[MassHistPres] looking for software

[Emelie Bonin]

The Foxborough Historical Commission uses FileMaker Pro with a database created by a savvy former chairman.  We input data for Objects, Donors, Accession Numbers, other programs under our purview like Cemeteries, our Historic House Plaque Program, Historical Markers and others.  

 

Obviously, you enter data with important facts and include information that can be queried for pertinent results.  We have singular identifiers for each object within an Accession number.  Our protocol is to use the year accessioned, the series and the singular object number such as 2015.032.001, 2015.032.002, etc.

 

We include scanned or embedded photos of objects.  We can choose a Donor and find all the artifacts he/she has donated.  We can query objects for specifics like names, year, war or type of object and  create reports which we can then export to PDF or Excel.  We can print thank you letters to donors.

 

Good luck with your choice.

 

Emelie Bonin

Foxborough Historical Commission

 

From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Olivia M
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 9:08 AM
To: MassHistPres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: [MassHistPres] looking for software

 

Our historial commission has a private warehouse of artifacts that need to be catalogued and documented... with volunteers.....a huge collection that runs from telephone booth to signs and everything in between. 

 

Do you have suggestions about software that would be appropriate, user friendly but not expensive. Past Perfect has been suggested. Any others out there?

 

thanks for your help

 

Olivia Mausel

Holyoke Historical Commission

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