Ancestor Tree Manager

Free genealogy program for
Windows, Linux and macOS

Ancestor
Tree
Manager

Version history

Version 12.0

Release date 2025-10-20

  • Requires Java 25
  • Update of external libraries
  • Various bug fixes
  • Many small improvements
  • Icon for Help changed from question mark to book (less confusing on a question dialog)

Version 11.7

Release date 2025-07-15

  • Function added: Maintenance > Overview identical facts
  • New style sheets for the reporting
  • Bug fixed in function Help >Send GEDCOM file which caused the file to never be sent (without producing an error message)
  • Various bug fixes
  • Many small improvements

Version 11.6

Release date 2025-01-20

  • Function added: File > Load backup
  • New style sheets for the reporting
  • Various improvements

Version 11.5

Release date 2025-01-07

  • Various improvements and bug fixes

Version 11.4

Release date 2025-01-04

  • Function removed: Material > Overview scan pages with discrepancy
  • Functions added:
    • Material > Check scan pages
    • Material > Update old style scan pages
    *** For more information see the manual, page Material - Tools & maintenance ***
  • Export of person list changed
  • Various improvements

Version 11.3

Release date 2024-12-29

  • New style sheets and templates for the reporting
  • Various improvements

Version 11.2

Release date 2024-12-22

  • Tools > Settings > Behavior > File conventions for material expanded with a new setting
  • Fact table behavior changed
  • Improvement of the person page
  • Various internal improvements

Version 11.1.1

Release date 2024-12-15

  • Bug fixed in functions Reporting > Create/Modify user-specific color style

Version 11.1

Release date 2024-12-14

  • The ancestor tree has been expanded with an ancestor circle
  • Functions added:
    • Reporting > Create user-specific color style
    • Reporting > Modify user-specific color style
  • There are new style sheets and templates for the reporting, some template files have been renamed
  • The GEDCOM export has been given additional options to temporarily solve problems with GEDCOM 7.0 (on the receiving side), explanation in the manual
  • Function improved: Material > Check links to web pages
  • Several bug fixes
  • Several improvements

Version 11.0

Release date 2024-11-02

  • The manual is now available locally instead of on the ATM website (the old manual of version 10.1 will remain there until 01-01-2025)
  • Support of GEDCOM 7.0 import and export
  • The output of the GEDCOM 5.5.1 export is changed to follow the structure of GEDCOM 7.0 (for as far as possible)
  • Function added: Help > Send GEDCOM file
  • Column Parents added to person list
  • Improved handling of capitalization issues in material
  • Storage of the ATM database is optimized
  • Several improvements

Version 10.1

Release date 2024-09-11

  • Function added: Reporting > Check navigation bar
  • Column Research added to person list
  • Many improvements

Version 10.0

Release date 2024-07-25

  • Requires Java 21
  • Update of external libraries
  • Desktop shortcuts for Linux are now automatically installed

Version 9.17

Release date 2024-06-22

  • Improved support for a GeneWeb GEDCOM (used by GeneaNet)
  • Adjustment made for using a High DPI screen on Linux, see Install on Linux
  • Various bugs fixed
  • Various improvements

Version 9.16

Release date 2024-04-26

  • Function added: Person > Modify ID number
  • Function added: Maintenance > Overview private persons
  • Function changed: Maintenance >Update ID numbers
  • Various bugs fixed
  • Various improvements

Version 9.15

Release date 2024-03-26

  • Layout of Tools > Settings > Behavior changed and expanded with a new setting regarding file conventions
  • Various bugs fixed
  • Various improvements

Version 9.14

Release date 2024-03-17

  • Dialog box for 'Overview event sources' expanded
  • The table Overview relationships has been given a function in the context menu under the right mouse button to adjust the relationship type
  • Function added: Maintenance > Overview stillborn children
  • Various improvements

Version 9.13

Release date 2024-02-08

  • Dialog box for 'Find text' expanded
  • Added indicator for 'Research' in tables of partners and children: !
  • Added button for 'Default colors' on settings panel
  • Stylesheets improved regarding responsiveness
  • Template Person.html changed
  • Various bugs fixed
  • Various improvements

Version 9.12

Release date 2024-01-16

  • Added option 'Research' to the dialog for creating a new person
  • Update of external libraries
  • Various bugs fixed
  • Various improvements

Version 9.11

Release date 2024-01-04

  • Person search dialog adjusted
  • Dialog box for filtering the person list adjusted
  • Text search dialog adjusted
  • Setting added: Tools > Settings > Behavior > Consider person deceased
  • Age table on the Miscellaneous tab improved and expanded
  • Double-click on a source field with a scan page -> Modify scan page
  • Maintenance > Overview of relationships expanded with the number of children
  • Various improvements

Version 9.10

Release date 2023-11-18

  • Function Maintenance > Overview of unrelated persons added
  • Added deletion of persons to the context menu of the person list
  • Various improvements

Version 9.9

Release date 2023-11-02

  • Requesting an overview of event sources/fact sources has been expanded
  • When linking material files, files with extension .jp2 are treated as a JPEG file. Maybe this is not always correct?
  • Various bugs fixed

Version 9.8

Release date 2023-10-25

  • The File > Export person list function has been moved to the toolbar of the Person list and now only exports the persons that meet the filtering

Version 9.7

Release date 2023-10-20

  • There is now the option to filter the person list
  • Searching with wildcards has been changed slightly
  • The results table of Overview event/fact sources can now be sorted on 3 columns (instead of 1)
  • The way in which the reference person can be set has changed
  • Various minor improvements

Version 9.6

Release date 2023-09-07

  • When setting up the navigation bar, there is now a possibility to indicate that the contents of a menu should be displayed on a separate page
  • The result table of the function Maintenance > Find text now has the ability to show the text via the context menu
  • Changing an option no longer results in a change of the 'last modified date'
  • Various minor improvements

Version 9.5.1

Release date 2023-08-15

  • Bug fixed when connecting a witness

Version 9.5

Release date 2023-08-12

  • Various improvements, including in reporting
  • It is now possible to delete lines in the Log Viewer via the context menu under the right mouse button
  • When a new version is available, an orange warning icon will appear on the toolbar

Version 9.4.1

Release date 2023-08-01

  • Bug fixed in function Maintenance > Overview event sources

Version 9.4

Release date 2023-07-24

  • Lists Birth witnesses and Death witnesses merged into Witnesses, screen layout changed
  • Support of a Reunion GEDCOM added
  • Support for an Aldfaer GEDCOM improved (Aldfaer had changed the ASSO tag to _ASSO at some point)
  • Many small improvements
  • Several improvements of the File Transfer Handler

Version 9.3.2

Release date 2023-04-02

  • Bugs fixed in the reporting

Version 9.3.1

Release date 2023-03-31

  • Bug fixed in the creation of a Getform contact page

Version 9.3

Release date 2023-03-21

  • Added a warning if changes haven't been saved for a certain amount of time
  • Various improvements

Version 9.2.2

Release date 2023-03-08

  • Improvement in the Installer and Uninstaller to solve a problem on Windows

Version 9.2.1

Release date 2023-02-25

  • Improvement in the Installer and Uninstaller to solve a rare problem on Windows

Version 9.2

Release date 2023-02-23

  • Functions added to menu Go to to navigate to the person with the previous/next ID number
  • A notification is now given when a new Java version is available
  • Various minor improvements
  • The installation program no longer needs to be explicitly started as an Administrator on Windows
  • An Uninstaller is provided to remove ATM, see bottom of page:

Version 9.1

Release date 2023-01-29

  • Improvements in reports and style sheets
  • New function Check file conventions in:
    • the context menu of the portrait field
    • the context menu of the event source fields
  • Extended file conventions for shared material
  • Exporting the person list and info tables to a text file has changed:
    • a delimiter can now be specified
    • the file extension is either .csv or .tsv, depending on the selected delimiter
    • the file is in UTF-8 on all platforms
    • in the person list, the data is now in fixed columns
  • Fixed a bug in Overview event sources & Overview fact sources
  • Various minor improvements

Version 9.0

Release date 2023-01-01

  • The reporting is made responsive
  • There is better support for creating a contact page

Version 8.6.1

Release date 2022-12-20

  • Acceleration of the 'File Chooser'

Version 8.6

Release date 2022-12-19

  • Many small improvements

Version 8.5.1

Release date 2022-11-23

  • Fixed incorrect genealogy implementation

Version 8.5

Release date 2022-11-22

  • Expanded reporting: in addition to ancestor tree and descendant tree, there is now also the genealogy
  • Various improvements
  • Linux users will need to replace the old desktop shortcuts by new ones, because the location of the icons has changed (see installation instructions)

Version 8.4.2

Release date 2022-11-09

  • Various improvements and important bug fixes

Version 8.4.1

Release date 2022-11-06

  • Small improvement in fact sorting

Version 8.4

Release date 2022-11-05

  • Functions added in the context menu of the fact table to sort facts
  • Various bug fixes and improvements

Version 8.3

Release date 2022-10-29

  • Function Material > Overview sources by place
    replaced by Maintenance > Overview event sources
  • Function added: Maintenance > Overview fact sources
  • Various small improvements

Version 8.2

Release date 2022-10-17

  • Various improvements when reading GEDCOM files
  • In the person list, several lines can be selected at once (for the purpose of copying data)
  • Fixed some minor bugs

Version 8.1.2

Release date 2022-09-29

  • Bug fixed in installation program

Version 8.1.1

Release date 2022-09-27

  • Several bug fixes and improvements

Version 8.1

Release date 2022-09-26

  • Saving the data is accelerated (except the first time after loading a GEDCOM). This has consequences for the list of edits.
  • The person list has been expanded with the columns 'Added' and 'Changed'
  • Settings changed/added:
    Tools > Settings > Family Tree > Family Tree Folder
    Tools > Settings > Reporting > Personan page > Google Maps button behind address
    Tools > Settings > Behavior > Screen > Selection of parents
  • Trying to open a family tree file twice was previously blocked, now the file will open but no changes can be made. The status bar reads: Locked
  • On Windows, ATM can now be installed in the folder C:\Program Files\AncestorTreeManager,
    see Installation on Windows
  • Several bug fixes and improvements

Version 8.0

Release date 2022-08-20

  • Using the root folder is now optional
  • Settings added:
    Tools > Settings > Reporting > Index pages > Style
    Tools > Settings > Reporting > Index pages > Date of last modification
    Tools > Settings > Behavior > Miscellaneous > Use root folder
  • Icon added to the person tab to indicate that the option 'Research' is checked
  • Function added: Maintenance > Overview ancestors
  • The graphs (Kinship and Overview Ancestors) have been made interactive so that persons can be selected
  • Minor changes in ATM data storage and GEDCOM export
  • Update of external libraries
  • During installation shortcuts are now also added to the Windows Start Menu

Version 7.8

Release date 2022-07-22

  • Setting added:
    Tools > Settings > Reporting > General > Date format
  • Maintenance per field: fact 'address' added
  • Support of MacFamilyTree (SyniumFamilyTree) GEDCOM & Family Historian GEDCOM & Family Tree Maker (FTM) GEDCOM
  • Several small changes in the reports
  • Several bug fixes and improvements

Version 7.7

Release date 2022-07-02

  • Various improvements to the GEDCOM import
  • Various improvements to the reporting

Version 7.6.1

Release date 2022-05-22

  • Several small bug fixes

Version 7.6

Release date 2022-04-07

  • Several improvements

Version 7.5.1

Release date 2022-03-15

  • Bug fixed in function Maintenance > Kinship

Version 7.5

Release date 2022-03-14

  • Function Maintenance > Kinship extended with options
  • Slideshow extended with selection of display time and link to person page
  • GEDCOM export improved
  • Various improvements and bug fixes

Version 7.4

Release date 2022-02-20

  • Various improvements and bug fixes
  • New style sheets and templates for the reporting
  • Slideshow added to the reporting
  • GEDCOM import: if the character set is not specified in de GEDCOM file the user is asked for it

Version 7.3

Release date 2022-02-04

  • Various improvements and bug fixes
  • Support of Oedipus II GEDCOM and Geni GEDCOM

Version 7.2

Release date 2022-01-22

  • New style sheets for the reporting
  • Various improvements and bug fixes

Version 7.1

Release date 2022-01-01

  • New style sheets and templates for the reporting
  • Various improvements and bug fixes

Version 7.0

Release date 2021-12-25

  • Look & Feel changed
  • Function Maintenance > Kinship now produces graph instead of table
  • Various improvements and bug fixes

Version 6.4

Release date 2021-11-28

  • Various improvements

Version 6.3

Release date 2021-11-15

  • New style sheets and templates for the reporting, standard footer added to home page and user-specific pages
  • Search functions enhanced with wildcards and case sensitivity
  • New feature Maintenance > Kinship
  • It is now possible to copy and paste multiple facts at once
  • Various improvements

Version 6.2

Release date 2021-11-01

  • Material can now also be connected using 'drag & drop'
  • Function Adjust orientation added to the context menu of the portrait field
  • Bug fixed in function Material > Overview scan pages with discrepancy
  • The Gendex file wil from now on be stored in [family tree folder]/Output instead of in [family tree folder]
  • Many small improvements

Version 6.1

Release date 2021-10-22

  • Button to Google Maps added behind the entry field of the placename
  • Optional button to Google Maps added in the reporting, adjustable via Tools > Settings > Reporting
  • Function Material > Overview material changed
  • Various improvements

Version 6.0

Release date 2021-10-10

  • Requires Java 17
  • New version Bootstrap and Lightbox for the reporting
  • New style sheets and templates for the reporting
  • Contact form with Formspree or Getform supported
  • Function Maintenance > Overview hidden prefixes now also detects prefixes in the given name field
  • Better support of shortcut keys for macOS
  • Many small improvements

Version 5.6

Release date 2021-09-03

  • Many small improvements

Version 5.5

Release date 2021-08-11

  • Requires Java 16
  • Various improvements

Version 5.4.1

Release date 2021-07-22

  • Bug fixed with respect to witnesses when loading a GEDCOM

Version 5.4

Release date 2021-06-05

  • Reporting extended with Gendex file
  • Several bugs fixed
  • Various small improvements

Version 5.3.1

Release date 2021-05-04

  • Bugs fixed

Version 5.3

Release date 2021-04-14

  • Function Maintenance > Find notes replaced by Maintenance > Find text
  • Witness info added to age table
  • Several small improvements

Version 5.2

Release date 2021-03-30

  • Several bugs fixed
  • Default title of scan page for facts changed

Version 5.1

Release date 2021-02-11

  • Support of date BC
  • Entry of date with month as text in Dutch, English, Gernam, French en Norwegian
  • Bug fixed in GEDCOM import
  • Improved handling of very large ancestor tree
  • Function Maintenance > Data check improved and expanded
  • Small changes in person pages

Version 5.0

Release date 2021-02-02

  • Requires Java 15
  • While it is possible to start multiple instances of ATM, opening a particular family tree twice is blocked
  • Option 'Story' added
  • Function Maintenance > Data check expanded
  • Functions added:
    • File > Create backup
    • Material > Overview scan pages with discrepancy
  • Many small improvements
  • Several bug fixes

Version 4.4

Release date 2021-01-05

  • Many small improvements
  • Several bug fixes

Version 4.3.1

Release date 2020-11-28

  • Several improvements
  • Several bug fixes

Version 4.3

Release date 2020-11-21

  • Several improvements
  • Function Go to sibling replaced by To previous sibling and To next sibling
  • Functions added:
    • copy & paste of children
    • delete child
    • delete father/mother

Version 4.2

Release date 2020-11-08

  • Several improvements
  • Function added: Material > Remove empty folders

Version 4.1

Release date 2020-10-29

  • Several bugs fixed
  • Several improvements
  • Functions added:
    • copy & paste of sources
    • copy & paste of portraits
    • rename portrait file

Version 4.0

Release date 2020-10-12

  • As of version 4.0 it is no longer possible to load a family tree that was created with a version older than 3.7
  • Function added: copy & paste of facts
  • Function Maintenance > Data check improved and expanded
  • Several bugs fixed

Version 3.9.1

Release date 2020-10-02

  • Several bugs fixed for loading of a GEDCOM file
  • Function Maintenance > Data check expanded

Version 3.9

Release date 2020-10-01

  • Support of Gramps GEDCOM
  • Installation improved for macOS, see macOS Instructions
  • Several small bugs fixed

Version 3.8

Release date 2020-07-29

  • Based on Java 14
  • Start scripts for Linux and macOS changed
  • Install scripts for Linux and macOS created
  • Bugs fixed in the File Transfer Handler
  • Several improvements

Version 3.7.1

Release date 2020-07-07

  • Bug fixed in person pages
  • Style sheets adjusted

Version 3.7

Release date 2020-07-04

  • Bug fixed regarding start-scripts for macOS
  • Improved performance for large database
  • Support of GEDCOM from Geneaal
  • Several improvements

Version 3.6

Release date 2020-06-14

  • Image Viewer extended zoom/pan
  • Function Reporting > Modify home page changed
  • Functions added to menu Reporting
  • Printout of HTML pages improved
  • Templates changed
  • Style sheets changed
  • Bug fixed in the File Transfer Handler
  • Names of start scripts on macOS changed: extension .command added
  • During Installation on Linux, files are prepared for startup from desktop, see Linux

Version 3.5.1

Release date 2020-06-02

  • Bug fixed in the File Transfer Handler

Version 3.5

Release date 2020-05-31

  • The descendant tree report comes in 2 styles (per branch and per generation), selectable in Tools > Settings > Reporting
  • Several minor adjustments in the reporting
  • Style sheets changed
  • File Transfer Handler: synchronisation function improved

Version 3.4

Release date 2020-05-24

  • Context menu of the 'File Chooser' extended with a function to view images
  • Image Viewer changed (Zoom+ and Zoom- buttons replaced by a resizable screen)
  • Style sheets changed
  • Bug fixed in descendant tree
  • Several minor changes and improvements

Version 3.3

Release date 2020-05-08

  • The ancestor overview chart is changed: it comes in 2 styles, selectable in Tools > Settings > Reporting
  • The style sheets are changed, the old style ancestor overview chart is not supported any more
  • GEDCOM export options added
  • Several improvements

Version 3.2.3

Release date 2020-04-30

  • Data check improved
  • Bug fixes

Version 3.2.2

Release date 2020-04-17

  • Support for GEDCOM from Ahnenforscher and My Family Tree
  • GEDCOM import/export improvements

Version 3.2.1

Release date 2020-04-15

  • Several improvements and bug fixes

Version 3.2

Release date 2020-04-07

  • Function Create scan page added to the context menu of a source field
  • Improved support of GEDCOM import (GensDataPro, Aldfaer 8.0)
  • Several small changes, improvements and bug fixes

Version 3.1.2

Release date 2020-03-26

  • Several improvements of GEDCOM import

Version 3.1.1

Release date 2020-03-25

  • Bug fix
  • Function added to menu Maintenance
  • Several small changes

Version 3.1

Release date 2020-03-22

  • Some internal changes
  • Several bug fixes

Version 3.0.4

Release date 2020-03-07

  • Bug fixed
  • Several small changes

Version 3.0.3

Release date 2020-03-05

  • Help function added to fields, context menus, dialog boxes and tables
  • Several small improvements

Version 3.0.2

Release date 2020-03-02

  • Import of a GEDCOM in ANSEL is now also supported

Version 3.0.1

Release date 2020-03-01

  • Import from GEDCOM improved for PRO-GEN
  • macOS is now also supported
  • Several small changes

Version 3.0

Release date 2020-02-29

  • Based on Java 13 (instead of Java 8)
  • Folder layout changed
  • File Transfer Handler added
  • Import from GEDCOM improved for GensDataPro, Haza-21, Legacy, MyHeritage
  • Export to GEDCOM improved
  • Data check options added
  • New functions added to menu Material
  • Many small changes and improvements
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