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BETAFamily Tree Builder

• Add a new person• Edit person details• Add an image• Change details• Marriage details• Putting in dates• Change gender• Add a location• Magnification / zoom• Manage your trees• Import new GEDCOM file• Browse for a file• Rename your tree• Load an existing tree• Search• Screen navigation• Bugs and errors• Full screen preview• List of Individuals• Search More• Delete your entire Tree

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Help Guide

Add a new person

Click on this icon to add either spouse, mother, father, children or siblings.

Click in the desired text box to add or edit details of an existing person

Edit a persons details

Click on this icon to edit a profile. Example - Add details of birth, marriage or death

Change details

Use the edit option to change a persons gender, whether they are deceased, married or divorced.

Marriage Details

Use these edit options for changing the marital status on somebody. You will need to do this for both people in the marriage.

Putting in dates

Use these edit options for changing the dates by either using drop down dates or if the date does not go back far enough simply type in the correct one.

Click here to change gender

Add an Image

Click on the FACE ICON to upload an image.Then SAVE photo JPEGS

Click here to add location

Remember to SAVE each time you make a change

Use this as a zoom tool. The higher it goes, the bigger your boxes will appear.

Magnification

Manage your Trees

Go here

To import a GEDCOM fileStart a brand new treeChange the name of your Tree

Import a GEDCOM file

• Click on the GEDCOM upload icon to import your new file

Browse for you file

If you get an error or script de-bug message, please ignore this and close the error message.

Once your tree has loaded you will need to go to the “Manage Tree’s” Option to open up that tree

Rename your Tree

Click on the file name to change your tree name

Load A Tree

Click on the TREE to load fileClick on the STAR to make defaultClick on the CROSS to delete the tree

Use this as a navigation tool. It may appear at times that your tree has disappeared, use this to move your tree up or down, or from left to right.

Screen Navigation

Bugs + Errors

• Click on the bug to report to us any errors

Full Screen Preview

• Click here to work in full screen

Search Names

Click on the magnifying glass to search for people in your family tree

List of Individuals

Search More

Click on a specific name and the search option will highlight that person in your tree.

Click on the arrow key and hold the button to scroll through your list of names.

Delete your entire tree

Click on this button to delete your entire tree.If you do this you cannot retrieve any data at all it will be

gone forever. Please make sure you have a backup of your data in either paper or another electronic format.