Founded in 1995 by a pair of veteran software experts, Progeny was built upon the principle of providing software tools to help visualize and present data.
1995
february
Progeny incorporated
1996
january
Launched first charting "companion" product
Introduced computerized "fan charts" to genealogy industry
october
First commercial partnership with Corel
1997
Licensed charting technology to LDS Church (still selling 400 units per week!)
1998
Launched first timeline charting software for genealogists
Named one of Canada's 200 leading software and service companies in 1998 by Branham Group and the Financial Post Magazine
1999
Published 55 million records of US Social Security Death Index on single CD-ROM
2002
French language version of Genelines launched in France
Introduced Timeline Maker v1.0 (prototype)
2004
Launched Progeny's Timeline Maker v2.0 for general consumer & business markets
2005
february
Produced 100th CD for LDS Church, totaling over 100 million individuals
2006
march
Launched Timeline Maker Professional
Became corporate sponsor for National Center for Missing and Exploited children
august
introduced first full-featured mapping tool for family historians