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GedStar Pro 4.4.1 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:15:00 +0200

Other Tools - Windows - Purchase

GedStar Pro 4.4.1 has been released.

Changes:

• Minor GEDCOM fixes.
• Support for On This Day home screen widget.

FamilySearch Indexing 1.1 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:15:00 +0200

PDAs and Handhelds - Freeware

FamilySearch Indexing 1.1 has been released.

Changes:

• Minor bug fixes.

FamilyInsight for Windows 2012.5.5.0 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:15:00 +0200

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FamilyInsight for Windows 2012.5.5.0 has been released.

Changes:

• Improved medialinks loading speed.
• Improved handling of RootsMagic Research logs.
• Fixed a crash.

Brother's Keeper 6.5.11 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:15:00 +0200

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Brother's Keeper 6.5.11 has been released.

Changes:

• Fixed: The 6.5.10 version sometimes gave a 'subscript out of range' error for Box charts.
• Changed: On Group Sheets, if you are printing 'All' for children, it used to say 'spouse' but now it will say 'husband' 'wife' 'partner' 'fiancee'.
• Changed: On Group Sheets, if you are printing 'All' for children and printing Children notes, it used only print Individual notes for the child, but now it will also print Family notes attached to the child.

Billion Graves 2.1.1 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:15:00 +0200

PDAs and Handhelds - Freeware

Billion Graves 2.1.1 has been released.

Changes:

• Fixes to prevent image upload from stopping.

Reunion 10 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:15:00 +0200

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Reunion 10 has been released.

New:

• Pictures Everywhere - You can include pictures in all buttons in the family view: a couple, their children and parents.
• Places - New features include: mapping of places in Google or Bing, entry of geo codes for places (automatic or manual), etc.
• Tree View - The new "tree view" is bigger, better, more flexible than the old "overview" window. Choose a pedigree or hourglass chart style (to show ancestors and descendants).
• Family View Preferences - There is much greater ability to customizing the appearance and content of the family view.
• Web Searching - Search genealogical web resources for more information about a person.
• Events Report - A new chronological report showing a list of events for people in your family file. Include all people or only marked people.
• View full list of new features.

Transcript 2.4.1 build 90 beta Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:15:00 +0200

Transcriptions & Indexes - Windows - Freeware

Transcript 2.4.1 build 90 beta has been released.

Changes:

• New translation engine making it easier to translate into other languages.
• Use default Windows system font for all our dialogs/forms which should improve the looks on vista and 7.
• Bugfix: Transcript application title and version were not showing in the titlebar when using the unregistered version.
• Bugfix: Making a new project with an empty name was allowed.
• Changed default e-mail address inside the program.

The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2012 beta build 110502 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:15:00 +0200

Family Books - Windows - Shareware

The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2012 beta build 110502 has been released.

Changes:

• Fixed: HTML encoding issues relating to "src" references of image files which caused the images not to be shown in the browser.
• Fixed: "Waiting for Wordpad" message not disappearing after Wordpad exit.

MacFamilyTree 6.2.11 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:15:00 +0200

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MacFamilyTree 6.2.11 has been released.

Changes:

• Birth place is now shown in the fan chart.
• Exporting and importing GEDCOM place coordinates improved.
• Web Research printing added.
• Bug preventing text for sources fixed.
• Importing high-resolution PNGs fixed.
• Fixes in the kinship report.
• Localization updates.

Legacy Family Tree 7.5.0.191 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:15:00 +0200

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Legacy Family Tree 7.5.0.191 has been released.

Changes:

• Add a search for Private Marriages.
• Added 1940 Census event to the US - Federal Census timeline.
• Book Report Indexes - If printing surnames in uppercase, the surnames in parenthesis on married names were not being uppercased. Fixed.
• Census List Report - Italicizing people in the report who already have been found in a census has been fixed.
• GEDCOM Export - Fixed Private marriages from being exported according to Privacy settings.
• GEDCOM Export - Quoted names of Private individuals were being exported as nicknames when they should have been suppressed. Fixed.
• GEDCOM Export - some HTML codes were not removed when the option to remove codes was selected. Fixed.
• Individual Report - Fixed and event overprint problem with unlined reports.

GedStar Pro for Android 2.3.0 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:15:00 +0200

PDAs and Handhelds - Freeware

GedStar Pro for Android 2.3.0 has been released.

Changes:

• Improved Tree views to indicate additional generations available.
• Show text exhibits (Master Genealogist feature).
• Preparation for future enhancements.

FamilyInsight for Windows 2012.4.30.0 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:15:00 +0200

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FamilyInsight for Windows 2012.4.30.0 has been released.

Changes:

• Updated 95 year rule to 110 year rerule to match FamilySearch.
• Reading old versions of Legacy files.
• Added working with Family Tree Maker 2012 files on Windows.
• Improved Saving "To Do" lists.
• Improved handling of DNA items.
• Added working with latest update changes for Legacy.
• Fixed cancel issue when signing in to FamilySearch and changing your mind.
• Crash several fixes.
• Fixed crash after gender change.

Billion Graves 2.1 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:15:00 +0200

PDAs and Handhelds - Freeware

Billion Graves 2.1 has been released.

Changes:

• Removed In-App Purchase: Everything in the Billion Graves App is Free.
• Use Indoors Feature: You can now use billion graves while inside such as in a mausoleum.
• Check-in/Share Records: Share BG Records on Facebook or Twitter right from your device.
• Performance Fixes: Better handling for users with a lot of pictures.
• Fixed Linking Issue.
• Enabled the new iPad 3G to take pictures.

My Family Tree 2.0.0.0 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:15:00 +0200

Full Featured - Windows - Freeware

My Family Tree 2.0.0.0 has been released.

Changes:

• Performance and memory improvements.
• Added new GEDCOM import/export dialogs with advanced options.
• Added support for (encoding) and decoding GEDCOM BLOB objects.
• Added GEDCOM validator tool.
• Added option to export GEDCOM files in different valid encodings [UNICODE, UTF-8 (GEDCOM 5.5.1 only), ASCII, ANSEL].
• Added automatic detection of all valid GEDCOM encoding types.

Reunite 3.2 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:15:00 +0200

Organization - Research - Windows, Mac - Purchase

Reunite 3.2 has been released.

Changes:

• Fixed Import Directory records (broken in version 2.5).
• Improved overall speed.

MacFamilyTree 6.2.10 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:15:00 +0200

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MacFamilyTree 6.2.10 has been released.

Changes:

• More Fan Chart configuration options added.
• Database Maintenance improved.
• Many Tree Chart fixes.
• Fixes in the Family Quiz.
• GEDCOM Importer compatibilty improved.

Families for Android 1.5.2 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:15:00 +0200

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Families for Android 1.5.2 has been released.

Changes:

• Bug fixes.

Families for Legacy Family Tree 1.5.1 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:15:00 +0200

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Families for Legacy Family Tree 1.5.1 has been released.

Changes:

• Display MRIN in Marriage View.
• Bug fixes.

GEDitCOM II 1.7 build 3 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:15:00 +0200

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GEDitCOM II 1.7 build 3 has been released.

Changes:

• The book preparation script was improved to have better wording for some events and to optionally include tree charts in the book.
• A new format called "Generations Book Preview" displays individuals in a style similar to book export and lets you edit data to optimize the book.
• You can now control click on a family tree cell with an inappropriate picture and set that individual to not have a portrait.
• A new script called "Four Gen Chart" produces a simple, one-page, four generation pedigree chart.
• The "US-UK-Canadian Census Report" script was updated to include the 1940 US census in the table.
• All known bugs were fixed.

Brother's Keeper 6.5.9 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:15:00 +0200

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Brother's Keeper 6.5.9 has been released.

Changes:

• GEDCOM export, new option (combobox) to exclude data for anyone born recently, whether living or not.
• Fix the 'subscript out of range' error if sorting a family with over 30 children.
• On the Birthday report, it would sometimes change the name of a female to the last name of a fiancee. Fixed.
• Added button to 'open with default picture program' to source picture screen.
• On the new 6th generation for the Ancestor chart display, it sometimes did not have the correct numbers. Fixed.
• On the Group sheet report, if printing Ancestors, it would sometimes not print the first person. Fixed.
• On the Group sheet, instead of just Husband or Wife, it will print Partner or Fiancee.

VGedX 1.07 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:15:00 +0200

GEDCOM Tools - Windows - Freeware

VGedX 1.07 has been released.

Fixes:

• Changed MAP.LAT to MAP.LATI.

Transcript 2.4.1 build 89 beta Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:15:00 +0200

Transcriptions & Indexes - Windows - Freeware

Transcript 2.4.1 build 89 beta has been released.

Changes:

• Support for multipage TIF images.
• Better Ghostscript (pdf) error handling and messages.
• Added info about multiple monitors if present to the About Info and crash Info.
• Fixed some bugs in the graphics library mostly concerning seldom used image formats.
• Better exception handling when loading images and give better warning messages when we can't load an image (out of memory, invalid or unsupported file format, etc.).

Second Site 4.2.2 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:15:00 +0200

Web Publishing - Windows - Purchase

Second Site 4.2 has been released.

Enhancements:

• Added the Search User Item, a search facility you can build-in to your site that will work on both online and CD/DVD/flash media.
• Added the One Person Script checkbox property; when checked, Second Site adds a script to each person page to make the page operate as if the site was configured for one person per page.
• Added the Find Items... button to search User Item titles and return a list of the titles that contain a match; you can edit the items via the list using F7, and leave the list visible while you work in the main window.

• Changed the interface for Item List properties (User Items, Tag Groups, Flag Events, Icon Flags, and Web Fonts); the list now expands to fill the content pane of the main window, and commands to manipulate the items are in the Edit menu and also in buttons below the list.
• Added support for the ieSpell Internet Explorer extension; if ieSpell is installed in Internet Explorer, the HTML Editor will include an on-demand spell checker available through a button on the toolbar.

Changes:

• Updated JavaScript to use new versions of jQuery (v1.7.2) and related libraries.
• Added tag label translations for longer TMG v8 variations such as "Father-Biological" to "Father".
• Changed Language.Site Language and Language.Sentence Language to use TMG's language names.
• Changed the name of the Language.Default to English property to Language.Default to English (U.S.) to make the name more precise.
• Changed the sentence processor to handle more cases of troubling punctuation: if SS finds ", ;" (comma-space-semicolon) and other similar constructs of consecutive punction characters separated by a space, it will delete the first punctuation character and the space.
• Added limited support for the FCAP printer code; it will work in sentence structures where the embedded content is not formatted, i.e., [FCAP:][RS:rolename][:FCAP] will work, but [FCAP:][ITAL:][RS:rolename][:ITAL][:FCAP] will not.

Fixes:

• Fixed a formatting problem where a compound date (e.g., "date1 or date2") would appear as "1958 or 1958" if the date format was set to years only and the years in the two dates were the same.
• Fixed a bug where embedded citations in exhibit captions corrupted citation references on person pages.
• Fixed a bug where some entries in the popup pedigree would have incorrect links when Use Person Page Groups was checked.
• Fixed a bug where the escape character was not processed properly when used in the SS-LINK-TEXT exhibit code.
• Fixed a bug where the Map User Item filter operators "Is Empty" and "Is Not Empty" were not working.
• Fixed a bug where Map User Item filters that referenced "L10 - Temple" were not working properly.
• Fixed a bug where the Family History Hosting > Publish command uploaded all files after a Daylight Savings Time change even if the files had not changed.

LTools 1.3.27 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:15:00 +0200

Other Tools - Windows - Freeware

LTools 1.3.27 has been released.

Changes:

• Save/Restore Tags – new deluxe LTool which saves any of Legacy’s 9 individual tags to another location, virtually doubling the number of individual tags in Legacy.
• Advanced Tagging – Tag Living – added code to exclude individuals with blank first or last names, first or last names of ‘Unknown’, last names that include a ‘?’, and last names that are enclosed in parentheses.
• Run Raw SQL – permit ‘ALTER’ verb.
• Run Raw SQL – added canned UPDATE query “To-Do’s – Tag Ind’s with Closed To-Do’s”.
• Add To-Do’s – allows addition of ‘closed’ To-Do’s.

Legacy Family Tree 7.5.0.185 Update Released

Jean-Yves BAXTER — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:15:00 +0200

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Legacy Family Tree 7.5.0.185 has been released.

Changes:

• Census List Tool - A few more refinements.