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Update: Part 1 of the Geneology Seminar is now available. Check it out and let me know what you think!

Genealogy Anyone?

Just a little something I'm working on. This actually started as a quick TechHelp video for a customer, and it slowly got out of hand. The free video is about half an hour. Then the Extended Cut member's video went about an hour long. Then I just kept going. I've got about three more hours of additional video showing how to add all kind of features to this database, like the automated family tree form. You double-click on a person and it redraws the tree with that person at the base.

Interested?

If you're interested in this database, let me know. Post a comment below. Also, if you can think of any features you'd like to see me include, let me know. I looked at a lot of other Access genealogy databases that were available, and I wasn't impressed with any of them.

Features

I'm going to release a free TechHelp video showing the basics of how to create the core of the database, including the "self join" relationship to track people, parents, and children, all with the same table. The Extended Cut shows how to create events to jump to a record for any parent or child from the main form. You can add new children from the main subform. I created a "quick add" form so you can just type in someone's name and add them as a parent/child quickly without having to know all of their info. 

Then beyond the two videos above, I'm going to release this as a Seminar and a Template. There will be a free Template that will be locked (ACCDE) if you just want to play with the database, check out its features, or even use it yourself. It will be fully functional, you just can't change the design. There will be a template available for sale that you can customize yourself. Finally, the seminar will include all of the video showing how I built it.

The full database will include all of the above, plus the ancestral family tree form (above) as well as a similar printed report. Birth and death dates as well as age calculations (current age if still alive, or age at death). Pictures of each person as well as a repository for attaching other documents (birth, marriage certificates, historical papers, etc.). Tracking of name changes and life events (changed cities, got married, etc.). There will be a full search form with most fields available to search or sort by. And yes, I'll be adding more fields like notes, place of birth, etc. once the database is almost finished.

Suggestions?

If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see covered, please post them below. Also, let me know if you're interested. The more people that express interest, the more "stuff" I'll throw into this database before it's finished. I'm going to work on it for the rest of today and then put it online. If enough people want to see more features after that, I can make an addendum.