Gigatrees 5.5.0

Tim Forsyth has released another large update to Gigatrees earlier this week, Gigatrees 5.5.0. Gigatrees is a free Windows-based tree website generator that generates HTML-based websites (or local SQLite3 databases) from your genealogy programs’ GEDCOM files.

With Gigatrees 5.5.0, there is a major update in regard to reliability checking and inheritance – Gigatrees can strip claims from your family tree that do not meet a minimum threshold in terms of reliable sources, when you are wanting to make a tree public. This makes your publicly published trees have a higher degree of reliability, and it can cut out confusion for others researching similar ancestors.

To quote the developer:

I’ve used the new feature of #Gigatrees 5.5.0 to remove all derivative (and less reliable) sources and all claims relying on those sources from my public tree. My ancestor list dropped from 3801 persons to 1427.

Gigatrees has extensive support for hundreds of third-party GEDCOM tags, and you can see a list of the more commonly used export applications here: Gigatrees – Supported Exporting Applications

It also has a built-in blogging feature, something most online tree programs don’t.

Gigatrees 5.5.0 – January 11, 2024 – Extensive release notes (full details)
Fixed reliability inheritance in ancestor, descendant and kinships lists. This change may increase the execution time significantly for family trees with many generations. You can disable reliability inheritance (and therefore reduce the execution time) by disabling the <ShowReliabilityAssessments> setting under the <Misc> option.
Added <MinAllowedSourceCategory> to the <Sources> option. This option can be used to strip claims from your family tree that are not supported by reliable sources. In order to use this option effectively, source categories for all sources should be set. When a source is found with a category below this threshold, the source will be excluded from your family tree. When a reference to a source that has a category below this threshold is found, it will also be excluded. When set, any claims without source references equal to or greater than this threshold will also be excluded; this includes parent-child relationship claims.
Fixed sorting of ancestor, descendant and kinships lists when the AGNUS numbering system (default) is used.
Fixed the alternate generation number displayed in kinship lists. It was in some instances being displayed when not needed.
Changed the default setting for <ShowReliabilityAssessments> under the <Misc> option to enabled. I also changed the “unsupported” reliability string in all language plugins to display a space instead of the matching text. In this way when claims are supported, their reliability will be displayed; when they are not supported, a blank will be displayed instead.
Changed the default setting for <ConvertReliabilityAssessments> under the <Misc> option to enabled. This change will cause the source category to be displayed for all claims instead of the reliability/certainty assessment. I also changed the “no source”, “unknown type” and “Not known” source category strings in all language plugins to display a space instead of the matching text. In this way when a source category is present, it is displayed; when it is not present, a blank will be displayed instead.
Enabled the <HideRecordIds> setting under the <Misc> option by default.
Disabled the <ReportValidationWarnings> setting under the <Misc> option by default.
Removed the <SendErrorReports> setting from the <Misc> option. Gigatrees no longer send error reports to the home server.
Changed the default value for <MaxCoordQueries> under the <Locations> option from 500 to 100. This will speed up execution by spending less time looking up coordinates, but takes more executions of the application before all location coordinates are resolved.
Added missing association claims to source pages’ Claims tab
Fixed URL hyperlinks in source reference lists when the URL contained spaces.
Modified how the GEDCOM CAUS tag is displayed.
Stop reporting of non-existant OBJE errors while processing gender.
Fixed photo caption handling.
Stopped showing the file path in profile photo titles.
Changed the default image for non-profile photos.
Modified how source notes are processed and displayed.
Modified how address are processed and displayed.
Strip newlines and breaks from personal names and locations.
Limit location filenames to 150 characters.
Modified how ages are processed and displayed.
Modified how embedded sources are displayed in source reference lists
Added support for embedded source note fields and objects.
Stopped translating GEDCOM event descriptions tags (TYPE).
Support same sex GEDCOM association tags (ASSO).
Added default tag descriptions for the AGNC, TEMP and TYPE GEDCOM 7 tags.
Stopped displaying an empty string when tag descriptions are missing.
Fixed two NULL pointer crashs
Fixed the infinite loop caused when source templates contain no optional components.
Added support for some app specific and missing GEDCOM tags:
@INDI.ASSO@.ROLE
@FAM.SEP – seperation
@INDI.SEX.OBJE@
@INDI._WEBTAG.URL
@SOUR._FIELD.PLAC
@SOUR._FIELD.NAME
@SOUR._FIELD.ADDR
@_PLAC.OBJE
@_RNOT.TEXT – partial support\