You might be interested in checking out Custodian - I remember being very
impressed when a friend demonstrated it to me, she had recorded vast amounts
of disparate information on individuals, families and family linkages for an
entire (very large) parish. It seemed to be very flexible with impressive
cross-checking functions. I think it might be just what you're looking for.
I didn't reply earlier as I was hoping she would respond to this herself.
But I expect you can find out more about it online.
Regards,
Sandie
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Sent: 15 April 2013 11:57
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Subject: [LOCAL-HISTORY] Charting families
Any ideas on this would be welcome. In the course of research (mainly
into 18th-c business networking, but other things too), from time to
time I try to chart generations of families - usually with the focus
on descendants of an individual, rather than working backwards into
their ancestry. Most of the free software advertised online is aimed
(understandably) at people tracking their own ancestors. Can anyone
recommend a template which would work with large numbers of offspring,
and which has capacity to record plenty of information: occupations,
places, dates of marriages etc etc? I suppose this is the opposite of
a family tree.
The days of scribbles on rolls of wallpaper must be over, surely.
Gill
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