Checking your work is always a good thing to do, and it's what Randy Seaver is discussing in this week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun discussion.
Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision.
1. Have you used "helps" such as Tree Checker on Ancestry, Consistency Checker on MyHeritage, or the Family Tree Analyzer program to check for errors in your family tree?
2. Share about your efforts to use helps to improve your family tree in your own blog post or on your Facebook page. Be sure to leave a link to your report in a comment on this post.
[Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting this topic!]
I have never used aids such as Tree Checker, Consistency Checker, or anything similar to check my online family tree, as I don't have a family tree online. I'll admit, I didn't know they existed, but I'm glad there is some mechanism available (even if it's obvious that a lot of people don't use them).
The only time I have run what Randy calls a problem search (the results of which Family Tree Maker, the program that I use, calls an error report) was when he made that the challenge for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, which was almost a year ago, on October 21, 2023. I did remember how to find it, something I worried about at the time, so I'll take that as a small success right there. My list of practical problems was only five pages long, which I still consider to be pretty good overall.
The Family Tree Analyzer program that Randy mentioned looks as though it could be pretty useful, so I will put it on my to-do list to investigate in the future. I don't want to try downloading and running it tonight just to post for the blog. But I will try to write about it when I do use it, and I'm not surprised with Randy's assessment that it finds different problems than the other programs do.
I guess my short report means I'm not checking my work often enough. Something else to add to the to-do list!
I didn't check out Family Tree Analyzer either but did so this morning. It does look interesting and I may try it out, too.
ReplyDeleteAha! I'm not the only person who had not heard of it already!
DeleteDefinitely try Famiiy Tree Analyzer again as it is free and very easy to use. Just upload your gedcom to it. I like the way it lists the issues.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to hear from another person who has used it and found it useful.
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