@david @genchat @[email protected] @genealogy
I have used GRAMPS since 2015 I think. 1) There's a learning curve. 2) Play around and see if it fits you.
At the time I needed something to import GEDCOM. It has every feature you want, but it takes time to feel comfortable.
The app is not modern-looking, but that is fine with me.
One strength is that I can give my native GRAMPS file to someone, and they can open it with free software, and go further.
Not a genealogist by profession, BTW.

@ishe @genealogy
I follow what's appealing or interesting at the moment. This could be webinars, my DNA matches, a particular sub-branch, my spreadsheets, DNA segments, and so on. When I get hung up on "the goal," I get frustrated. I guess what I'm saying is that, "I embrace the Chaos."

@ziggy_southpaw The John Conrad I mentioned had two sons named John Conrad. Both died very young.

@ziggy_southpaw I have Bucher descendants in the tree.
Found relation #1:
Bucher, John Conrad
husband of Jacoby, Isabella Matilda [third cousin four times removed (up)]
child of Jacoby, Samuel [second cousin five times removed (up)]

@ziggy_southpaw I actually found that phrase just now on Reddit. I was thinking from the Pennsylvania Dutch, and there ya go. The original families I speak of were Leitner, Rutter, Jacoby, and so on. They were Methodists, for the most part.

@ziggy_southpaw My surname is German, coming here around 1850, from Altensteig, Wurttemberg. One son married into a branch of Lancaster County families that came over 1700.

@ziggy_southpaw Hello Zig! I am in SE Pennsylvania. #Philadelphia was the mixing pot for my great grandparents, in the late 19th century: #German #Irish #Scots #Ashkenazi.

@AllysGenealogy Thanks for posting this tip. Where would I go to search the index? Thanks so much.

@jfred The PATCO card reaches into your pocket for a little tug and lets you go. SEPTA puts one hand in each pocket, bends you over...and this takes more time. <g>