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Site overhaul in early 2022: - complete redesign - more focus on photos - many new Lists/Charts - sticky headers and Quick Links - lots of other stuff Help your family members by making sure your Personal Page is always current! To see how you can easily participate, click here. |
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| Recent Site Updates |
| Recent updates below; previous updates are listed here. |
| Date | Description |
| 2023 - Nov 27 | Full obit for Fred Schaeffer now online (not reflected on other pages.) |
| 10 | Fred Schaeffer passed at approximately 3:30 am; further details will follow soon. |
| 2022 - Apr 5 | Full obit for David Katchuk now online. |
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Some additions: - added 2,791 Persons, 419 to 3,209 (G1: 2 | G2: 2 | G3: 4 | G4: 66 | G5: 311 | G6: 539 | G7: 852 | G8: 762 | G9: 251 | G10: 2) - aside from a dozen or so misses (to be added later), all persons from Austin 1949 are now online Tweaks to Personal pages: - design changes in the 'Important Details' section, much better now (especially for those that have passed.) - Gen now shows in the 'Important Details' section - Occupation now entered for 725 persons Other: - really should have made a real Stats page, nope, next time - # of Calendar entries has grown significantly, over 1,000 entries now - several long names have caused a 2nd line in the Calendar, will figure out a fix at some point - Places now exists Visual A very simple visual comparing an old section of the tree vs updated section of the tree shows the exact placement of the new names. However, the file size doesn't play well with slow internet connections. Thus, I've made a 'slow Internet' option available. Old graphic: Click here New graphic: Fast Internet or Slow Internet |
| Mar 23 | David Katchuk has passed after a lengthy hospital stay. He was 63 years old. |
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added 27 Photos,
1893 to 1919
(mostly Lisa's kids and grandkids) |
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Some additions: - added 12 Persons, 407 to 418 (G9: 2 | G10: 2 | G11: 2 | G12: 6) - added 14 Photos, 1879 to 1892 Tweaks to Personal pages: - bug fix: 'My Parents' and 'Spouse Parents' will now display name suffixes, rather than ignore them - bug fix: 'Spouse Marriage' now correctly shows known 'unmarried,' rather than blank space (h/t Lisa) - added name suffixes like III and Jr to Personal page headings and Pics sctns - added name suffixes to spouses and children Other: - Remembered to update #'s for kids/grandkids on List pages - List pages now show the person's Gen |
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Site overhauled: - added 45 Persons, 362 to 406 - added 379 Photos, 1500 to 1878, all previously-unseen (some are really good!) - more focus on photos - all new photos decorated and sized between 800px and 1600px - new Photo Browser - documents now included - many new (decorated) Lists/Charts - sticky headers and Quick Links - more info on Personal Pages, including in the Nuclear Family section - new Unions page - reconstituted Msg Board - extensive use of red, green and white bkgrnds to show if a person is dead, alive or unknown - greatly expanded FAQ that anticipates (currently) 30+ questions you will have - facility to aggregate your social media presence, shown here - redesigned Calendar from which you will immediately benefit - navigation went from 'really easy' to 'even easier than that!' - thumbs in title possible, like Johann has done - probably more, don't remember right now |
| 2021 - Dec 20 | Special temp 12/20/21 update page put online, since removed. |
| 2008 - Mar 15 | Carol Dluzniewski passed; service March 19 in Shamokin, PA. Also, most updates to Persons now online. |
| 11 | Some major behind-the-scenes activity, first started in Nov, 2007, came to completion. This activity involved about five people; results will show in future updates. |
| 2007 - Dec 4 | Following Roman's visit to NJ (11/16/07 to 11/30/07), a huge update is in the works. |
| May 20 | Added 400 photos; there are now 1,499 pics online, representing 147 different identified Schaeffers. |
| Apr 8 | Added 350 photos; there are now 1,099 pics online, representing 116 different identified Schaeffers. |
| Mar 12 | Added 250 photos; there are now 749 pics online. Also added a new Photos section. Ninety-one different Schaeffers are now presented photographically. |
| Feb 18 | Added 248 photos, courtesy of much late-night scanning by Johann. There are now 499 pics online, and they now appear in chronological order. Current photo leader is Harold, with 178 representations. |
| Jan 28 | Added a countdown timer for Hanswella's first appearance. |
| 21 | Major update 1 of 3. Pics are now on personal pages, and the blog has been replaced by the Message Board. More details from Jeanette's summary. |
| 2006 - Dec 5 | Added a Valkry Chart; no propagation. |
| 4 | Added an Erich Chart; no propagation. |
| 3 | Added a Friedrich Chart; no propagation. |
| Nov 30 | Added missed Generations 1-3 dates to the Calendar |
| 14 | Major update to the Lester Chart and related pages |
| 13 | Significant # of dates added to the Calendar |
| 2 | Updated the Lester Chart only |
| Sep 21 | Added a Lester Chart |
| This site went online February 1, 2006. Previous updates listed here. Site maintainer's page is here. |
