Re: [rootsdev] Need Help with Open Source Genealogy Project (MELGenKey)

[Marshall Lake]

pa...@dbnut.com <paul...@gmail.com>: Sep 29 03:25AM -0700

> I should not have to follow a link to get a feel for what you're hoping to
> achieve and provide, but this did sum it up (after a fashion):
> * Provide all functions useful to genealogists in one place.
> * Ability to sync trees on host machine, any other host machines running
> MELGenSys and utilizing the same tree, and any public tree sites (e.g.,
> WikiTree.com, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, etc)
>  
> So, firstly, how do "all functions" compare with what I can do in Family
> Tree Maker and Family Historian - my benchmarks for fairly comprehensive
> management capability.
>  
> Then, why should I want to sync with Ancestry, etc.?
>  
> Sorry to be brutal.


Apologies .. I should have listed the project's objectives in my post.

Being brutal is okay. I appreciate, and perhaps need, any
comments/feedback, brutal or otherwise.

I've been involved in genealogy for over 50 years. I am familiar with
commercial (and non-commercial) genealogy software in knowing what they
offer, but have never utilized any. So, my knowledge of the
comprehensiveness of the data management offered by genealogy software may
be lacking.

However, based upon the design of MELGenKey ... a drop-in module concept
... I envision data management extensions (or any other type of
module/function) will be able to be added at any point.

MELGenKey will run on individual computers. The user will have the option
of how to privatize his or her data. The user may sync his or her data in
part or in full with Ancestry/etc (and vice-versa) depending, of course,
on permissions.


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