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Sneak Peak: Maps and Trip Planning in GenDetective

One of the powerful new features in GenDetective version 2.0 is ability to map your family (see blog here).  As genealogists, we work with many different place names, whether we find them in vital records, census records or newspaper articles. Unless our … Continue reading

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It’s Been A While

It seems like it has been a while since I have written.  I checked and it has!  I was on the road more in the month of April than I was home, attending three different genealogy conferences: Fairfaix Genealogical Society … Continue reading

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Getting More From My Census Records

Have you ever wanted to “get more” information from your census records?  Maybe while working with a specific census record, you noticed the religious preference recorded.  Did you ponder  “what other census records have I found that also included religion?”.   … Continue reading

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What is the GenDetective Analysis?

I was recently asked “Is the GenDetective Analysis that you talk about the same as what I heard about in this genealogy class I just took”? and thought we might discuss the answer today.  The answer is No, and a little bit … Continue reading

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Research Progress Worksheet

A week ago I wrote about new functionality using maps and our family in GenDetective 2013.  None of the reports I wrote about were “new to me”.  I created them, and have been using them for my own research for a … Continue reading

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Sneak Peak: Maps in GenDetective 2013

Lately we have been very busy working on the next version of GenDetective.  The software is starting to come together with new features and a new look. We have combined the Analyzer and the Reporter into a single program and added graphics.  … Continue reading

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New GenDetective reports are alternative to spreadsheets

GenDetective 2011, version 1.6 was just released and it includes eight (8) new reports that provide the same functionality as our traditional tracking spreadsheets. You know, the ones you use to track who you have a death certificate for, and whom … Continue reading

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Family Tree Maker, Web Merge and the Arrival Event

While working with Russ Worthington on a recent project I was introduced to Web Merge in FTM (Russ discusses Web Merge here).  Web Merge is a FTM feature that finds and merges internet records into your family tree, without you having to type the … Continue reading

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GenDetective Case Study on Mondays With Myrt

I was invited by Russ Worthington, stand-in host for Dear Myrtle, onto Mondays With Myrt yesterday (Dec 04, 2012) to demonstrate GenDetective and create a research plan for a local research trip.  On the prior show Russ had begun a case study (using real data) where … Continue reading

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Relationships in GenDetective

Relationships in GenDetective are central to your reports, where relationship groupings provide a way to focus your research efforts.  GenDetective classifies relationships into five different groups: Direct (direct blood relationship) Close (aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and 1st cousins) Intermediate (2nd and 3rd … Continue reading

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