[Q] Web-based Genealogy Applications

[Eric]

I was just wondering what existed (and what was actually good) in terms
of web-based genealogy applications.

Basically, I was looking for an application which would allow me and my
family members to easily collobrate in putting together a complete
family tree and figured a web-based application would be a good way to
go.

I did find this:

http://www.tufat.com/script1.htm

Do any others exist?

[Robert Melson]

In article <1gv7klj.1i41249j5tikaN%[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Eric) writes:

I was just wondering what existed (and what was actually good) in terms
of web-based genealogy applications.

Basically, I was looking for an application which would allow me and my
family members to easily collobrate in putting together a complete
family tree and figured a web-based application would be a good way to
go.

I did find this:

http://www.tufat.com/script1.htm

Do any others exist?

YMMV, but I find phpGedView to be just what the doctor ordered. In my case,
I'm running it plus Apache as a locally hosted webserver/application. Others
choose to use hosting services who provide phpGedView support. You can
find more information and a list of sites that use phpGedView at:

http://phpgedview.sourceforge.net

HTH,
Bob Melson


--
Robert G. Melson | Nothing is more terrible than
Rio Grande MicroSolutions | ignorance in action.
El Paso, Texas | Goethe
melsonr(at)earthlink(dot)net

[Eric]

Robert Melson <[email protected]> wrote:

In article <1gv7klj.1i41249j5tikaN%[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Eric) writes:
I was just wondering what existed (and what was actually good) in terms
of web-based genealogy applications.

Basically, I was looking for an application which would allow me and my
family members to easily collobrate in putting together a complete
family tree and figured a web-based application would be a good way to
go.

I did find this:

http://www.tufat.com/script1.htm

Do any others exist?



YMMV, but I find phpGedView to be just what the doctor ordered. In my case,
I'm running it plus Apache as a locally hosted webserver/application. Others
choose to use hosting services who provide phpGedView support. You can
find more information and a list of sites that use phpGedView at:

http://phpgedview.sourceforge.net

Looks like a wonderful application.

Thank you.

[Patrick Texier]

Le Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:52:40 GMT, [email protected] (Eric) a écrit :

I was just wondering what existed (and what was actually good) in terms
of web-based genealogy applications.

Geneweb for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X :

<http://www.geneweb.org>

--
Patrick Texier

[Gjest]

I was looking for an application which would allow me and my
family members to easily collobrate in putting together a complete
family tree and figured a web-based application would be a good way
to
go.

Hi Eric,

I run treefic.com, a commercial site that provides exactly this. If you
have a look at the site you'll find a few demo pages that will give you
a good idea of what we offer. I hope you'll agree that our tree
diagrams are some of the best available from a web-based application.
Although we charge for our service you may find that it works out
cheaper than buying web space in which to run your own phpgedview, for
example.

Best wishes and good luck with your project.

Phil Endecott - Treefic.com

[Eric]

Eric <[email protected]> wrote:

Robert Melson <[email protected]> wrote:

In article <1gv7klj.1i41249j5tikaN%[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Eric) writes:
I was just wondering what existed (and what was actually good) in
terms of web-based genealogy applications.

Basically, I was looking for an application which would allow me and
my family members to easily collobrate in putting together a complete
family tree and figured a web-based application would be a good way to
go.

I did find this:

http://www.tufat.com/script1.htm

Do any others exist?



YMMV, but I find phpGedView to be just what the doctor ordered. In my
case, I'm running it plus Apache as a locally hosted
webserver/application. Others choose to use hosting services who
provide phpGedView support. You can find more information and a list of
sites that use phpGedView at:

http://phpgedview.sourceforge.net

Looks like a wonderful application.

After playing around with phpgedview & the tufat one, here is my brief
review:


tufat offers far easier entry of data, which is important for
collaborative entry of data, especially when some family members are as
well versed in computer/internet usage.


phpgedview offers far more in terms of viewing the family tree
information (more charts, etc.). But I found data entry difficult and
the menu style interface annoying.

[Gjest]

http://cristal.inria.fr/~ddr/GeneWeb/
The program is free because it was developped with french public
funds.
It is gnu-licensed, for windows, mac and unix and was created by
Daniel de Rauglaudre, investigator at INRIA (french National Institute
for Research in Informatics and Automation)
Actually a commercial organization, GeneaNet is working web-based with
GeneWeb
and accepting free accounts. They have a system of two passwords and
it is possible to allow family members to collaborate fully or only in
their branches.
http://www.geneanet.org/geneweb.php3?lang=en
You can work directly on-line or download the programm, work on your
computer and upload directly from the program or through a gedcom file
(usefull if you already have data in a program that can export gedcom
files).
Two notes:
1 - As it is a non-standard program - it is not a database - it is not
very intuitive, but it works well and fast (M. de Rauglaudre have
something like 980.000 names in his file).
2 - As said, GeneaNet is a commercial organisation and nobody knows
for sure if free hosting will last forever.

Best from Portugal
Francisco Tavares de Almeida




[email protected] (Eric) wrote in message news:<1gv7klj.1i41249j5tikaN%[email protected]>...

I was just wondering what existed (and what was actually good) in terms
of web-based genealogy applications.

Basically, I was looking for an application which would allow me and my
family members to easily collobrate in putting together a complete
family tree and figured a web-based application would be a good way to
go.

I did find this:

http://www.tufat.com/script1.htm

Do any others exist?