Family.Show

Family.Show is a free and open-source genealogy program written in C# and running on the .NET Framework.Family.Show – an excellent WPF demo app | Tim Anderson's IT WritingFamily.Show | FHQSAmateur Genealogists: take note of Family.Show | Ars Technica Microsoft partnered with and commissioned Vertigo Software in 2006 to create it as a reference application for Microsoft's latest UI technology and software deployment mechanism at the time, Windows Presentation Foundation and ClickOnce.Tim Sneath : Announcing Family.Show 2.0 - July 17, 2007 MSDN BlogsTim Sneath : Announcing Family.Show v3 – Our WPF Reference Application - February 23, 2009, MSDN BlogsVertigo Software: I See Dead People with WPF | Inside Out | Channel 9 The source code has originally been published on Microsoft's CodePlex website.Family.Show - CodePlex Archive It has since been forked and development continues independent of Microsoft on GitHub.GitHub - fredatgithub/FamilyShow: Fork of the Family show project from CodePlex. This is a genealogy application.

Overview Family.Show includes the following features:Microsoft sample showcases new technology, innovation in genealogy software- by Mark Tucker (19 Jul 2007) ThinkGenealogy

Data grid to edit person information. Add photos easily via drag-and-drop and write rich text stories about family members. A family tree diagram which supports panning, zooming and a time slider control to display the tree from a historical perspective. Multiple sequential and concurrent spousal relationships. Family statistics such as last name tag cloud, age distribution histogram and birthday list. Partial support for GEDCOM 5.5, a de facto genealogy format. Change the look of the entire application by choosing a different skin.

Family.Show is intended as a reference sample and not a feature complete genealogy application.Vertigo: Family.Show - Are You an Amateur Genealogist? "But please keep in mind that Family.Show is not a “real product. It’s more like a concept car that we built for geeky programmers and designers" - Version 2.0 Now Available (July 17, 2007) Some limitations are:Microsoft sample showcases new technology, innovation in genealogy software- by Mark Tucker (19 Jul 2007) ThinkGenealogy

Support of a single birth and death event per person. No support for approximate dates (Abt. 1815, Bet. Jan 1707/08 - Jan 1708/09, Bef. 1931).

The software is licensed under the Microsoft Public License.

File format Family.Show uses an Open Package Convention file format (*.familyx) to save family data, stories, and photos in one file. View Issue #7834: Structure of *.familyx files , Family.Show

Family.Show

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