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12 June 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Discover Your Ancestors 4.9.23 (Mobile - Purchase)

• iPhone 5 optimization.
• Memory fix on larger issue downloads.
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed

"It's time to start unwrapping the newest edition of our Legacy Family Tree software - version 8 - but just a little at a time. This will be the first of many articles showing some of Legacy's coming features. I'll start with some of the smaller features and work my way up to revealing the really cool new stuff."

MacFamilyTree 7.0.1 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)

• Norwegian, French and Swedish localizations fixed.
• Alignment fixed in the Notes and Sources sections.
• Fixes for the Plausibility Report.
• FamilySearch login issues fixed.
• Family Quiz localization issues fixed.
• Name Distribution Chart saving issue fixed.
• Several stability improvements.

TMG Utility 7.3 Build 0 (Other Tools - Windows - Freeware)

• Updated TMG Utility to be compatible with projects from TMG v8.05+ having TMG project version 10.
• Added the File > Open Log Folder command to open the folder that contains the log files.
• In the Set Year Only Dates feature, changed "Location Group" to "Address Group" and "Custom Group" to "Other Group" to agree with TMG terminology.
• Some fixes.

6 June 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Europeana Open Culture 1.1 (Mobile - Freeware)

• This version allows search in selected image collections of Europeana, Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage portal. The images included are available for free re-use and cover five themes: Maps and Plans, Art, Photography, Treasures of the Past, and Treasures of Nature.

GedFamilies for Android 1.1.1 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Fix geolocation problems.
• Fix problem where wrong spouse may be displayed when switching from Family to Pedigree View.

My Family Tree 3.0 (Full Featured - Windows - Freeware)

• New chart printing as tiled pages which can be assembled to create a full size tree.
• New scan and printing support for photos and attachments.
• New support for relationship events, multiple names, citations, addresses, and contact details.
• User interface enhancements and two new themes.
• Performance and stability imrpovements.

The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2013 build 130601 (Family Books - Windows - Shareware)

• Fixed: Logic error in formatting RTL (right-to-left) text sequences which could also cause an unexpected program error.

30 May 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Behold 1.0.5 (GEDCOM Tools - Windows - Purchase)

• Add an "Ancestral Loops" section to the Everything Report just before the File Information, to display all the loops and all the people in them parent to child with birth and death dates and messages that will help identify and fix the problem. There must be at least one loop for the section to display.
• Enlarge the Find Files file reading buffer that reads the HEAD record from 512 bytes to 2048 bytes so that less information from longer HEAD sections gets missed.
• Provide a message when there are extra spaces in the GEDCOM between date parts.
• Add option to not display an individual's sources sorted by source title, but to instead display them in the order they were in the GEDCOM file - requested by user Nick Jackson.

GedStar Pro 4.4.7 (Other Tools - Windows - Purchase)

• Support database changes in Legacy Family Tree V8.x. Earlier versions of GedStar will crash when converting an 8.x database.
• Workaround for changes in roles that were introduced in TMG V8.07. Basic roles should appear correctly, but user-defined roles will not be displayed.

GRAMPS 3.4.5 (Full Featured - Linux - Freeware/Open Source)

• Ability to keep custom filename on output.
• Book report: Sub reports forget/overwrite their settings when trying to re-configure them.
• End of Line Report options window – changing Output Format cause change active tab to “report options”.
• Various updated translations: de, es, fr, nb, nl, pl, sk.

MacFamilyTree 7.0 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)

• New User Interface.
• iCloud support.
• Rewritten FamilySearch integration.
• New Edit Mode.
• New Virtual Globe.
• New Virtual Tree.
• New Name Distribution Chart.
• New Plausibility Report.
• Support for Associated Persons.
• GEDCOM Import and Export vastly improved.
• Improved Source editing.
• Source Repositories.
• New Backup Manager.
• Countless bug fixes and smaller improvements.

MobileFamilyTree 7.0 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Incorporation of iCloud that enables you to sync your family trees on all iCloud-capable devices.
• More streamlined and modern interface.
• New reports.
• Better FamilySearch integration.

22 May 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

FamilyInsight for Windows 2013.5.13.0 (Other Tools - Windows - Purchase)

• Improved handling Roots Magic 6 files.
• Improved handling of Family Tree Maker files.
• Fixed crashes.
• Improved media handling.
• Removed Separate and AncestorSplit feature because of changes on new FamilySearch.
• Added ability to save to earlier Family Tree Maker files that we open.

GRAMPS 4.0.0 (Full Featured - Linux - Freeware/Open Source)

• Conversion to GTK 3 and use of gobject introspection.
• Support for python 3.
• Code reorganization.
• Autotools is no longer used for building Gramps, distutils is used.
• Completely reworked localization handling.

MacFamilyTree 6.3.9 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)

• Fixed saving editable charts.
• Fixed saving editable reports.
• Stability improvements.

The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding 9.2.1 (Web Publishing - Windows, Mac, Linux - Purchase)

• Ahnentafel/Register: Child links on these pages did not go to the right place (fixed).
• Calendar: The cross icon used to indicate a death has been replaced with a headstone icon.
• Calendar: The names of living and private individuals were being displayed on the calendar when the user did not have rights to see that information (fixed).
• Cemeteries: Headstone pagination links for cemeteries were not working (fixed).
• Citations: When creating a new source while adding a new citation, the dropdown of repositories was not being restricted to the current tree (fixed).
• And much more...

10 May 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

GedFamilies for Android 1.1.0 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Fix screen update issue after editing marriage data.
• Don't generate GIVN tag with blank data.
• Support file transfer via cloud and email.
• Support video.

GedFamilies for iPhone & iPad 1.1.0 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Support file transfer via cloud and email.
• Support video.
• Accept long-format month names in date input.

iScrapbook 4.0.6 (Family Pictures - Mac - Purchase)

• Added better error reporting to Share feature when a problem or error occurs.
• Improved speed of Template Chooser when large numbers of templates are present.
• Image placeholders now work like shape placeholders: when a photo is dropped on the placeholder, it's automatically cropped to the placeholder bounds.
• iPhoto libraries can now be selected when using the "Choose Aperture Library" command (since Aperture can also open iPhoto libraries).
• Bug fixes.

Legacy Mobile 1.1 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Bug fixes.
• Improvements to the Tree View page.

Second Site 5.0 Build 5 (Web Publishing - Windows - Purchase)

• Extended the Tag Label Translation facility to support translation of role labels so that advanced users can modify role labels that are not optimal for publishing.
• SDF files with Language.HTML Character Set set to "iso-8859-1" will be changed to "windows-1252" which is the recommended value for HTML5 documents created under MS Windows that are not using UTF-8.
• Bug fixes.

The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2013 build 130503 (Family Books - Windows - Shareware)

• Improved: Norwegian reports now report upwardly removed cousins as, for example, parent's second cousin instead of third cousin's parent. (This improves clarity when there is no third cousin.)

The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.8.7 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Update for larger screens.

TreeDraw 4.1.0 (Charts and Diagrams - Windows - Shareware)

• Added Database Link command to drawing area popup menu.
• More informative "Invalid format" error messages in "Preferences | Import fields".

2 May 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Branches 1.2.3.1 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)

• Re-designed source citation, note, family view and merge screens to fit on computers with a maximum resolution of 1024 X 600 pixels.

Discover Your Ancestors 4.9.10 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Improved read whilst downloading including faster downloads and iPad 1 compatibility.
• Bug fixes including 'fetching data' fix, missing covers on coverflow, audio and video fixes.
• Performance improvements including iPad 1 stability.

Families for Android 1.8.2 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Fix further relationship bugs.
• Improve cloud transfer.

Families for Legacy Family Tree 1.8.1 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Accept long-format month names in date input.
• Fix missing sources for marriage events.
• Fix further relationship bugs.

Family History and Genealogy Records 1.3 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Bugs fixed.
• Improved.

GedTreeFree 0.9.12 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Marriages are now shown in the long-click popup.
• The number of generations shown is now configurable.
• Different codecs supported (utf-8, ascii, latin_1, ansel).
• .GED files can now be opened with the internal file browser too.

25 April 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Agelong Tree 4.6 (Full Featured - Windows - Shareware)

• If the tree is too big for saving as one image into one file, Agelong Tree automatically divides the image into equal parts and saves it into several files.
• When the tree is saved as an image, the half-filled pages are saved sized as the other pages.
• In the tree preview window it is possible to choose large page formats, even those that are not supported by a default printer.
• It is possible to choose a type of the tree and a lineage list type on the "Persons" tab before building them.

Brother's Keeper 6.6.8 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)

• If you pick Lists, Locations, and then Print, there is a new option to show the Latitude and Longitude fields for locations.
• Fixed a problem where going to the Edit screen would cause an error for very large monitors.
• Fixed a problem with gedcom import if the gedcom file had a Source that had a Media field of Tombstone, it would show as Photo.
• Fixed a problem where sometimes a gedcom export of notes would cause problems in the rare case of a note that had a line feed without a carriage return.

GedTreeFree 0.9.11 (Mobile - Freeware)

• The number of generations shown is now configurable.
• Different codecs supported (UTF-8, ASCII, Latin_1, Ansel).
• GEDCOM files can now be opened with the internal file browser too.

MacFamilyTree 6.3.8 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)

• Hungarian Localization fixed.
• GEDCOM importer now correctly imports notes associated with media.
• Several stability improvements.

Reunion 10.0.6 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)

• Sources list - fixed a problem when using the ≠ character to find populated fields.
• Date feasibility - fixed a problem where date feasibility checking was not working when a new parent was added.
• Reports - fixed a problem when creating reports with notes containing double-chevron characters.
• Reports - fixed a text styling bug in RTF reports.
• Register and Ahnentafel reports - fixed a capitalization problem when a date modifier began a sentence.
• And much more.

Second Site 5.0 Build 3 (Web Publishing - Windows - Purchase)

• Fixed a bug where Body Tags.Detail Format=Raw Data didn't work properly in the Grid and Three Columns Formats.
• Fixed an issue where the Family Explorer icon didn't work properly when using Site.HTML Format=XHTML.
• Fixed two bugs where a Search Form caused an error 91, "object not set", during the Make Site process.

18 April 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

iScrapbook 4.0.5 (Family Pictures - Mac - Purchase)

• Added option to manually choose an iPhoto or Aperture library in the version of the software sold directly from the Chronos website (the Mac App Store version already has this capability)
• Added error reporting when the iPhoto or Aperture library can't be found or opened.
• Added iPhoto/Aperture Info button to see path and additional info (including error information) for current library.
• Added menu commands to show/hide/customize the toolbar.
• Added ability to start editing text in a selected text box by simply starting to type. This allows text boxes that are behind other objects to be edited.
• Some fixes.

11 April 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

23andMe for iPhone & iPad 1.4.2 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Updated security requirements in the sign up form.

Families for Android 1.8.1 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Fix bug "Error starting webserver port=-1".

RootsMagic 6.1.0.3 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)

• New: Added FamilySearch Family Tree integration.
• New: Direct Legacy import now imports tags as named groups in RM.
• Fixed: "On This Day" report wasn't displaying famous births, deaths, or historical events.
• Fixed: Several issues when searching fields in sources.
• Fixed: Numerous cosmetic issues.

StoryPress 1.3.4 (Mobile - Freeware)

• All interview packets (except charity Cancer packet) are free.
• More obvious checks for registration password length.

The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2013 build 130409 (Family Books - Windows - Shareware)

• New: The Descendants section may now be formatted as a continuous list as an alternative to a chart with continuation sections. See "Report Detail" preferences.
• Fixed: Generation sub-headings in Norwegian reports.

The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.8.4 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Update import GEDCOM.

4 April 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

23andMe for Android 1.4.1 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Fixed issue occurring on JellyBean where users were logged out after answering only a few questions.
• Fixed issue where 'Results' section was only refreshed at login.
• Fixed issue where health result screens were showing same two images in some cases.
• Fixed issue with subsequent logins with non-genotyped accounts.
• Updated app icon.

Families for Android 1.8.0 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Support video.
• Support file transfer via cloud and email.
• Use Geocoding API V3.
• Support shortcut file as document.
• Fix bugs in calculating "half" relationships.
• Fix crash when editing some settings.

Families for Legacy Family Tree 1.8.0 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Support video.
• Support file transfer via cloud and email.
• Use Geocoding API V3.
• Support shortcut file as document.
• Fix bugs in calculating "half" relationships.

Historypin for iPhone & iPad 2.2 (Mobile - Freeware)

• iOS 6 Support.
• Various bug-fixes.

StoryPress 1.3.3 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Bug fixes.

28 March 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Branches 1.2.3.0 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)

• Maintenance update.

Kith and Kin Pro 3.2.1 (Full Featured - Windows - Shareware)

• Bug-fix release.
• Prevents a blank regional string for "Surnames beginning with (none)".
• Clearing the database root folder box when selecting a database caused an error.

Legacy Mobile 1.0 (Mobile - Freeware) *NEW*

• Create your own family tree.
• Synchronize your family data with FamilySearch.
• Add pictures to anyone in your family tree.
• If the person isn't in our database you will be given the opportunity to add it to billiongraves.com.

Pocket Genealogist 4.08A05 public beta (Mobile - Purchase)

• Support for TMG 8.05.

The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.8.2 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Update genealogical branch.

21 March 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Ancestral Quest 14.9 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)

• Reorder Spouses/Children: Occasionally, AQ would crash after you reordered spouses or children. Fixed.
• General: In a very rare case, AQ would crash after receiving unexpected data from FamilySearch. Fixed.
• Seal to Parents: In build 8, we introduced a bug into AQ, in which it would occasionally indicate that there was an extra set of parents. Fixed.
• Long Place Name: Sometimes, if you tried to send a Place name to nFS or Family Tree which was more than 60 characters long, only the first 60 characters would be sent. Fixed.

Branches 1.2.2.9 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)

• Fixed an unhandled exception in the 'Find individual' function.

Family Chronicle 4.9.10 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Improved read whilst downloading including faster downloads and iPad 1 compatibility.
• Bug fixes including 'fetching data' fix, missing covers on coverflow, audio and video fixes.
• Performance improvements including iPad 1 stability.

GRAMPS 3.4.3 (Full Featured - Linux - Freeware/Open Source)

• Sorting of names, places etc. uses the International Components for Unicode (ICU) libraries which resolves many bugs particularly on MS Windows, and ensures that sorting is the same for all platforms.
• Addon checking and download works again.
• A large number of fixes to Narrative Web. In particular, media objects attached to events and sources are now output.

The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.7.8 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Export tree in Jpeg.
• Updating personal report.

The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding 9.2.0 (Web Publishing - Windows, Mac, Linux - Purchase)

• Branches: The "Find" dialog (used to add children to families, etc.) did not work for admin users assigned to a branch (fixed).
• Cemeteries: The "fill" functions that populated the parts of an associated Place into the cemetery fields and vice versa was not working (fixed).
• Descendants: The standard chart was showing vertical scroll bars when only one person or node was displayed (fixed).
• Events: The Add New Event popup would not disappear if the place name of the new event contained an apostrophe (fixed).
• GEDCOM: If a CONT or CONC line was blank, the space after CONT/CONC was not being removed (fixed).

13 March 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

23andMe for iPhone & iPad 1.4.1 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Updated for iPhone5.

Billion Graves 2.1.3 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Transfer app - Moving Billion Graves to a new Apple account.

GRAMPS 4.0.0-alpha5 (Full Featured - Linux - Freeware/Open Source)

• Move to grampslocale, const.
• Move from pyexiv2 to GExiv2, metadata.
• Better log statements.
• Improvements on encoding handling, unicode.
• Consistency on dialogs and options (reports).
vSome fixes on Web reports.

Pocket Genealogist 4.08A03 public beta (Mobile - Purchase)

• Support for Legacy (7n).

The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.7.7 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Update personal tree and branch.

6 March 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Ancestral Quest 14.8 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)

• Descendant Dropline Chart: If you asked for all boxes on a generation to be the same size, AQ actually only made the boxes for a given family to be the same size. Now it makes all boxes for all families on that generation to be the same size.
• Descendant Dropline Chart: If a descendant had children, but no spouse, the grouping of child boxes were not placed on the chart in the proper position. Fixed.
• Notes Screen: In build 7, a change was made to keep the Notes screen from getting locked into full screen mode. A random situation was discovered that could still temporarily cause this. Fixed.
• Combine/Merge: FamilySearch has requested that users no longer use commercial programs such as AQ to combine records in nFS, but rather to use the Merge of Family Tree. AQ will no longer allow combines, but will still help you identify duplicates, and set up the Family Tree merge screen, so all you have to do is click the 'Merge' button (or equivalent) in Family Tree. (Note: Eventually FamilySearch will allow AQ to actually do the Merge.)

GedStar Pro 4.4.5 (Other Tools - Windows - Purchase)

• Fix conversion of latitude/longitude data in TMG databases.

Internet Genealogy Magazine 4.9.10 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Read whilst downloading (iPad 2, iPad Mini, New iPad, iPhone 4+)
• Faster browsing.
• Performance and stability improvements.
• Improved design, navigation and layout.
• iOS6 full screen video and orientation fix.

LTools 1.3.33 (Other Tools - Windows - Freeware)

• Update online Help for View/Run dialogs and Data Bridge Event dialog - resolved.
• Event Template dialog data not loaded or saved in Data Bridge - resolved.
• Bad URL for Data Source "Ancestry.com - SSDI" in Data Bridge - resolved.

MacFamilyTree 6.3.7 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)

• Chinese Localization fixed.
• Bugfixes for Media Gallery.
• Further bugfixes.

Reunion for iPad 2.0 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Optimized graphics for Retina displays.
• Sidebar can be positioned on either side of the screen.
• Search for places and display a list of people whose records include an event with the desired place.
• Use your device's camera to take pictures and link them to people in your family file.
• Link pictures from your device's photo library to people in your family file.
• Support for screen mirroring.

RootsMagic for iPhone and iPad 1.0.1 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Minor Bug Fixes.

The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2013 build 130227 (Family Books - Windows - Shareware)

• Improved: Layout of Family Trees section to avoid overlapping trees - particularly on small paper sizes.

The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.7.6 (Mobile - Purchase)

• New types of family trees.

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine 2.0 (Mobile - Freeware)

• Improved user interface.
• Additional navigation.
• More titles from us section which allows user to click thru to related titles.
• Enhanced design for iPhone.

27 February 2013

Genealogy Software Updates of the Week

Brother's Keeper 6.6.7 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)

• There is a new option to exclude data for living people on the descendant Tree chart.
• Fixed a problem on Group Sheets with all pictures at the end, where it would sometimes print a blank page after a full page of pictures.
• When you are adding a new person on Edit and it creates the default events, the cursor will be blinking in the Date field for the first event.

The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.7.3 (Mobile - Purchase)

• Updated the video album.

XHTML Family Tree Generator 2.3.11 (Charts and Diagrams - Linux - Freeware/Open Source)

• This release has bugfixes, and is serializing in a platform-independent way.

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