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Introduction to kinship and genealogies

Anthropologists and other staff of organizations and institutions involved in research and services for Indigenous peoples of Australia and the Torres Strait are frequently required to collect and compile genealogical information. However, the programs available on the market do not entirely satisfy the needs. Moreover, there are a multitude of products available, each responding to some, but none to all features we would like to see in a Perfect Program. Below is a list of programs used, including comments, descriptions and propositions with regard to their usefulness and their (hopeful) improvements.

Alliance (v. 2)	Java (OS independent) - by Alliance Project
Brother's Keeper (v. 6.1)	Windows 95 or higher. - by John Steed, Brother's Keeper
Community Express (v. 1.2)	Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP - by John Burton, Pacific Social Mapping Pty Ltd
Family Tree Maker (v. 10)	Windows 98/ME/XP - by Genealogy.com LCC
Kin Editor (v. ?)	Java (via Prolog). - by Experience Rich Anthropology
Master Genealogist (v. 4.0)	Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98/NT - by Wholly Genes Software
Pedigree/Draw (v. 5)	Macintosh (any) - by Department of Genetics, San Antonio
Personal Ancestral File (v. 5.2)	Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP - by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Progeny (v. 4)	Windows 95/98/ME - NT/2000/XP - by Progeny Software, LLC
Reunion (v. 8.0)	Mac OS 8.5 and later, OSX - by Leister Productions