So, every 10 years or so, after ignoring all the warning signs ... something breaks. For technical reasons, which I won't bore you with, the previous incarnation of the Close Ancestry website finally and suddenly expired in a heap of…
Please help us. This is a free site which now contains the details of thousands of people, and thousands of images. Putting aside the number of hours of work involved in producing it, it costs money to pay for the…
It's a couple of years since we gave the site a bit of a make-over, so here it is! For technical reasons, which I won't bore you with, the previous incarnation was groaning under the weight. It's a bit like…
We're now providing an automated news feed to let you know when anything has changed. Basically, when we update the details of a person, or group of people, we issue a news bulletin. Times between updates vary, depending on the…
The final piece in the puzzle ... a complete rework of the site Message Boards ... which hadn't been updated for years. We now have a version which is at least being developed and updated at regular intervals, although still…
A complete rework of the site Trees ... which hadn't been updated for years. We now have a version which is at least being developed and updated at regular intervals, although still a separate bolt-on. Hopefully we haven't lost anything…
A complete rework of the site Shop ... which hadn't aged well and was hanging by a thread. We now have a version which is integrated into the site itself rather than being an add-on bolted onto the side. Still…
A complete rework of the site Galleries ... which were pretty awful. Not much more to be said really. We accumulate the images from all over the place, but if you have any that you think would be of interest…
It's quite a while since we gave the site a make-over, so here it is! Gone is all the dust, spiders, and miscellaneous junk that accumulates in the dark corners ... the equivalent of the attic. You know the type…
A complete site rebuild ... again. Dozens of new features in our Trees section, together with a couple of hundred new Closes in a couple of new unattached trees. We've also added a new set of Galleries for Dedications, Gravestones…
The site's turned into a bit of a monster and unfortunately so have the costs of keeping it going. So, to try to cover some of these we've put together a few goodies that we hope will tempt you into…
Release of yet another site search facility to fix the current one. A whole load of people and place photographs.
Release of the new site search facility.
A complete rebuild to alleviate some of the problems we've been having with the site.
We've given the site a bit of a de-fluff and tidy up for spring. We've also introduced a Family View in addition to the original Big Picture. This was getting a bit heavy on the download times and as it…
OK, we're up and running ... maybe a bit ragged in places, but we take the view that it's better to have something rather than nothing.
