WhoDo

WhoDo is a genealogy program that stores its records for individuals in standard HTML files. HTML means that the files are shareable across OS platforms. It can import and export GEDCOM format versions 5.0 and 5.5. Sample master pages are provided which may be edited using the program itself, as it is based on a cut-down version of WebWonder. Family data may also be entered from scratch or existing data edited.

An individual's page contains much more than the usual record and has links to relatives up to three generations away in each direction, in addition to "his sisters and his cousins and his aunts". These are generated automatically.

When records are being created manually a special reciprocal link mechanism helps to reduce the amount of work. For instance, when an individual's father is being specified, the father's record's children field will automatically be updated.

A dialogue box exists in which the relationship between any two individuals may be tested and from which a family tree may be created for one of the individuals, as a Draw file. This may subsequently be translated to PDF using my Draw2PDF program.

 A small Windows program is also offered to download for free, so that others can use this to test the relationships in the HTML files you have created. Click here  to download it or direct other users to: www.zynet.co.uk/dsnell/ftp/Relations.exe (Note upper case R.)

Relationships

 A special Guide page is supplied to help with the filling in of the forms. It can be viewed here .

Click here  to see a sample page from my own family data. You will be able to see that person’s relation to me and you will also notice that she married her cousin - something that is not so easy to spot from looking at a family tree. All of the links lead to a dummy page, as I don’t want to put the whole thing on the web site, but there is enough there for you to estimate the power of the concept.

News
Upgrading
Guide Page
Sample page
Draw2PDF
WebWonder
Home page

WhoDo is distributed on a CDROM and comes with a 64 page, colour printed, comb bound manual.

WhoDo costs £29 inc. UK post and VAT.
Click here  to buy on-line.

Please note that if you own WebWonder, simply upgrading to version 5.00 will give you all the features of WhoDo.

If you have bought WhoDo and would subsequently like to upgrade to WebWonder,
you may do so for the difference in price. i.e. £50. Please e-mail me for details.

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