Objectives, Assertions and Observations

Objectives

Compose a complete family list
Ancestors

Father's side,
Mother's side

and Descendants
a face for each name
along with basic genealogical demographic information

Given Name, Birthdate, Wedding Date, Spouse Name, RIP Date

and Obituary Column
Store the collected information into a database that is easy to
- build and maintain,
- access,
- refine
- and report
Report data into useful output formats

uniform
browser friendly
purposeful documents
accessible through encapsulating documents
and linked to support intuitive navigation

Portrait child / parent member links to descendent / ancestor family portraits.
FTDG nodes linked to Portrait

Reports must be easily refreshed to keep abreast of data entered into the database

Assertions

We have a right to know our family - past and present
We possess the raw materials needed to produce a cogent family directory
We have the technology to weave it into a useful garment

First step is to certainly identify each family and family member
Family is assigned Family ID ( FAM_ID )
Family member is assigned Individual ID ( IND_ID )
FAM_ID and IND_ID are assigned based on the Family / Individual's node location in our Family Tree Diagram

Next step is to tag family image files by embed IND_ID and FAM_ID into their respective file names
Image files can then be grouped by family or family member.
Labeled files are much easier to search and sort and are generally more productive to work with.
Image file names are made user friendly by embedding Family Member's Given Name or the Family Surname along with the ID

Observations

Genealogy accounting systems must be GEDCOM compliant.
data requirements
Individual
Family
index requirements ( each family and family member must be uniquely identified with a permanent ID)
relationship requirements ( Each Individual must be a member - child or spouse - of a Family)

Faces can be scanned from photo albums or culled from digital image sources
(e.g. FaceBook, family photo CD or DVDs, family emails, digital camera,newspaper website, ...)