Search for ancestors
Genealogical Data Analysis allows you to identify potential ancestors already present in your data.
The ancestry search window
To display the ancestry search window :
- Select an analysis in the analysis results window.
- You can then
- use the [Find ancestors] button,
- or right-click on the list and select the “Search for ancestors” option.
.Select the ancestry searches to be performed
The window displays the available searches.
The following searches are available:
- Father search by name and date of birth.
- Search for father by name, date of birth and place of marriage.
- Father search by name, date of birth and event geolocation.
You can select one or more searches as you wish. Each search may indicate potential ascendants.
Modify criteria values
The window displays criteria that influence the results displayed:
- The period to be taken into account: indicated in number of years, this allows you to specify how many years before and after the search period extends. For example, if the value is 20 and you’re looking for people with the same name who were born in the same period, you’ll be shown people born between 20 years before and 20 years after the person.
- Geographical distance: indicated in kilometers, this criterion enables you to narrow down the proposals to events that occurred at the most within the distance indicated, e.g. a person’s place of birth in relation to another person’s place of marriage.
- Show searches without proposals: this option displays searches that have not led to the identification of any proposals. This option is deactivated by default to reduce the amount of information displayed in the results.
- Show individuals without proposal: this option displays individuals for whom none of the selected searches identified a proposal. This option is disabled by default to reduce the amount of information displayed in the results.
These criteria can be modified.
To use distances, locations must be geolocated in the GEDCOM file exported by your application.
Start search
Before starting the search :
- Select the searches that seem most relevant to you.
- Select the display criteria:
- Period to be taken into account before and after dates.
- Maximum distance to be used.
- Display searches with no duplicates.
- Display of persons for whom searches do not suggest duplicates.
- Start the search with the [Start search] button.
View ancestry search results
All suggestions of people who could be an ascendant are displayed in the window. They are grouped by person and by search performed.
Print or export ancestry search results
Once you’ve completed your ancestry search, you can print out the resulting list, or export it in Word or Excel format.
To do so, use the [Print results] button.