I think most genealogists have a similar experience. To me, that is just inherently fascinating, and I have a hard time understanding people who don't feel that way (even though almost no one I know shares this passion, including my closest friends and family members). There were people I had never met but played an important role in determining who I was and the family culture I grew up in. I remember as a very small boy doing an elementary school family history project and finding it captivating. I'm just entering middle age, so I can only speak for myself.
Genealogists tend to be an older crowd for sure, for a mix of reasons. Is there software that could organize this all and make it easier? I'm not totally sure, but I'd be open to considering it. At some point, I'll upload PDFs of the chapters to the relevant people's pages.
Gramps family tree software update#
I then update my primary tree (on ) with the results of my research, and link or upload the most important original documents there. In some cases, I disprove other people's unsupported theories, and in some cases I present a case for my own conclusions, noting any ambiguity or uncertainty. I work through and try to form these sources into narrative paragraphs as I piece together what is accurate, how they are connected to children/parents/spouses/etc. I organize an outline for the ancestors, fill in the details I can find as paragraphs, and pretty much have a footnote (or sometimes two) with every sentence with a source.įor a particularly tricky ancestor, it will start as just a list of sources or leads in roughly chronological order. The best way I have been able to do this is to write a book as I am doing my research.
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