Subj : Resurgence of non-mainstr
To   : Kaelon
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed May 04 2022 11:18 am

 Re: Resurgence of non-mainstr
 By: Kaelon to Digital Man on Tue May 03 2022 10:45 pm

>   Re: Resurgence of non-mainstr
>   By: Digital Man to Kaelon on Tue May 03 2022 10:16 pm
>
>  >  > 2. The family tree software, which was legacy DOS and never ported or
>  >  > migrated, is impossible to find now and it's a relic. He may have it
>  >  > in
>
>  > Family Tree Maker by chance? I had the same/similar experience.
>
> Actually, I think that's the one.  I'll have to check with my dad; he's off
> on a geriatric escape with fellow old fogeys to Spain, and I know he's
> thinking about the family tree stuff.
>
> I wonder what, if anything, we can do to read the data and convert it.
> Definitely a project worth him undertaking and me helping him out; the
> insights there are priceless.

My grandmother, in my case, collected all the data and stories into a word
processor (Galaxy) and FTM. We helped her to print the entire tree on a dot matrix printer and then taped the pages together. Fun project, but not sure how much of that effort remains in a useable form. Now with 23andme and Ancestry, they can automate much of that work (through bloodlines, at least).
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