





                        INSTALLING FAMILY TREE JOURNAL 

                                     BACKUP


        The first order of business before you use this (or any program)
        is to create a backup copy of the disk(s).

        (If you are using a floppy disk system insert your MS-DOS system
        disk in drive A.) Use the normal procedure to  bring  your  com-
        puter up to the prompt.

                If you have 2 floppy disks type:

                        DISKCOPY A: B: <ENTER> 

                If you have 1 floppy disk type:

                        DISKCOPY A: A: <ENTER> 

        The  DISKCOPY  program  will  instruct  you to insert the source
        (original FAMILY TREE JOURNAL ) disk and the destination (blank)
        disk into the appropriate disk drive. It is a good idea to put a
        write protect tab on the original but not on  the  copies  since
        the  program  will  write  data  files  to them. If you have the
        second (optional) UTILITIES disk, make a  backup  of  that  disk
        also. Put the original disks in a safe place and use the backups
        as working disks for all operations from now on.


        If you have a hard drive, you should copy the disk(s) to a  sub-
        directory. The sub-directory may be any name you like, there are
        no 'canned' directory names in the program.


        If you have a system with two 360K floppy drives  (and  no  hard
        drive),  you should use drive A for the FAMILY TREE JOURNAL disk
        and drive B to store your data files.


        NOTE Even if you use a separate drive for your data, the program
        must  be  able to write to both disks so don't put write protect
        tabs on either one. Also, the data disks must be formatted using
        the MS-DOS FORMAT command before they may be used.


        It  is  possible  to  run FAMILY TREE JOURNAL from only one 360K
        floppy drive, but the amount of data that you will  be  able  to
        enter will be very limited. If you also have the optional FAMILY
        TREE JOURNAL UTILITIES disk, you will have to  maintain  an  up-
        dated  copy  of  your data files on both the FAMILY TREE JOURNAL
        program disk AND the UTILITIES disk.



                       UPDATING FROM AN EARLIER VERSION 

        The data files from earlier versions of FAMILY TREE  and  FAMILY
        TREE JOURNAL are fully compatible with this, and future versions
        of the program. This means that you do not have to  perform  any
        conversion  on  previously  entered  data  in order to use it on
        FAMILY TREE JOURNAL.

        If you are using the program on a single floppy disk system, you
        should  copy  your  existing <FILE>.DAT, <FILE>.BIO, <FILE>.REF,
        <FILE>.GEN, and <FILE>.NAM files to your new disk.

        NOTE You must use the COPY command (NOT DISKCOPY!)  to  add  any
        files  to your FAMILY TREE JOURNAL disk. This is a little tricky
        with only one disk drive so I will advise you to carefully  con-
        sult your MS-DOS manual before you try it.

                       OTHER INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS


        During  execution,  the  program may have more than 8 files open
        simultaneously. This is the normal maximum for  MS-DOS.  If  you
        are  running  FAMILY TREE JOURNAL and some other function in the
        system also has files open, you may experience some problems.  I
        mention  this  early  because  it produces some of the most mys-
        tifying bugs that have been reported to me. This  can  occur  if
        you have a utility in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file that stays resident
        when you boot your system such as one of the "menu" or  "window"
        programs.  CONFIG.SYS  will  allow  you to increase the default.
        Increasing the number of files that may be  opened  is  a  rela-
        tively harmless operation that does not degrade the operation of
        your computer at all (and in this instance, actually may improve
        it!) The only price you pay for this change is a few extra bytes
        of memory that are used by the system. I recommend that you make
        FILES=20  (or  more).  See your MS-DOS manual for information on
        CONFIG.SYS. (You must  restart  your  system  after  making  any
        changes to CONFIG.SYS before they will work.)



                                 PRINTER SETUP


        FAMILY  TREE JOURNAL will work with any printer that can be used
        by your computer. You may have to experiment a little  in  order
        to   align   the   paper   properly.  Different  printers  treat
        <CARRIAGE-RETURN> and <LINE-FEED>  characters  differently.  You
        may  have  to change the option switches on your printer to make
        the lines properly spaced. The  program  assumes  that  you  are
        using  8  1/2"  X  11"  (9  1/2" with holes) paper and that your
        printer will print 66 lines of up to  80  characters  per  line.
        This is the standard for most printers. If your paper is aligned
        correctly, there will be about one inch margins on both the left
        and right side of each sheet and the page number should be about
        1/2 inch from the bottom.


        This page layout allows you to punch the paper and  use  binders
        to  form  a  book. Most copy machines will also accept this size
        paper to allow you to make copies for your  relatives.  I  would
        like  to  have  provided a way to print charts that would extend
        more generations but the size of  the  paper  was  the  limiting
        factor. Each generation of ancestors doubles the number of names
        needed and each generation of descendants produces an  arbitrary
        number  of people. I found that 4 generations of ancestors would
        fit on one page without too much crowding and used 4 generations
        of descendants just to make things symmetrical.


        NOTE  Many printers now available are equipped with a variety of
        fonts. You must use a "nonproportional" or  "mono-spaced"  font,
        otherwise,  your  printouts  will  be skewed. This is especially
        apparent when you print the charts and time-line.



                                PROGRAM OVERVIEW
                                    GENERAL



        Before you begin, here is a brief synopsis  of  the  information
        that  you  will need. In order to build genealogical charts, the
        minimum information required  for  each  family  member  is  the
        individual's  name  and  the  name  of  their  parents. For each
        person, you should also try to find the names of spouses,  dates
        of  birth, death and marriage, and the places where these events
        occurred. You must enter this information  separately  for  each
        individual. All other relationships between them is unimportant.
        You will not find entries for children or brothers and  sisters.
        The program will determine those relationships.


        FAMILY  TREE JOURNAL consists of several programs that allow you
        to input, edit,  change,  and  print  information.  Since  these
        functions  are  quite  complex, and because I wanted to create a
        program that would work with  minimum  size  systems,  the  main
        program is split into several smaller programs that are executed
        from a script file called FTREE.BAT. This  method  of  operation
        produces  some  delays  between functions while the programs are
        swapped into memory from the disk.

        For those users who will be using 360K floppy disks, some of the
        functions must be selected from the optional UTILITIES disk. You
        will be prompted to insert the UTILITIES disk  when  you  select
        the optional functions.



                                   DATA FILES


        Six  data  files  are  generated by FAMILY TREE JOURNAL for each
        different family name that you specify.

                <FILE>.DAT    Setup information
                <FILE>.NAM    Name list
                <FILE>.GEN    Genealogical information
                <FILE>.BIO    Biographies
                <FILE>.REF    References
                <FILE>.ADR    Address book

        Many of the functions create temporary files to do  such  things
        as sorting and editing. These files will have various names with
        the extension .TMP. Most  of  the  time,  these  files  will  be
        removed  after  the  function  completes  its task, but they may
        remain if the program terminates abnormally.


        All of the temporary files are written to the program disk  even
        if  you are using a separate data disk. This means that you need
        quite a bit of free space on the program  disk.  As  a  rule  of
        thumb,  the  free  space  should equal about 5 times the size of
        <FILE>.NAM.


                                   DATA INPUT
                                    GENERAL



        FAMILY TREE JOURNAL is designed to allow you to  compile  infor-
        mation  about your family. I tried to design the program to make
        it as easy as possible for us humans to  enter  information  and
        let  your computer do the tedious work of organizing and sorting
        your data. There are two types of displays that  appear  in  the
        program,  "menus"  and  "screens".  Menus allow you to select an
        operation by typing a number or letter. They will appear on your
        screen  with a single prompt near the bottom for your selection.
        Screens usually have multiple prompts that require you to answer
        several  questions.  At  the  bottom of screens you will see the
        question "Is the Information correct?". (Some screens have  only
        one  or  two  prompts  and will not display this question.) Your
        cursor will begin in the first prompt on the  screen  if  it  is
        blank or the last one if it is not.


        You  always  exit from a menu by typing Q for Quit. You may exit
        from screens in several ways.  If  you  answer  Y  to  the  last
        question,  you  will  move  to  the  next  screen  or  begin the
        operation. If you answer N, the cursor will move  to  the  first
        prompt on the same screen and allow you to change the screen. An
        <ESC> character typed anywhere  on  the  screen  will  exit  the
        screen,  usually  back  to the menu. (In some cases, you will be
        asked if you want to save the information that you had changed.)
        On screens that only ask for a name and number, leaving the name
        blank will also return you to the menu.

        Certain keys on different keyboards are designated  differently,
        depending  on  the manufacturer. Throughout this manual you will
        see <ENTER>. This refers to the  key  marked  ENTER,  RETURN  or
        sometimes  indicated  with a picture of a bent arrow. Other keys
        are indicated using the same format such as <ESC>, <HOME>,  etc.
        The  designation  <ARROW>  refers to any of the four keys marked
        with pictures of arrows, grouped together  and  located  on  the
        right  side  of your keyboard. The <BACKSPACE> key is also some-
        times designated with a left arrow but is usually located on the
        main  part of the keyboard. These designations mean that you are
        to hit the appropriate key (rather than type the word).


        Entering information for FAMILY TREE JOURNAL is quite easy. Here
        are some of the things you'll need to know before you start.

        All  prompts  are followed by a highlighted area with the cursor
        in the first position. This area depicts the maximum field  size
        expected  for  the information. The field may optionally display
        default data. If the default is your desired response, then  you
        can  simply  type an <ENTER> without over-typing the default. If
        you want to enter  other  data,  just  type  it  in.  The  first
        character will erase the default to show you that you have begun
        to change the data. If  you  make  a  typing  mistake,  use  the
        <BACKSPACE>  key (not the <LEFT-ARROW> ) to make the correction.
        It will cause the previous character to disappear until it  hits
        the  left  side  of the field at which time the default data, if
        any, will reappear and a bell will sound. A bell will also  sig-
        nal  the right margin if you attempt to exceed the field size by
        typing too many characters. A default entry  may  be  erased  by
        typing  a <SPACE> in the first character position followed by an
        <ENTER>. Generally, you may use the <ARROW>'s to move from entry
        to  entry. The <HOME> and <END> keys will move the cursor to the
        first and last entry on a page. The  <PAGE-UP>  and  <PAGE-DOWN>
        keys  will cause a new page to be displayed except when the cur-
        sor is in a NAME prompt. In this case, the <PAGE-UP> and  <PAGE-
        DOWN>  keys  will  browse through the name list numerically. The
        <ESC> key will return you to the previous menu.  All  lines  are
        terminated with an <ENTER>.


        The exceptions to the above actions occur in the edit mode which
        is only used when you are editing biographies and references and
        vary  slightly from the normal mode. Since text editing involves
        less restricted  fields  of  information,  the  actions  of  the
        <ARROW>,  <HOME>  and  <END>  keys  work a little differently to
        better serve the editing function. You  will  notice  also  that
        typing  normal  characters while in the edit mode will not cause
        the default information to disappear, but will only  change  the
        character at the position of the cursor.


        Names, dates and places are critical when compiling genealogical
        information. Because computers require more stringent rules than
        people  when  interpreting  information,  I  had  to  apply some
        restrictions to the way some of the data must be entered. I did,
        however,  try  to  make  the  rules conform more to normal human
        usage and force the computer to read our  language  rather  than
        the other way around.


        NAMES  -  You should try to include full middle names and titles
        such as Jr., II, 3rd, etc. Married women should be listed  using
        their  maiden  names.  If  you  do  not  know their maiden name,
        enclose their married name in parenthesis i.e. Mary (Smith). Any
        other  names that you are unsure of, such as nicknames, stage or
        professional names, that are not the names that appear on birth,
        death,   etc.   certificates,   should   also   be  enclosed  in
        parenthesis. The parenthesis will flag the name as incorrect for
        the audit feature of the program.


        You  should  enter  names in their natural order, that is: first
        name-middle name-last name. If a surname has more than one word,
        the  name  may not be sorted as you would expect when it appears
        in the book. As an example, the name "Wernher von  Braun"  would
        appear in the sorted lists as "Braun, Wernher von". Titles (Jr.,
        II, 3rd, etc.,) should be preceded by a comma and a space,  i.e.
        "John  Smith,  Jr."  This will appear as "Smith, John, Jr." when
        sorted by the program. (If you don't include the comma, the name
        would  appear  as  "Jr.,  John Smith"). (Only one title per name
        please - John Smith, Jr., M.D. won't work, and I doubt that  his
        degrees would appear on his birth certificate anyway!)

        Names  are  limited  to a total of 30 characters. This should be
        enough for most names. If anyone has a longer name,  you  should
        use  abbreviations  where  possible, (Wm. instead of William for
        example) and enter the full name as a note in their references.

        If you type a number in the NAME prompt (instead of a name), the
        name  that  is  assigned to the number will appear in the blank.
        This can be helpful when you are entering  the  information  for
        someone  who has a large number of children. Instead of retyping
        the father's and mother's name, just enter the  number  instead.
        This  can  help  to  prevent spelling errors and also makes data
        entry easier especially for long names.


        A quick name search may be made by typing a question mark <?> as
        the  FIRST  character  in  any name prompt followed by a name or
        partial name. Either upper or lower case letters may be used for
        the  name,  they  will  match  either  way.  The first name that
        matches the name or partial name that you entered will appear in
        the prompt. If there is no match, the prompt will turn blank.

        When you type a <PAGE-UP> or <PAGE-DOWN> in any NAME prompt, the
        program will browse numerically  through  the  name  list.  This
        gives you another way to search for a name.

        You  may  type  a question mark <?> in any NUMBER prompt and the
        program will search for additional numbers that match the  name.
        Additional  question marks will cycle through all occurrences of
        the  name  until  no  more  are  found.  When  the   search   is
        unsuccessful,  the  question  mark will remain in the prompt for
        one cycle and then the search will wrap around to the  beginning
        and start over.


        PLACES  -  Try  to  list  the city or county where birth, death,
        and/or marriage occurred or the name  of  the  church,  hospital
        etc.  Many  records  are kept in these places that could provide
        additional information. Except for the size of the field,  there
        are no other restrictions on places.


        DATES  -  Dates  should  be as complete as possible. If you only
        know the approximate date, use the abbreviation 'c.' for  circa,
        followed  by  the  year  i.e.  c. 1850. You may also use the ab-
        breviations ABT, BEF and AFT for ABouT, BEFore and AFTer if  you
        wish.

        Dates may be entered in any of the following ways:




                        mm-dd-yyyy
                        dd/mm/yyyy (If non-USA format in setup)
                        yyyy
                        c. yyyy
                        ABT yyyy
                        AFT yyyy
                        BEF yyyy
                        dd MMM yyyy
                        MMM dd yyyy




        where  'mm'  is  the month number (1-12), MMM is the first three
        characters of the name of the month (JAN-DEC),  'dd' is the  day
        number  (1-31)  and  'yyyy' is the full year number (note: don't
        assume 19--). The month and day may be one or  two  digits.  The
        '-'  and '/' in the example may be any single character except a
        digit. If you know only part of the date, you should put  a  '?'
        in  the  missing  field,  i.e. 5/?/1887. Dates must be in one of
        these formats in order to calculate life-spans correctly.



                         STARTING FAMILY TREE JOURNAL 

        If you are using floppies, insert the FAMILY TREE  JOURNAL  disk
        into  drive  A  (or  B) and type A: (or B: ) <ENTER>. If you are
        using a hard disk, change your  working  directory  to  the  one
        containing the FAMILY TREE JOURNAL program.

                Type:

                FTREE<ENTER>

        The  first  time  you  start FAMILY TREE JOURNAL (and as long as
        your file name is set to SAMPLE ) you will be asked if you  want
        to print instructions.


        After    answering    the   question   (and   possibly   printed
        instructions), a setup screen will appear. The  first  time  you
        use  the program, you should leave the default information as it
        is. You can always come back and change it later.

        You will be asked to supply a file name. This name will be  used
        as  the  base name for the data files. (The program supplies the
        extensions so type the name without any '.'). I  recommend  that
        you  use a family surname such as "SMITH" or "JONES" but you may
        use any valid file name including a drive specification and full
        path  name.  This  will  allow  you  to use another disk or sub-
        directory for your data files if you like.


        If you find that your data files have grown too large,  you  may
        use  another  file  name  for a different branch of your family.
        There is no limit, other than  disk  space,  to  the  number  of
        family branches that may be entered.


        This  name will replace <FILE> in the references throughout this
        manual. It will also appear at the top of the menu to serve as a
        reminder to you of the current default name.


        Included  on  the  FAMILY  TREE  JOURNAL  disk is a set of files
        called "SAMPLE". This is the initial default name that will  ap-
        pear in the prompt. I suggest you use SAMPLE for practice before
        entering your own data. (If your name happens to be Sample,  you
        will  have  to  erase these files before you get down to serious
        business!)


        You will then be asked if your printer  is  IBM  compatible.  If
        your  printer cannot produce the IBM graphics, type N. This will
        only affect the way some lines are printed. (They will be  solid
        if  you  answer  Y  and broken otherwise). You may find that you
        prefer the broken lines. (Some printers run slower when they are
        printing  the solid lines.) In this case, you can type N even if
        your printer is compatible.


        Some printers treat the ends of lines differently.  The  program
        will  change  the  way  it terminates each line based on how you
        answer the next question. There are also option switches in some
        printers that will change the way they are handled. You may have
        to experiment a little if you get double-spaced printouts.


        The next prompt on the setup menu  allows  you  to  specify  the
        format  that  you  prefer  for  entering  dates.  The default is
        month-day-year. If you enter N to the prompt, the  program  will
        properly  sort  dates entered in the day-month-year format. Only
        dates that you enter using a number for the month  are  effected
        by  this  flag. Dates such as 6 FEB 1845 or FEB 6 1845 will both
        work regardless of the USA flag setting.

        Some computers are equipped with a monochrome monitor but have a
        color  controller  card.  This  may cause the display to be dif-
        ficult to read. This option allows you to force the program into
        monochrome mode which should eliminate the problem.

        Printing  is  normally  routed to your printer through the first
        parallel port on your computer. This port is designated LPT1  or
        PRN.  You may want to direct the printouts to some other port or
        to a file.  You  can  change  the  destination  to  any  of  the
        following:

                AUX           The serial port
                SCREEN        Your monitor screen
                LPT2 or LPT3  One of the other printer ports
                FILE_NAME     Any file name

        All  subsequent  printouts will then be directed to the destina-
        tion that you specify.

        NOTE: If you specify a file name, you should be aware  that  the
        file  will  be  reopened  each  time  that you start a new print
        operation and the previous information that  may  have  been  in
        that file will be lost!

        If  all  the  information  on  the  screen is correct, type Y or
        <ENTER> at the prompt to see the second setup screen.  Again,  I
        suggest  that  you leave the defaults as they are the first time
        through.

        In addition to the  normal  genealogical  information  for  each
        individual,  you may want to keep some miscellaneous information
        about each one. Five optional  fields  are  available  for  this
        purpose.  The  first  three  headings  will  default to CAUSE OF
        DEATH,  OCCUPATION,  and  CHURCH  AFFILIATION.  Two  others  are
        available for anything you may like to record.


        You  may  prefer to use some other statistics about your family.
        You may add or change any of the five headings to  whatever  you
        prefer. Several suggestions that I have received are CEMETERY or
        PLACE OF BURIAL, TELEPHONE NUMBER, POLITICAL PARTY, etc. You may
        also  use  this  to  enter  such things as physical descriptions
        (color  of  hair,  eyes,   etc.),   schooling   or   educational
        background,  hobbies,  etc.  I even had a suggestion that FAMILY
        TREE JOURNAL could be used to document the pedigree for animals.
        I'm  not  sure that all the information would be appropriate for
        this application (information about marriages might seem a  lit-
        tle odd) but, you could use these miscellaneous fields to record
        the registration paper numbers, desirable traits etc.  for  show
        animals or to assist in farm animal breeding.


        After  answering  the  setup  questions,  the  main menu will be
        displayed.

                              MAIN MENU SELECTIONS


        The main menu serves as a "home base" from which you may  select
        any  of  the functions available in FAMILY TREE JOURNAL. Some of
        the selections on the main menu will prompt you  for  additional
        information  and  then begin the selected task, other selections
        will display an additional menu from  which  you  may  select  a
        specific  operation,  which  may,  in  turn,  request additional
        information. In most cases, you can change your mind and  cancel
        the  operation  by  typing  an  <ESC> and return to the previous
        menu. The <ESC> key works fairly intelligently so that  it  will
        not  cause  any  mutilation of your data files. If you use it to
        stop printing, the printing will normally stop after  completing
        the  current  page,  so  you  will  not  always get an immediate
        response. You must use a Q to quit from any menu (the <ESC>  key
        will not exit from the menus).


        The Main Menu contains 6 selections. They are:

                1 NAME LIST UTILITIES
                2 ENTER OR CHANGE GENEALOGICAL DATA
                3 EDIT BIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCES
                4 PRINT UTILITIES
                5 ADDRESS BOOK
                6 MISCELLANEOUS UTILITIES



                              NAME LIST UTILITIES

        The first selection on the main menu is the Name List Utilities.
        This selection will display a menu that  allows  you  to  select
        some functions that allow you to make changes to the name list.

        Name  List  Utility Selection 1 will allow you to change or even
        completely remove a name from the name list. A name may be added
        by  leaving  the  NUMBER  field blank and removed by leaving the
        NAME field blank.


        Name List Utility Selection 2 will read the <FILE>.GEN and  copy
        the  complete  dates  of  birth  to the <FILE>.NAM dates. If any
        discrepancies are found, you will be prompted  for  the  correct
        date  of birth for that person. If you have updated from an ear-
        lier version of FAMILY TREE JOURNAL, you should run this  selec-
        tion once on each of your earlier data files to bring them up to
        date.


        Name List Utility Selection 3 will list the names on your screen
        in the order in which they appear in the name list.


        Name  List  Utility  Selection  4  will  prompt you for two name
        spellings that you have used for one person.  The  program  will
        then  locate  all  references  that  you have made to the person
        using  the  incorrect  spelling  and   re-reference   the   name
        correctly.  It  will  then  remove the incorrect name and number
        from the data files.


        Name List Utility selections 5  and  6  provide  some  automatic
        utilities for flagging family subgroups in your name list.


        Selection  5  will  prompt you for a subgroup flag. If you leave
        the prompt blank, all flags will be removed.


        Selection 6 displays  a  screen  to  flag  only  the  ancestors,
        descendants,  or both of any person. All of that person's ances-
        tors and/or descendants will be flagged with the character  that
        you  choose.  You  may  reuse  the  same  flag for more than one
        person.


                       ENTER OR CHANGE GENEALOGICAL DATA


        You will normally enter data using selection 2 on the menu. This
        selection  first prompts you for a name. The name you enter will
        be followed by a prompt for a number. A default number  may  ap-
        pear  in  the  number  field. If no number appears it means that
        this is the first time you have referenced this name or you have
        spelled it wrong. Do not enter a number if the field is blank.


        In  most cases the number that appears in the blank will be cor-
        rect and you will not change it. The only exception is when  two
        or  more people have the same name. In this case, you may change
        the number if the default is  not  correct  for  the  particular
        individual.  If  you are entering data for the first time for an
        individual that has the same  name  as  someone  that  you  have
        entered  previously, make the number blank and a new number will
        be assigned and this person will be added to the name list.


        After you enter  the  name  (and  possibly  the  number)  of  an
        individual, the first of up to three screens will appear.

        If  you  don't  know  the  correct  information, leave the entry
        blank.


                        EDIT BIOGRAPHIES AND REFERENCES


        You will be asked for a name and number. Any previously  entered
        information  will be displayed on the screen with the first line
        highlighted.

        Some of the  keys  will  function  differently  in  the  editor.
        Anything  you  type  will replace the existing characters on the
        line. You may move the cursor with the <LEFT-ARROW> and  <RIGHT-
        ARROW>  keys  to  any  place  on  the  line  without  disturbing
        anything. The <UP-ARROW> and <DOWN-ARROW> keys will  scroll  the
        highlighted  line  up  and down. The <DELETE> key will erase the
        ENTIRE highlighted line and the <INSERT> key will insert a blank
        line  above the current line. The <HOME> and <END> keys move the
        cursor to the beginning and end of the current line. The  <PAGE-
        UP>  and <PAGE-DOWN> keys will display the previous or next page
        of text, except that you will not be able to go forward past any
        large area of blank lines (usually the end of text).


        The  <ESC>  key  will exit the edit mode. You may type the <ESC>
        from any place on the screen. If you have made any changes,  you
        will be asked if you want to save the information. If you answer
        N, none of the changes will be saved. After you have edited  the
        biography, the procedure will be repeated for the references for
        the same person.

        NOTE: You may prefer to use your own editor or word processor to
        edit  this  information. FAMILY TREE JOURNAL was not intended to
        be a word processor so  this  selection  only  provides  minimal
        flexibility  in  editing.  Any editor or word processor that can
        write the file out as ASCII may be used  on  the  biography  and
        reference  file. The format is pretty straight forward. The only
        real  advantage  to  using  this  selection  is  that   it   can
        (theoretically)  handle  files  as large as 1000 Megabytes! Most
        word processors would choke on a file that big! The  files  that
        you would edit are called <FILE>.BIO and <FILE>.REF.


                                PRINT UTILITIES


        These   selections  print  the  indicated  information  on  your
        printer.

        Selection 1 - PRINT A BOOK.  This  is  the  one  you  have  been
        waiting  for!  Just  enter selection 1, answer a couple of ques-
        tions and stand back!


        A screen will appear that will allow you to select the  informa-
        tion  that  will be printed. The default is a complete book with
        all of the information that you have entered.

        You may produce an abbreviated version by  entering  a  subgroup
        flag  or  changing the default Y 's in the selection screen to N
        's. The Trees and Data charts of those  people  that  have  been
        flagged  as  a  subgroup will be the only people included in the
        first section. This feature only restricts the first section  to
        members of the subgroup. Children, spouses and parents of anyone
        not included in the subgroup will  still  show  up  on  the  ap-
        propriate charts.


        Selection  2  -  PRINT  BOOKLETS.  A "booklet" is a book that is
        dedicated to the information for only one person. It will  print
        only  one  tree  and data section but will expand to include the
        biographies and appendix data for all the names included in  the
        chart printed in the first section.

        The  next  5 selections allow you to print some data in the same
        format that it is printed in the FAMILY TREE JOURNAL  books  and
        booklets.


        Selection 8 prints data forms that may be used for research. You
        will be asked for a name and number. A form containing  the  in-
        formation for that person will be printed. If you leave the name
        blank, you may print blank forms.

        The next two main menu selections are located on  the  UTILITIES
        disk.

                                  ADDRESS BOOK

        This selection provides a menu with selections that allow you to
        keep a record of names, addresses and phone  numbers  of  family
        members.  You  may print address labels and address books to as-
        sist in corresponding with your relatives.  The  names  on  your
        labels may be different than the names used in your name list to
        make the labels less formal.  A  new  file  with  the  extension
        ".ADR" is used to save this information.

                            MISCELLANEOUS UTILITIES

        This  selection  provides a group of utilities that allow you to
        reorganize your data files, search  for  information,  and  also
        includes some other miscellaneous functions that may be useful.


        Miscellaneous  selection 1 allows you to combine the information
        for two branches of your family into one group of files.

        The reference numbers of the people  will  be  changed  so  that
        there  will be no duplication of numbers in the resulting set of
        destination files. The source files will be unchanged. The newly
        created file will become the default.


        Miscellaneous  selection  2 will create a new group of files for
        any branch of the family that you have previously flagged.


        The resulting files will include all of the information for  the
        names  that you have flagged including the names of spouses that
        may not be flagged.


        Miscellaneous selection 3 allow you to search  for  information.
        You  may  enter any string of characters. They will be displayed
        in upper case but will match either case.

        Selection 4 prompts you for two individuals and  displays  their
        relationship to each other.


        Selections  5  and  6  provide a way to pass information between
        FAMILY TREE JOURNAL and some other genealogy systems. A standard
        for  GEnealogical Data COMmunication information interchange has
        been established called GEDCOM. GEDCOM files may be  created  by
        FAMILY  TREE JOURNAL and exported to other programs that support
        the standard, and FAMILY TREE JOURNAL  will  import  information
        from GEDCOM files that have been created by other programs.

        Selection  7  will  restore your name list to numerical order by
        reference number. Previous versions  of  FAMILY  TREE  contained
        utilities  to  sort the name list before you printed books. That
        is no longer necessary so you may want to restore your name list
        to  numerical order if you are transposing your information from
        some other data base and wish to maintain the same  sequence  of
        numbering.

        Selection  8  was  provided  to  import  the  data  from another
        shareware program called "Family  Tree,  Etc."  from  Pine  Cone
        Software. This popular program is not affiliated in any way with
        my program but,  at  present,  does  not  support  GEDCOM  so  I
        provided  this  utility to allow you to directly import the data
        files if you wanted.

        Selection 9 will print a chart of ancestors using the Ahnentafel
        numbering  system.  This  system  is based on a formula that has
        been used by genealogists for many  years.  The  father  of  any
        person on the chart has a number that is twice the number of his
        child and the mother's number is twice the child's  number  plus
        1.  Using  this  system, a chart showing many generations may be
        printed.

        Selection 10 will allow you to print any ASCII  file  (not  just
        those  produced  by  FAMILY  TREE JOURNAL) on your printer using
        both sides of paper. It prints  in  two  passes.  You  must,  of
        course, switch the paper around in your printer between passes.

                  GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FAMILY TREE JOURNAL 

        The  first thing that you will discover is that one half of your
        relatives will not care to be bothered  with  information  about
        the  other  half.  We are all children of two parents, so we ac-
        tually have two different families. As  an  example,  let's  say
        that  you  would  like to give a copy of your book to an aunt on
        your mother's side of your family. Your  aunt  probably  doesn't
        know  (or  care)  about  any  of your father's ancestors. She is
        really only interested in those  relatives  that  she  considers
        part  of her family. The subgroup flags provide a way to produce
        a book that will be limited to only those members of your family
        that would be appropriate for your aunt.


        To create a book limited to members of your aunt's family, go to
        the name list utility menu and use selection 5 to clear all  the
        flags  that may have been previously set. After you have cleared
        the flags, use selection  6  and  enter  your  aunt's  name  (or
        number)  in  the  name  prompt and flag all of her ancestors and
        descendants with any flag character. If you  look  at  the  name
        list  (with  selection  3), you will see that the flag character
        appears  next  to  the  names  of  all  of  your  aunt's  direct
        relatives.  Repeat  the  flagging  operation  using her earliest
        ancestors. This will flag all of the descendants of  those  ear-
        lier  ancestors and create a subgroup of family members that are
        all related to your aunt.  You  can  also  flag  any  other  in-
        dividuals that you think may be of interest to your aunt but not
        directly related to her using selection 1. After setting all  of
        the flags, you can print an abbreviated book for her by entering
        the flag character that you used in the subgroup prompt  in  the
        book menu.


        If  your  aunt  happens  to have a computer, you can use miscel-
        laneous utilities selection 2 to create a set of files  for  her
        that  only  includes  those flagged names and give her a copy of
        FAMILY TREE JOURNAL to use to expand on your information.


        In some cases, the subgroup flags may still produce a book  that
        is  too  large.  If  you  are  planning to send books to several
        relatives for their feedback, you may find that time, paper, and
        postage  will  limit  the amount of information that you will be
        able to produce for each  one.  Print  utility  selection  7  is
        designed with these limits in mind. Using this selection you may
        produce a booklet that contains  all  the  information  for  any
        single person that you select. In most cases, these personalized
        booklets will be the most effective way  to  generate  responses
        from your relatives during your research.


        I hope you enjoy using FAMILY TREE JOURNAL. If you would like to
        offer comments or suggestions about the program write to me.


                                  Rick Cherry
                              Cherry Tree Software
                              Post Office Box 964
                               Reynoldsburg, Ohio
                                   43068-0964



        I tried to make the program bulletproof and allow  for  graceful
        recovery  of  most  errors. But...... If you encounter something
        that causes the program to get hung up or go crazy, <CTRL-BREAK>
        or  <ESC>  should  get you back to normal. Verify that your data
        files are intact and not  corrupted  then  try  the  same  thing
        again.  If  the problem seems to be in the program, write to me,
        include the disk if possible and describe the situation (not  my
        ancestry!) and I'll attempt to fix things up for you.




                                   SHAREWARE


        The  concept of shareware parallels the nature of genealogy and,
        I feel, is an appropriate method of distribution for FAMILY TREE
        JOURNAL.  For  those of you not familiar with shareware, here is
        how it works:

        You are allowed to use FAMILY TREE  JOURNAL  and  encouraged  to
        make copies of the program and distribute those copies to anyone
        (as long as you don't modify the program or remove the copyright
        notice).  You may distribute these copies in any manner you wish
        either directly or electronically. If you distribute FAMILY TREE
        JOURNAL to relatives, I suggest that you also include a subgroup
        of your data files appropriate for  that  person.  If  you  have
        received  a  copy and, after using the program, you feel that it
        is worthwhile, you are requested to send a registration  fee  of
        $35  to  Cherry  Tree  Software.  In  return, you will receive a
        registered copy of  FAMILY  TREE  JOURNAL,  printed  instruction
        manual,  and  you  will  be  notified of periodic updates to the
        program.


        To order your registered copy of  FAMILY  TREE  JOURNAL,  please
        send a check or money order for $35 to the above address.

        You may also include a copy of the disk with any data files that
        you have created. We are interested in generating a data base of
        genealogical   information  that  could  be  shared  with  other
        customers.
