Please update to Forebears 4.3.1

There’s a small but important maintenance update for Forebears, and I’d like everyone to install it. Please install the latest version (4.3.1) of Forebears from the App Store. This update moves your existing data into the app’s standard storage. It’s a one-time change that keeps everything working correctly. If this update is skipped and you install a later version inContinueContinue reading “Please update to Forebears 4.3.1”

Forebears 4.3: New Y-DNA Trees, Anniversaries, Editing & More

I’m pleased to announce a new release of Forebears that adds powerful ways to explore your paternal line, stay on top of family anniversaries, and edit your tree more intuitively—along with a clearer experience on Mac and an updated User Guide. Y-DNA Tree in Classic Tree The app now lets you view and export a male-only lineage directly from the Classic Tree.ContinueContinue reading “Forebears 4.3: New Y-DNA Trees, Anniversaries, Editing & More”

We’re Back and We’re Busy

October 30th was a milestone date for my family history app, Forebears. That was the day I released Version 3.1.8 with fixes that made quite a few users very happy. Here are a few things that this release achieved: It enhanced the GEDCOM import logic to overcome some rare errors It fixed a critical bugContinueContinue reading “We’re Back and We’re Busy”

Challenging the Little Grey Cells

We’d forgotten to buy sweets for trick-or-treaters this year so my pumpkin had to stay undercover. Which was a shame because I thought the kids might’ve loved it! Pumpkin-carving has not been my only creative outlet these past few months. With Christmas approaching I thought it might be fun to write a Game for theContinueContinue reading “Challenging the Little Grey Cells”