Genealogica Grafica

Genealogica Grafica is a detailed genealogical tree generator that requires GED source files. The application generates highly customizable HTML files.

The tool can be useful to anyone passionate about genealogical data and especially their graphical representations. The application can be especially handy to users that want to add such sections on their websites. Teachers could also benefit from this tool, as the resulting HTMLs can be used in presentations, for educational purposes.

Genealogica Grafica comes with a very intuitive interface. There are three main working frames: “Nearby family” “Construct and edit the tree” and “Produce and view HTML”, all of which correspond to specific steps necessary to build the final file. All the core program functions are accessible by browsing the menus and some quick-links are available from the context menu.

Once a source GED document is loaded, users are free to customize the design of the page, as well as to move blocks around. There are several layouts from which to choose from, including charts, circles and trees. A comprehensive search function is available, which is highly recommended when dealing with large trees.

One of the strong functions of the resource is the “Gedcom errors” analysis. Essentially, this allows one to perform thorough checks on the data consistency of the original file. Genealogica Grafica checks for multiple types of errors, including those pertaining to link and date consistency, but also invalid date formats and dubious dates (e.g. duplicate entries or incorrect marriages order).

To sum up, Genealogica Grafica is a powerful method of generating highly informative and customized genealogical trees, in the form of HTML files.