latest
- 2025-08-12
Fletcher Fantasies: Ancestors
- Claims of royal descent.
- 2025-03-10
MyHeritage Cousin Finder
- Identifying (distant) cousins.
- 2025-02-28
John Robinson Quadricentennial
- Buried in Leiden.
- 2024-12-22
Archoral: Quick First Look
- An incomplete look at an incomplete app.
- 2024-10-06
Heredis 2025 Place Name Support
- Problems & Solution.
- 2024-09-13
GEDCOM Extensions
- How to (not) define GEDCOM extensions.
- 2024-09-12
GEDCOM Versions Compatibility
- Legacy incompatibility.
- 2024-08-29
Record Identifiers in GEDCOM:
RID, SSN, AFN, RFN, REFN, IDNO, RIN & _UID
- Many records for identifiers
- 2009-08-19
GEDCOM RIN
- Most useless LINEAGE-LINKED record.
- 2024-08-08
GEDCOM RIN and RIN
- It's not the same.
- 2024-07-30
Leidens Ontzet: (1)3 Oktober 1574
- Verjaardag verwarring.
- 2024-07-30
Dies Natalis Leidse Universiteit: (1)8 Februari 1575
- Verjaardag verwarring.
- 2024-07-25
Legacy GEDCOM support
- How much is enough?
- 2024-07-24
Detecting GEDCOM 5.5.1 Annotated Edition
- There is no way, but it is very simple.
- 2024-02-01
Aristocracy as Core Genealogy?
- One Word Rebuttal.
- 2023-12-31
Consistency Check: Ancient Living
- The Dead are Living.
- 2023-12-06
Ancestry.com Tree Checker
- Tree Checker included in New Ancestry.com Pro Tools
- 2023-09-19
The Baptism of Philippe de Lannoy: 6th of November or 7th of December?
- Which Date?
- 2023-09-19
The Baptism of Philippe de Lannoy: 1602 or 1603?
- Which Year?
- 2023-09-19
The Baptism of Philippe de Lannoy: Date Disagreement
- Ressarchers diaagree on the baptism date
- 2023-08-14
Silent Surnames
- Surnames hidden in other records.
- 2023-07-31
Fletcher Fantasies
- Mythical Nayflower family.
- 2023-07-12
Double Dutch Mayflower Ancestry
- Dutch families that descend from two Mayflower Pilgrims.
- 2023-07-05
Born after Divorce Plausibility Check
- New consistency & plausibility checks.
- 2023-06-22
Birth and Death of Nicolaas Johannes Veefkind
- Impossible Birth Date.
- 2023-02-22
Gender in Genealogy Software
- Recording gender in today's genealogy software.
- 2023-02-15
Intersex in GEDCOM
- Compatibility details.
- 2022-10-30
Van der Linden and Swanenburg
- Father and son.
- 2022-10-29
Jan Onvlee, died in 1823
- Misleading comment.
- 2022-10-27
J. B. W. Willemsen
- History mystery solved with genealogy.
- 2022-07-27
A Fix for GedStar Pro
- Flipping a magic bit keeps software working.
- 2022-07-09
The Burial of Jenne de Lanno [Jeanne de Lannoy] in 1603 in Leiden?
- Just One Short Line of Text...
- 2022-01-03
Disclosure Day
- Public archive records.
- 2021-09-20
Rijnsburg Records
- Rijnsburg Records contradicted by Rijnsburg Records.
- 2021-09-06
Almost 102 in 1822
- Centenarian born in the 18th century.
- 2021-04-07
Duplicate Checking with FTAnalyzer
- One place research troubles.
- 2021-02-10
Why you should not split your Genealogy Database
- Keep it together.
- 2021-02-04
The Biggest Mayflower Myth
- Plymouth to Plymouth?
- 2020-11-25
Thanksgiving around the World
- Not only in America.
- 2020-07-31
A Simple Commemoration
- The Mayflower Pilgrim Journey started 400 Years ago.
- 2020-05-19
The Meaning of the Name Koet
- The name's game.
- 2020-04-27
Dutch Naming Myths
- Simple Myths, Complex Truth.
- 2020-02-26
Leiden, City of Pilgrims
- Mayflower Descendants in Leiden.
- 2019-12-30
FamilySearch GEDCOM 5.5.1 Fixed
- FamilySearch silently fixes biggest GEDCOM 5.5.1 issue.
- 2019-12-24
Goeie Mie
- Leiden's most infamous citizen.
- 2019-10-15
Simplified GEDCOM Detection
- GEDCOM 5.5.5 leaves complexity behind.
- 2019-10-08
GEDCOM CONC in the HEAD
- HEAD CONC Problem & Solution.
- 2019-10-07
GEDCOM Relationships
- More than marriage.
- 2019-10-05
The Minimal GEDCOM 5.5.5 File
- Simplest GEDCOM 5.5.5 File.
- 2019-10-02
GEDCOM 5.5.5: Just a Revision
- You waited 20 years, and there's nothing new.
- 2019-08-22
Genealogy in the Age of Massive DNA Matching
- DNA demands on genealogy knowledge & research.
- 2019-08-04
GEDCOM Dual-Style Dates
- FamilySearch says Dual-Style Julian Calendar dates are illegal.
- 2019-07-29
Record the Facts
- Do not leave things out, do not make things up.
- 2019-07-14
GEDCOM Tag Length
- A significant issue that hardly matters.
- 2019-07-05
Married, Divorced, Married Again
- One or two FAM records?
- 2019-06-05
Taking a Pilgrim Walk through Leiden
- Pilgrim Walk options aplenty.
- 2019-05-01
Leiden Pilgrims DNA Day 2019
- Succesful DNA Test Event.
- 2019-04-29
Mayflower Pilgrim DNA
- A quick overview of where to not find it.
- 2019-03-29
The Pilgrim Petition
- Leiden Letter; scan, transcription & translation.
- 2019-01-08
GeneAwards 2018
- Best and Worst of 2018.
- 2019-01-08
Genealogy 2018
- Some events and trends.
- 2018-11-27
Robert Fletcher of Concord
- Not of the Mayflower
- 2018-10-30
How many Mayflower Ancestors?
- No one has them all.
- 2018-10-24
The Missing Mayflower Pilgrim
- Dutch Mayflower Descendants.
- 2018-09-10
The Pilgrim Fathers' Conspiracy
- Pilgrim fiction.
- 2018-05-10
GEDCOM 5.5.1 Annotated Edition
- GEDCOM 5.5.1 specification, improved and enhanced.
- 2018-05-06
GEDCOM 5.5.1 Version Detection
- GEDCOM 5.5.x files are not always what they say they are.
- 2018-05-04
ANSEL / Unicode Conversion Algorithms
- How to do it right.
- 2018-04-23
GEDCOM SSN
- Ill-conceived and superfluous.
- 2018-04-08
ANSEL / Unicode Conversion Tables
- Official Conversion Tables
- 2018-04-08
ANSEL Alif & Ayn
- Character mapping.
- 2018-02-27
FTM 2017 GEDCOM
- Improved again.
- 2018-02-25
GEDCOM ALIA
- Deprecated Alias.
- 2018-02-23
Heredis 2018 Impressions
- Quick Look.
- 2018-02-15
GEDCOM System Identifiers
- A matter of identity.
- 2018-01-22
GEDCOM CONC & CONT
- Awful Specification. Unavoidable problems. Simple solution.
- 2017-01-02
How to increase Alexa Rank
- Ridiculously easy how-to & why it works.
- 2018-01-01
GeneAwards 2017
- Best and Worst of 2017.
- 2017-12-31
Genealogy 2017
- Events and trends.
- 2017-12-30
GeneaBlog Awards 2017
- Nothing to see here.
- 2017-12-23
Ancestris 0.9
- Quick First Look.
- 2017-12-07
Ahnenblatt is Large Address Aware
- Microsoft Memory Magic.
- 2017-12-05
Chronoplex My Family Tree 7.4 GEDCOM Import
- Stunningly inefficient.
- 2017-12-03
Centurial 1.0
- Complete vendor lock-in with evidence-based genealogy software.
- 2017-12-02
A Real Database
- A Technical but Important Issue.
- 2017-11-29
Heirloom Origins and the Universal Genealogy Transfer Tool
- Another AncestorSync?
- 2017-08-07
MyHeritage buys Millennia
- MyLegacy.
- 2017-07-24
Phonebook Genealogy
- This modern research technique is outdated.
- 2017-07-19
Family Tree Maker FamilySync versus RootsMagic TreeShare
- Ancestry Sync performance comparison.
- 2017-07-13
Local Names
- What qualifies as a local name? How to identify them?
- 2017-07-13
Leienaars
- Both more and less than a lexicon of Leiden names.
- 2017-06-16
The Marriage of Pieter Colpa & Cornelia Hamers
- Identifying parents by researching the children.
- 2017-04-21
GEDCOM SEX
- A gender-neutral article.
- 2017-02-16
A WikiTree GEDCOM Problem
- A character split in two.
- 2017-02-03
WieWasWie 2
- Even less basic search.
- 2017-01-27
Direct Import versus GEDCOM
- When to use what.
- 2017-01-08
Genealogy Name Basics
- Name do's and don'ts.
- 2017-01-02
Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2014 Update
- What you need to know about the Update.
- 2017-01-01
GeneAwards 2016
- Best and Worst of 2016.
- 2016-12-31
Genealogy 2016
- News & trends.
- 2016-12-30
GeneaBlog Awards 2016
- Genealogy Blog Awards 2016.
- 2016-12-15
Family Tree Maker and TreeSync 2017
- New Sync delayed.
- 2016-11-22
GedSite 1.0
- Quick First Sighting.
- 2016-10-14
Johanna Kwik's Birth Record
- There is no birth record for Johanna Kwik…
- 2016-09-20
Citation Capability
- A Must-Have Feature and its Potential Successor
- 2016-09-15
Deliberately Limited Genealogy Programs
- An Anti-Genealogical Misfeature.
- 2016-09-12
Genealogy Software Limits
- Make sure the Limits aren't limiting.
- 2016-09-07
Genealogy Data Transfer Methods
- Paradoxical Program Selection Advice.
- 2016-09-06
Using more than One Genealogy Program
- Main Program and Master Database.
- 2016-09-04
Why You need a Desktop Application as your Main Genealogy Program
- Many Good Reasons...
- 2016-09-02
Desktop or Web Genealogy Program?
- You can have Both.
- 2016-09-01
Choosing your First Genealogy Program
- Essential Selection Criteria.
- 2016-08-31
What is the Best Genealogy Program?
- The Unequivocal, Definitive and Comprehensive Answer.
- 2016-08-30
Why use a Genealogy Program?
- The Right Tool for the Job.
- 2016-06-22
Genealogy Symbols
- Abbreviations, Characters & Guidelines.
- 2016-06-20
Multiplet Consistency Check
- Yet another consistency & plausibility check.
- 2016-06-20
Multiplet Detection Technique
- Detecting twins, triplets, quadruplets and more…
- 2016-04-28
Family Tree Builder 8 GEDCOM Header
- Mostly valid.
- 2016-04-04
Findmypast API
- Yet another Genealogy API.
- 2016-03-19
Domain familytreemaker.com transferring
- Domain transfer.
- 2016-03-01
Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2014
- New: Family Tree Maker 2014.
- 2016-03-01
Ancestry.com & Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker GEDCOM Header
- The correct version.
- 2016-02-28
Family Tree Builder 8.0 Technology
- Family Tree Builder Classic 7.0 versus New Family Tree Builder 1.0.
- 2016-02-17
TreeView
- Quick First Look.
- 2016-02-09
New Family Tree Maker Future
- Interview with Software MacKiev president Jack Minsky.
- 2016-02-03
Family Tree Builder 8.0
- Quick First Look.
- 2016-02-02
RootsMagic TreeSync
- MagicSync.
- 2016-02-02
New Family Tree Maker disdiscontinued
- Sold to New FTM for Mac developer.
- 2016-01-31
rootsTrust 1.0
- Quick Update.
- 2016-01-30
Blue Yeti
- Solid sound.
- 2016-01-25
Marie de Lannoy & Marie le Mahieu
- Marie de Lannoy is not your ancestor.
- 2016-01-17
How to enter a Same-Sex Marriage in PAF
- Lie, Export, Correct & Import (LECI).
- 2016-01-17
Same-Sex Marriage in GEDCOM
- The Same-Sex GEDCOM Paradox.
- 2016-01-14
Marriage in GEDCOM
- No
MARR
without FAM
.
- 2016-01-08
rootsTrust 0.99
- Second look.
- 2015-12-31
GeneAwards 2015
- Best and Worst of 2015.
- 2015-12-30
Genealogy 2015
- Events & trends.
- 2015-12-27
GeneaBlog Awards 2015
- Genealogy Blog Awards 2015.
- 2015-12-26
RootsOfMine
- Instant Family Tree?
- 2015-12-14
Life After New Family Tree Maker
- Don't Panic.
- 2015-08-31
Pastor John Robinson Memorial Tablet
- Mayflower Descendants.
- 2015-08-30
Strangers and Pilgrims
- Separatists buried in Leiden
- 2015-08-24
Pilgrim Press Plaque
- William Brewster Alley.
- 2015-08-17
John Robinson Memorial Tablet
- More than a stone…
- 2015-08-13
Pilgrim Fathers Monument De Vliet
- Their names mark the spot?
- 2015-08-10
John Robinson Stone
- The First Pilgrim Memorial in Leiden.
- 2015-08-10
Jean Pesynhof Plaque
- Neither clean nor beautiful.
- 2015-03-20
WieWasWie Family Tree Builder
- Retiring soon.
- 2015-03-18
GedFan 0.4.0.0
- Multi-lingual fans.
- 2015-03-01
Famberry GEDCOM
- Worst GEDCOM export ever.
- 2015-01-01
GeneAwards 2014
- Best and Worst of 2014.
- 2014-12-31
Genealogy 2014
- Events & trends.
- 2014-12-28
Ancestry.com 2014
- Discontinuation.
- 2014-12-27
The Master Genealogist 2014: discontinued
- Stuck in the 1990s.
- 2014-12-26
RootsMatching
- WebHints: RootsMagic 7 matching.
- 2014-11-26
RootsTrust 0.9
- Quick First Look.
- 2014-11-16
Asus Fonepad 7
- Replacing the Google Nexus 7 3G.
- 2014-11-06
GEDCOM File Finder
- GEDCOM files, sorted.
- 2014-11-06
RootsMagic GEDCOM Version
- RootsMagic never used GEDCOM 5.5.
- 2014-10-20
GeneaBlog Awards 2014
- Genealogy Blog Awards 2014.
- 2014-09-30
Event GEDCOM Detection
- Backward compatible, but not backward compatible.
- 2014-09-28
GEDCOM Version Detection
- Not as easy as it should be.
- 2014-09-18
Findmypast GEDCOM
- Quick First Look disappoints.
- 2014-09-18
Truncated GEDCOM Version
- Sometimes, GEDCOM 5.5 means GEDCOM 5.5.1
- 2014-09-17
GEDCOM 5.5.1 isn't a Draft
- GEDCOM 5.5.1 never was a draft. Not really.
- 2014-09-14
GEDCOM Magic Values
- How to recognise GEDCOM files.
- 2014-09-08
GEDCOM & the Unicode Byte Order Mark
- To BOM or not to BOM, that's the question.
- 2014-09-05
FamilySearch UNICODE
- FamilySearch's
UNICODE
isn't Unicode, it's Microsoft UNICODE
.
- 2014-09-05
MacBridge for RootsMagic
- CrossMagic.
- 2014-08-26
GEDCOM Character Encodings
- Decoding GEDCOM encodings.
- 2014-08-23
GEDCOM header encoding
All character codes greater than 0x7F must be converted to ANSEL.
- 2014-08-21
Six Golden GEDCOM Guidelines
- High-level guidelines that even your users understand.
- 2014-08-20
FamilySearch removes GEDCOM specifications
- FamilySearch removes own standard from own site.
- 2014-08-17
GEDCOM 1.0
- It's GEDCOM, but not as we know it.
- 2014-08-11
A Custom WordPress Theme
- Hacking a WordPress template.
- 2014-08-09
Installing WordPress on a Subdomain
- Self-hosting WordPress.
- 2014-07-28
Apple Touch Icons
- Lots of boring details about Apple Touch icons.
- 2014-07-04
The GEDCOM DATE Case
- The Art of FamilySearch GEDCOM interpretation.
- 2014-06-03
Family Book Creator
- Plug-in for New Family Tree Maker.
- 2014-04-15
Desktop versus Web Genealogy Software
- One or the other? Mu!
- 2014-04-03
Desktop and Cloud
- Desktop versus Cloud? No, not really.
- 2014-03-20
Some Uncommon Technology Advice
- Tech-savvy.
- 2014-03-12
International Museum for Family History
- Family Museum will open soon.
- 2014-03-04
Genealogy is never done
- I'm done with
Genealogy is never done.
.
- 2014-02-28
RootsMagic for Android 1.0
- RootsMagic for Android lacks the Magic.
- 2014-01-28
GEDCOM Plugin for Notepad++
- GEDCOM Editing++.
- 2014-01-21
WikiTree API
- Yet another genealogy API.
- 2014-01-01
GeneAwards 2013
- Best and Worst of 2013.
- 2013-12-31
Genealogy 2013: events & trends
- Genealogy industry retrospective.
- 2013-12-14
Family Tree Maker for Mac 3
- Family Tree Maker 2014 for Mac
- 2013-11-27
GeneaBlog Awards 2013
- Genealogy Blog Awards 2013
- 2013-11-26
GEDCOM Validator Identifier Handling
- GEDCOM validators tested.
- 2013-11-05
Diderik van Leyden Gael
- Funeral Saviour of Leiden re-enacted.
- 2013-10-29
FamiLinx
- Nameless Geniology.
- 2013-10-04
Vertical Tab in GEDCOM
- FamilySearch PAF exports illegal character
- 2013-09-18
GEDCOM Identifiers: Characters
- Legal and illegal characters.
- 2013-09-17
GEDCOM Identifiers: Pointer Syntax
- Colon and exclamation mark.
- 2013-09-09
GEDCOM Identifiers: CONC and CONT
- GEDCOM syntax error.
- 2013-09-08
Six Things to know about Family Tree Maker 2014
- New Family Tree Maker 6.
- 2013-08-30
Brightsolid Split
- Changes.
- 2013-08-29
GEDCOM Version
- A Version Number isn't Free-Form Text.
- 2013-08-28
Family Tree Maker 2014: New Features
- Ancestry.com's
What's New
list omits biggest new feature?
- 2013-08-11
FNU LNU MNU UNK
- Unknown surname conventions.
- 2013-08-11
The Lnu Family Mystery
- Mysterious census result.
- 2013-08-10
Unk is a Real Name
- Unk is not Unknown.
- 2013-07-31
Open Source GEDCOM Parsers
- Ready-made GEDCOM support
- 2013-07-08
ANSEL Administratively Withdrawn
- Status drop.
- 2013-06-28
FamilySearch officially abandons PAF
- More than a decade late, PAF abandonment becomes official.
- 2013-06-25
Family Tree Maker World Express
- Family Tree Maker for free.
- 2013-06-24
Switching from PAF
- How-To, Problems and Solutions
- 2013-06-23
Personal Ancestral File
- Frequenty Asked Questions & Resources.
- 2013-06-04
GEDCOM X 1.0.0 M1
- FamilySearch Family Tree API.
- 2013-06-03
Evaluating the GEDCOM X Converter
- Random GEDCOM files won't do.
- 2013-05-31
GEDCOM X Converter 0.2: Changes
- The GEDCOM X File Format has changed.
- 2013-05-23
Finding Ancestral Loops
- Fundamental feature is rare.
- 2013-05-18
LDS ANSEL versus LDS ANSEL
- FamilySearch ANSEL is not ANSEL.
- 2013-05-14
GEDCOM 5.5.1 Specification ANSEL Table
- GEDCOM 5.5.1 Appendix C.
- 2013-04-21
GEDCOM Form
- Some GEDCOM are more equal than others.
- 2013-04-21
ZEDCOM
- MyGEDCOM.
- 2013-04-11
GEDCOM _STS
- Common GEDCOM HEADER extension.
- 2013-04-11
GEDCOM Reader Memory Usage
- GEDCOM record counts.
- 2013-03-26
GEDCOM Order of Children
- User preference.
- 2013-03-20
The Most Common Genealogy Mistake
- The consistency check you need most.
- 2013-03-14
Common GEDCOM Identifier Naming Convention
- What genealogists want.
- 2013-03-11
GEDCOM Identifiers: Length
- How long is an identifier?
- 2013-02-22
AKG K514 Mk II
- Lightweight sounds good, looks great.
- 2013-02-10
WieWasWie GEDCOM
- Headless GEDCOM.
- 2013-02-08
The Smallest GEDCOM File
- Minimal GEDCOM.
- 2013-02-05
GEDCOM Lines
- GEDCOM files are text files.
- 2013-01-28
Genlias Servers retired
- Genlias gone.
- 2013-01-21
One Database or Multiple Databases
- Multiple reasons for one database.
- 2013-01-11
Fan Value and the WWW Tag
- Erroneous error is no failure.
- 2013-01-06
PAWriter 102 Format GEDCOM Command
- Pretty-printing.
- 2013-01-02
Genlias
- Dutch civil records index.
- 2013-01-01
GeneAwards 2012
- Best and Worst of 2012.
- 2012-12-31
Genealogy Trends 2012
- Petitioning for early census release while waiting for app to sync celebrity matches.
- 2012-12-30
Genealogy 2012
- Genealogy industry retrospective.
- 2012-12-19
RootsMagic 6
- Biggest improvement is elsewhere.
- 2012-12-18
RootsMagic App for iDevices
- Free companion app.
- 2012-12-17
WieWasWie Update: RealSoonNow
- WhatWhyWhen.
- 2012-12-12
TelGen GedFamilies
- TelGen Families GEDCOM Edition.
- 2012-12-10
Google+ Genealogy Communities
- Google+ Genealogy Community Guidance.
- 2012-11-30
MyHeritage gobbles Geni
- Geni.com not going or gone.
- 2012-11-27
Also Known As
- Switching from PAF to RootsMagic.
- 2012-11-24
FamilyGTG 1.0
- Android genealogy viewer.
- 2012-11-18
Effective Genealogy Checking
- Consistent advice & plausible tips.
- 2012-11-16
Inconsistent Genealogy Free Zone
- No inconsistent genealogy allowed.
- 2012-12-14
GeneaBlog Awards 2012
- The Fifth Genealogy Blog Awards.
- 2012-11-09
Online Genealogy Consistency Checks
- Genealogy sites check your genealogy.
- 2012-11-08
Integrated Consistency Checking
- Multithreading for genealogy.
- 2012-11-07
Consistency Check Reminder
- Genealogy software feature.
- 2012-11-05
The Ancestry Permira Deal
- Private Negotiations.
- 2012-10-30
AncestorSync Connect
- Yet Another Beta: Release Candidate 2.
- 2012-09-23
MyHeritage Matching
- WorldVitalRecordMatching; MyHeritage Matching makes it harder to match MyHeritage.
- 2012-09-19
Rootsy
- Quick look at rudimentary family hub.
- 2012-09-07
Dutch Political Websites 2012
- National Elections 2012; the websites.
- 2012-08-31
GEDCOM X: no industry standard
- FamilySearch abandons GEDCOM X push.
- 2012-08-30
Chronoplex GEDCOM Validator
- Yet another GEDCOM validator.
- 2012-08-21
WikiTree GEDCOM
- Third party fix.
- 2012-08-17
Family Tree Maker 2013
- Good news: no Family Tree Maker 2013.
- 2012-08-15
GEDCOM X: FamilySearch First
- GEDCOM X not vendor neutral.
- 2012-07-24
Why PAF is still popular
- Popular Ancient Freeware.
- 2012-07-23
A Brief History of Personal Ancestral File
- Ten Years On.
- 2012-07-02
WieWasWie Beta
- Who was Who.
- 2012-07-01
FamilySearch Family Tree Public
- FinallySearch Finally Tree.
- 2012-06-28
PeoplePlotr
- Limited, expensive & awkward
family tree
mode.
- 2012-06-15
Multi-volume GEDCOM Files
- Obsolete GEDCOM feature.
- 2012-06-13
ScionPC 8.0
- Quick Look: surname vandalism & application documentation.
- 2012-06-11
KiN2
- Are you kin2 me?
- 2012-06-06
GEDCOM X Converter
- GEDCOM X is Spectacularly Inefficient.
- 2012-06-04
Leiden Missing Links Project
- Leiden links baptisation, marriage and burial records 1580-1811.
- 2012-05-31
GEDCOM ADDR
- Best Practice: A Structured Approach to GEDCOM Addresses.
- 2012-05-24
GEDSpy 0.9
- Quick Look: small fan value & limited GEDCOM support.
- 2012-05-16
How big are the USA Census?
- Census size is constant, but record count is not.
- 2012-05-09
AncestorSync Beta 2012
- New Beta syncs New Family Tree Maker with Geni.
- 2012-05-04
Ancestry.com introduces AncestryDNA
- Ancestry.com goes autosomal.
- 2012-05-03
Chronoplex My Family Tree 2.0
- Quick Look at Major Improvements.
- 2012-04-26
Ancestry.com acquires Archives.com
- Another Ancestry.com Acquisition.
- 2012-04-26
The Double Double Index
- Doubly Censusable.
- 2012-04-13
Sibling Torture Test
- The Men with Thousand Siblings.
- 2012-04-09
Dutch Roots
- English Guide to Dutch Genealogy.
- 2012-03-26
Philips CDM9 Fix
- Replacement gear.
- 2012-03-26
Rotel RDD-980 Problem
- Dead Disc Drive.
- 2012-03-02
GedStar Pro Fan Value
- Import performance problem.
- 2012-03-01
SourceQuest ezGED 1.0 Fan Value
- Planned improvements.
- 2012-03-01
TelGen Families Fan Value
- Legacy limitation.
- 2012-02-27
Detecting GEDCOM 5.5EL
- More GEDCOM magic.
- 2012-02-22
USA 1940 Census
- Facts and resources.
- 2012-02-19
GEDCOM X Origin
- Source reveals roots.
- 2012-02-16
MyHeritage selling Family Tree DNA Tests
- Yet another Family Tree DNA reseller.
- 2012-02-03
Behold 1.0
- Seventeen years in the making
- 2012-02-02
BetterGEDCOM
- Grassroots GEDCOM gang.
- 2012-02-02
OpenGen
- Closed for business.
- 2012-02-02
FamilySearch releases GEDCOM X
- GEDCOM X goes public.
- 2011-02-01
historical-data.org
- Schema.org for genealogy.
- 2012-01-31
What does GEDCOM X mean?
- What's in a name?
- 2012-01-27
Brightsolid introduces censusrecords.com
- Brightsolid enters American market.
- 2012-01-26
Samsung Galaxy S
- Yesteryear's Android smartphone.
- 2012-01-24
Family Graph API SDK for Android and iOS
- MyHeritage API goes mobile.
- 2012-01-21
RootsMagic 5 Fan Value
- Non-default choices.
- 2012-01-21
Legacy Family Tree 7.5 Fan Value
- Access limits.
- 2012-01-21
Family Tree Maker 2012 Fan Value
- Unfixed defect.
- 2012-01-21
Family Tree Maker 16 Fan Value
- Illegal tags.
- 2012-01-15
VGedX
- Command-line GEDCOM validator.
- 2012-01-14
Fractal Genealogy
- Mathematical pedigree.
- 2012-01-11
Paid Android Genealogy Apps
- Mobile genealogy for a price.
- 2012-01-09
The _UID tag
- Common GEDCOM Extension.
- 2012-01-07
Free Android Genealogy Apps
- Mobile genealogy.
- 2012-01-04
Most Popular Articles of 2011
- What you clicked on…
- 2012-01-03
Twins born in Different Years
- New Year happens.
- 2011-12-30
GeneAwards 2011
- The Best and Worst of Genealogy 2011.
- 2011-12-29
Genealogy Trends 2011
- Syncing with a mobile app: there's an API in Public Beta for that. Webinar at 11.
- 2011-12-28
Genealogy 2011
- Genealogy industry & technology developments 2011.
- 2011-12-24
Random Awards 2011
- Random Awards for random things.
- 2011-12-22
Genealogy Beta 2011
- New and improved geneatechnology.
- 2011-12-22
FamilySearch Family Tree API Public
- Private API is public now.
- 2011-12-16
GeneaBlog Awards 2011
- Four Fine Genealogy Blogs.
- 2011-12-12
GEDCOM X
- FamilySearch GEDCOM Alternative.
- 2011-12-07
openSNP
- Open genetic data.
- 2011-11-24
Vrouwekerk Plaque
- Pilgrim Church Plague.
- 2011-11-21
MyHeritage buys FamilyLink
- The
revolution
has been sold.
- 2011-11-03
Many Hands
- Public crowd-sourcing.
- 2011-11-03
Dutch Militia Registers
- Crowd-sourced Dutch records.
- 2011-10-18
Welcome to a Brave New World
- Objects in the crystal ball are closer than they appear.
- 2011-10-13
Dutch Genealogy Application Popularity
- The Dutch prefer Dutch.
- 2011-10-10
Dart
- JavaScript-killer?
- 2011-10-09
Saturday Night Genealogy Size
- Genealogy bloggers: more than average.
- 2011-10-06
Minimal Flash and Silverlight policy files
- Useful emptiness.
- 2011-10-05
Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
- Apple.com.
- 2011-10-05
The SourceTemplates Initiative
- BetterCitation.
- 2011-09-27
Ancestry for Android Beta
- Ancestry goes Android.
- 2011-09-23
Progeny Embroidery Charts
- Family tree fashion.
- 2011-09-20
MyHeritage buys BackupMyTree
- MyBackup.
- 2011-09-19
Apache Maven
- Opinionated software development software.
- 2011-09-09
Family Tree Maker Complete
- New Family Tree Maker bundle lacks Ancestry.com appeal.
- 2011-09-07
Getting Started with the MyHeritage Family Graph API
- Essential undocumented facts & features.
- 2011-09-03
Some Ancestry Content Publisher Considerations
- Give your unique content away?
- 2011-09-03
Ancestry Content Publisher Programme
- Get your digital historical collections onto Ancestry.com.
- 2011-09-01
MyHeritage App Competition
- Seven thousand Euri for YourApp.
- 2011-08-29
What is New in Family Tree Maker 2012?
- New Features.
- 2011-08-23
Geni Stats Down
- Borg Tree assimilation statistics not what they used to be.
- 2011-08-19
Shared Web Trees
- Our Tree.
- 2011-08-18
Ancestry renames Footnote to Fold3
- Footnote folded, Fold3 unfolded.
- 2011-08-15
MyHeritage Family Graph API
- Yet Another Genealogy API.
- 2011-08-13
Geni Changes
- Geni.com just got better - or worse.
- 2011-08-10
Family Tree Maker SearchService
- Undocumented public Ancestry.com web service.
- 2011-08-05
TreeSync Limitations
- Partial Sync.
- 2011-08-04
FTM Sync Beta
- Public TreeSync Beta message board.
- 2011-08-01
Family Tree Maker 2012 Public Beta
- Dropbox Ancestry.
- 2011-07-31
GED-inline
- A Brand New GEDCOM Validator.
- 2011-07-26
GenDetective Reports
- Out of memory.
- 2011-07-24
Plussing People
- Puzzling plussing.
- 2011-07-19
How to sort Google+ Circles
- Jumping through hoops.
- 2011-07-19
How to copy a Google+ circle
- Not quite drag & drop.
- 2011-07-19
Twenty+ Google Chrome Extensions for Google+
- Improving Google+.
- 2011-07-17
A Small Web Genealogy Experiment
- Reconstructive geneathology.
- 2011-07-15
GEDCOM SOUR and DEST
- What the standard should have told you.
- 2011-07-13
Number of People on Google+
- Exponential growth.
- 2011-07-10
Google+
- Double-Plus Good.
- 2011-07-06
Five Freaky Features Your Genealogy Software should not have
- A handful of misfeatures.
- 2011-07-02
Genealogy without Proof is Mythology
- Attributing an aphorism on sources.
- 2011-06-27
Genealogy Citation Standard
- There is none?
- 2011-06-26
Using Geneathologies
- Cite as source, not as evidence.
- 2011-06-14
Genealogy is More Than Archival Research
- Dusting off genealogy.
- 2011-06-12
IPv6 Now
- IPv6 enabled.
- 2011-06-10
Getting Started with GenDetective
- Ten-Step Welcome Wizard.
- 2011-06-09
GenDetective Introduction
- Genealogy research assistant.
- 2011-06-07
World IPv6 Day
- Preparing for the IPocalypse.
- 2011-06-04
Some GEDCOM Fan Values
- Genealogy software limits.
- 2011-05-30
AncestorSync Ultimate
- AncestorSync for Everything.
- 2011-05-29
AncestorSync Beta
- How to sign up, what to expect.
- 2011-05-27
How AncestorSync Works
- Hot Sync technology.
- 2011-05-25
AncestorSync versus GenBridge
- Somewhat similar, quite different.
- 2011-05-24
Valid Input, Valid Output
- GIGO's complement.
- 2011-05-22
Family Tree Builder 5.1 adds Direct Import
- MyImport not interested in legacy applications.
- 2011-05-17
Ancestry Web Search
- Site search plus.
- 2011-05-16
The Fan Value
- Genealogy Software Capability Measurement.
- 2011-05-14
GedFan
- Synthetic ancestral fans.
- 2011-05-13
TMG 8 Public Beta
- Time-warp back to the previous millennium.
- 2011-05-11
AncestorSync: Sign of the Times
- Oh why, oh why? Sign o' the Times.
- 2011-05-10
GEDCOM Validation
- GedChk? VGED about it.
- 2011-05-08
Genealogy Software Performance Testing
- Failure isn't an option. Failure is a fact of life.
- 2011-05-03
DVDMediaSoft Genealogy Research Software
- copy & paste product eBay profits.
- 2011-04-28
Sherwood Branches Testimonials
- Fabricated testimonials for real products.
- 2011-04-20
Genealogy Application Icons 2011
- Small Issue: Large Icons.
- 2011-04-17
Hotlink Hustle
- Leech Freeze.
- 2011-04-11
Site Stats & Facts
- This site is a hit.
- 2011-04-08
GEDCOM Tags
- Documenting GEDCOM.
- 2011-04-07
Twelve Ordinary Must-Have Genealogy Software Features
- Not-so common features.
- 2011-04-06
geneadware
- genealogical adware: perfectly normal?
- 2011-04-01
Secret Ancestry Marketing Technique revealed
- Strategic Celebrity Association Method.
- 2011-03-29
Do not cite Mythology
- Cite selectively.
- 2011-03-26
Genealogy without Documentation is Mythology
- Citing geneathology is crediting mythology.
- 2011-03-22
The Last Redirection
- Cleaning up after yourself.
- 2011-03-21
“Start with what you know.”
- Supposedly good advice.
- 2011-03-19
Illegitimacy does not cause NPEs
- Legitimate brats to blame.
- 2011-03-17
Moving the Site
- Check and double-check.
- 2011-03-15
Agelong Tree 4.0
- The name is honest.
- 2011-03-13
Vital Evidence
- Vital info outside vital records.
- 2011-03-11
Frame Forwarding Problems
- Standards-based but flawed.
- 2011-03-10
Installing Legacy Charting Deluxe on Vista 64-bits
- Legacy Family Tree does not work, so you cannot register Legacy Charting?
- 2011-03-09
Why Frame Forwarding
- Adventures in Frame Forwarding, or How not to host a Website.
- 2011-03-06
Where is my 64-bit Windows Genealogy Software?
- Software vendors stuck in Second Millenium?
- 2011-02-28
Birth Event
- Traditional misconception.
- 2011-02-14
FamilySearch SORD
- Yet another genealogy standard?
- 2011-02-10
My Family Tree Revealed
- Coffee Mug Genealogy.
- 2011-02-07
A Group of Genealogists
- Collective noun.
- 2011-01-29
Dear Tim
- Let's talk about Ancestry.com.
- 2011-01-25
Expert Disconnect
- Your Ancestry.com
Expert
label has been revoked.
- 2011-01-25
Ancestry.com Expert Connect Alternatives
- The services you abandoned before Ancestry abandoned you.
- 2011-01-24
Leiden Pilgrim Year 2020 Celebrations uncertain
- Pilgrim Year 2020 is a political issue.
- 2011-01-18
Genealogie Online
- Dutch Genealogy Empire.
- 2011-01-14
Discontinued Genealogy Software
- No more upgrades.
- 2011-01-07
GEDCOM 5.6
- New: a decade-old standard.
- 2011-01-06
GenoPro 2011
- Genogram diagramming tool.
- 2011-01-03
Behold FTW TEXT
- Lone developer embarrasses billion-dollar corporation.
- 2010-12-31
GeneAwards 2010
- The Best and Worst of Genealogy 2010.
- 2010-12-31
Branches 1.0
- Insert fake testimonial here.
- 2010-12-29
Genealogy 2010
- Retrospective.
- 2010-12-28
MagiKey Family Tree
- Ten year old application is crash-happy.
- 2010-12-28
Random Awards 2010
- Random Awards for random accomplishments.
- 2010-12-23
Family Tree Maker 2011 GEDCOM Torture Test Results
- Doubly fails all three tests.
- 2010-12-21
Mundia, The Game
- Score your genealogy badge.
- 2010-12-18
Ancestory
the world’s first fully interactive multi-media family tree builder
- 2010-12-17
Ancestral Quest Basics
- Free PAF replacement.
- 2010-12-15
Genealogy APIs
- Programmatic access to genealogy data.
- 2010-12-15
The Geni Model
- Undocumented Geni.com; navigating nodes & edges.
- 2010-12-15
The Geni API
- Roll your own Geni app.
- 2010-12-12
Direct Import
- To import directly or not, that's the question.
- 2010-12-07
GeneaBlog Awards 2010
- Technical, community and opinionated.
- 2010-12-06
StamboomNederland: conclusion
- Poor webapp is no e-depot.
- 2010-12-04
Geves 2.0 Beta
- Cannot read GEDCOM, cannot write GEDCOM.
- 2010-12-03
Most Popular Genealogy Application
- Vendor claims. Amazon.com bestselling.
- 2010-12-01
Family Tree Maker Performance: It is Your Fault
- Our software is excellent.
- 2010-11-30
Family Tree Builder 5.0
- Ill-mannered application disrecommended.
- 2010-11-24
Geniology
I am Geni of Borg. Prepare to be assimilated.
- 2010-11-24
Geni.com Guest Post
- You're article is so great that we won't publish it.
- 2010-11-22
Family Tree Maker on Vista 64-bit
- Showstopping three-year old 32-bit design defect.
- 2010-11-20
Family Tree Maker Service Packs
- Basic info & direct download links.
- 2010-11-11
Symbian^3
- Open Source Phone.
- 2010-11-11
RockMelt Beta
- Convoluted installation failure.
- 2010-11-05
GEDCOM Alternatives
- Spoiled for choice.
- 2010-11-04
Family Tree Maker for Mac is back
- Last year's Windows product on Macintosh today.
- 2010-11-03
Gaia Family Tree Features
- Glamour model refuses GEDCOM duty.
- 2010-11-02
Gaia Family Tree Installation
- You are already registered. Please register again.
- 2010-10-27
StamboomNederland Paid Features
- Paying for GEDCOM, collaboration, media & reports.
- 2010-10-20
What is Genealogy II
- Ontological ruminations.
- 2010-10-19
Family in Scientific Genealogy
- No definition needed.
- 2010-10-18
StamboomNederland Search
- No options.
- 2010-10-17
Family in Traditional Genealogy Software
- Major family tree software lacks sense of family.
- 2010-10-13
New Site Regional Archive Leiden
- Online access to scans.
- 2010-10-12
The Core of Genealogy
- Traditional Issue.
- 2010-10-10
StamboomNederland GEDCOM Quality
- The Mystery of the Disappearing Sources.
- 2010-10-05
Some Family Tree Maker for Mac Details
- Ready to convert?
- 2010-10-04
A Hurried Introduction to Scientific Genealogy
- Quick Start.
- 2010-10-03
StamboomNederland GEDCOM Export
- Raw deal.
- 2010-10-01
The New We're Related
- More advertising.
- 2010-09-30
FamilyLink MyFamily: going, going, gone?
- Stick Figures stuck in limbo.
- 2010-09-29
Twitter Redesign
- #NewTwitter
- 2010-09-26
StamboomNederland GEDCOM Import
- Import issues.
- 2010-09-23
Ancestry.com Buying Spree
- Spending the IPO money.
- 2010-09-20
ZoneAlarm Scare
- ZoneAlarm joins the dark side.
- 2010-09-16
Internet Explorer 9 Beta
- Microsoft Web Browser 1.0.
- 2010-09-14
BackupMyTree
- Repeat performance.
- 2010-09-12
StamboomNederland Consistency Checks
- None at all.
- 2010-09-11
Getting Started with StamboomNederland: Online Editing
- Hurried & slow.
- 2010-09-09
Getting Started with StamboomNederland: Projects
- Public project? Public email.
- 2009-09-08
StamboomNederland & Verborgen Verleden
- Where Do You Think URL?
- 2010-09-08
Verborgen Verleden
- Who Do You Think You Are? goes Dutch.
- 2010-09-07
StamboomNederland: First Impressions
- Family Tree Netherlands.
- 2010-09-07
Vital Events
- Vital clarity.
- 2009-09-06
“Vital Records” in Traditional Genealogy
- Oddly inconsistent definitions.
- 2010-09-03
Copyfine
- Unfair use?
- 2010-08-31
Book: Which Genealogy Program?
- An eye for detail?
- 2010-08-29
Researching Biological Genealogy
- Biological discoveries are no loss, but a gain.
- 2010-08-26
webtrees
- Old is new again.
- 2010-08-24
A Gentle Introduction to GEDCOM
- Basic facts and real-world issues.
- 2010-08-23
Traditional Genealogy Software
- Traditional aint good enough. We need a new generation.
- 2010-08-20
Applying the Classical Genealogy Framework
- How some issues fit in the framework.
- 2010-08-20
Simplistic Genealogy
- Traditional genealogy within the framework.
- 2010-08-18
A Framework for Classical Genealogy
- Biological, official, legal.
- 2010-08-15
Two Genealogical Dogmas
- Official records aren't biology.
- 2010-08-13
Adoption in Genealogy
- More than two parents.
- 2010-08-11
Adapted Ahnenlist
- Reporting all parents.
- 2010-08-09
What is genealogy?
- Rooting around for a definition.
- 2010-07-23
The Cost of Genealogy Software
- Desktop genealogy software is cheap, very cheap.
- 2010-07-22
MyHeritage Backup
- If you don’t pay extra, we won’t backup your data?
- 2010-07-13
The Future of Genealogy
- Genealogy is doomed, long live genealogy.
- 2010-07-10
FamilyLink Desktop 1.0
- FamilyLink PhotoRobber.
- 2010-07-07
Genealogical Principle: Facts
- Respect the facts you have.
- 2010-06-30
Direct Descendant
- Straight English.
- 2010-06-27
Ancestry contradicts Ancestry
- She said! No, he said! Did! Did not!
- 2010-06-24
The Dracula Connection
- You are related to Dracula!
- 2010-06-17
Logitech LX8 Cordless Laser Mouse
- Best Logitech mouse yet.
- 2010-06-17
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
- Typetastic minimalism.
- 2010-06-14
Family Forest National Treasure Edition
- Hollywood genealogy starring Nicolas Cage.
- 2010-06-02
Dutch Given Names Database
- Half a million Dutch given names.
- 2010-06-02
MyBadges
- How to insult 425 + 1 genealogy bloggers at once.
- 2010-05-31
Installing TNG on Windows
- TNG on web server on Windows.
- 2010-05-31
WampServer
- WAMP bundle.
- 2010-05-31
WAMP
- Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP.
- 2010-05-26
Dutch Political Web Sites 2010
- National elections 2010: the web sites.
- 2010-05-21
Progeny Family Explorer
- Nice charts from dated genealogy viewer.
- 2010-05-19
Fan Chart Plus
- Fat Chart.
- 2010-05-11
Extended Fan Chart
- Uncharted ancestral space.
- 2010-05-07
Smart Short Linking
- Not really short links.
- 2010-05-07
Embedding Tweets
- TwitterMedia Blackbird Pie shows how not to.
- 2010-05-05
Tweet Style
- Including tweets.
- 2010-05-03
WebTree no more
- FamilyLink abandons family tree revolution.
- 2010-04-29
Stolpersteine
- Stumbling stones.
- 2010-04-26
Ahnen Chaos
- Confusiahn.
- 2010-04-25
Ahnen Numbering
- Ancestor numbering.
- 2010-04-24
Ahnenlist
- Ancestor list.
- 2010-04-23
Ahnentafel
- Ancestor table.
- 2010-04-09
Ancestry.com Shoebox
- Ancestry.com adds handy feature.
- 2010-04-06
FamilyLink Plus
- Plus adds non-existent features - for a fee.
- 2010-03-04
Faces of America
- Series overview with links to full episodes, lesson plans and profiles.
- 2010-03-01
MyStatistics
- Mysterious Jump in Tiny Average.
- 2010-03-24
Family ChArtist
- ChArtistry for the rest of us?
- 2010-02-14
MyHeritage Security
- Development document leaked.
- 2010-02-10
MyZooof
- Gone.
- 2010-02-09
It’s Our Tree
- My Heritage?
- 2010-02-08
DynasTree Free Tree Promise
- Acquired Promise conflicts with business model.
- 2010-02-05
MyHeritage growing through Acquisitions
- Acquire, acquire, acquire.
- 2010-02-01
Apple iPad: iPhone XL
- Steve Jobs introduces a product page.
- 2010-01-22
Some GEDCOM Torture Test Results
- CONCatenation failure.
- 2010-01-10
Three Torture Tests
- Extreme GEDCOM.
- 2010-01-08
Twitter Genealogy
- Twitter for genealogists.
- 2009-12-30
GeneAwards 2009
- Best and Worst of Genealogy 2009.
- 2009-12-30
Genealogy 2009
- The Year in Genealogy.
- 2009-12-28
Random Awards 2009
- Random rambling, ranting & raving.
- 2009-12-27
RootsMagic 4
- Rebuild recommended.
- 2009-12-22
MyHeritage Family Tree Builder 4.0
- Fundamentally flawed.
- 2009-12-18
MyHeritage Family Tree Builder 4.0 installation
- Ill-behaved.
- 2009-12-12
Mundia First Look
- Ancestry.com goes social on FaceBook.
- 2009-12-04
Dutch Family Names Bank
- Dutch name distribution.
- 2009-12-01
Behold 0.99.2 Beta GEDCOM
- Behold goes Unicode.
- 2009-11-30
GeneaBlog Awards 2009
- More outstanding genealogy blogs.
- 2009-11-27
MyBlood 1.0
- Better than Family Tree Maker?
- 2009-10-23
Daub Ages! 1.53
- Seriously good features with serious weaknesses.
- 2009-11-20
RootsMagic Essentials
- Essentially RootsMagic for free.
- 2009-11-20
Chromium OS
- Chrome OS source available now.
- 2009-11-18
Place Name Standardisation Basics
- No abbreviations or adornments.
- 2009-11-04
FamilySearch Community Trees
- The Mystery of the
Living
dead.
- 2009-10-31
Twitter Lists
- What and how, what not and how not.
- 2009-10-22
Linking Waves
- Show some wave id.
- 2009-10-21
GenSoftReviews Ranking 2009
- Users rank the best and worst.
- 2009-10-10
Citing Waves
- Citing Waves is easier.
- 2009-10-10
Gadget Genealogy
- Creating genealogy waves.
- 2009-10-10
The Wavy Way
- Doing things the Google Wave way.
- 2009-10-09
Google Wave Preview Tips and Tricks
- Must-know stuff.
- 2009-10-06
Tweeting from Google Wave
- Twaving.
- 2009-10-05
A Visual Getting Started Guide for Google Wave
- Lots of Google Wave webshots.
- 2009-10-01
Forcing Chrome Frame
- Choice Framing.
- 2009-09-30
Detecting Chrome Frame
- Detecting the absence of Chrome Frame by not detecting it.
- 2009-09-29
Supporting Chrome Frame
- Tag, you're it.
- 2009-09-28
Chrome Frame Basics
- Google Chrome inside Internet Explorer.
- 2009-09-25
Intranet Explorer isn’t a web browser
- Web Renaissance.
- 2009-09-16
Embla Family Treasures 8
- Treasure trouble.
- 2009-09-11
Embla Family Treasures 8 GEDCOM
- Embarrassing.
- 2009-08-25
A Guide to Genlias
- Need to-know facts, tips & tricks.
- 2009-08-23
New York Nieuw-Amsterdam
- Dutch origins of Manhattan.
- 2009-08-17
WorldVitalRecords
- Cheap site.
- 2009-08-16
Google Wave Searching
- Finding waves worth surfing.
- 2009-08-13
Google Wave settings
- Phony Photo Protocol.
- 2009-08-12
Google Wave First Impressions
- Waving Hello.
- 2009-08-11
GenSeek on Facebook
- GenSeek shows it new face.
- 2009-08-09
RootsMagic PAF Import
- data divorce.
- 2009-08-07
RootsMagic Alternate Names
- Sorting out the sort problem.
- 2009-08-07
Splitting Names
- Picking up the pieces.
- 2009-08-05
Google Wave Jargon
- beach banter.
- 2009-08-03
Google Wave Basic Tech Facts
- Quick dive through the technologies below the surface.
- 2009-08-03
Google Wave Preview
- Quick non-technical introduction.
- 2009-07-29
WorldHistory FaceBook Games
- History Quiz: Remember when they introduced History Warrior?
- 2009-07-29
WorldHistory
- copy & paste history in the mix
- 2009-07-22
Automatic At Sign on Twitter Profile Links
- Pure CSS solution for twitter convention.
- 2009-07-21
FamilyLink My Family
- Sticky Figures.
- 2009-07-15
FamilyLink abandoning FamilyLink
- FamilyLink facts, opinion and speculation.
- 2009-07-12
MyHeritage lowering Limit again
- Downsizing.
- 2009-07-09
GenealogyWise
- Another ning.com for genealogists.
- 2009-07-08
Chrome OS
- Just announced, yet mostly already here.
- 2009-07-07
Synthetic Genealogy
- A grave idea that does not rub you.
- 2009-07-06
Making a Photosynth
- Tips and tricks from practice.
- 2009-07-06
Photosynth Primer
- What it is and how to view it.
- 2009-07-04
The Most Important Genealogy Software Feature
- What you really Must Have.
- 2009-07-01
A New Face
- Design Changes.
- 2009-06-29
Average Size Month
- A Sizeable Overview.
- 2009-06-28
FTW TEXT Articles
- Quick overview of FTW TEXT articles.
- 2009-06-26
Ancestry.com and FTW TEXT
- Why Ancestry.com should make FTM 16 free.
- 2009-06-24
Ancestry using Silverlight
- Microsoft case study not positive about Flash genealogy.
- 2009-06-23
GEDCOM Usage Conventions
- Writing about GEDCOM.
- 2009-06-22
Documenting FTW TEXT
- FTW TEXT documentation do's and don'ts.
- 2009-06-18
Genealogy Database Average, Median and Mode
- Does it mean anything?
- 2009-06-17
Average GenCircles Size
- Zero Bias?
- 2009-06-16
MLM Genealogy
- Vampire marketing.
- 2009-06-15
Best Norton Utility
- The best Symantec software is free.
- 2009-06-13
Average Genealogy Hosting Size
- Average is decreasing?
- 2009-06-13
Average WebTree Size
- An Averaged Year.
- 2009-06-12
Average GEDCOM Upload Size
- Biased results.
- 2009-06-11
Limited Genealogy
- Limits have limiting effects.
- 2009-06-10
Desktop Size versus Upload Size
- It's not the same thing.
- 2009-06-09
Figuring out Average Genealogy Size
- Calculating average size is a mean problem.
- 2009-06-09
MyHeritage wins Award?
- MyHeritage PADding itself on back.
- 2009-06-07
Social GEDCOM Formula
- An average formula for sizeable social genealogy success.
- 2009-06-05
Social Genealogy Success
- Some ideas for improving social genealogy metrics.
- 2009-06-05
Social Genealogy Metrics
- Measuring social genealogy success.
- 2009-06-04
Average Size is a Statistic
- The average size is less than 10 and more than 4.000.000.
- 2009-06-03
How Geni beats We’re Related
- How come Geni is three times as good?
- 2009-05-31
Average Number of Nth Generation Descendants
- As easy as throwing coins into jars.
- 2009-05-30
My Large is Smaller than Yours
- With some vendors,
large
means small, tiny or minuscule.
- 2009-05-28
Medium Size Genealogy
- A rough calculation of a medium size ancestry database.
- 2009-05-24
Dutch Political Web Sites 2009
- European elections 2009: the Dutch political web sites
- 2009-05-22
Tweeple Directories
- Twitter directories for the people.
- 2009-05-20
Dealing with FTW TEXT
- What to do about FTW TEXT: ignore, support or inform?
- 2009-05-18
GenealogyCloud
- Cumulus Genealogicus.
- 2009-05-14
FaceBook Genealogy
- Genealogy applications on FaceBook.
- 2009-05-13
Supporting FTW TEXT
- FTW TEXT in addition to GEDCOM or FGTEWDTCEOXMT instead?
- 2009-05-10
GEDCOM & FTW Magic
- How to recognise GEDCOM (and FTW TEXT).
- 2009-05-10
0 HEAD Value
- The Value of the first GEDCOM line.
- 2009-05-07
The FTW TEXT Problem
- The problem that FTW TEXT causes.
- 2009-05-06
FTW TEXT
- No such thing as
abbreviated tags
in GEDCOM.
- 2009-05-05
Windows 7 Release Candidate
- Vista successor is XP compatible.
- 2009-05-05
Free FTP
- Brief look at FileZilla, GoFTP, Core FTP and FireFTP.
- 2009-05-04
The Importance of Being Consistent
- Consistency checks are a fundamental feature of genealogy software.
- 2009-05-03
New FamilyLink Site integrates with FaceBook
- We're Related on the web.
- 2009-05-01
Pilgrims welcomed in Leiden again
- Four hundredth Anniversary of the Arrival of the Pilgrims in Leiden.
- 2009-05-01
New Pilgrim Archives Web Site
- Pilgrim museum director unveils Pilgrim Archives web site at invitation of Pilgrim museum curator.
- 2009-04-29
RootsMagic 4 Consistency Checks
- Consistent results.
- 2009-04-24
Same Name Children Consistency Check
- The Same Name Children problem and its solution.
- 2009-04-22
Genealogy Date Basics
- Calendar support and date arithmetic are fundamental.
- 2009-04-21
GEDCOM date phrases
- When a date field isn't a date field.
- 2009-04-10
Dutch Manhattan Coin
- Miniscule 3D map of Manhattan for 5 Euro.
- 2009-04-09
RootsMagic 4 Web Pages
- Hardly changed?
- 2009-04-07
Night Watch identities revealed
- Forensic genealogy solves centuries old riddle.
- 2009-04-04
Hashtags
- Name, origin, usage, placement, twittiquete, retweeting & directories
- 2009-04-02
Barack Obama and I: We’re related!
- Everyone is related to Obama.
- 2009-03-26
Twitteristics
- Twitter statistics, ranking and grading.
- 2009-03-25
RootsMagic 4 GEDCOM
- Need 4 speed?
- 2009-03-21
TweepMe Effect
- Open Letter to the TweepMe Tribe.
- 2009-03-20
TweepMe
- Such a tweet deal.
- 2009-03-18
MyFamily GenSeek Logo
- A logo branch of a different company tree.
- 2009-03-16
Two Passwords Twitter Tip
- Simple and Safer than just handing over your password.
- 2009-03-13
Catching a ReTweet Thief?
- ReTweet research techniques.
- 2009-03-09
Twitter is for microblogging
- Why your link spam bot does not cut it.
- 2009-03-04
FTW GEDCOM
- Family Tree Maker Classic GEDCOM problems and solutions.
- 2009-03-03
How to be a Twit and twannoy Tweeple
- Twannoying twadvice.
- 2009-02-28
Compaq Presario SR5215
- My Vista PC.
- 2009-01-23
Return To Maker
- National action against junk mail.
- 2009-02-21
GENDEX Sites
- GENDEX lives.
- 2009-02-12
Geni.com Grumblings
- Geni.com disconnects distant cousins.
- 2009-02-05
Family Tree Maker 2009 Service Pack 1 Available
- Install registers problem.
- 2009-02-04
Vista Genealogy Icons
- Who's got the look?
- 2009-02-02
GenSeek
- Seek and ye shall find 2.0.
- 2009-02-01
FamilyLink Site
- Two new FamilyLink.com sites.
- 2009-01-26
Follow Me On Twitter
- Fitting a follow link into minimalist web design.
- 2009-01-22
Twitter Integration
- Possibilities, considerations and choices.
- 2009-01-19
Bookmark This
- Digg this, reddit this!, Furl it, Add to Mixx, Save to del.icio.us, Stumble it, Buzz up!, AddThis, ShareIt
- 2009-01-17
My Family Health Portrait
- Sick program may get healthy competition.
- 2009-01-13
1911 Census is Live
- Hatches battened to weather heavy visitor storm.
- 2009-01-08
First Look at RootsMagic 4 Preview
- Promising more features.
- 2009-01-06
Behold release disappoints
- Same old code.
- 2009-01-03
RootsMagic 4 Preview
- RootsMagic 4 revealed.
- 2009-01-02
MyHeritage hijacking homepages
- MyHeritage switches search engine of Family Tree Builder users.
- 2009-01-01
Zune Revival
- All is Quiet on New Year's Day.
- 2008-12-27
Wine Genealogy
- Wine ratings for genealogy software.
- 2008-12-22
GeneAwards 2008
- Best and worst of genealogy 2008.
- 2008-12-20
GeneaBlog Awards
- Some outstanding genealogy blogs.
- 2008-12-18
Random Awards 2008
- Random awards for random accomplishments.
- 2008-12-15
Family Tree Maker 2009
- FTM 2008 Take Two.
- 2008-12-14
Blackbird Browser Beta
- Black Adware.
- 2008-12-13
Google Chrome 1.0
- Google Chrome version 1.0 lacks version 1.0 quality.
- 2008-12-12
Family Tree Maker 2009 Technology
- Dated components.
- 2008-12-10
GenSoftReviews overall rating
- Highest rated by the users.
- 2008-12-08
Social Genealogy Sites
- List of sites from the Social Genealogy article separated into a resource.
- 2008-12-06
MyBlood 1.0 Alpha 1
- Brand new program’s pre-release does not impress.
- 2008-12-01
Makeover 2008
- Not just looks.
- 2008-11-27
LunaScape 5
- One browser, two locales, three engines.
- 2008-11-22
Family Historian 3.1.2
- Vendor claims 100 % GEDCOM compatibility, but cannot handle GEDCOM files.
- 2008-11-11
The Family Tree Maker
Book Building Promise
- Free FTM 2009 upgrade for all FTM 2008 customers?
- 2008-11-08
LongFamilyHistory 2.0
- Version 2.0 is an improvement.
- 2008-11-02
Songbird 1.0
- Replacing iTunes with an open media browser.
- 2008-11-01
Google reads images
- Revealing graphic text.
- 2008-10-30
Microsoft Azure
- Windows in the cloud.
- 2008-10-31
Time Invention of the Year 2008
- DNA tests at your local discount store.
- 2008-10-31 Windows 7 PDC Build
- Changes are coming.
- 2008-10-29
Microsoft and Google support OpenID?
- Half-truths about one sided implementations.
- 2008-10-15
Flock 2.0
- Browsing 2.0.
- 2008-10-15
It’s Our Tree Home Edition 1.0
- Anorexic application lacks the muscle to move.
- 2008-10-14
Windows 6.1 is now Windows 7
- Seven is the new eleven.
- 2008-10-06 Mono
2.0
- Open Source .NET 2.0.
- 2008-09-28
FamilyTreeFactory 6
- Charting program is GEDCOM converter.
- 2008-09-26 SRWare Iron
- Private Chrome.
- 2008-09-25
GenSoftReviews
- Consumer genealogy reviews.
- 2008-09-20
We’re Related users to be spammed?
- Paul Allen planning promotional mailings…
- 2008-09-19
The Family Tree Maker 2009 Free Upgrade Debacle
- How to seriously annoy your customers.
- 2008-09-19
FamilyLink is FamilyHistoryLink Now
- Web site changes domain name without warning.
- 2008-09-16
Get Google Chrome Features
in Firefox
- Chrome make-over for Firefox..
- 2008-09-15
Google Chrome Tips & Tricks
- Various Google Chrome tips and tricks.
- 2008-09-14
World Wide Web Foundation
- World Wide Web What?
- 2008-09-13
Footnote is not Facebook
Facebook for the Dead
?
- 2008-09-13 GazoPa
- Similar search engines delivers dissimilar results.
- 2008-09-09
Google Chrome Impact
- The impact of Google Chrome.
- 2008-09-08
Google Chrome Technology
- The technology of Google Chrome.
- 2008-09-05
Google Chrome First Look
- A first look at Google Chrome.
- 2008-09-02
GeneAward Design
- GeneAwards goes graphical.
- 2008-08-27
Apple iPhone add misleading
- Apple is wrong, but the ASA ain't right.
- 2008-08-27
Laws of Reality Distortion
- These Laws are insanely great.
- 2008-08-23
Expression Web 2.0
- Microsoft expresses dislike for standards.
- 2008-08-22
Confucius Cup 2008
- The torture test for the titans of genealogy software.
- 2008-08-18
Visual Search Engines
- They’ve got the look? The state of the visual web search art.
- 2008-08-17
Genea Tech Tip: Register FTM 2008
- Register to receive FTM 2009.
- 2008-08-17
Genealogical Record: Most Married
- A merry married record.
- 2008-08-16
Confucius Cascade
- A practical approach to testing slow genealogy software.
- 2008-08-11
The Confucius Challenge
- Only the best software need to try.
- 2008-08-10
Marking Permalinks
- How to mark permalinks.
- 2008-08-10
Permalink Best Practice
- Guidelines for permalinks.
- 2008-08-09
Social Bookmarking Overload
- Bookmark ribbons considered harmful
- 2008-08-09
Two Huge GEDCOM Files
- A different species.
- 2008-08-06
Genealogy Software is slow
- Our family trees keep growing, software is not keeping up.
- 2008-08-04
TribalJunction
- Fish Tank Boarding School Genealogy.
- 2008-08-02
Relatives 1.0
- Graphical performance.
- 2008-08-02
knol is a turnip
- Knol isn’t a lemon.
- 2008-07-14
Facebook versus privacy
- Facebook wants your privacy, but is not secure.
- 2008-07-28
Cuil
- How cool is Cuil?
- 2008-07-18
MobileMe
- New: a bad implementation of a bad idea.
- 2008-07-18
Family History Hosting
- John Cardinal has a second site.
- 2008-07-16
Genealogical Record: Largest Documented Family Tree
- Ten thousand ancestors and descendants documented.
- 2008-07-10
Modern Genealogy Beta
- Beta sign-up for new genealogy software.
- 2008-07-08
More about Legacy Charting
- Zooming in for a closer look.
- 2008-07-05
AncestralSpace
- Genealogical community without genealogical features.
- 2008-07-04
Free defragmentation tools for Windows
- Quick overview of defrag tools for Windows.
- 2008-07-01
Microsoft documents more Office File Formats
- Office documentation, version 1.0.
- 2008-07-01
Family Tree Maker 2009 Beta Test
- Ancestry.com calls for FTM 2009 Beta Testers.
- 2008-06-28
Map My Ancestors 1.0
- A new program for showing your data in Google Earth.
- 2008-06-27
Family Tree Pilot 1.0
- New tree drawing program.
- 2008-06-26
FamilyLink introduces WebTree
- FamilyLink promises amazing charts, confuses records with ancestors.
- 2008-06-26
Legacy 7
- Unresolved issues.
- 2008-06-20
Ancestry.com sues Millennia for trademark infringement
- Picks on leaf from another tree. Comparison shows Ancestry.com design to be unoriginal.
- 2008-05-29
Genealogical Record: Most Children
- A few twins, triplets and quadruplets add up to a large family.
- 2008-05-28
Genealogical Record: Longest Name
- More than 256 characters, much more...
- 2008-05-25
GEDCOM Import Speed GedStar Basic 5.2, GedStar Pro 3.2 & GedWise 6.2
- Additional measurements for the GEDCOM Import Speed overview.
- 2008-05-24
GEDCOM Import Speed Legacy Charting & GENViewer 1.15
- Additional measurements for the GEDCOM Import Speed overview.
- 2008-05-23
Heredis 10
- French genealogy program Heredis version 10 for Windows.
- 2008-05-22
GEDCOM Import Speed PAF 5, Legacy 6 & RootsMagic 3.2.5
- Additional measurements for the GEDCOM Import Speed overview.
- 2008-05-19
Some Thoughts on GRAMPS for Windows
- GRAMPS project claims to run on Windows yet disowns GRAMPS for Windows; how to move forward?
- 2008-05-13
Geni adds GEDCOM
- Geni.com GEDCOM support; issues and performance.
- 2008-05-12
Genea 1.4.1 GEDCOM performance
- A look at GEDCOM import speed now that Genea version 1.4.1 imports and exports GEDCOM files.
- 2008-05-08
Windows XP Service Pack 3 disables Internet Explorer 7 uninstall
- What XP SP3 does to IE7, and what Microsoft should do.
- 2008-05-07
Family Tree Maker 2008 Service Pack 3
- FTM2008 SP3 and GEDCOM import speed..
- 2008-05-06
Opera Dragonfly Beta
- Opera releases web developer tools.
- 2008-05-06
GEDCOM Import Speed
- Collected GEDCOM import measurements.
- 2008-05-06
The Family Tree Maker 2008 Service Pack 3 Beta Experience
- Family Tree Maker 2008: Beta Software.
- 2008-05-04
Hereditree 2008
- New Australian genealogy program.
- 2008-04-04
Aldfaer 4.0
- Fourth major release of popular Dutch genealogy program.
- 2008-03-26
Adobe PhotoSteal Express
- Adobe PhotoShop Express a license to steal?
- 2008-03-26
Apple Safari 3.1 Critical Vulnerabilities
- Apple Safari 3.1 not secure.
- 2008-03-26
Apple Safari Illegal
- Apple license forbids using Safari.
- 2008-03-19
New Family Tree Maker versions
- Overview of FTM versions, with dates, remarks and installation notes.
- 2008-03-18
Apple pushing Safari 3.1
- Apple using Apple Software Update to push Safari.
- 2008-03-15
A Short Look at LongFamilyHistory
- A first look at a new genealogy program.
- 2008-03-12
Free Genetic Genealogy Book
- Free introductory book about Genetic Genealogy.
- 2008-03-04
Millennia introduces Legacy Charting
- A first look at Millennia’s entry into genealogy charting software.
- 2008-02-28
Genea 1.2
- Genea 1.2 adds GEDCOM import, making it ripe for review.
- 2008-02-19
Mozilla starts Mozilla Messaging
- The Mozilla Foundation creates Mozilla Messaging subsidiary.
- 2008-02-17
Genealogical Record: Largest Family Tree
- Confucius say: so many descendants.
- 2008-02-15
Microsoft releases Office file formats
- Microsoft posts some Office binary file formats under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise.
- 2008-02-15
Office File Formats
- Pointers to both official and third-party information about documented and undocumented Office file formats.
- 2008-01-24
Minister of Justice an Illegal Alien?
- Dutch minister is not who he says he is?
- 2008-01-22
W3C releases first public working draft for HTML 5
- Unified draft offers new features.
- 2008-01-19
Microsoft strong-arming start-ups to push Messenger?
- Fortune Magazine's Josh Quittner on Microsoft business practices.
- 2008-01-17
Microsoft to release binary office document formats
- Microsoft will release binary Office document formats before next OOXML meeting.
- 2008-01-15
New W3C recommendation: SPARQL
- The W3C has promoted SPARQL, the query language for the Semantic Web, to an official recommendation.
- 2008-01-15
The Master Genealogist Version 7
- Review of Wholly Genes’ TMG version 7.
- 2008-01-15
Palm releases Palm Desktop for Vista
- Palm has released the long awaited Palm Desktop for Windows.
- 2008-01-11
Ancestry.com inviting Family Tree Maker 2008 Patch Testers
- Ancestry.com FTM blog invites FTM 2008 users to become patch testers.
- 2008-01-05
Palm no longer providing JVM
- Palm JVM download no longer available.
- 2008-01-03
Social Genealogy
- 2007 Trend: Social Genealogy..
- 2007-12-24 WinGeno 1.0
- Genogram editor.
- 2007-12-20 GeneAwards 2007
- Best and worst of genealogy 2007.
- 2007-12-18
Random Awards 2007
- Random awards for random accomplishments.
- 2007-12-12 WinFamily 7
- Announced back in 2004, WinFamily 7 is here.
- 2007-11-27
MyHeritage Family Tree Builder 2.0
- Free download includes Smart Matching, or does it?
- 2007-08-27
Internet Biographical Collection
- Ancestry.com appropriating ancestries
- 2007-08-14
Family Tree Maker 2008 released
- FTM2008 out of beta and now selling as successor to FTM16.
- 2007-07-10
Early look at Family Tree Maker 2008 Beta
- Family Tree Maker 2008 Open Beta, first impressions.
- 2007-06-27
First try of Geves
- First look at a new genealogy application that the author bills as the Ultimate Genealogy Software.
- 2007-06-15
Apple Safari Speed claims debunked
- Apple Safari speed claims rely on benchmark fudging.
- 2007-05-15
Windows FormatMessage Limitations
- Documented limitations, documentation errors, issues, and a much needed va_list sample.
- 2007-05-30
Ancestral Quest 12
- Ancestral Quest still disappoints PAF user.
- 2007-03-19
The Effect of FoxPro’s Death on Genealogy
- Forced changes.
- 2007-03-16
Some Thoughts on Development Platform Migration
- Thoughts on managing a major software development issue. No jargon, just practical advice.
- 2007-01-25
Expression Web 1.0
- Unreliable.
- 2006-12-21
Best and Worst of Genealogy 2006
- A few awards.
- 2006-12-20
GenoPro 2007
- Review of GenoPro 2.0, now known as GenoPro 2007.
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