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Geneafinder's consistency checker detects errors, inconsistencies, and duplicates for a reliable genealogical tree.
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Building your genealogical tree is like assembling a complex puzzle where each piece must find its rightful place. However, between oral transmissions, sometimes incomplete archives, and data entry errors, there are many pitfalls. This is where Geneafinder's Tree Verifier comes in, an analysis tool that identifies errors, inconsistencies, and anomalies in your tree to ensure the reliability of your findings.
Some errors can compromise the credibility of your tree. The verifier automatically detects them, including:
Invalid or incomplete dates
Birth after the death of the person
Child born before a parent
Child born after parent's death
End-of-life event before death
These errors are clearly flagged and allow you to react quickly, by consulting the relevant record and correcting the erroneous data.
Other cases are less critical but equally important to monitor. Geneafinder classifies them as warnings, for example:
Death at a very advanced age
Parents too young or too old at the birth of a child
Multiple marriages for the same couple
Events dated before birth or after death
Small age differences between non-twin siblings
Married woman's name entered as maiden name
Multiple birth or death dates for one person
Siblings with inconsistent last names
These alerts help you refine your tree and spot potential inconsistencies introduced by tree crossings or data imports.
Finally, the verifier issues advice on atypical but plausible situations that sometimes require verification:
Large age difference between spouses
Incorrectly entered event year (e.g., "89" instead of "1989")
Isolated person without a link in the tree
Siblings with the same first name
Spouses of the same sex (to verify according to historical context)
These observations are not necessarily errors, but they may draw your attention to special cases to analyze.
Geneafinder's verifier is designed to be intuitive and educational: you have access to a clear list of detected anomalies, with a filter by type (Error, Warning, Advice) and the ability to sort and correct directly from the interface.
You thus keep control, without having to spend hours manually inspecting each record.
The goal of the verifier is not just to point out errors, but to help you resolve them. For each detected issue, you can visualize the detail directly in the relevant record, correct it immediately or come back to it later, or ignore an alert if you deem it not relevant.
In a glance, you gain a clear view of the state of your tree.
The Geneafinder verifier, it's much more than a control tool. It's a true companion for any genealogist looking to ensure the reliability of their tree without spending hours on it. With one click, you improve your data, identify invisible errors, and gain overall quality for your research.
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