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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by

      Does anyone know a good open source (or free, at least) web-based software package for hosting family trees online? I'm looking at a hosted option too, but want to know what the options are. I'm using Ancestry.com right now but it is so expensive and really all I need at this point is the tree, not the research capabilities. I want something that I can use and share with other researchers in my family without needing everyone to pay for something just so that we can share the data that we have.

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      • scottalanmiller
        scottalanmiller last edited by

        http://www.geni.com/

        GENi looks interesting. I've seen a lot of good data in there. It appears to be free and, of course, it is hosted. From what I can tell, it is free and a part of MyHeritage. I can't quite tell how it is monetized and how it differs from MyHeritage itself. They seem to be competitive services, which is odd.

        Does anyone have any experience with either of these?

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        • JaredBusch
          JaredBusch last edited by

          DNA testing charges in there.

          image.jpg

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller last edited by

            Yeah, everyone seems to offer those these days.

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            • JaredBusch
              JaredBusch last edited by JaredBusch

              @scottalanmiller premium service for merging trees anymore search functionality.

              Looks like premium subscription for more than adding yourself?
              http://www.geni.com/corp/
              Geni is solving the problem of genealogy by inviting the world to build the definitive online family tree. Using the basic free service at Geni.com, users add and invite their close relatives to join their family tree. All Geni users can share photos, videos, and documents with their families. Geni’s Pro subscription service allows users to find matching trees and merge those into the single world family tree, which currently contains over 70 million living users and their ancestors. Additional pay services include enhanced research tools and premium support. Geni welcomes casual genealogists and experts who wish to discover new relatives and stay in touch with family. Geni is privately held and based in Los Angeles, California.

              In November 2012, Geni was acquired by MyHeritage Ltd. and is now a MyHeritage company.

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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller last edited by

                I like the "one tree" idea. But I don't want anything that I have to keep paying for just to have it store a tree. It's a very basic database, even if it holds all of human history. No need for a lot of money to be exchanged for that.

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                • JaredBusch
                  JaredBusch last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  I like the "one tree" idea. But I don't want anything that I have to keep paying for just to have it store a tree.

                  Without actually making an account, it looks like that you can only add your immediate family. Then beyond that you invite relative and they add theirs and thus it confirms and adds to your tree.

                  So without the subscription, it seems useless.

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  It's a very basic database, even if it holds all of human history.

                  Especially since you only need one recursive query on one table. This is a basic org database query using a CTE.

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                  • Ambarishrh
                    Ambarishrh last edited by

                    Just saw some WP plugins https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/genealogy

                    May be something useful?

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                    • Ambarishrh
                      Ambarishrh last edited by

                      https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-moo-tree/screenshots/

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                      • gjacobse
                        gjacobse last edited by

                        Unsure about web based - but I know that the Gramps-Project is supposed to be pretty decent.

                        It is suppose to be able to open files from Family Tree Maker also...

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                        • MattSpeller
                          MattSpeller last edited by MattSpeller

                          Interesting related note

                          https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/about/

                          See the route your ancestors took migrating across the globe thousands of years ago

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                          • gjacobse
                            gjacobse last edited by

                            Source Forge search

                            Gramps is showing nearly 3,000 weekly downloads

                            Shows a few other options

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                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller @JaredBusch last edited by

                              @JaredBusch said:

                              Especially since you only need one recursive query on one table. This is a basic org database query using a CTE.

                              Except you need some weird loopbacks and stuff. For those of us from severely inbred families it gets pretty complicated.

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