Searching in Heredis iOS

Searching for persons

On iPhone or iPod touch, tap the Index button on the top toolbar to display a list of all persons in the file. Scroll down the list or enter a surname and/or a given name to research a specific person. Tap the name in the results list to view the Immediate Family of the person.

On the IPad, the list of persons is displayed on the left of the Immediate Family screen. To hide the list, tap the arrow icon at the bottom of the list. Tap the same icon to redisplay the list.

You can also search for people by their number on the Direct Access screen. Tap the Direct Access icon on the top toolbar of the Immediate Family screen to see a list of bookmarked persons, the root person, and search by number. Select the search method to find a person by his numbered place in the genealogy (with the Ahnenthafel number), or by the personal number that you assigned to the person.

Searching for Places

Tap the Indexes icon at the bottom of the screen and select the Places menu.

Scroll down the list of all locations in the file or enter a place name in the Search panel. Tap the location in the resulting list to display all known information about this place: administrative areas, notes, media.

Consult the list of assignments for the place to browse the persons linked to this location. Tap the Indexes icon on the bottom toolbar to return to the list of information about the place.

Searching for Sources

Tap the Indexes  icon at the bottom of the screen and select the Sources menu.

Scroll down the list of all sources on the file or type a word contained in the source title, the document or the repository place of the source. Tap the source in the resulting list to display the known information about this source: call number, date, type of source, author, etc…

Consult the list of assignments for the source to browse the persons who are linked to this source. Tap the Indexes icon in the bottom toolbar to return to the list of information about the source.