Back in May last year I blogged about using WikiTree as a means of futureproofing my research. At that stage I was pleased to report my 16 Great-Grandparents had profiles on Wikitree.
Since then, in a haphazard fashion, I have been going through my list of People in my RootsMagic database and then searching for them on Wikitree. If I can't find someone I create and add a Profile to Wikitree for them. This has been inefficient as I often find myself looking for someone a second or third time.
Once each Person has a Wikitree profile I place them in a "Wikitree Profile" Group in RootsMagic. The other day it dawned on me that I could create a filter that would allow me to quickly identify those individuals in my tree. I decided to use the RootsMagic Color Code Tool.
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| WikiTree Tools - Color Codes |
This nifty tool adds a small colour bar (lemon in this case) to the Name Label of each person in the Wikitree Profile Group. At a glance in the People View List in RootsMagic I can those cousins who do not have a Wikitree Profile.
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| The Yellow Bar on a Profile's name in RootsMagic indicates the presence of a Profile on Wikitree. |
After capturing this image I noted that a close relation did not have the Yellow Bar. Apologies to Greg Curry, I will deal with that omission shortly.
I will also add this useful filter to the five other family trees I curate on RootsMagic.
A clever use of colours!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I'll have to check to see if Legacy, the software I use, has such a feature. I'm also using WikiTree, both because of the insistence on reliable and complete source citations as a way of doing much to prevent misinformation, and to "future-proof" my family history, too.
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