Today I went searching the internet for Family Trees, there are the commercial big guys, and what I found is many people (I suspect at a beginning point) looking for something smaller.
There is a lot of copy and paste or enter into flat templates with no real automation or self generation. There are a lot of people looking to put something together in a spread sheet, that is where I was in 2018 when I started my project. Here we are in 2024 and I have a working spreadsheet that will meet the needs of many people. Because it is in Open Office, I believe it would boost the profile of Open Office that many have said has lost it's luster.
Now I know, a spreadsheet may not be considered the best solution but, if I was able to load it to the Forum I would, except I understand there are upload limits which I believe prevent uploading.
I am looking for a way I can share my work so others can benefit from the time I have put in.
The Family Tree Spreadsheet – A stand alone with more capabilities when added to the Database 1.82MB
Database that adds pictures to the spreadsheet when activated 11.1MB
Instructions that need revisions 225KB
The Family Tree has two data collection sheets, 'People' where Birth and Death dates, Surname and other names, Childof, Mother or Father of Family, Birth & Death Place, Data source, individual personal notes, Step Child of Family# plus six document references are all entered when information is available. The other sheet is 'Families' where Father & Mothers ID, Date of Marriage, Place and Data source are entered.
The extraction spreadsheets, Display (Family), Your tree, Who is, Extended Tree 2 Lineage & Lineage_2 do full extraction from People & Families filling all cells where information is available with ether a single Family or Person number – no macros are used. Extraction is done with complex formulas.
If there is no place on the Forum for this, please direct me to a place where I can share it.
There is a lot of copy and paste or enter into flat templates with no real automation or self generation. There are a lot of people looking to put something together in a spread sheet, that is where I was in 2018 when I started my project. Here we are in 2024 and I have a working spreadsheet that will meet the needs of many people. Because it is in Open Office, I believe it would boost the profile of Open Office that many have said has lost it's luster.
Now I know, a spreadsheet may not be considered the best solution but, if I was able to load it to the Forum I would, except I understand there are upload limits which I believe prevent uploading.
I am looking for a way I can share my work so others can benefit from the time I have put in.
The Family Tree Spreadsheet – A stand alone with more capabilities when added to the Database 1.82MB
Database that adds pictures to the spreadsheet when activated 11.1MB
Instructions that need revisions 225KB
The Family Tree has two data collection sheets, 'People' where Birth and Death dates, Surname and other names, Childof, Mother or Father of Family, Birth & Death Place, Data source, individual personal notes, Step Child of Family# plus six document references are all entered when information is available. The other sheet is 'Families' where Father & Mothers ID, Date of Marriage, Place and Data source are entered.
The extraction spreadsheets, Display (Family), Your tree, Who is, Extended Tree 2 Lineage & Lineage_2 do full extraction from People & Families filling all cells where information is available with ether a single Family or Person number – no macros are used. Extraction is done with complex formulas.
If there is no place on the Forum for this, please direct me to a place where I can share it.
Statistics: Posted by PurplePix — Tue Jun 25, 2024 5:12 am