TreeView genealogy software released for PC and Mac

The following press release comes from S&N Genealogy Supplies, concerning its TreeView software package (www.TreeView.co.uk):

Revolutionary new multi-platform Family Tree software for PC and Mac

Market leaders in the family history retail sector S&N Genealogy Supplies have just announced the release of TreeView - a new family history software package designed for Windows and Mac. TreeView is the only software available that supports Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, with access to premium genealogical records and all for just £39.95!

TreeView has been designed by family historians to fill the gap for a powerful, intuitive and feature packed family tree program that is easy to use from the outset. TreeView stores your family tree on your computer with the option to easily sync your tree with TreeView.co.uk and TheGenealogist.co.uk. There is also a free iOS and Android app allowing you to keep your family history at your fingertips! Privacy options for your online tree allows you to retain complete control over your research.

Powerful Features
● Access your data wherever you are by syncing your tree between the software and all of your mobile devices at the click of a button.
● Navigate your family tree using a variety of different views including pedigree, family, ancestors, descendants, hourglass, fan and even a full tree view.
● Create beautiful charts and detailed reports in seconds
● Easily add details of your ancestors by attaching facts, notes, images, addresses, sources and citations.
● View your entire tree on screen, or zoom in to a single ancestor.
● Quickly discover how different people in your family tree are related using the relationship calculator.
● Identify anomalies in your data with the problem finder.
● Map out your ancestors lives - use the map view to track your ancestors’ life events across the world.
● Import or export your family tree using the GEDCOM standard.


TreeView has received praise from both genealogy reviewers and users:

● Chris Paton, professional genealogist, writer and blogger:
○ “One of the most versatile family history software products now available”
○ “Navigating around TreeView is extremely straightforward”

● Nick Peers, genealogy writer and blogger:
○ “It keeps your research file in sync with the web via TheGenealogist hosted tree, as well as your iPad, iPhone or Android device”

Users:
● “I am so impressed with Treeview, I will be using it for my own research, it is so easy and user friendly, and has all the facilities you could wish for.”
● “A comprehensive multi-platform package that keeps your tree backed up online with stunningly versatile charts and reports.”
● “It’s quick to load and speedy in use”
● “I particularly like the mapping facility”

TreeView allows you to create beautiful charts with a variety of ways to present your family tree. Choose from a range of drag and drop charting options and decide which facts to display. Charts include: Ancestors; Descendants; Fan; Circle; Full Tree; Hourglass and Pedigree. The software allows you to personalise your charts by adding photographs and customising the background with an image or a colour of your choice.

You can also create detailed reports in TreeView, including Individual, Family and Narrative reports. These can either be printed or exported as a PDF or RTF file (a cross-platform document that can be opened by most word processors) for further editing.

TreeView is a powerful easy to use family tree program that comes with a host of useful features including charts, reports and maps. You can sync to the cloud and your mobile devices whilst also having the ability to work offline when you have no internet connection. TreeView’s privacy options allow you to keep full control of your data when storing your tree in the cloud, for extra peace of mind.

There are three versions of TreeView available:

● Free Edition - Includes essential features, with no limits on the number of individuals or the amount of data you can add
● Basic Edition (Download only, £24.95) - Adds support for:
○ Charting
○ Reporting
● Premium Edition (CD & DVD, £39.95) - Includes all features of TreeView Basic, plus:
○ 4 Month Diamond Subscription to TheGenealogist.co.uk (Worth £59.95!)
○ Printed Quick Start Guide
○ Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland 1893 (Worth £16.95!)
○ Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography (Worth £16.95!)
○ English, Welsh & Scottish Landowners 1873 (Worth £36.90!)
○ Irish Landowners 1876 (Worth £12.95!)

Go to www.TreeView.co.uk today and find out more.


COMMENT: I'm quoted there in the press release, as I recently wrote a review of the software for the forthcoming 2016 bookazine edition of Discover Your Ancestors, which should be out soon.

The TreeView programme has been available for a while as an online tool via www.TheGenealogist.co.uk, but with the new software edition it allows you to do the one thing that only Family Tree Maker has so far achieved, and that is to permit syncing between a hosted PC/Mac programme, tablet edition and online version of a tree with one click of a button. This is a feature that I wish many other software packages would adopt also, so major kudos to TheGenealogist team for achieving this.

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

TreeView mobile app released by The Genealogist

At Who Do You Think You Are Live I was told of a new TreeView mobile app from TheGenealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk), but did not pick up the press release for this - thanks to David Osborne for sending a copy through.

Take your family history discoveries with you wherever you go.

New FREE family history app now available- ‘TreeView Mobile’ app enters the market, compatible with all iOS and Android Devices.

• Free App designed for use on all Android and iOS devices
• Access your family tree at all times, wherever you are
• Clear and simple interface making it very easy to use
• Multiple tree designs to choose from
• Flexible Privacy option for peace of mind

Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2014 sees the official launch of the new TreeView Mobile app from TheGenealogist. The highly regarded TreeView online family tree builder can now be viewed, updated and taken to family gatherings on a phone and tablet too. Also, you’ll still be able to access your family tree and saved details on your mobile device with the TreeView app, even when you don’t have a connection to the internet!

TreeView is a powerful tool in online family tree building and the app now brings the ability to add, modify and view your family history via any mobile device. Complete with the popular option of a variety of tree styles, you have everything available at your fingertips on the move!

Features include:

• Dynamic and clear layout with a flexible number of tree designs, allowing you a choice of family tree style layouts- from Pedigree, Hourglass, Ancestors or Descendants
• Privacy Options are flexible so users can keep their information just to themselves or share with family and friends
• Adding and amending information is easily done from within the app. It’s also easy to upload photos, add ancestors, alter dates and record other information you come across
• Access and download information easily from TheGenealogist and other family history research sources
• Build your family tree faster by connecting with Facebook

Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist comments: “With more people accessing the internet via mobile devices, we’ve designed an app that makes it possible for family historians to have their family history to hand at all times, in a format that is both easy to use and attractive to view. We’ve listened to our users wishes and tailored an app to their full requirements, to give them the best app experience possible.”

For more details and more information, please visit www.TheGenealogist.co.uk/app.

Chris

My latest genealogy books are Tracing Your Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, and Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet. My next Pharos course is Scottish Research Online, which commences Feb 27th 2014, 5 weeks, price £45.99.

Tree View custom trees facility added

I've had a note from Mark Bayley at S&N Genealogy, the company behind TheGenealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk) to let me know about a new feature on the company's free to access Tree View family tree building programme (www.thegenealogist.co.uk/nameindex/start_tree.php). The new facility allows you to create "custom" trees. Over to Mark:

This relatively new feature lets use "Drag and Drop Charting" to let you completely customize your tree. It's the first time any online tree builder has let you do this. You can find the "custom" option under the list of tree styles in TreeView's menu.

I've just had a play and it looks like it could be an interesting addition. There's a full research guide on how to use TreeView at www.thegenealogist.co.uk/treeview/help/index.php.

Chris

Pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, through Pen and Sword (30 April 2013), or purchase early at Who Do You Think You Are Live 2013 in London. For my other genealogy books, please visit  http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html; whilst for my online Scottish based genealogy courses please visit the Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd site.

Tree View gets new features

With thanks to Mark Bayley of The Genealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk) for the following:

TreeView Gets Radical New Features 
The highly respected TreeView, a favorite of reviewers has today launched unique new features and “views”. TreeView is free to all. You can access it at TheGenealogist.co.uk and TreeView.co.uk

Five Brand New Views

Custom Tree
For the first time ever online, TreeView has made it possible to draw your own custom family tree. The custom family tree option lets you pick between pedigree, hourglass or full tree view, you can pick the number of generations you want and then the fun begins. Drag and drop anyone you wish around the tree, remove people from the tree by simply clicking the X on them. If you make a mistake, no problem, just click “undo”. You can also upload a picture to include as a background to your tree. This quickly and easily gives you a fully custom layout of your family tree. When you’re happy with the result, you can save your design for later or print it out. (You can select a person within custom tree and easily move them around the chart)

Relationship Tree
Using the Relationship Tree you can select any two members from your tree and generate a chart to show the relationship links between those two ancestors. The chart will appear on screen and from here you can choose to a print a copy.

Ancestor Chart
The ancestor chart shows you the direct line ancestors of a selected individual, with the option to display as many generations as you wish.

Descendant Chart 
Alternatively, the descendant chart shows you the direct descendants of an individual.

Hourglass Tree
An alternative design for your tree is an Hourglass Tree. This chart is a combination of ancestor and descendant charts, including both direct ancestors and descendants of a person for as many generations as you wish.


Brand New Features 

Printing Trees
You can now print any tree. When clicking on the Print icon you will be asked to select one of the following print options;

All in One: This option emails you a PDF of the entire tree on one page, enabling you to send the PDF to your local printer, so you can have your family tree printed on one large sheet of paper.
Or 
Several Pages: This option will divide your tree over several A4 sheets of paper allowing you to print from a standard printer at home. The A4 sheets are discreetly numbered and come with a guide, making it easier for you to piece them together once they have printed.

Tree Backgrounds
Now all trees come with the option to customise your background, from a variety of different colours, patterns or even use one of your own images.

Backup/Restore - Routinely save your tree and restore from previous backups or imported GEDCOM files. So now you can tweak your tree without the worry of making a mistake.

Relationship Calculator - You can calculate the relationship between any two ancestors in your tree. Type the name of the two individuals into the calculator and the relationship between them will be shown in the results box. If you are looking at your Full Tree or Pedigree view, click any individual and their relationship to the default person will be displayed in the dialog box.

Friends New Features 
The ability to invite friends and family to view your tree is now free to everyone.

Friends Options - In addition to the access level you can now set a Role for your friends.

Select either ‘Guest’ or ‘Proposer’. A ‘Guest’ can view a limited or an extended view of your family tree. A ‘Proposer’ makes proposals for changes or additions to your tree without changing the data. This provides a safe way for your friends and family to help you fill in the blanks to your tree.

Chris