Pedigree Analysis -- was Database for Tracking Irises

In a message dated 7/16/2004 2:32:09 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
DanaBrown@peoplepc.com writes: 
> I use Excel.  I know it isn't a true database but it works for me.  I have
> columns for everything I am interested in.  Name, desc, year of intro,
> breeder/hybridizer, height, when it blooms, is it a space ager, does it
> rebloom, what type of iris is it, where I got it, when I got it, location,
> and so on and so forth.  I use mail merge to print labels.  I print right
> straight out of excel for everything else.  I can sort this by any of those
> columns, add a column, delete a column or search by a word or phrase.  Works
> for me.

Spreadsheets work nicely for me, too, in terms of plant management, but they 
require entirely too much work for pedigree analysis.  Yes, it's possible to 
set up a template and fill in the blanks -- but the lookups must be done 
manually for every chart.

Does anyone have current software for pedigree analysis, like the one I 
distributed in the late '80s or the more user-friendly one that Ralph Holmes had in 
the '90s?

For those who haven't worked with such a package, you build its data file by 
entering the name or number of an iris and its parents -- once.  Then, as the 
file grows you can display or print new reports of its ancestors and 
descendants.  

Sharon McAllister

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