User Guide for GRanDMA OnLine

Introduction

• What is GRanDMA?

  About the GRanDMA genealogical database. For whom is it helpful?

• Mennonite Genealogy, Inc. (California):

  MGI is the organization that "owns" GRanDMA.

• How is GRanDMA searched?

  Searching with GMOL and with other software.

• Translation support:

  Deutschsprachige Benutzer, Русскоязычные пользователи, Usuarios de idioma español

• GRanDMA FAQs.

  Frequently Asked Questions for the GRanDMA database.

• GRanDMA OnLine FAQs.

  Frequently Asked Questions for GRanDMA OnLine genealogy software.

• BK FAQs.

  Frequently Asked Questions for the download version (Brother’s Keeper) of the database.

• Who is creating GRanDMA?

  The people who volunteer to develop and bring you the GRanDMA database.

• GRanDMA's History.

  Alan Peters' history of the GRanDMA database.

Find an Individual

• Search-video.

  A video tour of ways to search with GRanDMA OnLine.

• Quick-Search.

  Search with just a few fields.

• The Individual Profile.

  What information is found in the Individual Profile?

• How to search for an individual.

  Methods and strategies.

• Multi-person Searches.

  How to use information about two (or even three) persons in one search.

• Bookmarks and History.

  How to create and use time-saving Bookmarks.

• GM# Searches.

  Search with the GRanDMA number that is unique to each individual.

• Search with Sources.

  Look up sources and the individuals referenced in those sources.

• Name Families.

  Learn about names that GRanDMA considers equivalent.

• Widget to lookup GRanDMA Reference Codes

  A form to find the given-name/surname Reference Code.

Find other Info about Individuals

• Search for Relationships.

  Find the way(s) in which 2 individuals are related.

• Video tour of the Relationship Search

  Methods and strategies for finding relationships between two individuals.

• Search Places.

  Search for a place and nearby locations.

• Notable People in GRanDMA

  Are you related to famous Prussian-Russian Mennonites?

• Links to images of original documents.

  Many citations include links to the historic document from which the information was derived.

• Changes List, Descendants.

  A list of descendants for whom changes were made to their records recently.

• Changes List, Ancestors.

  A list of ancestors for whom changes to their records were made recently.

• Create a Location-Cohort List.

  A list of individuals with a reference to a particular location.

• View Ship Lists.

  Find passengers who travelled together.

• Compare with DNA.

  Compare DNA Match-List from MennoniteDNA.org with genealogical matches from GRanDMA OnLine.

• Relationships to Notable Mennos.

  Find relationships with individuals from GRanDMA OnLine's list of notables.

Reports

• Video tour of Reports.

  A look at many Reports and other sources of information.

• Reports Index.

  Learn about over 30 reports that are available.

• Saving or printing reports.

  Here are a few tips.

• Maps.

  Create maps of the locations of individual events, ancestry, and families.

• Export GeDCom.

  Export an ancestry for use in other genealogy programs.

• Export GeDCom.

  Export an individual's descendants for use in other genealogy programs.

Share Information

• Share an Individual Profile.

  How to share an Individual Profile and 6-generation tree with a non-subscriber.

• Guest access.

  How a non-subscriber can use the Guest Access feature.

• Cite GRanDMA information.

  How to cite and share specific GRanDMA information.

• Play "The Mennonite Game".

  Can you use GRanDMA OnLine to play the Mennonite Game?

User Contributions

• Submitting Additions and Corrections.

  Submit information for the GRanDMA database.

• Image-sharing.

  Share your historical images with other GMOL users.

• User notes.

  Create notes for yourself for Individual Profiles.

Your Account

• Video tour of Accounts and Subscriptions.

  A demonstration of setting up an account and purchasing a subscription.

• Your GRanDMA account.

  How to Log in, update email address, or change password.

• The GRanDMA Store.

  Purchase subscriptions to the GRanDMA database.

• Downloading GM for BK.

  How to download the GM database for Brother's Keeper.

• Installing GM in BK.

  How to install the GM database for Brother's Keeper.

• Essential BK options

  How to set the important BK options.

• Contact Us.

  How to contact the right people with GMOL questions and problems.

Technical Details

• How does the GMOL search engine perform its searches

  of the GRanDMA genealogical database?

• Tool to look up Reference Codes

• Development Details.

  Information about the history of GMOL and some technical details.