GeneWeb, open source genealogy software
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GeneWeb is a genealogy software with a web interface created by Daniel de Rauglaudre. It can be installed locally on a stand-alone machine and on any web server.
GeneWeb is a free software distributed with a GNU General Public License and supported on Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
Your participation is fully welcome if you want to contribute.
Web Interface
GeneWeb can be used on any web-browser including Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer.
- On a stand-alone machine: GeneWeb can be used on a stand-alone machine.
- On a web server: You can install GeneWeb on a web server to publish and share your genealogy data.
Dynamic Browsing: GeneWeb does not create HTML pages. Pages are dynamic. They are created on the fly, when requested.
Data Privacy
Wizard Access Right allows your family and friend to view and edit all of your genealogy data. The password can be changed at any time.
Friend Access Right allows your family and friend to view your genealogy data but not to edit it. The password can be changed at any time.
You can allow anyone to view the living persons in your family tree or you can allow 'Wizard' and 'Friend' only.
Multilingual Interface
GeneWeb has a multilingual interface currently translated into the following languages: German, English, Danish, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish.
You can edit translations et you can translate the interface into your own language.
Spelling Variations
GeneWeb will find the spelling variations of the name you have entered in the search form, for example:
- Juan Carlos de Borbón
- John Charles Bourbon
You can search a woman by her maiden name and her married name.
Titles of Nobility
You can add a title of nobility and a year range, for example: Henry VII, king of England, 1485-1509. It allows you to search individuals by title of nobility and to display a timeline.
Notes
A free format zone is associated with each individual. One can enter text adorned with HTML and/or WiKi style formatting and images or link to images.
User-Defined Interface
You can change the background color, the background image, the text colour and the default language.
You can create secondary pages to add information about an individual, a family or a place. These pages can be linked to individuals in your family tree.
Family Events
GeneWeb displays the latest and upcoming birthdays, and the last ten deaths. This information can be viewed by 'Wizard' and 'Friend' users.
Family pictures can be added to your family tree pages.
Relationship and Consanguinity Calculator
GeneWeb comes with an efficient relationship and consanguinity calculator developed in collaboration with Didier Rémy, Research Director at INRIA.
The relationship calculator calculates the family relationship between two persons who share one or more common ancestors. It displays the lines from the two persons to the common ancestors and the type of relationship: cousin, once-removed, twice-removed, etc.
The consanguinity rate is 25% for siblings, 6.25% for first cousins, etc. It can help to understand inbreeding in families. For example, the consanguinity rate of the parents of Charles II of Spain was 25.26% because of multiple inbreeding marriages and though they were not siblings.
GeneWeb is one of the few genealogy softwares that can calculate relationship and consanguinity rate.
GEDCOM Import/Export
GeneWeb can import and export genealogy data in GEDCOM file format.
Any GEDCOM data not compatible with GeneWeb is preserved in the "notes" area associated with each person.
Sample Family Tree
A sample family tree that contain more than 6 million unique individuals can be accessed at:
GeneWeb supports unlimited entry of individuals, families and events.
One web service can support any number of genealogy databases.