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dBASE III GENEALOGY PROGRAM
THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED FOR THE EXPERIENCED dBASE III USER AND
THEREFORE DOCUMENTATION IS LIMITED. THE PROGRAM IS MENU DRIVEN
AND THE NATURE OF EACH OPTION IS SELF-EXPLANATORY... WHERE HAVE
YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE? ANYWAY THE PROGRAM IS STARTED BY TYPING
"DO GENEPROG". dBASE III SHOULD BE IN DRIVE A AND THE GENEALOGY
PROGRAM SHOULD BE IN DRIVE B. THE CREATED DATA BASE IS CALLED
GENE.DBF AND IS ON THE DISK B.
THE BASIC CAPABILITIES OF THE PROGRAM ARE A DATA BASE OF INDIVIDUAL
RECORDS WHICH ARE ACCESSABLE BY FULL NAME. EACH RECORD CONTAINS
STANDARD INFORMATION SUCH AS PARENTS, SIBLINGS, DATES, PLACES AND
SPACE FOR GENERAL NOTES AND REFERENCES.
ONE MENU OPTION THAT IS NOT SELF-EXPLANATORY IS THAT REFERRING TO
THE DB FILL (DATA BASE FILL) AND INDEXING. THIS OPTION PERFORMS TWO
FUNCTIONS. FOR AN INPUT FULL NAME IN THREE PARTS (SMITH, MARY, JANE)
IT CREATES THE COMPOSITE SORT NAME SMITHMARYJANE AND THE CORRESPONDING
FULL NAME "MARY JANE SMITH". THESE ENTRIES NEED NOT BE INPUT INTO
THE STANDARD FORMS DISPLAYED FOR DATA INPUT. THE SECOND FUNCTION IS
INDEXING OF THE DATA BASE. THIS IS DONE BY THE FULL NAME AND SORTNAME AS
JUST DISCUSSED.
THE PRINTED OUTPUT INCLUDES THE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS AND A SUMMARY OF ALL
NAMES IN THE INDIVIDUAL RECORD DATABASE. EACH IS PRINTED IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER. THERE IS ANOTHER DATA INPUT CALLED DESCD (FOR DESCENDANT) WHICH
CAN BE USED AS AN ALTERNATE SORT AND PRINT PARAMETER. FOR EXAMPLE,
ALL ANCESTORS WHO ARE RELATED TO THE CURRENT PERSON ADAM BROWN CAN BE
NOTED WITH THIS PARAMETER (BROWN).
IF THERE IS INTEREST OR NEED I WILL DEVELOP THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS
PROGRAM. IN THE MEAN TIME, GIVE IT A TRY AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE
ANY PROBLEMS. I AM IN THE SAN FRANCISCO ROOTS BBS.
DAVE WELCH JULY 25,1985