A while ago, my Mom told me about a trend she (or maybe Gramma R.) had noticed when researching our family tree ( Read more... )

Does anyone know if it's possible to pull some data out of a family tree?

I'm especially interested in a way to automatically count what first names have been used most often, and in tracking lifespans and how they change over time. At the moment I'm keeping track manually in a Google spreadsheet, but that's kind of cumbersome.

By the time I went to bed last night I was too tired to post, so I'm doing it now.

Yesterday I found and downloaded a free genealogy program called Legacy. It's gotten very good reviews from both genealogists and computer people ( Read more... )