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From: Marc Irish <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Genbox and the future
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:18:39 -0700
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Three!

Marc Irish

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On Jun 19, 2010, at 4:58 PM, "Cheri Casper" <> wrote:

> Make that two buyers, Bill.
>
> CheriC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:] On
> Behalf Of Denise L. Moss-Fritch
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:31 PM
> To:
> Subject: [GENBOX] Genbox and the future
>
> Paul and Cheri,
>
> I too have reviewed other Windows based genealogy software. I currently have
> five genealogy applications, in addition to Genbox, on this desktop. After
> working in Silicon Valley's software industry for 27 years I have an
> interest in the workings of and process flow of applications.
>
> With large software applications involving multiple teams of developers,
> each team is so focused upon their particular module that they rarely
> understand the overall flow and operation of the large application. As
> someone who wrote the customer documentation for such large applications,
> meaning I had to understand the process flow of a customer's work
> environment and in what situations they would be using the company's
> software, I typically had a better understanding of the 'whole product' than
> the individuals developers.
>
> I recently added a death event to each of those six genealogy applications I
> have. I found the ease to complexity of adding that death event to each of
> the different genealogy applications to be illuminating. And yes, Genbox was
> the easiest to add the event, involvement of multiple individuals, sourcing,
> and customizing of each individual's sentence structure.
>
> For me, I look at the following in a genealogy software:
> * Gender (when identifying individuals and in relationships)
> * Recording multiple individuals involved in an event
> * Adding an individual source, and multiple citations (with specifics)
> from that source
> * Assigning sources to parts of an event (date or location)
> * Adding and assigning a location (all levels from a facility's name,
> address, and political jurisdiction)
> * Viewing and changing a generic sentence for an individual's event
>
> Perhaps as I have more time now that I am finally 'retired', I can dig into,
> understand, and begin using the Researchers, Correspondence Log, Projects,
> and Research Targets modules of Genbox.
>
> And as you, I am definitely anxiously awaiting Bill's release of Genbox 4.
> Bill you have one buyer for Genbox 4 here.
>
> Best,
>
> Denise
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:] On
> Behalf Of Paul J. Harris
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 8:14 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Dick Eastman's Review of Genealogy Programs for
> Windows
>
> Cheri,
>
> I have also taken a look at several of the other offerings. Even newer
> programs with slick interfaces do not even begin to approach Genbox's source
> citation abilities, nor the handling of places. I'm still happy with antique
> Genbox, and like Denise, am hopeful for its future. Just wish we could see
> more signs supporting that hope. <g>
>
> Paul
>
>
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