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║ Information About DESCEND - From File DESCEND.INF ║
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║ PAF Review - Edition 93.2 - April 1993 ║
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Reads PAF data and produces an expanded descendant chart with up
to 16 generations, 5 marriages per person, and 20 children per
couple.
Version: 2.3
Author: John C. Barron
Address: 510 E. Braker Lane, Austin, TX 78753
Version Date: April 1992
BBS File Name: DESCEN23.ZIP
Software Type: Shareware
Fee: $20
Read/Write: Read only
The Personal Ancestral File Genealogy System produced and sold by
the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) is an extremely good,
inexpensive way for genealogists to organize their data. For
storage and searches it is hard to beat, but its output is very
generic and is often not optimal for certain uses. Along with the
usual pedigree charts and family group sheets, PAF produces a
descendant chart. It is limited in nature and outputs just the
generation number, name,date of birth,and RIN of the descendants.
You can route it to screen, disk, or printer but you have no
control over the contents.
DESCEND was created to produce a more useful and flexible
descendant chart. It produces an expanded chart with up to 16
generations, 5 marriages per person, and 20 children per couple.
There is a limit of 5,000 selected marriages. An individual entry
consists of a descendant with birth, death, and (optional) notes
followed by a spouse with birth, marriage, death, (optional)
parent data, and notes. This pattern is then repeated for their
children. An index is generated after the chart. Up to 5,200
index entries can be produced and the user is warned if the index
cannot be completed.
The chart can be routed to three output sources: printer, screen,
or disk file. Printer drivers for about 40 printers can be
selected and custom drivers can also constructed for a specific
other printers. DESCEND requires a printer which will support a
16 pitch font to operate correctly since it indents for each
generation.