Tag: innovation

The GEDCOM parser of Genealogie Online needed a rewrite. The code base had grown out of proportion, resulting in inefficient code and cumbersome maintenance. A big difference between the start of coding the GEDCOM parser and now is the number of GEDCOM files available: nearly 7 thousand. This gave me the opportunity to do some…

When genealogical data from a record is displayed on a website of an archive, the names are usually (web)links, so you can easily and quickly search for that name. Open Archives shows that a record can be linked to many different sources of information, so the records become enriched. Links to search actions Open Archives…

One can daydream about the ideal genealogical search engine for an archive. After this, you could e-mail your suggestions and wait until the archive (or their software supplier) to see the light and get the budget, you could complain, or just let it rest. Or you just take the challenge yourself. Based on a list…

Genealogical research is about people, family relationships and family history. The purpose of Genealogie Online is to publish this information. Genealogists can – in a simple way – show off the results of their research to others. They also get feedback and insights. For the latter the genealogical information is linked to other data sources….

A timeline is a nice representation of events in time. A timeline can also be a useful tool since it can provide new insights because you can view the data in a different perspective. For genealogists, the timeline can be useful too! For a while now, I had the idea to combine the timeline with…