Developer Challenge
List of Participants
Nearly 30 developers participated in this year's developer challenge by submitting projects that demonstrated technical innovations for family history. From these, a panel of judges selected six finalists, from which three were ultimately selected to win a total of $10,000 in prizes.
Some of the challenge participants have chosen to be included in an online directory, you you can follow the development of these projects.
| Designation | Project Name | Submitted By |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize | NoteFuser | Jimmy Zimmerman |
| 2nd Prize | LeafSeek | Brooke Schreier Ganz |
| 3rd Prize (tie) | 20 Minute Genealogist | BYU Computer Science Dept. (team) |
| 3rd Prize (tie) | Facetree | Ellie Rasmus |
| Finalist | Family Group Folders Online | James Taylor |
| Finalist | GEDCOM parser | Dallan Quass |
| AncestorSync | Dovy Paukstys | |
| Family History Media (iOS, Android) | Brian Moncur (AppTime) | |
| Family History Notebook | Brian Moncur (AppTime) | |
| GenAssist | Banai Lynn Feldstein | |
| Genealogy in the Classroom | ||
| Genedocs Hybrid Data Entry Spreadsheet | Eric Jelle | |
| GenQuiry: Manage your family history research | Helen Wright | |
| Pedigree chart viewer | Stephen C Murphy | |
| ProgenyLink | Kent William Huff | |
| Similar-name finder for genealogy | Dallan Quass | |
| Text Enhancer | Oliver Nina |
Do you have an idea for a new family history service?
If you’ve been thinking, "there should be an app for that," now is your chance. Solving that problem could earn you $5,000 and the admiration of millions.
RootsTech will reward developers who introduce the most innovative new concepts to family history with cash rewards and increased visibility.
The Problem
Tens of millions of people around the world are interested in family history. These people need software solutions—whether on the desktop, online, or through mobile delivery—that help them engage and succeed in their efforts to discover, preserve, and share their family history.
The Challenge
Create an application or service that introduces a compelling new concept or innovation for family history.
Here is a sampling of the types of projects you might choose to tackle:
- Digitally preserve and share genealogy information that has not previously been captured
- Visualize genealogy data based on relationships, geography, or timelines
- Help new family historians start their research and stay organized as part of the process
- Uniquely identify or disambiguate multiple ancestors who appear to be the same person
- Dynamically generate collaborative ancestor pages with multiple feeds or sources of information
