* Ancestral Sources v4.0.1 now available

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Ancestral Sources v4.0.1 now available

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I'm very pleased to announce that Ancestral Sources version 4.0.1 is now available for download from this website.
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Introduction: What is Ancestral Sources?
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Ancestral Sources is an application, designed by Nick Walker, to be used in conjunction with Calico Pie Limited's Family Historian to allow faster and more convenient creation of source records with census events, BMD events, occupation attributes, and other facts linked to the sources, and the ability to easily link multimedia images. Ancestral Sources is freeware but the author does appreciate donations that can be made from within the application.

Most of the information that is added to a family history file originates from one of just a few types of documents, namely birth, marriage and death certificates, church baptisms, marriages and burials, and census records. The concept of Ancestral Sources is that it allows the data from these source documents to be entered directly into the software, building up the family history data in a more intuitive approach than the usual methods used by genealogy applications. For example, typically entering a census household entry in a family history application requires multiple facts such as census, occupation, birth, etc. to be created for each individual, all linked back to a source via citations: a very time consuming exercise. Ancestral Sources makes this far easier and much quicker to achieve.

Ancestral Sources is highly recommended for all users of Family Historian. The availability of Ancestral Sources is frequently cited as a key reason to use Family Historian over other genealogy applications that do not have similar functionality.

This program is not in any way associated with or endorsed by Calico Pie Limited.

What's new in version 4?

This version includes many new features and bug-fixes but the most significant change is that Ancestral Sources now supports the entry of burial/cremation records and death certificates. This is in addition to support for census, baptism and marriages sources that were already available in the previous version. There are a number of other useful additions such as the ability to retain citations when replacing an existing fact. You can see a full list of changes in this version within the built-in help or on the Ancestral Sources Version History Knowledge Base page.

Thanks

Many thanks to those who have made donations to the Ancestral Sources project. This does help to motivate me when my enthusiasm flags. It is only the knowledge that lots of people depend on Ancestral Sources and are willing me to continue my work, that keeps me going with it.

Thanks to everyone who helped me with the testing of Ancestral Sources v4, this is very much appreciated and has made a huge difference to the quality of the software. Also to Jane, the FHUG admin, for her continued support and encouragement.

The download is available here:

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https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/ancestral-sources/
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To leave comments or ask questions about Ancestral Sources please go to the Ancestral Sources Forum
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Re: Ancestral Sources v4 now available

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I've now made available a minor update to Ancestral Sources (4.0.1) to address a small number of issues that I've been made aware of since I released v4.0.0. a week ago. I've amended the news story above to reflect this.

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