Tools for genealogists
Today, thanks to photographs and other scanners, it’s easy to keep a digital copy of the documents you consult, and it can be tempting not to transcribe the document’s content. Why should you transcribe a document of which you have an image? From an IT point of view, images and text are two file formats …
If you’ve had a chance to read the articles on this site, you’ll already know that I’m a fervent advocate of the importance of sources of information in genealogical research. Indeed, if you want to obtain a genealogy that is faithful to reality and free from approximations, the only solution is to start from the …
You spend many hours going through these documents, and when you find something interesting, you take care to note down in your notebook (or directly in your computer) the information that seems relevant to you. But are you sure you’re not making any mistakes or omissions?
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into force in 2018. It imposes a legal framework on personal data protection for Europe. It involves informing people if information about them is kept, what is done with it, obtaining their consent and allowing them to have it deleted. This regulation therefore applies to websites, which must …
It’s perfectly normal to have the same person appear several times in your genealogical data. This may surprise you, but we’ll explain why it’s a – very – good practice!
