Forebears

Bring your Family Tree to Life

Published by: Opsisoft
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Forebears is a full-function, pocket-sized genealogy app where you, and you alone, own the data. No costly subscriptions. Import a GEDCOM from any of the popular genealogy apps or build your own family tree directly in Forebears. This app has the power to handle huge family history databases (tested on 15,000 members and 5,000 families). There's a unique graphic interface to move around and across the generations by tap gestures. We call it the 'Wonder Wheel' because that's what it is! Best of all, Forebears has been designed as a standalone family history archive that's with you all the time and can be easily updated whilst you're on the go.
--- MAIN FEATURES ---
GEDCOM Import/Export
• Import GEDCOM files of any size to instantly display family trees
• Export GEDCOM files to exchange your family history with other Forebears users and other systems
Forebears Wonder Wheel (attractive interactive graphic to build, navigate and view complex family histories)
• Use the Wonder Wheel to view each 'nuclear family' (parents, siblings, partners, children and step-relationships) 
• Use the Wonder Wheel to quickly move around your family tree using simple 'tap' gestures
• Use the Wonder Wheel to easily build your family tree using simple 'tap' gestures
Forebears Ancestral Circle (familiar chart showing previous generations on both paternal and maternal sides)
• View all your ancestors on the Ancestral Circle, refocusing by simple 'tap' gestures
• Tap to redraw the Ancestral Circle with different data displayed (dates, places, etc)
• Display and Print the Ancestral Circle in large formats (iPad version displays more generations)
Analysis tools
• Find the fastest path between distant relatives and 'tap' named people to take a journey along this path
• Search members by name or by position in family
• Identify sub-groups (Kings and Queens, Soldiers, etc)
• Identify logical inconsistencies in GEDCOM imports
• Bulk 'geo-coding' raw textual addresses to display on a map in Forebears
• Display Anniversaries by Month and Day
• Chart showing how many people were born by decade (iPad)
• Chart showing how many life events have date and address (iPad)
• Find most popular boys and girls names
• Find the most frequent family names
• Count how many life events in the group
• Count how many events have dates and locations
• Display all the photos
Secure data
• Safeguard imported databases from change
• Enable updates to imported databases
• Hide display of living people
Build family history from scratch
• Build and/or import any number of family histories and easily switch between them
• Apple-style contact records with standard gestures to build and display the members of your family tree
• Quick entry of dates in all genealogical formats
• Place lookups with grid references
• Record wide range of life events in detail
• Take photos or import from photo library
• Display imported notes
• Add any number of sub-groups to categorise people
Packed with goodies!
• Pre-loaded with the British Royal Family to get you started
• Change the colour scheme and background themes (light and dark mode)
• No need for public database subscriptions
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17 ratings in United Kingdom

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Brilliant app!

Pixelated cookie :p on

United Kingdom

Once you’ve figured it out this app is brilliant! Easy to use and read, better than ancestry which hasn’t been working lately and doesn’t allow you to add titles which is very important for me as I’m using this to track the family in my novel, who are of royal descent. I only have a few notes: If someone has a child with someone it wants you to put in their marriage date but they’re not always married to them, there needs to be an option for unmarried. The death section needs to be longer as I cannot add the cause of death in so few characters, the summary isn’t showing everything, on some it shows the birth of their children but not on others, same with residence, marriage, etc,etc. it should show everything in the points above. Last thing is the nicknames, it changes from their full name just to using their nickname but when you search you can’t use the nickname, just the full name and when adding a lot of people this can get confusing, it should keep the surname with the nickname. Those are just pointers however, there are no ads, it isn’t laggy or slow and there are lots of options of information to add!

Coughs when trying to load Gedcom

appwader on

United Kingdom

Ok, so it’s a gedcom file with 50,000 individuals, but it’s only 26MB, should be able to handle it?

A fun & rewarding way to learn about your family history

Sach&Chlo on

United Kingdom

I came across this app through a friend’s recommendation and am so glad I did. It’s been really fun learning more about my ancestors. The app’s intuitive nature meant I could jump from one family member’s history to the other in one click - super impressed at its user friendliness. I particularly like the timeline that appears at the top of the screen and changes depending on which individual you are focusing on, as this really brings one’s ancestors to life. The only reason I gave this app 4 stars, is because I would like to see the graphics evolve further, to create a super strong brand aesthetic - but other than that, I’m really impressed and shall be sharing it with my friends and family too!

Just what I needed

Gurrrrr8 on

United Kingdom

The clever circular display works really well to show large families like mine. And I especially enjoy the “shortest path to target” feature. Overall a great little app!

Feels clunky

zoltrac on

United States

Moving around app is clunky. The wheel is effective for working with a specific individual only, moving around to others not directly associated with an individual is a more annoying process than it should be. I was not impressed.

Great program

bgffukjufc on

United States

I was looking for an app to import a gedcom file and forebears did it. I had a couple of questions and have emailed to program creator and Martin has been extra responsive. This is a wonderful program and the more I play with it the more I like it. the program makes it easy to see the relationships between the different family members and generations

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