Ahnenblatt Portable

Ahnenblatt Portable is an unusual application when it comes to functionality. While most programs seem to concentrate on making one's virtual life easier, this one concentrates on synthesizing family and genealogy information. Thus, while it might not make your computer run faster or better, it will help you understand your lineage or any other individual's, for that matter. The portability factor, like in most other cases, only enhances this app's usability.

The program won't surprise you with who knows what bells and whistles. It's simple, and it should be that way, since we're talking about an application that should be used by all types of individuals. The program allows the user to create a genealogy tree for easy management of each entry. Here, you'll have to decide on whose descendance to concentrate on. Most of the tools are located in the application's ribbon, in the upper half of the window.

Start by adding a new individual to the genealogy list. The tree will start growing new branches from the various entries you add. Sort, adjust, and add places, depending on how much information you want to include in this project. View a simplified list form if the idea of a tree is much too complicated to keep track of. The created project can always be burned on CD or kept on other types of media-carrying hardware. Interrogating the list or tree is something you'll be doing when trying to reach the previously added info.

Keeping in mind we're talking about a portable application, Ahnenblatt Portable is great for genealogy projects since we're talking about traveling, adding data and information as you go, meaning you might not always have your personal computer to add data to. Carrying this small program on a removable drive might be the most modern way of keeping track of personal history.