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Subject: Re: [APG] Genealogy Software Question
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 22:28:51 -0500
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Michael Hait wrote:
>I am a professional genealogist, currently seeking BCG certification. Do
any of these programs meet my needs as such?
Michael, virtually everyone who applies for certification uses genealogy
software on a regular basis. (Don't ask me for stats; this is a totally
subjective opinion. :) However, every tool has its use. For example:
1. When you prepare an actual research report---for your portfolio, for a
client, or for your own files---a relational database can't do that. On the
other hand, for big projects or ongoing projects your client may want you to
maintain a database and your research report might need to attach a printout
of your software's genealogical narrative or charts to show the cumulative
results of current and past work.
2. When you prepare your Kinship Determination Project---the
three-generation narrative genealogy, with the embedded proof
arguments---you might begin it by "printing" your gen software's
genealogical narrative into a Rich-text file, then importing it into your
word-processing software, where you would reorganize, rewrite, expand
arguments and otherwise revise and edit to produce what the KDP calls for.
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG
APG member, Tennessee
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