[Ldsoss] Connecting names in Family History

[Bill Pringle]

Is there any software package that can help connect family members by 
combining birth, marriage, and death records?

A friend of mine was doing something like this a while ago, and I now 
find myself doing the same thing.  I am going through the birth, 
marriage, and death records for a small town where my ancestors are 
from.  I sometimes run into someone with a last name that appears on 
my tree, but this person is (so far) unconnected.  I have been 
recording these events, and when done, would like to construct the families

For a birth record, it will usually list the parents and sometimes 
the wife's (or even husband's) parents, and sometimes a sponsor / godparent.

For marriage records, it lists the couple and their parents, and 
sometimes witnesses.

For death record, it lists the father and mother  or children, and 
sometimes the spouse for an adult

Theoretically, you should be able to take the individual records and 
match birth records to marriage records to build families, and then 
death records to birth records to get the lifespan.  Of course, 
sometimes records are missing, and sometimes the names are spelled 
differently, etc. so it has to be a soundex match or something like 
that.  Hopefully it would use the dates when matching records so it 
doesn't confuse parents and children.

Once the trees are constructed, you should be able to generate a GedCom file.

Does anyone know of such a program?  If not, I might end up writing 
something if/when I get time. ;^)




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Bill Pringle
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