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FamilySearch Advanced Paging for Image Viewer

What problem does FamilySearch Advanced Paging for Image Viewer solve?

Stepping through a long set of FamilySearch images one page at a time is slow, and the only way to jump further is to type a number into the image input. FamilySearch Advanced Paging for Image Viewer adds a row of skip buttons that move you forward and backward by 2, 10, 25 or 50 images at a time so you can scan through a film much faster.

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FamilySearch Add Search Wiki Link to Places

What problem does FamilySearch Add Search Wiki Link to Places solve?

The FamilySearch Research Wiki has detailed pages for thousands of localities, but you have to leave the profile, open the wiki, and copy the place name across to find them. FamilySearch Add Search Wiki Link to Places puts a one-click Search Wiki link next to every place on a person’s profile so the right wiki page is always one click away.

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FamilyTreeDNA Match List Improvements

What problem does FamilyTreeDNA Match List Improvements solve?

The default FamilyTreeDNA matches list has very low contrast, making it hard to scan through your matches and pick out the ones you care about. FamilyTreeDNA Match List Improvements applies a set of small visual tweaks to the matches page so the toolbar, search box, tab links and tree-relationship pills all stand out more clearly.

How does FamilyTreeDNA Match List Improvements work?

Whenever you open your FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder matches list,...

FamilyTreeDNA: DNA Painter Shared cM Tool

What problem does FamilyTreeDNA DNA Painter Shared cM Tool solve?

To check the likely relationships for a FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder match you have to copy the shared centimorgan value, open DNA Painter’s Shared cM Tool in another tab, and paste the number in. FamilyTreeDNA DNA Painter Shared cM Tool turns that into a single click by adding a link to every match card that opens DNA Painter with the shared cM already filled in.

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FamilyTreeDNA: Add Groups to Matches List

What problem does FamilyTreeDNA Add Groups to Matches List solve?

FamilyTreeDNA does not let you tag or organise your Family Finder matches into your own custom groups, which makes it difficult to track research clusters across visits. FamilyTreeDNA Add Groups to Matches List adds a full grouping system on top of the matches page so you can create coloured groups, assign matches to them, and see who belongs to what at a glance.

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FindAGrave: Search Genealogy Websites

What problem does FindAGrave Search Genealogy Websites solve?

A memorial on FindAGrave gives you a name, a birth and death date, two places and often the person’s parents, spouse and children. The next step is almost always to look for that same person somewhere else, which means retyping all of it into one search form after another. FindAGrave Search Genealogy Websites turns the memorial you are already reading into a pre-filled search on the sites you use.

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ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation

What problem does ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation solve?

ScotlandsPeople search results are paginated with small links at the bottom of the page, so working through a long set of results means a lot of mouse travel. ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation lets you flip through pages of results using just the left and right arrow keys.

How does ScotlandsPeople Keyboard Navigation work?

On any ScotlandsPeople search results page, pressing the left or right arrow key clicks the previous or next page link...

GEDmatch DNA Painter Shared cM Tool

What problem does GEDmatch DNA Painter Shared cM Tool solve?

To check the likely relationships for a GEDmatch one-to-many result you have to copy each shared centimorgan value, open DNA Painter’s Shared cM Tool in another tab, and paste the number in. GEDmatch DNA Painter Shared cM Tool turns every cM value in the results table into a clickable link that opens DNA Painter with that value already filled in.

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