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Table of contents
  1. Thrale.com rebuilt
  2. Slicker family tree
  3. Better articles
  4. Easier involvement
  5. Improved updates
  6. New website

Thrale.com rebuilt

NewWelcome to the completely rebuilt Thrale.com.

Everything is now stored on a database. Any registered user can now create content, comment or ask questions and contribute to discussions using a browser - just like Wikipedia. 

Slicker family tree

  • New software means that the family tree is better presented, easier to update and search, with improved printable reports.

Better articles

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  • We now present our family history in a more coherent way. Pages are now structured in book-like stories, with one page naturally following another;
  • Each article is tagged, so information that can't be presented in sequence, can be categorised by authors and easily retrieved by readers;
  • Longer articles now all have a clickable table of contents;
  • Images are displayed in articles as thumbnails with a caption. Impressively, click on an image and you are taken to a high quality full size image (usually filling the whole screen) complete with source references and commentary text. Each image is also categorised, so it is easy to jump to a page containing all other images of, for example, a person or place;
  • Citations are now displayed as clickable numbered footnotes, making it easier to read an article;

Easier involvement

Visitors can1:

  • contribute their own articles, or update an existing one
  • comment on any article;
  • ask questions or respond to conversations in our forum;
  • email any article to a friend;
  • create their own blog2;
  • edit articles, images, messages, search the forum and articles and edit the family tree with just one account;

The site uses better spam protection, so a previous problem of unwanted messages promoting adult services has been eliminated.

Improved updates

    Visitors can subscribe to:
  • occasional free email newsletter;
  • frequent email updates, which can be customised to you individual area of interest;
  • web feeds (RSS);

New website

A lot has changed for the better, enter the new website.

  1. 1. A few actions are restricted to registered users - registration is free.
  2. 2. Must be primarily related the Thrale and Thrall family history!