For Immediate Release

December 30, 2007

THE BAR IS RAISED AGAIN FOR

FAMILY HISTORY SOFTWARE

The Master Genealogist v7.0 released (*v8.0 not far off).

COLUMBIA, Maryland.- WHOLLY Genes, Inc. is proud to announce the release of The Master Genealogist™ v7.0, the most comprehensive family history software on the market.

The Master Genealogist™ ("TMG") has been the choice of professional genealogists and casual researchers alike because of its innovative features, extreme flexibility, attention to real-life research issues (like "witnesses" and their secondary roles in events), and support for the highest scholarly standards.

Despite the program's long-standing reputation as "the one that does it all," the new Version 7 incorporates more than 50 exciting new features.

The program continues to innovate with features like a new "Associates Window" which lists in one place all of the people connected to the focus person (e.g., as witnesses to the same events), customisable pop-up reminders which encourage consistent data entry, and the ability to make color "highlights" or annotations on scanned images.

The image-highlighting actually happens on a transparent layer above the image so the original image isn't modified - an important characteristic to family researchers.

A variety of powerful new features to control sentence output supplement those which, in previous versions, have helped researchers win awards for their published narratives.

Among other enhancements, it is now easier to generate sentences which span more than one event (e.g., "He died in Tazewell, Virginia and was buried three days later in the town cemetery") with mid-sentence source citations. A real-time sentence preview now also makes it easier to see the effect of customising those sentences. 

"We're sure that researchers will appreciate the powerful new features in this release because they helped to design them," said Bob Velke, President of Wholly Genes Software.

"Many of TMG's best features started with suggestions from users," said Velke. "And Version 7 is no exception."

As examples of popular features that are already in that category, he cited the program's GenBridge™ direct-import technology, integrated historical timelines, customisable screen layouts, and the display of names in different colours to represent user-defined characteristics (e.g., red for people who were born in Tennessee and green for those who were born in Virginia).

Other new features in Version 7 include multi-level sorts, relationship calculation through spouses (e.g., wife of his third cousin), the ability to share your source list and output templates with other researchers through import/export, and the ability to check for duplicates while adding new people. A number of new filtering and reporting options are expected to be very popular and a long list of interface changes make the program easier to use, especially for novice researchers. 

The Master Genealogist™ v7.0 is native to Windows Vista® but is also designed for Windows 2000® or XP®. More information is available from <www.WhollyGenes.com>.

About the company:
Wholly Genes Software is a privately held corporation founded in 1993 with the goal of providing professional-calibre software tools to family historians. Its flagship product, The Master Genealogist™, is among the highest-rated family history project managers and is in use in more than 30 countries around the world.