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lördag 28 december 2013

Genealogical numbering in FTM

TBD
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torsdag 26 december 2013

Family Tree Maker versions

The versions of FTM (Family Tree Maker) is a little bit non logical. Below is my understanding please comment if something is wrong

Products sold
The official Family Tree Maker page ==>
you have today 2013  a Windows version 64-bit called Family Tree Maker version 2014  but it is also called  Family Tree Maker® 2014 or bundled called
(feels like they are to many people on the marketing department)


System requirement

  • Windows XP, Vista (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) or Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit)
  • Hard disk space: 675 MB for installation
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Display 1024 x 768 resolution
  • DVD Drive
  • Internet connection required


and a Mac version called Family Tree Maker Mac 3

System requirement
  • Mac OS X 10.6 or later, including OS X 10.9 Mavericks
  • Intel-based Mac
  • DVD drive
  • All online features require Internet access

Product for free

There is for German speaking and Swedish speaking people a free Windows version available to download (the Swedish version) this version is called Family Tree Maker World Express see blogpost about that version.

==> today 2013 we have if we check on the version number in Windows

Free Windows version Family Tree Maker World Express language Swedish version 21.1.0.865 
Windows version Family Tree Maker 2014 ==> version 22.0.0.1243
Mac version Family Tree Maker Mac 3 version ??? 

How to buy Family Tree Maker version 2014

As I would like to use what is best I tried to buy Family Tree Maker version 2014 and after some calls and googling I found out that 


Why make it simpel ;-)
Links

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tisdag 24 december 2013

Relationship calculator in FTM 2014

See also this blog post of how to use the relationship calculator to find if you have more relations between 2 people and the following youtube video at 25:30
  • In the tools menu select Relationship calculator




  • In the path window you have the path between people
  • Click on the button View Relationship Chart ==> you get it in a chart as below



A more complex relationship:
1st cousin 1x removed of wife 1st cousin



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onsdag 18 december 2013

A good approach to genealogy

Challenge Get a good habit of working with genealogy

Next step

  1. Get advice from others
  2. Do a training Släktforskning grund where the teacher Ulf Berggren is well skilled in Blacksmiths
  3. Read a book Mastering Genealogical Proof  ( on goodreads)
  4. Start using FTM 2014 better see my blog about ancestry.com
Done
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Good article how to check Family tree Manager FTM what quality you have


Pinterest about methodology 

How to work with Notes

About research notes and private notes in FTM2014

Videos how to use Notes ==> for every person Crista Cowen recommends to create a story in time order of the person with question marks etc see video below. In Family Tree Maker(FTM) you have also the possibility to have research notes where you explain what you have done and how you will progress see below the section creating a research plan.

Personal Notes are also seen in the web interface...





How do I add Notes to FTM?
Creating a Research Note report

Notes in Family Tree versus Ancestry
In Family Tree Maker you can create a variety of notes: person, research, fact, relationship, media, and source citation. When you upload a tree to Ancestry only person notes will be included; they can only be viewed by people you have invited to your online tree. All Notes are since FTM2014 synced with the Ancestry.com Tree and synced back if you loose your tree

Handling Sources

Evidence explained is the bible. There is a website and a book. https://www.evidenceexplained.com



Ancestry insider om citations
Citations Principles for Genealogy Record Publishers


Creating a research plan

 Article in Family Tree Magazine about creating a research plan

Crista Cowens advice see article Five steps to Doing Genealogy research as a Pro


Video from Crista Cowen about the subject.





Jan Granath om att etablera en sanning och kolla sina källor. Att dom källor som är upprättade när händelsen ägde rum är dom mest riktiga. Födelseböckerna vs. husförhör








Links
Charts and Forms from Ancestry
Transcription standard for citations?
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tisdag 17 december 2013

Ancestry.com

My usage of Ancestry.com

I have a Word De Luxe subscription 1995 Skr/year (maybe I will change it feels expensive and I need to complement with other tools e.g. Arkiv Digital has much better quality from the Swedish Churchbooks)
  • I have been interested in doing my own Family Tree for more than 10 years ago. I have been "testing" a Swedish product called DISgen but never did a serious try. My son did some years ago some research by studing in the Swedish Church books.
  • Then I started to use the web version of Ancestry.com and shared it with my son who also updated it
  • This year 2013 I have bought Family Tree Maker 2014 (FTM) from ancestry.co.uk as the free Swedish version is not a full version. (Was more complicated than necessary to buy 2014 I had to call support....)
    • FTM 2014 on windows feels like a professional and easy tool to use and has more functionality than just using the webinterface
    • There is a great support in the youtube channel and also after some navigating there are good articles on the Web BUT you feel you miss some action from the Ancestry.com people regarding supporting standards like ITPC, you miss a professional explanation how to use places and locations so it address problems like multilanguage, location based genealogy, how to handle non ASCII languages. The feeling I have is that Ancestry miss some kind of edge knowledge or that I havn't found the best people to chat with 
  • I use the Iphone app to display the tree and sometime update it from the app
  • Tested the Iphone application Shoebox for uploading pictures to my tree not sure if it is the right tool as I am evaluating Flip Pal mobile and then you will 
    • Scan the picture
    • Process the image to get better quality
    • Upload to the Image tree
    Iphone App
    Nice application where you can update some attributes like location and resolve the location but not add a place description.... 

Next step

How to improve my usage of Ancestry and Family Tree Manager 2014
  1. Training Släktforskning grund where the teacher Ulf Berggren is well skilled in Blacksmiths
  2. Read some books the Companion Guide mentioned below
  3. Start scanning pictures and document them see about scanning picture
  4. Follow the youtube channel of Ancestry and the events they announce on FB
  5. Read the book Mastering Genealogical Proof and understand how to handle sources etc. in a best way

Articles

Syncing an update tree between Ancestry.com and Family Tree Manager
TreeSync has been enhanced in Family Tree Maker 2014 to allow the following data to synchronize in both directions:
  • Source Templates
  • Research Notes
  • Fact Notes
  • Media Notes
  • Relationship Notes
  • Relationship Media
  • Media File Names
  • Media Categories
Please note that not all tree data will be viewable in the online tree. For example, source templates and research notes. However, since the data is stored online, it can be included when/if you ever need to restore your tree from the online version.
The difference between FTM and Ancestry.com FTM 2012
A discussion of the datamodel of Family Tree Maker for sources and source citations

Books about Family Tree Maker

I bought the Companion Guide to Family Tree Maker as a book the same version as you have electronical when installing the software.


The The quick start guide for FTM 2014

Blogs

Ancestry insider

Family Tree 2014

Lesson learned is that easiest way to upgrade to 2014 is buying from ancestry.co.uk site a download version as the USA site doesn't let you buy from Sweden

2014 version of FTM
Free version in Swedish http://www.ancestry.se/cs/se/ftm

Youtube 

Selected videos from Ancestry.com

My selection of videos related to genealogy


Ancestrys videos on youtube more than 500

Ancestry on the subject rank the surces at 17 minutes how to rank the sources


A blog post about ranking a source

Misc

Good source about working with Family Tree 2014 http://ftmuser.blogspot.se/p/ftm2014.htm
Versions released by Family Tree
Family Tree Maker HomePage
Creating Source Citations in Family Tree Maker 2011 - Post 3: Online Databases
All items labelled Source Citation from geneamusings
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torsdag 12 december 2013

Locations and Location based genealogy

Goal how to get an approach how to add places/locations in the best way regarding to
  1. Interact with other when exporting using GEDCOM (think about the DNA matching)
    1. GEDCOM 5.5.1 has some support for a better location model
  2. Better do location based genealogy (see ancestry youtube video at 24:20) ==> the software needs to understand the notation used to locate it on the map
    1. Easy find which people have an event in this town or area -> 
      1. use location named that are resoved
    2. Which people are buried in this graveyard and where are they located -> 
      1. possibility to add the name of the graveyard and also the location and the type of event
    3. When I am at a place easy document the building they lived in with a GPS coordinate and pictures
  3. Be more clear and also use the possibility in Family Tree 2014 with GPS coordinates for example what building an event happened, or where a grave is located
  4. Get a correct time document if something is happening in Wroclaw 2013 then use the Polish name not the German name that was the name of the town earlier

Done

  1. 20140228 all places are changed to resolved on the map ==> in description the additional information is like a block or what hous

Resources

http://genealogy.stackexchange.com about "Which genealogical software supports location-based events?"

Youtube video about places and resolving the names so that the software recognize them. At 24:00 how to create a report about a place



- non standardized names 
- names has changed over time 4:40, 5:20, 5:50
- create reports for a place 20:20, 23:15, 23:45 (filtering person list based on area 22:10)
- using description for a non incorporated place 8:50
- using the GPS location 10:01 (can be used for position a grave, a specific house...)
- displaying all that action that belongs to an area 
- how to add an non actual place (e.g. World War in Description field and as place use USA 13:30)
- Have to detailed information/granularity e.g. a cementary location 14:40, 19:45
- Historic place name or actual place name 15:40 (solution is place name is the current and in the description is the historical name)
- A place has changed county 17:40 (Description gets the original county)

Articles 

From 2011 about Gedcom 5.5.1 and places
FTM 2014 and Place importance

How to create customized reports based on location in FTM 2014


Location Based Genealogy






Using ancestry.com to set locations see Josef Lindner

1. Click on the life event in the left column
2. Click on Move this Pin
3. Move the pin to wanted location and save

The place below is at Edsviken and is the house that my Ancestor Josef Lindner I think built. He is in the churchbook mentioned on the page for this house and I have found indications that it was a small summerhouse built to one of the persons working for the king. Today it is a Cafe and you can rent a room(which I will do to in memory to Mr Lindner ;-) )



Ross resources



Immigration paths

FTM2014 - Places Workspace Views

FTM Problem


When you resolve a place you need to find a match in the list above
Högsjö, Södermanland, Stockholm

Then the additional info goes to the Place detail field ==> Utansjö bruk

My feeling is that this is sent to Ancestry.com as one field ==>
Utansjö bruk, Högsjö, Södermanland, Stockholm

==> we loose the information that we have splitted the field. This information is just in the windows database FTM 2014

If we unlink the tree from FTM and relink and download the tree from Ancestry.com we just get everything unresolved ===>



==> we have no structure of a lot of places compare Utanbygatan 6 A that should be in the structure above under Västmanland



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Classifying sources

Goal To get better quality of my sources and citation

Next step

  1. Learn more about sources

A discussion about the datamodel of Ancestry http://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/3395/data-model-for-family-tree-maker-2012-sources-and-source-citations

Good site is https://www.evidenceexplained.com/ with FB page


Ancestry on the subject good at 17 minutes how to rank the sources


A blog post about rating a source



"We need to tell a story of our relatives and we need sources" a video

Is there a transcription standard that separates unclear words from added words?

How do I parse this citation into a source, citation detail and citation text?


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onsdag 11 december 2013

Farsi language

Goal: We should have the Persian spelling of names as then it will be easier in a future to research for ancestors in Iran plus it is best practice to store a name or a location in its original form i.e. Proskau in Poland 1860 should be the name the city had at that time. Proskau is the German spelling and Prószkówi is the Polish see wiki

Persion alphabet (wiki english, wiki persian) . Persian character map pdf

See also export to Gedcom




Laji نوع !??!?!

Shadvari

Shanaz شهناز Meaning & History Means "pride of the king" from the Persian elements شاه (shah) "king" and ناز (naz) "pride".

Shirin شیرین Meaning & History Means "sweet" in Persian. This was the name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend. Related names

Marjam

Sakineh

Mosayeb

Farshad Meaning & History Means "happy" 

Behshad

Behrooz بهروز  Meaning & History Means "fortunate" (literally "good day") in Persian.


Shahin شاهین  Meaning & History Means "peregrine falcon" in Persian.

Laleh  لاله  Meaning & History Means "tulip" in Persian

Shir شیر   Meaning & History Variant transcription of SHER. Sher means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler.

Ghamar Moon?!?!

Ali  عليّ  Meaning & History
Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shiite Muslims, who regard him as the first rightful caliph.
This name is borne by the hero in 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', the tale of a man who finds the treasure trove of a band of thieves. Another famous bearer is the boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-), who changed his name from Cassius Clay upon his conversion to Islam.

Amir أمير  Meaning & History Means "commander" or "prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.

Hossein حسّین  Meaning & History Diminutive of HASAN. Husayn ibn Ali (also commonly transliterated Hussein) was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. His older brother was named Hasan. The massacre of Husayn and his family was a major event in the split between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, which continues to this day. In more recent times this was the name of a king of Jordan (1935-1999).


Support of UTF in GedCOM

Support for UTF-8 in Family Tree 2014
Support for UTF-8 in www.ancestry.com
Best practice regarding "correct" spelling and the ISO-Latin-1 version of a name
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tisdag 10 december 2013

Ancestry badge

Task

Would be nice to have ancestry badge that you add to emails etc....
so users easily find your tree on Ancestry

Compare a Facebook Badge I have to the right
See also https://www.facebook.com/badges/



Code for the Facebook badge

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Next step

 Ask Ancestry


Done 

20131212 asked a question at Ancestry Facebook
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