Family Tree Magazine (US) - Mastering Family Tree Maker | GenealogySoftware.net
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The American Family Tree Magazine is hosting a new 4-part course (Family Tree University) starting December 2nd, 2024 – Mastering Family Tree Maker: Mastering Family Tree Maker – 4 week course It’s…
on Fri, 4AM
Irish Roots Magazine - Winter 2024 Issue is Out | GenealogySoftware.net
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I received an email today informing me that the Winter 2024 digital issue of Irish Roots magazine is out, Issue # 132, Fourth Quarter, 2024. If you’ve never read it, it’s been around for 20 or so…
on Tue, 7AM
Charting Companion 9 Release | GenealogySoftware.net
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Tonight, when I was going through the Genealogy Software of 2024 list, I noticed the little entry below in the changelog/version history (link) of Progeny’s Charting Companion – Charting Companion 9…
on Tue, 6AM
Genealogy Software Briefs - Nov 17 | GenealogySoftware.net
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These are the “minor” genealogy software updates that have been released since last Sunday, November 10, 2024. Mainly bug fixes and optimizations. There’s been quite a few updates over the last week.
on Tue, 6AM
Aldfaer 11.1 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Yesterday, Stichting Aldfaer released an update to its free Dutch-language Aldfaer Windows genealogy program, bringing it up to Aldfaer v11.1. It’s the first update since the 11.0 release in September…
on Nov 15
rootstrust version 2, Build 417 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Last week saw a new release of the Java-based genealogy program, rootstrust, updated to rootstrust Version 2, Build 417. This build brings a major new feature – a Wiki View that provides a profile/
on Nov 15
HuMo-genealogy 6.7.9 | GenealogySoftware.net
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The free, PHP-based online genealogy web application HuMo-gen was updated to HuMo-gen 6.7.9 is now out. There have been a lot of updates to HuMo-gen over the past few months, and HuMo-gen 6.7.9…
on Nov 13
ORA 1.87 (Online Repository Assistant) | GenealogySoftware.net
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ORA the Online Repository Assistant (a subscription browser add-on/extension), was updated on the 7th to ORA 1.87. This update mainly covers a change for Ancestry.com, as well as some tweaks for users…
on Nov 13
Gigatrees 5.4.8 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Tim Forsyth has released a major update to Gigatrees, Gigatrees 5.4.8. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a free Windows family tree website generator that generates HTML-based websites (or local…
on Nov 13
Clooz 4.4.2 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Clooz 4.4.2 was released last week by Ancestral Systems, LLC., yesterday, and with this update, the Windows-based genealogy research tool received mostly bug fixes and an improvement with field…
on Nov 12
Spotlight: WikiTree Sourcer 2.7.1 | GenealogySoftware.net
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WikiTree Sourcer 2.7.1 has been released, and for a x.x.1 release of the browser extension, it has quite a few changes/additions and I’d like to make it the Spotlight app of the week.
on Nov 11
Find a Grave 1.23 - iOS/iPadOS - Major New Feature | GenealogySoftware.net
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The past few days have seen Ancestry.com release what appears to be a major update for the iOS/iPadOS mobile cemetery app, Find a Grave. If you use the app, you know it gives you an easy way to access…
on Nov 11
Genealogy Software Briefs - Nov 10, 2024 | GenealogySoftware.net
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These are the “minor” genealogy software updates that have been released since last Sunday, November 3, 2024. Mainly bug fixes and optimizations. Note: iOS/iPadOS (iPhone, iPad) and Google Android…
on Nov 10
MacFamilyTree / MobileFamilyTree Sale Ends November 10 | GenealogySoftware.net
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A few months ago, Synium Software released MacFamilyTree 10.4 and MobileFamilyTree 10.4. Seeing as how both are sold through Apple’s App Store, and the App Store doesn’t allow for simple “upgrade”…
on Nov 8
iMeUsWe: Family Tree & Stories 3.9 and 3.10 | GenealogySoftware.net
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iMeUsWe: Family Tree & Stories 3.9 was released last week and 3.10 was released yesterday, and both versions are major updates to the iOS/iPadOS/Android genealogy app. Really, it’s more of a genealogy…
on Nov 8
Ancestris v13 - Oct 16 - Nov 7 Updates | GenealogySoftware.net
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Ancestris 13, the “development” version of Ancestris, the free open-source Java-based genealogy program has received several more updates over the past 3 weeks or so. They prefer to release updates/
on Nov 8
Sunday Spotlight: Ancestor Tree Manager 11.0 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Yesterday, Iris Voswinkel released Ancestor Tree Manager 11.0, a major update to the free Java-based cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) genealogy program that generates a family tree website.
on Nov 4
WikiTree Sourcer 2.7.0 | GenealogySoftware.net
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WikiTree Sourcer 2.7.0 has been released, and it’s a major update with new/added support for three major genealogy services/websites. WikiTree Sources is a browser extension for Safari, Firefox…
on Nov 4
Genealogy Software Briefs - Nov 3, 2024 | GenealogySoftware.net
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These are the “minor” genealogy software updates that have been released since last Sunday, October 27, 2024. Mainly bug fixes and optimizations. Note: iOS/iPadOS (iPhone, iPad) and Google Android…
on Nov 4
Gramps Web v24.10.0 & Gramps Web API v2.5.0 | GenealogySoftware.net
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A few days ago, Gramps Web v24.10.0 was released, along with Gramps Web API v2.5.0 (the back-end to Gramps Web). This is a major release for Gramps Web, which is, as the name implies, a web front-end…
on Nov 4
FamilySearch Looking at User-Owned Family Trees | GenealogySoftware.net
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This is potentially huge news. FamilySearch is “enhancing its tree building features” and of special interest to a lot of us who use standalone genealogy software is the ability to create personal or…
on Oct 30
Sunday Spotlight: VueScan | GenealogySoftware.net
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I’m in the midst of starting up another major scanning project – a few hundred photos (maybe a thousand) along with some 35mm film, and I checked to make sure that my scanning software of choice…
on Oct 28
Genealogy Assistant 1.3.9 - 1.4.4 for Google Chrome | GenealogySoftware.net
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There have been several major updates to Genealogy Assistant for Google Chrome over the past few weeks. If you’re not familiar with it, Genealogy Assistant is a Chrome browser extension (full video at…
on Oct 27
Genealogy Software: Plugins and Extensions | GenealogySoftware.net
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Do you use genealogy software? If you are here, you probably do. Does it support plugins, addons, or extensions, or styles? Since the 1980s and early DOS versions of Personal Ancestral File (PAF)…
on Oct 26
Throwback Thursday: The First Genealogy Software | GenealogySoftware.net
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Today’s Throwback Thursday is going to cover one of the first two publicly-available genealogy programs. This is in fact the first publicly-available genealogy software, by John J. Armstrong…
on Oct 25
Behind the Scenes of ITV’s DNA Journey with Ancestry | GenealogySoftware.net
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Family Tree Magazine UK has a behind-the-scenes feature and video with ITV’s popular TV show, “DNA Journey with Ancestry”. The feature/video is hosted by FT’s Karen Evans, who is talking with Ancestry’…
on Oct 22
Family Historian 7.0.24.1 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Family Historian 7.0.14.1 has been released by Calico Pie, Ltd. This is a major update to the GEDCOM-based genealogy software for Windows, particularly for those importing from Legacy Family Tree.
on Oct 18
Ancestris v13 - Oct 1 - Oct 15 Updates | GenealogySoftware.net
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Ancestris 13, the “development” version of the free open-source Java-based genealogy program continues to see a lot of improvements over the past few weeks, including some new features.
on Oct 18
Ahnenblatt 4.13 | GenealogySoftware.net
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The Windows genealogy database program, Ahnenblatt, was updated to Ahnenblatt 4.13. Ahnenblatt 4.13 has over 35 changes since version 4.12, mainly optimizations and corrections. One major new feature/
on Oct 18
Link Rot in Your GEDCOMs and Your Databases | GenealogySoftware.net
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Link rot, broken links, link death, link decay, link breaking, reference rot, there are various names for it, but it all comes down to this: There is a decent chance that at some point in the future…
on Oct 18
Throwback Thursday - Family Tree Maker 1.01 | GenealogySoftware.net
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For this Throwback Thursday, I am digging into my collection, and in this case, it’s a look at what came in a boxed copy of Banner Blue Software’s Family Tree Maker I – or in my case…
on Oct 18
Reunion 14, Build 241014 | GenealogySoftware.net
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The macOS genealogy program, Reunion 14 was updated a few days ago to Reunion 14, build 241014. It’s mainly a few UI and bug fixes, along with an improvement in media handling…
on Oct 18
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Yesterday afternoon, I received an email from MacKiev concerning a Family Tree Maker 2024 upgrade deal and what seems to be an imminent release of FTM 2024, with more details than previous emails.
on Oct 17
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The Texas State Genealogical Society 2024 Family History Conference is just around the corner – November 1-2, 2024. It’s virtual, and has a large lineup of speakers and sessions, including quite a few…
on Oct 10
Sunday Spotlight: GenScriber for Windows, Mac, and Linux | GenealogySoftware.net
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This weekend’s spotlight is on a very useful desktop genealogy utility that’s been around for over a decade, GenScriber. It’s free for non-commercial use, and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux…
on Oct 7
SmartCopy Browser Extension for Geni | GenealogySoftware.net
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I’m a big fan of browser extensions/add-ons/plugins for genealogy websites, and SmartCopy is another browser extension you should look at if you do a lot of genealogy research online as most of us do.
on Oct 6
WikiTree BEE Browser Extension | GenealogySoftware.net
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Since August, the WikiTree BEE Browser Extension (Firefox and Chrome (Chrome, Opera, Edge)) has received a lot of updates, and as the name implies, it is an add-on that you can use when doing (or…
on Oct 6
Throwback Thursdays: Exchanging Data in 1991 | GenealogySoftware.net
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For today’s throwback, I’m jumping back to an article I came across in the September/October 1991 edition of The Genealogical Helper magazine from Everton’s, written by L. Earl Colley out of North…
on Oct 4
Genealogy Assistant 1.3.4 for Google Chrome | GenealogySoftware.net
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Last week, Genea.ca released a new version of their Genealogy Assistant for Google Chrome. It’s a Chrome browser extension (full video at the bottom) that adds over 30 custom and new features to…
on Oct 3
WikiTree Browser Extension 1.21.0.18-21 | GenealogySoftware.net
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There are more “preview” updates to WikiTree Browser Extension 1.21 series – versions 1.21.018 – 1.21.0.21. As I mentioned last week, these include new features and fixes that will probably make their…
on Oct 1
WikiTree Sourcer 2.61 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Just about a week after WikiTree Sourcer 2.60 was released, we now have WikiTree Sourcer 2.61. If you use WikiTree, WikiTree Sourcer is a useful cross-browser extension (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) that…
on Oct 1
Genealogy Software Briefs - Sep 30, 2024 | GenealogySoftware.net
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There are always a lot of genealogy software updates that happen every month that don’t quite deserve their own mention (major updates/releases receive their own posts), but should be mentioned to…
on Oct 1
Sunday Spotlight: Chromebooks and Genealogy | GenealogySoftware.net
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Dick Eastman has been talking about the use of Chromebooks (and cloud-based systems in general) in genealogy research for many years. In fact, if you mentioned the words “Chromebook” or “ChromeOS” or…
on Sep 30
A Note on Gramps Plugins/Addons | GenealogySoftware.net
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I’ve been working on the 2024 genealogy software comparison and have hit 130 entries, ranging from full database/genealogy data management programs down to web browser extensions that do one or two…
on Sep 28
WikiTree Sourcer Extension 2.60 | GenealogySoftware.net
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WikiTree Sourcer a browser extension (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) that helps genealogists search for sources on other genealogy websites and cite them properly (and automatically) has been updated to…
on Sep 24
WikiTree Browser Extension 1.21 Preview Updates | GenealogySoftware.net
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At the beginning of the month, the “stable” version of WikiTree Browser Extension 1.21 was released, but there’s been several “preview” releases since then, including new features and fixes that will…
on Sep 24
Sunday Spotlight: Ancestris 13 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Ancestris 13, the “development” version of the free open-source Java-based genealogy program has seen an uptick in development over the past week, with some major updates, and I haven’t talked about…
on Sep 23
RootsMagic 10.0.2 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Last week, the genealogy program RootsMagic 10.0.2 was released for both Windows and Mac platforms. This update, like the last one, is mostly about bug fixes and tweaking RootsMagic 10…
on Sep 23
Family Tree Maker Meetings in October | GenealogySoftware.net
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Did you know that here in September of 2024, there are still a lot of computer/genealogy related groups, including SIGs (Special Interest Groups) or technology/software-focused offshoots of local…
on Sep 21
Current Genealogy Software - 2024 | GenealogySoftware.net
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Below is a list of all genealogy software currently in development – that is, the programs listed below have had at least one update / release since 2020, or have been announced (but if there haven’t…
on Sep 17