Features Tab

This tab defines other useful features to customize your family pages.

• Source Citations -- Footnotes, bibliography and repository
• Privacy Filters -- Remove or filter living individuals
• Surnames & Index -- Frequency counts and partitioning
• Other -- Internet links

Source Citations Tab

Footnotes

Researchers visiting your website will appreciate seeing source citations. GED-GEN automatically generates footnotes and the links to them. A visitor wishing to see a footnote simply clicks on the footnote number and that footnote is displayed. Each family page begins numbering footnotes from number 1.

There are two footnote formats. The first places footnotes at the bottom of each family page. When a visitor clicks on a footnote, the browser moves to that footnote.

The other format is a frames-based dual view. Footnotes appear in a separate frame at the bottom of the browser window. When a visitor clicks on a footnote, the footnote is displayed in the lower frame and the upper frame is left in position. This allows one to view both the family page and the footnote at the same time.

Option	Meaning
Include source citations	Place a check here to enable footnote generation. Then choose one of the following options: at end of each family page Footnotes are placed at the end of the family page. When a visitor clicks on a footnote number, the browser repositions to the footnote. The visitor must click the browser's back button to return to the original position. in frame window at bottom of browser Footnotes are placed in a separate frame window that appears at the bottom of the browser window. When a visitor clicks on a footnote number, the footnote appears in the frame window.
Include comments	Check this option to display your comments about each citation. Comments are enclosed in square brackets.
Include additional details	Check this option to display additional details about each citation. This may include the type of event that was responsible for the source entry being recorded, the role a person played in the event, and a quality assessment.
Include links to bibliography entries	(This option is applicable only if you generate a bibliography.) Check this option to include a hypertext link from each footnote to its corresponding entry in the bibliography. This allows a visitor to quickly view the bibliographic information associated with a given footnote. Otherwise visitors can use the link to the bibliography page to browse. Links are not included with "Ibid" footnotes.
Use superscript numbers in group sheet	Place a check here to display footnote reference numbers as superscript text: sample1 Footnotes in the family group sheet are normally displayed within parentheses: sample (1) Superscript text is not allowed in the preformatted text area of a family group sheet. However most Internet browsers display it properly and if you are not concerned with HTML conformance, you may prefer superscript text. However if you choose a proportional font by clearing the Use non-proportional font option on the Attributes tab, GED-GEN does not generate preformatted text areas. In this case superscript text will not violate HTML conformance.

Bibliography

A bibliography is a list of your research sources. GED-GEN can generate both bibliography and repository web pages. The Surname, Index and Family pages will include links to the Bibliography page and from there, to the Repository page. As mentioned under Footnotes above, you can also include a link from each footnote to its corresponding bibliography entry.

You can generate a standalone bibliography using the pull-down menu on the Generate button. A standalone bibliography uses the settings you define here, but it does not include links to your Surname and Index pages. This is useful if you want a bibliography elsewhere on your website, separate from your Family pages.

Option	Meaning
Generate bibliography web pages	Check this option to generate bibliography pages.
Include comments	Check this option to display your comments about each source. These are your notes about a source, not the actual text from a source. They are enclosed in square brackets.
Entries per page	Specify the number of bibliography entries to display on one page. Additional entries are displayed on subsequent pages.

Repository information describes the physical location of a research source. Repository pages are optional, but you can generate them only if you generate Bibliography pages. Each bibliography entry includes a link to its associated entry on a repository page. If no repository data are available, repository pages are not generated.

Option	Meaning
Generate repository web pages	Check this option to generate repository pages.
Include comments	Check this option to display your comments about each repository. They are enclosed in square brackets.
Entries per page	Specify the number of repository entries to display on one web page. Additional entries are displayed on subsequent pages.
Ignore entries with this prefix	Some genealogy programs automatically generate repository entries when the repository is not given. To avoid displaying these entries, specify a prefix here. GED-GEN will then exclude all repository entries that start with this prefix. To match, the prefix must begin the repository name and have the same upper- and lower-case letters. Remaining characters in the name after the prefix are ignored for purposes of comparison. For example if you specify Not Given, repository entries that have this prefix will be ignored. These include "Not Given." and "Not Given (See Notes)." A repository entry like "Repository Not Given" would not match because it does not begin with the specified prefix.

Your GEDCOM file must contain Source records for a bibliography to be generated. Otherwise bibliographic information, if available, is displayed in each footnote.

Hint: You may be able to display more information by allowing GED-GEN to interpret nonstandard GEDCOM tags. See Process nonstandard tags under "GEDCOM" on the Program tab.

Other

Option

Meaning

Remove lifespan from living authors

Place a check here to remove lifespan phrases from any living authors in your footnotes and the bibliography. If you include the lifespan of an author (e.g., "Smith, John (1932- )") and you wish to maintain their privacy, this option will remove the " (1932- )" from their name. Some researchers include lifespan information to help identify a source citation, especially when several family members may have the same given name.

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The information displayed for each entry type is given below. Remember you can override attributes like font styles and line spacing using an external Cascading Style Sheet (CSS).

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Privacy Filters Tab

If you want to protect the privacy of living individuals in your GEDCOM file, you may choose to exclude them completely. If so, select Exclude living individuals.

You may also include living individuals, but limit the information displayed about them. Select Include living individuals. You may then optionally restrict how they are displayed. If you include living individuals, but do not select any filters, then all individuals will be displayed.

Option	Meaning
Display full names	Choose this option to display names of living individuals as they would normally appear.
Replace names with initials	Choose this option to use initials in place of the given and middle names for living individuals. For example "John Quincy Adams" would appear as "J. Q. Adams."
Replace names with the text <phrase>	Choose this option if you want a certain phrase to appear in place of a living person's given and middle names. Also specify the phrase, for example, (Private). Note this affects a person's name only as a husband, wife or child on a family page. It does not filter a person's name in other places, like in your research notes and source citations. The phrase you specify will replace only a person's given name and not their surname. If John Doe is living, his name would appear as "(Private) Doe".
Replace Birth & Marriage dates with the text <phrase>	Check this option if you want a certain phrase to appear in place of a living person's date of birth or marriage. Also specify the phrase you want to appear. As with a name, this does not filter such dates in your research notes and source citations.
Exclude notes & facts	You may choose to include notes and other facts on the Facts tab. If you do, you can exclude all such notes and facts for living individuals. Simply check this option. For instance if you chose to include Baptism facts on the Facts tab and then check the Exclude notes & facts box here, baptism facts will be displayed for everyone except living individuals.
Assume individuals are living when born after the year	GED-GEN normally considers an individual living if there is no date in the person's date of death field. However you can also specify a cut-off year. Individuals born after the cut-off year are assumed to be living. If they were born in or before the cut-off year, they are considered deceased. This option is useful when you have a large number of ancestors for whom you have not entered death dates. It is an approximation however. If an individual born in or before the cut-off year is still living, they will be considered deceased. Normally if an individual is deceased, but you do not know the date of death, you should enter one of the terms UNKNOWN, DEAD or DECEASED in the date field. Do this in your favorite genealogy program before exporting your GEDCOM file. If that program uses another term, be sure to specify it under GEDCOM on the Program tab.

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If you choose to filter living individuals, you will likely want to filter either names or dates, but not both. If you filter both, the index will be less useful. Visitors will be unable to distinguish between living individuals since all their names and lifespans will be "privatized."

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Surnames & Index Tab

This tab controls the Surname and Index pages.

Surname Page

Option	Meaning
Display surname frequency counts	Check this option to see the frequency of surnames on your family pages. The number of individuals having each surname is displayed in parentheses next to each surname on the surname page.
Display most frequent surnames	Check this option to see the most frequently occurring surnames on your family pages. Then specify the number of top surnames to display, such as the top 10. Visitors to your web site can see your major family lines at a glance. The most frequently occurring surnames are displayed at the top of the first Surname Page, with the number of individuals having each surname in parentheses. This is followed by a list of all surnames.
Number of partitions	If you have several hundred surnames in your family tree, the surname page can be quite large and take longer to load. You can break the surname list into smaller groups by partitioning it on to multiple pages. Enter the number of partitions, or separate Surname pages, you desire. Specify 1 to have all surnames on a single page. Specify 2 to display half the surnames on one page and the other half on a second page. Specify 3 to display about one third of the surnames on each of three separate pages, and so on. Partitioning is done by the first letter of a surname, not by the actual number of surnames. For example with 2 partitions, all surnames beginning with "A" through "M" are on one page while those beginning with "N" through "Z" are on the next. The actual grouping depends on the surnames present. If there are no surnames that begin with "M," the first partition will be "A" through "L."
Use alternate file name for first surname page	Advanced Users The first Surname page is considered the start page for GED-GEN web pages. It is usually named main.html, but will have the same file prefix as other files. For instance if the prefix is grp, the first Surname page is named grpmain.html. Many people have a link on their home page to the Surname page. However you may want the first Surname page to be your actual home page. If so, enable this option and specify the desired file name. The default home page is usually named index.html. If your website resides at a commercial genealogy website, that site may require a different file name for your home page. If you enable this option, specify a file name that includes the file extension, like .html. Do not include a folder. The Surname page will reside in the destination folder along will all other generated files.

Index Pages

Option	Meaning
Display Soundex codes	Check this option to display Soundex codes next to each surname on the Index pages. Soundex codes may assist in your genealogical research. They are a way of indexing surnames based on pronunciation. Codes are generated using the simplified Soundex algorithm. A second code is displayed for some surnames. This code is generated using the American Soundex algorithm or Miracode, which is sometimes used by the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA ). It is displayed only if it differs from the code generated using the simplified algorithm.
Create GENDEX index file	Check this option to generate a GENDEX file. This file was used in conjunction with the GENDEX server, which was an index of GEDCOM files on the Internet. That server may no longer be available, but the GENDEX file may be useful in other applications. GED-GEN creates a GENDEX.txt file in the destination folder along with your family pages. It contains a list of the individuals who appear on each family page. For each person it also lists the surname, the full name, the birth date and place, and the death date and place. If you selected any privacy filters, living individuals will be filtered in the GENDEX file too. The author of GED-GEN does not endorse or recommend any particular genealogy software or service. GED-GEN is not affiliated with the GENDEX server.
Number of individuals per page	Specify the number of individuals GED-GEN should place on each index page generated. The index to your family pages is usually generated as a set of web pages. This avoids having one large page that takes a long time to load in a visitor's Internet browser. Specify a smaller number for more, but smaller files. Specify a larger number for fewer, but larger files. For instance if your GEDCOM file contains 5000 individuals, you may wish to have 1000 individuals per page, which would result in 5 index pages. If these files take too long to load, you could specify 500 individuals per page, resulting in 10 index pages. If your GEDCOM file contains 500 individuals, you may wish to have them all on one index page. The number you specify is an approximation. GED-GEN may place more or fewer individuals on an index page depending on where the page break might occur.

Other

Option	Meaning
Display reference numbers for individuals	Check this option if you want an individual's reference number to appear next to their name on family pages and the index. Reference numbers are generated by your genealogy software program. They uniquely identify each individual in your GEDCOM file.
Display SURNAMES in upper-case letters	Check this option if you want surnames to appear in upper-case letters throughout all family pages and the index.
Display alias between given name and surname	Check this option if you want a person's alias to be displayed in quotes between their given name and surname. An alias is usually a nickname or a name a person goes by. For example if John Doe went by the name Jack, his name would appear as John "Jack" Doe. In the index, it would appear as: Doe, John "Jack". Note This feature works with GEDCOM files exported by only certain genealogy programs. Some programs place a nickname or "also known as" name in the alias field. Only in these cases will GED-GEN display an alias. Other programs use the alias field as a way of linking different individuals who might be the same person.

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Other Options

The remaining options on this tab are used to convert E-Mail and Internet addresses that may appear in your genealogical data into actual hypertext links.

Link Conversions

The conversion of Internet and e-mail addresses to actual links takes place only within research notes, marriage notes, source citations, imported text, and bibliography and repository entries. In order for Internet addresses to be recognized in your text, you must prefix them appropriately. If GED-GEN does not recognize an address, it will still display it as plain text.

An address must begin with one of the following prefixes:

• http:/  (as in http://www.sample.com)
• ftp:/  (as in ftp://ftp.sample.com)
• mailto:  (as in mailto:me@mysite.com)

For example "http://home.sample.com" is recognized, but "home.sample.com" is not. Furthermore:

• The address cannot span multiple lines, that is, it cannot contain carriage return characters.

• The address cannot contain space characters. If an address contains space characters, replace each space with the three characters %20 (percent-two-zero) before you export your GEDCOM file.

• If any of the following characters appear immediately following the address, they are not interpreted as part of the address: period(.), comma(,), question mark(?), exclamation point(!), colon(:), semicolon(;), double quote("), single quote('), backquote(`), right parenthesis()), right square bracket(]), right curly brace(}), and right angle bracket(>).

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