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 Share Your Genealogy and Collaborate with
Relatives Online Using PhpGedView
PhpGedView

• John Finlay

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Collaboration

• How many of you have ever had to match and merge
  data?

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Sharing

• How many of you post your genealogy on a website?

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How do you traditionally share your genealogy on
the internet
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Genealogy Application
HTML Files
Web Server
Internet
You
Family
Updates from family come back to you
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What is PhpGedView?

• PhpGedView (PGV) is an internet based genealogy
  program that you can use to
• setup your own genealogy website
• edit your data online
• collaborate with people working on the same
  family lines
• also great for surname studies or locality studies

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• PGV can do all of the things that a typical
  desktop genealogy program can do, but it runs
  over the internet.
• It imports and exports GEDCOM files, so it is
  compatible with other genealogy software.

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PGV Viewing Features

• PGV includes standard genealogy charts such as
  pedigree, descendant and family group.
• It also has lists, calendars, PDF reports, and
  several other charts.
• PGV supports photos, audio, and many other types
  of media.

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Collaboration Scenario

• Suppose you have Aunt Edna who lives in New York
  working on her favorite family lines
• Uncle Kobi lives in Israel and works on his
  favorite people
• Leonid in St. Petersburg updates his part of the
  family
• You live in Utah and work on your favorite lines
• Give Aunt Edna, Uncle Kobi and Leonid the ability
  to edit online
• They keep their favorite lines up to date
• You keep the ability to review new data before it
  goes live on your site

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How PhpGedView simplifies Collaboration
Web Server Running PhpGedView
Internet
You
Privacy Filter
Family
The world
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• PGV can be downloaded for free from the
  http//www.phpgedview.net website.
• It requires that you have some web-space that
  supports the programming language PHP and it will
  take some technical knowledge to set it up.
• There are also several hosting services that can
  set it up for you for a nominal fee.

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Privacy Settings

• PGV has many privacy functions built into it to
  protect personal information about living people.
  
• The default privacy settings will hide the names
  and details of living people from users who are
  not logged into the site.
• These privacy features can be adjusted by site
  administrators to meet their desired level of
  privacy.

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Lets Go to a PGV Site

• http//www.finlayfamily.org/genealogy/

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Much More!

• This has been a brief overview of what we can
  cover in an hour. There are many more features
  you will discover as you explore PhpGedView.
• Site Help pages explain the functionality.
• You can find more on PGV in http//www.phpgedview.
  net/ and http//wiki.phpgedview.net/
• You can connect with other PGV users through
  online forums at http//www.sourceforge.net/projec
  ts/phpgedview

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What are people saying about PGV?
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Whats New in PhpGedView

• Advanced Research Assistant
• Track the research you do for individuals and
  families
• Enter multiple events and connect them to people
• Track who is doing what LDS temple work
• Inter-connected Sites
• Link people from different websites
• Integration with new FamilySearch

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Questions?
John Finlay http//www.phpgedview.net john.finlay
_at_neumont.edu