Your post seems a bit satirical, so I don't know if you are serious or not,
but I have read about this software. I have not tried it, but I suppose it
could be interesting for the obsessed genealogist, which I have been accused
of being (and readily admit to). I can't help thinking that a good old
history book would serve the same purpose and would be free at the library,
but on the other hand, I would be interested if the software included such
things as plagues and epidemics. For instance, I noted that one family in
my genealogy had about 5 children who all died in September and October of
the same year, and I am really curious as to whether there was a smallpox or
flu epidemic at the time. (We certainly hope Mrs. So and So just didn't get
tired of them fighting all the time, and well, you know.........)
Linda Chan
----- Original Message -----
From: <LDEAA(a)aol.com>
To: <INGRANT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 3:57 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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