WeRelate Blog

New name-variants database

Dallan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:51:22 +0000

We using a new approach for finding name-variants during search as a replacement for listing related names in the Givenname and Surname namespaces. Please get involved and help make this better. It will be free for other websites to use as well.

List feature added

Dallan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:35:24 +0000

WeRelate has a cool new feature! If you’re signed in, click on the List menu and select People to see a searchable list of everyone you’re watching. Many thanks to Jdfoote1 for volunteering on the development!

WeRelate mentioned in the Wall Street Journal

Dallan — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:37:50 +0000

The article, Not Your Grandfather’s Genealogy Hobby mentions WeRelate, and explains how Cthrnvl uses WeRelate to keep track of facts and sources for her long-hunters descendants group.

Family Tree view

Dallan — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:16:57 +0000

In case you haven’t visited WeRelate in awhile, we now have a ”Family tree” view that allows you to easily navigate a person’s ancestors and descendants. Just click on the Family tree link on any person or family page. Many thanks to Ryan Knight for sponsoring the development!

WeRelate named one of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites

Dallan — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:53:15 +0000

WeRelate was named one of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites for 2011 by Family Tree Magazine! Find us in the Share and Store Alike section.

Want to help build WeRelate?

Dallan — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:29:11 +0000

Do you know jQuery and jQueryUI? Send a message to dallan at werelate.org.

We’ve reached two million people!

Dallan — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:27:03 +0000

WeRelate now has pages for over two million of our ancestors! Join our growing community.

Searching for sources just got better

Dallan — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:44:05 +0000

When you search Source pages, commonly-used sources are ranked higher, searches by title now search both the page title and the source title, and searches by place covered are now more accurate. For example, if you search for sources in Virginia, you will no longer get back sources for the entire US, and if check the “Exact” checkbox and search for Virginia, you will no longer get back sources covering only individual cities or counties in Virginia.

A new Q&A website for genealogy

Dallan — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:41:23 +0000

I’d like to help promote a proposed Q&A website for genealogy. It’s based upon StackOverflow, a Q&A website for programmers that has become very popular very quickly. The proposal is still in the “definition” phase and needs people to help choose which questions will be on and off-topic. Please join!

WeRelate at FGS

Dallan — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:56:59 +0000

WeRelate is at FGS! Judy and Mike are running the booth, and Amy is giving a talk.