Forebears

Bring your Family Tree to Life

Free

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 Publish to PDF • A comprehensive index of all the people in a family group, their dates, partnerships, and children. All clearly laid-out and alphabetically sorted, ready to be bound into a book. • The Ancestral Circle can be printed as a digital image or hard copyForebears 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) Classic Family Tree • Two display modes: (1) everyone descended from a chosen person (their gene-pool) (2) The patriarchal line with the same family name • Quick navigation with single-tap anywhere on the tree to refocus the tree and the Wonder Wheel. • Scroll up/down and left/right to move swiftly around the largest Trees. • Toggle the Tree size by tapping arrow buttons (down for full screen, up for half-screen above Wonder Wheel) 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

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    6 Ratings

> A 'US Presidents' seed group is now included to demonstrate app functionality and give US historians something to enjoy. > Sub-Groups (e.g. the US Presidents within their new Group, Kings and Queens within the Royal Family Group) can be rapidly selected. > Layout improvements to Mac Version

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    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    • Seller
      • Opsisoft Limited
    • Size
      • 337.1 MB
    • Category
      • Reference
    • Compatibility
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
      • iPhone
        Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
      • iPad
        Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
      • iPod touch
        Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
      • Mac
        Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
      • Apple Vision
        Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    • Languages
      • English
    • Age Rating
      4+
    • Copyright
      • © 2020 Martin Brooks and Opsisoft Ltd