Frequently Asked Questions

Click the "Search Person" link in the header or press Ctrl+S. Type at least 2 characters of the person's name. You can search by first name, last name, or both. Use arrow keys to navigate results and Enter to select.

Because very few people are related to everyone in this database, everyone belongs to one or more Family Groups. Family Groups are based on ancestors who lived in the late 1800's. There are six Family Groups:

• Wilson (W): all family members related to Robert S. Wilson (1856-1916)
• Deaton (D): all family members related to Robert C. Deaton (1867-1939)
• Searls (S): all family members related to Burton O. Searls (1876-1946)
• Moore (M): all family members related to Newell S. Moore (1842-1925)
• Miller (I): all family members related to Maverette A. Miller (1845-1927)
• Douglass (O): all family members related to Mary L. Douglas (1858-1945)

In the "Relatives & Other Information" section, all family member names are clickable links. Simply click on any name to view that person's profile. You can also right-click to open in a new tab.

A Family Group Sheet is a standard genealogical document showing a family unit: the focus person, their spouse(s), and their children. It includes vital information (birth, marriage, death) for each person. Ours also includes data quality notes and research questions.

An Ahnentafel (German for "ancestor table") is a numbered list of your ancestors. You are #1, your father is #2, mother is #3, and so on. The pattern is: father = 2×N, mother = 2×N+1. This report shows all known ancestors with their vital information.

A Profile Sheet is an MS-Word like output file that lists much of the details found in the on-screen profile of a Person.

A Research Request is a text-based output file giving highlights of the life of a Person. Its intention is to copy-paste into the chat of an AI website to request how to better research the Person.

Go to the "Downloads" menu in the navigation bar. Choose from family group-specific GEDCOMs (Wilson, Deaton, Searls, etc.) or "Ancestors Only" for direct-line ancestors. The file will download automatically.

• ABT = About/Approximate/circa
• EST = Estimated (calculated from other data)
• BEF = Before (ante) this date
• AFT = After (post) this date
• BET = Between two dates

Virtual events are events from relatives' lives shown in a person's timeline for context. For example, a parent's death or a child's birth might appear to show what was happening during the person's lifetime. These are marked differently in the display.

Sources include census records, vital records (birth, marriage, death certificates), church records, military records, newspaper articles, cemetery records, family bibles, cemetery records and headstones, published genealogies and histories, websites, and, other genealogical documents. Each source is cited to show where information originated.
Note that for making a genealogical Assertion, a source is required to back up the Assertion.

Yes! The viewer is designed to work on mobile devices. Some features like the Mapper work better on larger screens, but basic navigation and viewing work well on phones and tablets.

• Ctrl+S = Open Person Search
• Esc = Close any popup/modal
• ↑/↓ = Navigate search results
• Enter = Select highlighted result

Use the "Person Output" menu to generate a Profile Sheet or Family Group Sheet document. These are formatted for printing. You can also use your browser's print function (Ctrl+P) on any page.