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                           Kith and Kin Pro
                             Windows 95/98
                             Version 1.00
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             First release - Release date: December 1998
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Author: Nick J Hunter, SpanSoft
        8 Juniper Hill, Glenrothes, KY7 5TH, Scotland
Tel:    National: (01592) 743110  International: +44 1592 743110 voice/fax
E-mail: SpanSoft@compuserve.com
Web:    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/SpanSoft
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  SpanSoft is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP)
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The product
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Kith and Kin Pro is a software package for storing, interrogating and
documenting family trees. It features an easy to use graphical interface and
powerful data management tools which makes it ideal for large or small
trees.

Each family tree is stored in a relational database with a capacity of over
2,000 million records and you can have as many databases as you like. Kith
and Kin Pro uses the powerful SQL (Structured Query Language) and other
search tools to find data in the family tree. Results from SQL queries can
be used to form custom reports or text files for exporting to other programs
such as spreadsheets.

The information which you enter into Kith and Kin Pro is organised into
families. The main screen is a window called the Tree Area which displays
each family as a rectangle. Relationships between families are shown by link
lines. Using the mouse, you can drag and position the family rectangles
within the Tree Area to form any tree layout you desire. The family
rectangles can be used for fast, direct access to data by double-clicking on
the required family. You can zoom in and out of the tree to give you an
overview of the entire tree layout.

Navigating the tree on the screen is made easier by automatically
highlighting related families. You can choose all families descended from a
particular root family, all families containing ancestors of the root or
just families which form a direct line between two families.

The program supports all the usual genealogical information; date and place
of births, christenings, deaths, etc as well as aliases for each person. You
can add extra fields to the person or family records to customise the
database to your own requirements. You can also add pictures and OLE
objects.

Multiple notes can be saved with each person or family. Each note can be
assigned a privacy level which lets you choose later what type of notes you
want printed in reports.

For the serious family historian, Kith and Kin Pro lets you store
information about the documentation you have used in your research.
Recording source documents and repositories lets you go back to re-evaluate 
your findings at a later date.

Kith and Kin Pro can display a timeline which displays a chronological list
of events associated with selected families interspersed with notable events
from history. The historical events can be edited and added to using the
TimeGen utility (supplied free with the registered version of Kith and Kin
Pro).

Kith and Kin Pro produces many different types of reports, including
drop-line charts and textual reports. You can select a multitude of options
and choose the fonts you want to use. The program can be easily modified 
to produce reports in any language.

You can import and export GEDCOM files to exchange data with other programs.
Kith and Kin Pro will also produce Internet World Wide Web pages so that you
can make your family tree available to the world.


New features, enhancements and bug fixes
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(see the on-line help for a complete list)

Version 1.0 - December 1998
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First release.


Features
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> Source document recording. Each field in a person or family data form has
  a button which lets you record a source reference for that field. The
  reference points to a page in a source document and the document points to
  a repository where the document is kept.
> Web page production. Completely automatic; all you have to do is upload
  the files to your Web site.
> SQL queries (Structured Query Language) for searching and producing custom
  list reports and text files.
> Unlimited user-defined fields in both people and families. You can choose
  the field type; string, date, etc.
> Almost unlimited storage. 2,100 million of any one record type in any
  tree.
> Full GEDCOM V5.5 implementation. Registered with the LDS for Ancestral
  File and TempleReady submissions.
> Multiple pictures can be associated with people or families. Pictures are
  stored in individual files to keep the database file-size down. Pictures
  can be included in Details reports and Web files.
> OLE objects can be associated with people or families. This allows you to
  store multi-media items such as video or sounds.
> Duplicate record searching/removal assistance. If you regularly import or
  merge data with your existing trees, Kith and Kin Pro will help you
  identify, merge and remove duplicated records.
> Multiple notes for each person/family. Each note allows 30,000 characters
  and you can have as many notes as you want. Give each note a description
  to help you find it and a privacy level to let you control when it gets
  printed or exported.
> Data form edit fields pick lists. Right-click on, say, a "Place" field in
  a person or family data form and a list of the places which you have
  already used pops up. You just pick the one you want to get it entered
  into the field with no typing.


Differences between Kith and Kin Pro / Kith and Kin
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> Each family tree is stored in a relational database instead of a single
  .TRE file. The family tree "name" is actually the name of the directory
  that the database is stored in.
> Kith and Kin Pro opens the last used family tree automatically on
  start-up.
> Multiple notes have replaced external notes files.
> Pictures have taken over from OLE objects. Although you can still use OLE
  objects for storing multi-media clips, you can no longer include them in
  reports. Using picture files cuts down on the database size and allows you
  to export pictures to your Web pages.
> Improved Tree Area Control. The scrollbars have been replaced with a
  control ball which lets you follow the diagonal link lines precisely.
> Improved print preview. Scroll forwards and backwards, print selected
  pages, copy as metafiles to the clipboard.
> Extract and merge data without having to go through GEDCOM.
> Upper case surnames can be overridden. Handy for the occasional "Mc" or
  "Mac".
> Children and marriages manual sorting is now done by just dragging the
  entries to the new position in the list.
> The Tree Area display can now be turned off. Useful for large or temporary
  trees or where you are importing a GEDCOM file which you are not going to
  arrange on the screen.
> The family summary (right-click on a family rectangle) lets you open any
  of the member peoples' data forms directly.
> The Timeline Window lets you open the family or person data forms
  directly.
> Deleting a family gives you the option of deleting the parents and/or
  children as well.
> Customise the Tree Area colours.


Registration
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This product is SHAREWARE. This version is a fully functional evaluation
copy which the user may install and use free of charge for 30 days. After
that time, if the user wishes to continue using the program he must register
and make the appropriate payment. Details of how to register are available
in the on-line help.

The registration fee is £33 (UK). The entitles the user to the latest
registered version (without all the boring shareware reminders), the tree
file conversion utilities (for converting older tree files for use with the
latest version), the full timeline events file (British history from 800AD
to present day), a selection of international third-party timeline files,
the TimeGen timeline creation utility, all the latest regional support
files, interactive tutorials (on CD-ROM only) access to telephone support,
periodic notification of future releases and discounts on upgrades.

Special offer: Kith and Kin Pro plus TreeDraw registered for only £43.

£2 shipping payable on orders outside the UK. Overseas registration points
are listed in the on-line help.

Note that the original Kith and Kin for Windows 3.1x is still available.


System requirements
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  o  IBM compatible PC - Pentium 100

  o  SVGA monitor set at 800x600 pixels (required)
     and 65k (16bit) colours (recommended)

  o  16Mb RAM

  o  7Mb hard disk space

  o  Printer

  o  Windows 95 or later (required)




Vendor information
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  See the VENDINFO.DIZ file for full details of our distribution policy and
  Distribution Licence. You are only permitted to distribute this product if
  you comply with the terms of the Distribution Licence.
  
  All program and documentation files and the information contained in them
  are copyright (c) SpanSoft 1998. The Borland Database Engine and
  associated files are copyright (c) Borland International 1994-96.
  SKY32V3C.DLL is copyright (c) SkyLine Tools 1995,96 distributed under
  licence.


LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENCE
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  You may distribute this version of Kith and Kin Pro, completely unaltered
  and including all the files, without further permission on condition that:

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    3) SpanSoft does not request that you stop distribution.

  To distribute in modified form, you must consult the appropriate
  VENDINFO.DIZ data record, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any
  distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed in 
  that data record is hereby authorised.

  Permission to distribute the Kith and Kin Pro package is not
  transferable, assignable, saleable, or franchisable.  Each person or
  organisation wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy
  the terms of this limited distribution licence.

  SpanSoft may revoke any permissions granted here, by notifying you in
  writing.  All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by SpanSoft.

 
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