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The family tree and pedigrees accessible via the links on the left reflect my current research to date. They include my own family tree plus the family trees of a number of significant Holland families from North Wales and Lancashire for which historic Pedigrees and other archived records exist.

HTML or Dynamic Java based?

It's worth reflecting that once a family tree has more than 2 or 3 generations and includes all ancestors and descendants they become very difficult to navigate easily.

Most researchers who visit here will be trying to establish if one of their existing family members is listed or just looking for possible links to their family tree.

I have looked at most of the web based family tree software available to see which one provides the easiest navigation. Although not an expert, it seems to me that HTML based trees provide the most user friendly name indexes. Flash and Java based trees can be quicker when trying to navigate backwards forwards and sideways through the various generations.

To try and get the best of both worlds I aim to incorporate both HTML and Java based trees for all the family trees here. This process is not yet complete.

Technical Note

I use Family Tree Maker 2011 as the primary software on which I record my research and then export a GEDCOM 5.5 file as the primary source of data for this web site. To ensure the GEDCOM file is in a suitable format for reformatting to the web I use Personal Ancestral File Version 5.2.18.0 to clean the data.

For the HTML version of each tree I convert the GEDCOM file with GedHTree Version 2.60. For the Java based trees I use a dynamic family tree compiler called DftCom2 Version 10.03.

I'm always ready to hold my hand up when errors occur so will be glad to receive any corrections you may spot.

 

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