Draft:Ancestris

Ancestris is a free and open-source genealogy program. It is written in Java and runs on any system that can run Java. Like Windows, Linux and Mac-OS.

Features
Ancestris has the following features:

File Format
Ancestris only works with Gedcom files. It does not have its own internal format. So its input as well as output, is a lain Gedcom file. It can handle Gedcom files in the following formats:


 * Gedcom 5.5
 * Gedcom 5.5.1
 * Gedcom 7.0.13

Ancestris can convert between those formats.

Languages
The Ancestris program itself, is available in the following 20 languages: Ancestris has its own Translation program, called Trancestris. With it, volunteers can add any other language they want. Trancestris gets a list of all screen and menu elements of Ancestris, so a volunteer can translate each and every of that elements, into his or hers own language. The translation file is then uploaded and added to the next internal release of Ancestris itself.

Documentation Languages
The documentation of Ancestris is available in the following languages:


 * Castellano
 * Català
 * Dansk
 * Deutsch
 * English
 * Français
 * Italiano
 * Nederlands
 * Português

Updates and Release history
Ancestris has choosen for an update system of small regular updates at a time. So it does not have big releases with many features and fault corrections every so many years. Changes are implemented in steps. New versions, or updates of Ancestris, are automatically detected at each start of Ancestris. And because updates are done regularly, sometimes many times a week, users can stay in sink if they want.

Ancestris therefor has the system of working with 2 versions of its program at the same time:


 * The so called "Stable Version". This is the version that is officially released at a certain date, and that, exept for real errors, does not change anymore. This version has an automatic install.
 * And the so called "Daily Version". This version starts right after the stable version is released, with a version number, one higher than the Stable Version. This version gets daily updates and additions. This daily version has the most recent additions and new features. When the Daily Version has reached a certain standard, it turns into the Stable Version.

''' Latest official stable release: Ancestris version 12, dated june - 8 - 2024. '''

''' New daily version: Ancestris version 13. Started on june - 8 - 2024, and updated 1 or more times a week. '''