Genealone is genealogy software that was available in WordPress and supported from about 2014 up until around late 2016. I was in communication with the author David Nebesky several times over the years. He became ill and disappeared for a while. He then returned around early 2017, and was working on Genealone 3.0. After a short amount of time I no longer heard from him. In 2021 there was mention on the Genealone website that there would be continued development by a new author, however the website is gone now and there’s is no related software available that I’m aware of.
With PHP 7.x and 8.0 a few fatal errors occur. I was able to debug the code and fix those issues. There is also a bug in the original GEDCOM export that will render the output data with missing events, sources, pictures, and documents. The export was an alpha version and only included name, birth, death, marriage, and family. I have been working on a new version of the export, which will output those additional events and attributes. It’s currently being developed and will be available for anyone who needs it. Just ask for the status.
I have run into an installation with a small language customization. This caused fatal errors in the Genealone admin area when running PHP 8. There is a possibility that some installations with customizations for language or other needs, outside of the built-in setup, will receive a fatal error. This was identified and resolved.
With MySQL 8 there was another fatal error introduced because of the old way Genealone talked to the new MySQL database version. This has been resolved as well. MySQL is the backend database that houses all the information (settings, data, pages, posts, etc.) for WordPress.
Fortunately I had a recent backup of my biggest branch outside of Genealone. I now edit my trees on Ancestry.com, and export the data to a GEDCOM format file to upload into Genealone.
If you would like the updated software or have questions, please use the Contact form. You must be on version 2.1.1., which was the last release.
Revised: 6 March 2023