Introduction
This section looks at the tools that are being used on this study. They are grouped into the following sub-sets:
- Communication: those used to communicate the study to others
- Data Management: the tools used to gather, analyse and assess the data
- Reporting: the tools used to record the output of the study
[This section currently is a brief summary and needs further work to give the reasons for the choices and examples of how the tools are used.]
Communication
- Contact management: just started.
- E-mail – completed. Set up unique e-mail address for study.
- Internet Domain set up (http://www.gray-ons.org & http://www.gray-ons.org.uk).
- Web-site – completed. (Uses NetObjects Fusion alongside Second-Site.)
Data Management
- Tree management: The Master Genealogist
- Data management: Microsoft Excel for data subsets, MS Access and SQLserver for the main data set. [I also use Custodian for specific tasks.]
- Mapping: Just started
- Multi-media management: Just started – looking at how to manage audio, video, scanned images, etc, etc.
- Synthesis: to assist in the deriving of family trees from raw data.
Reporting
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe PDF