V 1.12.6

Genealogica Grafica

 27 Apr 2009


Make an ancestor or descendants chart for web publishing. Produce an elegant web-style genealogical text in your own language. Link charts and text and publish it on the web. Superb results and easy to produce from a gedcom file.


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Goal

Genealogica Grafica will be recognized as the norm for the publication of graphical genealogical data on the internet.

Introduction

Genealogica Grafica is the successor of KStableau, of which the last version (V4.1.3) can still be found on the internet. Genealogica Grafica offers the same charting capabilities as KStableau, but with enhancements, such as:
  • a much improved User Interface
  • new charts (timelines, trees)
  • geographic map of birthplaces
  • capabilities for personalized report phrasing
  • superior Gedcom consistency checks
  • inclusion of Gedcom notes and sources
  • editing of tableau
  • translation of the UI to another language
 Version 1.0 is fairly complete and includes the following tableaus:
  • ancestor chart (pedigree) plus outline
  • descendants chart plus outline
  • ancestor tree
  • descendant tree
  • timeline descendants chart
  • geographic map of birthplaces

V1.1 will have in addition:

  • inbreeding charts
  • relationship charts

Testing

What you see of Genealogica Grafica is completely different from KStableau. I can tell you that also the inside of it is vastly different. The chance that this rebuild has resulted in bugs and glitches is always present. From interested users I have received around 70 gedcoms which I use for testing. But nothing is as good as an interested user who checks if the teableaus and texts come out as he/she expects them to come out. Therefore: your contribution to testing is essential, provided that you:
  • report everything  that is not to your liking (and don't try to spare me)
  • describe it such that I can reproduce what you mean
  • include your gedcom and parameter file if it is an error specific to your chart. (Both to be used for testing only. Privacy guaranteed.)

What's new (relative to KStableau) ?

The user interface is completely different, but you'll get used to that soon enough. More important are the functional enhancements:
  • you can specify the depth of a chart (tableau and tree)
  • there is a 'tree' for ancestors (license holders)
  • you can integrate the text into the tableau (pop-ups)
  • you can edit the title and links in a tableau and add new ones
  • full control of colors and background images
  • comprehensive search for persons (name, ID)
  • integrated inspection of the gedcom
  • you can even edit the gedcom
  • enhanced tests on gedcom consistency
  • sort children and marriages
  • choice of presentation of names
  • determine the level of detail in the reports
  • add gedcom note and source records
  • add an index of the names in a report (license holders)
  • specify your own report phrases
  • distinguish between married and living together and more
  • specify how you want dates and places to be shown
  • write the whole user interface in another language
  • print nearby family and tableau
  • suppress persons for privacy (specify rules for it)
  • add a visitor counter to the report
  • link chart to Legacy, GeneWeb or PRO-GEN reports
  • geographic mapping of birthplaces
  • circle diagrams

Version information

1.12 21 Sep 2008Advanced printer settings
1.11 30 May 2008German UI and phrases
Intermarriage tableaus: max nr of nodes under user control
1.10 30 Apr 2008Print gedcom error report
Distinguish BIRT / BAPT on <9months children warnings
1.9 25 Mar 2008Suppress entries in the gedcom errors report so that next time they'll not show.
1.8 20 Jan 2008New tableau: All persons in context (publish your gedcom without revealing it)
Import/export parameters harmonised
1.7.5 21 Dec 2007Gedcom checks: specify min/max gae for mother at childbirth; specify min marriage age.
1.7.4 4 Nov 2007Gedcom checks: report 'doubles' (two persons who are likely the same one)
1.7.2 21 Oct 2007New gedcom check: find persons who are not connected (alone or in groups)
1.7 14 Oct 2007Translation of Profession, Place names and Notes for 'foreign language' reports
Privacy: partners will be shown if suppressed person's name is revealed
Nickname: explicit choice of nickname in Tableau Namestyle
1.6.3 15 July 2007Norwegian output possible
1.6.2 10 July 2007Easy to send your gedcom plus parameters for support
1.6.1 27 June 2007Easier to produce reports in more than one language
Output filenames may be blank
Search string may contain special chars
Application data stored in line with Vista style
1.5 11 May 2007Circle diagram for descandant charts
1.0 19 Aug 2006First release