For each person included in the genealogy file, specify:<\/p>\n
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- \u00a0Identity (surname, give names, nickname, occupation, etc.). If you wish to enter information that is not proposed by Heredis, create your own user field.<\/li>\n
- Characteristics known as flags<\/strong>: childless, unmarried, confidential, etc.<\/li>\n
- A free note.<\/li>\n
- Each person is numbered automatically according to his\/her position in the genealogy but you may assign a personal number based on other criteria.<\/li>\n
- Various events in the person\u2019s life, expanding his\/her personal story, and citing sources of information.<\/li>\n
- Media (photos, videos or other documents) to illustrate the person, unions or events.<\/li>\n
- Personal ties, apart from family ties, Heredis allows noting that people had a special bond. Include friends, tutors, mentors. Create \u00abwitness\u00bb links for those present at or quoted at an event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Also see The different data fields<\/a> and Add a person with no direct connection<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Relationships<\/h3>\n
As you build your family genealogy, you create new persons with their appropriate relationship. Any relationship can be established retrospectively.<\/p>\n
Relationships are of two types: the parent-child and spouse relationships.<\/p>\n
Other family ties and the position of any person in the genealogy are determined automatically from these basic links. To create brothers and sisters, you have only to create new children for parents.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Create direct family links: father, mother or child.
\n\u2022 Create a spouse link (whether the union is official or not). Specify the status of the family: the spouses are married, separated, divorced…? When a person has been married several times, Heredis will number them for easy access, as well as to the children who resulted from them.
\n\u2022 Assign a note, pictures and events to each family created in your genealogy.<\/p>\nFor more details, see Add parents<\/a>, Add spouses<\/a>, and Add children<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Events<\/h3>\n
To record important events in the lives of your ancestors, you may note person events (christening, military service, will…), or events shared with a spouse, called family events (engagement, residence, etc.). If you cannot find events that are appropriated, create your own definition of events.<\/p>\n
\u2022 For each event, enter all known details (date, time, place, age stated on the record…) and add a note relating to the event.
\n\u2022 Specify the status of the source of information (No search record, Search Record or Untraceable Record), allowing you to edit a report of all sources to be researched.
\n\u2022 Declare an event as private, not to be exported or published.
\n\u2022 Illustrate the event with various media (photos, documents).
\n\u2022 Assign a source to the event, to record the origin of your information.
\n\u2022 Assign witnesses to the event (witnesses, registrars, godparents, etc.).<\/p>\nA visual cue\u00a0
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showing the status of main events (Birth or Baptism \u2013 Marriage \u2013 Death and Burial) appears in the\u00a0Persons<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Branches\u00a0<\/strong>panels, as well as in the status bar and in the\u00a0Search<\/strong>\u00a0screen.<\/p>\nTo define the appearance of the icon, select the criteria that you feel are relevant:\u00a0No missing<\/strong>, approximate or incomplete date<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Place mentioned<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Source mentioned<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0No \u2018Search Record<\/strong>\u2019 status\u00a0<\/strong>in the\u00a0Preferences\u00a0<\/strong>screen. According to the criteria checked by you are met or not, the bar symbolizing the event in the icon\u00a0
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is in the top, middle or bottom.<\/p>\nIn this icon\u00a0
\u00a0, for example, the Birth event is partially filled, the Marriage event is not specified, the Death event is complete.<\/p>\nFor more details, see Input events<\/a> and Heredis’ Preferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Sources<\/h3>\n
Heredis may assign any number of information sources to each event.<\/p>\n
Each source is an independent element, which is then assigned to one or more events. Heredis allows you the flexibility to create a source and then assign it to the events in question, or at the same time to create both the source and its link to the event.<\/p>\n
For further details, see Sources<\/a>, The different mode for Sources & Citations<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Witnesses or participant<\/h3>\n
Each person involved in the lives of your ancestors can be entered, be part of the family or not. Heredis will assign persons to events (the witnesses of a marriage, the registrar for a birth, a relative present at the ceremony for a decoration etc.).<\/p>\n
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- Creating a witness or participant assigns an individual to an event concerning another person. A witness may be assigned to one or more events, and each event can have one or more witnesses or participant.<\/li>\n
- Anyone entered in your genealogy plays a role, regardless of its importance and the degree of kinship. When you assign a person to an event, specify the type of link (witness, godfather, declarant…), the age of the linked person at the time of the event, and enter if necessary a suitable comment on the link.<\/li>\n
- The information entered for the witness or participant is the same as for any other individual: identity, flags, notes, media\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For more details, see Add witnesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Linked Persons<\/h3>\n
Sometimes we know of a relationship which existed between two people, without being able to assign it to any event. You know that Paul is the uncle of John, but you do not know if he is the brother of the father or mother of John, or the husband of an aunt. You cannot create this link as a kinship. Create a personal link (Sundry Links<\/strong>) between Paul and John until you find the information you need to create the kinship.<\/p>\n
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- Create linked persons to declare a relationship between one individual and another person. Every individual may be linked to several other persons.<\/li>\n
- The name of the link is determined by choosing the type of relationship and meaning of the link. You can also add a comment to the link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For more details, see Add linked persons<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Media<\/h3>\n
You have photos or documents; use them to complement and illustrate your family tree.<\/p>\n
You can assign a digital image (photograph, signature, seal, etc.) sound recordings (interviews, speeches), videos or any other type of file (document prepared with a word processor or spreadsheet, PDF, HTML, etc.) to any data in your file.<\/p>\n
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- Each item of media is identified by its name, to which you can add a date and a note.<\/li>\n
- You can make any media private if you do not want it to be broadcast.<\/li>\n
- Media may be assigned to all types of data: person, family, event, source, name, occupation, place.<\/li>\n
- The number of media assigned to any data is without limit and every item of media may be linked to several different data.<\/li>\n
- All media are listed and may be managed in the Media Index<\/strong> or in the Photo tool<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For more details, see Media<\/a> and Photo Tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Surnames \u2013 Given Names \u2013 Occupations \u2013 Places<\/h3>\n
In your genealogy, you will have names, occupations and places that sharpen your interest. When you know more about them (photo of a place, story of a given name etc.), Heredis allows you to keep this information by completing each item.<\/p>\n
The surnames, given names, occupations and places that you use in your genealogical file are automatically stored in the Indexes.<\/p>\n
Indexes are powerful tools that play several roles: retrieve data by how they are used, link different data by themselves, illustrate your genealogy by management of your documents. Thus, you enrich your genealogy and understand all the better the lives of your ancestors.<\/p>\n