Featuring Two New Features Of Family Dashboard
If you have not yet seen the new Family DashboardT we encourage you to do so by visiting: OneGreatFamily.com
This week we will be doing an overview of two new features to Family Dashboard; the Relationship Calculator and the Migration Calculator. These features are two of the several widgets new to Family Dashboard.
Both widgets allow you to select two individuals within OneGreatFamily and perform calculations between them. To select a person other than the name displayed, click on the drop down arrow to the right of the name. This will open a menu that gives you five choices. The five choices are as follows:
- Current Dashboard Anchor
In the example below, Heather Hansen is the anchor.
- Immediate Family
A list of the immediate family members to the anchor is produced and you can choose any name on that list.
- Famous People
A list of famous people in OneGreatFamily is produced where you can choose any name from that list.
- Search by Name
A window is opened in which you can enter any name to search within OneGreatFamily. Select any name from the search results.
- Browse Heather Hansen's Family Tree
A window is opened listing all the names in the anchor's tree. Browse through and pick any name.
Relationship Calculator
The Relationship Calculator allows you to see whether or not a relationship exists between any two people in the OneGreatFamily database and displays a chart showing both people's relationship to their common ancestor.
The widget on the Family Dashboard page allows you to quickly choose individuals in your immediate family, famous people, search for a name in your family tree or OneGreatFamily or you can browse your family tree for names too.
Once you click on the "Show Relationship" button, it will bring you to a page that shows the amount of time OneGreatFamily is taking to find the relationship. If there is no relationship, OneGreatFamily will report to you that we could not find a relationship.
Note: Keep in mind that OneGreatFamily is only using the information from the OneGreatFamily database. If you are sure there is a relationship, it probably means more information needs to be added.
If there is a relationship, the following chart will appear showing you how the two people are related:
Migration Calculator
The Migration Calculator is helpful becuase it will create a Google map with pushpins identifying the birthplaces of the direct line ancestors between any two people in OneGreatFamily.
Just like the relationship calculator you can choose yourself, your immediate family, search OneGreatFamily or your family tree, or browse your family tree to find the names of two people you want to compare.
Once you have decided on two people and you click on the "Show Migration" button you will be taken to a page where you can see the map and the pushpins showing the birthplaces between two people.
See below for an example of what the results page looks like:
Check out the Relationship and Migration Calculators at OneGreatFamily today and see for yourself how useful and entertaining these tools can be.
We would love to hear what you think. Please email our marketing department and tell us your thoughts on the new Family Dashboard.