Date Posted:Thu, 21 Oct 2004, 23:12 GMT Author:Adrian Markwell Subject: Re: Dumb newbie question In reply to:
Adrian Markwell
's message, "Re: Dumb newbie question" on Thu, 21 Oct 2004, 23:08 GMT
>>I've seen sites running DFT and thought "this is just
>>what I need". When I found out it was FREE, I was even
>>happier.
>>I just have one fundamental question. Michael
>>describes DFT as a compiler for Gedcom files. So do I
>>need another program to build my family tree in this
>>format and DFT is just for web display purposes? Or
>>can I build the family tree by entering data directly
>>in DFT?
>>My excuses for appearing so totally ignorant. I'm not
>>a computer newbie, just a genealogy newbie.
>
>I downloaded DFT this evening as well, you do need
>another application to create the tree in the first
>place. I already had one (I think its from
>Ancestry.com) - free, and it does what I want it to.
>I only have a small tree, so maybe when (if?) the
>database gets big it might struggle.
>
>BTW - I think the application is great - easy to use
>and published my tree on the www in about 20 minutes!
>
>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adrian.markwell/Hobbies/Fa
>mily%20Tree/Family%20Tree.htm
The version I downloaded from the Ancestry.com site was free about 1 year ago, can't seem to find it now on the page (nor can I find the zip file on my hard drive, must have deleted it once installed, I have the exe (obviously!) but there are also a load of dlls etc. Sorry, can't be more help, but you should be able to get a free one somewhere...