If you've tried the new in-browser family tree analysis programs, you know your tree has some errors to fix. I've written about GEDminer and TreeLab. Now the ever-popular Family Tree Analyzer has an in-browser version. It limits the size of the GEDCOM file you can analyze, but I recommend taking a look at it.
Every once in a while, you should check your family tree for certain errors. If you don't, you may wind up with quite a headache from trying to sort out a complicated mess. Errors can pile on top of one another, messing up a whole family.
Here are 5 of my favorite and most important family tree clean-up projects.
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| Don't let overlooked errors wreak havoc in your family tree. Any of these 5 genealogy clean-up projects can set things right. |
1. Your Family Tree Checkup/Tune-up List
Follow these instructions to check for these types of errors in your family tree:
- dates
- places
- media
- sources
- names
If you've ever found a ton of information to add to your tree, there's a chance you made errors due to your excitement.
2. Another Way to Find Errors in Your Family Tree
Use the available error reports in your family tree software or Family Tree Analyzer. This exercise may uncover errors you thought you'd fixed or errors you never knew you made.
3. 2 Ways to Give Your Family Tree a Checkup
If you're working on your family tree pretty often, consider doing this checkup about once a month. You may find that you made a typo on a birth year that threw all that person's ancestors out of whack. You can do this checkup with Family Tree Analyzer or your family tree software program.
4. 3 Little Fixes for Your Family Tree
Sometimes I spot an error in a person's fact description. I know there's a good chance I made the same mistake other times in my tree. It might be a typo that gets repeated or a poor choice of words. Here are 3 different corrections you'll want to make in your family tree.
5. An End-of-Year Tune Up for Your Family Tree
We're only human, so we do make mistakes in our family tree. (Not everyone can FEEL themselves making a typo the way I do.) Here are a few data errors you may not have been looking for, but you'll be happy to find and fix them.
Dive into any of these 5 articles and your family tree's quality will improve.
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