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There are many different programs that set out to record your family tree and present it in an attractive format. But how accurate is that tree? If someone were to check your tree, how certain can you be that there are no glaring discrepancies lurking in there? If there was such a discrepancy, how much work would need to be done to rectify the problem?

Precision Genealogical Tools is a product that aims to take the problems out of sharing data, should you wish to share it. Apart from using cryptographic techniques to encrypt data before sending - which we feel is a critical issue that is not sufficiently addressed by other programs; the program has the ability to identify data that has been exported elsewhere, modified, and then brought back in.

The program can be used also for family reconstruction projects, and for one-name studies where collaboration is important. There is no predefined structure within which Precision Genealogical Tools tries to constrain your data, and there is no necessity to enter data that relates to existing data. The program can be used to test Multiple Candidacy theories you may have, and to reverse and reapply the links if further research proves a theory to be false - without disturbing the Primary data that you have collected. Precision Genealogical Tools can also be used to import GED format files and present your data in a way that is much more relevant to researchers than is possible with other programs.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of the program in finding errors, the Royals GED tree is included as a Tutorial within the program. This GED has been circulating on the web for many years without amendment, and many sites seem to treat it as being correct. This is a fantastic piece of research by Denis R Reid, but it was never intended to be treated as finished by its author, by the look of correspondence embedded in the GED.

Key features of Precision Genealogical Tools:

• Precision Genealogical Tools is a researcher's toolbox.
• Aims to take the problems out of sharing data, should you wish to share it.
• Can be used also for family reconstruction projects, and for one-name studies where collaboration is important.
• Used to import GED format files and present your data in a way.
• To demonstrate the effectiveness of the program in finding errors, the Royals GED tree is included as a Tutorial within the program.
• Analyze and check a family tree for accuracy in a far greater variety of ways than is possible with other products.
• Able to pinpoint those errors and to help you correct them.

System Requirements: 

• Windows system

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