FTAnalyzer now searches census records

[Alexander Bisset]

No but I'll add it to the issues list.

 

[PK-KTK]

Thanks Alexander

 

[Alexander Bisset]

Excel exports of Census and Lost Cousins Census Report added for next version.

 

[PK-KTK]

Yay! thanks heaps Alexander

 

[MaggieL]

I've released v1.5.6.0 now that will automate searching Ancestry, FindMyPast or FreeCen census records for you.

To use this feature:

1. export your GEDCOM from your family history program,
2. run FTAnalyzer and load your file.
3. run the census report for a year you are interested in I suggest trying 1881 census first as that is the best year to use for Lost Cousins entries.
4. The census report will show you everyone that you have not yet found on a census for that year. (NB. this looks for a CENS or RESI fact in your GEDCOM if you only store a census as a note then your family history program won't record it as a census fact and thus FTAnalyzer won't know you have recorded something against that person)
5. The grey/white bands on the census report group together families; the ones in bold are ones the program knows are alive on that census (eg: they get married or die after the census date); the ones in red are your direct ancestors; NB, the ones in red AND bold are direct ancestors that are known to be alive on that census and thus really ought to be found.
6. Select your preferred search from the menu at the top, NB. you need a subscription with Ancestry or FindMyPast otherwise the search will fail.
7. Open your browser and login to your preferred search site. (The program will only be able to display a search result if you have logged in first)
8. Double click on the person you want to search for and the program will open the search page having entered all the search terms for that person for you.
9. Check the results to find your ancestor as you would have done if you'd typed the search terms manually
10. Record the results in your family history program and on Lost Cousins.

NB. if you find any issues with how it searches particularly if it isn't recognising a county name, please let me know and I'll attempt to fix the issue for a future version.

Just found the above hint #8. What a huge difference. I had just spent hours going from FMP website to Ancestry, trying to find missing people. This makes it so much easier. Too bad I didn't read this several relatives ago

 

[Tim]

Just found the above hint #8. What a huge difference. I had just spent hours going from FMP website to Ancestry, trying to find missing people. This makes it so much easier. Too bad I didn't read this several relatives ago

Sorry Maggie. Have you tried reading the documentation pages? I'm still updating them wrt the latest release but hopefully all the others are still good.