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Commsoft debuted Roots II, for DOS, in 1985 in Salt Lake City.
They debuted Roots III, in 1988, and it was king of the hill til about 1994.
They later had Roots 4, Roots 5, Visual Roots and Ultimate Family Tree.
Family Tree Maker (by another company) still cannot do what Roots III did
(reports to Word/Word Perfect files with embedded index entries).
Don't recall these folks names, or the name of their genealogy software.
If you know, let me know via feedback.
McDowell Publishing
Sam passed in 2007, but his employees carry on.
McDowell Publications the old site.
When Paul (gray suit) retired from his federal govt job, he and Sara (red dress) moved back to their native Missouri.
Genealogical Computing was later sold to Ancestry, Inc.
Ilene Blake Wills at left, blue over white?
Ilene and husband, Landon Wills, co-editors of Bluegrass Roots.
Edna Milliken of the Ky State Archives
Mary Doyle Johnson of the Ky Genealogical Society
In 1982, NGS was still headquartered in downtown Washington, DC.
In 1982, Accelerated Indexing Systems and Genealogical Helper were major forces in genealogy.
Photos by Brian Harney, Frankfort, Kentucky
copyright 2008, Kentucky Genealogical Society, Inc.
visitors.