I have been a little behind in updates for these pages of late.  The forum was getting a bit untidy, with spammers always busy.

I have changed some of the security features which may help.

The forum doesnt get a lot of posts these days, probably as other media like email, facebook or the queries on here are more convenient, but I keep regular checks for any new interest.

I will start adding DNA info on here as the DNA data starts to develop. One thing I have noticed with the DNA project is how slow the testing is. Patience is a requisite.

Has anyone visited the STRUDWICK APPRECIATION page on facebook. Its a bit of fun

Having committed to trying Gramps as the preferred option for displaying my tree data I have begun modifying the output so that the website matches the color and format of the wordpress site.

This has proved much easier than I anticipated, with Gramps able to add in css header and footer as it generates the website files.

While Gramps is a static component, it appears so far to be working effectively at serving the genealogy tree data.

Time will tell..

The new site has now gone live, although there is still plenty of material to transfer from the old layout.  The wills are taking some time to transition across as they will be served from the database, which will be much faster than the old html text.

The new site is a wordpress php layout using a gravit child theme customised by me.

The tree data is being tested using various programs. The Ged2Html program I used on the old site is no longer supported.  I experimented with embedding TNG php coding  within the wordpress theme, however I use Ancestry Family Tree Maker 2014 as my main Genealogy program, and TNG does not really  like the GEDCOM exports from FTM. GRAMPS is currently being tested and data in the trees will appear using that for the time being.

All records are now served direct from the backbone SQL database using tablepress plugin.

I will be testing the site and adjusting settings over the next few days and completing the transfer of the data from the old website pages.