LifeLines

{{Short description|Open-source genealogy program}}

{{Other uses|Lifeline (disambiguation){{!}}Lifeline}}

{{notability|Products|date=May 2021}}

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| name = LifeLines

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| logo = LifeLines logo.png

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| author = Tom Wetmore[http://lifelines.sourceforge.net/ LifeLines genealogy software:Key Info] - "Lifelines was written by Tom Wetmore circa 1991-1994 and he has now placed it under an MIT-style license."{{cite web|url=http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/genealogy/lines |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126130025/http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/genealogy/lines |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-11-26 |title=Index of /Pub/Genealogy/Lines |accessdate=2010-12-19 }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20121225013903/http://ftp.cac.psu.edu:80/pub/genealogy/lines/LIFELINE.NEWSL-01 On 23 September I announced the existence of LifeLines on the soc.roots/ROOTS-L list,...] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707200212/http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/genealogy/lines/LIFELINE.NEWSL-01 |date=2010-07-07 }} LIFELINES NEWSLETTER 1, 4 October 1992, T. T. Wetmore IV, ed.

| developer = The LifeLines Team [http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=852 LifeLines - Project Member List][http://kairoscomputers.com/notlimaH/lifelinesFAQ.htm LifeLines FAQ] - By Larry Hamilton - November 22, 2005

| released = {{Start date and age|1992|09|23|df=yes/no}}

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| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q6544618|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

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| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q6544618|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q6544618|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language = C

| operating system = Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X

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| language = English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Polish, and Swedish[http://lifelines.sourceforge.net/ LifeLines genealogy software:Key Info] - "Internationalization and localization: Native language support has been added for a number of languages, including Danish, French, German, and Swedish beginning with the 3.0.29 release."

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| genre = Genealogy software

| license = MIT license

| website = {{URL|lifelines.sourceforge.net}}
{{URL|lifelines.github.io/lifelines/}}

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LifeLines is a free open-source genealogy software tool to assist family history research. LifeLines primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability to easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format. It was the first open-source genealogy program for Unix.[http://www.oneworldtree.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4841 Windows XP Versus Linux: A Genealogist’s Viewpoint] - By Dick Eastman - 2001 - "Lifelines was the first genealogy program to become available for Linux." The Lifelines scripting language is now supported by several other open-source programs.[https://fhtw.byu.edu/static/conf/2005/finlay-genealogy-fhtw2005.pdf Open Source Genealogy Software] - By John Finlay - 2005

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