Use Heredis

Detailed user guide of Heredis

Create and Edit Sheets
Create and Edit Sheets 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
You can edit individual or couple sheets. Creating sheets Choose (Windows) Reports / (Mac) Documents  > […] read more
Descendants Wheel
Descendants Wheel 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
The Graphs tab allows you to display the Ancestors Wheel as well as the Descendants Wheel and mixed wheel. […] read more
Searching in Online Archives
Searching in Online Archives 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
The Search in Online Archives  tool allows you, from your software, to access the Online Archives portal. […] read more
Create and Edit a Book
Create and Edit a Book 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
Your family tree has grown and you wish to share your findings with your family. […] read more
Merging Two Persons
Merging Two Persons 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
While entering data in Heredis, you realize you have created a person who may already exist in your genealogy. […] read more
Family Timeline: Grouping
Family Timeline: Grouping 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
Be it for direct-line ancestors only, or for your extended family, or, as another example, for the primary person’s ancestors […] read more
Family Timeline: Smart Search
Family Timeline: Smart Search 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
Since Heredis 2026, Family Chronology becomes Family Timeline. Be it for direct-line ancestors only, or for your extended family, or […] read more
Add several sets of parents
Add several sets of parents 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase

It is common to have several sets of parents. Until Heredis 2025, you had to choose which parents to enter and indicate the other parents as related persons. Since Heredis…

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The Dynamic Ancestors Wheel
The Dynamic Ancestors Wheel 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
Starting with Heredis 2021, a new tab is now available: the Graphs tab. There, you will find a wheel-shaped graph. […] read more
Alternate names
Alternate names 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase
Our ancestors may have had several first and last names. […] read more