Cleaning up your data

by | Feb 28, 2019 | Tutorials

[This article can also be found in the Wiki at: TNG Setup]You may have your family research in paper form, on loose paper, in binders, printouts from websites.  But, at least you do have some form of organization.  If you are starting with paper, then you will likely...

Family Genes mapping update

by | Jan 16, 2019 | Tutorials

Your Family Genes TNG mapping has been updated for you.  TNG requires a unique access code for mapping to work.  This is called a Mapping API key, which is a long string of characters provided to us by Google, and allows your TNG site to use Google mapping in your TNG...

Creating image thumbnails

by | Dec 31, 2018 | Tutorials

Image thumbnails are those small-size images that represent your photos but do not occupy a large space on the screen.  Thumbnails have a visual appeal to your visitors, over using text lists.  People can quickly see any photo items of interest to them, so this...

Finding married names in custom events

by | Nov 28, 2018 | Tutorials

In a related tutorial article, we talked about Getting exposure on the search engines for our TNG site.  Now, how about letting the light shine a bit on our ancestor ladies? A big problem in searching for our female ancestors is the name change upon marriage.  Let’s...

Getting exposure on the search engines

by | Nov 21, 2018 | Tutorials

You have your TNG website set up, it is nicely populated with dead people, your photos are magnificent, and you are anxious to let the world know about it. So, how do you get the word out so that the internet search engines can find your handiwork?  There are some...