What's New
- 04-27-2021 Milestone: The database now contains records for 11,000 individuals.
- 12-11-2018 Milestone: The database now contains records for 10,000 individuals.
- 02-04-2018 Updated website to https and moved to a faster server.
- 09-15-2016 Revised organization of photo storage for faster online access.
- 09-15-2016 Milestone: The database now contains records for 8,000 individuals.
- 12-17-2015 Milestone: The database now contains records for 7,000 individuals.
- 11-27-2015 Fixed country flag table in database (spelling of Czechoslovakia).
- 11-22-2015 Milestone: The database now contains records for 6,000 individuals.
- 04-10-2015 Moved left sidebar menus to top of page.
- 05-27-2014 Milestone: The database now contains records for 5,000 individuals.
- 03-09-2014 Added thumbnail pictures to 3 rows and flags to 3 more rows of the 6 Generation Report.
- 01-06-2014 Milestone: The database now contains records for 4,000 individuals.
- 12-23-2013 Added surname counts to alphabetical index.
- 12-19-2013 Milestone: The database now contains records for 3,500 individuals.
- 10-01-2013 Administrator tools: Add checks for orphaned (not linked to a primary name) auxiliary files (birth records, census records, death certificates, family photo albums, marriage records, obituaries, service records, and individual photo albums).
- 09-23-2013 Milestone: The database now contains records for 3,350 individuals and photos of 300 individuals and 62 families.
- 04-12-2013 Migrated from mysql to mysqli (OOP version).
- 03-17-2013 Added another generation of grandparents to the 5 Generation Report, making it the 6 Generation Report.
- 03-14-2013 Added 5 Generation Report (grandparents thru grandchildren, graphical with hot links), accessible from 'record' page.
- 02-02-2013 Milestone: The database now contains 3,000 records. Many thanks to John Gorski for all his work on the Polish families in Michigan/Wisconsin.
- 01-16-2013 Increased the family report spouse limit to 5.
- 01-15-2013 Milestone: The database now contains 2,500 records. Many thanks to Kevin Hackett for all his work on the Burie/Aderman families and their ancestors.
- 01-14-2013 Moved this what's new page to the public area. Added partial list of references, faq page, census index, and obituary index to public area. Note: all of these pages remain directly accessible from the password protected area as before.
- 12-30-2012 Increased ancestors report limit to 14 generations (longest line in database as of 12-30-2012).
- 12-22-2012 Increased ancestors report limit to 10 generations.
- 12-20-2012 Increased ancestors report limit to 9 generations.
- 12-19-2012 Milestone: The database now contains 2,300 records. The descendants report limit is now extended to 14 generations.
- 12-02-2012 Milestone: The database now contains 2,100 records. Also, now have scans of original handwritten US Federal Census schedules for 140 individuals.
- 11-16-2012 Added census data: index in left sidebar, and access from 'record' page.
- 11-13-2012 Fixed bug in ancestor report. Eighth generation ancestors were being incorrectly labeled as seventh generation in the first style of the report.
- 11-12-2012 Milestone: Merged 'Descendants of Anna Katherine Christansen' created by John J. W. Christopherson (many thanks to John!) with the database. The database now contains 1,900 records.
- 10-24-2012 Milestone: The database now contains 1,700 records.
- 09-26-2012 Milestone: The database now contains photos of 190 individuals and 50 families. Many thanks to Emma (Christophersen) Zuraski, Ann (Tenarvitz) Everson, Sandy (Zuraski) Szornyi, and Carole (Diebels) Zuraski.
- 10-06-2011 Milestone: The database now contains 1,500 records.
- 01-25-2011 Added a page for showing the change log for a record with a link from the administrator home page.
- 01-19-2011 Added check for duplicate records (same primary name) to administrator home page.
- 01-14-2011 Added 'record' data to settings page, so a user can now update their own 'record' data. Added My Space field with privacy protection to database, and added My Space index. Revised 'search box help' and added an example for names with apostrophes.
- 01-11-2011 Merged 'Descendants of James Setunsky' created by John J. W. Christopherson (many thanks to John!) with the database. There are now 1,470 records in the database.
- 01-10-2011 Added a 'privacy policy' page explaining the goals and mechanisms for protecting personal data.
- 01-07-2011 Added Skype field with privacy protection to database. Added Email, Facebook, Linked In, Phone, Skype, Twitter, and Website indices.
- 12-29-2010 Added 'edit access list' page (links from 'Settings' page if privacy of a field is set to 'access list'), so users can make their own access lists.
- 12-28-2010 Added 'Settings' page to allow a user (including administrators) to change their password and set privacy of their own birth and contact data. Made 'website' field on 'record' page a link to the person's website. Added access control list for private data.
- 12-23-2010 Divided 'Quick Links' in left side panel into two catagories: 'Quick Links' and 'Administrators'. Added large amount of contact data to database.
- 12-22-2010 Added cemetery field to database, 'record' page, and administrator pages.
- 12-20-2010 Allow user's to see all of their own record, even if parts of the record are private. Added recipes: index in left side panel, and access from 'record' page. Added 'Administrator - Missing Parent' function for checking database integrity. Added 'Administrator - Missing Spouse' function for checking database integrity. Added contact data (address, phone, email, twitter, facebook, linkedin, website) with privacy protection.
- 12-18-2010 Started a wish list of possible future features to add to Tree Zee and added to Quick Links menu. Added birth announcements to 'record' page and birth announcement index to left side panel, both with privacy protection. Added privacy protection to birth certificates.
- 12-17-2010 Made all regular user features accessible to administrators without having to login as a regular user, or re-login as administrator.
- 12-16-2010 Added privacy to birth information (date and place). Current privacy policy is to not show birth date and place of living persons by default. If data is available, the word 'private' will be substituted for the actual data, unless your login name is on the access list for the record (by permission of the living person).
- 12-14-2010 Revised administrator home page ('record id' now entered on administrator home page for 'view', 'edit', 'undo edit', and 'delete' record functions), renamed several admin buttons to more descriptive names, added 'list pending records' and 'list deleted records' pages and corresponding links from administrator home page, simplified administrator help page, and added description of record 'status' field (active, pending, deleted).
- 12-13-2010 Increased database field length of location names ('city', 'state', and 'country') to 30 characters each, and increased field length of 'references' to 1024 characters. Added more names to the family tree database (many thanks to Dorothy M. Dickman!), bringing the total to 1,339 names. Added obituaries with links from 'record' page and 'obituary' index.
- 12-10-2010 Moved references from front page to their own page, added credits, and added link to references from 'Quick Links' on left side panel. Also moved search box help from the front page to it's own page, with a link from the left side panel, and added examples and hints on how to search.
- 12-09-2010 Added administrator 'edit record' page, with full logging of all data (an edited record can be recovered by jerryz@fishzee.com, if necessary). Also added an administrator 'help' page.
- 12-08-2010 Added administrator 'delete record' page, with full logging of all data (a deleted record can be recovered by jerryz@fishzee.com, if necessary).
- 12-07-2010 Added a 'frequently asked questions' page, added birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, and military service records to 'Record' report page (link only appears if available), and added indices for birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, and military service records to left side panel. Also reorganized left side panel 'Quick Links' into 'Quick Links' and 'Indices'.
- 11-29-2010 Added administrator 'view record' page, and administrator 'add record' page, added admin fields to database.
- 11-28-2010 Added 'administrator login' page and 'administrator home' page.
- 11-27-2010 Modified the search box logic to include the married names of women in the search.
- 11-26-2010 Added links from 'ancestor', 'descendant', and 'family' report tables to 'record' report, added a separate 'family' photo album accessible from the 'family' report page, added photo album indices for direct access to the individual and family photos from the side panel.
- 11-25-2010 Increased 'ancestors' report limit to 8 generations, reorganized left side panel links (now Quick Links and Zee Links), put scripts, header, sidebar and footer in include files, added thumbnail photo to 'record' and 'family' reports, now hide 'photo' buttons if there are no photos available.
- 11-24-2010 Added marriage date and place to database and to 'record' and 'family' reports.
- 11-23-2010 Increased 'ancestors' report limit to 6 generations, enhanced search box (blank dumps all records), added search box help.
- 11-22-2010 Added AKA fields to search box (now can search nicknames and AKA's), results of search now in alphabetical order.
- 11-21-2010 Added a short description of Tree Zee to the 'login' page.
- 11-20-2010 Added a full set of links and the search box to the side panel of all pages for easier navigation, changed 'go' button names to actual report names on 'search results' page, increased 'descendant' report limit to 8 generations.
- 11-19-2010 Added this 'What's New' page, and an 'alphabetical index', and introduction on the front page.
- 11-18-2010 Added 'Ancestors' report (4 generation limit), 'Descendants' report (4 generation limit), and 'Family' report: spouse(s) and children (3 spouse limit).
- 11-17-2010 Added Jerry Jr original files under 'Relatives of Gerald David Zuraski Jr', finished merging Jerry Jr data (now have 1,230+ records).
- 11-14-2010 Major revision: Added mysql database (1,000+ records), search box, access to photo albums, and data from Jerry Zuraski Jr (many thanks to Jerry Jr!).
- 10-16-2010 Added two trees created by John J. W. Christopherson (many thanks to John!).
- 10-08-2010 Added old pictures to front page and password protecton to TreeZee pages.