Family Ties (Familienbande)
Family Ties Product Page
Publisher: Stefan Mettenbrink
Type: Genealogy Application
License: Freeware
Last Updated: 16 June 2007
GEDCOM Support: Yes
Languages: German
Forums: Unofficial Forums at MacGenealogy.org
MacOS Requirements: Mac OS X (MacOS 8.x or 9.x maybe possible - this is a CarbonLib application)
Note: Version available for Intel-base Macs - contact the Author
Download: Family Ties at familienbande-genealogie.de
Official Description/Features:
Features:
- Available for both Mac OS X (Carbon) and Windows (there maybe problems with Windows 98)
— Linux version maybe available in the future
- Can be run off of a CDROM or USB Flash Memory Key without installation
- Handles up to 2,000,000,000 data records
- GEDCOM 5.5 import/export
- Uses the Kekulé system of numbers, with a maximum of 31 generations
- Different descendant numbers
- FOKO Export (Research Contact Data/Information - for more information, read the FOKO FAQ)
- You can assign as many documents to a person or family tree as you want.
- Multi-coloured indicators
- Detailed Source Information
- Different Statistics and Family Tree Representations
- Flexible Printing of data with labels
- Extensive family, address, locale, and document administration
- Plausibility Check
- Handles double marriage ceremony (i.e. a couple could have both a civil and church marriage)
- Master owner can be changed
- Extensive search capabilities
- References within pictures to individuals
- Flexible exporting
- Flexible organization and automatic generation of website/HTML export
- Various secondary functions - calendar, date computations, etc.
Version History
* 16 June 2007 Version - Full list of changes
26 February 2007
* Problems with the display of large pictures repaired
* Opening Gedomdateien (?) brings up a reference to the import and offers directly
* Search extended to persons associated with an individual
* Spell checking for remarks, preface, indicator and remarks on source data (only Mac OS X)
* The helper/assistant did not behaved as described in the help.
* Fixed error concerning searching for somebody based on age
* In the encyclopedia there were problems, if one wanted to secure the encyclopedia
* The generational numbering begins now with the master record of zero
* Fixed bug concerning input fields with automatic completion and deletion
* The statistics functions cause of death distribution, and occupation distribution, had a wrong window title
* Extension of the plausibility check
* Problems with the helper/assistant repaired
* Various smaller corrections
5 December 2005
* The search window has a progress bar for context menu actions
* GEDCOM exporting improved.
* “Butlereinstellungen” was not secured correctly. (MG Note: Google doesn’t understand “Butlereinstellungen”).
* Plausability checking errors corrected.
* When changing data of the foster parents, foster children became biological/natural children (”leiblichen” = biological/natural?)
* Problems with the use of first/given name repaired
* Secure/Private data for same-sex marriages was not always loaded for the main owner.
* Locations in the location manager can be exported as a CSV file (tab-delineated text file).
* Addresses in the address manager can be exported as a CSV file.
* Problems with file names created under Windows with Umlauts in the file name corrected.
* Errors with viewing and navigating in the ancestor window repaired.
* While using automatic-completion - if several umlauts or special characters were entered, it caused strange problems when viewed in Windows.
* While using automatic-completion - first names were not being pulled from the list.
* In the family manager, the seperation (divorce?) date is now indicated.
* In the address manager, it’s now possible to enter three fax/phone numbers, internet/web ,and email addresses for each person.
* Bugs in family manager fixed.
* Various other bugs fixed.
