Hi Anthony, > If you roll your own, your better off using the Geneology DB Scheme (GEDCOM > 5.5) that the Mormon Genealogy tables use. They've become the defacto > standard for storing this info. Here's a place to start: > > http://www.gendex.com/gedcom55/55gctoc.htm > > Here's a ton of GEDCOM links: > > http://genealogy.about.com/cs/gedcom/ > > There are off the self programs ( > http://www.genealogy.com/soft_ftm.html?priority=5090212 )that might be a > better use of your time. And there is a nifty web based one, GeneWeb: > > http://cristal.inria.fr/~ddr/GeneWeb/en/index.html > > -- > Anthony Baratta You're probably spot on. I'd anticipated that a 'roll your own' solution would likely be too much. Thanks for the links!