The idea for this program arose from my appreciation of a feature of Carl J. York's genealogy program The Family Edge, which I used for a long time in the MS-DOS days.  While the data for an individual in one's database was on screen, a simple press of the ALT-A combination popped up that person's ancestral chart at the bottom of the screen. Because of limited screen real estate at that time, the chart appeared in place of other data. By using the arrow keys one could navigate the tree and immediately view the data of parents, grandparents, etc., at the top.

Today's higher screen resolutions make it possible to provide similar functionality without overwriting any data on screen. The Genealogical Navi-Bauble provides this functionality while adding hyperlinks that make rapid navigation through the online database very easy.

I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Carl J. York for the idea of the ancestral chart at the bottom of the screen and thank him for writing The Family Edge.

I also wish to acknowledge the following web sites for their useful tips:

• CodeAve.com  - text background color
• About.com - for help in determining the proper code for opening additional browser windows
• CodingForums.com - for Javascript solutions for detecting key presses in a browser
• Daniweb - for using Javascript to pass data in a form
• Javascriptkit.com - for using Javascript to detect key presses in a browser

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