Family.Show

Family.Show
Developer(s) Developed for Microsoft by Vertigo Software[1][2]
Initial release April 2007 (2007-04)[3]
Stable release
3.0 / 23 February 2009 (2009-02-23)
Preview release
4.0 alpha[4][5] / 13 December 2009 (2009-12-13)
Written in WPF
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Genealogy software
License Microsoft Public License
Website www.vertigo.com/familyshow.aspx,
familyshow.codeplex.com

Family.Show is a free genealogy program, created as a reference sample for Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation.[6][7]

Features

Family.Show includes the following features:[8]

  • Data grid to edit person information.
  • Add photos easily via drag-and-drop and write rich text stories about family members.
  • A family tree diagram which supports panning, zooming and a time slider control to display the tree from a historical perspective.
  • Multiple sequential and concurrent spousal relationships.
  • Family statistics such as last name tag cloud, age distribution historgram and birthday list.
  • Partial support for GEDCOM 5.5, a de facto genealogy format.
  • Change the look of the entire application by choosing a different skin.

Family.Show is intended as a reference sample and not a feature complete genealogy application.[9] Some limitations are:[10]

  • Support of a single birth and death event per person.
  • No support for approximate dates (Abt. 1815, Bet. Jan 1707/08 - Jan 1708/09, Bef. 1931).

File format

Family.Show uses an Open Package Convention file format (*.familyx) to save family data, stories, and photos in one file.[11][12]

See also

References

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