Animap Plus
The Gold Bug
P.O. Box 588
Alamo, CA 94507
(888) 653-6277
Fax: (925) 314-9332
E-mail:
70303.2363@compuserve.com
Web: www.goldbug.com

Specifications: Version 2.5; IBM PC compatible with Windows 3.1 or higher; VGA or SVGA display; 2X or faster CD-ROM drive; 16 MB memory minimum; Mouse; Uses less than 1 MB hard disk space if data files are accessed from the CD; may put maps and database files on your hard drive for convenience and faster access; $79 + $3 s/h.

Features: Display more than 2,300 maps to show the changing county boundaries for each of the 48 adjacent United States for every year since colonial times; includes all years; maps may be viewed separately, or the program can set them in motion so you can automatically view the boundary changes; maps of the full U.S. are also included showing all the changes in state and territorial boundaries from 1776 to the present; a “place marker” feature allows you to place up to 50 markers of varying designs and colors on a map, then change the year to observe the placement (the maps remain in the same position and scale on the screen). This is very convenient for marking the location of towns that were shifted from one county to another.

Review: GC 22.1

Baseline USA Landpro
Land Pro Corp.
P.O. Box 9897
The Woodlands, TX 77387
1 (800) 409-LAND
(281) 363-4213
Fax: (281) 363-4256
E-mail: sales@landpro.com
Information: www.landpro.com

Specifications: Pentium 266 CPU or faster, 16 MB RAM Minimum; Windows 95-XP; $395; demo available for $50 deposit refundable upon purchase.

Features: Generates plats based upon legal descriptions, including metes and bounds.

BIRDIE (British Isles Regional Display of IGI Extracts for Windows)
Drake Software
32 Sixty Acres Road
Prestwood
Bucks HP16 0PE
United Kingdom
E-mail: enquiries@drake-software.co.uk
Information:
www.drake-software.co.uk/html/oldindex.htm#Birdie32

Specifications: Version 2.10; Windows 95-NT.

Features: An event database for managing data downloaded from the International Genealogical Index® (IGI), the British Isles VRI, the British 1881 census, and other GEDCOM or CSV file from any source. BIRDIE 2 lets you filter, search, sort, print, map, and export (as .GED or .CSV) any filtered data.

Clooz®
Ancestor Detective
Liz Kelley Kerstens, CGRS, CGL
P.O. Box 6386
Plymouth, MI 48170-8486
Information: www.clooz.com
Downloadable demo:
www.clooz.com/pubs/cloozdemo.exe

Specifications: Version 1.23; Windows 95-XP; stand-alone, Microsoft Access 97 and Microsoft Access 2000 versions come on same CD; $39.95. Stand alone version requires 30 MB disk space; Access versions require 10 MB disk space. Printed manual available for $14.95 plus s&h. “How to Use Clooz” video available for $15.95 plus s/h, free demo available.

Features: Assists in organizing and filing research documents. A document-based program, data is put into templates for censuses (through U.S. 1930), directories, documents, correspondence, people, photos, and sources. People are linked to the documents they appear in, and then the information about that person in that document is entered. Many different reports allow data to be viewed a variety of ways, making Clooz a research tool once data has been input. Use the People Report to see all the documents you have on a given person, and to quickly see what research still needs to be done. Import a list of people from any genealogy program.

Review: GC 18:2, 21.3

Custodian II
P.A. and S. Smith
P.O. Box 180
Hereford, HR4 7YP
England
01432 8399037
E-mail: PandSSmith@aol.com
Information and demo:
http://members.aol.com/pandssmith/Custodian.htm

Specifications: IBM Pentium; Windows 95 or higher; 24 MB RAM; 30 MB disk space; VGA 14-inch 800x600 monitor or better; 150-page manual included; £49; shareware version available.

Features: Custodian is a series of databases with pre-defined forms, specially designed to store genealogical information. All names from your forms are included in the Master Index, which you can browse, search, and then access in any record.

Review: GC 21.3

DeedMapper
Direct Line Software
71 Neshobe Road
Newton, MA 02468
(617) 527-9566
E-mail: deeds@ultranet.com
Information:
http://users.rcn.com/deeds/factsht.htm

Specifications: Version 3.0; Windows 95 or better; $99 (maps extra); 140-page user guide with tutorial; color printing. Requires 486/66 with 8 MB RAM. 3 MB hard disk space, not including your project data.

Features: Land record research tool used to reconstruct neighborhoods or locate a particular tract of land. Automatically plots from metes and bounds description; plots can be dragged, fitted, and dropped on optional digital maps of your research area; textual annotations; table view; search facility locates neighbor deeds. Up to 1,000 deeds can be entered per project; ASCII Import/Export; TIF export; numerous survey methods and units supported. Displays maps, plots, owner names, area, corners, abstract, etc. Single or multi sheet output to printer or file and user-selectable scale.

Reviews: GC 14:3, 18:4

Family Reunion Organizer
FormalSoft
P.O. Box 495
Springville, Utah 84663
Telephone: 866-GO-ROOTS
Information and downloadable
copy: http://family-reunion.com/organizer

Specifications: Version 1.02, $29.95, free demo version.

Features: Family address book organizes family and individual information. GEDCOM compatible. Enter basic reunion information, like contact address, reunion name and logo, reunion dates and theme. Reunion location, including address, directions, reservation information, and lodging available; budget and expense tracking, create a schedule, create family reunion website, ideas for themes, games, and activities, shopping list, handles unlimited reunions, tracks assignments, detailed help.

Output: Invitations, Name tags, Mailing labels, Address list, Phone list, Schedule, Assignment list, Budget, Expense log, Reminders, Award certificates, Sign-in form, Shopping list, Committee list, Evaluation form, Survey, Thank-you notes, Tri-fold addressing.

Review: GC 20.1

GeneWeaver®
Genes & Things, Inc.
P.O. Box 5402
Plymouth, MI 48170-5402
Phone: (714) 970-7040
Fax: (714) 970-6573
Email: geneweaver@geneweaveronline.com
Information:
www.geneweaveronline.com
Downloadable demo at
ftp://geneweaveronline.com/pub/demosetup.exe

Specifications: IBM PC compatible 486/33 or higher; Windows 98-XP; Minimum 25 MB hard disk space; 2X CD-ROM drive; Minimum 16 MB RAM.

Features: Tool for creating and maintaining your family health history; easy to use and understand; Web browser look and feel; multiple databases can be created; ample space for documentation; GEDCOM import; GeneWizard: facilitates input of information; tutorial written in everyday language; personalized information can be added; families can be added to existing databases; color coding: paternal relationships in blue and maternal relationships in red.

Output: Individual Health History Report; Medical Pedigree Chart; Medical Genogram; Checklist of resources for finding health information; Bibliography; Blank Personal Health History Page; Outdated Disease Name List.

Reviews: GC 21.4, 23.1

Genogram-Maker Millenium
GenoWare, Inc.
780 Baconsfield Drive,
Building 3, Suite 34
Macon, GA 31211
(800) 634–8508
Fax: (478) 746-1804
Email:
genograms@mindspring.com
Website: www.genogram.org

Specifications: Version 4.4; Windows 95 or better; $125 to individuals; $50 for students; site licenses available for institutions; online demo.

Features: Individual and family databases; creates genograms for health histories; no GEDCOM support.

Review: GC 20.2

My Courthouse
John Burroughs
815 Hartsook Blvd.
Roanoke, VA 24014-4321
E-mail: GenJunkie@aol.com

Specifications: Windows 3.1 or higher; $20.

Features: A pre-formatted database program designed to accept, store, index, and retrieve records that would be found in a courthouse (i.e., wills, marriages, and deeds).

Review: GC 17:3

Notable
Seventh Seal Software
P.O. Box 673
Roy, UT 84067-0673
866-469-4478
Email: support@startmyjournal.com
Web: www.startmyjournal.com

Specifications: IBM Compatible; 100 MHZ Pentium with 32MB RAM (200 MHZ with 64 MB recommended); Windows 95-XP; hard disk with 100MB free disk space for installation; 256-color VGA or SVGA video or better; 800x600 resolution; 2X CD-ROM or higher; Windows compatible printer; LDS version available, $19.99 + s/h; downloadable version available; online overview demo.

Features: Personal history & journal; by answering the questions in the profile the software customizes a list of topics that you can use to write about the events in your life. There are hundreds of topics and within each topic there are several questions that can help you as you write.

Review: GC 22.3

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