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• How OneGreatFamily Is Different From Other Genealogy Services

  1/23/2013 5:28:00 PM

  OneGreatFamily.com has been online since 2002, which is significantly longer than a majority of the other genealogy websites. From the very beginning, our services have been quite revolutionary to the genealogy community. Surprisingly, there are critical components of our services that have never been duplicated by others and make it critical for anyone who is even partially serious about doing their genealogy or building their family tree to have and maintain a subscription to OneGreatFamily. We have come up with 3 Core Concepts that explain what makes us so unique and how our cutting-edge, yet simple, approach to genealogy can greatly help you in building your family tree.

  Concept 1: OneGreatFamily is a Single Global Family Tree 

  OneGreatFamily is a single, global family tree which everyone helps to build. It's not just a collection of individual trees that people work on alone. This means that when ANYONE works on OneGreatFamily, they are also working on your tree, and when you work on your tree on OneGreatFamily, you are collaborating with others to explore their family trees. 
  
  As OneGreatFamily members add to the global family tree, the system searches to see if any of the names submitted could be your ancestors. Even if we find some of your ancestors today, we may find more in a week, a month, or a year. Just think; while you're concentrating on a maternal line, OneGreatFamily may identify a breakthrough on your paternal side! Your next step forward could come when you are sleeping, making dinner, or enjoying an evening out with friends, all thanks to the efforts of tens of thousands of OneGreatFamily members.

  Concept 2: OneGreatFamily Searches and Sifts For You

  OneGreatFamily automatically does all the "search and sift" work for you. Let's face it, most of the effort being done on other genealogy websites is essentially "search and sift", where you initiate a search and then have to start sifting through the tens of thousands of matches you get back. Obviously, most of these possible matches will be wrong and a few may clearly be right. The rest have to be sorted and checked.
  
  OneGreatFamily does all this tedious work for you. We compare all the people you enter into your family tree against every other person in the OneGreatFamily single, global family tree. Then, we sift the results and alert you of possible matches, which we like to call "Hints". Instead of endlessly sifting through obviously incorrect search results, OneGreatFamily focuses your attention and effort on likely matches. Also, when we find two individuals who are obviously the same person on trees submitted by different members, based on our patent-pending matching algorithms, we don't even bother you with them. Instead we automatically merge the two identical records together to combine their trees and eliminate the duplication. This avoids the even-more-painful task of having to approve dozens or even hundreds of obvious matches. It is this process of automatic merging that could end up adding thousands of ancestors to your branch of the tree.

  Concept 3: OneGreatFamily Handles Different Opinions

  OneGreatFamily easily handles differences of opinion. Sometimes genealogists disagree. Perhaps there is documentation supporting multiple dates for the same event or even regarding parentage. Since all evidence is valuable, we built OneGreatFamily to handle these situations. These discrepancies are called "conflicts". OneGreatFamily will never force you to accept someone else's information, nor someone else to accept yours. We call this View Preservation, because your view of your tree is always preserved for you.
  
  Now, there are two primary types of conflicts: informational and relational. Informational conflicts occur when a fact is in dispute, perhaps a birth date or a marriage location. Relational conflicts occur when a family relationship is in question. In resolving both types of conflicts, you will be presented with your information and the conflicting information. You will then be given a choice to 1) accept the alternate information presented, 2) clear the conflict, which means you are satisfied with your information and no longer want to consider any alternative information, or 3) cancel for now, which will allow you to postpone making a choice until you can find more information.

  Dive into OneGreatFamily and see what we can do for your family tree.

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• You Can Find Your Ancestors Even If You Are On A Budget

  1/21/2013 1:30:00 AM

  OneGreatFamily.com can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars. Remember that an annual subscription to OneGreatFamily has an effective cost of only $6.67 per month! 

  
  OneGreatFamily.com provides you with three valuable services:

  1. Access to hundreds of millions of user submitted records combined into the largest single family tree available
  
  OneGreatFamily includes access to hundreds of millions of user submitted ancestors , many with corresponding events, sources, notes, photos, biographies, and other supporting data, with about  200,000 more ancestors submitted every week by genealogists from all over the world . Don't waste time and money sifting through billions of names to find your ancestors before you see what information is available for your ancestors on OneGreatFamily.com.

  2. Powerful collaboration tools

  OneGreatFamily automatically indentifies ancestors you have in common with other genealogists, and highlights any differences in vital record or evidence information so that you can zoom in and easily review the differences.  Just by clicking a button, you can contact other genealogists to compare notes, review evidence, etc.

  Online collaboration can help you save hundreds of dollars on correspondence, photocopies, and other expenses. Documents, photos, and other information can be stored electronically on OneGreatFamily or sent to distant family members you meet on OneGreatFamily via email.

  3. Access to premium family tree software and your personal Family Dashboard

  Genealogy Browser is a full featured PC-based genealogy program that is included with your subscription.  It handles all the basics of entering, editing, sourcing and printing your genealogy data.  But it also has several unique capabilities not found in any other genealogy program, especially the Starfield view which allows you to view an entire pedigree tree on one screen.  Genealogy Browser is the best tool for viewing a family tree on the market today.

  Family Dashboard is a unique web-based interface that works together with Genealogy Browser to allow you to drill into your genealogy data in unique ways.  For example, quickly view all your ancestors with no identified parents, or all your ancestors born in France, or all your ancestors with one surname.  You can also view migration charts to identify the birth locations for a family line or identify ancestors that are missing vital record information.

  Both Genealogy Browser and Family Dashboard are included with your subscription.  You don't have to give up your current software to use these tools.  GEDCOM export will make it fast and easy to move your data from your current software to OneGreatFamily.  And you can do it every time you make a change in your current software.

  Finally, you never lose access to Genealogy Browser or Family Dashboard.  Even if you don't renew your subscription, you will still be able to use these powerful tools so you don't have to worry about stranding your data.

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• How To Add Notes In Genealogy Browser

  1/18/2013 12:55:00 AM

  As you continue your research, you may want to make notes on the ancestors you are searching for. Once someone is added to your tree, either by yourself or by OneGreatFamily, it is easy to add notes to the individual. You can add a note to any ancestor by editing that ancestor.  To do that, first launch Genealogy Browser. You can edit anyone by right-clicking on the ancestor's name in either Handprint or Starfield, then choosing the Edit option on the menu. That will open the "Details For:" dialog. On this details box, you will see small square shaped boxes along the right hand side. The notes icon looks like a piece of paper that has a pushpin stuck in it:

  

  After clicking on the notes icon, a new box will appear:

  

  You will now be able to add notes for your ancestor. The type of notes you are able to enter depends on the information you already have entered for this particular ancestor. If you have entered nothing about their death date or place, then you will not have the option to put notes under the category for "death". You can however, put these notes under "individual notes" until you find their death information, and then just move the notes to the correct location.

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• How to Earn Free Months At OneGreatFamily

  1/16/2013 10:53:00 AM

  Customers often ask how they can earn free subscription time. The answer is to refer your friends and family to our website. You can receive one FREE month for every subscriber you refer to OneGreatFamily.

  HERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR REFERRING SOMEONE TO ONEGREATFAMILY:

  When you refer family or friends to OneGreatFamily, simply tell them to enter YOUR username (created at sign-up) into the "Rewards Program" field when they subscribe.

  

  After they subscribe, you will receive an email to confirm your free month.

  Check your account to see your new expiration date. After you login, click on "My Account" to view your account. One of the boxes provides you with your Subscription Information. You will see below the space that will inform you whether or not you have received credit for a referral.

  
  
  For more information on our Rewards Program, follow this link.
  http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Help/Rewards.aspx

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• Uncover Stories About Your Ancestors

  1/14/2013 1:48:00 AM

  When you research your ancestry, you will find more than just a family tree. Besides finding the names, dates, and records of your ancestry, you'll find the stories of your family - the real lives of people that will give you perspective on your own place in history. Many people find a great deal of emotional satisfaction in tracing their ancestry. They also discover that genealogy is a great way to bring together all the generations of the family.

  Everyone can help as you begin to document your family history. The oldest family members can share memories of the good old days; these stories become fascinating when younger people realize the link between their grandparents and more distant ancestry. Younger children can help do the research by asking questions. Older children can discover the connections between the genealogical research and their history and geography lessons.

  Your family will find additional benefits as you trace your lineage. Your shared heritage will come alive when family members understand how customs from the old country influenced their present-day lives. Additionally, you can revive old customs to discover how your relatives lived. Stories from your family history can add more meaning and joy to family holidays.

  A unique feature of OneGreatFamily is that you can share your results with others who are tracing the same ancestry. Collaboration with other genealogists is one way to discover in depth information about your ancestors and uncover fascinating stories that make your ancestors more meaningful to you.

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