About two years ago I was doing some research on my family history. Today out of the blue I got an e-mail from somebody asking if I was related to someone one of her ancestors knew.
The name she gave seemed familiar, but I wasn't sure how I was related. Back when I was doing my research I had a somewhat inaccurate book made by some family members back in the 1970's, but had misplaced it. I also found wc.rootsweb.com very useful, so I took a trip back over there. It took me quite a while to find the link, however I did manage to find it.
That got me thinking: "It sure would be nice if I could keep a local easily-accessed record of the family tree."
I remember haring about some Genealogy software for Linux and a quick Google search turned up GRAMPS (Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System). It is a free and open source program, however it is a bit too big for me to download on Dial-up, so I will have to do it tomorrow while I am at college.
Not only is GRAMPS available for Linux, but there are also MacOS X and Windows versions. Note that for the standard Windows versions there are a lot of other programs it relies on to run, however, there is a "portable" version that you can install on a flash drive and run from there. This is nice because then you can take it to other family member's houses, pop the drive in their computer and add information.
The website for GRAMPS is here: http://www.gramps-project.org/
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