Ancestris v13 December 17 – January 2, 2024 Updates

Ancestris 13 is the “development” version of Ancestris, a free open-source Java-based genealogy program based around the GEDCOM file as its database (as opposed to say SQLite/MySQL). Their release schedule differs from other genealogy programs – they release small updates as they are tested and approved for Ancestris v13. There are releases every few days or so (with breaks in the schedule here and there – there appears to be a break in development now).

The latest few weeks of updates are mainly focused on “Reports”, including the addition of a “Circular Descendant Report”.

Note: Just because it’s the “development” version doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use it or try it – that doesn’t mean it’s “beta”, it just means that version 13 is the currently developed version and the only version receiving new features, while Ancestris v12 is in a “maintenance” mode (no new features.

There are three editors built into Ancestris – Cygnus, for individual entries and events, the GEDCOM editor, and Aries, for information in general. Most will probably find themselves using the Aries editor.

Ancestris 13 is currently building upon Ancestris 12 (which is still receiving updates but no new features). You can download Ancestris 12 or Ancestris 13 here, along with installation instructions:

Ancestris.org

Ancestris 13 – Development Highlights – December 17, 2024 – January 2, 2025
Circular Descendant Report
— New addition
— Adjust text placement
— Size and centering adjustment
— Add geographical color scheme and legend
Translation Updates
— Catalan translation update (Jordi)
— Danish translation update (Bernth)
— German translation update (Klaus)
— Portuguese translation update (Pedro)
Under the Hood
— Fix wife definition when drag and drop new family entity in a new file.
Aries Editor
— Fix update of source citation
Register records
— Various improvements
— Several improvements
Reports
— Recode “List of Individuals”
— Change options storage. (CAUTION : You may need to redefine the options for each report.)
— Report name improvements
— Narrative reports correct author display
— Fix report order in the list, remove obsolete ones
— List of Families : rebuild from scratch