Are there any good primers or Access examples out there re. creating a
genealogy-type database?
genealogy-type database?
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:45:46 -0800, "Mike Turco"
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No good ones. Genealogy is hard to describe in plain language, let
alone a programming language. If it's not homework, consider buying
application softtware. I understand the Mormon Church has a good one.
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Mike Sherrill
Information Management Systems
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The Mormon Church has a FREE program to use, you can download it at:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:45:46 -0800, "Mike Turco"
<miketurco@yaho o-no-spam-4-me.com> wrote:
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>Are there any good primers or Access examples out there re. creating a
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"Davidml" <davidml@netwiz .net> wrote in message
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> The Mormon Church has a FREE program to use, you can download it at:
> http://www.familysearch.org/[/color]
I was checking that out. Mike Sherrill also pointed out their database. I've
been asked to look into this by a large organization. I guess that's
something for which the mornoms qualify!
There are elements to this kind of thing, I'm sure, that aren't readily
apparent when you run an existing program. I was hoping to get an idea of
how a G database is structured. For example, what is a common
table/relationship structure for documenting a large family tree? How does
that structure change when you're doing, say a hundred or a thouscand
families?
Mike
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The link below I found has a tom of data models. If you want to do it
in MS Access, this should help. It also provides an email address for
help creating it.
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:50:18 -0800, "Mike Turco"
<miketurco@yaho o-no-spam-4-me.com> wrote:
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>> The Mormon Church has a FREE program to use, you can download it at:
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>I was checking that out. Mike Sherrill also pointed out their database. I've
>been asked to look into this by a large organization. I guess that's
>something for which the mornoms qualify!
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>There are elements to this kind of thing, I'm sure, that aren't readily
>apparent when you run an existing program. I was hoping to get an idea of
>how a G database is structured. For example, what is a common
>table/relationship structure for documenting a large family tree?[/color]
Store persons separately from their interrelationsh ips.
Don't be surprised by loops in the personal relationships, by adopted
children of unknown parentage, or by outright lies.
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Mike Sherrill
Information Management Systems
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Mike Sherrill <MSherrillnonon o@compuserve.co m> wrote in
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> Don't be surprised by loops in the personal relationships, by adopted
> children of unknown parentage, or by outright lies.[/color]
Sometimes the lies or errors are in the written records, while family lore or
legends are correct. For years I have tried to reconcile a birth entry in a
parish registry with a lot of things that are generally accepted in two
families. There is no fit at all. After gathering a lot of evidence to
support the generally accepted stories, and considering my own recollections,
I have come to believe that the written record is wrong.
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Lyle
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