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Put your genealogy online quickly and easily — with TNG 8!

"This program is a winner!" — Dick Eastman, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. (Read the story here!)

CURRENT VERSION: 8.0.1 (24 July 2010)
PRICE: $29.99 USD (Buy it here)

The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© ("TNG") is a powerful way to manage and display your genealogy data on the Internet, all without generating a single page of static HTML. Instead, your information is stored in MySQL database tables and dynamically displayed in attractive fashion with PHP (a scripting language). Want to learn more? While here you can:

If your web server supports PHP and MySQL, you can set up and run TNG with very little effort. Don't settle for 'ancient' site creation methods that leave you with thousands of dull-looking HTML pages! Need a hosting provider?


Key Features:

  • GEDCOM Import/Export: No need to retype everything.
  • Search: Easy lookup by name, or advanced search on dates, places and more.
  • Dynamic Charts: Pedigree, descendants, relationship, timeline, family group, etc.
  • Clean, Easy to Read: One person per page, sensible layout, clear navigation.
  • Surname Lists: Quickly display your main lines alphabetically and by popularity.
  • Customizeable: Choose from pre-built templates, or create your own.
  • Security: Create users with various rights, protect living/private data.
  • Media: Upload and link photos, histories, videos, you name it.
  • Administration: Manage everything from a central admin menu.
  • Backup/Restore: Safeguard your data, recover from disaster.
  • Multiple Trees: Host more than one GEDCOM at a time.
  • Strong Support: Make use of a forum, a wiki and two mailing lists, or ask the author.
  • Much More: Google Maps, LDS data supported, Cemeteries, Dates & Anniversaries, "What's New", etc. etc.! See a more complete feature list here.

New & Improved in TNG 8:

  • Better Search: Hover over the results to see a dynamic summary of each person or family on the list.
  • Look and Feel: Most pages have been restyled for easier use and a nicer appearance.
  • Easier Installation: Do more right up front and hit the ground running.
  • Media: Enjoy a new image viewer, plus a more streamlined slide show.
  • User Roles: New labels make it simple to assign rights to members of your family or research team.
  • Relationship: Now locate multiple relationships between people in your file.
  • Search Engines: A few key changes should make your pages more visible.
  • People: Build your tree right from the pedigree page if you'd like.
  • Dates: New calendar page summarizes family events.
  • "Mod Manager": Allows you to easily add or remove custom code changes.
  • Plus more than 100 other improvements! See a complete list of all changes here. Tested on all major browser platforms.

See a fully functional demonstration right now!

Also works as a Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, or Zikula/PHP-Nuke/CPG Nuke module!*

Ready to get started? See instructions on how to get your copy of TNG today.

Upgrading from a previous version? See instructions on obtaining version 7.0.


Need Web Hosting?

Need a low-cost hosting provider who supports PHP/MySQL? I recommend Simply Hosting, for only $4.99/month (or less if you pay annually). They're very friendly to TNG users and will even help you with the installation if necessary. Plus, they'll give TNG users the first month of hosting free!

You could also try the host I used to use, ICDSoft.com. They have excellent support and are only $6/month (paid annually). A good option for both US and international users. I only left because this TNG site became too big (traffic wise) for their shared environment. You shouldn't have a problem with your personal site.

Another alternative I recently discovered is Webshosters.com. I recently tested TNG there and had absolutely no trouble at all with the installation and operation. They are based in Europe and post their price in Euros, but they also have servers in New York and Texas and welcome all international customers.

  Web hosting by ICDSoft   Web hosting by webshosters.com
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"Please add me to your list of happy and very satisfied users. Look at http://www.kloosterman.be and everybody can see for themselves why I am so satisfied with your TNG program. A great genealogy program, very fast, well done, with a lot of possibilities and of course the languages. I'm getting a lot of compliments about my site. I always refer them to you Darrin and tell them that without your excellent program, after sale service, support and your help with the TNG scripts I could not have made such a professional looking website. It is the best program I have seen yet for genealogical websites and the price is a bargain!! You can quote me on that!"

—Cees Kloosterman. The Kloosterman Genealogy at http://www.kloosterman.be

—See a short writeup on Cees' site and TNG at RandomGenealogy.com!


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"I am over the moon with the program — I just love it !!"

—Lesley Bray
Bray & McGilvery Ancestry



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*When used with a freeware add-on program.
More questions? Contact Darrin Lythgoe (the author) directly at darrin@lythgoes.net
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