Phethean family history 1459 - 2004

This site links to a new, graphical view of the Phethean Family Tree using the Open Source "PhpGedView 4" graphical GEDCOM viewer (PhpGedView web site). This excellent product replaces the original text-based family tree which was proving difficult to keep updated and integrated into the main website. For users who have slower dial-up connections, a text only version of this site is available but these pages will not be kept updated and are based on data available up to 2004 only.

GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications.It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program. The advantage of using a GEDCOM viewer is that I can now provide on-line data from ALL the names that I have collected, rather than being restricted to generating a single descendant tree based on a direct ancestor. Thus, disparate family groups and individuals can now be searched for and viewed even if these have yet to be connected into the main descendants tree. This is so much easier to maintain as only one file now needs to be uploaded to the web site in order to perform an update.

The amount of data that can be publicly viewed on this website may be limited due to the various laws concerning privacy and data protection. Most people do not want their personal data publicly available on the Internet. It could be misused for spam or identity theft. For this reason I am no longer permitting access to the records of living persons - even to family members. Anyone interested should cointact me directly via the "Contact Me" links.

Navigating the site is very simple - the "Family Trees" icon will direct you to the graphical or plain-text views of the family tree. To aid preliminary searching for an individual, select the Main Surnames List icon. This will present a list of ALL known names in the current family tree and will link directly into the main GEDCOM viewer.