Concise
Manual for use of
database
Subjects
covered:
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Use
search form
For exploring the
occurrence of a
name in the database, click
"Genealogical
Data". The following
overview will appear:
In
the column on the left hand side are presented both the "COMPLETE FILE"
(i.e. all genealogical data presented on this site), as well as separate family trees. Select in
which family tree to seach. The family tree to be
searched in is marked in black,
both in the left hand column as well as the text following
"Selected family tree" in the right hand column. In above example, the
Van Dam family tree is selected.
In
case
you do not know whether a name exists in one of the family trees listed,
use
always the Complete File, as all individual family trees are
included
in that file. Another possibility is selecting "All family trees" using
the search form. See also
Alfabetizing
Names below.
Please note that first names, recorded in this database, are based
on names given by birth, not by calling
names.
Structure
genealogical
files
The
Complete
File
contains all data of all collected persons. In the
separated family trees are only data of persons that are related to
that particular family tree. Thus, data that are present in a
particular family tree are always tracable in the Complete File. The
oldest known forefather
is presented for
each family tree, as far this information is worked out on the
site.
The date
of the latest update of each database (both
the Complete File and
the separate family trees) is indicated in the right hand column.
Many surnames,
for which no
separate family trees are presented, can be found in the Complete File.
This database contains more than 100 instances of surnames that appear
with more than 100 persons. Using "Advanced Search" in the Complete
File
enables searching for names that do not belong to a particular,
separate family
tree (within the presented database). Some families that are not
presented as separate genealogies, may therefore not be presented
completely.
Alfabetizing
names
The
alfabetical
sequence
of
the Names-Index in the
database is based on the American way of presenting names. In other
words, "van Dam" can be found under the letter "V", "de Beer" under the
letter "D". Entering a surname in the search field such as "van Dam"
should not
be entered as "Dam" or "Dam, van", which is common in Dutch
language
areas. See example for use of use
of
Search Form.
Meaning
of: before, after or ±
Within
dates of genealogical data
appear often before, after or ±. Here follows a
short description for each of these terms.
Before
When in the data
(especially dates
of birth) "before" is recorded, it means in almost all cases that the
birth dates of the parents is assessed, e.g. based on the date of birth
of the first known child, or the date of marriage of the parents. In
these cases is assumed that, in case of the birth of a
child or marriage
of parents, the parents were at least 20 years old. Obviously, these
approximations are only made when no other information was available.
After
When "after" is used in dates, generally in case of a date of death, it
is known from a particular source, that a person deceased after a
certain
date.
±
When ± is mentioned in a
date, then an
approximation of that date/year is meant. Generally in such cases, the
information is retreived from a certificate of marriage.
Meaning
Symbols
Clicking
on symbol 
next to a name, shows all direct ancestors of the person in question
(descendancy chart), of course for as long available in the collected
data. A clear graphical presentation is shown.
Clicking
on symbol 
shows descendants of the person in question. This feature is
limited to 2 generations for reasons of presentability.
Clicking
on symbol 
next to a name, shows a consise presentation of all
descendants.
It may be obvious that the blue buttons 
represent males,
whereas the
red buttons 
represent females.
