then attach it to everyone with the surname Eldred.--------------------------------------------------On Wed Jan 23 10:16:52 2002, Al Purdon, email: apurdon@connect2what.com, wrote:
I'm new to FOW and do have some wishes, but for some reason the latest messages are single vertical string of words. Is it me or can these pages be fixed for easier reading --------------------------------------------------On Wed Jan 23 21:06:25 2002, Wayne Spence, email: wanspens@snowcrest.net , wrote:
I followed the history file up until the messages became only 1 or 2 characters PER LINE. The file would be smaller and easier to read if corrected. BUT my wish has been requested somewhat by others - send a file on CD to my relatives - send the file email like FTM does. My request is to have the print files that are created be in a format that could be read by others, so it indeed could be placed on a CD or forwarded by via email or printed at a later date.--------------------------------------------------On Tue Jan 29 13:42:56 2002, , email: jacoblawyer@hotmail.com, wrote:
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Before I buy Origins 10.0 again due to losing my first copy, when will Origins 11.0 be out? I don't want to buy another 10.0 version only to receive in the mail the 11.0 version out two weeks after I get the other version? Do you have a newer version due out anytime soon?--------------------------------------------------On Thu Feb 28 22:16:44 2002, Bonnie, email: basketlady22@hotmail.com, wrote:
To have a research log available within the program, that could be per person or family. When using the laptop to do research in the library this would help eliminate the 'paper clutter' and having a research log so accessible would help to assure that valuable references were recorded.--------------------------------------------------On Sun Mar 10 15:15:31 2002, Richard Stockwell, email: stockwell@beeb.net, wrote:
Please can we have an ALL PERSONS report. It would be nice if the report was interactive with the database also. Many Thanks--------------------------------------------------On Fri Mar 15 17:07:34 2002, Don P Wright, email: webmaster@footprints.org, wrote:
First... Take a look at this page. On my screen the last half of this window is one word per line. Impossible to read. Record Numbers:.... I have used FO 3 thru 8 and highly recomend it to everyone. However I have a problem with the record numbers. Since it is hard to keep photo names within the limits of 8 digits, I use the Record number for photos. Also in writing histories, I also use the record number for file name. My problem is that I have 158,165 individuals (all related) in my database and the record number of the last person entered is 174,128. That means that I have 15,963 unused numbers in the database. PAF always reused the numbers after an individual has been deleted or merged. When I make a GEDCOM to send to relatives, the numbers do not match. I have over 500 photos, which use the record number for file names. Thes photos do not match after using a GEDCOM. I know that in version 10.0, the photos remain attached when making a gedcom, but now when I add a new photo, it get creates a problem of covering a current file if there is one already there designated for another person. I am going through the process of renumbering all of my photos and then will have to re-insert them into the database. This will take weeks. If the numbers were reused after a merge, this problem would not exist. FOR FUTURE ISSUES OF FOWIN: I wouild like for the program to reused any deleted or merged record numbers. ALSO FIX THIS PAGE --------------------------------------------------On Sat May 11 11:02:38 2002, , email: , wrote:
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Option to include name of Spouse(s) (where applicable) when printing books.--------------------------------------------------On Thu May 23 16:19:07 2002, Donald Sather, email: donald.sather@aero.org, wrote:
Option to include "Family" photos (media) in books.--------------------------------------------------On Mon Jun 3 20:14:08 2002, Steven Nazaruk, email: TheNaz_64@yahoo.com, wrote:
I'm ready for Version 11.0 as I've been purchasing every version since it's inception. I always pass along my old version to other family members to get them hooked on your products and to ensure we are all using the same database/format. :o) Let me know when you've got the new version available. Thanks!--------------------------------------------------On Tue Jun 11 18:50:05 2002, Carl White, email: cjwhitenf@hotmail.com, wrote:
I would like to have a way of seeing how two people are linked or connected to each other even if they are not blood related. For example if I see a name in my data base ( I have 14,000 names and there is only one tree in the forest count so it means they are all connected in some remote way). eg My daughter in law's parents and other family members show no relation but I would like to be able to print a connection chart to show the linkage.
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