The purpose of the application is to create, modify, save and display a family tree.
Create a new family using the menu command New Family. Export the current family first because the new (empty) family overwrites the currently displayed family.
Import an existing family using the menu command Import Family. The imported family overwites the currently displayed family. Please read further details on Import.
Click the '+' sign to add a new person to the family.
Click the 'pencil' sign to edit the currently selected person.
| Amelia | Gender: female 'F', ♀ |
| John | Gender: male 'M', ♂ |
| Alex | Gender: unspecified 'X', ○ |
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Adopted person |
| ▸ | Child |
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Pair: married '1', ⚭ |
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Pair: separated '2', ⚮ |
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Pair: unspecified '0', ⚯ |
Save (export) your family regularly to an external file using the command Export Family. Export to the folder Downloads and use always the proprietary xml-format. Use the ged- and csv-formats only when exporting to other applications.
You can load (import) a family file from the Downloads folder using the command Import Family. Save always your family before you import another family because the new family will completely overwrite the current family.
The free version displays advertising and restricts the functionality:
Example:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<Family Name='Family name' Version='2.0' Updated='2019-04-17'>
<Person ID='1'>
<FirstName>Robert</FirstName>
<SurName>Taylor</SurName>
<NickName>Bob</NickName>
<Gender>M</Gender>
<!-- Gender: M (male) or F (female) or X (other) -->
<ParentsID>0</ParentsID>
<!-- Entries with ID=0 can be omitted -->
<AdoptiveParentsID>0</AdoptiveParentsID>
<BirthDate>1938-09-14</BirthDate>
<BirthPlace>London</BirthPlace>
<DeathDate>2018-12-30</DeathDate>
<DeathPlace>New York</DeathPlace>
<Address>123 Unknown Street
P.O. Box 7
London
W1J 0D3
United Kingdom</Address>
<!-- Address, Occupation and Note can span several lines -->
<Occupation>Programmer</Occupation>
<Note>Hobby: hiking</Note>
</Person>
<Person ID='2'>
<FirstName>Mary</FirstName>
<SurName>Taylor</SurName>
<BirthName>Brown</BirthName>
<!-- BirthName: maiden name / name at birth -->
<Gender>F</Gender>
</Person>
<Person ID='3'>
<FirstName>John</FirstName>
<SurName>Taylor</SurName>
<Gender>X</Gender>
<ParentsID>1</ParentsID>
</Person>
<Person ID='4'>
<FirstName>Peter</FirstName>
<SurName>Taylor</SurName>
<BirthName>Jones</BirthName>
<Gender>M</Gender>
<AdoptiveParentsID>1</AdoptiveParentsID>
</Person>
<Pair ID='1'>
<FemaleID>2</FemaleID>
<!-- FemaleID: ID of partner 1 - can have other gender -->
<MaleID>1</MaleID>
<!-- MaleID: ID of partner 2 - could have other gender -->
<Status>1</Status>
<!-- Status: 1 (married) or 2 (separated) or 3 (other) -->
<Note>marriage on 1969-08-11</Note>
</Pair>
</Family>
Only basic GEDCOM tags are supported. Example:
0 HEAD
1 SOUR ch.nosco.famtree
2 NAME