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PhpGedView

PhpGedView is free and open-source web-based genealogy software written in PHP. It was created by John Finlay and first released on SourceForge in June 2002. The software displays and edits genealogy data through a web browser, using GEDCOM as its central data format. PhpGedView was named SourceForge Project of the Month in December 2003 and became one of the more visible early web-based genealogy applications. In 2010, several active developers forked the project to create webtrees.

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PhpGedView is free and open-source web-based genealogy software written in PHP. It was created by John Finlay and first released on SourceForge in June 2002. The software displays and edits genealogy data through a web browser, using GEDCOM as its central data format. PhpGedView was named SourceForge Project of the Month in December 2003 and became one of the more visible early web-based genealogy applications. In 2010, several active developers forked the project to create webtrees.

Key claims

  1. release date: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361731232

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.