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Thanks for the nice words. I hope through what I am doing and some of the concepts I believe in and write about, that genealogy will change for the better.It does take a lot of my time, but this is a labor of love and (after my family) is my life's ambition.Besides, I have dozens of boxes and binders of my own ...

Regarding ranting about junk genealogies, this is interesting:randomgenealogy.com/2005/08/13/lost-fortunes-in-the-family-tree-slight-rant/

Despite my big disclaimer in my first message: Yes, I see that I must add this capability to Behold. I agree that there is a need for such a function for many valid reasons.I'm not sure how I will do it yet. Maybe by simply selecting one or more people then using a right mouse menu function (or other ways) to ...

Whew. You had me worried. First about merging for the sake of merging, and second about wanting a refund ... also just kidding.My problem with side-by-side merge/display programs is that they need to have selected fields to compare: Name, Birth date, Birth place, Wife, Children, etc. There is a lot they can't ...

Now you've reached into something that I feel very strongly about. I am and always have been dead set against merging other people's data into your own. I am shocked at how much importance is seen in being able to do this. This has caused a horrible problem: a proliferation of "junk genealogy" where little is ...