Digital genealogy
Digitise without losing evidence
A good copy supports rereading and recovering context. Separate the preservation file from cropped or enhanced reading copies.
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Digital genealogy
Choose tools for portability, privacy and source preservation. A synchronised tree replaces neither a backup nor relationship checks.
Suggested route
- Choose software or an online tree
- Digitise without losing evidence
- Check OCR and AI-assisted transcription
- GEDCOM: export without losing context
- Back up and verify research files
- Preparing a family tree for sharing
Your expected result
Finish with a tested export, findable media and a restorable backup. Record software versions and file transformations to track preservation or loss.
Digital genealogy
GEDCOM: export without losing context
GEDCOM exchanges genealogical data between applications. Images and some fields may still need separate export.
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Organise and back up research
A useful backup can be restored. Synchronisation may spread deletions and does not replace a separate retained copy.
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Choose software or an online tree
Choose an application around your needs: solo work, family sharing, collaboration or record access. A records subscription and tree software solve different problems.
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DNA and genealogy: understand the limits
Documentary genealogy and genetic ancestry answer different questions. A genetic result alone does not name, locate or date an ancestor.
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Check OCR and AI-assisted transcription
An automatic transcription is a proposed reading. Compare it with the record, especially names, numbers and relationships. Keep the source image and correction history.
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Back up and verify research files
A useful backup restores files and preserves references alongside images. Organise first, then verify copies; synchronisation alone can propagate deletions.
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Preparing a family tree for sharing
A sharing copy needs its own review. Choose audience, included people and genuinely needed documents.
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