GedWise
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| GedWise | |
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| Publisher / Author | Battery Park Software Corporation |
| Version | 7.3 |
| Latest Update | October 6, 2008 |
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| Operating System | PDAs and Handhelds |
| License | Commercial |
| Category | PDAs and Handhelds |
| Languages | English |
| Prices | $19.99 - Registration Key |
| Links | Website |
Description
When you are ready to get serious about your genealogy research, give GedWise a try.
GedWise is the fastest and easiest way to carry your entire genealogy database with you on Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld devices. GedWise supports all GEDCOM 5.5 data types, including events, names, aliases, citations, sources, repositories and notes. The application also includes a number of useful tools, such as ancestor and descendant charts, a relationship calculator, and a sophisticated search function. Take GedWise with you on your next trip to the library or archives, and you will be surprised by how much research you can get done.
Features
- All GEDCOM supported Event and Individual Attribute tags, including LDS Ordinance tags. You can also have multiple entries of event/attribute tags (i.e. primary and non-primary data). For example, if you have recorded multiple births, deaths, occupations, etc. for an individual, the GedWise database will include all of them.
- Multiple name variations (aliases). You can even view a list of all alias names for a selected individual.
- All citation, source, source-repository citation and repository information.
- All note text data. GedWise supports multiple notes for each individual, as well as a separate note for every data item, including every name, alias, event, family structure record, child-to-family link, citation, source-repository citation, and repository.
- All family data for each individual, including all spouses, children and family events.
- Up to 65,000 individuals with unlimited events, notes, citations, sources and repositories.
- Up to 100 GedWise databases can be stored on your handheld device at a time.
- Ancestor and Descendant Charts.
- Relationship Calculator and Date Calculator utilities.
- "On This Day" tool that lists all events that occurred on the current day and month.
- A built-in Soundex code tool. Enter a surname and GedWise will provide the Soundex code.
- A search function for finding place, address and date data in event records.
- A Note Creation/Memo Export feature that lets you easily take notes on the road.
- Support for Expansion Card enabled devices.
- ANSEL character set support.
- An outstanding user interface (the GedWise Viewer) that organizes your genealogy data in a way that makes sense and allows you to access the information you need quickly. Anyone who does genealogy research will greatly appreciate this feature.
- A highly compacted database. GedWise compacts your genealogy data very efficiently on your handheld device in order to minimize the size of your database without compromising speed.
