Kith and Kin is the UK's number one shareware package for documenting and storing family trees. If you use Windows 95 or 98 then try Kith and Kin Pro; a WIN95 native program with a lot of additional features.
"Kith and Kin is a robust and simple to use genealogy program for Windows 3.1. This is a good program if you are the least bit interested in researching the genealogical history of your family. It is easy enough for the beginner and casual data collector, yet has enough bells and whistles to set it apart from other programs and make your work seem like the fun it should be."- Windows On-Line Review (Shareware Edition).
Kith and Kin features an easy to use graphical interface and powerful multi-level editing tools which makes it ideal for both large and small trees.
The program supports date and place of births, baptisms, deaths, burials, marriages and divorces as well as multiple marriages and aliases for each person.
Each person has two user defined fields which could be used for occupation, cause of death or any other suitable data.
People and families may have notes added as well as pictures, diagrams, sounds, etc via Windows OLE.
The information which you enter into Kith and Kin is organised into families. The main screen is a window into a tree area which displays each family as a rectangle. Relationships between families are shown by parent lines. Using the mouse, you can drag and position the family rectangles within the tree area to form any tree layout you desire. You can zoom in and out of the tree to give you an overview of the entire tree layout. Once the tree has been built up, the family rectangles can be used for direct access to data by double-clicking on the required family. You can then move through the tree by selecting people and families from within the family and person data. This makes it very easy to follow a particular route through the tree whilst examining, updating or even adding data.
Kith and Kin lets you see a timeline which displays the events associated with selected families interspersed with notable historic events. These events can be edited and added to using a utility supplied free with every registered copy of Kith and Kin.
A printed book can be produced with family group details (which may incorporate pictures and diagrams) and a complete, cross-referenced index to names and families. You have control over the formatting and extent of all printed reports which also include person details, tree layout, descendant and ancestral trees, timeline, census report, indented tree and missing data report. International users can modify date descriptors and all the text used when printing reports. This means that Kith and Kin will print reports (and display most data) in any language.
Compatibility with "Personal Ancestral File" GEDCOM files means you can export and import data to and from other genealogy programs. You can also use this feature to prepare extracts from tree files.
"This is the first shareware that I've actually stumped up for and I do so gladly." says user NB of Dyfed.
Graphical representation of family units and relationships provides fast access to editing. Multi-level editing means the user can move through the tree while editing and adding people and families. Support for date and place of births, baptisms, deaths, burials, marriages and divorces. Two user defined fields and multiple aliases for each person. Notes for each person and family may be entered, edited and are included in printed reports. Full clipboard support allows exchange of text with other applications. Pictures, diagrams, sounds, videos and any object created by other applications which support OLE may be associated with a person or family. Each person and family has a code which allows fast access to editing as well as making the printed documents readable. Search for text in any field, including notes, then edit person or family details direct from the search results. Search for date inconsistencies; for example, death before birth. "On this day" search. Finds all events which fall on one given day of the year. Display tree statistics. Find the relationship between any two given people. Printouts include tree layout, descendant tree, ancestral tree, indented tree, family details, person details, index, timeline, census report and missing data report. The format and extent of printed documents may be fully controlled by the user. Print preview function. "Print" textual reports to a disk file instead of the printer. Export "comma-delimited" text files for transferring data to database or spreadsheet applications. PAF GEDCOM files may be imported and exported. Export all or part of a tree and create a new tree or merge trees when importing. Customisable screen display fonts. Snap-to grid helps in positioning familes on the screen. Extensive on-line, context sensitive help. Runs under Windows 3.1x or Windows 95 (Pro version also available for WIN95).
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In Australia and New Zealand this program is known as "Of that Ilk" for legal reasons. Both programs are the same, only the name is different.
You can order the fully registered version of Kith and Kin over the Internet from DigiBuy with any major credit card. As soon as DigiBuy notifies us that your order as been processed, we will ship your software to you. You will be able to order Kith and Kin on its own or both Kith and Kin and TreeDraw programs together by selecting the appropriate entry in the "Price/bundle" field.
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UK £28 (to UK addresses)UK £30 or $52US (to non-UK addresses)
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