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- Kith and Kin for Windows 3.1
- Version 3.11
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- Upgrade release - Release date: 16 December 1996
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- Author: Nick J Hunter, SpanSoft
- 11 Rowan Terrace, Cowdenbeath, Fife KY4 9JZ, Scotland
- Tel: National: (01383) 510597 International: +44 1383 510597 voice/fax
- E-Mail: InterNet: SpanSoft@compuserve.com
- Web: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/SpanSoft
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- Please refer to the VENDINFO.DIZ file for complete details
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- SpanSoft is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP)
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-
- The product
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- Kith and Kin is a software package for documenting and storing family trees
- which will appeal to genealogists, family historians and anyone interested
- in researching and documenting family history. It features an easy to use
- graphical interface and powerful multi-level editing tools which makes it
- ideal for both large and small trees. The program supports date and place
- of births, marriages and deaths as well as multiple marriages and aliases
- for each person. Pictures, diagrams, sounds, etc may be embedded in or
- linked to a person or family. A printed book can be produced with family
- group details (which may incorporate pictures and diagrams) and a complete,
- cross-referenced index to names and families. The user has control over the
- formatting and extent of all printed reports which also include tree layout,
- descendant tree, ancestral tree and person details. Compatibility with
- "Personal Ancestral File" GEDCOM files means the user can export and import
- data to and from other genealogy programs.
-
- What the users say
- ------------------
- "Kith and Kin is a robust and simple to use genealogy program for Windows
- 3.1. This is a good program if you are the least bit interested in
- researching the genealogical history of your family. It is easy enough for
- the beginner and casual data collector, yet has enough bells and whistles to
- set it apart from other programs and make your work seem like the fun it
- should be." - Windows On-Line Review (Shareware Edition)
-
- "... this is definitely the program IÆd use. ItÆs very well programmed and
- presented, user-friendly and generally a treat to use." - PC Mart
-
- "Overall I remain very impressed by this package. It is the first genealogy
- package for Windows which I have tried which I feel provides something extra
- by using the Windows interface and facilities."
- - Family Tree Computer Magazine
-
- "A very much better quality product than others in the area." - DF, Co. Down
-
- "This is certainly the best Windows based program of its type that I have
- yet found." - JS, Kent
-
- "This is the first shareware that IÆve actually stumped up for and I do so
- gladly." - NB, Dyfed
-
- "An excellent product - congratulations." - GMG, Preston
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- Features
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- The program is simple to use and anyone familiar with Windows will quickly
- learn to control the following features.
-
- > Graphical representation of family units and relationships provides fast
- access to editing. Also has zoom, goto and block move features.
- > Multi-level editing means the user can traverse the tree while editing
- and adding people and families.
- > Support for date and place of births, baptisms, deaths, burials,
- marriages and divorces.
- > Two user-defined fields for each person plus the option of GEDCOM I/O
- using these fields.
- > Multiple aliases are allowed for each person.
- > Notes for each person and family may be entered, edited and are included
- in printed reports. Full clipboard support allows exchange of text with
- other applications.
- > Pictures, diagrams, sounds, videos and any object created by other
- applications which support OLE may be associated with a person or family.
- > Search for text in any field, including notes, then edit person or
- family details direct from the search results.
- > Search for date errors such as marriage before birth.
- > "On this day" event search.
- > Timeline window shows chronological sequence of events from the tree plus
- notable historic events.
- > Display the relationship between two people.
- > Display tree statistics.
- > Each person and family has a code which allows fast access to editing as
- well as making the printed documents readable.
- > Printouts include tree layout, descendant tree, ancestral tree, family
- details, person details, timeline, census report and index. The format
- and extent of printed documents may be fully controlled by the user.
- > Send textual reports to a text file instead of to the printer.
- > PAF GEDCOM files may be imported and exported. Export all or part of a
- tree and create a new tree or merge trees when importing.
- > Supports TrueType fonts and colour printing.
- > Extensive on-line, context sensitive help.
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- New features, enhancements and bug fixes
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- (see the on-line help for a complete list)
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- Version 3.1 - November 1996
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-
- Export delimited text files for transfer to databases.
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- Indented descendant tree printout added (text only).
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- Missing data report added.
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- Tree Layout print will now print all or only selected families.
-
- Family Details report modified to make it clearer who owns details and
- notes.
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- You can now search on dates.
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- Now supports links to external notes files in addition to internal notes.
-
- Select family boxes on screen by using All, Descendants, Ancestors or
- Direct Line.
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- Press a letter key to scroll down the Selection Dialog list.
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- GEDCOM input/output now compatible with "standard" V5.5. Also supports
- foreign DOS code pages.
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- Command to re-use P and F codes from deleted people and families added.
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- OK hot-key for dialogs (ALT+Z) added.
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- New Timeline option to ignore dates from Timeline file.
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- Family summary window now uses output date format instead of input date
- format.
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- "Start of" and "End of" in the timeline can now be customised in
- KITHKIN.INI.
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- View|Other hot-key is now Ctrl+O to avoid conflicts in WIN95.
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- Paste button added to Objects Dialog.
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- System menus in Objects and Notes dialogs did not contain correct commands
- in WIN95 - has been fixed.
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- WIN95 fed a blank page at the end of each printout - fixed.
-
- Date phrases over 60 chars caused a crash - has been fixed.
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- Status line now has text which doesn't disappear under another window.
-
- The "Oldest person" in Options|DateErrorSetup was not being used in
- calculations for the View|Statistics dialog - fixed.
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- New families appear on the screen in a "better" order.
-
- Family/Person Details printout did not print details for spouses when the
- "Details everywhere" option was set - fixed.
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- The order of a person's marriages was not saved in the Tree file - fixed.
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- Some GEDCOM files were being imported with marriages in the wrong order
- - fixed.
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- Registration
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- This product is SHAREWARE. The version on this release disk is a fully
- functional evaluation copy which you may install and use free of charge
- for 30 days. After that time, if you wish to continue using the program you
- must become a registered user. Details of how to register are available in
- the on-line help.
- If you have been using an earlier version of Kith and Kin some of your tree
- (.TRE) and options (.OPT/.INI) files may require conversion before they can
- be used with this version. A data file conversion program is included with
- all registered versions of Kith and Kin.
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- System requirements
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- IBM compatible PC 286 or above (386 8Mb recommended)
- VGA screen
- Windows 3.1 or above (WIN95 OK)
- 2Mb free disk space
- Mouse
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- Registration
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- This product is SHAREWARE. The version on this release disk is a fully
- functional evaluation copy which the user may install and use free of charge
- for 30 days. After that time, if the user wishes to continue use, a fixed
- registration fee of 28 Pounds Sterling is payable to us.
- Registration reminder screens are used in the program, increasing in
- severity when 30 days have passed.
- Upon registration the user becomes entitled to the registered version of the
- software, telephone support and notification of new releases. Registered
- users may upgrade to future versions at a discount.
- The registered version has been optimised by removing the registration
- reminder coding.
- A data file conversion program which will convert tree (.TRE) and options
- (.OPT) files created by earlier versions of Kith and Kin so that they can be
- used with the latest release is provided with all registered versions of the
- software.
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- Vendor information
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-
- Installing for vendor evaluation:
- To run the application, copy all files from this release disk to a working
- directory on your hard disk and run KITHKIN.EXE.
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- Terms:
- See the VENDINFO.DIZ file for full details of our distribution policy and
- Distribution Licence. You are only permitted to distribute this product if
- you comply with the terms of the Distribution Licence.
-
- KITHKIN.EXE, KITHKIN.HLP and all other files and the information contained
- in them are copyright (c) SpanSoft 1993-1996.
- Except, BWCC.DLL is copyright (c) Borland International 1991-93.
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- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENCE
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- You may distribute this version of Kith and Kin, completely unaltered and
- including all the files (as listed below), without further permission on
- condition that:
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- 1) You identify it as shareware.
- 2) You leave all intellectual property (copyright) notices in place.
- 3) SpanSoft does not request that you stop distribution.
-
- To distribute in modified form, you must consult the appropriate
- VENDINFO.DIZ data record, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any
- distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed in
- that data record is hereby authorised.
-
- Permission to distribute the Kith and Kin package is not transferable,
- assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each person or organisation
- wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy the terms of
- this limited distribution licence.
-
- Kith and Kin should not be distributed in Australia or New Zealand. The
- same product under the name "Of that Ilk" is available from SpanSoft or
- from Budgetware, PO Box 496, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia;
- phone (02) 519-4233, fax (02) 516-4236.
-
- SpanSoft may revoke any permissions granted here, by notifying you in
- writing. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by SpanSoft.
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- Complete file list:
- KITHKIN.EXE Kith and Kin program
- KITHKIN.HLP Kith and Kin help file
- KITHKIN.OPT Kith and Kin options file
- KITHKIN.INI Kith and Kin date descriptors and report strings
- BWCC.DLL Borland custom class DLL
- SS_DATE.DLL SpanSoft date processing DLL
- TIMELINE.TML Historical event file
- KITHKIN.TXT Kith and Kin manual in text format
- SAMPLE.TRE Sample tree file
- CATALOG.HLP SpanSoft product catalogue
- FILE_ID.DIZ BBS file description
- VENDINFO.DIZ Vendor / BBS information
- README.TXT User information
- VENDOR.TXT Vendor information
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- If you have any problems, questions or suggestions please do not hesitate to
- contact us.
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