-----Original Message-----
From: c_snoe(a)msn.com <c_snoe(a)email.msn.com>
To: INGRANT_L(a)rootsweb.com <INGRANT_L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: Time line software
Familytreemaker.com does have such a feature on it's software...it
is very
interesting and fun...the only thing is that the print out is pages and
pages long .
Hope this helps.
Sue Noe
-----Original Message-----
From: LDEAA(a)aol.com <LDEAA(a)aol.com>
To: INGRANT-L(a)rootsweb.com <INGRANT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 4:03 PM
Subject: Time line software
>I'm sending this inquiry to the major lists I subscribe to, hoping I will
>hear from as many people as possible.
>
>I've read a lot about "Time line software" - computer programs that
will
>insert prominent world events into a family tree when constructed as a
>timeline. The concept seems very alluring. For example, it would be
>interestingly helpful to know that Thomas Edison invented the electric
>lightbulb one year after Aunt Hattie went blind from reading in the dark
or
>that Uncle Bill was killed in a car crash five years after the
first Model
T
>rolled off of Henry Ford's Assembly line.
>
>(Lest you think I am only interested in product liability, one of my
>ancestors was due to leave South Hampton for America on the Titanic, but
>missed the boat and had to come over several weeks later. At the time she
>was distraught. However, upon her safe arrival in the U.S. she was
thankful
>for that fateful day and her memoirs of it are priceless.)
>
>I have heard of such "Time line software' programs on the market, but
don't
>know a lot about them. I'm asking for comments from
subscribers who have
had
>experience with these programs. What is your experience and which ones do
>you like and dislike?
>
>If you don't want to post to the entire list, you may e-mail me directly
with
>your opinions.
>
>Larry M. Jones, M.D.
>(LDEAA(a)aol.com)
>
>
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