Did you ever go looking for an article in a genealogy magazine or journal that was published several years ago? "I know it was in here somewhere!" If you were using Article Archivist, you could find the article instantly.
Article Archivist is a database for magazine articles. It does require a lot of data input and that means you input the data. Each time you receive a magazine, you need to enter information about the articles: title, author, date of publication, magazine name, and more. For genealogy articles, you might want to add the surnames mentioned in each article.
Now you can put away your magazine. When you want to search for something in the future, simply ask Article Archivist to find the surname of interest (or whatever keywords you may have entered) and it will show you every occurrence of that name in your magazine collection, including the page number and where you stored the magazine.
Of course, this isn't limited to genealogy magazines. You can index any magazines, covering any topics. Article Archivist is completely customizable and can manage an unlimited number of magazines at once. The program will also print lists of all information that has been indexed.
Click on the image to the right to see a larger screenshot of Article Archivist in operation.
It strikes me that Article Archivist is a useful program but requires a lot of tedious data entry to make it worthwhile.
Article Archivist is available for all versions of Windows starting with Windows 95 as well as for Macintosh OS X. The program sells for $14.95 and a free trial version is available. For more information, go to http://www.digitalfriedchicken.com/ArticleArchivist.html.
