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Genline FamilyFinder User Guide
What is Genline FamilyFinder?
Genline FamilyFinder (GFF) allows you to search, view, and print pages from Genline's Swedish Church Records archive. Other features include picture rotation, zoom, contrast/brightness control, transcription contribution, IPAR (IP Address Recognition) and proxy server configuration.
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Overview
1. Toolbar
3. Mini Image
5. Active Image Window (see also Window Management)
6. Inactive Image Window (see also Window Management)
Other Features:
Toolbar
Open/Close Search Window
Open/Close Mini Image
Open/Close Image Settings
Open a new Image Window (Learn more about how to manage windows in Window Management)
Open/Close Transcription Window
Abort image download
Full scale image
Zoom in
Zoom out
Fit image to window
Move back in 5 image increments
Move back one image
Move forward one image
Move forward in 5 image increments
Note: You are not required to wait for a download to complete before moving on to the next image.
This is a drop down menu listing all the pages in the current sequence. To open the drop down menu list click anywhere on the drop down menu list. You can move directly to a page by clicking the desired page in the open drop down menu list. The first column in this list is the image number which is also the last part of the GID#. The second column is the page number. The third column describes the page type. If an asterisk (*) precedes the first column this indicates that this church record contains transcribed material.
The GID text box displays the GID# for the image that is currently open. If you type in a new GID# and click the green check mark icon the new image is loaded in the Active Image Window.
If you only type in a parish number — the first group of period delimited numbers — the Sequence Search Window returns search results for the selected parish.
If you type in a parish number and a sequence number excluding the image number the Sequence Search Window returns search results for the selected parish and sequence.
(see also GID#)
View higher quality image. Current image is standard quality. (see also Image Settings)
View standard image. Current image is higher quality. (see also Image Settings)
A standard image has been compressed to a maximum file size of 225KB and a higher quality image has been compressed to a maximum file size of 1MB.
Other Icons
This church record contains transcribed material.
This church record contains corresponding information available from the website www.familjeband.se. Clicking this icon will open a web browser with the specific Familjeband web page.
Search Window
Searching by Sequence
Sequence Search Window
1. Sequences/Search Place/Search Person - Choose the desired search method by clicking Sequences, Search Place or Search Person. Use the Sequences search method to search Sequences, the Search Place method to search GIDx place information, and the Search Person method to search transcribed information about people.
2. Counties - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available Counties. Select one or more Counties and click Ok.
3. Parishes - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available Parishes. Select one or more Parishes and click Ok.
4. Church Record Types - Click Church Record Types to select Church Record Types. Open the pull down menu by clicking anywhere on the Church Record Types list box and select which record types you would like to search for by clicking the appropriate check box. Close the list by clicking anywhere on the Church Record Types list box.
5. Volume - To search for a specific volume click Volume and type the volume you would like to search for in the text field. It is not necessary to type in the complete volume name. For example, a search for 'c' could return these results: 'C:1', 'CI:1' and 'AI:11C'.
6. From Year - Enter the year you would like to start your search in the text field. Leaving the test field empty will put no limit to how early you want to start your search.
7. To Year - Enter the year you would like to end your search in the text field. Leaving the test field empty will put no limit to how late you want to end your search.
8. Clear - Clear will reset the Search Window and clear all lists.
9. Search - After you have selected your search criteria — County, Parish, Church Record Type or Volume, From Year and To Year — click the Search button to return your search results.
10. Open - Enter a GID number (GID#) and click the Open button to open this information in the Search Window.
11. Sequence List - Displays a list of the sequences found as a result of your Search.
Note: You can sort you results by clicking one of the column titles. Click once to sort in ascending order and once more to sort in descending order.
The columns are:
GID - This column displays the sequences GID number consisting of the Parish ID number and the Sequence ID number. Note that there are only two groups of period delimited numbers. Adding the image number group will give you a complete GID number.
(see also GID#)
Volume - The sequences Volume.
Year - The time period included in the sequence. A sequence containing numerous non consecutive time periods will be displayed once in the list for each time period.
Type - The church record type.
Parish - The church record parish.
12. Image/Page list - The list of images or pages contained in the selected sequence. Clicking a sequence in the sequence list will list the images and pages in the Image/Page list. Click an image or page from the list to open that image in the Image Window.
The columns are:
GID - This column displays the GID#.
Page Number - The page number used in the church book. The first number is the original pagination. The second number is the stamped pagination.
Type - The page type.
Place Name - The GIDx entry type.
Year - The GIDx entry year.
Type - The information type of the GIDx entry.
www - An icon will appear indicating that information corresponding to this church record is available from the website www.familjeband.se. Clicking this icon will open a web browser to the Familjeband web page.
13. Show All/Show Sequences and Pages only/Show Pages only - Customize the display of the Search Window by selecting which Search Window panels to show.
Search Place
Search Place Window
1. Sequences/Search Place/Search Person - Choose the desired search method by clicking Sequences, Search Place or Search Person. Use the Sequences search method to search Sequences, the Search Place method to search GIDx place information, and the Search Person method to search transcribed information about people.
2. Counties - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available Counties. Select one or more Counties and click Ok. If you do not select a County or Parish you will search all GIDx entries.
3. Parishes - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available Parishes. Select one or more Parishes and click Ok. If you do not select a County or Parish you will search all GIDx entries.
4. Name Search Field - Enter the desired search word. A search using this field supports use of the wildcard characters asterisk (*) and question mark (?).
- * substitutes as a wildcard character for zero or more characters
- ? substitutes as a wildcard character for any one character
For ex. Espebråna. You can search Espebråna as Esp*, however your search results could also return Esphult. Or, you could also search Espebråna as E??ebråna.
If you were to search ??? the search results would return all results with 3 characters. The search results that are returned are limited to the first 500 search matches.
? - Search Place help.
Å Ä Ö - The Å Ä Ö buttons insert the respective Swedish character in the Place Name Search Field.
5. From Year – Enter the year you would like to start your search in the text field. Leaving the test field empty will put no limit to how early you want to start your search.
To Year – Enter the year you would like to end your search in the text field. Leaving the test field empty will put no limit to how late you want to end your search.
6. Soundex Search - Soundex is an algorithm for indexing words by their pronunciation sound. Words with the same pronunciation and different spellings can be matched by clicking the Soundex Search check box.
7. Clear - Clear will reset the Search Window and clear all lists.
8. Search - After you have selected and/or entered your search criteria — County, Parish, Name Search Field and Soundex Search — click the Search button to return your search results.
9. Search Place List - Displays a list of GID#'s found as a result of your Search.
Note: You can sort you results by clicking one of the column titles. Click once to sort in ascending order and once more to sort in descending order.
The columns are:
GID - This column displays the GID#.
County - The County the GID# belongs too.
Parish - The Parish the GID# belongs too.
Place - The GIDx place entry.
Year - The GIDx entry year.
Type - The information type of the GIDx entry.
www - An icon will appear indicating that information corresponding to this church record is available from the website www.familjeband.se. Clicking this icon will open a web browser to the Familjeband web page.
Note: The Search Place feature works in conjunction with the publishing of GIDx Place content which is an ongoing process. Currently farms and villages from the household examination records are being published in the Swedish Church Records archive.
Search Person
Search Person Window
1. Sequences/Search Place/Search Person - Choose the desired search method by clicking Sequences, Search Place or Search Person. Use the Sequences search method to search Sequences, the Search Place method to search GIDx place information, and the Search Person method to search transcribed information about people.
2. First Name - The First Name of the person you are searching.
3. Last Name - The Last Name of the person you are searching.
4. Birth Date - The Birth Date of the person you are searching.
5. Birth Parish – The Birth Parish of the person you are searching.
6. Occupation/Title - The Occupation or Title of the person you are searching.
7. Advanced Search - Click the Advanced Search check box to expand your search criteria.
8. Place Name - A GIDx place entry.
9. Counties - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available Counties. Select one or more Counties and click Ok.
10. Parishes - Click Select to open a new window with a list of all available Parishes. Select one or more Parishes and click Ok.
11. Church Record Types - Click Church Record Types to select Church Record Types. Open the pull down menu by clicking anywhere on the Church Record Types list box and select which record types you would like to search for by clicking the appropriate check box. Close the list by clicking anywhere on the Church Record Types list box.
12. From Year – Enter the year you would like to start your search in the text field. Leaving the test field empty will put no limit to how early you want to start your search.
To Year – Enter the year you would like to end your search in the text field. Leaving the test field empty will put no limit to how late you want to end your search.
13. Clear - Clear will reset the Search Window and clear all lists.
14. Search - After you have selected your search criteria click the Search button to return your search results.
15. My Transcriptions - Click the My Transcriptions button to return the entries you have transcribed.
16. Search Person List - Displays a list of people found as a result of your Search.
The text fields in this search support the use of the wildcard characters asterisk (*) and question mark (?).
- * substitutes as a wildcard character for zero or more characters
- ? substitutes as a wildcard character for any one character
For ex. Per Johan. You can search Per Johan as Per J*, however your search results could also return Per Johannes or Per Jaen. Or, you could also search Per Johan as P?r Johan, however in this case your search results could return Per Johan or Pär Johan.
If you were to search ??? the search results would return all results with 3 characters. The search results that are returned are limited to the first 500 search matches.
Note: You can sort you results by clicking one of the column titles. Click once to sort in ascending order and once more to sort in descending order.
The columns are:
GID - This column displays the GID#.
Parish - The Parish the GID# belongs too.
Occupation/Title - The Occupation or Title of the person.
First Name - The persons First Name.
Last Name - The persons Last Name.
Birth Date - The persons Birth Date.
Birth Parish - The persons Birth Parish.
Church Record Type - The church record type.
User - The Genline user who has contributed the transcription.
Confirm - The amount of other users that have confirmed that this transcription entry is correct.
Note: The release of Genline Familyfinder 3.0 introduced the possibility for Genline’s users to contribute transcibed information about people. The Search Person feature works in conjunction with the contribution of transcibed information about people and transcribed person content will become more and more available relative to the amount of transcriptions contibuted by Genline’s users.
Transcription Window
Transcription Window
1. Transcription Window Actions - Use the Mark line, New person, Save, Clear, and Cancel buttons to work with contributing transcribed information.
Mark area - Click Mark area to select the area of the church record you wish to transcribe. Use your mouse to draw a yellow box around the desired area as illustrated below.
Selecting transcription area
New person - Click New person to enter new transcription information.
Save - Click Save to save your entry.
Clear - Click Clear to clear all text fields.
Delete - Click Delete to delete a transcription up to 24 hours after the original entry.
Cancel - Click Cancel to cancel your current transcription and close the Transcription Window.
2. Transcription Entry - Transcriptions can be entered by filling out the appropriate text fields. The text fields will adapt to reflect the information that can be entered depending upon the type of church record that is being viewed. Transcription entry is currently supported for the church record types Household Examination, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Moving In and Moving Out. A transcription can be edited up to 24 hours after the original entry.
3. Transcription List - A list of transcription entries that have been contributed for this page. The column fields will adapt to reflect the information included in the type of church record that is being viewed.
Note: You can sort you results by clicking one of the column titles. Click once to sort in ascending order and once more to sort in descending order.
Mini Image
The Mini Image is a window with a miniature version of the large image. The blue square shows your location relative to the large image. You can click directly in the Mini Image window or drag the blue square to navigate your location in the Active Image Window.
Image Settings
Image Settings Window
The Image Settings Window is where you can manipulate the display of the image. You can Rotate Image, Mirror Image, Change Light Intensity, Display monochrome image (Black and White) and Improve Readability.
Note: The Improve Readability feature works in conjunction with a higher quality image and therefore will only be visible when a higher quality image is being viewed. Genline has published a large quantity of higher quality images in the Swedish Church Records archive and publishing will continue on an ongoing basis. (see View higher quality image/View standard image)
Windows Management
GFF is a MDI program (Multi Document Interface). This means that there is one main window with several child windows. You can see what windows are open by selecting Window on the Main Menu. The checked window is the active one. You can easily change the Active Image Window by selecting it from Window on the Main Menu or by pressing the Tab key when the Search Window is closed.
In the windows menu you can also select four other commands.
Cascade - Displays all open image windows cascading from the top left of the monitor.
Tile Horizontally - Displays all image windows Horizontally in columns.
Tile Vertically - Displays all image windows Vertically in columns.
Close all Windows - Closes all open image windows.
File Menu Alternatives
TimeOut Control
TimeOut Control Window
Note: The TimeOut Control is only available to IPAR users. If you are not an IPAR user the TimeOut Control will not be available as a file menu alternative.
The TimeOut Control is used to adjust the amount of time before being logged out of the Swedish Church Records archive due to inactivity.
The default timeout preset is 10 minutes. Using the slider control in the TimeOut Control Window you can extend the timeout up to 30 minutes in 5 minute increments.
Options
Options Window
Use mouse wheel to zoom (not scroll) - Select this option to limit the mouse wheel to zooming rather than scrolling the image.
Limit vertical and horizontal scrolling - Select this option to limit the image location to within the Image Window.
Save and restore window placement - Select this option to restore the placement of the dialog windows.
Note: This function is only available to users that log in with a user name and password. It is not available to IPAR users.
Use recursive mouse pointer when panning - Select this option for the mouse pointer to recur in the image window when panning.
Zoom at mouse pointer - Select this option to zoom in at the location of the mouse pointer.
Hide search window by clicking on image window - Select this option to close the Search Window by clicking the Image Window. Right click in Image Window to open the Search Window again.
Start search when the parish is selected - Select this option to automatically search for sequences once a parish selection has been made.
Include SCB material in the Parish Search - Select this option to include SCB material in the Parish Search.
Transcription options - Select this option to enable/disable transcription options.
Show my name/membership number - Select/deselect this option to toggle between showing your name or membership number for a transcription entry.
DISPOS Options
DISPOS - Options Window
DISPOS is a service where DIS members can reference genealogical source material that is available on the Internet such as Genline's GID number (GID#) or other digital media. See the DIS web site for more information about DISPOS.
Options for cookies allows you to select the directory where Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome save cookies.
The Start/Stop DISPOS connection button in the DISPOS - Options Window is used to Start or Stop the DISPOS connection. The button text changes to reflect the current state of the DISPOS connection.
The DISPOS connection in GFF supports the Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers.
When GFF is running and the DISPOS connection has been started, using the GID number (GID#) or the portion of the GID number (GID#) that has been referenced in DISPOS will automatically open the corresponding sequence or image in the GFF Image Window.
Printing
Open the Print Setup dialog by selecting File - Print... in the main menu or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl P. In this window you can select Printer, Paper, and Orientation settings. Click Ok to continue to the next dialog.
In this window you can select the image information that you would like included as a heading on your print. You can also preview the positioning of the image relative to the page size and orientation selected. Note that the image information text is not to scale in this preview. Check the appropriate boxes to include the desired information. You can add your own comment by checking the Free Text checkbox and and entering your comment in the Free Text text field.
You can also select what print Quality to use. Normal is often sufficient, but if you have a high quality printer High may be a good idea. Click Ok to print your image. Depending on your printer and the print quality you have selected there may be a delay before the printer starts to print.
GID number (GID#)
All images in Genline's Swedish Church Records archive have an unique ID number — called the Genline ID number (GID#). The GID# consists of three groups of period delimited numbers. The first group of numbers represents Parish ID, the second group the Sequence ID number, and the third group the image number in the sequence.
For example, 227.1.30500 would be
Parish ID Number.Sequence ID Number.Image Number
Bookmarks
In GFF you can save bookmarks to the images you find interesting.
To save a bookmark:
1. Open the image you want to save as a bookmark in an Image Window.
2. Make sure that the image you would like to bookmark is in the Active Image Window.
3. In the Bookmarks menu select Add Bookmark.
4. Choose a name to save your bookmark as. If you check Save position and settings this information will also be stored with the bookmark.
5. Click OK.
You have now made a bookmark which will be listed in the Bookmarks menu in Gff2. You can easily open your bookmark by opening the Bookmarks menu and selecting the desired bookmark from the list.
In the Bookmarks menu there is also a selection Open Bookmarks Window. Open Bookmarks Window allows you to manage your bookmarks.
You can create new folders for your bookmarks by clicking New Folder. You can move bookmarks to a specific folder by dragging them to that folder.
If you select a bookmark or folder in the folder tree, information on this bookmark will be displayed. You can change the name of the bookmark by editing the text in the text field below Name. You can also enter a short description for each bookmark or folder.
The button Open — that is visible if you select a bookmark — opens the bookmark and displays it's image in the Active Image Window or opens a new Image Window if one is not open.
The button Find — that is visible if you select a bookmark — opens the Search Window with the bookmarks County, Parish, sequence and image active.
Bookmarks that are saved in GFF are stored in the file bookmarks.dta.
Keyboard Shortcuts
This is a list of all the keyboard shortcuts:
Note: Ctrl means that you should hold the Ctrl key down while pressing the additional key.
| Ctrl S | Opens/Closes The Search Window |
| Ctrl T | Opens/Closes The Transcription Window |
| Ctrl M | Opens/Closes The Mini Image |
| Ctrl I | Opens/Closes the Image Settings window |
| Ctrl B | Opens/Closes the Bookmarks Window |
| Ctrl N | Opens a new image window |
| Ctrl P | Opens the Print dialog box |
| Ctrl D | Selects the GID# text box |
| Ctrl E | Shows/Hides the Toolbar and the menu |
| Ctrl C | Copy image information text to clipboard |
| Ctrl R | Rotate image 90° clockwise |
| + | Zoom in |
| - | Zoom out |
| Ctrl + | Displays the image at full scale |
| Ctrl - | Fit image to window |
| Arrow keys | Move the image location in its window |
| Ctrl Arrow keys | Moves the image to the edge |
| Page Up | Moves one image backward in the sequence |
| Page Down | Moves one image forward in the sequence |
| Ctrl Page Up | Moves five images backward in the sequence |
| Ctrl Page Down | Moves five images forward in the sequence |
| Home | Lighten image contrast |
| End | Darken image contrast |
| Tab | Toggle between open image windows |
Automatic Update
When you start GFFinder.exe an automatic update procedure starts. This procedure starts by downloading a file from www.genline.se called latest_version.txt. (If the download fails the error message "No internet connection found..." will be displayed.)
This file is compared to the local copy of latest_version.txt. If the files contain different version numbers or the local file does not exist, AutoUpdate.exe will start and download all files needed for the latest version.
The files that are downloaded are engine.exe, some dll’s, and a few other things. Then, engine.exe is started and it takes over the execution. The login dialog appears and you can start working with GFF.
If for any reason you want to download the latest version again, just remove the file latest_version.txt.
If you want to download a different version than the latest official release you will need to start GFFinder.exe with a parameter. latest_version.txt will not be downloaded and if you entered beta as the parameter beta.txt would be downloaded. Beta.txt usually contains a different version number than latest_version.txt so you will download a different version of the engine.exe and dll files.
Proxy Servers
The traffic from GFFinder.exe goes to www.genline.se through port 80 and uses simple HTTP GET commands. The traffic from engine.exe goes to gserver3.genline.se and ipar.genline.se through port 443 and is SSL-encrypted.
To run GFF with a proxy server open the file proxy.conf and type in the following:
proxy=IP number to your HTTPS Proxy server
port=Port number to your HTTPS Proxy server
httpproxy=IP number to your HTTP Proxy server
httpport=Port number to your HTTP Proxy server
To run engine.exe through a HTTPS Proxy server you have to have version 2.1 or later.
Installation of GFF
GFFinder_install.exe does four things:
- It creates a program folder and copies files.
- It creates desktop and start menu icons.
- It renames the help files and locale.conf to match the language you selected when you initially installed the program.
- It adds GFF to the 'Add or Remove Programs' list in the Control Panel.
GFF does not install anything in the registry or copy any dll files to the windows folder. So in order to make a manual installation or a remote installation all you have to do is copy the files and create the icons you need.
User Name and Password
The standard location for configuration files in GFF is:
For older Windows versions: <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\genline\genline_family_finder_2\
For Windows Vista: <drive>:\Users\<user>
where:
<drive> is the hard disk drive letter where the users Documents and Settings are stored and
<user> is the name of the local user account logged in the computer
The User Name and Password are located in the file login22.conf. The Password field is encrypted. For security reasons the user must re-enter these two fields each time GFF2 is updated.
Auto Login
You can configure GFF2 to log in automatically by adding a row with the text auto=1 to the file login22.conf. This will prevent the login dialog window from appearing when you start GFF2 and you will be automatically logged in to the Swedish Church Records archive.
To do this:
- Start GFF and enter your User Name and Password. Select the option for saving the password
- Click Log in
- Close the GFF program
- Locate the file login22.conf.This is located in:
For older Windows versions: <drive>:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\genline\genline_family_finder_2\
For Windows Vista: <drive>:\Users\<user>\
AppData\Roaming\genline\genline_family_finder_2\
where:
<drive> is the hard disk drive letter where the users Documents and Settings are stored and
<user>is the name of the local user account logged in the computer - Open login22.conf with a text editor such as wordpad.
- Add the row auto=1
- Save the file.
- Restart GFF.
Next time GFF is started the login dialog won't be shown.
Note: The directory "Application Data" or "AppData" and its subdirectories are normally hidden. You may have to enter the path <drive>:\Documents and Settings\< user>\Application Data directly in the explorer address field to access this folder.