Find living relatives
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There are two ways to find living relatives on OneGreatFamily. The first way is to search our family trees for their family tree. The second way is to use the collaborate feature. Both methods are explained below.

Find living relatives in family trees
  1. Go to the Family Tree tab.
  2. On the Family Tree tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "Advanced Tree Editor" button.
  3. The Genealogy Browser will automatically launch or you'll be prompted to install the Genealogy Browser. (What is the Genealogy Browser?, Genealogy Browser installation instructions).
  1. Once the Genealogy Browser is open, click the "Search" button on the toolbar.
  2. The OneGreatFamily Search will open on the right.
  3. Your search needs to be exact. So make sure the first and last name you type in to search is spelled right. And if you are searching for a woman, search using her maiden name as her last name. Then click the "Search OGF" button.
  4. If OneGreatFamily has any information on the person you are searching for they will show up in the Search Results.
  5. The great thing about OneGreatFamily is we don't hide living person information unless that person has marked their information as private. Other popular genealogy websites don't give you living information even if that person wants to be found.
  6. Double click the name in the search results that you want to view.
  7. That person will now show up as the selected individual in the Handprint.
  8. Click the "Starfield" button on the toolbar.
  9. The Search OneGreatFamily screen will go away and be replaced by the starfield view which shows you the family tree for the Selected Individual.
Find living relatives using the OneGreatFamily Collaborate feature
  1. Go to the Family Tree tab.
  2. On the Family Tree tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "Advanced Tree Editor" button.
  3. The Genealogy Browser will automatically launch or you'll be prompted to install the Genealogy Browser. (What is the Genealogy Browser?, Genealogy Browser installation instructions).
  1. Once the Genealogy Browser is open, click on someone in your tree that you think other living relatives might also be working on.
  2. Clicking that person will put them in the Selected Individual position.
  3. Now click the Selected Individual.
  4. This will open the Individual Details window.
  5. Click the Collaborate button.
  6. The "Collaborate with others" window will open defaulted to the Owners tab.
  7. In the white box of the Owners tab is a list of all the OneGreatFamily groups also working on that ancestor. Click the plus sign next to a group.
  8. The group will expand and you will see all the OneGreatFamily users who belong to that group. A group is a just a fancy way of organizing OneGreatFamily users.
  9. Click on one of the users.
  10. Notice that the Name and Email fields below will automatically fill with the name and email address of the user you clicked.
  11. You can now click the Send button or copy and paste the email address into your favorite email program.
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