Getting Research Suggestions for Your Family Tree

GEDminer analyses your tree structure to identify research opportunities:

• •Missing data: Individuals lacking birth, death, or marriage records
• •Brick walls: Dead ends where lines stop unexpectedly
• •Incomplete records: Events with dates but no places, or vice versa
• •Unverified claims: Data without source citations
• •Structural gaps: Missing parents, unexplained family sizes

Each suggestion is weighted by potential genealogical impact.

Suggestions are grouped by type:

• •Vital records: Birth, marriage, death certificates to find
• •Census records: Specific census years where ancestors should appear
• •Missing parents: Individuals whose parents are unknown
• •Date refinement: Estimated dates that could be sharpened with records
• •Place specificity: Vague locations that need more precise identification

Not all suggestions are equally valuable. GEDminer ranks by:

• •Generation: Earlier generations often have fewer records, making each one more valuable
• •Position in tree: Direct ancestors vs. collateral relatives
• •Cascade effect: Will this information help find more records?
• •Likelihood of success: Based on time period and location

Focus on high-priority suggestions for the biggest research payoff.

Each suggestion includes actionable guidance:

• •Record type to search: What kind of document might have the answer
• •Time period: When to search
• •Location: Where to look (specific archives, online databases)
• •Related searches: Other records that might appear alongside the target

Work through suggestions systematically rather than randomly browsing records.

Some suggestions may not apply to your research:

• •Dead ends confirmed: You've already searched and records don't exist
• •Outside scope: Collateral relatives you're not actively researching
• •Known limitations: Historical events (fires, wars) destroyed records

Dismissing suggestions helps the system learn and declutters your priority list.