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10 Things Genealogy Software Should Do€¦ · The Genealogy Software Community •People who use...
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The Genealogy Software Community
• People who use genealogy software
– Personal Family Historians
– Professional Genealogists
– Certified Genealogists
• People who create & sell genealogy
software
– Software Developers
– Designers – graphic, UI, IxD, UX, HCI
– Business – analyst, manager, CEO
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How do we learn to do Family History?
• Friend or Mentor
• Books
• Courses
• The software we use
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Genealogy Software c. 1991
Source: Personal Ancestral File 2.2
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Things10
Wish ListRequirements
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1. Genealogical Proof Standard
• The Board for Certification of Genealogists
• Available since 1997
• Not just for Certified Genealogists
• Helps us
– Come as close to the truth as possible
– Navigate the research process
– Build a solid foundation for future research
– Overcome brick walls
– Arrive at conclusions we couldn’t before
– Gives credibility to our research
• Allows us to research, not re-search
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Steps of the GPS
• a reasonably exhaustive search;
• complete and accurate source citations;
• analysis and correlation of the collected
information;
• resolution of any conflicting evidence; and
• a soundly reasoned, coherently written
conclusion.
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Genealogy Research Process Map
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2. Organize
Source: Photoshop Elements 6
Albums
Tags
Stacks
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Organizer Views & Timelines
Source: Photoshop Elements 6
Group by
•Source Type
•Surname
•Family
Source date on timeline
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3. Transcribe
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Highlight & Annotate
Source: FamilySearch Indexing, Footnote
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4. Source Citation
• Vital, needs to be easy
• Works by Elizabeth Shown Mills
– 1997 Evidence!
– 2007 Evidence Explained
– Considered by many as the “Bible” of source citation
• Feature of Legacy Family Tree, version 7
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Online Source Citation
Following format in Evidence Explained
FamilySearch
Ancestry
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Citation Model
Source: Evidence Explained
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Citation XML
• Define Source Types and Fields
• Define Citation Style
– Citation Style Language
• Zotero
• Download like Quicken or Money
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Requirements Specifications
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5. Stress-free Imports
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6. Link and Layer
Source: Photoshop Elements 6
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Source Layers
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7. Source Provenance
Source Generation Type Sub Type
Census Taker 0 Original
Transcript sent to
federal census
office
1 Derivative Transcript
Microfilmed copy 2 Derivative Image Copy
Digital image at
Ancestry.com
3 Derivative Image Copy
Printout of digital
image
4 Derivative Image Copy
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Source Provenance - Design
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8. Visualize
Source: SmartMoney.com, Family.Show
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9. Remember
• Research Goals
• Research Log
• Audit Trail per Person
• Web site visits
• Dashboard
• Quickly start again after 2 weeks or 2 years
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10. Share
• Keep some information private
• Share some with a group
• Share some publically
• Share between desktop apps and online
• Share with genealogy social networking sites
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Format for Sharing
• Currently GEDCOM 5.5
– Released in 1996
– Limited support for media types
• Word Processing
– txt > rtf > doc > docx
• Genealogy
– ged > xml?
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Design & Software Development
Source: About Face 3 : The Essentials of Interaction Design
by Alan Cooper, et. al., page 6.
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Community Gathering Place
• We are part of the Genealogy Software
Community
• Where do we meet?
• How do we make significant contributions?
• How do we invite?
• We can
– Share ideas
– Innovate
– Design the genealogy software of tomorrow