The Caperton Society

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Details: Category: Caperton Society Blog; Created: 23 July 2023

Well, it has been a bit of a challenge but I have sorted out the bulk of the technical issues that were keeping the Collections section closed.I have had to totally rebuild each collection to get it to work with the new software. So, while I was at it I also significantly improved the qualite of every image as I rebuilt the collection! I have completed work on the US Censuses for 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850. I have also finished work on the first of the UK Censuses - 1841. The War of 1812 and US Births and US Deaths are also back online and I have added a button to these last two collections that will allow you to PDF not only the transcription but also the source record! This is a beta so let me know what you think and if there is interest I will build the link into other collections as well. Next up will be the rest of the Censuses (US and UK) and the US Marriage Records, followed by the remaining War records.

One thing that is very different from the old way of looking at Collections involves the image of the Source Record. In the past the record would pop up in a box for viewing. However this was causing resolution quality issues with the image. As such now the source record will open in a new browser window for viewing and downloading. I have also eliminated the icon of the image in most cases and replaced it with a button. This was mostly to streamline the pages and make it a little easier for me to code the pages.

Details: Category: Caperton Society Blog; Created: 10 June 2023

Well, it has begun. I started the weekend of 6/10/2023 to upgrade the site. As previously mentioned this is a pretty major upgrade.The Content Management System (CMS) I use to run the site is ending support on version 3 this August so I have put this off as long as I could! The good news is I have finished migrating the site onto version 4. The not so good news is I am still chasing bugs and broken links. You may notice that not all of the Collections are available. The major set of collections missing is the

Read more: Website Update In Progress

Details: Category: Caperton Society Blog; Created: 27 September 2022

Well, I have put it off as long as I could. Following the publishing of "The Capertons" I took a step back from genealogy, to kind of recharge my batteries. As you undoubtedly noticed there have not been many updates to the site. There were several reasons for this. In no particular order, The Content Management System (CMS) that runs the website is going thru a major upgrade; some of the apps I use to run the site have been abandoned; there is a major update to PHP which is the code that runs the CMS. I was burned out from the production and distrubution of the book. So now I am back to face the music! In Detail:

Caperton Society Blog

Collections Coming Back Online

Website Update In Progress

Major Website Update Coming!