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Ancestris v13, the free #Java and #GEDCOM based cross-platform #genealogy program received quite a few updates over the past few weeks. UI, translation, backup updates, along with PDF and report improvements.

https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-november-9-20-2024-updates/

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HuMo-genealogy 6.7.9 has been released - this is a major update to the #PHP online #genealogy web app and adds several new features (processing of clergy and officiator, #GEDCOM 7 updates), and lots of improved features/bug fixes.

https://genealogysoftware.net/online/humo-genealogy-6-7-9/

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I'm not going to lie, I thought this feature already existed, but the #FindaGrave mobile app (at least the iOS version) just added the ability to view photo requests from your volunteer cemeteries and areas near your location.

https://genealogysoftware.net/ios/find-a-grave-1-23-ios-ipados-major-new-feature/

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#throwbackthursday - 23 1/2 years ago, on April 21, 2001, Don Allingham publicly released #Gramps 0.1.1 for Linux - it is now a much-loved open-source and cross-platform #genealogy program, but it started as an experiment to create a simple #Python program to spot errors in #GEDCOM files and then became "Relativity", a genealogy program for his dad, before becoming Gramps.

His retrospective from 2006:

https://gramps-project.org/blog/2006/04/looking-back-over-5-years/

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Ancestris v13, the dev version of Ancestris (Java-based, #GEDCOM based #genealogy program) has received several updates and a new Merge Module over the past few weeks.

https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-oct-16-nov-7-updates/

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Sunday Spotlight: Ancestor Tree Manager 11.0 adds support for #GEDCOM 7.0. It's a free, #Java #genealogy program and is one of the few that has built-in FTP/SFTP/SCP functionality, making it easy to upload a family tree to your server

https://genealogysoftware.net/spotlight/sunday-spotlight-ancestor-tree-manager-11-0/

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ORA, the Online Repository Assistant (a handy browser extension) was updated to ORA v1.86 with some improvements and updates to #Ancestry and #BillionGraves (handles more BG records now):

https://genealogysoftware.net/browser-extension/ora-1-86/

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@wikitree #WikiTree Sourcer v2.6.6 is out with some #Ancestry and #GRO updates. It's a browser extension for using WikiTree.

https://genealogysoftware.net/browser-extension/wikitree-sourcer-2-6-6/

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Over the past two weeks, Ancestris, the free Java-based, #GEDCOM -based #genealogysoftware has received quite a few updates to reports, language translations, and the Aries editor

https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-oct-1-oct-15-updates/

This should run on the @haiku and #ChromeOS platforms.

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Clooz 4.4.1 is out, and for those #genealogists using Windows it's a very handy research utility, interacting with Ancestral Quest, Family Historian, Legacy Family Tree, and #rootsmagic It helps you manage your #genealogical documents/records, and points you towards other records.

https://genealogysoftware.net/windows/clooz-4-4-1/

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Throwback Thursdays - how about a 1980s review of #PAF 1.0 for the DEC Rainbow 100 - this may have been the first and only port of PAF 1.0 for CP/M machines (PAF 2.0 would be officially released for CP/M).

https://genealogysoftware.net/throwback-thursday/throwback-thursdays-paf-1-0-in-1986/

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Here's another #Genealogy browser extension (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge), this time for #Geni.com - it's SmartCopy, and it helps to copy in genealogy data from various genealogy services/websites and do consistency checking.

https://genealogysoftware.net/browser-extension/smartcopy-browser-extension-for-geni/

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#Genealogy #throwbackthursday - exchanging genealogy data in 1991 was not easy or cheap. The #GEDCOM format was not used by many programs, and you had to have the right-sized floppies (and floppy densities) or use your telephone/BBSes, or simply print everything out.

https://genealogysoftware.net/throwback-thursday/throwback-thursdays-exchanging-data-in-1991/

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Tamura Jones has a couple of more deep dives on GEDCOM files out - one covering the compatibility issues between GEDCOM versions, the other getting into extensions and user-defined tags, and how both helped ultimately give us GEDCOM 5.5.5.

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https://genealogysoftware.net/gedcom/gedcom-version-compatibility-and-extensions/