In this video, the creators of Tree Crossing demonstrate the main features including the contextual features, data visualization, privacy controls, and collaborative sharing of family trees. You’ll learn how how these elements make genealogy more accessible and engaging for your family members who don’t do genealogy research.
If you’re new to Tree Crossing, watch Tree Crossing – a New Way to Share Trees that Solves Problems.
Video Chapters
00:00 Introduction to TreeCrossing
03:03 Exploring the User Experience
05:31 Contextual Features in Genealogy
08:39 Data Visualization and Family Connections
11:43 Privacy and Control Over Living Individuals
14:36 Sharing Family Trees and Collaboration
17:21 Interactive Features and User Engagement
20:16 The Vision Behind TreeCrossing
Tree Crossing Overvew
- TreeCrossing offers an intuitive user interface for genealogy.
- You can sync multiple trees for a more complete picture of your genealogy.
- The TreeSync app allows easy uploading of family trees without GEDCOM exports.
- Contextual features like maps and timelines enhance user understanding.
- Data visualization helps users grasp complex family structures.
- Privacy controls are in place for living individuals in family trees.
- Users can share their trees and invite family members to collaborate.
- The platform supports the inclusion of photos and documents.
- Interactive features keep users engaged and interested in their family history.
- Tree Crossing is designed to be accessible for non-genealogists.
- The creators have a strong background in family history and software development.
Resources
The best place to get answers to your specific questions about using Tree Crossing, and uploading your tree with TreeSync is at the Tree Crossing FAQ:https://treecrossing.com/learn/faq
This is wonderful. I often get lost in my own tree, lots of the same names. Is there a way to show how cousins etc are related. That is a big issue w generations.
One data item that I would highly suggest that Tree Crossing add for visualization is putting a number next to the + sign where you can go back another generation. The number would represent the number of generations that are possible to go back on that line. I like this tool a lot, and would really value some way to see just how many generations are there beyond the person I’m looking at in the current view.
That’s a great idea!
This looks interesting, but seems to be for Windows users only.
Update: This does not seem to work with Reunion for Mac.
I signed up for TreeCrossing based on your presentation with the developers. My tree is on MyHeritage Family Tree Builder and they were unable to upload it or even a Gedcom file. You might consider noting on the blog that their offerings are very limited in their startup phase.
It looks like a fine product, and I hope that they have the resources to take care of the variety of tree software out there. A good first step would be to accept Gedcom files.
That’s good to know, thanks for sharing.