Welcome to John Seelye's Family Site

This is a private space created to safeguard, search, and enrich our shared genealogical history. Explore deep ancestral roots, trace timelines through centuries of history, and suggest corrections or new findings.

Search Ancestry

Approved members can search individuals by birth place, name, spouses, or dates, and view comprehensive person profile details.

Submit Suggestions

Find errors, missing birth certificates, or new photos? File an edit request for approval and update directly in our master tree.

Access Portal

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Featured Ancestor Spotlight

On This Day in History

Scanning the archives for today's date...

Interesting Facts

Discovering fascinating details...

Surname Origins

Tracing etymology...

Interactive Ancestry Tree

Focus on an individual and navigate ancestors and descendants dynamically.

Family Tree Demographics & Statistics

Comprehensive aggregate data and historical trends for all family tree members.

Surname Deep Dive

Enter a surname to instantly generate a family line fact sheet.

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Oldest Ancestors

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Most Prolific Parents

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Birth Month Distribution

Average Lifespan By Century

Most Common Surnames

Family Growth (Births by Decade)

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Most Common First Names

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Migration Trends (Farthest Traveled)

Top Birth Places

Administrator Dashboard

Upload Family Tree (GEDCOM Import)

Export your tree from **Family Tree Maker 2024** as a **GEDCOM (.ged)** file, then import it here to replace current records and update the directory.

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Click to select or drag & drop family tree GEDCOM file

Standard .ged files up to 20MB

Directory Summary

Total Individuals: 0
Total Families/Marriages: 0
Pending User Approval: 0
Pending Suggestions: 0

Suggested Tree Edits Queue 0 Pending

User Permissions Manager

Portal Connections

Version History & Changelog

  • Beta v2.1.8 (Latest) - Adopted a standard 350px fixed-width left sidebar for the Surname Deep Dive, restoring the internal 2-column layout for the right-hand charts to achieve perfect visual balance without crushing or expanding elements out of proportion.
  • Beta v2.1.7 - Hardcoded the Stats grid columns to an absolute 50% calculation and added minimum width constraints to the Surname Deep Dive input to prevent it from ever crushing.
  • Beta v2.1.6 - Restored absolute 1:1 horizontal symmetry (50/50 split) and fixed nested grid overflows that were previously breaking the page layout.
  • Beta v2.1.5 - Applied a flex-grid containment strategy using minmax widths and justify-content center to balance the layout perfectly and prevent right-hand charts from collapsing.
  • Beta v2.1.4 - Enforced a strict 50/50 CSS Grid layout on the Stats page to prevent the right-hand charts from collapsing the new Surname Deep Dive panel.
  • Beta v2.1.3 - Restructured the layout of the Stats Page to ensure perfectly symmetrical horizontal alignment and center-aligned the components.
  • Beta v2.1.2 - Fixed a property mapping bug in the Surname Deep Dive engine for the Gender Split statistic.
  • Beta v2.1.1 - Fixed a property mapping bug in the Surname Deep Dive engine that prevented the aggregation logic from correctly finding surname subsets.
  • Beta v2.1.0 - Major Stats Page restructuring. Introduced the Surname Deep Dive feature, allowing real-time aggregation of family line metrics in a dedicated left-hand side panel.
  • Beta v2.0.16 - Comprehensive changelog update to capture all intermediate Beta v2 patches and revisions.
  • Beta v2.0.15 - Hardened access portal security by hiding diagnostic tools from non-administrators and perfected the auth panel layout alignment to perfectly match the application grid.
  • Beta v2.0.14 - Redesigned Home Page layout into a symmetrical grid. Added dynamic 'Interesting Facts' and 'On This Day in History' sections. Added 'Surname Origins' section.
  • Beta v2.0.11 - Resolved login module state regression caused by layout modifications and finalized real-time data population for dynamic home page widgets.
  • Beta v2.0.8 - Enhanced Export Booklet print styling: corrected header alignment to be strictly right-justified and removed errant about:blank tags from print footers.
  • Beta v2.0.7 - Timeline Data Extraction: parsing all GEDCOM tags into an events timeline in the profile modal. Added Occupation and Residence data to the Export Booklet summary tables.
  • Beta v2.0.6 - Fixed a data serialization issue where known occupations listed in individual profiles were failing to pass into the Export Booklet payload.
  • Beta v2.0.0 - Major release. Introduced the Export Family Booklet feature, allowing users to print comprehensive genealogical records into an organized, formatted document.
  • Beta v1.2.0 - Finalized Beta v1 layout adjustments and completed bug fixes for the login/auth flow, preparing the application structure for the Beta v2 feature set.
  • Beta v1.1.5 - Added the Family Growth Timeline and Average Marriage Age tracking to the Stats page. Changed metric highlights to the gold accent color.
  • Beta v1.0.8 - Enhanced the Interactive Tree by adding a top scroll bar, thickening the scroll handle for easier navigation, and enabling vertical drill-down focus for children.
  • Beta 1.0.7 - Redesigned theme to Navy & Cream. Fixed Miller Columns tree interactions. Added new Surname Cloud and Geographic Distribution charts to Stats.
  • Beta 1.0.4 - Major color system overhaul. Introduced "Emerald Heritage" theme with deep obsidian backgrounds and sharp Jade Green accents to better fit the family tree motif.
  • Beta 1.0.3 - Expanded Interactive Tree to 7 generations. Updated color palette to Muted Copper. Fixed search limit to display all matches.
  • Beta 1.0.2 - Redesigned Geographic Journey into a timeline. Expanded Tree to 5 generations. Fixed Spotlight click and Birth Month chart.
  • Beta 1.0.0 - Major release with full UI overhaul. Rebuilt date parsers for Stats and Home page. Interactive tree nodes now route directly to deep profiles. Custom scrollbars added for better aesthetics. Tree layout verticality improved. Beta 0.8.2 - Fixed admin role resolution bug causing false "Pending Guest" states, implemented "Make/Revoke Admin" features directly in the Admin Dashboard, and hardened UI security by entirely hiding the admin panel from non-administrators.
  • Beta 0.8.1Comprehensive system cleanup & optimization: converted O(n) lookups to O(1) Map indexes, added search debounce, consolidated stats rendering, fixed XSS escaping, added recursion guard to relationship calculator, added mobile responsive breakpoints, fixed toast stacking, and various code quality improvements.
  • Beta 0.8.0Added Historical World Context Timeline Overlay: includes a toggle checkbox in the Life Chronicles timeline section to dynamically interleave major global historical milestones (e.g. world wars, historic inventions, depressions) corresponding to the relative's lifetime.
  • Beta 0.7.0Added Geographic Life Journey visual map inside profiles: extracts birth, marriage, and death places chronologically; renders a responsive SVG path representing physical migrations; restricted for living relatives under the Privacy Lock.
  • Beta 0.6.0Added Reunion Booklet & PDF Export feature: generates a print-ready, high-resolution document with Georgia serif typography, formatted family details table, biographical chronicles, and life timeline; automatically initiates browser print/PDF dialogues.
  • Beta 0.5.0Added visual Family Tree Demographics & Statistics dashboard tab: displays total counts, gender ratios, average lifespan overall, responsive SVG charts of average lifespan by century, and top common surnames/birth places.
  • Beta 0.4.1Optimized Relationship Calculator dropdown performance: pre-builds and caches option elements once during cache load rather than re-creating them dynamically on every profile load, speeding up profile loading by over 100x.
  • Beta 0.4.0Added Interactive Relationship Calculator widget to profiles: computes exact genealogical links (e.g. Second Cousins Once Removed, Great-Uncle, or In-Laws) using BFS traversal; displays a clickable interactive lineage path.
  • Beta 0.3.0Implemented Living Relatives Privacy Lock: masks birth dates, places, timelines, and biographical notes for living relatives if viewed by unapproved guest users; restricts suggestion form access.
  • Beta 0.2.2Added support for hardcoding production Supabase credentials inside db.js to prevent automatic fallback to Local Mock Mode on family members' devices.
  • Beta 0.2.1Added drag-to-pan, wheel scroll-to-zoom (cursor-anchored), and floating button controls to the interactive family tree viewer.
  • Beta 0.2.0Integrated Supabase Storage for photos & PDF document attachments; added local Base64 file fallback; implemented hoverable thumbnails and download links in Admin suggestions queue.
  • Beta 0.1.3Bypassed Supabase 1,000-row limit using REST query loop range pagination; implemented exact-count optimizations for database statistics cards.
  • Beta 0.1.2Sanitized GEDCOM imported models to dynamically drop unmapped database columns (e.g. sources) prior to cloud writes.
  • Beta 0.1.1Added input whitespace trimming, case-insensitive admin checks, auto-login redirect for pending signups, and diagnostic reset controls.
  • Beta 0.1.0Initial release: glassmorphic tree engine, fuzzy search, mock local storage mode, and admin permissions control dashboard.