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This resource is primarily aimed at existing members of PUG, the Pedigree Users Group. If you are looking for information about the Pedigree program, please follow this link to Pedigree Software. If you buy Pedigree you will also be given information about how to join the Pedigree Users Group.
Supplementary Documents
» Notes on entering Census data
Databases
» Skeleton Databases from Pedigree Software
» Tutorial Database To accompany Colin Liebenrood's tuturial guide
» Sample Database to accompany Carys Faichney's AGM talk & newsletter piece -- added December 2006
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Utility Programs -- db utility updated August 2008
Newsletter Indexes
Joining PUG-L
Alternative Icons (for your Windows Desktop)
Fonts
AGM 2006
AGM 2002 Presentations
Photographs
The PUG Constitution
Murray has provided us with a set of his skeleton (i.e. with no data yet entered) database directories. Each .zip file contains the files to recreate one of Murray's directories. The filenames also include Murray's version number for each database - the three digits represent (1) the last digit of the year (2)&(3) the month ... with some flexibiility about two changes happening in the same month!
For these newer databases you should extract the contents of the ZIP file directly into c:\pedigree (or whatever), the elton55.ped sub-directory is embedded in the ZIPed filenames and will be created if it does not already exist. (You should then use PediTree to make a new working database from the elton55 master.)
Murray has provided some notes on the history of the elton databases.
elton55.612 (or as a self-extracting .exe)
elton55.611 (or as a self-extracting .exe)
elton55.610 (or as a self-extracting .exe)
elton55.601 (or as a self-extracting .exe)
elton55.402
elton55.310
elton55.305
For these older datrabases you should first create your database.ped directory and unzip one of these files into it.
elton.101
paf3.005
elton.005
elton.003
Murray has provided some notes on the history of the above databases.
The skeleton databases below are older but may be of use for reference or for working with old data files.
census.805
families.805
royalty.501
This database (Royal03.exe, 90kbyte) is needed for the exercises in Colin Liebenrood's PediTree Tutorial Manual.
New Oct 2003
This is a self-extracting archive of the files needed by users, called Royal03.exe. Once downloaded, it should be placed in the PediTree folder (normally C:\Pedigree) and run using Windows Explorer or otherwise. Further details (& a screen-shot) are to be found in chapter 3 section O of the Getting Started Guide version 2.
Carys Faichney produced a sample database, populated with enough data to allow as many as possible of PediTree's facilities and capabilities to be demonstrated or experimented with. You can read more in the December 2006 newsletter and download the database from this page of notes from Carys .
(maintenance release October 2007)
V2 of PedClone is a GUI rewrite of Colin Liebenrood's utility for copying design elements from one database to another.
You can download the 504kb installer program (SetupPedC203.exe) from here.
(maintenance release October 2007)
Colin Liebenrood's Windows version of PedSpecs entirely replaces the old DOS (v2.xx) program.
You can download the 594kb installer program (SetupPS3204.exe) from here.
It's almost certainly worth your while downloading Colin's presentation to the 2002 AGM meeting too.
Colin Liebenrood first released this utilitiy in January 2007.
Read the details on its download, installation and use here.
Colin Liebenrood released this updated version in September 2002.
You can download the 685kb installer program (SetupGU7203.exe) from here.
Colin Liebenrood's "Pedigree Printing" (updated November 2001) can be downloaded as a 334kb ZIP file for Windows 95 onwards, not for for Windows 3.
Updated indexes to June 2006.
We thank Paul Joiner for his efforts in indexing the PUG Newsletter.
We have available single volume indexes for all eleven volumes completed to date. The files are all supplied as Rich Text (.rtf) which should import happily into most word processors while still preserving Paul's layout. The files will import into the Windows WordPad utility but in this case only as a single column whereas, for instance, Word preserves Paul's two column layout.
Individual Volume indexes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
A cumulative index for volumes 1-10 is available.
Rather than allow this cumulative index to grow indefinitely, a new index has been started for volumes 11 onwards.
(changed 25 March 2006)
PUG-L (say it as puggle) is the PUG members' email list.
To join the list, just fill in the subscribing section on
http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/mailman/listinfo/pug-l
there are some additional notes about using MailMan lists on
http://www.mno.org.uk
This started as a comment about the standard (yellow) PediTree icon being rather too light for use on a very light coloured desktop.
I downloaded CoffeeCup Software's Free Icon Studio (but this is no longer available) and created these two offerings: (NB I have not made any attempt to reproduce the transparency in the GIF images illustrating this page.)
PediBlueTree.ico in which the tree is blue rather than yellow.
PediBoldTree.ico in which the above blue tree has been boldened.
Mike Fisher has also had a go with Icon Studio and favours this version:
PediBlueBack.ico in which the tree is yellow but has a blue, rather than transparent, background.
Mike also suggests that where an icon is being set up to load a specific database, overlaying the icon with a single white letter can be very useful.
Dick Walker has sent me his icon collection (each GIF image here links to the equivalent .ico file):
Dick says: When making an icon I use a "seed" .ico with the centre lines there to work from which can be deleted later. When modifying an icon I rename it .bmp and open it in M$ Paint or similar. When finished & saved, I rename it ico.
If you come up with some good looking icons for PediTree, please share them with us!
Download this file (right click, Save Link As in Netscape, Save Target As in IE) - Linedraw.ZIP - and unzip the enclosed Linedraw.ttf file into your c:\windows\fonts directory if you don't already have the font on your w95/98 system.
Sorry, I don't know whether this will work on a w3.1 system!
If you missed the original discussions, there is a Microsoft Technical note about Word97 not accepting the Linedraw font for running text at the following URL:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q179/4/22.asp
For instructions and the download URL please go to the Seagate site and follow steps 1 and 2 (only, ignore the rest) for the Internet Explorer instructions:
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/fonts.html
Those instructions are quite detailed but if you want to take the simple approach and just download the .zip file and then unpack it into your c:\windows\fonts directory, the .zip file is here.
Cyril Chapman spoke to us on the subject of Genetics and Genealogy.
He has allowed us to make his presentation (2.8Mb PDF) available.
Here are some photographs from the AGM.
Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake spoke about his Pedigree Loves 'n hates. He has made this 189kb PDF copy of his presentation available to us.
Colin Liebenrood spoke generally about Utilities for Pedigree users and specifically about his new (beta testing at the time opf the AGM) Windows version of PedSpecs. Colin's presentation is available on-line or, if you wish to browse it off-line download this 275kb ZIP file unpack it (preferably into a directory of its own) and start browsing at 'present.html'. You can fetch a copy of PedSpecs for Windows from the (above) Utilities section of PUGweb.
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