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  1. a changelog

    • this page: every update to ancestree, dated, newest first.

  3. privacy + security on what + how

    • /features says how your tree and messages are kept private.
    • new words across the site, and a new line under the name on the home page.

  5. messages between relatives

    • message anyone on your tree from the header, beside the bell.
    • each message is encrypted on your device before it's sent.
    • a message to a relative who hasn't set up messages yet waits until they have.
    • mute a conversation, delete your own message, block or report someone, export what's yours.
    • the weekly newsletter names who you have unread messages from.

  6. joining a tree, and invites that last

    • invites stay open 30 days, with a reminder on day 5 and day 25.
    • an expired invite can ask for a fresh one.
    • invite the people you just added, right after adding them.
    • Roots hear who joined, and can make them a Branch.
    • members who join get a short getting started of their own.

  7. a first tree that names itself

    • your tree takes your family name as you add yourself.
    • the first run ends on your own leaves, with a card to invite family.

  8. starting a tree in one step

    • a new address that signs in can start a tree straight away, no second code.
    • the first run opens on your family, with you in the middle and a short form.
    • the sign-in code box survives a reload.

  9. lives in, and tighter privacy

    • an optional lives in for living relatives, seen only by members.
    • visitors to a tree see entries only as cards.
    • an email address you haven't shown stays yours alone.

  11. getting started emails

    • a few short emails to help you claim your entry, invite family, add relatives and write a story.
    • they have their own off switch.

  12. one + for relatives, photos and stories

    • one + button adds a relative, photos or a story.
    • change the date a photo was taken.
    • the newsletter says what the people added are to you, and links to new stories.
    • invite family straight from the newsletter.

  13. the library

    • /library holds stories of our wise: the people our families came from.
    • follow it by email or RSS.

  14. trees open on you

    • joining a tree lands on My Family Tree.
    • a tree opens centred on you, and closing a spotlight keeps your zoom.
    • the menu is drawn as a tree.

  15. anyone can start a tree

    • no waitlist: anyone can start their family's tree.
    • add a story by writing it or recording it.
    • add many photos at once, then edit who's in each and its description.
    • a written story tags the people it mentions.
    • siblings can be added before their parents.

  16. a site of our own

    • why, what + how, who and capitalism: pages on what ancestree is and isn't.
    • a demo on /features where a form grows leaves.
    • am i on a tree? finds your family's tree before you join it.

  17. My Family Tree and the weekly newsletter

    • My Family Tree: your own family, across all your trees. blood relatives as leaves, who married in as pills.
    • a weekly email with what was added to your family and what's coming up.
    • stories in Markdown, with storyteller and interviewer credits and the date told.
    • only a parent adds a child under 18.
    • your card on another tree can be cut back to your name alone.
    • moving around the tree is smoother.

  18. a person's details, redone

    • each person's details hold their stories, with links and comments, and an album with tags and dates.

  19. carry a family line

    • carry all the descendants of someone to another tree; full details follow once their owners say yes.
    • mark a date of birth or death as circa.
    • a place of birth can be just a country.
    • Roots can invite someone to claim any entry their tree shows.
    • share the week's birthdays and anniversaries to WhatsApp, Messages or anywhere.

  20. suggest a change

    • can't edit an entry? suggest a change, for its owner and Roots to accept.
    • whoever declines can say why, and you can edit and resend.
    • add a missing place right from the place search, which now finds more.

  22. sign in with a code

    • sign in with a code sent by email, no link to click.
    • a Root's family link lets relatives join without a personal invite.
    • an emailed invite joins only the address it was sent to.
    • claiming your entry welcomes you and asks for your details.

  23. better on phones

    • cards stay put on touch screens, and details minimize to a card.
    • go to me, and a filter for your Root's side of the tree.

  24. ancestral lands

    • a place of birth shows its ancestral lands, from Native Land Digital.
    • Leaves can fill in what's missing on an entry.

  25. more than one tree

    • one person can be on several trees, and keeps control of their own entry.
    • Root, Branch and Leaf accounts: who tends the tree, who tends a side, who keeps their own entry.
    • a walkthrough for founding your first tree.

  27. our own mark, and dates you half know

    • the ancestree mark, drawn by hand.
    • a birth or death date can be just a year, or a month and year.
    • Branches can edit their own side of the tree.

  28. smarter connection suggestions

    • suggested connections reason about the tree, not matching surnames.
    • add a child and their parent's partner is offered as a second parent.

  31. find yourself first

    • look for yourself on the tree before adding yourself, nicknames included.
    • crop and reframe photos.

  33. ancestree begins

    • invite family by email, and grow the tree together.
    • claim your own entry, comment on entries, and hear about changes.
    • marriages and divorces, and places from a world gazetteer.