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Welcome to the home page for GENP a genealogy software program for the beginner, experienced
or professional genealogist.
GENP is a family history program with multiple databases, multimedia, grouping and linking. You can store text for people and print reports whilst you build your family tree.
16 Jul 2010 - Notice to British readers.
Recently the British Press have incorrectly stated the price of GENP. The price given was so high it would force the State into debt! The correct price is £17.50.
1 Jun 2010 - GENP at 7th Victorian Family History State Conference. Read the Press Release here.
6 May 2010 - GENP 3.05 released. Read the Press Release for GENP 3 here.
In this point release there are significant improvements to the Query Manager. The Query Manager now learns the GenBase you are querying leading to faster running times. Even the most complex query on large GenBases should only take a few seconds. There is now ordering of output data. You can choose to order data in ascending or descending order. You can now query sources and attributes and citations in combination with individual fields. For a complete list of the changes see the change log on the Downloads page.
07 Feb 2010 - New tutorial on installing under Windows 7. See the Resources page.
04 Jan 2010 - 2 videos added: Groups; Using Groups.
 
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Link Don't Merge and save hours, every time.
You ticked your cousin off last time didn't you. But he didn't give a hoot!
This time you spent hours merging his data to find that once again he had only changed one obscure fact. Fascinating for him perhaps, but time consuming for you!
How you dread the chime of the inbox as another of his emails hits your mail program.
Release yourself from the leg irons of old fashioned genealogy programs. Learn how GENP saves hours of your valuable time by downloading GENP now.
What will you do with the extra hours you will save using this program? Make more family contacts? Do more analysis?
Everybody knows the dangers of merging. Clearly there has to be a solution - and GENP delivers it.
While you are sitting there reading this you realise that you can't afford to waste any more time merging databases and seeing Aunt Mabel become Aunt Mab.
How long are you going to put up with programs that only do half the job? One hour of your time is worth more than the cost of this program.
You know the situation. Your cousin sends you his database. You spend hours merging it into yours and then excitedly email him thanking him for all the new branches on your tree.
You are then brought back to earth when a month later he sends you an update which you have to merge all over... With GENP never have that worry again.
Your other distant cousin boasts of his 10,000 people database. Do you have to merge all of them and suffer from database bloat? With every other genealogy program you do! Only GENP saves you the headaches of a mish mash of unwanted lines.
Imagine the research breakthroughs you will now make with GENP. 
FEATURE PYRAMID
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Most genealogy programs only allow you to view one database on the screen at a time. Not so GENP.
With GENP you can view more than one database on the screen at a time. Furthermore you can see more than one view of a database at one time. You can view more databases on the screen than any other program.
As if that isn't special enough GENP can do much much more. With GENP you can Group your databases together. The trial download does just that with the four (4) demo databases. You can now report and chart on Groups of databases. Doing a Query on a Group of databases is as easy as doing a Query on one database. This unique layer of functionality will boost your productivity and leave you with time for more research.
The unique top layer of functionality is very powerful. You can Link one database to another. Links you make appear on screen and in reports and charts.
Videos
Click on the one of the following links to view each video in your browser. All videos have sound.
First Steps - First run.
This video shows how to get GENP running the first time.
Topics covered are: resizing the screen; the Side Bar; how to open the demo databases; how to close the demo databases; most recently used (MRU) GenBase list; another way to open the demos. Duration 2:00
First Steps - Make your first database.
Topics covered are: New GenBase Wizard; adding the Jones GenBase; how to select the location. Duration 3:03
First Steps - Add your first person.
Topics covered are: opening the Jones GenBase; the Add Individual dialog; keying the name John Doe; keying a birth date and death date; selecting John Doe. Duration 4:32
GEDCOM Import
Using the Gedcom Import Wizard.
Topics covered are: how to choose the GEDCOM file; using the sample GEDCOM; tabsheets one by one; how to select the location; post import important checks including GENP Report of Statistics. Duration 7:12
Groups.
This video shows how to add a database group so you can use the Group in reports and queries etc.
Topics covered are: add the group Palenque to System Table Group; set the name description; add PalenquePacal and PalenqueChaacal to the group; browse the group. Duration 3:32
Using Groups.
The group Palenque is used in reports, queries and other facilities.
Topics covered are: using a Group in the Name Manager; Place Manager; Query Manager; Statistical Charts. Duration 8:13
Kinship Report.
See at a glance how other people are related to you in your databases.
Topics covered are: produce a report from the demo databases; vary the number of generations; including and excluding relationships. Duration 5:01
History List.
The History List stores and displays people as you move around your databases.
Topics covered are: how people get added to the History List; how to jump to a person from the Views Bar; using the View Individual dialog; restoring the View Individual dialog in Preferences etc.; how to use the History dialog. Duration 6:56
Using the List Manager.
Use the List Manager to create and maintain lists of people.
Topics covered are: create your first list; what is the active list?; adding the focus person to a list; changing the contents of a list; jumping to a person. Duration 7:48
Customizing.
Topics covered are: detaching menus; placing the Open and Close items onto their own toolbar. Duration 1:48
Advanced - Link two databases.
This video shows the advanced technique of how to link together the two demo GenBases - PalenqueChaacal and PalenquePacal.
We have provided backups of these GenBases so you can restore them to their prelinked state if you need to.
Duration 10:11
Advanced - Kinship Report.
This video shows how to use the report with linked GenBases. It uses the two demo databases PalenqueChaacal and PalenquePacal that have already been linked. Please firstly watch the videos 'Kinship Report' and 'Advanced - Link two databases'.
Topics covered are: how to allow linked GenBases to appear on the report; order by GenBase; using GenBase name substitution; include or exclude GenBases.
Duration 4:01
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"once you master the art of linking
individuals from different GenBases, you will not go back to merging ever
again. This feature has to be the way of the future." Mark Lang,
Genealogical Computing (USA)
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"It is very comprehensive and
does, as far as I can ascertain from my limited use of it so far, all the
things that it claims, and these are many." S. H. James,
Computers in Genealogy |
"One of
the best features I have seen in a long time is the ability to link
individuals across databases, without the need to merge data. Links across
databases are clearly identified both by name and colour. You are also
able to link across databases when you print a report." Mark
Lang, Family Tree Magazine (UK) |
The program GENP was first released in 1988 and is in use in many countries
throughout the world. Since that time the application has been redeveloped and greatly enhanced using the latest programming techniques.
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