[1rudeboy]

I will return to this thread periodically to read your suggestions. Please bump anyone to this thread who you think can help. Thanks in advance.

[Cagey]

Thank you for clicking on this thread, and I beg your indulgence to read further

Wow! You must be in direct mail advertising.

I use a contact management program called "ACT". It has fields for almost everything you mentioned and you can customize those that are not already there. I think you can download a free trial version online. I'll take a look to see if the trial version is still available.

[Cagey]

They do have a demo and features tour at their site.

http://www.act.com/products/webaccess/index.cfm

I'm going to see if FR now auto hyperlinks URL's as is claimed because it is not hyperlinking in the preview.

[damnlimey]

If you don't mind ad supported freeware, This works well

[Tennessee_Bob]

How familiar are you with SQL?

MySQL works pretty well. It's open source, and worked well for me.

http://www.mysql.com/

[D-fendr]

Filemaker is your best choice. http://www.filemaker.com

Extremely powerful, but easy to learn/use.

Works on either/both PC or Mac (same file).

A huge number of templates (blank, ready to use) are out there for it. Heres just one source:
http://www.filemakertoday.com/ templates.htm

Here's one for soccer teams:
http://www.manormouse.connectf ree.co.uk/stm99.htm

You can take these templates and add/customize other stuff.

The app itself comes with a large number of templates, including personnel, event planning…

Database/DB application software tends to be either: easy to use or functional (lots of capabilities). Filemaker is by far the best combination of the two.

[D-fendr]

Just re-read your requirements:

name; address; phone; sex; age; birthdate; have forms been sent?; have forms been received?; fees paid; amount of fees paid; special medical information, etc.

The Contacts template that ships with it will have the basic info and several layouts layouts and basic functions/automation, the other fields can be easily added, takes about 30 seconds to add a field.

You can use the layout wizzard to make different screens for entry or for printing out form letters, nametags, labels…

[The Other Harry]

I have no specific software recommendations for you (I'm not up to speed on what's out there these days), but I can tell you that you would probably be wise to get something that is capable of doing more than you think you need to do.

Databases have a way of wanting to expand.