Need a reliable Database for One-Name Study

[Gary2017]

Hello everyone,

I am currently using Custodian 4 and there are many glitches in the database and I feel it is too unstable to use.

Could you recommend any databases for the recording of large amounts of data regarding One-Name studies? Either a PC or a Mac database would be acceptable.

Thank you very much. 

Kind Regards, Gary

[LadyJayne]

How about Microsoft Access? I use it for most of my surnames and find it's ideal. I have also tried the trial version of Custodian 4  and was hoping the problems had been sorted out by now as it seems quite good. If you can source it Custodian 2 is very reliable, not sure if it would work on Windows 10 though.

 

[Gary2017]

Thank you for your reply.  I will definitely take a look at Access.  Can you customize it any way you want for "fields", etc.?  Thank you!

[mgeneas]

I use Excel and Ancestral Quest for mine

[Gary2017]

Hello,

Thank you for mentioning those. I've excluded Excel, for my needs, but I will take a look at Ancestral Quest.  Thank you again!

[LadyJayne]

Hi Gary2017 I customize the fields and rename them, very easy to sort data. I would post a screen shot but for some reason it's not uploading my attachment!

[LadyJayne]

 I thought the attachment would show up in the preview post, but it didn't. 

[Gary2017]

Hi LadyJane,

Thank you for that Snapshot and I can see where Excel would come in handy and work for certain things.  But I have an abundance of information over many records.  Someone suggested that I take a look at Microsoft Access (since I have so many records)- have you tried this, by any chance?  Other than that, I'm leaning towards Custodian 4 (if they fix the bugs) and Clooz.  Have you tried those also?  Thank you!  Gary

[LadyJayne]

Sorry Gary, I should have said the snapshot is of Microsoft Access and not Excel. I haven't tried Clooz and like you, found that Custodian 4 had too many bugs. Not tried Ancestral Quest, although I might take a look.