WinTree 4.81
WinTree 4.81 has been released.
New:
• Create your family trees in HTML format, linked to reports - click on a person in the report to see where they are on the chart.• Automatically match and merge GEDCOM data.
8 September 2008
• Automatically match and merge GEDCOM data.
Transcript 2.3.2 build 73
Transcript 2.3.2 build 73 has been released.
Changes:
• New files couldn't be saved when there was an invalid character for a filename on that line and the (default) option to set the default filename to the first line of text was on.• Autoreplace/autocorrection: the correct text formatting was sometimes lost after replacing a word, especially when some text formatting was just turned off at the end of the current word.
• A few other small changes.
The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2008.1 build 80908
The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2008.1 build 80908 has been released.
Changes:
• Fixed language translation of MyHeritage custom family relationship tags (Partners, Friends, Other, Unknown). Previously these always appeared as English.• Improved Catalan translation of dates with respect to the appropriate use of d' and l' instead of de and el.
MacFamilyTree 5.2.6
MacFamilyTree 5.2.6 has been released.
Changes:
• Fixes and performance improvements in the Virtual Tree.• Fix for the Web Export handling pictures incorrectly.
• Several other minor fixes.
LongFamilyHistory 1.8.0
LongFamilyHistory 1.8.0 has been released.
Changes:
• New function added: merge persons.• Added graphs to the statistics.
• Photos can be displayed on the charts.
JGen (Joomla Genealogy Database) 0.9.78
JGen (Joomla Genealogy Database) 0.9.78 has been released.
Changes:
• Made visibility of 'living' persons depending on authentication level of visitor.• In configuration menu added the option to set the required view level.
Printable Family Tree Templates Available for Download at New Web Site
A new web site offers more than 20 printable family tree templates and blank genealogy charts with variations designed for everyone from the seasoned genealogy buff to schoolchildren working on class projects.
All of the family trees and charts at FamilyTreeTemplates.net can be instantly downloaded and printed for free in PDF form (compatible with Adobe Acrobat and similar readers), and a $4 premium version is available in .DOC format. The .DOC versions are fully editable with Microsoft Word, so users need only click and type to customize them and add family members’ names to the already-formatted templates.
The categories at FamilyTreeTemplates.net include: three-, four-, five- and six-generation family trees; family trees with and without graphics; family trees with room for photos; formal family trees and family trees for kids.
All of the family trees and charts at FamilyTreeTemplates.net can be instantly downloaded and printed for free in PDF form (compatible with Adobe Acrobat and similar readers), and a $4 premium version is available in .DOC format. The .DOC versions are fully editable with Microsoft Word, so users need only click and type to customize them and add family members’ names to the already-formatted templates.
The categories at FamilyTreeTemplates.net include: three-, four-, five- and six-generation family trees; family trees with and without graphics; family trees with room for photos; formal family trees and family trees for kids.
The Genealogy Guys To Celebrate 150th Episode!
The Genealogy Guys Podcast will celebrate its 150th episode this week!
Co-hosts George G. Morgan and Drew Smith published the first episode of the weekly podcast on 4 September 2005.
4 September 2008
GeneaNet: Stay In Touch With Family And Friends
GeneaNet can help you stay in touch with family and friends while doing your research.
How To
Every GeneaNet account include an address book to save and organize the names of relatives and friends.
You can access your Address Book at http://my.geneanet.org/cousins/.
Search a GeneaNet User
Enter the first letters of a surname to search for different spellings or enter a GeneaNet username to find out someone.
Remember that you can add someone in your address directly book from any user public page.
Address Book
Organize your address book by category (contact, relative, family), see if confirmation is pending.
By clicking on the "View" icon you can see the complete personal information of your contact and enter notes in your notepad.
Community
See if you have been added in a GeneaNet user address book and manage your authorizations.
Map
See your family and friends on Google Maps.
Your contacts are shown on the map if they gave you the authorization. Note that addresses must be strictly fit to the Google Maps address database.
Category
Manage and organize your contact categories: add, modify and remove a category, and select a color to identify a category.
[ Address Book ]
London Historical Records To Go Online
The London Metropolitan Archive and Guildhall Library Manuscripts date from the early 16th Century to 2006.
Owned by the City of London, they include parish records, school records, electoral registers, lists of workhouse labourers and wills
The first records are expected to be launched in early 2009.
Those records will include parish records from more than 10,000 Greater London parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, dating from the 1530s to the 20th Century.
London school admissions from 843 schools, dating from the early Victorian times to 1911, will also be made available initially.
It is hoped the records will help people trying to trace the roots of ancestors who lived in or passed through London at some point in time.Source: BBC News
2 September 2008
Genmod 1.6
Genmod 1.6 has been released.
Too many changes to list them all here:
• Genmod has the ability to use Greybox as picture viewer.• Nicknames can be displayed in brackets between first and surname, e.g. William (Bill) Smith. This is optional.
• The individual page shows partners either with label 'partner' (not married) or 'husband/wife' (married).
• Genmod will also display the type of romanisation for placenames.
• Families, individuals and sources can be linked to a multimedia object right from the media detail page.
• Multiple multimedia objects, linked to an individual or family, can be reordered now.
• All access control (privacy) options are now concentrated on the privacy page.
• Access control for deceased persons is added.
• Find the release notes at http://www.genmod.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=221.
1 September 2008
Human geography is mapped in the genes
The genes of a European person can be enough to pinpoint their ancestry down to their home country, claim two new studies.
By reading single-letter DNA differences in the genomes of thousands of Europeans, researchers can tell a Finn from a Dane and a German from a Brit. In fact a visual genetic map mirrors the geopolitical map of the continent, right down to Italy's boot.
"It tells us that geography matters," says John Novembre, a population geneticist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who led one of the studies. Despite language, immigration and intermarriage, genetic differences between Europeans are almost entirely related to where they were born.
This, however, does not mean that the citizens of each European nation represent miniature races. "The genetic diversity in Europe is very low. There isn't really much," says Manfred Kayser, a geneticist at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, who led the other study.
30 August 2008
MobileFamilyTree 1.2
MobileFamilyTree 1.2 has been released.
New Features:
• Brand-new Search to quickly access specific entries in your database.• Family Chart: The iPhone version of our much-acclaimed Family Assistant.
• Lists are now sorted by headers, for easier browsing and better visibility.
PublicProfiler Worldnames: Global surname website launched
People interested in their family history can now find where their relatives have spread around the world by using a public website which maps surnames: PublicProfiler Worldnames
A team of geographers from University College, London, have used data from electoral rolls and telephone directories to map the distribution of 10.8 million different last names.
The information, which covers a billion people in 26 countries, shows amateur researchers just where different names originated and where families have scattered around the world through migration.
The online maps also have information on which of 6.5 million forenames are most closely associated with different surnames and lists the top regions and cities for the presence of each last name.
The study, presented at the Royal Geographical Society's annual conference, was based on research on the distribution of 25,000 Anglo-Saxon surnames in the UK.
Source: The Press Association
29 August 2008
Personal Ancestry Writer II v82
Personal Ancestry Writer II v82 has been released.
Changes:
• Level 0 FAM tags which have neither subordinate HUSB nor WIFE tags now create a husband with a ? for a surname and an unknown wife, and the family will include any children specified in subordinate CHIL tags.• Level 1 RIN tags are ignored on import. The GEDCOM standard defines the RIN tag as "Automated Record Id (size 1 to 12). A unique record identification number assigned to the record by the source system. This number is intended to serve as a more sure means of identification of a record between two interfacing systems."
• Level 1 RFN (allowed for individuals only) tags are ignored on import. The GEDCOM standard defines the RFN tag as "Permanent Record File Number (size 1 to 90). The record number that uniquely identifies this record within a registered network resource. The number will be usable as a cross-reference pointer. The use of the colon (:) is reserved to indicate the separation of the 'registered resource identifier' (which precedes the colon) and the unique 'record identifier' within that resource (which follows the colon).
• Level 1 RESN tags (allowed for individuals only) are ignored on import. The GEDCOM standard defines the RESN tag as "Restriction Notice (size 6 to 7) [locked | privacy]. The restriction notice is defined for Ancestral File usage. Ancestral File download GEDCOM files may contain this data. Where locked = Some records in Ancestral File have been satisfactorily proven by evidence, but because of source conflicts or incorrect traditions, there are repeated attempts to change this record. By arrangement, the Ancestral File Custodian can lock a record so that it cannot be changed without an agreement from the person assigned as the steward of such a record. The assigned steward is either the submitter listed for the record or Family History Support when no submitter is listed. privacy = Information concerning this record is not present due to rights of or an approved request for privacy."
• Any subordinate tags for the above-mentioned tags are ignored, as are any for level 1 HUSB, WIFE and CHIL tags. • Date modifiers (ABT, BEF, AFT and BET-AND) are capitalized on export. (Other date modfiers have always resulted in a warning message.)
• Place qualifiers (possibly, probably and near) are spelled out in lower-case on export, rather than using the short forms ?, * and ~.
• Consecutive question marks as well as consecutive underscores entered or imported into a name field are reduced to a single question mark or a single underscore.
• Imported level 1 NOTE tags within the HEAD tag may now contain pointers to note records rather than text. This is non-standard.
• Imported SOUR tags with a pointer to a source record may now have subordinate TEXT lines. This is non-standard.
• A few other non-standard structures exported by Reunion are now imported and a couple of errors are corrected.
• General notes are now exported when the ANSEL or UTF-8 character set is chosen.
• The Reference guide appendix "GEDCOM" has been updated and now includes a grammatical description of the structure of exported GEDCOMs.
Message to Family Tree Maker 2008 Owners
Message from the Family Tree Maker Team to Family Tree Maker 2008 owners:
As we announced in an email to you earlier, we’re giving our loyal Family Tree Maker 2008 customers a free upgrade to 2009. Last year around this time we released Family Tree Maker 2008. There was some initial customer dissatisfaction with the functionality in that release. We heard from customers who felt they didn’t receive what they were expecting. Over the past year, we’ve listened carefully to their feedback and have added many new features in the form of free patches which have been enthusiastically received. Family Tree Maker 2009 has even more features and functions that were not in previous patches.
In the next few weeks, Family Tree Maker 2008 registrants will receive an email with a one-time-use coupon that can be redeemed for a free version of Family Tree Maker 2009. We want you to be completely satisfied and delighted with the product you have purchased. The family history work you do is important, and we want to support you the best we can.
Sincerely,
The Family Tree Maker Team
Family Tree Maker 2009 has been released
Family Tree Maker 2009 has been released.
What's new:
• Register and Ahnentafel simplified reports.• Data Errors report.
• Hourglass Chart.
• Horizontal Hourglass Chart.
• Bow Tie Chart.
• 180-Degree Fan Chart.
• Ability to show siblings within charts.
• Single-page PDF export from charts.
• Ability to add boxes in charts to a “Marked Box” category and modify box settings for these boxes.
• Streamlined data entry from any workspace using a full-featured edit person window.
• Ability to set spouse order (Person menu).
• Ability to order media items for an individual.
• Find Individual tool (Edit menu).
• Find Duplicate Individuals tool (Edit menu).
• Ability to update multiple facts at one time (From Manage Facts or Fact options): change fact types, move description to place or place to description, mark as private.
• Option to delete existing facts in individual and Web merge.
• Import: OLE objects (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RTF) from previous FTM versions.
• Track and print your ancestors’ migration paths on interactive maps.
• Places toolbar that allows for researching place names not currently in the file and pinpointing places such as libraries, churches, and courthouses.
28 August 2008
New FamilyTreeMagazine.com
Family Tree Magazine has just launched their new web site FamilyTreeMagazine.com a few minutes ago!
Read more at Genealogy Insider.
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