






                          CEMETERY CARETAKER
                               v. 1.02


























                            Moobasi, Inc.
                           P.O. Box 241983
                         Charlotte, NC  28224

  


















Copyright (C) 1994 Moobasi, Inc. 










*Cemetery Caretaker is a trademark of Moobasi, Inc. 

*IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation

*Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation






                          TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Program Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Program Limitations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

General Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Cemetery Records
  Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
  Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
  Adding Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
  Editing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
  Searching  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
  Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Gravesite Records
  Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
  Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
  Adding Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
  Editing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
  Searching  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
  Deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

Printing Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

Online Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

About Moobasi, Inc.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12






   Welcome to the Cemetery Caretaker!  We at Moobasi, Inc. hope that
you enjoy the Caretaker and find it useful - whether you are a
genealogy society planning on publishing a book or an individual
trying to keep track of cemetery and gravesite information for your
personal genealogy.

   The program was written with YOU, the user, in mind.  Make sure to
explore all of the possibilities within.

   Remember though, we can only improve on the software with your
help. Please send us your comments and let us know what you think!
Suggestions, comments, and new ideas are always welcome, and often are
incorporated into the next release of the software.



                         PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

	Cemetery Caretaker is written to run on:
	
* IBM compatible personal computer (8088, 8086, 80286,
	80386, 80486, etc.)
* 640k of RAM (memory)
* Video monitor (monochrome, CGA, EGA, or VGA)
* DOS (version 3.31 or greater)
* One floppy disk drive (and/or 1mb of hard drive space)

   Although Cemetery Caretaker can be run off of a floppy disk drive, it
is not recommended.  The simple reason is that like all programs where
users add data, a point is reached where the floppy drive simply does
not have the capacity to store all the data.  Additionally, Cemetery
Caretaker runs faster on a hard drive.  At least 1mb of hard drive
space is recommended.

   Also, although DOS is listed as a requirement above, it should be
noted that Cemetery Caretaker can also run as a Windows application.
An icon designed for Cemetery Caretaker is included with the program
files.



                         PROGRAM LIMITATIONS

   Cemetery Caretaker can contain as many cemeteries as there are in
the world and roughly one billion gravesites for each cemetery - so
don't worry about filling the program up!  Cemetery Caretaker can only

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hold as much data as you have drive space though (whether floppy or
hard drive installation).



                             INSTALLATION

   Cemetery Caretaker comes with an installation program designed to
load the software onto a hard drive or floppy disk.  Below are the
instructions for a DOS installation.

1.  Insert the Cemetery Caretaker diskette into a floppy drive and
type A:INSTALL and press [ENTER].  The first letter in this command
(A) is the floppy drive which you are using - this may need to be
changed to a "B" if you are using your B: floppy drive.

2.  The program will now pull up the license agreement.  Read the
agreement carefully, using the arrow keys to scroll through the text.
Then type "A" to agree to the terms and conditions of the license, or
"D" to decline the agreement.  Typing "A" will continue you on to the
next step of the installation.  Typing "D" will return you to a DOS
prompt, at which you can return the un-installed program for a
complete refund.  A written copy of the license agreement is included
with the registered program disket te for future reference.

3.  Once you agree to the license terms and conditions, the
installation program will prompt you for which drive you'd like the
software installed to.  Installing to a hard disk drive (usually C: or
D:) is highly recommended.

4.  Next, the installation program will pull up a brief welcome
message.  Hit any key to return to the DOS prompt, as installation is
complete at this point.

5.  Congratulations!  Cemetery Caretaker is installed and ready to
use.



                           GENERAL OVERVIEW

   Once it has been installed, Cemetery Caretaker is run by typing
MOOCEM at a DOS prompt in the MOOCEM directory, or by clicking twice
on the Cemetery Caretaker icon in Windows.  The program pulls up a
brief registration information box and then waits for ten seconds or
until you hit a key.

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   Cemetery Caretaker is divided into two sections:  a cemetery
section and a gravesite section.  When you first enter the program,
you'll be put into the cemetery section of the software.  No data is
initially present.

   Cemetery Caretaker can be exited at any point by hitting the [F10]
function key, or [ALT-X].



                          CEMETERY OVERVIEW

   The screen displayed (Figure 1), is the default opening screen.  No
data is initially present, unlike is shown in this figure.

(Figure 1.  Cemetery database.)

   As is shown at the top and bottom of the screen, there are a number
of available commands and keys that are active.  These are

F1	:  Help System (similar to this text) 
F2	:  Add a New Cemetery 
F3	:  Edit the Current Cemetery 
F4	:  Add/Edit a Note for Current Cemetery
F5	:  Search for a Specific Cemetery
F7	:  Print Reports
F8	:  Switch between Cemetery/Grave Section
F9	:  Delete the Current Cemetery
F10	:  Exit Cemetery Caretaker

   Arrow keys ([UP], [DOWN], [LEFT], [RIGHT]) are used to move between
cemetery records.  Pressing the arrow keys when you first run the
program will have no effect since data is not present.

   Pressing the [TAB] key changes the sort order of the records, which
is reflected on the bottom portion of the upper box, labeled "Current
Index."  The cemetery information can be sorted by Cemetery or Church.

   There is another sort order, called Unique Field, which is used
strictly by programmers and technical support people at Moobasi, Inc.

   The [SHIFT-TAB] key goes through the sort orders in reverse order.
Think of it as the [TAB] key "shifted" into reverse.

   The [PGUP] and [PGDN] keys move you forward or backward (respectively)
in the database ten percent of the database size.  In other words, if
you have entered 100 records in the database, pressing [PGDN] moves

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you forward ten records.

   The [HOME] and [END] keys move you to the first and last records in
the database (respectively), which may vary with the different sort
orders.

   Function keys [F1] through [F10] are duplicated through use of
other special keys called "alternate" keys.  These are entered by
pressing the [ALT] key simultaneously with the letter shown.  This
option has been included for people who are more comfortable using the
"alt-key" combinations rather than the function keys.

	The available "alt-key" combinations are

ALT-H	:  Help System (similar to this text)
ALT-A	:  Add a New Cemetery
ALT-E	:  Edit the Current Cemetery
ALT-N	:  Add/Edit a Note for Current Cemetery
ALT-S	:  Search for a Specific Cemetery
ALT-P	:  Print Reports
ALT-M	:  Switch between Cemetery/Grave Screens
ALT-K	:  Delete (Kill) the Current Cemetery
ALT-X	:  Exit Cemetery Caretaker
ALT-I	:  Change the Record Sort Order
ALT-Q	:  QuickView all Cemetery Records



                       ADDING CEMETERY RECORDS

   Adding cemetery records is accomplished by typing [F2] (or [ALT-A])
from the cemetery screen (Figure 1).  There are five fields that can
be entered for each cemetery:

		* Cemetery
		* Church
		* Street Address 1
		* Street Address 2
		* City, State, Zip

   A Notes field is also included, but is discussed in a separate
section entitled "Adding Cemetery Notes."

   During entry of information, a number of keys come in handy for
editing.


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   The [UP] and [DOWN] arrow keys move the cursor from field to field
(i.e. from the Cemetery field to the Church field).  The [TAB] and
[SHIFT-TAB] keys perform the same function.  This allows you to move
forward and backward to input the fields of information.

   Pressing [ENTER] on a field moves the cursor to the next field,
until the last field on the screen (i.e. City, State, Zip).  Pressing
[ENTER] on the last field while adding a cemetery will save the
information entered for that current cemetery.  Alternatively, you may
press [CTRL-W] at any field during adding a cemetery to save the
cemetery.

   The [ESC] key aborts the entry of the current cemetery at any point
in time during the entry.  Press this while adding a cemetery if you
do not wish to save the information currently entered (but not saved)
on the screen.

   The [LEFT] and [RIGHT] arrow keys move the cursor within the
current field, allowing you to change text already entered.

   Pressing [CTRL-Y] deletes all text entered into the field where the
cursor currently resides.  [CTRL-Y] only works while adding or editing
a record.

   [INS] is a toggle key, switching the cursor from INSERT to
OVERWRITE mode (and vice versa).  INSERT mode places all text entered
into the current position of the cursor within a field.  OVERWRITE
mode enters text into the current cursor position by overwriting
previously entered text.

   [DEL] deletes a character at the current cursor position.
[BACKSPACE] deletes the character immediately to the left of the
cursor.

   Adding records to Cemetery Caretaker was designed to be as easy as
possible.  One special feature of the Cemetery Caretaker is its
capitalization (or "casing") routine.  If you enter all text into a
field in lowercase, Cemetery Caretaker automatically capitalizes the
text.  This is based upon an algorithm that Moobasi, Inc. has tested
for years.  For example, entering "st. augustine's" in the church
field is converted to "St. Augustine's" after saving the record.

   Cemetery Caretaker does not force you into using this feature
however. If you select to not use the feature, simply enter text
already properly capitalized before saving the cemetery, and it
remains unchanged.  This is especially useful for words with unusual

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capitalization.



                        ADDING CEMETERY NOTES

   From the cemetery screen (Figure 1), you can add, edit, or delete
notes about the current cemetery by pressing [F4] (or [ALT-N]).  Up to
32 pages of textual information can be entered regarding the currently
displayed cemetery.  For help with available keys during adding or
editing a cemetery note, see the section titled "Adding Cemetery
Records."

   The Notes field is an excellent place to enter information about a
cemetery that does not appropriately fit into the standard fields. For
example, you may wish to enter information regarding the cemetery's
upkeep, general condition, layout, location, or status of records.

   Entering text into the Note works identically to adding or editing
a record, except for one important feature.  Due to the fact that any
kind of text can be entered, and the formatting cannot be assumed
ahead of time, automatic capitalization is not performed.



                       EDITING CEMETERY RECORDS

   Press [F3] (or [ALT-E]) while viewing records to edit the currently
displayed record.  The same keys work for editing that work during
adding a record.  For further information on these keys, see the
section titled "Adding Cemetery Records."

   Again, please remember that you need to press [ENTER] on the last
field, or press [CTRL-W] at any time while adding or editing a record
to save the record to the database.



                    SEARCHING FOR CEMETERY RECORDS

   Cemetery Caretaker provides an easy-to-use search method.  Press
[F5] (or [ALT-S]) to bring up a search menu.  You can search on either
the Cemetery or Church fields.  Select which field you'd like to
search on, then press [ENTER].  Next, type in the text information to
search for when prompted, again pressing [ENTER].


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   If the text entered is found in the specified search field
(Cemetery or Church), the first matching record is displayed.  If the
text entered is not found, then the original cemetery remains
displayed on the screen.

   On of the quickest ways to "search" the cemetery information though
is to use the Quickview feature.  Quickview allows you to view all of
the cemetery records in a columnar format, facilitating quick access
to the specific record you want.

   Quickview is accessed by pressing [ALT-Q], and using the arrow keys
to scroll through the list of cemetery records.  Pressing [ENTER] will
retrieve the highlighted record.  Pressing [ESC] returns you to the
previously displayed record.



                      DELETING CEMETERY RECORDS

   To delete a cemetery record, first locate the record you wish to
have deleted.  Once the desired cemetery is displayed on the screen,
press [F8] (or [ALT-K] or [DEL]) to delete the record.  Cemetery
Caretaker will prompt you to confirm the deletion of a record to
ensure that slipper fingers (or keys) do not destroy any portion of
the work that you have so carefully entered.

   Deleting a cemetery automatically deletes all of the grave
information entered for that cemetery.  For this reason, Cemetery
Caretaker will prompt you a second time whether you indeed want to
delete the displayed cemetery.

   Deleting a record is permanent.  Only delete a record if you are
absolutely sure that the information is no longer needed.



                          GRAVESITE OVERVIEW

   Once you're entered information on a cemetery, by pushing the [F8]
(or [ALT-M]) key, you are switched to the gravesite level information.
A sample gravesite is shown in Figure 2 below.  Pressing [F8] (or
[ALT-M]) serves to move you between the cemetery and gravesite
screens.

   The gravesite portion of Cemetery Caretaker is where you enter
gravesite information for a particular cemetery.  The current cemetery
is displayed at the top of the screen.  Make sure when entering

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gravesite data to match the gravesite information to the correct
cemetery record.

(Figure 2.  Gravesite database.)

To summarize, the function keys are

F1	:  Help System (similar to this text)
F2	:  Add a Grave 
F3	:  Edit the Current Grave
F4	:  Add/Edit a Note to Current Grave
F5	:  Search for a Specific Grave
F7	:  Print Reports
F8	:  Switch between Cemetery/Grave Input
F9	:  Delete the Current Grave
F10	:  Exit Cemetery Caretaker

   The corresponding "alt-key" combinations, described in the "Adding
Cemetery Records" section, also work, as do the other keys described
there.



                       ADDING GRAVESITE RECORDS

   Adding gravesite records is accomplished by typing [F2] (or
[ALT-A]) from the gravesite screen (Figure 2).  There are six fields
that can be entered for each grave, shown below.

		* Plot Info
		* First Name
		* Middle Name
		* Last Name
		* Birthdate
		* Deathdate

   During entry of gravesite information, several keys come in handy.
For an exact description of these keys, refer to the section titled
"Adding Cemetery Records."  As is described in that section, the
capitalization routine also works for gravesite information.

   The Plot Information field can be numeric or alpha-numeric.  It may
also be left blank.

   Names are split into first, middle (if present) and last names.
You may want to enter the last name in all capital letters depending

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upon your preference.

   Dates in Cemetery Caretaker are entered in the format DD MMM YYYY.
For example, as is shown in Figure 2, a sample date is 02 Feb 1787.
Cemetery Caretaker will automatically move you forward within the date
field, unless a single-digit date is encountered.  In this case, you
either need to enter a leading 0 or you need to hit [ENTER] to move to
the Month field.  With the latter, Cemetery Caretaker will move the
single-digit date next to the month once a record is saved.



                        ADDING GRAVESITE NOTES

   As with the cemetery notes, individual comments can be entered
regarding each and every grave in the gravesite database by pressing
[F4] (or [ALT-N]) while viewing a record.  Up to 32 textual pages of
information can be entered per gravesite.

   For help with available keys during adding or editing a gravesite
note, see "Adding Cemetery Records."  As with the cemetery notes
feature, the capitalization routine is not in effect.

   The Notes field is an excellent place to enter information about a
gravesite that does not fit into the standard fields.  For example,
you may wish to record the condition of graves, epitaphs, or whether
military service information is recorded.  Perhaps the grave marker is
in a different language, or more data about a burial is known.  Maybe
the gravesite has multiple names on a stone, or other gravesites are
close enough to mention.



                      EDITING GRAVESITE RECORDS

   Press [F3] (or [ALT-E]) while viewing gravesite records to edit the
currently displayed record.  The section titled "Adding Cemetery
Record" describes available keys.

   Again, please remember that you need to press [ENTER] on the last
field, or press [CTRL-W] at any point during the entry or editing of a
record to save the record to the database.
	




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                   SEARCHING FOR GRAVESITE RECORDS

   Cemetery Caretaker provides you with a method for searching the
gravesite records entered.  Press [F5] (or [ALT-S]) to bring up a
search menu.  You can search on First Name, Middle Name, Last Name,
Birthdate, or Deathdate.  Simply select the one to search on, and
press [ENTER].  When prompted, enter the information to search for,
and again press [ENTER].

   If the text entered is found in the specified search field, the
first matching record is displayed.  If the text entered is not found,
then the original gravesite record is left displayed on the screen.

   An alternative way to "search" the gravesite information is to use
the Quickview feature.  Quickview allows you to view all of the
gravesite records in a columnar format, facilitating quick access to
the specific record you want.

   Quickview is accessed by pressing [ALT-Q], and using the arrow keys
to scroll through the list of gravesite records. Pressing [ENTER] will
retrieve the highlighted record.  Pressing [ESC] returns you to the
previously displayed record.



                      DELETING GRAVESITE RECORDS

   To delete a gravesite record, first locate the record you wish to
have deleted.  Once the desired gravesite is displayed on the screen,
press [F9] (or [ALT-K] or [DEL]) to delete the record.  Cemetery
Caretaker will prompt you to confirm deletion of the record to ensure
that slipper fingers (or keys) do not destroy any portion of the work
that you have so carefully entered.

   Deleting a record is permanent.  Only delete a record if you are
absolutely sure that the information is no longer needed.



                           PRINTING RECORDS

   Report printing in the Moobasi Cemetery Caretaker is a snap!  No
complicated set-up is involved.  Simply press [F7] (or [ALT-P]),
select the options off of easy-to-use menus, and press [ENTER].  The
options for printing reports include


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1.  Report Type:  All Cemeteries/Gravesites
                  Cemetery Report
                  Gravesite Report
                  Condensed Gravesite Report
                  Gravesite Index

2.  Comment Included:  Print Comments
                       Print Without Comments
                       Abort Printing

3.  Printer Port:  LPT1 - Standard Printer
                   LPT2 - Alternate Printer
                   FILE - Hard Drive/Floppy Disk
                   Abort Printing

   If you wish to print to a file (hard drive or floppy disk), you are
prompted for the filename to save the report under.  A full path and
filename can be included at this prompt (i.e. C:\MOOCEM\STJOHN.PRN).
If a file extension is not specified, the program saves reports with
an extension of .PRN.



                          ONLINE HELP SYSTEM

   Moobasi, Inc. believes that help should never be more than a
keystroke away.  For this reason, our emphasis is towards online help.
Whenever you are using Cemetery Caretaker, press [F1] (or [ALT-H]) to
pull up the help system.

   The help is context-sensitive.  This means that if you press [F1]
while adding a cemetery to the database, the help displayed is about
adding a cemetery to the database.  Pressing [F1] when the help system
is already activated will display an index of help topics.  You can
use the arrow keys to highlight your choice of help topic, then press
[ENTER] to read the selected topic.

   If you still have problems with a feature of Cemetery Caretaker -
even after reading this information and the online help - please feel
free to contact us at Moobasi, Inc.  Our address, telephone number,
bulletin board system (BBS) numbers, and electronic addresses follow.

                            Moobasi, Inc.
                           P.O. Box 241983
                         Charlotte, NC  28224


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                         Voice:  704-542-3725
                  BBS:  704-541-9842 or 704-541-5407

                              Networks:
                          FidoNet: 1:379/50
                          IGA_Net: 440:128/1
                   Internet: moobasi@char.vnet.net



                        ABOUT MOOBASI, INC.

   Moobasi, Inc. is the creation of Blaine and Jennifer Schmidt.  As a
bulletin board system, Moobasi has been in existence for many years.
It is only recently that we have begun to offer high-quality,
easy-to-use software to the public.  Other software Moobasi offers
includes Weather, Fonedeck, and BiblioFiler.  The company places an
emphasis on customer responsiveness and adds software features
regularly based upon user request.

   Moobasi prides itself on being "the perfect marriage of genealogy
and computers."  Blaine is an independent computer consultant, having
worked as a computer programmer, systems analyst, and network
administrator at a variety of companies.  Jennifer is a genealogist,
having numerous genealogy society memberships and serving as a past
President of the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society (Charlotte,
NC).  The couple has given presentations about genealogy,
communications, and scholarship to various groups, with an emphasis on
applying new technology to genealogical research.


















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