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U3A Family History Group Programme for 16th Feb 2011

U3A Family History Group Programme for 16th Feb 2011. Welcome to New Members Proposed Programme Comment This Month – Family History Databases. This Month – Family History Databases.

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U3A Family History Group Programme for 16th Feb 2011

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  1. U3A Family History GroupProgramme for 16th Feb 2011 • Welcome to New Members • Proposed Programme • Comment • This Month – Family History Databases

  2. This Month – Family History Databases • A presentation / demonstration on the use of Family History Databases. The main example will be based on my use of “Family Historian”. • But first :- • Where does a storage system fit in your research • Getting started with a computer based system • Adding new data • Introducing photos • Manipulating the Family History Tree • Comments on other Family History Databases – Lynn Spicer • Comments on a simple Computer based system – Janice Jackson

  3. Good Access & Retrieval of Information Correlation of Data Presentation of Data What we need from any Databases BMD information Photos Census Data Letters Certificates Recollections Parish Records Bibles & Diaries Historical records Web Based Systems Paper Systems Books and Folders Home Computer Based Systems Ancestry & Genes Reunited

  4. Comparison of Family History Databases (Genlinks Genealogy Helpwww.jaydax.co.uk/genlinks/software.html)

  5. Family History Databases (Genlinks Genealogy Help) www.jaydax.co.uk/genlinks/software.html

  6. Picture of “Victor Elworthy at Hole farm, Lapford Devon – Lucy (my mother) & Lily”. Who is Victor Elworthy?

  7. Compare pictures of Lucy & Lily on their bikes for which you have known dates ~1932

  8. Live Demonstrate of how to add Data and Photo’s to Family Historian • Bring up the “Taylor Family Tree” and display the “Bragg Family Chart” • Research the 1901 / 1911 census data for “Victor Elworthy” • Store the census data – add the information to the database • Add the photo to the Chart • Manipulate the Chart

  9. Upload a “Gedcom” file (from Family Historian) to Ancestry.co.uk. Look for the file in Project :-“Taylor_Family_History_v3”. Look in Folder:- “Taylor_Family_History_v3.fh_data” Taylor_Family_History_v3.ged

  10. Adding a second Marriage Second “Spouce” can be added by clicking on second “tab”

  11. Open Family Historian – Click on “Project Name”

  12. Taylor Family Project Home Page displays 3 generations and a Data entry window

  13. The “Records” section provides a list of all your entries

  14. Important to list your “Sources” of information

  15. Open Bragg Family Chart from list of “Saved” charts; under the “View” entry on Header Bar

  16. Expand the chart to enable sections to be examined

  17. Search the 1911 census for “Victor Elworthy in Devon”–no success. Search for “Elworthy in Devon”

  18. Search for a Marriage between the May & Elworthy families

  19. Maria May married George Elworthy in 1897 in London

  20. Find George F. Elworthy in 1901 census; no sign of Maria?

  21. Add Marriage data to Maria May – link Source and Census data – add children

  22. Record details in “Facts” section – link images to “Multimedia”

  23. Manipulate Diagram to obtain “best fit” of children Click on button

  24. Insert Photo of Victor Elworthy using “Media” icon and “Link to Face”

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