Geniarts kickstarter - family trees as art

Occasionally I get an email with something just a little different that catches my eye, and today was no different, with a message from Brussels based Geniarts (www.geniarts.com). The firm is seeking to raise €55,000 through a crowdfunder campaign at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geniarts/geniartscom-when-a-family-tree-becomes-art.

Here's the blurb:

For more than 5 years Geniarts has been developing the next generation of family tree templates, by creating a website dedicated to contemporary artists who imagine new family tree templates.

In three simple steps, your family tree becomes the heart of a work of art !

The bottom line is that the company is seeking to create a new series of family tree style templates that can be displayed as art, but to do so it needs to raise the Kickstarter money by Mon, July 3 2017 6:19 PM BST. You can pledge money to purchase one of the designs at a certain size, depending on your budget - if all of the money is raised, you'll get the design you've pledged for, and if not, you won't, and no money will go to the project.

There's also a wee video to go with it:

(This is also available at https://youtu.be/cKl2jp16cm0)

I'm not sure if this is quite my thing, but it may very well be your kind of thing - and I am very much a member of the 'God loves a trier' school of thought!  So do take a look, see if it is up your street, and in the meantime, good luck to the Geniarts team!

Chris

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Famberry search and GEDCOM upload

From Famberry (www.famberry.com):

Famberry launches “Famberry Search” & GEDCOM Upload

London, England (February 27th, 2015) Famberry (www.famberry.com), the private collaborative family tree builder, is please to announce the release of “Famberry Search”, an interactive search facility that uses key indicators from your family tree to give you the most relevant search results and an opportunity to connect with related family. The more you add to your family tree the better the Famberry Search results.

In addition to the standard checks for matches as you grow your family tree on Famberry, the Famberry Search facility will help users who have hit brick walls with certain names and want to check for any other families that have connections to specific names.

As part of the announcement Famberry is also releasing GEDCOM import and export facilities to allow users to transfer family tree information from their private applications to the sharable family tree environment of Famberry.

“Famberry Search is for people who want to connect to more than a name, they want to connect to a whole family tree.”

Sign up for free at www.famberry.com to upload your GEDCOM files and start finding connections to family with Famberry Search.

(With thanks to Steve Bardouille)

Chris

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MyHistory offers new automated chart printing service

Yorkshire based MyHistory is beta testing a new automated chart printing service via a dedicated platform at http://charting.myhistory.co.uk. The system allows you to send a Gedcom file, and it will print out a chart using the FamilyHistorian 6 software. The following is noted on the site:

This is our new website for customers to submit a gedcom file and get a chart design returned within minutes. It is currently in test mode but it does work and you may take advantage of a 20% discount if you place an order using this new automated design service. We would welcome feedback to support@myhistory.co.uk

Further details on the service are available via the website.

(With thanks to MyHistory via Facebook)

Chris

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