Forebears Hack 2-5-5 + Redeem Codes
Bring your Family Tree to Life
Developer: Opsisoft Limited
Category: Reference
Price: Free
Version: 2-5-5
ID: co.uk.opsimath.4Bears
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Description
Forebears is a full-function, pocket-sized genealogy app where you, and you alone, own the data. No costly subscriptions. Import a GEDCOM from any of the popular genealogy apps or build your own family tree directly in Forebears. This app has the power to handle huge family history databases (tested on 15,000 members and 5,000 families). There's a unique graphic interface to move around and across the generations by tap gestures. We call it the 'Wonder Wheel' because that's what it is! Best of all, Forebears has been designed as a standalone family history archive that's with you all the time and can be easily updated whilst you're on the go.
--- MAIN FEATURES ---
GEDCOM Import/Export
• Import GEDCOM files of any size to instantly display family trees
• Export GEDCOM files to exchange your family history with other Forebears users and other systems
Forebears Wonder Wheel (attractive interactive graphic to build, navigate and view complex family histories)
• Use the Wonder Wheel to view each 'nuclear family' (parents, siblings, partners, children and step-relationships)
• Use the Wonder Wheel to quickly move around your family tree using simple 'tap' gestures
• Use the Wonder Wheel to easily build your family tree using simple 'tap' gestures
Forebears Ancestral Circle (familiar chart showing previous generations on both paternal and maternal sides)
• View all your ancestors on the Ancestral Circle, refocusing by simple 'tap' gestures
• Tap to redraw the Ancestral Circle with different data displayed (dates, places, etc)
• Display and Print the Ancestral Circle in large formats (iPad version displays more generations)
Analysis tools
• Find the fastest path between distant relatives and 'tap' named people to take a journey along this path
• Search members by name or by position in family
• Identify sub-groups (Kings and Queens, Soldiers, etc)
• Identify logical inconsistencies in GEDCOM imports
• Bulk 'geo-coding' raw textual addresses to display on a map in Forebears
• Display Anniversaries by Month and Day
• Chart showing how many people were born by decade (iPad)
• Chart showing how many life events have date and address (iPad)
• Find most popular boys and girls names
• Find the most frequent family names
• Count how many life events in the group
• Count how many events have dates and locations
• Display all the photos
Secure data
• Safeguard imported databases from change
• Enable updates to imported databases
• Hide display of living people
Build family history from scratch
• Build and/or import any number of family histories and easily switch between them
• Apple-style contact records with standard gestures to build and display the members of your family tree
• Quick entry of dates in all genealogical formats
• Place lookups with grid references
• Record wide range of life events in detail
• Take photos or import from photo library
• Display imported notes
• Add any number of sub-groups to categorise people
Packed with goodies!
• Pre-loaded with the British Royal Family to get you started
• Change the colour scheme and background themes (light and dark mode)
• No need for public database subscriptions
--- MAIN FEATURES ---
GEDCOM Import/Export
• Import GEDCOM files of any size to instantly display family trees
• Export GEDCOM files to exchange your family history with other Forebears users and other systems
Forebears Wonder Wheel (attractive interactive graphic to build, navigate and view complex family histories)
• Use the Wonder Wheel to view each 'nuclear family' (parents, siblings, partners, children and step-relationships)
• Use the Wonder Wheel to quickly move around your family tree using simple 'tap' gestures
• Use the Wonder Wheel to easily build your family tree using simple 'tap' gestures
Forebears Ancestral Circle (familiar chart showing previous generations on both paternal and maternal sides)
• View all your ancestors on the Ancestral Circle, refocusing by simple 'tap' gestures
• Tap to redraw the Ancestral Circle with different data displayed (dates, places, etc)
• Display and Print the Ancestral Circle in large formats (iPad version displays more generations)
Analysis tools
• Find the fastest path between distant relatives and 'tap' named people to take a journey along this path
• Search members by name or by position in family
• Identify sub-groups (Kings and Queens, Soldiers, etc)
• Identify logical inconsistencies in GEDCOM imports
• Bulk 'geo-coding' raw textual addresses to display on a map in Forebears
• Display Anniversaries by Month and Day
• Chart showing how many people were born by decade (iPad)
• Chart showing how many life events have date and address (iPad)
• Find most popular boys and girls names
• Find the most frequent family names
• Count how many life events in the group
• Count how many events have dates and locations
• Display all the photos
Secure data
• Safeguard imported databases from change
• Enable updates to imported databases
• Hide display of living people
Build family history from scratch
• Build and/or import any number of family histories and easily switch between them
• Apple-style contact records with standard gestures to build and display the members of your family tree
• Quick entry of dates in all genealogical formats
• Place lookups with grid references
• Record wide range of life events in detail
• Take photos or import from photo library
• Display imported notes
• Add any number of sub-groups to categorise people
Packed with goodies!
• Pre-loaded with the British Royal Family to get you started
• Change the colour scheme and background themes (light and dark mode)
• No need for public database subscriptions
Version history
2-5-5
2023-03-15
Minor changes to Photo capture when adding individual photos by camera and from photo library
2-5-4
2023-03-09
A few more small enhancements to Image presentation. When the Images tab is tapped, Pinch and Swipe gestures let you switch between multiple images and zoom in and out. Also correcting a bug that prevented adding an Address when adding a new Residence for an individual.
2-5-3
2023-03-08
Various small but useful enhancements to the way images can be attached to individual records, from either Photos or by using the device's camera. We've also fixed a few pesky bugs in this area (thanks Uwe for pointing these out!).
2-5-2
2023-02-24
Updated links to the very latest User Manual. Forebears is becoming an evermore sophisticated App and whilst we think it's intuitive to use "if all else fails, read the manual!"
2-5-1
2023-02-22
Full operation of your device's Camera and full integration with your Photos Library. Photos taken or brought into Forebears are placed securely in a a Forebears Photo Album on your device. Our policy has always been that your family information is your property on your device and that includes the photos. So if you choose to Export your family group, Forebears produces a neat folder of information including a GEDCOM file and cross-referenced photos. This folder can be Imported by other Forebears users.
2-5
2023-02-18
On both iPad and iPhone versions of Forebears, tap the Group Name at the top of the Home Screen and you'll enter a whole new Forebears world!
> With the lock button closed (view mode) five Helicopter Views of the group can be reached.
> Better still, each of these Helicopter Views now has a second Bonus View (tap the centre top button) so you can gain even more insight!
> With the lock-button open (edit mode) tapping the top 'Edit Group Information' button offers you an entirely new way to progress your family history project.
> Forebears is all the time looking at your group to work out where there are gaps. Select any of the 'Missing Information' types to add the information that fills these gaps.
> With the lock button closed (view mode) five Helicopter Views of the group can be reached.
> Better still, each of these Helicopter Views now has a second Bonus View (tap the centre top button) so you can gain even more insight!
> With the lock-button open (edit mode) tapping the top 'Edit Group Information' button offers you an entirely new way to progress your family history project.
> Forebears is all the time looking at your group to work out where there are gaps. Select any of the 'Missing Information' types to add the information that fills these gaps.
2-4
2023-01-20
Some great new features to celebrate the start of 2023!
> IMPORTING GEDCOM FILES: A new screen has been added so you can see the progress through each step of the import process. For huge GEDCOM files this shows you when you might want to get a cup of coffee!
> ADDRESS MAPPING: Imported addresses very often have just a textual address rather than a mapped location. Forebears already helps find the locations but we've made this even more intuitive. At the end of the Import process (after tapping 'Add' on the Groups screen) you're given the option to begin mapping imported addresses. If you prefer to do this later then a new 'Helicopter View' (accessed by tapping the Group Name at the top of the screen) has exactly the same easy-to-use feature.
> IMPORTING GEDCOM FILES: A new screen has been added so you can see the progress through each step of the import process. For huge GEDCOM files this shows you when you might want to get a cup of coffee!
> ADDRESS MAPPING: Imported addresses very often have just a textual address rather than a mapped location. Forebears already helps find the locations but we've made this even more intuitive. At the end of the Import process (after tapping 'Add' on the Groups screen) you're given the option to begin mapping imported addresses. If you prefer to do this later then a new 'Helicopter View' (accessed by tapping the Group Name at the top of the screen) has exactly the same easy-to-use feature.
2-3-2
2022-11-27
> Improved user guidance. Building and editing your family group is now even more intuitive.
> A few more pesky bugs fixed (especially to background layout and to editing within the Wonder Wheel)
> A few more pesky bugs fixed (especially to background layout and to editing within the Wonder Wheel)
2-2-5
2022-11-20
An entirely new interface for iPad users who prefer to work in landscape orientation with an external keyboard and mouse - making Forebears, more than ever, the go-to app for serious family historians. That's the big change but as always we've listened to your feedback and made plenty of tiny changes and fixed some of those pesky bugs!
2-2-4
2022-11-16
Firstly, we're delighted that Forebears can now import GEDCOM files from even more source systems. Thank you Adrian for helping point that one out!
Secondly, our friendly team of Cambridge reviewers suggested a number of small but useful improvements and we're delighted to have included these.
Secondly, our friendly team of Cambridge reviewers suggested a number of small but useful improvements and we're delighted to have included these.
2-2-3
2022-10-10
Fixing a bug that prevented deleting a person from a family group. Also some minor enhancements to the display of dates and places.
2-2-2
2022-09-13
> Onboarding screens improved to give clearer guidance to new users
> Small but significant enhancements (e.g. 'tap' to close popup keyboard)
> The inbuilt Royal Family updated with addresses geo-coded to display on the inbuilt map
> Further improvements to GEDCOM import and export
> Small but significant enhancements (e.g. 'tap' to close popup keyboard)
> The inbuilt Royal Family updated with addresses geo-coded to display on the inbuilt map
> Further improvements to GEDCOM import and export
2-2-1
2022-08-26
> GEDCOM import enhanced to add Reunion to the existing list of compatible sources.
> The Life Story view now includes even more life-events so you can explore your family tree in fine detail
> The Life Story view now includes even more life-events so you can explore your family tree in fine detail
2-2
2022-08-09
Significant enhancement to the Helicopter Views to examine your family groups from even more angles.
> Anniversaries. The Helicopter Views now include 'Anniversaries' with a day-by-day breakdown of births and deaths for each month. iPad version also shows the distribution by day-of-month and month-of-year.
> Mapped Addresses. The Helicopter Views now include within 'Import Log' the facility to map imported addresses in bulk so that they can be displayed on a map within Forebears. GEDCOM files (other than Forebears!) rarely include grid references so this is a powerful feature.
> Various minor (but still annoying) bugs have been fixed
> Anniversaries. The Helicopter Views now include 'Anniversaries' with a day-by-day breakdown of births and deaths for each month. iPad version also shows the distribution by day-of-month and month-of-year.
> Mapped Addresses. The Helicopter Views now include within 'Import Log' the facility to map imported addresses in bulk so that they can be displayed on a map within Forebears. GEDCOM files (other than Forebears!) rarely include grid references so this is a powerful feature.
> Various minor (but still annoying) bugs have been fixed
2-1-1
2022-07-20
> Import Log. This now includes a detailed analysis of addresses with drill down to individual events.
> Mapping Addresses. Imported groups often contain hundreds of addresses in simple text. Well now, Forebears helps you rapidly convert these into grid references and display the location on a map.
> Pruning groups. Often we find people in family groups that don't belong. Well now, a simple 'left-swipe' on the SelectPerson table lets you safely remove them.
> A few bug fixes.
> Mapping Addresses. Imported groups often contain hundreds of addresses in simple text. Well now, Forebears helps you rapidly convert these into grid references and display the location on a map.
> Pruning groups. Often we find people in family groups that don't belong. Well now, a simple 'left-swipe' on the SelectPerson table lets you safely remove them.
> A few bug fixes.
2-1
2022-07-06
Loads of great new features and a few bug fixes!
2-0-4
2022-06-10
Some small but significant improvements to a variety of screens to make this great little App even more user friendly!
2-0-3
2022-06-07
Improved Tab Bar arrangement
2-0-2
2022-06-06
Minor bug fixes
2-0-1
2022-06-05
Minor bug fixes
2-0
2022-06-03
* Entirely new screens. That are more visual, more interactive and more powerful in the way they let you explore your family history.
* Tab-bars and tool-bars. Letting you quickly find your way around the App and explore its great features.
* Guided editing. That make it easy to quickly build and expand your family history or import a family tree from other tools.
* More powerful search facilities. To quickly find anyone in even the largest of family trees
* Tab-bars and tool-bars. Letting you quickly find your way around the App and explore its great features.
* Guided editing. That make it easy to quickly build and expand your family history or import a family tree from other tools.
* More powerful search facilities. To quickly find anyone in even the largest of family trees
1.7.2
2021-12-23
Improved example family group to play with! See how William of Normandy, the King of England in 1066 is related to Queen Elizabeth II today. And then build or import your own family story...
1.7.1
2021-12-13
Minor bug fixes to allow import of more Gedcom text formats and to update the link to the User Guide.
1.7
2021-12-09
The Wonder Wheel display that shows an entire nuclear family all in one attractive design has been further enhanced to give more space for long first names. The App Display Name has been changed from 4Bears to the more familiar genealogical term FOREBEARS. We've done this to leave no doubt in anyone's mind that this is a family history app!
1.6
2021-10-03
New and more efficient Select Person window that can be directly accessed by 'long pressing' the centre of the Wonder Wheel graphic display. After opening the Select Person window you can search for a named individual and display that person's life history, or you can display the path to that individual or you can select from any number of nobility titles.
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