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Genealogy Engineering Platform

Data Controls

Load genealogy files

Upload a GEDCOM to load or refresh your family data. Limits are set by your tier. Sign in for persistent storage and higher-tier capabilities.

Overview

Focus Families

Load a CSV of target surnames or let the app infer major lines from the GEDCOM.

People Search

This is the full directory. Search narrows the list. Clicking a person opens Tree on that person.

Load data to browse people, family links, and IDs.

Tree

Pick a person to render the tree here.

Surname List

Click any surname to narrow the directory to that line.

Load data to build the surname index.

Duplicate Candidates

These are inferred candidates based on similar names, surnames, dates, places, and shared family structure. They are recommendations, not tagged duplicates from the source data.

Manual Check

One or Two IDs

Enter one ID to scan for likely duplicates, or two IDs to compare a specific pair.
Duplicate summary will appear here after the first duplicate pass.
Duplicate suggestions will appear here after a GEDCOM is loaded.

Pruning

Manual Check

One ID

Enter one ID to analyze that person's surrounding cluster for prune risk.

Precalculated

Prune Candidate Targets

Precalculated prune targets will appear here when the CSV is available.

Real-Time

Disconnected Cluster Analysis

Disconnected clusters and preservation hints will appear here.