Table of Contents

GedSite

• Using GedSite
• Installation Instructions
• Reporting Issues
• Files and Folders
• Example Sites
• Change Log

• Downloads and Purchases

  • Downloads
  • Purchases
  • End User License Agreement

• Publish Your Site

  • Publish on the Web
  • Publish on Removable Media

• General Topics

  • Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • Filters
  • Lightbox
  • Preferences
  • Record Browser
  • Sentences
  • Sentence Tester

Application Support

• General Information
• Ancestry.com Family Trees
• Brother's Keeper
• Family Historian
• Family Tree Maker
• GenoPro
• Haza-Data
• Heredis
• Legacy
• Reunion
• RootsMagic
• rootstrust
• The Master Genealogist

User Interface Reference

• Main Section
• API Keys Section
• Build Section
• Compiler Section

• Data Section

  • Database Section
  • Dates Section
  • Exhibits Section
  • GEDCOM Editors Section
  • Names Section
  • Notes Section
  • People Section
  • Places Section
  • Sources Section
  • Tags Section
  • Citation Repositories
  • Picklist
• Format Section
• Gendex Section
• Language Section
• Name Icons Section
• Page Sizes Section
• PageSets Section
• Person Entry Section
• Post-Make Command Section
• Publish Section

• Properties

  • Checkbox
  • Color
  • List or Tree
  • Pull-Down Menu

• Menus

  • File Menu

  • Edit Menu

    • Text Editor
    • HTML Editor
    • Color Editor

  • Wizards Menu

  • Utilities Menu

    • Input Folder Menu
    • Output Folder Menu
    • Logs Menu
    • Edit Tag Types Menu
    • Edit Strings Menu
    • Open Record Browser...
    • Open Sentence Tester...
  • Family History Hosting Menu

  • Customize Menu

    • Language Menu
  • Help Menu

• User Items

  • User Items Section

  • Commonly Used

    • Anchor
    • Anchor Link
    • Calendar
    • Custom Index
    • Exhibit Gallery
    • Heading
    • ID Lookup
    • Image
    • Image Gallery
    • Link
    • List of People
    • Map
    • Name Icons Table
    • Page
    • Page Table of Contents
    • Pedigree Link
    • Person Image
    • Person Link
    • Search
    • Slideshow
    • Text

  • Charts

    • Box Descendant Chart
    • Box Pedigree Chart
    • Common Ancestor Chart
    • Indented Descendant Chart
    • Indented Pedigree Chart
    • Interactive Pedigree Chart
    • Relationship Chart

  • Special Purpose

    • CSS (Link)
    • CSS (Text)
    • Extra Footer Text
    • Extra Head Text
    • Extra Header Text
    • Extra Section Text
    • Extra Sidebar Text
    • Fixed Link
    • Include File
    • Javascript (Link)
    • Javascript (Text)
    • List Type
    • Person Events
    • Variable

• Person Entry

  • Ancestor Lineage Item
  • Attribute Item
  • Citation List Item
  • Clear Item
  • Descendant Lineage Item
  • Ethnicity Item
  • Family Explorer Item
  • Family Sections Item
  • Last Edited Item
  • Links Item
  • Literal Text Item
  • New Container Item
  • Parent Section Item
  • Pedigree Link Item
  • Person Exhibits Item
  • Person References Item
  • Relationships Item
  • Subject Name Item
  • Summary Item

  • Tag Sets

    • Tag Sets
    • Blocks Tag Set
    • Body Tag Set
    • Cards Tag Set
    • List Tag Set
    • Narrative Tag Set
    • No Output Tag Set
    • Table Tag Set
    • Tag Set Panel Options
    • Tag Set Tag Filter
    • Virtual Witnesses

• Editing Tag Types

  • Tag Types Window
  • Tag Type Window
  • Tag Type Alias Window
  • Role Item Window

• Filters and Filter Terms

  • Filters
  • Age
  • Ancestor Generation
  • Ancestor Of
  • And/Or
  • Attribute Text
  • Citation Count
  • Citation Part
  • Cousin within Generations
  • Deceased
  • Descendant Generation
  • Descendant Of
  • DNA Descendant Of
  • Event Count
  • Event Tag Type
  • Gender
  • ID Number
  • Last Edited
  • Living
  • Name Count
  • Name Part
  • Name Tag Type
  • Not
  • Primary or Non-Primary
  • Primary Birth
  • Primary Death
  • Primary Image
  • Principal or Witness
  • Role
  • Source Number
  • Subject Age
  • Tag Date
  • Tag Date Restriction
  • Tag Group
  • Tag Note
  • Tag Participants
  • Tag Participant Index
  • Tag Place
  • Tag Place 1
  • Tag Place 2
  • Tag Place Part
  • Tag Place Part by Number
  • Tag Text

• PageSets

  • PageSets Section
  • Default PageSet Section
  • Chart Page PageSet Section
  • Custom 1 PageSet Section
  • Custom 2 PageSet Section
  • Image Page PageSet Section
  • Main Page PageSet Section
  • Name Index PageSet Section
  • Person Page PageSet Section
  • Source Page PageSet Section
  • User Page PageSet Section
  • Layouts
  • Layout Gallery
  • Layout Widths Section
  • Static Content
  • Page Scripts

• Theme

  • Theme Section
  • Theme Gallery
  • Theme Properties Section
  • Credit Section
  • Body Text Section
  • Sans-Serif Text Section
  • Heading Text Section
  • Colors, Backgrounds Section
  • Menus Section
  • Charts Section
  • Accent Styles Section
  • Slideshows Section

• Anchors

  • Anchors
  • Anchor Item
  • Anchor Link Item

• Text Tools

  • Text Codes

• Language

  • Language Section
  • Language Menu
  • Translations

• Styles

  • User Styles

    • User Styles
    • User Style

  • Accents

    • Accents

  • System Styles

    • Styles Sections

    • Image Styles

      • Image Styles
      • Image Container Style
      • Image Caption Style
      • Image Text Style
      • Image Align Center Style
      • Image Align Inline Style
      • Image Align Left Style
      • Image Align Right Style

    • Links

      • Links Styles
      • Active Link Style
      • Hover Link Style
      • Link Style
      • Visited Link Style

    • Menus

      • Menu Styles
      • Menubar Style
      • Menubar Item Style
      • Menubar Item Hover Style
      • Disabled Menubar Item Style
      • Disabled Menu Item

    • Name Index

      • Name Index Styles
      • Name Index Surname Style
      • Name Index Style
      • Name Index Name Style

    • Page

      • Page Styles
      • Page Body Style
      • Page Container Style
      • Page Header Style
      • Site Title Style
      • Page Title Style
      • Page Content Style
      • Page Headings Style
      • Page Sidebar Style
      • Page Extra Section Style
      • Page Footer Style
      • List Style
      • List Item Style
      • Definition List Style
      • Definition List Term Style
      • Definition List Definition Style

    • Person Entry

      • Person Entry Styles
      • Person Entry Container Style
      • Person Entry Subject Gender Style
      • Person Entry Subject ID Style
      • Person Entry Subject Lifespan Style
      • Person Entry Living Status Style
      • Person Entry Paragraph Style
      • Person Entry List Style
      • Person Entry List Item Style
      • Person Entry Item Label Style
      • Person Entry Item Value Style
      • Person Entry Other Lifespan Style
      • Citation List Style
      • Citation List Item Style
      • Block Indent Style

    • Sources

      • Source Page Styles
      • Source List Style
      • Source List Item Style
      • Source or Citation Target Item Style

    • Surname Index

      • Surname Index Styles
      • Character Index Style
      • Character Index Link Style
      • Surname Index Surname List
      • Surname Index Surnames

    • Tag Set Panels

      • Tag Set Panel Styles
      • Tag Set List Panel Style
      • Tag Set List Panel Item Style
      • Tag Set Table Style
      • Tag Set Table Heading Cell Style
      • Tag Set Table Data Cell Style

• Step-by-Step

  • Adding Image, Heading, and Text to a Page
  • Adding a Descendant Chart
  • Adding an Interactive Pedigree Chart
  • Adding a Pedigree Chart
  • Adding a Link to the Menubar
  • Adding a List of Ancestors
  • Adding a List of Descendants
  • Adding a Favorite Icon (favicon)

• Strings

  • Strings Section
  • Age Strings
  • Age Text Strings
  • Children Strings
  • Compiler Strings

  • Date Strings Section

    • Date Day Strings
    • Date Labels Strings
    • Date Modifiers Strings
    • Date Months Strings
    • Date Preposition Strings
    • Date Era Strings
  • Exhibits Strings
  • Family Explorer Strings
  • Family Heading Sentences Strings
  • Family Section Strings
  • Gender Strings
  • Generations Strings
  • Living Strings
  • Name Strings
  • Pages Strings
  • Parent Relationship Strings
  • People Strings
  • Person Entry Strings
  • Place Strings
  • Pronoun Strings
  • Relationships Strings
  • Search Strings
  • Sentences Strings
  • Surname Index Strings
  • The Master Genealogist Strings
  • Virtual Witnesses Strings

Other Information

• Associated Text Facility
• Character Encoding
• Custom Formats
• Disk Space Usage
• Ethnicity Calculator
• Glossary
• SDF Conversion
• Startup Switches
• Transfer GedSite to a New PC

• Mailing Lists

  • GS-L: Support Mailing List
  • Announcements Mailing List

• Newsletters

  • GedSite Newsletters
  • 080, 2026-01-30 (v5.11)
  • 079, 2025-12-13 (v5.10)
  • 078, 2025-11-30 (v5.09)
  • 077, 2025-10-29 (v5.08)
  • 076, 2025-10-15 (v5.07)
  • 075, 2025-09-29 (v5.06)
  • 074, 2025-09-15 (v5.05)
  • 073, 2025-04-02 (v5.04)
  • 072, 2025-02-05 (v5.03)
  • 071, 2025-01-11 (v5.02)
  • 070, 2024-07-19 (v5.01)
  • 069, 2024-07-01 (v5.00)
  • 068, 2023-12-06 (v4.17)
  • 067, 2023-11-06 (v4.16)
  • 066, 2023-10-09 (v4.15)
  • 065, 2023-04-23 (v4.14)
  • 064, 2023-03-21 (v4.13)
  • 063, 2023-01-04 (v4.12)
  • 062, 2022-11-24 (v4.11)
  • 061, 2022-11-21 (v4.10)
  • 060, 2022-11-15 (v4.09)
  • 059, 2022-07-26 (v4.08)
  • 058, 2022-06-13 (v4.07)
  • 057, 2022-02-22 (v4.06)
  • 056, 2022-01-31 (v4.05)
  • 055, 2022-01-29 (v4.04)
  • 054, 2022-01-28 (v4.03)
  • 053, 2021-08-18 (v4.02)
  • 052, 2021-05-19 (v4.01)
  • 051, 2021-03-20 (v4.00)
  • 050, 2020-07-27 (v3.07)
  • 049, 2020-03-23 (v3.06)
  • 048, 2020-02-22 (v3.05)
  • 047, 2020-02-03 (v3.04)
  • 046, 2019-07-12 (v3.03)
  • 045, 2019-06-10 (v3.02)
  • 044, 2019-04-24 (v3.01)
  • 043, 2019-03-15 (v3.00)
  • 042, 2018-10-22 (v2.12)
  • 041, 2018-09-25 (v2.11)
  • 040, 2018-09-18 (v2.10)
  • 039, 2018-09-11 (v2.09)
  • 038, 2018-08-30 (v2.08)
  • 037, 2018-06-29 (v2.07)
  • 036, 2018-06-15 (v2.06)
  • 035, 2018-03-19 (v2.05)
  • 034, 2018-02-28 (v2.04)
  • 033, 2018-02-06 (v2.03)
  • 032, 2018-01-31 (v2.02)
  • 031, 2018-01-01 (v2.01)
  • 030, 2017-12-18 (v2.00)
  • 029, 2017-11-04 (v1.11.04)
  • 028, 2017-10-28 (v1.10.28)
  • 027, 2017-10-27 (v1.10.27)
  • 026, 2017-09-22 (v1.9.22)
  • 025, 2017-08-08 (v1.8.8)
  • 024, 2017-06-26 (v1.6.26)
  • 023, 2017-05-22 (v1.5.22)
  • 022, 2017-05-10 (v1.5.10)
  • 021, 2017-05-01 (v1.5.01)
  • 020, 2017-04-18 (v1.4.18)
  • 019, 2017-04-03 (v1.4.3)
  • 018, 2017-03-27 (v1.4)
  • 017, 2017-03-14 (v1.3.16)
  • 016, 2017-03-06 (v1.3.13)
  • 015, 2017-02-20 (v1.3.10)
  • 014, 2017-02-13 (v1.3.8)
  • 013, 2017-02-02 (v1.3.5)
  • 012, 2017-01-23 (v1.3)
  • 011, 2017-01-11 (v1.2.6)
  • 010, 2017-01-10 (v1.2.5)
  • 009, 2017-01-04 (v1.2)
  • 008, 2016-12-21 (v1.1.7)
  • 007, 2016-12-12 (v1.1.5)
  • 006, 2016-12-05 (v1.1.2)
  • 005, 2016-12-01 (v1.1)
  • 004, 2016-11-27 (v1.0.4)
  • 003, 2016-11-25 (v1.0.3)
  • 002, 2016-11-22 (v1.0.2)
  • 001, 2016-11-21 (v1.0)

"How To" Entries

• How to Make a Columnar Surname Index

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