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uFTi user manual: Windows

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This publication is available at https://docs.ufti.com/windows/Alpha-1/

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Quick Start

Six short pages that take you from opening uFTi to your first person, with its source and a copy.

This takes about ten minutes. Each page has a few steps. Do them in order.

Get uFTi

Download uFTi, install it and open it for the first time.

A workspace is one family tree.

  1. Download the installer from the Get uFTi page on the uFTi website.
  2. Run the installer.
  3. Open uFTi from the Start menu.

    The Workspaces screen opens.

This is where your trees live. You may see some sample workspaces already. You do not need them.

The Workspaces screen, with the Create workspace and Add from file buttons under its heading

Next: Add your first person.

Add your first person

Make your own workspace and add yourself, or someone you know well.

  1. On Workspaces, choose Create workspace.

    A small window named New workspace opens. It starts with a name already in the box.

    The New workspace window, with Brontë family of Haworth typed as the name and the Create and Cancel buttons below
  2. Type a name for your tree, such as My family, in place of the name that is there.
  3. Choose Create.

    The New person form opens.

  4. Type a first name in Given name(s). Type a last name in Surname.

    Start with yourself, or someone you know well. Only the first name is needed. If you know the birth date, type it too.

  5. Choose Save.

    The page for that person opens. If the Save button is below the bottom of the window, scroll down to it.

That is your first person. uFTi saves your work as you go.

The New person form filled in for Patrick Brontë, with his sex, his birth and death dates and the places of both

Next: Look around.

Look around

See what the main menu items show for the person you added.

Add a person first.

The menu at the left shows the main places. Most of them show the person you are looking at.

  1. Choose Person.

    It shows that person's page.

  2. Choose Events.

    It lists the events and facts for that person.

  3. Choose Notes.

    It shows the notes for that person.

  4. Choose Family tree.

    It draws a tree. Older manuals call it a pedigree.

  5. Choose + at the top right.

    A sheet named Add a record lists what you can add.

The other menu items are for later. To go back one screen, choose the back arrow.

Patrick Brontë's page, with the menu at the left, his dates and places, and a small chip beside Birth that counts one source

Next: Say where you found it.

Say where you found it

Add a source to a fact, so you always know why you believe it.

Open the page of a person who has a birth date.

  1. Choose the small chip beside Birth.

    It shows a number and a plus sign, such as 0 +.

    A screen named Sources opens.

  2. Choose Add source, then Add a new source.
  3. In Title, type where you know this from.

    For example, My birth certificate or Mum told me. Only this box is needed.

  4. Choose Save source.
  5. Choose Done, then Done again.

    The number on the chip goes up by one.

The fact now has a source. Later, when two records disagree, this is how you will know what to believe.

The Add source form, with the title of a book typed in the Title box

Next: Keep it safe.

Keep it safe

Save a copy of your tree as a file, and keep it somewhere else too.

  1. Open Workspaces.
  2. On the card for your tree, choose Save as….

    A small sheet named Save workspace as opens.

  3. Choose how to save your tree.
    • GEDZIP archive (.gdz) — includes media saves everything in one file, with its pictures. Choose this one.
    • GEDCOM file (.ged) saves your tree as a family tree file, without pictures. Use it only for a program that cannot read GEDZIP.
    The Save workspace as choice, with a GEDCOM file, a GEDZIP archive that includes media, and a Cancel button
  4. If you chose GEDCOM file (.ged), choose a version.

    The box named Which version of GEDCOM? offers GEDCOM 7 (recommended) and GEDCOM 5.5.1 (for older programs). Choose the first unless a program you use is old.

    The question Which version of GEDCOM, with GEDCOM 7 marked as recommended, GEDCOM 5.5.1 for older programs, and a Cancel button
  5. When Windows asks where to put the file, choose a folder you will remember.

    Windows opens your Documents folder first. Choose the folder you want, then choose Save.

    A message names the file and its folder. It stays until you choose it.

    The Workspaces screen after a copy is saved, with a dark message at the bottom that names the file, Brontë family of Haworth.ged, and the folder, Family trees, and says which version of GEDCOM it was written as

You now have a copy. Make a new one after you add a lot. Keep one on another drive too.

If you opened a file from another program, uFTi saves your changes to that file. To leave the original alone, open a copy.

Next: What next.

What next

You have a tree, a person, a fact with its source and a copy, so choose where to go from here.

Well done. What do you want to do now?

Five things to know

The five ideas behind uFTi, in two minutes.

A workspace is one family tree

You can have more than one. Each shows as a card on the Workspaces screen. Make a new workspace for each tree.

People and families

Add a person for each relative. A family joins a couple. uFTi draws a tree from your families. Choose Family to see it.

Facts and sources

A fact is something you record, such as a birth with its date. A source is where you found it. It can be a certificate, a census page, or what someone told you. A small chip beside each heading on a person's page counts the sources. Choose the chip to add one. Then you will always know why you believe a fact.

Saving and copies

uFTi saves your work as you go. To keep a copy, choose Save as… on your workspace's card. Keep the file somewhere else too. Do it again after a big session.

Getting help

Look in this guide when you are stuck. Use its search box, and type the words you would say. Practise in a workspace you make for the purpose.

Work with your tree

Find people, add people and families, read their events and sources, and write notes.

This chapter is for everything you do once a tree is open. It starts with a picture of every screen. Then it shows how to find a person, how to read what the app knows about them, and how to add more. Each page has a few steps and a picture of the result.

The pictures use one small tree: the family of Patrick Brontë of Haworth, a village in Yorkshire. You can build it yourself, a little at a time, as you read.

The screens of the app

What each item in the menu at the left shows, with a picture of each screen.

The menu

The menu stays at the left of every screen. Some items show your whole tree. Others show one person, the person named in the chip that starts with Showing. The chip is empty until you open someone. It clears again if you remove that person's tree.

Table 1. The menu items and what they show
Menu item What it shows Needs a person
Workspaces Your family trees, one card for each. No
Person The page of one person. Yes
Family tree A drawing of the person with parents, partners and children. Yes
Events The things that happened in that person's life. Yes
Notes Your own notes about that person. Yes
Where records are kept The archives, libraries and websites your sources come from. No
Who made this tree The people credited with the tree. No
Research questions and notes Your list of questions and ideas. No
Preferences The colours and the light or dark look. No
About uFTi The version of the app and facts about your computer. No
If a page says Select a person or No person selected, it needs a person first. Search for someone, then open them. A page says no person is selected shows how.

Workspaces

This is the first screen. Each card is one family tree. It tells you how many people, families and events the tree holds. Open a family tree file and Remove a tree from the list start here.

The Workspaces screen with two cards, Brontë family of Haworth (2), marked Active, and Brontë family of Haworth, each showing how many people, families and events it holds

Person

This is one person's page: their names, their birth and death, their family and their photos. Find a person shows how to open it.

The lower part of Patrick Brontë's page, with his wife and six children listed, the Photos buttons, and the Edit, Add a record and Delete person buttons

Family tree and Events

See a family tree explains the tree. See the events of a person explains the list of events.

Patrick Brontë's list of events, which are birth, marriage and death, each with a date, a place and a count of sources

Notes

Notes are your own words about a person. Add a note to a person shows how to write one.

The Notes page for Patrick Brontë, showing a note that says he was curate of Haworth, a small badge that says Sources: 0, and Edit and Delete note buttons

Where records are kept, Who made this tree and Research questions and notes

These three pages list things that belong to the whole tree. Each is empty until you add something with +. The first one lists the places where your sources are kept.

The Where records are kept page, with a line that says nothing is there yet and to use the plus button
The Who made this tree page, with a line that says nobody is credited yet and to use the plus button
The Research questions and notes page, with a line that says there are none yet and to use the plus button

Preferences

Choose how the app looks explains the choices on this page.

The Preferences page, with three themes and Oxford and slate chosen, and three looks and Light chosen

Find a person

Search your tree by a name, a place or an event, then open the person you want.

The search box is at the top of every screen. It searches the tree that is open.

  1. Type a name, a place or an event in the box at the top.

    For example, type Charlotte.

  2. Choose Search.

    The results come in two lists side by side. The people come first. The events come next to them. A small badge on each person, such as Sources: 10, says how many sources back that person up.

    The results of a search for Patrick, with two people and one marriage listed side by side, and a small badge on each person that says how many sources they have
  3. Choose the card of the person you want.

    The page of that person opens. Their name shows in the chip that starts with Showing.

Now Family tree, Events and Notes in the menu all show that person.

To narrow the results, choose the button with the sliders next to Search. A list named Refine by opens. Tick Dates, Sex, Place or Event type to add a filter. Tick Approximate (sound-alike) matches to also find names that sound alike. Choose Clear filters to start again.

The Refine by panel under the search box, with check boxes for dates, sex, place, event type and sound-alike matches

Next: See a family tree.

See a family tree

Draw the parents, partners and children of one person.

Open a person first. Find a person shows how.

  1. Choose Family tree in the menu.

    A drawing opens, with the person you chose in a box with a dark edge. Their parents are above. Their partners are beside them. Their children are below.

    The family tree for Charlotte Brontë, with her parents above, her husband Arthur Bell Nicholls beside her and a button for her brothers and sisters
  2. Choose the round mark between two partners.

    Choose the marriage to open the page for that family. Choose a child to see the tree of that child.

    The mark shows the year of their marriage. A list opens with the marriage and each child.

    The list that opens from the marriage mark, with the marriage of Patrick and Maria and each of their children, over the family tree
  3. Choose any box in the drawing to see the tree of that person.
  4. Use the plus and minus buttons to show more or fewer generations.

    The first pair is for parents and older people. The second pair is for children and younger people.

Choose Return to focus to go back to the first person. Choose Fit to screen to see the whole drawing at once. A button such as +5 siblings means more brothers and sisters are not drawn. A big family may go past the edge of the screen.

The same tree is the pedigree in older manuals.

See the events of a person

List what happened in a person's life, such as birth, marriage and death, and open any one.

Open a person first. Find a person shows how.

  1. Choose Events in the menu.

    Each event has a line with its name, its date and its place. The small number at the right counts the sources for it.

    Patrick Brontë's list of events, which are birth, marriage and death, each with a date, a place and a count of sources
  2. Choose an event to open it.

    A page shows its type, date and place. It has a count of sources, a row of photo buttons, and the buttons Edit and Delete event.

    The page for Charlotte Brontë's birth, with its type, date and place, a source count, the Photos buttons and the Edit and Delete event buttons
  3. Choose All events to go back to the list.

To add an event, choose Add event under the list.

Next: Look at the sources of a fact.

Look at the sources of a fact

See which books and records back up a birth, a death or another fact, and change or remove one.

Each fact on a person's page has a small chip that counts its sources. A chip that says Sources: 0 means nothing backs that fact up yet. Every count of sources uses the same words, so you see them on a person's card in search results and on the Notes page too.

  1. On the page of a person, choose the chip beside Birth.

    A full-screen list named Sources opens. Each source shows its title, its author and a quality line.

    The Sources list for Charlotte's birth, with five books, each with its author and Edit and Remove links
  2. Choose Edit beside a source to change it.

    A form opens with the title and the other details. Choose Save to keep your change, or Cancel to leave it.

  3. Choose Remove beside a source to take it off this fact.
  4. To add a source, choose Add source, then Add a new source.

    A form opens. It has boxes for the title, the page, where the source is kept, the words copied from it and a note. Only the title is needed.

    The new source form, with boxes for the title, the page, where it is kept, the words copied and a note, and a Save source button
  5. Type the title, then choose Save source.

    One more step offers to attach a copy of the source. You can skip it.

    The step after Save source, which offers a camera, a file and a link button to attach a copy of the source, and a Done button
  6. Choose Done.

    The list now shows the new source.

    The Sources list after one book has been added, with Edit and Remove beside it
  7. Choose Done again when you have finished.

You are back on the page of the person. The chip shows the new count.

A fact with no source shows a short list with the same two buttons. Compare records that disagree is for two records that give different answers.

The Sources list for a birth with no sources, with the Add source and Compare records that disagree buttons

Next: Add another person.

Add another person

Add a person to a tree that already has someone in it.

The first person comes with a new tree. After that, you add people with +.

  1. Choose +.

    A list named Add a record opens. It starts with things you can add to the person you are looking at.

    The Add a record list, with choices to add parents, an event, a note, a source or a new person for Charlotte Brontë
  2. Scroll down to the part named Add a new person.

    The list scrolls on its own. Turn the mouse wheel with the pointer on the list.

  3. Choose Basic details, then choose Add.

    The New person form opens.

    The lower part of the Add a record list, with Basic details, Family, Repository, Research note, Submitter and a More forms button
  4. Type the names, choose the sex and add the dates and places you know.

    Only Given name(s) is needed. For a date, type the day and the year and choose the month.

  5. Scroll to the bottom of the form and choose Save.

    You go back to the page you came from. The new person is in your tree.

To open the new person, Find a person.

The list ends with More forms. Choose it to see the forms that do not fit this person. Each one has a line under it that says why. For example, This form covers 1881, and going by the dates in the tree, nobody here was alive then.

The end of the opened Add a record list for Charlotte Brontë, where each census form for a year after she died has a line under it that says nobody in the tree was alive then, and two more forms say why they are not offered

Next: Add a family with children.

Change a person

Correct a name, a date or a place on a person's page.

Open the person first. Find a person shows how.

  1. Scroll to the bottom of the page and choose Edit.

    The page turns into a form. It holds the names, the sex, and the dates and places of birth and death.

    The form for changing Charlotte Brontë, with her names, sex, dates and places filled in and Save and Cancel buttons
  2. Change what is wrong.

    Choose Save to keep your changes, or Cancel to leave the form as it was.

Your changes are saved to the file as you go. The page shows the new words.

The button Delete person sits below Edit. It removes the person. Check before you choose it.

Next: Look at the sources of a fact.

Add a family with children

Join two partners, record their marriage and add their children.

Add both partners first. Add another person shows how.

  1. Open one of the partners, scroll down and choose Add a new family.

    A person who is not in a family yet shows this button under Family.

    A form opens. The person you came from is already in Husband / partner 1.

    The Family form with Patrick Brontë as husband, Maria Branwell as wife, and the marriage date and place filled in
  2. Select the box Wife / partner 2 and type the other partner's name.

    A short list of people appears under the box.

  3. Choose the person from the list.

    If you type a whole name that only one person has, you can leave the box and uFTi takes that person. If more than one person has the name, the box turns red. It says Choose a person from the list for 'Wife / partner 2', or clear the box. Then choose the right one from the list.

  4. Fill in Marriage date and Place of marriage.

    Leave them empty if you do not know them.

  5. Scroll down to Children and choose Add row.

    A row appears for one child. Choose Set… under Existing person to pick someone who is in the tree. Or type a new name in the row.

  6. For a new child, type the names, choose the sex, then choose Set… for the birth date and the birthplace.

    A small window opens for each. Fill it in and choose Done.

    The Children part of the Family form, with one row for a new child, Charlotte, and boxes for her sex, birth date and birthplace
  7. Scroll to the bottom and choose Save.

    The page of the family opens. It lists the partners, the marriage and the children.

    The page for Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell, with their marriage, their daughter Charlotte and the Edit and Delete family buttons

Choose View family tree to see the family drawn out.

The family tree for Patrick Brontë, with his wife Maria Branwell beside him and their daughter Charlotte below

The page of the family also has Edit and Delete family. Next: Add a note to a person.

Add a note to a person

Write down something you know about a person that does not fit in a date or a place.

Open the person first. Find a person shows how.

  1. Choose +.

    The list named Add a record opens.

  2. Choose Note under the part for a note, then choose Add.

    The list scrolls. Turn the mouse wheel with the pointer on it to find the part.

    A form opens with one box for the note.

    The note form, with one box for the note and Save and Cancel buttons
  3. Type your note, then choose Save.
  4. Choose Notes in the menu to read it.

    The note shows under Notes, with Edit and a button to delete it.

    The Notes page for Patrick Brontë, showing a note that says he was curate of Haworth, a small badge that says Sources: 0, and Edit and Delete note buttons

The note belongs to that person. Write what you know. Say where you read it if you can.

Next: Open a family tree file.

The Photos buttons

What the three buttons under Photos do on a person, an event or a source.

A person's page, an event and a source each have a part named Photos. It has three round-cornered buttons in a row. Under them, the page says No attachments yet until you add a picture.

  • The first button has a camera on it.
  • The second button has a folder on it. It opens the Windows window for choosing a file. It lists picture files, so you can pick a photo or a scan from your computer.
  • The third button has a chain link on it. It opens a list of pictures that are already in this tree, so you can use one again on a second person. A new tree has none, and the list says so.
The list of media to link, which says there is no media in this workspace yet

Which file to send says which file to send to family, and whether the pictures go with it.

Choose how the app looks

Pick a colour theme, and a light or dark look, for this computer.

These settings are for this computer only. They do not change your family tree files.

  1. Choose Preferences in the menu.

    The page shows two groups of choices.

    The Preferences page, with three themes and Oxford and slate chosen, and three looks and Light chosen
  2. Under Theme, choose a set of colours.

    The first group has three themes, and a row of four colour squares shows each one. Oxford and slate is the one in the pictures in this manual.

  3. Under Appearance, choose Follow the system, Light or Dark.

    The first choice copies the setting you made in Windows.

The change shows at once. The app keeps your choice the next time you open it.

A page says no person is selected

What to do when Events, Notes or Family tree ask you to pick a person first.

You choose Family tree, Events or Notes. The page says Select a person or No person selected.

Cause

These pages show one person at a time. You have not opened anyone yet, or you removed the tree that the person came from. The chip that starts with Showing names nobody.

Remedy

  1. Type a name in the search box at the top, then choose Search.
  2. Choose the card of the person you want.

    The chip that starts with Showing shows their name. The page now works.

Cause

The page is empty because nothing has been added to the tree yet. Where records are kept, Who made this tree and Research questions and notes start empty.

Remedy

Choose + and add the first one.

Bring in, share and keep safe

What your workspace holds, why a GEDZIP file is the one to keep and send, and when a plain family tree file is better.

Your tree is more than one file. It is the family tree, its research notes, and the pictures and other files you attach. This chapter says what uFTi does with a file you open, how to keep a copy safe, and which file to send.

The short answer is the GEDZIP file. It holds your whole workspace in one file. Keep your work in a GEDZIP file, and send a GEDZIP file to anyone who also uses uFTi.

A plain family tree file is for older programs only. It leaves out your pictures and other attached files.

Your tree may have started in another program. Your family may want a copy. This chapter is for both.

Your workspace and its files

A workspace is your family tree and its linked files, and a GEDZIP file holds all of them in one file.

A workspace is one family tree and everything kept with it. That is the family tree file, with its research notes, and the pictures and other files you attach to people, facts and sources.

Linked files

The family tree file does not hold your pictures. It links to them, and the pictures stay in files of their own. The same is true of other attached files.

So if you send only the family tree file, the other person gets the tree and its links, but not the pictures.

One file for the whole workspace

A GEDZIP file puts the family tree file and all the files linked to it into one file. You send one file, and nothing is left behind. Another person who uses uFTi opens it and sees your whole workspace.

For that reason, a GEDZIP file is the one to keep and the one to share between copies of uFTi.

The plain family tree file

A plain family tree file holds the people, families, facts, sources and research notes. It does not hold the pictures or other attached files.

When you save one, uFTi asks which version of GEDCOM to use. Choose GEDCOM 7, which was published in 2021 and is the one it recommends. Choose GEDCOM 5.5.1, which was published in 1999, only for an older program that cannot read GEDCOM 7.

A GEDZIP file holds a GEDCOM 7 family tree file, with the pictures and other attached files beside it.

At a glance

Table 1. Which file holds what
File The tree and its research notes Pictures and other attached files Use it to
GEDZIP file Yes Yes Keep your work, and share it with another copy of uFTi.
Plain family tree file Yes No Share with another program that reads GEDCOM, or work with one.

Opened files and copies

On a computer, uFTi works on the file you open, so make a copy first if you want the original left alone.

When you open a family tree file, uFTi works on that file. It does not make a copy for itself. It saves each change to the file you opened.

Leave the original alone

The file you open changes as you work. If you want the original left alone, work on a copy. Make the copy before you change anything. Then open the copy, and keep the original safe.

Make a copy

Choose Save as… on the card for your tree. uFTi asks how to save it, and where to put it, and then tells you where it went. Choose the GEDZIP file, unless you need a plain family tree file for an older program.

A copy made this way is a saved copy. It is a file of its own, and it stays as it was when you made it. uFTi does not move you to the copy. It keeps working on the file you opened. To work on the copy, open it.

Files beside your tree

uFTi also keeps other files beside your tree. It keeps a backup, an older copy of your tree, and makes it for you. Files beside your tree says what each one is.

Sending your tree

Send a GEDZIP copy that you saved, and not one of the other files. Which file to send says why.

Open a family tree file

Bring a tree from another program, or a copy from a relative, into uFTi.

A family tree file ends in .ged or .gdz. uFTi also opens a .zip that holds one. Read Opened files and copies first if the file is the only copy you have.

  1. On Workspaces, choose Add from file….

    The Windows window for opening a file appears.

  2. Choose the file, then choose Open.

    A summary appears. Its title is the name of the tree, written as its card writes it. The summary counts the people, families, events and sources in the file. It says how many pictures there are, and if the file holds anything that uFTi cannot show. uFTi keeps that as it is. The summary also says that your changes are saved to this file.

    The summary after a file opens, titled Opened Brontë family of Haworth (2), listing nine people, two families, twenty events, twenty-two sources and three pictures, and saying that changes are saved to this file
  3. Choose OK.

    The tree has a card on Workspaces. The card is marked Active.

The cards sit side by side. Choose a card to make that tree the open one. Choose Show details on a card to see which file it is.

The Workspaces screen with two cards, Brontë family of Haworth (2), marked Active, and Brontë family of Haworth, each showing how many people, families and events it holds
If you open a second file with the same name, the card and the summary both add (2) to the name.

Next: Keep it safe.

Remove a tree from the list

Take a tree off the Workspaces screen without deleting its file.

  1. On Workspaces, find the card of the tree.
  2. Choose Remove on that card.

    A box named Remove workspace asks you to check. It says the family tree file on disk is not deleted.

    The Remove workspace question, which says the family tree file on disk is not deleted, with Remove and Cancel buttons
  3. Choose Remove in the box, or Cancel to stop.

The card is gone. The file is still in its folder. Open it again with Add from file… at any time.

Which file to send

Send a GEDZIP file to anyone who uses uFTi, and a plain family tree file only to an older program.

To share your tree with someone who uses uFTi, save a copy as a GEDZIP file, and send that file. Keep it safe shows how to make one.

A GEDZIP file holds your whole workspace: the tree, its research notes, and the pictures and other attached files. It is one file, so you can attach it to an email or put it in a shared folder. Nothing is left behind, so the other person sees what you see. Your workspace and its files says more.

For an older program

Some older programs cannot read a GEDZIP file. For them, save a plain family tree file instead. It holds the people, families, facts, sources and research notes, but not the pictures or other attached files. If the other person needs the pictures, send them as well.

Do not send the files beside your tree

Do not send the files that uFTi keeps beside your tree. The backup is an old version of your tree. Sending it sends an old tree. Files beside your tree says what each file is.

A saved copy stays as it was when you made it. Make a new one before you send, if you have added anything since.

Files beside your tree

The files you may see beside your tree: the tree itself and its backup.

When you open a family tree file, you may see more files beside it. uFTi makes the extra files for you. You do not need to open them or change them.

Table 1. The files you may see beside your tree
File What it is Send it to family?
Your tree, such as Brontë family.ged The file you opened. uFTi saves your changes to it. Send a GEDZIP copy instead.
The backup. Its name is the name of your tree, with the word backup, the date and the time added in brackets. An older copy of your tree. uFTi makes one the first time it saves after you start the app. No. It is an old version.

You may see more than one backup, because uFTi makes a new one each time you start the app and save. A backup is a family tree file too, so you can open one if you need your older tree.

A GEDZIP file, which ends in .gdz, holds the whole workspace in one file. It is the file to keep and to send. If you open a GEDZIP file, uFTi works on that file, and its backup is a GEDZIP file too.

Your tree may also link to pictures and other files. They are separate files, and a GEDZIP file holds them with the tree. Your workspace and its files says more.

To make the copy that you send, choose Save as… on the card for your tree. Which file to send says more.

backup

An older copy of your family tree file, which the app makes for you. It is made the first time the app saves after you start it.

fact

Something you record about a person, such as a birth with its date and place.

family tree file

A GEDCOM file that holds a whole family tree, with its people, families, facts, sources and research notes. It does not hold pictures or other attached files. You can open one, save one and send one.

GEDCOM

The standard format for family tree files. Many family tree programs read it. GEDCOM 5.5.1 was published in 1999. It has been the common format for more than twenty years. GEDCOM 7, published in 2021, is the newer version. A version belongs to the standard, not to uFTi.

GEDZIP

One file that holds a whole workspace. It has the family tree with its research notes, and the pictures and other files. It is the best way to save and send your work.

pedigree

A family tree drawn for one person. It shows their parents above them, and their partners and children.

saved copy

A copy of your tree that you save yourself, as a GEDZIP file (preferred) or a family tree file. It stays as it was when you made it.

source

Where you found a fact. It can be a certificate, a census page, a book, or what someone told you.

workspace

One family tree and everything kept with it. That is the family tree file with its research notes, and the pictures and other files you attach. A GEDZIP file holds all of it. You can have more than one.

Glossary

B

backup

An older copy of your family tree file, which the app makes for you. It is made the first time the app saves after you start it.

F

fact

Something you record about a person, such as a birth with its date and place.

family tree file

A GEDCOM file that holds a whole family tree, with its people, families, facts, sources and research notes. It does not hold pictures or other attached files. You can open one, save one and send one.

G

GEDCOM

The standard format for family tree files. Many family tree programs read it. GEDCOM 5.5.1 was published in 1999. It has been the common format for more than twenty years. GEDCOM 7, published in 2021, is the newer version. A version belongs to the standard, not to uFTi.

GEDZIP

One file that holds a whole workspace. It has the family tree with its research notes, and the pictures and other files. It is the best way to save and send your work.

P

pedigree

A family tree drawn for one person. It shows their parents above them, and their partners and children.

S

saved copy

A copy of your tree that you save yourself, as a GEDZIP file (preferred) or a family tree file. It stays as it was when you made it.

source

Where you found a fact. It can be a certificate, a census page, a book, or what someone told you.

W

workspace

One family tree and everything kept with it. That is the family tree file with its research notes, and the pictures and other files you attach. A GEDZIP file holds all of it. You can have more than one.