Having a web browser built in to Pedigree Forge means that it can sometimes use contextual information to help improve the experience of researching. Below are a couple of areas related to particular websites:
When creating a census from www.findmypast.co.uk, Pedigree Forge can import and format the call number. Highlight the reference information shown with the transcript with the mouse, then right-click with the mouse to show the context menu, and select “Add Source Call Number”:
The first part of the source title, archive, call number, accessed via, template, fact type and date will all then be populated automatically:
If any fields that had already been added, they will be left unchanged.
When creating a census from www.ancestry.co.uk, Pedigree Forge can import and format the call number. Highlight the reference information shown with the transcript with the mouse, then right-click with the mouse to show the context menu, and select “Add Source Call Number”:
The first part of the source title, archive, call number, accessed via, template, fact type and date will all then be populated automatically:
If any fields that had already been added, they will be left unchanged.
The integrated web browser can be used to add GRO references directly from the General Register Office’s website, www.gro.gov.uk. Use the GRO’s site to locate references as required, for example, search for children by surname and mother’s maiden name. When you have found a birth or death reference, you can highlight the entry, then right-click with the mouse to show a context menu:
The fact will then be created (if it doesn’t exist) and a local citation added:
Make sure that the correct person is the one being edited, as this will be applied to the currently selected person.
Note: this option will also change the date if it is slightly off, for example, if we had Charles Waring Darwin’s birth as “About 1857”, perhaps based on an age on a census, it will be amended to “D1856”, which Pedigree Forge recognises as a GRO quarter date—see section on dates.
The option “Create Child from GRO Birth” can also be used. For this option, make sure that the child’s parents are currently selected as the active person and spouse. The child will then be created, and their approximate date of birth, and citation to the GRO reference, will also be populated.