Genbox Family History is genealogy software for Windows, developed by Thoughtful Creations. It functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer. It was originally released for MS-DOS in 1993.
Features
Support for complex relationships among individuals, events, dates, places, and source citations: multiple personal names and identifiers, optionally linked to defining events, can be stored for individuals. Accurate relationships between each child and any number or type (biological, adoptive, foster, step, etc.) of parents can be stored. Any number of event types, attributes, and flags can be defined. Witnesses to events can be recorded, along with their roles. An unlimited number of event types and source types are supported with a sophisticated, multi-language template system. Event sentences and citation formats can be customized by the user. Reports can be generated in RTF and HTML format. Multimedia support for images, audio, and video Full Unicode support, GEDCOM import and export.
History Genbox version 1.0 was originally released in 1992 as a MS-DOS-based charting application.REVIEW:Genbox Family History, reviewed by Mike Armstrong, Volume 21, Number 4, Pages 94 to 97, December 2008, COMPU.GEN, a publication of the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego (CGSSD)Family Tree Charting Software (Q) - soc.roots | Google Groups - 13 May 1993
Genbox version 2.0 was released in 1994.GENCMP-L GEDCOM to Pedigree Charts, Program: GENBOX 2.0 (1994), Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995, From: George Archer, RootsWeb
Work began on the Windows version of Genbox Family History in August 1998
Windows release history Genbox 3.0: Feb 02, 2003. Included support for multiple names and parent relationships, witnesses, templates for event and source citations. Genbox 3.1.5: Oct 18, 2003 Genbox 3.2: Jun 20, 2004 Genbox 3.3: Oct 23, 2004 Genbox 3.4: Apr 30, 2005 Genbox 3.5: Jul 9, 2005 Genbox 3.6: Oct 2, 2005 Genbox 3.7: Feb 3, 2007 Genbox 3.7.1: Nov 16, 2007
File format Genbox's underlying database engine is stored using the Access Database Engine (ACE/JET): the Genbox database can be opened in Microsoft Access. Format and structure of Genbox databases (.GDB) -Last Updated: 3 July 2006 for Version 3.6.5
References
External links
Genbox FAQ