Search for content in message boards

Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 3:25PM GMT
Classification: Query
I hope there are others who lust for the same answers. (Yes, I said 'lust'....) My question is based upon my approach to seeking genealogical family records. I won't bore you with that drivel, but I feel the need to have more sophisticated analysis functions in acquisition of records, as well, as tree control.

I have in excess of 7500 'documented' members in my children's two-trunk family tree. This includes all 'marriage' branches, as well, as the 'direct line' branches. (I hope I'm using understandable terms.) As you can imagine, this effort should go on forever, or conceptually, until I've acquired all documented, existing foreign records, and records up to the 1940 Federal Census in the US. However, at any point in this search, I would like to determine 'how far off of the 'direct line' tree my acquisition effort is, and how better to prioritize my searching. Does anyone else have this problem (or perspective) ?

In addition, is anyone has experienced the genealogy application "GENSMARTS", it offers a vast array of searching options, based upon a review of your Family Tree Maker file. Some of it is simply description of data omissions that can be pursued, but it also offers suggestions for specific and general genealogic data record collections that would LOGICALLY be possible locations of missing records and/or data. Is it possible for ANCESTRY to provide some "advanced" tools for Users, to facilitate, expedite, and infuse data integrity into, our respective family trees quest.

If these questions have already been asked or answered, please accept my apologies for my ignorance, but if there are proposals under review or in process of implementation, that information would go along way towards inspiring, focusing, and directing my future search.

I welcome any comments or suggestions in these regards, and as always, I wish 'good hunting' to all searchers.

Regards
Peter Marcato

Re: Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 5:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
Between you and I you could run 2012 and 2014 side by side and never see a difference. Just another sale pitch to sell their software.

Maurice

Re: Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
I feel like I've asked a lot of the same questions myself. For all the things it does well FTM2014 lacks others that I think would be no brainers to add and experiment with, but then again I consider myself a newbie to this field and maybe no one has ever thought of it before.

That said, would it kill them to let me add media to specific places? I Mean seriously..... I could go on......

As for how far off a "direct line" someone may be, it seems to me like you could just change the "home person" to easily check, then you'd know automatically if you were working on a direct ancestor of an individual or not.

Regarding GenSmarts, It's on my list of software to purchase, probably sooner rather than later. Maybe when I can add a few more monitors.

Re: Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Posted: 7 Nov 2013 2:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
I really wish that Ancestry should have an audit tool to look at a tree and highlight records that are incorrect (such as a father who is younger than a son). This would serve as a double-check of the facts in my tree.

Re: Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Posted: 7 Nov 2013 2:02AM GMT
Classification: Query
FTM has some reports like that. Now if only they would fix the current sync issue.....

Re: Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Posted: 7 Nov 2013 2:14AM GMT
Classification: Query
AFT has an audit tool.

Re: Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Posted: 7 Nov 2013 2:33AM GMT
Classification: Query
Forgive my ignorance, but was is AFT?

Re: Where Are the Better Analysis Tools ?

Posted: 7 Nov 2013 2:39AM GMT
Classification: Query
Uh, you're on the AFT message board.

AFT=Ancestry Family Tree, the Windows program Ancestry.com used to supply for free.
per page

Find a board about a specific topic