How to Use the Trees
The trees (plural) are in a separate database together so that connections can be made between folks
who are related. When I first started this process, I thought that everyone with HD must be related
since it's a genetic condition rather than a disease. Of course, I knew nothing about it at the time
and I wasn't thinking of families of 1000 years ago. So we not be closely related but perhaps our
50th great-grandfathers were brothers.
I've done some things in the database that will help when searching.
All the folks who are known to have HD symptoms have an asterisk (*) at the end of their given name - i.e. William Eugene * Senn.
Anyone who is suspected of HD symptoms or of carrying the gene has a hash mark (#) - i.e. William Eugene # Senn.
Women with unknown surnames use three question marks (???) for a surname (this is really old school).
These same women have their married surnames in square brackets [senn] at the end of their given names - i.e. Barbara [senn] * ???.
These modifications allow us to use the search boxes to figure out which "Unknown # ???" belongs in our particular family group by making use of the FIRST NAME search box.
To use these tools, try typing your surname into the box for first name. If there are any married women with unknown maiden names married into your family, they'll show up in your search.
You can search for all the folks who are known to have HD, type an asterisk (*) into the box for first name, all the folks thought to have HD (#) or all the folks with unknown surnames (?). Since a lot of people don't like leaving the given name blank, I use "unknown". It's another way for me to know that I need to try to identify that person.
NOTE: This is an on-going process, I don't have all the folks labeled with # or *. (I could really use some help with this.)
I've done some things in the database that will help when searching.
All the folks who are known to have HD symptoms have an asterisk (*) at the end of their given name - i.e. William Eugene * Senn.
Anyone who is suspected of HD symptoms or of carrying the gene has a hash mark (#) - i.e. William Eugene # Senn.
Women with unknown surnames use three question marks (???) for a surname (this is really old school).
These same women have their married surnames in square brackets [senn] at the end of their given names - i.e. Barbara [senn] * ???.
These modifications allow us to use the search boxes to figure out which "Unknown # ???" belongs in our particular family group by making use of the FIRST NAME search box.
To use these tools, try typing your surname into the box for first name. If there are any married women with unknown maiden names married into your family, they'll show up in your search.
You can search for all the folks who are known to have HD, type an asterisk (*) into the box for first name, all the folks thought to have HD (#) or all the folks with unknown surnames (?). Since a lot of people don't like leaving the given name blank, I use "unknown". It's another way for me to know that I need to try to identify that person.
NOTE: This is an on-going process, I don't have all the folks labeled with # or *. (I could really use some help with this.)