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Revision Release Date Distribution Description
1.0.1 16 Jan 2003 Local FHC First Release - capable of searching IGI Only
1.0.4 4 Feb 2003 Internet First Internet Release - added split screen capability plus minor bug fixes
1.1.0 27 Mar 2003 Internet All six familysearch.org resources are now searchable, updated Help file plus minor GEDCOM parser bug fixes.
1.1.1 29 Mar 2003 Internet Updated Visual Basic Run-Time support files which addresses some installation issues that were being seen.
1.2.1  6 May 2003 Internet Default screen split changed to horizontal, Updated help file, Added "Check for Newer Version" and "FamilySearcher Web Site" Help links - plus support file updates.
1.3.0 18 May 2003 Internet New Installer added to help solve some installation problems, Win XP style borders now handled cleanly and GEDCOM file association now standard.  No longer necessary to uninstall previous version when upgrading
1.4.0 31 May 2003 Internet Added Parent Search, updated help file, fixed a bug in the Vertical Split handling and added checking for installation of PAF 5.
1.5.0 15 June 2003 Internet Added View Raw GEDCOM and menu to change double-click action.  Open File now acts on GED & SUB by default.  Fixed a bug in GEDCOM processing where CHAN date was getting picked up.  Most support files are now only copied during installation if they do not exist.
1.5.1 18 June 2003 Internet Minor changes to the installation program to better handle updating needed OCX and DLL files.
1.6.0 11 Oct 2003 Internet Improved handling of auto selection for IGI region, default region when no match is found is now "World Misc."  Also fixes a bug in GEDCOM processing when no birth or christening event exists and LDS ordinances have been performed.
1.7.0 1 Nov 2003 Internet Auto region selection now acts on largest locality only. Two-letter US state abbreviations for place names handling and status bar update improvements.  Toolbar icons added for FamilySearch.org, Ancestry.com and Rootsweb.com .  Performance improvements to GEDCOM parser.  Help file updated to reflect latest feature updates.
1.8.0 5 Dec 2003 Internet Added search capability for EllisIsland.org as well as individual resources as Ancestry.com and Rootsweb.com.  Help file has been updated and now opens a separate window when invoked.  Status bar now displays Internet resource about to be searched.  Toolbar icons that do not apply are now grayed out based on the search selected. Bug fixes - can now distinguish "Indiana" from "India" & exits cleanly without leaving a process running. 
1.9.0 27 Feb 2004 Internet Added search capability for: Ancestry Name History, PERSI, Commonwealth War Graves, Australian Resources plus the Family History Library Catalog.  Fixed several bugs including: "Can't select last row", "Year range selection problem" and "Christening data is overwriting Birth info" defect.  Names can now be "tagged" using shift-click and this detail is saved in a *.FSR file.  Warning is now generated when a large GEDCOM file is encountered.  Help file has been updated.
2.0.0 16 Apr 2004 Internet Fixed UK Census Search to include all census years & not just 1891, Fixed UK Census Search to use first given name rather than all given names, Default IGI region is now "World Misc." as seen from "Tools", "Search Options...", Name tagging fixed to handle data that has been sorted prior to exiting, Click on ID number now provides Family Detail information on the highlighted individual, German states of "Hessen" and "Hesse-Dermstadt" are now correctly decoded, Added progress bar during file open w/Cancel capability, Added Submitter Information to File Properties Dialog Box, Added support for reading files delimited with only a Line-Feed char (eg. UNIX files) in addition to CR-LF files, Added support for UTF-8, Unicode, ANSI and ANSEL character sets - diacritics, Added Toolbar icons for "Display Family Detail" and "Toggle Name Tag" and Added capability to Update LDS ordinances via an OUP file.
2.1.0 15 Oct 2004 Internet Improved error handling when the HELP file cannot be found, The word "Cleared" can now be "Updated", Suggested ordinance updates are now more logical, IGI Region mapping fixed for: Deleware, District of Columbia, New Hampshire & Rhode Island, Added support for *.XXX (Submitted SUB) files, Improved handling of MRU file not found, Ordinance update better handles Infant, Child and Cleared,
It is now possible to update an updated "Cleared" ordinance with an actual date, Added display of MRIN number (needed if an update to SS is requested) and Corrected typo in "Genealogicial" to "Genealogical"
2.20 13 Oct 2006 Internet 1) Added Internet Search Engine support for Google, Lycos, Yahoo, Altavista and Dogpile
2) Added saving of FamilySearch.org login and password including Auto Login
3) Update URL for (these URLS had changed and no longer worked correctly):
    a) Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    b) Ancestry.com - FreeBMD indexes
4) Update Australian Resources by doing the following
    a) Removed Fremantle Cemetery search as this is now handled by Perth Cemeteries
    b) Added New South Wales BMD Index Search
5) Changed Ellis Island Toolbar button to be "US Resources" and added menu support for
    a) Ellis Island Immigration Records
    b) West Virginia Vital Records
    c) Cemetery Records - Interment.net
6) Changed Commonwealth War Graves button to be "UK Resources" and added menu support for
    a) Free BMD
    b) Commonwealth War Graves
7) Updated the Help File

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