Copyright: Copyright (c) Cremsoft 1992-98


Contents

Conditions of Use

 	Registration

 	Revision History

Acknowledgements

Overview

Getting Started

Menu and Toolbar

How To...

Printed Reports


Conditions of Use

WinGenea is a shareware product. You may evaluate its features and suitability for a trial period of 30 days without payment. If you wish to continue using it after 30 days you must become a registered user.

If you do not become a registered user after 30 days you must delete WinGenea and any associated files and directories from your system.

Registered users may use one copy of WinGenea on a single computer. WinGenea is in use on a computer when it is loaded into temporary memory (i.e. RAM) or installed into permanent memory (e.g. hard disk or other storage device) of that computer.

WinGenea is authored and owned by D Risley trading as Cremsoft. You must treat WinGenea like any other copyrighted material except that you may install WinGenea to a single hard disk provided you keep the original copy solely for backup purposes. You may not copy any written materials that may accompany WinGenea. You may not distribute copies of registered versions to others or electronically transfer copies of registered versions from one computer to another over a network.

WinGenea is for personal use only. Use of WinGenea for, or as part of, any commercial business is strictly forbidden. You may not use WinGenea on another computer, or loan, rent, lease or sell WinGenea or any of its outputs to another person, or network the software whether in whole or in part. You may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of WinGenea. You may not create derivative works from any portion of WinGenea or its outputs, whether in human-perceivable or machine-readable form.

WinGenea is supplied as is. The Author specifically disclaims any warranty of any kind. In no case shall the Author be liable for any loss arising from its use or inability of use. This means the Author will not be responsible for any costs, including but not limited to those as a result of lost profits or revenue, loss of use of the software, loss of data, the cost of recovering such data, or the cost of substitute software, or claims by third parties.

Agents and/or distributors of WinGenea are not authorised to make any changes or additions to the above conditions.


Registration

WinGenea is a shareware product. You may evaluate its features and suitability for a trial period of 30 days without payment. If you wish to continue using it after 30 days you must become a registered user.

For the registration fee you will receive the latest registered version (without registration reminders), including facilities to convert files created by earlier versions and export in GEDCOM and CSV formats, notification of future releases and discounts on upgrades.

If you do not become a registered user after 30 days you must delete the program and any associated files and directories from your system.

Registered copies of WinGenea are available from:

S & N Genealogy Supplies

Greenacres

Salisbury Road

Chilmark

Salisbury

SP3 5AH

U.K.

(vat reg. no. 641 4130 79)

Write to the above address or phone:

01722 716121	(24hr fax/answerphone)	in the UK

+44 1722 716121	(24hr fax/answerphone)	from outside the UK

or e-mail via:

CompuServe ID: 100064,737

State your name and address and whether you require a 3.5" or 5.25" floppy disk, together with a cheque payable to "S & N Electrocomp Supplies" or your credit card details.

The registered version of WinGenea costs £25.00 pounds sterling.

UK orders add £2.00 pounds sterling to cover handling.

Overseas orders add £5.00 pounds sterling to cover handling.

UK and other EC country orders must also add vat at 17.50%.

Prices are correct as at January 1997 for v1.5 but registration for later versions may be subject to price increases.


Revision History

Version 1.7

Version 1.6

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2


v1.7 Changes

•	Option to display/print bitmaps on the chart.

•	Facility to print the Personal Details of all persons in the current view.

•	Revised format for Options / Preferences dialog box.


v1.6 Changes

•	Alternative 'view' list all persons rather than a chart.

•	Option to display/print full date or year only.

•	Option to display/print place names before or after dates.

•	Facility to search for specified strings in a number of fields.

•	Facility to enter Old Style dates and choice of how to display/print them.

•	The 'aft', 'bef' and 'c' date prefixes no longer restricted to use with only the year.


v1.5 Changes

•	Facility to display three different 'views' based on the same data file. Drag and drop, show pedigree of, print chart, etc. each apply only to the 'current view'.

•	Option to display each person's birth and death years on one line, or to display each person's birth year & place and death year & place on separate lines.

•	Option to align each person's birth, death, occupation and user field 2 text with either the left or the right of the person's name; or alternatively center them on the person's name.

•	Option to display marriage place alongside marriage date.

•	Option to align marriage date and place with either the left or the right of the marriage symbol; or alternatively center them on the marriage symbol.

•	Revised format for Timeline report.

•	Revised format for Options / Preferences dialog box.


v1.4 Changes

•	Option to display a person's occupation and/or user field 2 on the chart.

•	Open now used to import GEDCOM files and to convert older WinGenea files.

•	File Save As now used to save WinGenea data in GEDCOM or CSV format.

•	Facility to merge WinGenea files.

•	Facility to record divorce dates and places.

•	Facility to record references for birth, baptism, marriage, divorce, death and burial details.

•	Facility to record age at death.

•	Facility to specify a title to be used when printing charts.

•	Facility to specify whether portrait or landscape is to be used when printing charts and reports, without affecting default printer settings.

•	Facility to specify how far down the parent to child line any bend occurs when displaying and printing charts.

•	Link Child and Parents dialog box defaults the 'child' selection to the current person.

•	Link Husband and Wife dialog box defaults the 'husband' or 'wife' selection to the current person.

•	Toolbar button to remove marriage details where the current person is a married woman.

•	Toolbar button to print the current Family Chart.

•	Option to print a Family Group report.

•	Option to print multiple person's Personal Details on each page.

•	Option to specify the format for a person's name on charts and reports.

•	Option to enter dates in Qn YYYY format.


v1.3 Changes

•	Facility to separately select any TrueType font for displaying and printing names, dates and other text.

•	Improved Link Child and Parents dialog box.

Selecting the child causes the mother and father listboxes to be positioned as per the child's current settings.

Option to show whether relationship is confirmed or not.

•	Option to show illegitimacy.

•	Improved messages when opening files.

•	Option to move the current person from the chart display into the unpositioned persons listbox on the Toolbar.

•	 ·	Option to print a Calendar of birth and marriage dates.

•	Option to print Personal Details for a range of IDs.

•	Option to 'Snap to grid' when dragging and dropping names.

•	Option to display where page breaks will occur when the chart is printed.

•	Facility to move all names that are on the right of a chosen point, further to the right or left.

•	Facility to move all names that are below a chosen point, further up or down.


v1.2 Changes

•	Option to select any TrueType font for displaying and printing the Family Chart.

•	Option to Export data in GEDCOM format.

•	Option to print the Family Index in name, year of birth/baptism or year of death/burial order.

•	Print Timeline facility.

•	Print Ahnentafel facility.

•	Option to have all printouts in Personal Information Manager size, either standard or A5.

•	Option to choose whether or not the bitmap will be printed with a person's details.

•	Option to specify margins when printing.

•	Both data and index for a family now contained in a single file. The conversion facility is now accessed from the 'File' menu rather than being a separate program.

•	A backup file is now automatically created when saving a file, enabling the previous contents to be recovered.

•	The four most recently used files now available from the 'File' menu for easy access.

•	Option to display a grid over the chart, enabling names to be aligned more easily.

•	Option for names not to be moved when linking children and parents.

•	Ability to distinguish between burial and cremation in a person's details.

•	Birth, baptism, death and burial abbreviations amended to conform with conventions.


Acknowledgements

The author would like to acknowledge the invaluable help received from the following people:

Stuart Tamblin

Axel Jungfer


Overview

WinGenea stores overall details of the family or project that the file is concerned with together with the details of all individuals and how they relate to each other. The names of these individuals and their relationships are displayed as a dropline chart with each generation being higher in the window than its succeeding generation. You can have up to three charts available simultaneously from the same data file. Each chart is referred to as a 'view'.

Each individual's position on the chart can be altered by drag and drop. In the case of a married person this causes their spouse(s) to be moved too.

Single clicking a name causes the individual to become the current person and enables some of the menu options.

Double clicking a name causes the individual to become the current person and also displays that persons details.

A 'Show Pedigree of...' function provides a starting point for organising the chart. It will arrange the chart so that it is comprised of  direct lineage based on the selected person. Remaining persons are added to the toolbar list from where you can drag and drop them into position.

As well as WinGenea files you can open GEDCOM files produced by other genealogy programs and convert the data to WinGenea format. Similarly you can save the currently open WinGenea file in GEDCOM format, or in CSV format enabling the data to be read into spreadsheets, etc.

Printing facilities cover the chart itself, family, group and individuals' details, indexes of all individuals, a timeline of events, an Ahnentafel report for the current person and a calendar of births and marriages.

WinGenea works on a temporary copy of the current family file. The file you opened is unaffected until you save the file, when a backup copy of its previous state is also created.

You can use the standard Windows Ctrl-X, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V methods to cut or copy text to and paste text from the clipboard into any of the data fields.


Getting Started

The main screen displays a toolbar of buttons below the menu. To start a simple tree using these buttons follow the steps below.

•	Start a new file by clicking on the [image] button. The Family Details dialog box is displayed, into which you only need enter the family name and click on the OK button.

•	Click on the [image] button and the Personal Details dialog box is displayed allowing you to record one of your relatives. Enter, say, a husband's details and finally click on the OK button. Repeat this step for his wife and children. Depending on how Runtime Preferences are set these people will either appear on the screen or be stored in the toolbar list of unpositioned individuals. If the screen is blank click on the [image] button and the list of people will appear. Click on the name you want and, holding down the left mouse button, drag the person onto the window. When the person is in the position you want, release the mouse button. Repeat this as required.

•	When you have arranged the names on screen you can then click on the [image] button. The Marriage Details dialog box is displayed with lists of names for both husband and wife. Select the ones you want, and enter other details if desired, then click on the OK button. The husband and wife will now be shown on screen with an '=' showing the marriage link.

•	To link in their children click on the [image] button and the Parents Details dialog box is displayed. Select the child and his/her parent(s), then click on the OK button. You will now see a dropline from the parent(s) to the child.

Using the above steps you can build your whole tree.

When you are familiar with the basic process covered above, have a look through the rest of this Help file and try out the various menu options. Have a look at Runtime Preferences and see how the chart can be affected by your choices.


Menu and Toolbar

Click on the menu command or the toolbar button that you want information about.


click btn addperson
Add Person

Click on this button to add the details of a new person.


click btn dechorz
Remove Horizontal Spacing

Click on this button to allow horizontal spacing to be removed. Then move the pointer to where you want to decrease spacing and click the right mouse button. Each click causes all names to the right of the pointer to be moved to the left.


click btn decvert
Remove Vertical Spacing

Click on this button to allow vertical spacing to be removed. Then move the pointer to where you want to decrease spacing and click the right mouse button. Each click causes all names below the pointer to be moved up.


click btn delmarriage
Remove Link between Husband and Wife

Click on this button to remove the marriage link between the current person and her husband.


click btn help
Help

Click on this button to view the WinGenea Help file.


click btn hideperson
Move Person to Toolbar List

Click on this button to move the current person from the display into the unpositioned persons list on the Toolbar.


click btn inchorz
Insert Horizontal Spacing

Click on this button to allow horizontal spacing to be inserted. Then move the pointer to where you want to insert spacing and click the right mouse button. Each click causes all names to the right of the pointer to be moved to the right.


click btn incvert
Insert Vertical Spacing

Click on this button to allow vertical spacing to be inserted. Then move the pointer to where you want to insert spacing and click the right mouse button. Each click causes all names below the pointer to be moved down.


click btn lstperson
List Unpositioned Persons

Click on this button to show a list of persons added but not yet positioned. Drag and drop from this list onto the chart.


click btn magnify
Family/Person Details

Click on this button to display the details of the current person if one is selected. If not, the family details will be displayed.


click btn marriage
Link Husband and Wife

Click on this button to display the dialog box allowing you to enter details of a marriage.


click btn newfile
New File

Click on this button to start a new file.


click btn openfile
Open File

Click on this button to open an existing WinGenea or GEDCOM file.


click btn parents
Link Child and Parents

Click on this button to display a dialog box allowing you to enter details of a child and his/her parent(s).


click btn prtchart
Print Chart

Click on this button to print the currently displayed chart.


click btn savefile
Save File

Click on this button to save the current file to disk.


click btn starting
Getting Started

Click on this button to go straight to the Help file topic Getting Started


click mnu file


click mnu new
New

Click on this to start a new file.


click mnu open
Open

Click on this to open an existing file.


click mnu save
Save

Click on this to save the currently open file.


click mnu saveas
Save As

Click on this to save a new file or to save the currently open file under a new name; in WinGenea, GEDCOM or CSV format.


click mnu merge
Merge

Click on this to merge another WinGenea file into the currently open one.


click mnu psetup
Page Setup

Click on this to specify printing options.


click mnu print


click mnu prtindex
Family Index

Click on this to print an index of all individuals in the currently open family file. Click on one of the further opions to select the sort order required.


click mnu prtfamily
Family Details

Click on this to print the details of the currently open family file.


click mnu prtchart
Family Chart

Click on this to print a chart of the currently open family file.


click mnu prtgroup
Family Group

Click on this to print a Family Group report based on the current person.


click mnu prtperson
Current Person

Click on this to print the details of the current person.


click mnu prteveryone
Every Person

Click on this to print the details of every person in the currently open family file.


click mnu fromto
From/To Person...

Click on this to specify a From/To range of IDs to print the details for.


click mnu prttimeline
Timeline

Click on this to print a timeline of all events in the currently open file.


click mnu prtahnen
Ahnentafel

Click on this to print an Ahnentafel report based on the current person.


click mnu prtcalendar
Calendar

Click on this to print a calendar of birthdays and wedding anniversaries from the currently open file.


click mnu exit
Exit

Click on this to leave the program.


click mnu edit


click mnu family
Family Details

Click on this to edit the family details.


click mnu newperson
New Person

Click on this to add details of a new person.


click mnu chgperson
Change Person

Click on this to change the details of the current person.


click mnu delperson
Delete Person

Click on this to delete an existing person.


click mnu undperson
Undelete Person

Click on this to display a dialog box allowing you to select a person deleted during the present session who is to be undeleted.


click mnu view


click mnu view123
1, 2 or 3

Click on this to change the displayed chart to the one associated with the requested view.


click mnu viewlist
All Persons

Click on this to display a list of all individuals in the currently open family file, in ID order.


click mnu copyview
Copy View

Click on this to copy the details of one view to another so that they are both the same. You might use this to base a new chart on an existing one prior to making changes.


click mnu clearview
Clear View

Click on this to remove every person from the current view and place them in the toolbar list.


click mnu link


click mnu parents
Child and Parents

Click on this to define a child's parents.


click mnu marriage
Husband and Wife

Click on this to define a marriage.


click mnu dellink
Remove Link

Click on this to display a dialog box allowing you to remove an existing link between two people.


click mnu options


click mnu goto
Go To

Click on this to go directly to a specified person.


click mnu find
Find

Click on this to look for a specified string of text.


click mnu realign
Realign Display

Click on this to remove excess space from the left and/or top of the display.


click mnu pedigree
Show Pedigree of

Click on this to reorganise the chart so as to display the pedigree of the selected person.


click mnu preferences
Preferences

Click on this to set preferences as to how the program works.


click mnu fonts


click mnu namefont
for Names

Click on this to choose the font to be used for names when displaying and printing the chart.


click mnu datefont
for Dates

Click on this to choose the font to be used for dates when displaying and printing the chart.


click mnu textfont
for Text

Click on this to choose the font to be used for occupation and user field 2 when displaying and printing the chart.


click mnu prtfont
for Prints

Click on this to choose the font to be used when printing reports.


click mnu showmap
Show Map

Check/uncheck this to display/remove a representation of the shape of the current view, and a representation of the relative size and position of the window relative to the view.


click mnu showbreaks
Show Page Breaks

Check/uncheck this to display/remove where page breaks will occur if the chart is printed using the current default printer setup.


click mnu showgrid
Show Grid

Check/uncheck this to display/remove a grid on the display.


click mnu snaptogrid
Snap To Grid

Check this to cause names to be snapped to the nearest grid when dragging and dropping, and when opening files.


click mnu help


click mnu index
Index

Click on this to display the WinGenea Help file.


click mnu about
About

Click on this to display version information about WinGenea.


How To

Add a New Family

Change the Current Family's Details

Add a New Person

Change a Person's Details

Delete a Person

Undelete a Person

Link Child and Parents

Link Husband and Wife

Remove a Link

Find a string

Realign the Chart

Show a Person's Pedigree

Set Runtime Preferences

Set Print Options

Choose screen/printer fonts

Open a GEDCOM File

Save a File in GEDCOM or CSV Format

Convert older versions of WinGenea Files

Merge Files


Add A New Family

Purpose

This function displays a dialog box allowing you to enter overall details of a new family.

Method

•	Select 'New' from the 'File' menu or Click on the toolbar icon

•	The Family Details dialog box is displayed allowing you to enter the details.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

A family file can be what you want it to be. For example, you and your spouse's families could be in separate files, or all in one to show all of your childrens' ancestry. Think in terms of how you would draw the family on paper, and let that be the scope of the file.

If a currently open family file has been changed but not saved, you will be prompted for confirmation that you wish to proceed. If you click on the 'OK' button the changes to the currently open file will be lost.


Change A Family

Purpose

This function displays the Family Details dialog box and allows you to change the details.

Method

•	Select 'Family Details' from the 'Edit' menu or ensure there is no current person by clicking on the display background, then click on the toolbar icon

•	The Family Details dialog box is displayed allowing you to change the details.

•	Confirm or Cancel.


Family Details

Purpose

This dialog is used to add, and later change, the overall details of the family (or project) that the file contains.

Fields

Surname

This field is mandatory. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Motto

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 50 characters.

Title

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 50 characters. If the Print Chart Title option in the Page Setup dialog box is checked then this text will be printed at the top of the chart.

View 1,2 & 3

These fields are optional. Each can be a maximum of 50 characters. These fields are used to define a menu title for each of the three available 'views' of the data. If the Print Chart Title option in the Page Setup dialog box is checked then this text will be printed at the top of the chart.

Coat of Arms

This is optional. When you initially check the box, a dialog box is displayed enabling you to select a bitmap file containing the graphics. Selection of a valid file causes it to be displayed in the coat of arms frame. The proportions of the bitmap will be retained and it will be centred within the frame. Unchecking the box causes the current bitmap to be removed from the display and its reference is removed from the current file.

Notes

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 32,000 characters.


Add A Person

Purpose

This function displays the Personal Details dialog box and allows you to enter details of a new person.

Method

•	Select 'Add Person' from the 'Edit' menu or Click on the toolbar icon

•	The Personal Details dialog box is displayed allowing you to enter the person's details.

•	Confirm or Cancel

Note

Whether or not new persons are immediately displayed depends on a Runtime Preferences option.

The choices are:

New persons are immediately displayed in the top left corner of the window. If you are entering the details of more than one person, then you should drag the person to their required position before adding another person. If you do not, then subsequent people will be displayed over each other.

New persons are not immediately displayed but can be seen in the drop down list box in the toolbar. From here they can be dragged and dropped onto the display.


Change A Person

Purpose

This function displays a dialog box containing the person's details which you can change.

Method

•	Make the person the current person.

•	Select 'Change Person' from the 'Edit' menu or click on the toolbar icon

•	The Personal Details dialog box will be displayed containing the existing details which you can now change.

•	Confirm or Cancel


Delete A Person

Purpose

This function displays a dialog box from which you can select a person to be logically deleted.

Method

•	Select 'Delete Person' from the 'Edit' menu.

•	A dialog box is displayed listing all existing persons.

•	Select the person you wish to delete by clicking on his/her name.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

You will only be able to delete a person who has no links to any other person(s).

see also...

Undelete A Person


Undelete A Person

Purpose

This function allows you to retrieve the details of a person who was logically deleted from the family file during the current session.

Method

•	Select 'Undelete Person' from the 'Edit' menu.

•	A dialog box will be displayed containing a list of person's whose details are still available to be retrieved.

•	Select the required person from the list.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

Only persons who were logically deleted during the current session of the family file will appear in the list and be available to undelete. When you save the family file and either quit WinGenea or open another family file, then the deletions become permanent and you cannot recover the details.


Personal Details

Purpose

This dialog box allows you to add, and later change, details of a person.

Fields

Surname

This field is mandatory. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Forename

This field is mandatory. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Other Name(s)

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Occupation

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Sex

One of the two radio buttons must be selected.

Date of Birth

This field is optional. If entered it must conform to your chosen date format.

Place of Birth

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Source

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 15 characters.

Date of Baptism

This field is optional. If entered it must conform to your chosen date format.

Place of Baptism

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Source

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 15 characters.

Date of Marriage

This field is optional. If entered it must conform to your chosen date format.

N.B. This field can only be updated when displaying a wife's personal details. For husbands, this field is display only.

Place of Marriage

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

N.B. This field can only be updated when displaying a wife's personal details. For husbands, this field is display only.

Source

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 15 characters.

N.B. This field can only be updated when displaying a wife's personal details. For husbands, this field is display only.

Date of Divorce

This field is optional. If entered it must conform to your chosen date format.

N.B. This field can only be updated when displaying a wife's personal details. For husbands, this field is display only.

Place of Divorce

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

N.B. This field can only be updated when displaying a wife's personal details. For husbands, this field is display only.

Source

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 15 characters.

N.B. This field can only be updated when displaying a wife's personal details. For husbands, this field is display only.

Date of Death

This field is optional. If entered it must conform to your chosen date format.

Place of Death

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

 Source

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 15 characters.

Date of Burial

This field is optional. If entered it must conform to your chosen date format.

Place of Burial

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Source

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 15 characters.

Age

This field is optional. If entered it can either comprise of up to 3 numeric characters to show age at death in years, or up to 2 numeric characters followed by a 'd', 'w' or 'm' to show age at death in days, weeks or months. If 3 numeric characters are entered their value must not exceed 150.

Cremated

This field is optional. Check this if you want the chart and reports to show the person was cremated rather than buried.

User Field 1

If displayed, this field is optional. It is a single character. This field is switched on and off and its caption set through Runtime Preferences.

User Field 2

If displayed, this field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters. This field is switched on and off and its caption set through Runtime Preferences.

Photo

This field is optional. When first checked a dialog box is displayed allowing you to select a bitmap to be displayed in the Photo box. Unchecking, causes the bitmap to be removed from the display and its reference from the person's details. The proportions of the bitmap are retained and it is centred in the box.

Zoom

If a bitmap is displayed in the Photo box, clicking this button causes it to be displayed at its actual size provided it will fit on the screen. If it will not fit on the screen then it will be proportionally reduced in size to fit.

On Chart

If a bitmap is displayed in the Photo box, checking this will cause the bitmap to be displayed on the chart depending on the option selected through Runtime Preferences.

Notes

This field is optional and allows you to enter free text of up to 32,000 characters for each person. Use this field to record details of the person, the sources you are using, etc.

see also...

User Customisable Fields


Link Child and Parents

Purpose

This function displays a dialog box with which you can link a child to one or both parents.

Method

•	Select 'Link Child and Parents' from the 'Edit' Menu or click on the Toolbar icon

•	The Parents Details dialog box will be displayed allowing you to enter details of the family relationship.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

see also...

Remove A Link


Parents Details

Purpose

This dialog box allows you to add, and later change the details of a child/parent(s) relationship.

Fields

Child

Selection from this list is mandatory and must be done first.

If there is a current person then the Child list will be automatically positioned at this person.

Mother

Selection from this list is optional.

Father

Selection from this list is optional.

Legitimate

This defaults to legitimate. Uncheck this box if you want the birth to be shown as illegitimate on the chart.

Confirmed

This defaults to a confirmed relationship, i.e. one that is proven. Uncheck this box if you want the relationship to be shown as unconfirmed on the chart by the use of a dotted rather than a solid line to the child's parent(s).

Reposition Child or Parents

Selection of one of the radio buttons is mandatory.

If the child button is selected, then the position of the child (and any accompanying spouses) is changed to align him/her beneath the parent(s).

If the parents button is selected, then the position of the parent(s) is changed to align him/her above the child.

If the 'neither' button is selected then all positions remain unaltered.

The default is to move the child's name.

Notes

Although mother and father are individually optional, at least one must be selected.


Link Husband and Wife

Purpose

This function allows you to enter details of a marriage.

Method

•	Select 'Link Husband and Wife' from the 'Edit' menu or click on the Toolbar icon

•

•	The Marriage Details dialog box will be displayed allowing you to enter details of the marriage.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

see also...

Remove A Link


Marriage Details

Purpose

This dialog box allows you to add the details of a marriage and also of divorce.

Fields

Husband

Selection from this list is mandatory.

Wife

Selection from this list is mandatory.

Marriage Date

This field is optional. If entered it must conform to your chosen date format.

Place

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Source

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 15 characters.

Divorce Date

This field is optional. If entered it must conform to your chosen date format.

Place

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 25 characters.

Source

This field is optional. It can be a maximum of 15 characters.

Reposition Husband or Wife

Selection of one of the radio buttons is mandatory.

If the Husband button is selected, then the position of the husband (and any previous wives) is changed to align him/them to the left of the wife's position.

If the Wife button is selected, then the position of the wife is changed to align her to the right of the husband and his previous wives, if any.

The default is to move the wife's name.

Note

Any subsequent changes to marriage and/or divorce details should be made through the wife's Personal Details dialog box.


Remove A Link

Purpose

This dialog box allows you to remove a link currently existing between two people. This can be husband/wife or parent/child.

Method

•	Select 'Remove Link' from the 'Link' menu.

•	A dialog box will be displayed containing two lists of people.

•	Select one person from each list.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

There is no need to specify the type of link to be removed as WinGenea will determine this.


Find

Purpose

This function allows you to search a choice of Personal Details fields for a specified string.

Method

•	Select 'Find' from the 'Options' menu.

•	The Find dialog box will be displayed allowing you to enter text to be looked for in a choice of fields.

•	Select the field to be searched.

•	Select the type of search to perform.

•	Enter the string to look for.

•	Click on the 'Find' button.

Every person the file will have the selected field searched for the entered text. Every person where the string is found is displayed in the listbox. Names which are displayed in black can be selected and the Go To button clicked as they are displayed in the current view. Names which are displayed in grey cannot be selected as they are not in the current view.

Note

Depending on the field to be searched, options to look for personal details where the specified field starts with or contains the desired string are available. Also, if name fields are selected, an additional option of sounds like is available. This uses the Soundex system to determine if the field sounds like to string entered.


Find Details

Purpose

This dialog box allows you to look for a specified string of text in a selected field of every person.

Fields

Forename, Other Name(s), Surname, Place of Birth, Place of Baptism, Place of Marriage, Place of Divorce, Place of Death, Place of Burial, Occupation, User Field 1, Text

Select one of these fields to be searched for the specified string. Selection from this list is mandatory.

Search Type

Contains, Starts With, Sounds Like, Case Sensitive

Select the type of search you want to perform. Selection from this list is mandatory.

Note

The results of the Find operation are displayed in a listbox. Names which are displayed in black can be selected and the Go To button clicked as they are displayed in the current view. Names which are displayed in grey cannot be selected as they are not in the current view.


Realign the Chart

Purpose

Use this function when you feel there is excess space on the left or top of the chart. It realigns the positions of all individuals in the currently open family file so that there is a minimum of space on the left and top of the window.

Method

Select 'Realign Display' from the 'Options' menu.


Show Pedigree of

Purpose

This function is used to reorganise the positions of all individuals in the currently open family file to show the pedigree of a selected person.

Method

•	Select 'Show Pedigree of' from the 'Options' menu.

•	A dialog box will be displayed listing all individuals.

•	Select the person from the list by clicking on his/her name.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

The person's parents are positioned, then their parents, and so on. Finally, any remaining individuals are added to the toolbar list. Use drag and drop to reposition the displayed persons as required. Then drag remaining persons as required from the toolbar list into the appropriate place on the chart.

This function is NOT intended to provide a perfect solution to organising your chart. Its aim is to provide a starting point from which you can use drag and drop to arrange things to your satisfaction. You may find it necessary to reorganise several times, each time based on a different person, until you find the best starting point for drag and drop.


Runtime Preferences

Purpose

This function displays a dialog box allowing you to select runtime preferences.

Method

•	Select 'Preferences' from the 'Options' menu.

•	The Preferences dialog box is displayed.

•	Select the options you require.

•	Confirm or Cancel.


Preference Options

Purpose

This allows you to set preferences for a number of runtime options affecting the way the program works. The settings you choose apply universally and are not individual to each data file.

Options

General

Save Window Position

Check this if you want the WinGenea window to start up in the same position next time.

Minimise Program Manager

Check this if you want Program Manager to be automatically minimised each time you run WinGenea and restored when you quit WinGenea.

Add Person to Toolbar List

Check this if you want new persons to be added to the toolbar list, from where they can be dragged and dropped into position later. If this is not checked, new persons will be arbitrarily positioned at the top left of the display.

Show Surnames First on Lists

Check this if you want the names in list boxes, index reports, etc. to be sorted by surname then forename. If this is not checked names will be sorted by forename then surname.

Show Getting Started Button

Check this if you want the 'Getting Started' button to appear in the toolbar. This button will take you straight to the Help topic Getting Started.

User Field 1

Check the box if you wish to use user customisable field 1 which appears in the Personal Details dialog box. If you do not want the field to appear then uncheck the box.

User Field 1 Caption

Enter the text you would like to appear as the caption for user customisable field 1 which appears in the Personal Details dialog box. This field can only be entered if the User Field 1 checkbox has been checked.

User Field 2

Check the box if you wish to use user customisable field 2 which appears in the Personal Details dialog box. If you do not want the field to appear then uncheck the box.

User Field 2 Caption

Enter the text you would like to appear as the caption for user customisable field 2 which appears in the Personal Details dialog box. This field can only be entered if the User Field 2 checkbox has been checked.

Formats

Name Format

Select the format you want for each person's name on charts and reports. Whether surname is shown first or last depends on the setting of 'Sort Lists by Surname' detailed below.

Append Person's ID

Check this if you want each person to have their ID number appended to their name when displayed or printed.

Date Format

Select the format you want for dates appearing on charts. Also, select how you want Old Style dates to be displayed.

Chart

Details Below The Name

Select the format you want for the details below the name of each person on charts.

Marriage Details

Select the format you want for each person's marriage details on charts.

Photos

Select whether or not you want photo bitmaps to be displayed above each person's name on the chart. Choose between none, all, or only those selected via the Personal Details dialog box. If bitmaps are displayed, then a frame can optionally be drawn around them.

Grid Height & Width

Enter the size, in characters, that you would like for the height and width when displaying a grid over the chart. Alternatively, click on the spin buttons to increase or decrease the values.

Lines Bend %age

Enter the %age, in characters, that you would like for the place down the parent to child line where any bend will occur. Alternatively, click on the spin buttons to increase or decrease the value.


Printed Reports

Family Index

This prints an index of all persons in the currently open file. Names may be forename or surname first depending on the Runtime Preferences option you have selected. The print will be sorted into ID, name, year of birth/baptism, or year of death/burial order depending on the sub-menu option you choose.

Family Details

This prints the overall details of the current family file, i.e. those details you would see in the Family Details dialog box.

Family Chart

This prints the family chart as it is displayed by the program. Where the chart extends over more than one page, persons may be printed on both adjoining pages to ensure that the pages can be overlapped.

Family Group

This prints the details of the family group where the current person is one of the parents.

Current Person

This prints the details of the current person, i.e. those details you would see in the Personal Details dialog box.

Every Person

This prints the details of all persons in the current file.

From/To Person

This prints the details of those persons in the selected ID range inclusively.

Timeline

This prints the details of all events recorded in the current file, i.e. births, baptisms, marriages, divorces, deaths, burials and cremations, in ascending date order.

Ahnentafel

This prints a numbered list of ancestors in Ahnentafel style based on the current person.

Calendar

This prints a calendar of birthdays and wedding anniversaries where they have a full date, and where the person(s) concerned have no death or burial details recorded.


Page Setup

Purpose

This function displays a dialog box allowing you to select options which affect printing.

Method

•	Select 'Page Setup' from the 'File' menu.

•	 ·	The Page Setup dialog box is displayed.

•	Select the options you require.

•	Confirm or Cancel.


Page Setup Options

Purpose

This dialog box allows you to set options which affect printing. The settings you choose apply to all print requests and are not individual to data files.

Options

Print Margins

Enter the size in millimetres that you would like for top, bottom, left and right margins. Alternatively, click on the spin buttons to increase or decrease the values. Margins are applied to the page usage value selected below, further reducing the print area.

Orientation

Select whether you want the paper to be oriented as portrait or landscape when printing charts or reports.

Print Bitmaps

Check this if you want bitmaps, e.g. scanned photos, to be printed with Personal Details.

Print Multiple Persons per Page

Check this if you want Personal Details to be printed for more than one person on each page when printing all persons or a from/to range of persons.

Print File Name

Check this if you want the currently open file name to be printed at the bottom of charts and in the footers of reports.

Print Current Date

Check this if you want the current date to be printed at the bottom of charts and in the footers of reports.

Print Current Time

Check this if you want the current time to be printed at the bottom of charts and in the footers of reports.

Print Chart Title

Check this if you want the title specified in the Family Details dialog box to be printed at the top of the chart.

Page Usage

Select 'Std' to use the whole of the paper size in your printer; 'PIM' to print for Personal Information Managers; or 'A5' to print for A5 binders, etc.


Choose Fonts

Purpose

This function displays a dialog box allowing you to choose the fonts to be used when displaying the chart or printing.

Method

•	Select 'Choose Fonts' from the 'Options' menu.

•	Select 'for Names', 'for Dates', 'for Text' or 'for Prints' from the sub-menu.

•	The Choose Font dialog box is displayed.

•	Select the font you require.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

You may choose any True Type font available on your system.

The Name font you choose will be used for displaying and printing names on charts.

The Date font you choose will be used for displaying and printing dates on charts.

The Text font you choose will be used for displaying and printing occupations and the contents of user field 2 on charts.

The Prints font you choose will be used for text on the various prints. Headings on prints of Personal Details will use the same font face but in bold and in a larger size.

see also

Runtime Preferences


Open File

Purpose

This function is used to open files and where necessary convert the data for use by WinGenea. Files may be in WinGenea format, either current or older, or in GEDCOM format.

Method

•	Select 'Open' from the 'File' menu  or click on the Toolbar icon

•	A dialog box will be displayed from which you should select both the file type and the file to be opened.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

•	In the case of GEDCOM files, a further dialog box will be displayed from which you should select a person to be the basis for a pedigree chart.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

The action taken will depend on the file type as determined from the file name extension, i.e. WDF for WinGenea files and GED for GEDCOM files. Current version WinGenea files will be opened and the chart displayed as usual. Older format WinGenea files will be converted to the current format and the chart displayed. GEDCOM files will be converted to WinGenea format and the Show Pedigree of... function invoked before the chart is displayed.

With GEDCOM files, where specific fields are available, data will be stored as discrete items. In most other cases the data will be appended to the person's notes, although not all of the GEDCOM keywords are processed. As explained elsewhere, WinGenea allows multiple marriages for men but not for women. Where a woman appears in more than one set of marriage details, only the first one will be used. Details of any others will be appended to the woman's notes and to the husband's notes, but not used to define links between the people concerned. Opening a GEDCOM file requires more than one pass of the data. During these passes, the numbers of INDI and FAMI records found in the file are displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the window. With large files, these passes can take some time so please be patient. To date the function has been tested using sample GEDCOM files supplied with the LDS draft GEDCOM specification v5.0. available via CompuServe. GEDCOM files produced from other sources may give unpredictable results.

An 'opening...' message will be displayed at the bottom of the window during the process.

see also...

Show Pedigree of...


Save File

Purpose

This function is used to save the currently open file in WinGenea, GEDCOM or CSV format as required.

Method

•	Select 'Save As' from the 'File' menu.

•	A dialog box will be displayed allowing the required file type, drive, directory and file name to be specified.

•	Select 'WinGenea', 'GEDCOM' or 'CSV' from the file type listbox at the bottom left.

•	Select the required drive and directory.

•	Enter the required file name, ensuring that the extension is 'wdf', 'ged' or 'csv' as appropriate.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

A 'saving...' message will be displayed at the bottom of the window during the process.

The ability to save files in GEDCOM format is only available in registered copies of WinGenea.

see also...

Open File


Merge Files

Purpose

This function is used to merge another WinGenea file into the currently open file.

Method

•	Select 'Merge' from the 'File' menu.

•	 ·	A dialog box will be displayed allowing the required file type, drive, directory and file name to be specified.

•	Select 'WinGenea' from the file type listbox at the bottom left.

•	Select the required drive and directory.

•	Enter the required file name, ensuring that the extension is 'wdf'.

•	Confirm or Cancel.

Note

A 'merging...' message will be displayed at the bottom of the window during the process.

see also...

Open File


Customisable Fields

Two fields are provided:

•	A single character field: use this for your own codes, categories, etc. that persons fall into.

•	A string of a maximum of 25 characters.

Use either of these fields as you wish and set their captions through the Runtime Preferences function.

If you do not wish one or both of these fields to be displayed in the Personal Details dialog box, then uncheck the options in the Runtime Preferences dialog box.


Date Format

Dates must be in the format specified in WIN.INI; i.e. dmy, mdy or ymd. The day, month and year components must be separated by the separator character also specified in WIN.INI. Both of these settings are made using Control Panel.

Where the year is known but the month and/or date are not, the latter may be entered as '?' or '??' or omitted. If '?' or '??' are used then, again, they must be separated by the appropriate character.

Where which quarter of a year is known, it may be entered as 'Qn YYYY'. The space between the quarter and the year is mandatory.

Where only an approximate, i.e. 'circa' year is known, it may be entered as 'cYYYY'. Similarly, 'befYYYY' may be entered for 'before' a year, and 'aftYYYY' for 'after' a year.

In all cases the year is mandatory.

If you wish to enter an Old Style date, i.e. one between 1 January and 24 March for years before 1752, then enter the characters 'OS' after the year.

The following examples, which assume the separator character is a slash, are all valid.

dmy format	mdy format	ymd format

1/12/1900	12/1/1900	1900/12/1

?/12/1900	12/?/1900	1900/12/?

12/1900	12//1900	1900/12

12/1900

1900	1900	1900

Q1 1900	Q1 1900	Q1 1900

c1900	c1900	c1900

aft1900	aft1900	aft1900

bef1900	bef1900	bef1900


Problem Report

WinGenea Problem Report

Please print this form, enter the details below and mail it to:

D Risley

67 Rainford Rd

Windle

St Helens

Merseyside

WA10 6DE

U.K.

WinGenea version:	__________

Serial No:	__________

Windows version:	__________

DOS version:	__________

PC processor:	__________

RAM:	__________

Please give as detailed a description of the problem and the actions leading up to it as you can:


Glossary

A

Affadavit

Ahnentafel

Allegation

Anabaptist

B

Badgeman

Badger

Bitmaps

Brewster Sessions

Bridewell

Brief

C

Calendar

Chattels

Codicil

Consanguinity

Cordwainer

current person

CSV Format

D

Dissenters

Drag and Drop

E

Export

F

Farlieu

G

GEDCOM

Glebe Terrier

H

Hundred

Husbandman

 I

Import

Indenture

 J

Journeyman

K

L

M

N

O

P

Petty Sessions

Q

R

Recognizance

Recusant

Registration Districts

Relict

S

Sojourner

Soundex

Substitute

T

Terrier

Timeline

Tyburn Terrier

U

V

W

X

Y

Yeoman

Z


Affadavit

A written declaration on oath.


Ahnentafel

(German for Ancestor Table) A structured and numbered list of ancestors in which the subject is 1, subject's father is 2, subject's mother is 3. From there take any person's number and double it to get the father's number, then add 1 to get the mother's number.


Allegation

A statement made on oath.


Anabaptist

When found in parish registers usually refers to a Baptist or a Quaker - a derogatory term.


Badgeman

A person responsible for ensuring all paupers receiving parish relief wore badges.


Badger

Pauper, from the badge a pauper was obliged to wear on his clothing.


Bitmaps

WinGenea supports RGB encoded (i.e. no compression) bitmaps of up to 256 colours or greyscales. The files may use either the BMP or DIB extension for their file names. 24 bit 'true colour', RLE encoded (i.e. compressed), and OS/2 format bitmaps are not supported by this version of WinGenea.


Brewster Sessions

Annual sessions held to license victuallers from 1729.


Bridewell

Early gaol or house of correction.


Brief

Letter commending a charitable appeal (ecclesiastical or civil).


Calendar

A precis full enough for most purposes to replace original documents.


Chattels

Personal goods.


Codicil

An addition to a will - signed and witnessed.


Consanguinity

Of the same blood - related by birth.


Cordwainer

Shoemaker, originally one who used cordova leather.


CSV Format

Comma Separated Values, a format for transferring information used mainly on general purpose database and spreadsheet packages.


Current Person

A person is made the current one by clicking on the name, and can be identified by the name being underlined. The reference ID of the current person is displayed in the status bar along the bottom of the window.


Curtilage

Small courtyard or piece of ground attached to a dewlling house.


Dissenters

Those who did not conform to the established Church of England.


Drag and Drop

Drag and drop is used in three situations:

To change to position of a single person

Click on the person's name and, whilst holding the left mouse button down, drag the person to the desired position then release the mouse button. During the drag operation a box is displayed which shows where the name will be positioned on the chart. Note that dragging a married person will cause any spouse(s) to be moved as well.

To change to position of a group of people

Click on the chart and, whilst holding the left button down, drag the mouse to draw a rectangle on the chart. When the rectangle encloses all of the names you want to move, release the mouse button. Click again anywhere inside the marked rectangle and, whilst holding the left mouse button down, drag the rectangle to the required position then release the left mouse button. All names which overlap the area bounded by the original rectangle will be moved to the area bounded by the position of the rectangle when the mouse button was released.

To move a person from the toolbar list to the chart

Click on the down arrow to the right of the new person button on the toolbar. A list of unpositioned persons is displayed. Click on the required person and, whilst holding the left mouse button down, drag the person to the desired position on the chart. During the drag operation the cursor will change to indicate where the name can or cannot be dropped. When the mouse button is released, the person's name will be moved to that position on the chart and will be removed from the toolbar list.


Export

To transfer information from the computer package in use and put it into some common format, e.g. GEDCOM or CSV.


Farlieu

Money payment.


GEDCOM

GEDCOM is a method transferring genealogy data between different computer systems, and different genealogy software. One package exports data to a file in the common GEDCOM format. The other package imports the GEDCOM data to its own structure. The transfer includes information about family relationships. GEDCOM data is lineage-linked.The name GEDCOM is an abbreviation of GEnealogical Data COMmunications. The GEDCOM standard was initiated by the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.


Glebe Terrier

Survey of church lands and benefices.


Hundred

Administrative division of a county.


Husbandman

Small farmer, usually a tenat farmer.


Import

To transfer information into the computer package in use from some common format, e.g. GEDCOM.


Indenture

Deed entered into between two or more parties, each party having a copy.


Journeyman

One whose apprenticeship was complete and who hired his labour out by the day.


Petty Sessions

Meeting of two or three local magistrates for local business.


Presentment

Statement of fact made on oath (Churchwardens in Bishop's or Archdeacon's correctional courts) also other courts.


Recognizance

Legal document with certain stated conditions to ensure appearances at quarter sessions.


Recusants

Non-conformists, especially Roman Catholics; those who did not attend the Anglican Church.


Relict

Widow.


Sojourner

Temporary resident in a parish.


Soundex

A system for selecting from a list of names those which have similar sounds but different spellings.


Substitute

Person provided by a person or parish to replace parishioner balloted for service in the militia.


Terrier

Register or roll of a landed estate; inventory.


Timeline

Details of all events recorded in the current file, i.e. births, baptisms, marriages, divorces, deaths, burials and cremations, in ascending date order.


Testator

One who leaves a will.


Tyburn Ticket

Exemption certificate from a parish office; for capture, successful prosecution and conviction of a felon.


Yeoman

Freeholder or occupying owner who farms his own land.


district refs 1852-1946
Registration District Reference Numbers 1852 to 1946

Anglesey	11b	Leicestershire	7a

Bedfordshire	3b	Lincolnshire	7a

Berkshire	2c	Northumberland	10b

Brecknockshire	11b	Nottinghamshire	7b

Buckinghamshire	3a	London (with suburbs)	1a,1b,1c,1d

Caernarvonshire	11b	Merionethshire	11b

Cambridgeshire	3b	Middlesex	1a,1b,1c,1d,3a

Cardiganshire	11b	Monmouthshire	11a

Carmarthenshire	11a	Montgomeryshire	11a

Cheshire	8a	Norfolk	4b

Cornwall	5c	Northamptonshire	3b

Cumberland	10b	Oxfordshire	3a

Denbighshire	11b	Pembrokeshire	11a

Devonshire	5b	Radnorshire	11b

Dorsetshire	5a	Rutland	7a

Durham	10a	Shropshire	6a

Essex	4a	Somersetshire	5c

Flintshire	11b	Staffordshire	6b

Glamorgan	11a	Suffolk	4a,3b

Gloucestershire	6a	Surrey	2a,1d

Hampshire	2b,2c	Sussex	2b

Herefordshire	6a	Warwickshire	6b,6c,6d

Hertfordshire	3a	Westmorland	10b

Huntingdonshire	3b	Wiltshire	5a

Kent	2a,1d	Worcestershire	6b,6c

Lancashire	8b,8c,8d,8e	Yorkshire	9a,9b,9c,9d


Useful Dates

1534	Act of Supremacy. Henry VIII became Head of the English Church.

1536	Union of Wales with England.

1563	The commencement of parish registers. All christenings, marriages and burials to be recorded in a book to be kept in a 'sure coffer'.

1597/8	Parish registers to be kept in a parchment book. Copies, known as Bishop's Transcripts, to be sent to the diocesan registry within a month after Easter.

1601 & 1640	Poor Law acts.

1653	Interregnum government took over the custody of parish registers and appointed clerks to keep them.

1662-1689	Hearth Tax. Those on poor relief or in houses worth less than 20/- over a year and not paying parish rates were exempt. The rate paid was 2/- a hearth. There are surviving records for 1662-1674.

1662 & 1697	Settlement Acts. No stranger was to enter a parish unless they possessed a settlement certificate and were able to maintain themselves. If unable to maintain themselves they were to be removed back to their parish of settlement which was not necessarily their parish of origin.

1667 & 1678	Burial in Wool Acts. Legislation in 1667 but it was more strictly enforced in 1678. The Acts were repealed in 1814 although burial in wool had fallen into disuse long before this date.

1692	Land Tax. This became perpetual in 1797 and lasted until 1831. The rate was usually 4/- in the pound.

1694	Parliament taxed births, marriages and burials as registered in parish registers, also widowers without children and bachelors to raise War revenue. Penalty clauses were introduced in 1695. Repealed after a few years.

1696	Window Tax.

1707	Union of England and Scotland.

1710	Stamp duty on apprentice indentures. This did not apply to parish or pauper apprentices.

1722/3	Parishes were encouraged to build workhouses.

1751/2	Lord Chesterfield's Act. Changed the calendat from Julian to Gregorian. The year now commenced on 1st January and ended on 31st December.

1753/4	Hardwicke's Marriage Act. Intended to end clandestine marriages. All marriages were to be performed in the Church of England by ministers of the church, by banns or licence. Jews and Quakers were excluded from the Act. All other non-conformist sects including Roman Catholics had to confrom.

1760-1797	Enclosure Acts. About 1,500 private enclosure acts were passed.

1777-1852	Male Servants Tax. Only employers were named.

1778	Catholic Relief Act. Roman Catholics were allowed to own land again after taking an oath of allegiance.

1783	Tax on all baptisms, marriages and burials. Paupers were exempt. Repealed in 1794.

1785-1792	Female Servants Tax. Only employers were named.

1795	Speenhamland system of outdoor relief adopted - wages were made up to equal the cost of subsidence.

1801	Union with Ireland. First British Census.

1801	General Enclosure Act.

1812	Parochial Registers Act - Rose's Act. Enforced 1813. Three separate registers for baptisms, marriages and burials. Entries for baptisms to include names, address, description of parents. Burial entries to include age, abode and name of deceased.

1823	Marriage Act. Any clandestine marriages were now valid; i.e. those which had taken place without banns or licence, but the officiating minister was to be declared a felon.

1829	Catholic Emancipation Act. Most restrictions were lifted.

1832	Parliamentary Reform Act.

1834	Poor Law Amendment Act. This encouraged parishes to combine into Unions to provide workhouses for the poor.

1836	Enclosure by consent. Enclosures without private legislation if two-thirds of the interested parties agreed.

1836	Tithe Commutation Act. Converted payment of tithes into an annual rent. Tithe maps date around 1838-1854.

1837	Civil Registration - 1 July 1837. Registration in England and Wales. All births, marriages and deaths to come under control of the State and to be registered with the Civil Registrars appointed, and all returns of births, marriages and deaths to be sent to the Registrar General.

1840	Non-parochial Register Act. Surrendered registers of non-conformists were deposited in the General Registrar's Office.

1841-1891	Census Returns. These were taken every ten years from 1801 except for 1941. Available to the public after 100 years. The first Census of use to the family historian is that of 1841.

1845	Enclosure Acts. Authorized Enclosure Commissioners were to consider applications for enclosure. Commissioners were also given the power to allocate land for 'exercise and recreation'.

1851	Ecclesiastical Census. This listed every place of worship with signature of incumbent or clerk at end of each return. This can be valuable for non-conformist chapels which have either disappeared or have been amalgamated.

1852/3	Burial Acts. Local authorities were to administer cemeteries as churchyards were overcrowded.

1855	General Registration of births, marriages and deaths commenced in Scotland.

1857	Probate Act. All wills and administrations to be proved at the Principal Probate Registry, commencing 1858.

1864	General Registration of births, marriages and deaths commenced in Ireland.

1876	Curtailment of enclosures.

1882/3	Married Women's Property Act. Married women finally to have control over their property and money and now allowed to make wills.

1926	Adoption of children legalized in England.

1929	Marriage Act. Age of marriage with consent of parents or guardians raised to age of 16 years for boys and girls. Previously boys were able to marry at 14 years of age and girls at 12 years of age with consent of parents or guardians.