Generations on the Internet

Generations allows you to view and edit your genealogy tree within a browser.  You can then publish your genealogy tree (.gno file) directly on the Internet so everyone in the family can benefit from your work.  For privacy, you may have a private site where a password is required to access the genealogy tree.

You can use all the toolbar buttons and short-cut keys to zoom, navigate and edit your genealogy tree.  You can double-click on members and marriages objects to read comments and view pictures.

Setup to view a genealogy tree on the Internet

You must follow the following steps if you want to view or edit a genealogy tree (.gno file) within a web browser.

1. Download Generations. You must have Generations installed on your system to view a genealogy tree in your browser.  To install Generations, simply double-click on geno.exe.
2. Make sure your browser can host an ActiveX control.  If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 (or later), then you are set.  If you are using Netscape Navigator, you may not be able to view your genealogy tree within the browser unless you install an ActiveX plug-in.

View a genealogy tree on the Internet

1. Simply click on a .gno hyperlink.  The browser will download the .gno file and prompt to open or save the file to disk.
2. Select "Open it" and click OK.

Publish a genealogy tree on the Internet

1. Verify if all the pictures are relative to the document or have a fully qualified http:// location.  If you see a picture location starting with "c:\" then you have to fix it.  Use the document properties dialog to view and edit all pictures on the genealogy tree.  You may want to verify the names of the pictures to be identical to the filename on the disk. Some web sites treat two files having the same name of different case as distinct files.
2. Save your genealogy tree under a different file name.  Saving under a different file name usually reduces the size of your document (.gno file) by half.
3. Copy (or FTP) the genealogy tree (.gno file) to an Internet site.  Do not forget to copy the pictures associated with the genealogy tree, otherwise you won't be able to view any picture within the browser.
4. Create a hyperlink to the .gno file.  For example, you can type the following HTML command.
       <a href="MyFamilyTree.gno">MyTamilyTree.gno</a>

Samples Genealogy Documents

Here are some samples of genealogy trees to view within your browser.

• MorinFamily.gno (the Morin family with pictures)
• MorinTree.gno (the genealogy tree of the Morin family)
• Extended Family.gno (sample of an extended family)
• Multiple Marriages.gno (sample of a husband and wife with multiple mates)
• Miscellaneous.gno (sample of a label, twins, triplets, single parent and aliases)

Goto Generations Home Page