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1 total messages Started by Brian Mavrogeorge Mon, 30 Dec 1985 05:25
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Author: Brian Mavrogeorge
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1985 05:25
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                            Available from ROOTS-BBS


FILE-NAME       SIZE  DATE-AVAIL  SHORT-DESCRIPTION

Specialized software 

AGECOMPA.BAS      6512 04/28/85  Compares ages for validity - APPLE
AGECMPAR.BAS      8006 05/20/85  Version for Xerox820-II
AGECOMPA.DOC      1920 11/22/84  Documentation for AGECOMPARE
ANYMONTH.BAS      6512 07/27/85  month calendar 15AD-20000AD (CPM)
CALCDATE.BAS      1280 11/22/84  Calculate birth from death - TRS80
CALCDATE.DOC       384 11/22/84  Documentation for CALCDATE.BAS
CHART   .BAS      4004 11/22/84  5 generation pedigree chart - IBMPC
CHART   .DOC      1920 11/22/84  Documentation for CHART.DOC
CHARTAT.LST       5376 05/26/85  CHART - Atari version
FAMGROUP.BQS     10112 12/31/84  Family Group Sheets - Osborne
FAMGROUP.DQC      2793 12/31/84  Documentation for FAMGROUP.BQS
FINDATE .BAS      4352 01/28/85  Finds BMD time periods to search (CPM)
FINDATEI.BAS      5376 06/03/85  DOS version of FINDATE.BAS
FUTRDATE.BAS      3584 08/03/85  Gives a date "n" days from any date.
FUTRDATE.BAS      3584 08/03/85  Documentation for FUTRDATE.BAS
GENPROG .TXT     12672 02/18/85  5/84 GEN. COMPUTING list of software
GENPROG .TQT      5611 02/18/85  Squeezed version of GENPROG.TXT
NAMEX.LBR        20224 10/17/85  Search ROOTS files via Soundex!!
READER.EXE       34688 11/24/85  Matches your surnames vs ROOTS files
SOURCES .TXT      2031 12/26/84  Magazine issues w/software listings
SOUNDEX.APL       1280 10/17/85  Apple version of SOUNDEX
SOUNDEX .BAS       945 01/01/85  Generates Soundex codes - NorthStar
SOUNDEX .DOC      2303 11/22/84  Documentation for SOUNDEX
SOUNDEX.PRG       4864 10/17/85  SOUNDEX for DBASE III
SOUNDEXA.COM     11392 09/02/85  IBMPC/COMPATIBLES version
SOUNDEXI.BAS      1128 11/23/84  IBMPC version of SOUNDEX
SOUNDEXI.DOC      2303 11/23/84  Documentation for SOUNDEXI.BAS

Genealogy systems 

GENEPROG.DOC      1920 07/28/85  Documentation for GENEPROG.LBR
GENEPROG.LBR     28672 07/28/85  DBIII Genealogy system
GENE.DBF          3584 07/31/85  Data structure for GENEPROG.LBR

FAMHIST.DOC       7168 07/14/85  Introductory documentation
FAMHIST.LQR     197376 07/14/85  Complete FAMILY HISTORY system

FAMROOTS.ARC     87268 11/10/85  demo of FAMILY ROOTS by Quinsept
CNTRLTXT.BAS       530 05/01/85  Removes control characters
NAMELST.BAS       1597 05/01/85  Name list

FAMILY.EXE       68992 04/01/85  demo of FAMILY TIES software

FAMTREE.BAS      23808 08/03/85  FAMILY TREE (CPM) -no warranty-

GENIX.FIL       154373 09/02/85  UNIX based genealogy system

PCHRT.ARC        10752 11/24/85  LOTUS123 templates for ped charts

ONDISPLY.DOC      2634 04/01/85  GENEALOGY ON DISPLAY - brief descr
ONDISP1.LQR     154694 04/01/85  GENEALOGY ON DISPLAY - part #1
ONDISP2.LQR     121864 04/01/85  GENEALOGY ON DISPLAY - part #2

PAFTRANS.COM     31232 07/27/85  Copy DATA/HISTORY to another disk
PAFTRANS.DOC      1792 07/27/85  Documentation for PAFTRANS
PAFSTART.BAS      6015 01/31/85  So PAF will run on KAYPRO
PAFSTART.DOC      4224 01/31/85  documentation for PAFSTART.BAS

PROGEN1.ARC      92544 12/28/85  PROGENITOR, updated, complete system

COMMSOFT.DOC     26496 10/05/85  Users review of ROOTS/M & II

TRACER21.ARC    104832 11/14/85  Release 2.1, PAF compatible
IDXEDIT.COM      14720 10/17/85  Creates index file (for uploading!)


"How To" articles 

ENGLISH. TXT     12430 11/25/84  Research tips for England
GERMANY .TXT      7777 11/24/84  Research tips for Eastern Europe
IRISH   .TXT      5948 11/26/84  Research tips for Ireland
IRISHCEN.TXT      5989 12/15/84  Irish Censuses & substitute records
IRISHCHU.TXT      5227 11/27/84  Irish Church Records
IRISHCIV.TXT      4395 12/02/84  Irish Civil Registration tips
IRISHPRO.TXT      3950 12/15/84  Irish Land & Probate Records
ITALY   .TXT     10476 11/25/84  Research tips for Italy
SCANDA  .TXT      5214 12/31/84  Scandanavian Research Tips
USCENSUS.TXT      9838 12/23/84  How to use US Fedl Census information
USMILITA.TXT      5684 12/15/84  US Military Records
AFROSPAN.TXT      6710 11/11/85  Afro-Spanish marriages, Mex. 1646-1747
CENSUSCA.TXT      5888 06/14/85  Avail of US Census info in SF Bay area
JOURNAL .TXT     12288 12/09/84  Excellent "beginner's" story
KINOLOGY.TXT      3310 02/01/85  One page "What is Kinology"
LDSIGI.TXT        4248 06/22/85  Some of what avail at LDS Library SLC
LDSREC  .TXT     10240 12/30/84  LDS Church Records
ORALHIST.TXT     10229 12/26/84  "How To" for oral histories
REFBOOKS.TXT     12350 06/14/85  Suggested basic reference books


Surname queries (* indicate searchable online)

198501.DIR*      31704 11/17/85  Master index of 1st QTR 85 section
198502.DIR*      60442 11/17/85  Master index 2nd QTR 85 + Surname
198503.DIR*      87673 11/17/85  Master index 3rd qtr + surnames
198504.DIR*      75533 11/17/85  Master index 4th qtr (no SURNAME)
198505.DIR*        451 11/27/85  Master index to late 1985 (no surname)
                                 (master indexes contain soundex, surname,
                                  and citation for queries appearing in the
                                  genealogical society publications for NY,
                                  New England, PA, OH, IN, IA, NE, CA, as well
                                  family research submitted by ROOTS-BBS users.
FROST.DIR*       20510 12/19/85  Charles Frost family research
SURNAMES.DIR*    25016 11/27/85  Surname inquiries from ROOTS-BBS users
TREESHAR.DIR*     3232 07/27/85  TREESHARE (Houston) Queries
TREESHAR.MSG      8832 11/24/85  TREESHARE (Houston) messages
--many other geographic specific not listed.


Indexes to vital records, books 

PATTERSN.FIL      3328 12/25/85  "Reminiscences/Recoll Ben Patterson"
1900WARD.CHI      1920 10/17/85  Xref Chicago Wards to census district
1910WARD.CHI      1280 10/17/85  Xref Chicago Wards to census district
CHARLES1.FIL     29471 06/30/85  CharlesCoMD Inventories 1791-1808
CHARLES2.FIL     22016 06/30/85  CharlesCoMD Probates 1673-1753
CHARLES3.FIL     24320 06/30/85  CharlesCoMD Probates 1673-1753
CHARLES4.FIL     39040 07/07/85  CharlesCoMD Inventories 1753-79
CHARLES5.FIL     10368 09/02/85  Index - CharlesCoMD Inventories
GERMAN.FIL        2520 07/09/85  Index - German Immi Texas 1844-47
KERR.FIL         39268 07/09/85  Index - Kerr Co TX History 1856-1976
NACOG.FIL        41720 07/09/85  Index- NacogdochesTX BioDict 1773-1849
TITUS1.FIL        6496 07/08/85  Index - TitusCoTX Pioneer Heroes V.I
TITUS2.FIL       12765 07/08/85  Index - TitusCoTX Pioneer Heroes V.II

 -- plus usual public domain utilities that would be helpful to a 
genealogist. 
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