When you first load the Genealogy Page from a webGED site, the entire index of all names in the first is brought along. If there are many names in the file, this may take a considerable amount of time - depending on the server's condition, network traffic, user's modem speed, etc. Under the best of conditions, a 28.8 baud modem will take about two seconds to initially load each hundred names in an index - plus the usual page load overhead. As detailed ancestry information is called for, segments of the ancestry file will be loaded. These segments are generally designed to be small enough to load resonably rapidly, but large enough to contain a significant block of information.
The page presented to the user looks like:
This Genealogy page has three main working areas:
This Index Area contains a scrollable list of all the individuals in the file, sorted alphabetically by surname, first-name, etc. Clicking on an individual's name in the Index Area causes that individual's entry in the Ancestry Tree (to the right of the Index) to be displayed and brought to the top of that area.
Selecting an individual's name in the Index Area causes the dates for that individual to be displayed in the Life Span box below.
User's may employ the Search Box (above the Index Area) to jump to entries in the index that match, or partially match, a desired name. Enter as much of the name as you wish in the order: surname, "comma", first-name, etc. When you click on the "Search" button next to the Search Box, the entries in the Index List will move so that -
Each entry in the tree area contains data on the individual's birth place and date, death place and date, parents, spouses, marriage places and dates and children. Clicking on a named parent, spouse, or child will jump to that person's entry.
At any one time, this area has loaded only one segment of the total ancestry information available. Therefore, the user is able to scroll in this window only through the entries in that segment. Jumps (initiated through clicking on a relative's name in this area), however, automatically take care of loading the appropriate segment.
There are three buttons in this area:
You may also find it useful to view The Builder-User's Perspective to gain a better understanding of how the information in these pages was constructed.
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