Good day!
Soon the Great Day - Victory Day, May 9! Congratulations to everyone in advance!
On this day, as a rule, everyone gathers in the bosom of the family, remember their relatives, grandmothers, grandfathers, and honor veterans. All mass media write articles dedicated to those difficult days, show war films.
Actually, and today on my blog there will be an article devoted to something close to this topic: about programs for compiling your pedigree. I think many will agree with me that time does not stand still, and over time you forget about many distant relatives, you do not even know what many are called. Probably, after all, this is not entirely correct, and in this article we will try to correct the "mistake" ...
Addition!
By the way, I cannot but recommend here another article of mine on how to find out where my grandfather fought, what awards he had, what path he went through (perhaps you will learn something new about your relatives): //ocomp.info/ kak-uznat-gde-voeval-moy-ded.html
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Generating a pedigree: the best software
1) Family Tree Builder
Official website: //www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder?lang=RU
Supports Russian, there is a free version of the program.
Kennedy (part of the pedigree). As a preview from the officer. site
A very popular program that allows you to research your family, keep a family history. I could not ignore its unique functions and decided to put it in the first place in this article.
Family Tree Builder allows you to quickly build a family tree, add documents, photos, and various data to it. It is very easy to work with the program, so even a completely novice user can cope with it.
Some features:
- smart analysis technology: by creating your tree, you can find your relatives (or they are you). The program will notify you if any of your great-grandfathers coincide with someone from the other users of the program (in my opinion, a very cool thing!);
- it is possible to print charts and reports drawn up in the program (for example, you can print a pedigree on a beautiful poster and give it to someone);
- the program can search for information about your ancestors (if information about them is found in any archives, it can notify you! I think this technology will only develop);
- synchronization with smartphones;
- availability of maps: you can indicate on the map where your relatives and ancestors lived (live);
- supports Russian language, works in Windows 7, 8, 10 (32/64 bits).
In general, I recommend to meet you!
2) GenoPro
Official website: //www.genopro.com/ru/
Paid and free versions.
Official site preview - Harry Potter family tree
Another very popular and interesting program for compiling your pedigree (the so-called family tree). All information is displayed immediately in a graphical form (an example with Harry Potter is presented above).
If you click on any person: you can immediately add any information - his photo, education, date of birth, etc. This is probably why even some historians use it in their work.
I would like to note the presence of a special "family master", designed to help draw up a pedigree for those who use such software for the first time. Thanks to his help, even a completely novice user will be able to add their relatives in 2-3 mouse clicks.
In addition to the graphical presentation, all information can be viewed in a tabular form. Your compiled "tree" can be sent to the printer and shown to friends and acquaintances. Export to popular Word and PDF formats is also supported.
In general, it is also a very interesting product!
3) tree of life
Official website: //genery.com/ru/
The program is paid, but you can use the free version for an unlimited time (until you type more than 40 persons in the tree).
Pedigree of Pushkin A.S. (preview from the official site)
Russian program. Moreover, I am impressed by the model of the developers: they allow you to use the program for free if you have less than 40 persons in your pedigree. Agree, this is more than enough to get acquainted with the software and make a decision to buy it ?!
The program is very easy to learn: in just a few clicks you can add new persons, indicate their dates of birth, photos, you can even add audio and video recordings!
The elaborate design and presentation of the pedigree attracts the eye (see the example with Pushkin).
By the way, the program is concerned about security and from time to time offers to make backups (agree, if you have hundreds of relatives already in the "tree", then it would be very offensive to lose information).
A couple more interesting points: if you have accumulated a sufficient number of persons, then the program can tell you the average life expectancy of people in your family, the average number of children, etc. Sometimes it is very interesting to watch, read ...
4) GRAMPS
Official website: //gramps-project.org/introduction-WP/
Anderson's pedigree (as an example)
This program is interesting, first of all, a little unusual representation of the tree - it "grows" not vertically, but horizontally (see the screen above). On the other hand, such a model makes it possible to build not only a pedigree, but also, for example, the management structure of a firm or enterprise.
Each person in the tree has its own story, and each person at the same time belongs to the general history of the family. The program makes it possible to record many details about the individual personality of each member (date of birth, his children, relatives, etc.), about how it belongs to each member of this tree.
Thus, gradually introducing your relatives, you yourself will not notice how a very detailed pedigree will be "drawn" (as they say, up to the 7th generation).
5) RootsMagic
Official website: //www.rootsmagic.com/
RootsMagic - main program window
An effective program for compiling a family tree. There are two versions of the program: free and paid.
Even the free version is quite multifunctional: it supports an unlimited number of people, families, notes, photos, allows you to create reports, etc.
The program allows you to create multiple databases, provides support for GEDCOM, Unicode, etc. (i.e. you can enter family members in different languages!).
If necessary, data from your tree can be exported to PDF and RFT formats (for example, to show your relatives and friends).
RootsMagic supports all modern versions of Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 (32/64 bits). Perhaps the only drawback is the English interface (but I have come across a crack on the network, though not official, so I am not listing it here).
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That's all for today.
Once again, all with a holiday, Victory Day!
Additions on the topic - welcome ...
Good luck!
