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Who's who on those Family "CARD"s?

What all that stuff on the Person Sheet?

Genealogy terms?

Getting around.

The "Basic" Family Card (the explanations in red do not appear as part of the card):

The metaphor used here (thanks to the wonderful program Reunion 5) is a stack of cards.

Each page is one card and that one card has the basic information for that family (Thus the 'Family Card'). The father is always on the left, and the mother on the right. The father's family (and clickable and thus navigable selections) are above him - Father up top and then mother below (I know, it's NOT the order of importance when giving birth), and the father's wife's family is above her. The children are in the middle below representing their union.

Father of Bill SMITH (Link)-->Joe SMITH born/died dates --> (1750 - 1815)	Link to Family Card of --> Elijah BROWN born/died dates --> (1752 - ) <-- death date unknown
Mother of Bill SMITH --> Jane MAIDEN born/died dates --> (1761 - 1836)	No More Information known on --> Alice LEE born/died dates --> (~1769 - 1835)

When and where Bill SMITH and Polly BROWN were married --> m. 4 Oct 1818, Russell Co., Virginia

Link to Person Sheet --> Bill SMITH

Link to Person Sheet --> Polly BROWN

<-- Information on Bill SMITH ------------------ Information on Polly BROWN -->
b= born / d=died / bur=buried / occ=occupation / edu=education / rel=religion

b. 1798, Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA d. 1882, Reeds Valley, Russell Co., VA bur. Jessee Cemetery, Russell Co. - unmarked occ. Carpenter edu. rel. Castlewood Baptist Church LIVD.

b. 1799, Castlewood, Russell/Tazewell Co., VA d. 1880, Castlewood, Tazewell Co., VA bur. Jessee Cemetery, Russell Co. - unmarked occ. edu. rel. LIVD.

Children of Bill SMITH and Polly Brown --> Children

Child 1 --> David SMITH Child 2 --> Nancy B. SMITH Child 3 --> Samuel SMITH

spouses: 1, 2 <-- Link to 2nd spouse of husband

spouses: 1, 2 <-- Link to 2nd spouse of wife

The symbol by a mother or a father's name indicates there is a picture of them (seen by clicking on the little camera icon itself).

The "Basic" Person Sheet (the explanations are in red):

The person sheet is just that. It represents all the information on a particular individual (male or female, depending on which is selected) and provides even more detailed information. At this level even the sources of information are included for inspection/verification.

Name William "Jack" John Counts SUTHERLAND, G Grandfather <-- The Main Person (who the sheet is ABOUT, thus no link. Duh, you're already there.) Also note the relationship to the main person. Birth 10 Apr 1852[4] <-- Date of birth and a link to the source of this information Death 16 Aug 1934[32] <-- Link to the source of this information Father James SUTHERLAND (1813-1885) Mother Nancy Ann "Emma" COUNTS (1820-1907)
Spouses
1 Mary "Polly" Anne TINDER, G Grandmother <-- Link to a Person sheet for Spouse 1. Birth 25 Jul 1854 Death 23 Nov 1929[17] <-- Link to the source of this information Father Jacob FULLER (1829-1903) Mother Margaret Jane "Pud" COLLEY (~1827-1900) <-- '~' means 'approximately' or 'about'. Same as 'c.' or circa. Thus Pud COLLEY was born about 1827. See below for more commonly used markings.
Marriage 19 Sep 1876[9] <-- Link to the source of this information
Children James (1877-1920) <-- Link to only those children who have a person sheet. Elizabeth "Betsy" (1879-1933) <-- There is no person sheet for Elizabeth "Betsy" Susan (1880-1915) Note: Other spouses would be listed below.