Survey of various Genealogy Management Program (GMP) Software/Online

February 2020

Family Tree Maker

Hints

 Ancestry
 Family Search

Tools

 Resolve all place Names

 Spell check
 Sort children by birth

Charts

 Pedigree chart
 Descendant chart
 Relationship chart
 Hourglass chart
 Vertical Pedigree Chart
 Horizontal Hourglass chart
 Bow Tie chart
 Family Tree Chart
 Extended Family Chart
 Fan Chart

Genealogy Reports

 Ahnentafel Report
 Descendant Report

Person reports

 Individual Report
 Custom Report
 Notes Report
 Task List
 Data Errors Report
 Timeline Report
 Surname Report
 List of Individuals Report

Relationship Reports

 Family Group sheet

 Kinship Report
 Marriage Report
 Percentage Report
 Outline Descendent Report
  Outline Ancestor Report
 Family View Report

Place Reports

 Place Usage Report

Media Reports

 Media Item Report

 Photo Album
 Media Usage Report

Source Reports

 Source Usage Report

 Source Bibliography
 Documented Facts
 Undocumented Facts

Other

 Calendar Report
 Smart Story ( text item)

Books

 Genealogy Book

Location: resolve place names report

Legacy 9.0

Hints
 MyHeritage
 FamilySearch
 Findmypast
 GenealogyBank

Tools
 Compare two files
 Potential Problems
 Renumber RIN or MRINB
 US County verifier
 Statistics

Internet Search sites from within software

 Ancestry Message boards

 Ancestry .com US/UK
 Archives.com
  Billion Graves
 Bing.com
 Family Search.org
 Findagrave.com
 Find my past.com US and UK
 Fold 3
 GenealogyBank.com
 Geneanet
 Geni.com
 Google.com
 Mocavo.com
 My Heritage
 MyTrees.com
 Newspaper.com
 OneGreatfamily.com
 Yahoo.com

Address label
Ahnentafel Reports
Blank Reports: census and Family Group sheet
Calendar creator
Calendar list
Calendar Report Options
Census Forms blank
Census list
Charts
 Descendant
 Family Group
 Individual
 Timeline
 Pedigree
 Lineage
 Family Picture Tree

Chronology comparison Report

Descendancy Reports
Descendant Narrative Report
Event Report
Family Dictionary
Family File Statistics
Family Group
 Family Group Sheet ** my fav
 Descendant
 Pedigree
 Individual
 Timeline
 Ancestor
 Ancestor
  Lineage
 Books
 Other

Family Tree Picture Report

File ID Number Report
Forms Center
Census forms (printable)
o United Federal
o US States
o Britain
o Canada
o England Wales +more
Relationship diagrams
o Many languages
Interview Questions
Location Report
Master Location List
Migration Report
Name Tags
Origins Reports
Potential Problems
Problems Report
Publishing Center
 Ancestor Book Report
 Descendent Book Report
 Multiple Line of Descendant Book
 Descendant Narrative Book Report

Questionnaire Report
Relationship Report
Research Log
Scrapbook
Source Citation Report
Source Labels
Surname Summary
Timeline Report
To-Do report
Trees
US County Verification

Roots Magic
Hints
 Family Search
 Ancestry
 My Heritage
 Find my Past

Tools
  Problem Search
 Count trees
 Data Clean
 County Check

Reports/charts etc.

 Address labels
 Address list
 Ahnentafel
 Birthday and Anniversary List
 Blank Reports
 Box Chart
 Calendar
 Correspondence List
 County Check
 Custom Report
 Descendant List
 Duplicate List
 Fact List
 Family Group Sheet
 Individual List
 Individual Summary
 Kinship List
 LDS Ordinance List
 Marriage List
 Missing Information List
 Multimedia List
 Narrative
 On This Day List
 Pedigree Chart
 Photo tree
 Place List
 Relationship Chart
 Repository List
 Research Log
 Research Notes
 Scrapbook
 Source List
 Statistics Lists
 Surname Statistics List
 Timeline (Chronology) List
 TimeLine Chart (wall chart)
 To-Do List
 Wall Chart
 WebTags List
 Who was there List
My Heritage (online)

Consistency checker Report

 Child older than parents

 Parents too young to have a child
 Mother beyond normal age to have a child
 Sibling too close in age
 Child born before a marriage
 Gender not defined
 Person beyond normal life span but not marked as deceased
 Duplicate birth or death dates or places
 Inconsistent surname spelling
 Inconsistent place names
 Special characters or spacing in names or dates
 Married name entered as a maiden name
 Siblings with same first name
 Person duplicates
 Persons not connected to others in tree

Family Tree Analyzer http://ftanalyzer.com/

Reports

 Individual Lists - showing all the individuals in your GEDCOM with their vital details, double clicking on an
individual shows all the facts for that individual.
 Family Lists - showing all the families in your GEDCOM with lists of who is in that family
 Surnames List - shows a list of the surnames in your file with a link to the Guild of One Name Studies site if that
surname project exists
 Location Lists - verifies you have valid locations and double clicking on location text shows who is at that
location. Clicking on the Show Map button attempts to locate the location on Google Maps.
 Occupation Lists - showing all the occupations in your GEDCOM - double clicking on an occupation shows the
lists of people with that occupation.
 Facts - Allows you to view the various fact types in your GEDCOM see who has a particular fact also shows a
count of how many sources a fact has. Double clicking on a fact shows the detailed sources for that fact
 Sources - Shows all the sources in your GEDCOM along with a count of the number of facts for each source.
Double clicking on a source lists all the facts that have been sourced by that source
 Data Errors List - shows various types of data errors in your GEDCOM such as events happening before someone
was born or after they died etc
 Census Lists - form that permits listing everyone in your file that should be alive on a census at a particular date
and for whom you have not yet found a census entry
 Loose Death list - shows all details where you have death date info for an individual but you haven’t updated the
death record for that individual.
 Lost Cousins Report - shows you everyone you have already found on a census so you can check if you have
entered them at Lost Cousins

GenSmarts is a utility that uses artificial intelligence to analyze your existing genealogy file and produce
research recommendations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km3ORpC0a-c