Ben Sayer

Misspelled names are common in genealogy. Fortunately it’s easy to deal with if you follow a consistent, well thought out approach. What approach ought to be taken when the the name of a person in a file is wrong?

Ignoring the error by naming the file with only the correct spelling will make finding the reference in the content more difficult. On the other hand, naming the file with only the misspelled name will also make finding files about that person harder. Family history research is challenging enough without those complications. There is a simple solution.
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How many faded, discolored, family photos do you have? Would you like to breath life back into them? Your Macintosh is built to excel at this kind of work. Let me show you how to quickly go from this:

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The term for a single database file in Leister Productions’ Reunion genealogy software for Mac. Each family file may contain one or more names, events, facts, sources, notes, and links to multimedia files (images, video, sound).

A feature in Mac genealogy software iFamily for Leopard that streamlines the addition of multiple, cited pieces of data from the same source. It accomplishes this by collecting the source data information if it has not already been entered then entering a state wherein any data added to the database is cited automatically, using the active source. Once all data from that source is entered, the feature is toggled off to stop the automatic citation.