John Cardinal has released Build 7 of Second Site 1.9. This is a maintenance release, with a few fixes, and some new additions. Second Site is a Windows application that gives you control over how data from The Master Genealogist is published in HTML format (whether it’s for the web or for CD or DVD-ROMs that you distribute offline). There was no build 5 or 6 released publicly. This is a free update for existing customers, and is mainly a maintenance release.
Changes
GenealogyJ (GenJ) v2.4.2 has been released, and is a “major release” with new features and improved usability/UI. GenealogyJ is a viewer and editor for genealogic data, suitable for hobbyist, family historian and genealogy researcher. GenJ supports the Gedcom standard, is written in Java and offers many views like family tree, table, timeline, geography and more. It can be downloaded here.
Significant Changes:
– Appropriate surnames generated automatically
– Double Click is a recognized gesture
– GeoView – mapping events geographically
– EditView/Basic Mode improved speed and usability
– gedcom: support for preserving unknown entities on read/write
Version 2.4.2
Over the weekened, Louis Kessler released Behold version 0.98.3 alpha (5 Mar 2006). This is quite a major release for Behold. Behold is a Windows-based genealogy program that is different from all the others, that allows you to easily see, work with, and use all the family tree information you have gathered.
It can be downloaded here.
New:
* Redesign the data structure to include all linking information between events, people and families. This now handles any INDI and FAM custom structures such as WITN (Witness) tags.