GedHTree is a program for Windows 95/98/ME/XP/ NT4.0/ 2000 users. The program processes GEDCOM files to generate output pages in HTML format. These HTML files can be uploaded to a personal website to share your family genealogy with others on the Web. The same files can be copied onto CD-ROM disks to share data that way as well.

Rather than trying to describe the appearance of the generated webpages, I will refer you to online examples. To see what this program could do with your data, first take a look at www.gedhtree.com/welkmayn/ghtindex.htm. Pay special attentions to the maps on that site. Next, look at Dick Cleaveland’s site at mywebpages.comcast.net/cleave5/ghtindex.htm. You can also go to www.gedhtree.com/gedhtree.htm#overviewand click on each of the chart icons shown there.

You will notice that GedHTree will generate several different views of pedigree charts as well as descendant charts. It will also generate a surname index. You can use any background image that you wish. The program includes 28 such images, but you can also add your own. GedHTree will also generate either text or graphic index page banners. In addition, the program will create optional photo links to online images of family members. I was especially impressed with the program’s mapping capabilities, such as those shown at www.gedhtree.com/welkmayn/statsmap.htm and at www.gedhtree.com/welkmayn/euromap.htm. When you look at those maps, click on the colored icons to view the details. Best of all, GedHTree has a proper privacy option for suppressing information on living individuals.

GedHTree is available in two versions: one that is free and another that requires registration and payment. The unregistered version is fully functional and generates all index, group, note, source and photo pages. The number of generations displayed in the direct ancestor pedigree tree pages for unregistered users is limited to four generations. The registered version displays up to four separate direct ancestor pedigree trees covering all generations, or all-inclusive family group ancestor trees which include all individuals in the GEDCOM file. Additional features available for registered users are options for family groups in descendant tree format, GEDCOM distribution maps of USA and Europe showing time/density for GEDCOM individuals, name/age statistics, thumbnails of photos on group pages, compact tree and all-inclusive tree pages, and history timelines at the top of each compact or all-inclusive tree.

Most people will want to first download the unregistered version and use that for a while. If they like the program and want to expand its capabilities, the registration fee is $20.00 (U.S. funds). You then receive a registration code by e-mail. Once you enter your registration code, all of GedHTree's enhanced features will immediately be enabled.

For more information about GedHTree or to download the program, go to www.gedhtree.com.

My thanks to Dick Cleaveland for telling me about GedHTree.

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