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Top Menu Option	Purpose	Screen Shots and Supporting Links
help	This document.
Index	Main Table of Contents for Gaffey/Dunn content.	Legend.htm Family_Tree_Conventions.htm
Gaffey	Table of Contents for Father's Side of Family
Dunn	Table of Contents for Mother's Side of Family
Maps-Explained	Detailed explanation of how Family Ancestry Maps work to establish Fam ID and Ind ID to logically account for Family and Family Members.
Map	Gaffey-Dunn Family Ancestry Maps for branches 1 thru 7
List	Simple listings of Families and Family Members broken out by branch (Fam ID 1 thru 7 descendents)	list families screen shot list family member screen shot
Branch	Descendent Outlines for Branches 1 thru 7 Click on the Branch Number to access Descendent Outline for that Branch.
Portrait	Family Portraits	Family Portrait screen shot Portrait navigation tips
Members	Select Family Member from a Pick list sorted in Given Name order See their demographic information and photos
Pictures	Search Family Photos on name or ID
Calendar	See Family Birthdays for the current month.
History	Collect information about members migration from Ireland into America. Collect personal histories provided by family members.
Service	Acknowledge family members who have served military police nurses teachers mothers fathers
Upload Photo	Share your family photos to our collection. Uploaded photos will be migrated to website daily. This two stage process is necessary to prevent accidental overwrite of existing content.

Family GPS End-User Help

FamilyGPS is about

• Family
• • GEDCOM requirements for Family Demographic information
  • name and ID for
  • Father
  • Mother
  • and ID for the Family
  • Wedding Date
  • FamilyGPS extends the GEDCOM Family Record
  • Intelligent IDs are assigned for Family and Individuals instead of random, data entry order based GEDCOM ID numbers
  • Surname and Photo URL fields are added to simplify labeling and put faces to names.
• Each family is best expressed through their Family Portrait
• Portrait easter eggs
• • To see how each family fits into the family tree consult
  • Family Ancestry Map
  • Family Branch Outlines
  • Reporting is broken out by branches - use the navigator bar
  • To see all the photos we've gathered for a given family or family member consult
  • Pictures
  • To get more detailed explanation of how Family Ancestry Maps work and the Fam ID, Ind ID concept consult
  • Maps Explained
• Family ID
• Maps-Explained
Branches
• listbranch reports
• Family Members
• Children born into each family ( Fam_Member record)
• are identified by their Fam ID
• and their Ind ID (Fam ID plus birth order based decimal value)
• their historic footprint is date stamped by their birth date and eventual RIP date
To see a simple listing of Families and Family Members see listbranch member = 1 listfmbranch
• Birthday Calendar
• findmember
• obituaries
• Family Pictures
• fileseachmain
• familygps_upload
• fileloadmain
• Intelligent Indexing of Families and Family Members
• Family Ancestry Map
• Reliable Family ID and Individual ID from Map Coordinates
• Reliable File Naming Conventions derived from Family ID and Individual ID
• Modern Web Reporting Techniques
• Dynamic Reporting from MySQL data
• (reporting is as current as data)
• using PHP Applications to render
• SVG and HTML documents.
• Family ID and Individual ID Encoded File Names for Family Photos
• Ease of Use
• FamilyGPS is a plug and play system
• can import GED data
• can help organize your family pictures
• Collaboration
• Under the web Hosted version of FamilyGPS
• Family Members can view your site and upload family photos

Family GPS End-User Help