Comparison of GRanDMA OnLine
and Brother's Keeper® for Searching GRanDMA
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The GRanDMA database requires some software
to make sense of it: to search for information and make reports.
At present there are two primary, rather different, approaches available,
GRanDMA OnLine and Brother′s Keeper®. (Other genealogical
software is used by some users as well.)
Each has its own advantages.
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Overview of GRanDMA OnLine
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Overview of Brother′s Keeper®
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GRanDMA OnLine operates
entirely on the web. Both the data and the app reside at grandmaOnline.org.
You don't need to install or update either the software or the database.
The database updates are installed, usually monthly, on a shared server (the GMOL website),
so everyone sees the same information.
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Using Brother′s Keeper®
(BK), you pay for a subscription to the database, download it to your computer, and search it
on your own computer with BK (or other software of your choice with a GEDCOM download.)
You can edit your copy on your computer as you wish. When you want the new information in a new version of
GRanDMA,
you must update it, but if you choose not to update, your current file never expires.
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Features of GRanDMA OnLine
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Features of Brother′s Keeper®
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♦ Accessed via the web |
♦ Software and database installed locally |
♦ Use any computer with a browser (Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Linux, Android, iOS) |
♦ Available for Windows PC (also a Mac with a PC emulator) |
♦ Many types of searches available including two- and three-person search |
♦ Several types of searches |
♦ Over 30 reports |
♦ Many reports |
♦ Ancestry charts up to 15 generations |
♦ Ancestry charts up to 9 generations |
♦ Includes database of the locations and modern names of over 90% of cities and villages |
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♦ Relationship Searches |
♦ Relationship Searches |
♦ Produces maps of historical locations, ancestries and timelines |
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♦ Keeps bookmarks and history |
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♦ Faster on most searches and reports |
♦ Sometimes faster on searches and reports |
♦ Automatic search of alternate spellings of names |
♦ Users provide codes for equivalent Mennonite names. |
♦ Update automatically, monthly |
♦ Monthly database updates may be downloaded and installed |
♦ Manages user-shared photographs of individuals and groups |
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♦ Easy sharing of Individual Profiles |
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♦ Correlates genealogical relationships with MennoniteDNA relationships |
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♦ Follows the Mennonite Genealogy, Inc. requirement that birthdates of living persons not be displayed. |
♦ Shows all birthdates |
♦ $20 for 2 years |
♦ $40 for 2 years; includes GMOL access |
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♦ Requires installation of Brother′s Keeper® software. The shareware version of BK is free; the full version costs $45.
(The shareware version of BK has most of the functionality of the full version.) |
