Re: Pedigrees
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- Subject: Re: Pedigrees
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 09:12:56 -0700 (MST)
John Montgomery wrote:
> I am wondering if anyone has tried to use a genealogy program for
tracking
> pedigrees.
Yes, that was one of my early experiments.
I even wrote a brief article, more like a filler,
about it. The trick is to enter each cultivar
as a set of twins, one male & one female,
to track its performance as pod parent and
pollen parent. =
That was enough to prove the concept, but
not as convenient as I'd like, so I wrote my
own set of programs to manage the database
and produce ancestor & descendant charts.
A few years ago, I switched over to Ralph
Holmes' package -- easier than converting
my own programs for a new computer.
The main difference is that the programs
I wrote (and shared with other hybridizers)
were designed for my own use and therefore
required some computer expertise to run.
Ralph's package is menu-driven, designed
for anyone who knows how to turn on a
computer and type the start command.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com. =
