In all my spare time, I have been feverishly working on entering data into my new genealogy program. While at the same time going slowly and carefully so as not to make any mistakes. And also double-checking sources, and adding citations in the proper genealogical standard format.

I took some time to experiment with some of the reports, and the HTML output is awesome with a capital A! So much information in the database, but the reports will turn all that data into information in easy-to-understand graphs, charts, and graphics, in addition to narrative reports.

As I go along, I’m also tagging people into logical groupings that reflect areas of interest, like all the people who were born in a foreign country and then immigrated to the USA in their lifetime. These people are of interest to all the family lines. There are also specific groups that apply to only one family line, like the King’s Daughters that are on the Jolin-Paquin line. These groupings make it easier to find the ancestors that have those traits in common.

So far I have added about 1000 people, so I have a long way to go. The old program had almost 6000 people, but that includes the disproven Chapman and Thompson lines, plus some unrelated people that I was trying to keep track of to see if they fit into the tree somewhere. I’m thinking when I’m done with the proven people, it will be about 4000. This includes director ancestors, their spouses and children, and the parents of the spouses. In some cases, if I have the information I also include the childrens’ spouse and parents.

So I’m hoping to have everyone entered and verified by the end of this year. Wish me luck! 🙂