Genealogy ?

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Opensuse 12.3
KDE

Do we have any users of a genealogy program ?
I used to used Family Tree Maker for win doze but that has fallen by the wayside.
Then recently a cousin sent me an updated gedcom file and I would like to be able to view and input into it.

So, what have others used that are recommended ?

thanks

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Here are some possible. Note don’t know if any are in the repos or how good any maybe

http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20090826141137344/FamilyHistory.html

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I use GRAMPS. It is in the OSS repo.

It satisfies me, but apart from a very old MS-DOS program, I never used something else.

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hextejas wrote:

>
> Opensuse 12.3
> KDE
>
> Do we have any users of a genealogy program ?
> I used to used Family Tree Maker for win doze but that has fallen by the
> wayside.
> Then recently a cousin sent me an updated gedcom file and I would like
> to be able to view and input into it.
>
> So, what have others used that are recommended ?
>
> thanks
>
>

I’ve used GRAMPS for a few years, and it does the job. It’s available in
the standard repos, and an updated version in Gnome:Apps.

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+1 for GRAMPS

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I use webtrees, a fork of the now very dated PhpGedView.

webtrees is a web-based programme and is accessed through any web-browser. It can be installed on your personal machine (LAMP required) or on a remote server and, unusually, is fully compliant with the GEDcom standard.

If you just want to view a gedcom file it is probably overkill, but is an excellent choice if you want share your work with other family members. It allows various access levels for viewing and editing as well as import/export options. See http://www.webtrees.net

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On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:10:28 GMT
George Baltz <GeoBaltz@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

> hextejas wrote:
>
> >
> > Opensuse 12.3
> > KDE
> >
> > Do we have any users of a genealogy program ?
> > I used to used Family Tree Maker for win doze but that has fallen
> > by the wayside.
> > Then recently a cousin sent me an updated gedcom file and I would
> > like to be able to view and input into it.
> >
> > So, what have others used that are recommended ?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
>
> I’ve used GRAMPS for a few years, and it does the job. It’s
> available in the standard repos, and an updated version in Gnome:Apps.
>

Me too. I’ve found it easy to use and there’s plenty of support via
mailing list - also viewable on gmane.org news-server.

There are a couple of very minor problems with the latest version in
Gnome:apps, 4.0.4, in that it complains that modules “webkit” and
“osmgpsmap” are missing. However they are used by plug-ins that you’ll
probably never need.

I’ve just tried a suggestion from gmane.comp.genealogy.gramps.user
newsgroup for installing “osmgpsmap” from the repository
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ecsos/openSUSE_13.1/
and both warnings have vanished.

–
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 13.1 (64-bit); KDE 4.13.2; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Kernel: 3.11.10; Video: nVidia GeForce 210 (using nVidia driver);
Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)

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I use Genapro with wine…, very useful…:slight_smile:

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Gramps it is. it seems to work quite well and has a lot to it.

thanks