Ahnenblatt, a Windows genealogy database program, has received a major update, to Ahnenblatt 4.10, with 8 new features, 10 improved (optimized) features, and over two dozen bug fixes as well. Most of the new and improved features as well as bug fixes, concern genealogists who are using Ahnenblatt to write a genealogy / family history book, including formatting options.
Book formatting has been improved – inserting a cover photo, as well as how profile photos are handled, as well as inserting page breaks between families (which can increase the page count). There is also a new marriage directory that you can include in the book, for married partners, which allows you to find spouses more easily than before.
You can also now download images when exporting (or rather importing) Ancestry.com GEDCOM files, and it asks where the photos should be downloaded..
It requires Windows Vista through Windows 11, and you can download a demo version here (registered users will be able to unlock it with their license):
https://www.ahnenblatt.de/download/
There are also additional graphic packages (backgrounds/frames) at the link above.
The notes below have been translated from the original German through Apple’s translation service, so apologies for any errors. They correspond with Google’s translation as well.
| Changes in Ahnenblatt 4.10 |
| New: Books: own title possible |
| New: Books: own cover photo possible (none/standard/own) |
| New: Books: new option (preparation/pictures) “Do not double profile picture” |
| New: Dialog ” Creating a book”: new tab “Cover sheet” with options for the title, image and creator |
| New: Family book: new option “Page break between families” |
| New: Family book: new directory “Married” |
| New: GEDCOM import: Ancestry-GEDCOMs: now images can also be downloaded |
| New: Option “Name plate by name” with additional selection “Internal person references (@XREF:INDI@)” |
| Improved: Books: Image order within events is preserved |
| Improved: Books: if there is a serious error, the editing is now canceled with an error message (instead of comment-free as before) |
| Improved: Input dialog: Ask whether image should be deleted after copying an image from the main tab “Media” or event “General” |
| Improved: GEDCOM import: NAME. _ALIA xxx becomes NAME xxx / NAME.GIVN xxx / NAME.TYPE aka |
| Improved: Navigator: Ctrl+C now only copies the marked text of the info box (if text is marked) – otherwise everything |
| Improved: “List/Book (Data)” options: for “Creator” header option, a button to call up the file properties dialog |
| Improved: Location management: Input field for filter modified |
| Improved: Local administration: the copying of coordinates has been improved (e.g. “51° 19′ 4.1′′ N, 9° 30′ 23.8′′ O”) |
| Improved: Source management: Input field for filters modified |
| Improved: Internal detection of an “empty” family improved |
| Fixed: Book: Preview: Shift in the vertical scrollbar did not update the page number |
| Fixed: Books: Sorting in the directories corrected (affected were umlauts and hyphens) |
| Fixed: Books: Directory option “surname only” was not preserved |
| Fixed: File/Properties…: under the “Info” tab, the file name was missing (instead of “_Filename”) |
| Fixed: File/Add (.ahn/.ged): not all file properties and creator data have been merged |
| Fixed: Dialog “Create a board”: Button “Data selection” was not immediately adjusted when the language was changed |
| Fixed: Input dialog: Insert image from removable media and cancel gave a focus error |
| Fixed: Input dialog: Button “Open directory of the selected medium” did not work at ‘/’ in the (relative) path |
| Fixed: Input dialog: Marriage with “TYPE” (e.g. from MyFamilyTree) is now saved correctly |
| Fixed: Input dialog: there was an error message when deleting a new empty task |
| Fixed: Family book: Determination of the years for the cover sheet for periods adapted |
| Fixed: Family book: Notes (if at the end) moved behind the pictures – analogous to the wife and fore-and-descendant book |
| Fixed: Family book: Profile pictures were still square despite the option deactivated |
| Fixed: Family book: Source directory: Page break within a source repeated the number at the end of the following page |
| Fixed: Family book: religion was missing in event with religion (baistism, confirmation, confirmation) |
| Fixed: GEDCOM import: faulty GEDCOM file with missing family structure was not corrected correctly |
| Fixed: GOV search for umlauts in the place name was incorrect (URL code of the place name for link) |
| Fixed: Import report: when enlarging the dialogue, the text area was not also enlarged |
| Fixed: Navigator: Message removed when double-clicking |
| Fixed: Local administration: Renaming of places with/to ß led to error messages |
| Fixed: Location management: with new data, the place name is now always stored, even if it has not been changed |
| Fixed: Local administration: when changing a place name (previously with a hyphen, afterwards without) there was an error message |
| Fixed: Local administration: if only coordinates were entered in one place, they were deleted again |
| Fixed: Previous/Afterbook: Options “Header” (date/creator) were not used |