Genota is a multifaceted software application specifically designed to facilitate the collection and organisation of what seems to be the endless array of information collected by family historians and genealogists alike during their research, whether it be in electronic form or transcribed from archive resources, letters, e-mail, etc.

Genota assists genealogists to create notebooks for each family group and subject and much more.

Genota is designed around a collection of user defined Notebooks (databases) , each sharing a common Address Book, Category manager and Source manager. The deluxe version also includes Genota Forms (also available separately). Each Notebook is capable of holding an unlimited number of notes together with all associated references, people and links to supporting documentation, correspondence, research requirements, and effort undertaken.

Genota is a free form research manager designed to assist genealogists and family historians alike document and manage the seemingly endless array of information normally collected during research, whether it be in electronic form or transcribed from archive resources, letters, e-mail, etc.

Here are some key features of "Genota":

· Create unlimited notebooks for each family group, subject, etc.
· Ability to link to Legacy® Family Tree and Relatively Yours® software packages
· Number of notes that can be stored is only limited by computer resources
· Centrally managed categories accessible by all notebooks
· Supports user defined file numbering system as well as system generated references
· Centralised address book accessible by all notebooks
· Facilities to record unlimited contact points for each address book repository
· Facility to record all resources stored by an address book entry, together with call number and storage location
· Ability to record all persons, their roles and events related to a notebook entry
· Provision to analyse all occurrences of a name across a notebook
· Fully featured correspondence log with the ability to store full details of the correspondence
· Facility to record and report on items requiring additional research
· Full text search capability across all primary note and address book fields.


Limitations:

· 15 days trial.
· Nag screen.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Genota 4 has been totally rebuilt from the ground up resulting in improved performance and flexibility and includes many new features, including all requested by our users over the past year.
· New Features
· Sources Module added to enable the recording of source information which can then be associated with multiple repositories
· Wildcard search capability added to all search input boxes
· Ability to search across all Notebooks or within the current Notebook with a single inquiry
· Ability to import external documents into a Note and to export Notes to an external file
· Select and copy any range of grid cells to spreadsheets, text files, etc
· Ability to assign default Notebook to be launched at startup
· Ability to split and well as merge Notebooks
· Individual notes can be moved between Notebooks
· Family Files linked to Notebooks are displayed in the Notebook Manager
Extended configuration options, including:
· Display grid rows in alternating coloured bands
· Ability to show or hide g...