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Our Families - Today in History |
On October 13th 100 or more years ago:
James John Havinden was born in 1812
Elizabeth Hughes was born in 1813
Edward William< span> Waghorn was born in 1844
Thomas Henry James Crouch was born in 1872
Shirley Batt was born in 1895
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The World - Today in History |
On October 13, 1884 |
Greenwich was adopted as the universal time meridian of longitude from which standard times throughout the world are calculated. More events... |
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How do I input data? |
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Many people have been amazingly helpful filling in blanks in particular branches of this great tree and we anticipate you'll enjoy doing so too. Here are a few pointers:
- HELP:
It is prolifically provided on the site, in the header and everywhere behind most links and terms with the "?" image. Otherwise, if you are still confused, simply ask us via an email.
- DATES:
We use the Gedcom v5.5 standard format. DD MMM YYYY or 01 JAN 1822 and 22 DEC 2004 instead of January 1, 1822 or Jan 1, 1822. Abbreviations such as BEF ("before") and ABT ("about") can also be used - e.g. ABT 1795. Other options include BET (used like "BET 1900 AND 1910"); CAL ("CAL 1900") meaning "calculated as 1900"; and q1 1900 (displayed as "between January 1900 and March 1900" for dates that are only known to within a quarter, such as BMD index data.
- PLACES:
We try, wherever known, to include the city or town as well as the County and Country. The format we prefer is: Tonbridge, Kent, England.
For American addresses we prefer USA ( not US, U.S., or U.S.A.) behind the state but for other countries we do not use the abbreviation, but rather Ireland, Australia, Canada, etc.
We do NOT abbreviate American STATES to the two letters, rather spelling out the entire location and we generally don't use periods (.) in names or locations, like Shelbyville, Addison Twsp, Shelby Co, Indiana, USA instead of Shelbyville, Addison Twsp., Shelby Co., IN, U.S.A.
- NAMES:
Entering of a name is pretty straight forward on the form.
The INDI ENTRY BOX should already have expanded name fields. If not, both it and the places box expand by clicking the + sign.
Name PREFIXes are Dr, Rev, Hon, Judge, etc.
GIVEN names are the first and middle names.
SURNAME is the family or last name. This is the maiden name for a married woman.
SUFFIXes are Jr, Sr, III, etc and NICKNAME is the name commonly used for the person if different from their Given name. i.e. John "Alec" Leigh would be a nickname of Alec, Daniel Wilson Avery had a nickname of Tuggy, and many Margarets had a nickname of Maggie, Nancy, Peggy, Polly or other, etc.
- CHANGES and ENTRIES:
The changed or added data for an INDI (individual) or family will not correctly appear until approved by an administrator. Although we frequently check the site, send us an email if you want us to review and approve additions or modifications more rapidly.
- OTHER TIPS:
Facts concerning the creation or modification of a family unit are entered on the Family Members tab or Family link page. This is where you note marriages, divorces, children, family census - anything affecting the family unit. We find when adding several children, its best to bring up the VIEW FAMILY link for that husband/wife and add each child via the link at the bottom, 'ADD a CHILD to this Family'. It is faster than using the Family Members page as with each addition it defaults back to the Individual Details tab rather than the Close Relative page.
Any questions? Just ask if you don't understand.
- MEDIA:
We really appreciate your addition of pictures, Birth Certificates, Marriage Licenses and Certificates, Death Certificates - anything you've got for support. It's easy to add these from your own hard drive by using the MEDIA tab, ADD MEDIA link and UPLOAD/Browse feature.
If you have questions, suggestions, or simply wish assistance, send your digital images to us by email and we can add them too. But please respect the document owner / originator's copyright where required.
- NAVIGATION:
We love to navigate using the FAN CHART function and the ancestor and descendancy charts. Try them.
We particularly recommend the "Relationship to Me" view. It should ALWAYS show a link between you and any other person on the tree. Let us know if it doesn't, as that might indicate an error or broken link.
- MAPS:
The Maps tab is a fairly recent fascinating addition. It will show where all the events of an individual and their immediate family ocurred. It is however dependant on you adding the place names correctly (see PLACES above), and the system having a record of that place's latitude and longitude coordinates. If a place marker looks wrong, or is missing please contact admin so it can be corrected. We have also recently added a further map object under the Charts menus, to display the birth locations for an individuals direct ancestors.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION |
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Changes to our site require new processes for registration and login. It is no longer necessary to login to see general information, only to access information about living relatives in the Family tree.
Therefore the login and registration functions have been moved to those pages.
To login, select 'Family Tree' from the top menu, then look for the 'Login' text near the top right-hand corner of the page. |
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