Genealogy Software Briefs – Sep 30, 2024
There are always a lot of genealogy software updates that happen every month that don’t quite deserve their own mention (major updates/releases receive their own posts), … Read more
Month: September 2024
Sunday Spotlight: Chromebooks and Genealogy
Dick Eastman has been talking about the use of Chromebooks (and cloud-based systems in general) in genealogy research for many years. In fact, if you mentioned … Read more
A Note on Gramps Plugins/Addons
I’ve been working on the 2024 genealogy software comparison and have hit 130 entries, ranging from full database/genealogy data management programs down to web browser extensions … Read more
GEDCOM 7.0.15
I somehow missed this (I rarely look at the GEDCOM changelog), but 3-4 weeks ago, GEDCOM 7 was updated to GEDCOM 7.0.15. The date in the … Read more
Throwback Thursday: Paying People to Enter Data
Once upon a time (well back in the late 1980s/1990s), when computers could easily run to over $4,000 USD and genealogy software was easily $125+ (adjusted … Read more
RootsTech 2025 Registration is Open
RootsTech 2025 registration is now open! If you’re not familiar with it, RootsTech is exactly what it sounds like – a tech-focused genealogy conference, and next … Read more
Agelong Tree 6 – Possibly A Few Months Out
Back in April, Genery Software announced that anybody purchasing a digital license for Agelong Tree 5 after April 24, 2024 would receive the same type of … Read more
Family Historian Plugin: Backup and Restore Family Historian Settings via Windows 1.3
The “Backup and Restore Family Historian Settings via Windows” plugin for Family Historian genealogy software was updated to version 1.3 a few days ago, and it’s … Read more
WikiTree Browser Extension 1.21 Preview Updates
At the beginning of the month, the “stable” version of WikiTree Browser Extension 1.21 was released, but there’s been several “preview” releases since then, including new … Read more