The problem I had last month with sources was solved by John Cardinal and his excellent companion program to The Master Genealogist – TMG Utility.
One of the features of TMG Utility is Change Citation Parts. Mr. Cardinal came up with a set of rules that I could use on all the sources I cut-and-pasted from Family Search. Instead of having to go through each individual citation, TMG Utility found every one and at the click of a button changed all of them. Pretty neat, huh?
After that, I regenerated the database files using Second Site (also a TMG companion program created by Mr. Cardinal). I’ve uploaded those files today, complete with citations and sources.
July 22, 2011
During the last week, I spent a lot of time updating the database using Family Search. Doing so enabled me to find a previously unknown-to-me branch of the Boyce family, children of Susan Boyce, sister of Rebecca Boyce.
I also added newly found information on other families. Click on the Surname Index link on the sidebar to see if anything new has been added on folks you are interested in.
Unfortunately, during this process, I decided to add Citation Details to each Source by cutting-and-pasting straight from Family Search using Safari 5. These Citations did not retain their formatting, so the results were inconsistent, and mainly double-spaced instead of single-spaced. Because of this problem, Sources are not included in the current version of data posted on the site.
I’m awaiting some information from The Master Genealogist expert and author of Second Site, John Cardinal, on how it might be possible to fix this problem using TMG Utility.
June 17, 2011
There’s a relatively new website from the LSD Church that has many new online databases called FamilySearch Record Search. I found a lot of new information there!
The most helpful databases on the Pilot website are the Chicago marriage licenses and birth certificates as well as the Texas death certificates.
I’ve added all this new stuff to the database.
April 11, 2010
