Requirements for Family Research Program

[Matthias Pump]

Hello All,

in the past years i tried a few computer programs for genealogy myself and i was never really satisfied with the features of one
single program. So i started to write my own program. Now i realized that maybe other people are missing special features, too,
and so i am asking you to tell me what you expect from a good program.

What topics could help you doing your family research?

Any input to this question is more than welcome, even if you think 'no, please no other program!'

Thanks,

Matthias

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[singhals]

Matthias Pump wrote:

Hello All,

in the past years i tried a few computer programs for genealogy myself and i was never really satisfied with the features of one
single program. So i started to write my own program. Now i realized that maybe other people are missing special features, too,
and so i am asking you to tell me what you expect from a good program.

What topics could help you doing your family research?

Any input to this question is more than welcome, even if you think 'no, please no other program!'

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE no other program!

The Wheel's been invented, now we're tinkering with tread and sidewalls.

The perfect program (for me) would have PAF 2.2's data-entry screen,
UFT's Events, FTM's age-at-marriage and age-at-death reports, and TMG's
data-analysis. It wouldn't allow quotes (") or parens in ANY field.
And it would use my preferred terminology for standard reports (the text
list of ancestors is an ahnentafel, the chart list is a pedigree chart,
and the list of people related to me through my GGF Chris is called
Descendancy Chart).

There are a million people in the Named City and each of 'em will have a
different take on what makes a perfect program.

Cheryl