Your aunt’s software
Jeanne Mauduit
born about 1840 · place unknown
1985
You. The record starts here, with an email address and nothing else.
Jeanne Mauduit joins two families who did not know of each other.
You were looking for your great-great-grandmother. Élise, in Nancy, was looking for hers. It is the same woman, born on 14 March 1841 in Void-Vacon. Neither branch would have found her alone.
Everyone types in the same ancestors
Your aunt has her software, your cousin his file, you your notebook. Three people copy out the same 1898 birth record, each on their own, never meeting.
Your cousin’s file
Jeanne Mauduy
1841 · Void-Vacon · death unknown
Your notebook
J. Mauduit, married name Lemoine
married in 1863 in Commercy
In Kinstrel, a single entry
Jeanne Mauduit
14 March 1841, Void-Vacon (Meuse) · married Auguste Lemoine in 1863 in Commercy · died on 4 November 1911
Date of death added on 12 March by Élise Mauduit, in Nancy. It is now right for everyone.
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You add your relatives
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The node exists and connects the tree. It says nothing else.
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- Attached to
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