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WHYTT.DOC - 5/2/93 - by Christopher E. Long
Why make a Tiny Tafel?
Think of it as a snapshot of what you are researching. At a glance, a
person can immediately see your research and be able to tell you if any
of your lines look like they might meet with their own. If they look
promising, you both may benefit from sharing your research.
Plus, there are ways to automate the process of comparing Tiny Tafels.
This is particularly useful because there are large collections of Tiny
Tafels (1000's) that are available for this. (Each is discussed in detail
elsewhere.) The Tiny Tafel Editor is capable of comparing Tiny Tafels.
This is usually refered to as generating a "matching report". If you have
one or more other Tiny Tafels for running a match with, you may press
AltM (Alternate + M) while in the TT edit screen to access the matching
routines.
Exactly what is a Tiny Tafel?
A Tiny Tafel is a condensed form of Ahnentafel Chart. Ahnentafel is a
German word meaning "ancestor table." An Ahnentafel Chart contains
information about a selected person and his or her direct ancestors.
Each person in the chart is given a number. The main person is number
1, his father is 2, his mother is 3, his paternal grandfather is 4, his
paternal grandmother is 5, etc.
In a Tiny Tafel, an entry is made for each family line that is in the
Ahnentafel Chart. It does not contain any personal details of those
ancestors. Instead, it lists basic data about each family line - more
specifically, a surnames and then the years and places of the earliest and
most recent persons. When looking for someone who's research might cross
with your own, it would not be immediately helpful to be told all of the
specifics of a list of persons. But, if you were told "I have research on
the COLLINS family from 1700 to 1986, starting in England and ending in
South Carolina" you would be able to immediately decide if there is a
possibility of your lines crossing. This is the idea behind a Tiny Tafel.
Tiny Tafels have a rigid format. This allows computers to more easily
read and compare them. If you deviate from that format, it is very likely
that your Tiny Tafel will not be able to be processed by matching programs
like the Tafel Matching System (discussed elsewhere). This is why
programs like the Tiny Tafel Editor are so useful.