From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Family Tree Maker 2008 Revealed

31 August 2007

I have now had a chance to install and try using Family Tree Maker 2008.

It started out with importing my Legacy database file directly and that really impressed me. I didn’t have to make a gedcom first. It took about 20 minutes to import almost 10,000 people and their information.

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Disorder Trauma Test

28 August 2007

Anyone who’s been reading this website for any length of time knows that I’m what Marlo E. Schuldt of Heritage Collector calls a “cobbler”, i.e. a patcher of bits and pieces.  In this case, software.  It sounds like a character flaw.  Marlo can discourse for hours on the failures of various organizational systems.  He’s a brilliant man and he’s probably right.  But cobbling in e-space as on Earth is just my nature, I can’t help it.

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Passage Express

20 August 2007

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Passage Express is just a folder tree with pizazz. Worthwhile pizazz to be sure. It’s an attractive way to present your family history.

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IPTC

18 August 2007

For longer than I can say I have been trying to use my photos in multiple locations and finding it way too much work. And this is not the first time I’ve been looking for a cure. Being in the usual labyrinth with my now-12,000 photographs, and yet-another filing system experiment, I went to have another look at what the rest of the world is doing.

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Footnote (August 2007)

14 August 2007

Footnote.com Announces New Partnership with the Largest Public Genealogy Library in the U.S.

Lindon, Utah – August 2, 2007 –Today, Footnote.com announced a new partnership with Allen County Public Library (ACPL), the largest public genealogy library in the United States to digitize millions of historical records making them available online for the first time at Footnote.com.

The ACPL collections feature unique American and International records including family histories, city directories, military records and historical newspapers.

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Monitors 3

13 August 2007

I’m working my way out of my morass here and trying to get back into something genealogical. The new computer is beginning to feel like home. All the parts have found a place to settle and I’m getting used to the new keyboard. All keyboards are not created equal as you probably know. This one has a dozen keys in unaccustomed places and is severely challenging the cow-paths of my mind.

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Monitors 2

4 August 2007

I thought I had learned everything I needed to know about monitors but I was wrong.

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Monitor Hell

1 August 2007

I know I haven’t been talking much about genealogy lately.  I may never again.  I’m thinking of giving up computers altogether.  Reason?  I can’t find a monitor.

Is it just the young people buying new computers over the past two years?  Has anyone noticed that text has become microscopic with the higher resolutions?  Does anyone care?  Is everyone just upgrading their bifocals to keep pace?

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