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Last Week at OneGreatFamily
Site Activity Summary
366,419 new individual merges!
67,445 new individual hints!
121,159 new family merges!
24,600 new family hints!
147 average individual merges per group
35 average individual hints per group
44 average family merges per group
5 average family hints per group
If you didn't receive a GenMail telling you about new merges in
your family tree, your tree wasn't affected by this activity. You
may want to add new individuals or information to your family tree
to improve the likelihood of matches and merges taking place.
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With your help, OneGreatFamily continues to grow and add new branches
to your global family tree! Each new member increases the community
of people with whom you can collaborate as well as your opportunity
to find more of your ancestors. The most significant area of growth
this year has been the number of names submitted. Over 20,000,000
million new names have been added to OneGreatFamily this year providing
a wealth of valuable new data for everyone to benefit from.
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2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Names Submitted |
26,786,000 |
40,799,900 |
60,712,000 |
83,090,000 |
This growth indicates that more and more people are recognizing the
value of sharing genealogy information with others through common
relationships. It also demonstrates that people are supporting OneGreatFamily's
vision of creating a common family tree that helps you identify ALL
of your ancestors.
Researching your family tree shouldn't be like looking for a needle
in a haystack. By removing duplication and focusing on family relationships,
OneGreatFamily makes it easy to identify your FAMILY TREE, not just
an ancestor here or there.
We are grateful for your continued support as we make the vision of
providing the world with a common family tree a reality. We encourage
you to visit OneGreatFamily often to further your research and make
new connections to the work that others have already done.
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I want to trace my family tree but my time is limited.
How would OneGreatFamily help me save time?
Researching ancestral information can often be time consuming and
monotonous. Have you ever spent hours tracking a lead in your family
tree, only to discover that the information had already been recorded?
At OneGreatFamily, we've developed multiple techniques to avoid these
kinds of situations. We can help you from wasting your time on redundant
research.
Save time by letting OneGreatFamily do the routine searching and
sifting of obvious matches and non-matches, allowing you to focus
on truly potential leads. While you sleep, work, play ball with
the kids or take the dog for a walk, the OneGreatFamily Match &
Merge system will be working to find links that will enlarge your
family tree. After searching your tree against those from all other
members, OneGreatFamily will determine if any of these records should
be merged. If two records are obviously indentical, they will automatically
be merged, extending your family tree. Obvious non-matches are immediately
ignored, saving you time. But, if the two records contain some of
the same information, but not enough to be obviously merged, these
records will be marked as "hints" and a light bulb will
appear next to each record - indicating a possible match.. You then
can look at the two records side-by-side and make you own decision
about merging them or not. Remember, no information will ever be deleted
or destroyed by OneGreatFamily without your express approval and you
will never be compelled to accept anyone else's research.
Save time by letting OneGreatFamily research your data round the clock,
even while you sleep! That's right! Whether you are awake or asleep,
the OneGreatFamily system continually searches your data against any
newly entered data for you. Some genealogists feel they need to search
the same on-line sites for the same people every week, just in case
that key piece of information was added after their last search. OneGreatFamily
goes further, searching for you continually, 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week, 52 weeks a year.
Save time by working together! If you are new to OneGreatFamily,
chances are that a distant relative of yours has already begun work
on your branch of the human family tree. Working together, you can
each add to your knowledge and understanding of your common ancestry.
Save time by organizing your data! OneGreatFamily incorporates
a unique system to help you better organize and understand your data
based on "groups" and "anchors". A "group"
is a storage facility for your data, which is often maintained by
multiple users who are working together on closely related data. An
"anchor" is a bookmark, which allows you to quickly reference
records anywhere in OneGreatFamily. When entering information, be
sure to include citations for all source information. This is helpful
to you and those who are working with you.
Save time while searching! Don't waste time searching millions
of records for a single individual--use OneGreatFamily's database
to find your entire family tree! Using the correct search techniques
can make finding your ancestors quick and easy. When searching through
possible matching records, make sure you check notes, citations, and
any other information attached to the records. Remember to keep in
mind name variations, dates, and other identifying information when
attempting to narrow search results.
Save time by sharing data! Share your data quickly with friends
across the country and around the globe. All OneGreatFamily members
can stay in touch with each other using the collaboration feature.
Don't bother sending disks or printouts by snail mail; all you need
to do is allow a friend access to your group! Everyone, anywhere in
the world can instantly see any changes you make. By collaborating
with others, you can share success and save time.
We hope these guidelines will save you time and effort in your journey.
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How Can I add pictures, audio and video to my family
tree?
OneGreatFamily allows you to go beyond just names and events and allows
you to share biographies, notes, citations, photos, scanned documents,
videos, and more. Pictures, audio, and movies can greatly enhance
your family history experience. Genealogy BrowserTM allows you to
share your media with others, by uploading and assigning the multimedia
files to specific ancestors.
Instructions:
From the Individual Details window, open the Multimedia window by
clicking the Multimedia icon (). You will be presented with a list
of media (or a blank list if media has not yet been added for this
individual). You can upload, view, rename, or remove media associated
with individuals.
The buttons in the upper-right corner of the Multimedia window (shown
below) allows you to add, display, rename, or remove multimedia files.
 Media
List
A list of media files associated with the individual. Multimedia files
can include pictures, audio, text, and movies in the following formats:
- Images: jpg, bmp, tif, gif
- Audio: mp3, wav, au, rm
- Video: avi, asf, mpe, mpeg
- Text: rtf, html, txt
 View
View the selected media file in the associated program. This requires
that you have software on your computer capable of viewing the file
type. Most files can be viewed by software included with your operating
system, though you may need to update to the latest version of the
software (Windows Media Player for example) depending on how the media
was created by the person uploading the file.
 Add
Media File
Add a new media file associated with the individual. This option will
open a window for finding the file on your computer. Once this file
is chosen and uploaded, a copy of the file resides on OneGreatFamily
and does not effect the file on your computer.
 Rename
Change the title of the selected media file.
 Delete
Remove the selected media file from OneGreatFamily. (This will not
affect a media file on your own computer.)
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