GENP is designed for the novice to experienced genealogist
From the moment the colourful spash screen appears to the latest in interface design you realise no expense has been spared in bringing you a state of the art genealogy program. Matching features in other leading family history programs, GENP builds on a tradition going back to 1988, and brings you a depth of features others do not match.
There are many pages of information on the program to be found on this website.
Read about how to use the features in GENP 4.
See some samples of Tree Charts.
Download slideshows in Classic and Cover Flow style.
Read about how to use the features in GENP 3.
Read about some of the features.
If you are a novice genealogist please visit the Beginner pages.
If you are an experienced genealogist please visit the Advanced pages.
Read about our Language features.
See some of the Views and Arrangements.
See some Sample Reports.
Overview
GENP comes with an extensive help file running to hundreds of pages with over 190 graphics explaining how to use the program. There is an example database including pictures.GENP has been extensively Beta tested by experienced genealogists.
GENP offers the most comprehensive set of categories of information that can be stored for an individual. Birthdate, death date and everything in between! You can store and display pictures or other media for each person.
GENP enables you to have more than one genealogical database. Access any of your databases via the catalogue. Group databases together for easy searching. For example, you may group all your British genealogies together! Move a database to another group instantly.
GENP meets your changing needs. From our one click Standard reports through to the most advanced sourcing and bibliographic output. We use clear and consistent terminology with a glossary.
GENP's round trip coding takes sourcing out of the realm of the experts and into the hands of novices. We have made a dozen improvements to existing source systems then added two layers of functionality. We have simplified and demystified operations. If you believe that having two databases on screen involves running two instances of your program then you need to think again.
Our database design has always been different from other programs; for example a newly created database will be only 23 kb in size. GENP is not lightweight with over 1,200 program messages. Personalisation of the program runs to 58 tab sheets of choices as well as our unique Configuration Control.
Other features include :-
GENP allows for unlimited number of people per genealogical database (GenBase); Unlimited marriages per person; Unlimited children per person; Unlimited generations; Unlimited attributes per person; Primary and Secondary attributes; Unlimited multi-media; Unlimited multi-media per person; Primary and Secondary media; Unlimited number of name parts; Unlimited witnesses per attribute; Unlimited flags per GenBase; Unlimited number of unique GenBases open at any one time. (Only limited by available memory and open file handles on your system.); Unlimited number of instances of the same GenBase open at any one time. (Only limited by available memory and open file handles on your system.); View the system using the Monitor; Link one GenBase to another. (This is both Ancestor Links and Descendant Links.) Display the links on screen and in reports; The maximum records of each type stored in a GenBase are 200 million under Windows 95/98/ME and 1 billion under Windows NT/2000 and Windows XP; The maximum size of a database table is 4,000,000,000 bytes under Windows 95/98/ME and 128,000,000,000 bytes under Windows NT/2000 and Windows XP; The maximum size of multi-media held internally is limited only by your internal memory; Dates range from 99,999 BC to 99,999 AD; Switch Dates from one language to another 'on the fly'; Switch Messages from one language to another 'on the fly'; Switch Forms from one language to another 'on the fly'; Switch Sources and Attributes from one language to another 'on the fly'; Switch Reports from one language to another 'on the fly'; Quickly locate a person in any GenBase via the Shortname Table; Utility Manager to easily run supplied utilities.
Innovation
GENP is an innovator in the world of computer genealogy. The following data is taken from our flyer dated March 1991 :-
The first genealogy program to support multimedia.
The first genealogy program to support multiple databases.
The first genealogy program to support multiple users.
The first genealogy program to allow grouping of databases.
The first genealogy program to fully support non-English.
The first genealogy program to offer Regular Expression search.
The first Amiga genealogy program to offer a picture per individual.
The first Amiga genealogy program to allow unlimited size text files.
The program can link one database to another. Linking can be thought of in two parts - Ancestor Links and Descendant Links. GENP was the first program to feature Ancestor Links (on its original release) and is the first program to feature Descendant Links (in its Windows release).
Version History
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GENP version 3.06 |
Released 3 Aug 2010.
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GENP version 3.00 |
Released 25 Nov 2009.
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GENP version 2.04 |
Released 8 Sep 2005.
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GENP version 2.03 |
Released 16 Aug 2005.
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GENP version 2.02 |
Released 1 July 2005.
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GENP version 2.01 |
Released 4 June 2005.
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GENP version 2.00 |
Released 4 March 2005.
The program for the Amiga platform which was first released in 1988 has been discontinued now that the Windows platform version has been released. (Such was the interest in the orginal platform version that our most recent enquiry was in 2005.) These versions for the Amiga platform were :-
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GENP version 1.5 |
Released April 1991.
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GENP version 1.02 |
Released August 1990.
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GENP version 1.01 |
Released early 1989.
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GENP version 1.0 |
Released December 1988.
GENP MultiMedia
Designed to run in conjunction with GENP.
This program for the Amiga platform which was first released in 1991 has been discontinued now that the Windows platform version of GENP has been released.
Version History
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GENP MultiMedia version 1.0 |
Released August 1991.
(2011)