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22 December 2019

The dates are as provided from original sources and it is assumed that the Gregorian Calendar was used for English dates after Thursday, 14th September 1752 (NS) which was Thursday, 2nd September 1752 (OS) and that the Julian Calendar was used for dates before this. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced into Norway when it was part of Denmark. In Denmark, Sunday, 18th February 1700 was followed by Monday, 1st March 1700.

For links to Family Charts by number, go to the Numerical Index

PLANS

12 September 2002

The ultimate plan is to have all Family Charts in HTML format. The format of version 9.1 has the same text layout as the WordPerfect layout, with the exception that the text is in two or more tables. The first table is a single-cell table for the main text of the Family Chart.  The last table is a two-cell table as a kind of jump bar with a link to the Name Index in the left-hand cell and a link to this Update Record in the right-hand cell.  For the conversion of charts from WordPerfect to HTML (version 9.1) the plan is to do this in the following a stages:

  1. Do the straight conversion from WordPerfect to HTML using the WordPerfect convert facility, saving the converted file to the Family Tree HTML folder, including replacing double spaces with single spaces. (Started 12 September 2002; completed 12 November 2002.)

  2. Convert the links - the links are to be simply to the file with the ".htm" extension, the strategy being that so long as the Family Chart files are all in the same directory, they can be transported to another system without having to modify the links. (Started 13 September 2002; completed 14 November 2002.)

  3. Remove the additional data from the <BODY> tag so that the page is rendered black <default> text on white <default> background.  WordPerfect sets the page to black text on a silver background. (Started 29 October 2002; completed 14 November 2002.)

  4. Format the text of the Family Chart to Courier New font and replace the hard returns to line feeds (<br>). (Completed April 2003.)

  5. Insert the new jump bar table. (Completed April 2003.)

  6. Place the main text in to a one-cell table (zero border, spacing, padding and width set to 1200), insert the ruler and space the text out (to 25 for "husband", his name at 34, and the linked reference to the appropriate Family Chart or "NFC" to 72).  If necessary, another table is inserted with bookmarks for additional comments included in the Family Chart. (Completed April 2003.)

From the above, the update record (from 12 September 2002 onwards) will reflect conversions as "9.1.x" where "x" is the stage listed above. (Completed April 2003.)

31 December 2002

The format of version 9.1 is updated to default text but preformatted to allow white space instead of non-breaking spaces.  Apart from the text format, the plan is the same, but the chart version is 9.2, the conversion plan being divided into the following stages:

  1. For Charts converted up to 31 December 2002, the charts are blocked in, converted to default text, preformatted (<pre>...</pre>).

  2. For charts not yet converted to version 9, the following applies - add the ruler.

  3. Move the information into the table and replace the hard returns with line feeds (<br>), then remove the ruler.

  4. If necessary, another table may be inserted with bookmarks for additional comments included in the Family Chart.

  5. Add the jump bar table.

From the above, the update record (from 31 December 2002 onwards) will reflect conversions as "9.2.x" where "x" is the stage listed above. (Completed April 2003.)

30 March 2009

Reformat pages using Araneae 5.0.0; See the format page.

12 October 2019

Reformat pages using Bluefish 2.2.10-2; See the format page. Bluefish automatically updates its version number in the meta data when editing html files.

30 December 2024

The plan is to change the bias in the layout of the Family Charts from a gender bias to a relationship bias. Because each chart is essentially a list of the names of people and their biographical data, there will be a natural bias in the selection of who is listed first. The original bias is a gender bias, listing the male partner first and the female partner second. This system is somewhat arbitrary, and is unsustainable if both partners are of the same sex. Both major source documents for the Family Charts have a “relationship bias”, in that the person who is a blood relative is listed ahead of that person’s partner, followed by the offspring of the partnership in the order of their birth. Unfortunately, the change in bias has to be made individually to each chart. At the same time, surnames have been added to the listed offspring and the version number 12 is provided in the left hand side of the footer box.

20 August 2025

A major rearrangement was necessitated due to the imminent cancellation of my previous domain names «billanderson.com.au» and «billanderson.net.au». Because I have retired and no longer have an active ABN, I also no longer qualify to retain domain names in either the «.com.au» or the «.net.au» domains. Accordingly, I have registered the current domain name «billanderson.id.au”, and because the site previously was spread across two domain names, it has become necessary to concatenate the material for the single domain name. Additionally, I have taken the opportunity to rearrange the material largely due to the number of family charts created with the completion of coding of the Lawrence Family Lore. The rearrangement is coinciding with the production of an expandable version of Ted Baker’s “Thompson-Wilshire Family Tree” with his latest update dated 2 September 2021.

11 December 2025

Completed the conversion of the Family Charts to version 12.

22 December 2025

Shortcuts to the numerical and name indexes, “relationship” and “resources” pages and the update record have been removed from a table in the body of the relevant pages and placed at the top in a right-justified list. This format is the same as my offline html pages. Links to the “format” and “legend” pages have also been added. The same changes in format will also be made to the remainder of the site. With this change, I have also removed the requirement to enter a second password for two reasons. Firstly, it was inconvenient and secondly, it wasn’t very secure in that it could be bypassed by simply entering the appropriate url in the search bar. Access to the Family Charts online is protected by locating them in a password protected folder on the host computer. This “notes” page was previously provided at the end of the “legend” page

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