To Add or Browse records, select Use Family from the File menu. Then enter the Name for which to search or leave empty to create a new record.
To enter into a field, Click the Title of the field.
Fathers name must be entered before the Siblings button will be enabled.
Clicking the G button will go to the selected items record.
Clicking the D button will remove the relationship of the current record to the selected record.
Clicking Delete will remove the current record and all of the occurences of the record in the datafile.
When entering a record, as you enter into each of the fields, a record is created for that person if one does not already exist. Also, all known data for the new record is automatically entered.
It is possible to have several unrelated family's entered into the same data file.
If the same name exists in the family cycle, be sure to enter a Sr. or Jr. or other type of suffix to the name to distinguish it from other names.
When sex type is requested for new names, certain fields are forced to a specific sex. Fathers are always Male. Mothers are always Female. Spouse's are the opposite sex of the current record.
When the siblings field is displayed, the current name is also displayed because all children of the current name's father are displayed.
Selecting Use Family from the File menu will allow access to the names in the datafile.
Selecting Help and Hints from the File menu will display this screen.
Selecting About Genealogy from the File menu will display an info screen.
The selections in the Output menu are not currently enabled.
SELECTING 'EMPTY FILE' FROM THE SPECIAL MENU WILL DELETE ALL RECORDS, NOT JUST THE CURRENT SELECTION.
Selecting Release Notes from the Special Menu will display the release notes.
