Locks (etc.) Family Tree

The Locks Family tree is available here: https://familytrees.genopro.com/locks/

I have changed the look of the buttons at the top of the website to make them explicit as to what they do. It is worth trying them all out to see what they do and explore their features to get better use of the tree and see connections and interesting info. Also try clicking on all the little buttons and links to see what they do as there is a lot of interesting material and connections revealed by doing so, particularly expand any button that is a "+".

Top tips are:

• Click on photos to see larger versions

  • Note that when looking at the larger versions of the photos you will still have to click out of the photo to go back to the frame with the thumbnail photo to see the photo's associated text.

• The most exciting button is the icon that looks like a real deciduous tree which you will see on every page. If you click that then you will open up a frame with an interactive genogram (i.e. graphical family tree diagram) centred on that individual. You can zoom in and out, scroll around and click on individuals and family connector lines to see all sorts of interesting info. The most intuitive way of navigating the genogram is by using the mouse wheel to zoom and the left mouse (click, hold and drag) to pan. 

  • You may wish to maximise the genogram page using the maximising button in the top right corner of its frame.

  • You can resize the genogram frame back to the original frame size with the same button.

  • If you get lost in the genogram then you can go back to the original view centred on an individual by clicking on the deciduous tree icon at the top of the upper frame for an individual.

  • As well as clicking on individuals there is much information to be had about family groups by clicking on the horizontal connection lines underneath parents, or between partners. e.g. by clicking the horizontal connecting line on the genogram between John George Locks and Florence Jessie Toms you will be taken to their family page (rather than individuals) where you will see family group photos, official documents etc..

  • Some individuals have text in blue in the genogram which is a hyperlink. I had to break the whole genogram up into a few sub-trees because it is so big and if kept as one big genogram is difficult to visualise and manage. So when an individual has large trees for themselves and their partner I have to make separate trees which I hyperlink together. So click on the link in the genogram to see the rest of their family.

  • There are currently linked trees for my Suzanne LUCKE, Wendy FAIRWEATHER, Averil JOHNSON, Vivien SCOTT and Stanley DOWNING.

  • A few individuals have hyperlinks that take to their own personal websites where they have them which is a fun way of peering more closely at what they get up to!

• Try resizing the frames to fit your screen so you can see as much info as possible. Grab the thin dividing line between frames with your mouse and drag the line (it can be a bit fiddly, but worth it).

• Some frames have a pin icon (i.e. the eye) which you can use to keep a frame open which can make it easier to explore while navigating.

• You can close frames no longer needed with the x button in the corner.

• The icon that looks like a mini genogram opens up a timeline of an individual (or family) so you can see their dates relative to others in the tree in a timeline view. You can do the same with whole sub trees. 

• I’ve hidden full birthdates for living people for data protection purposes, but I do have them in my copy of the software.

• If anyone wants a data table of the info from the family tree for research purposes then email me steve.locks@gmail.com for an excel or csv file. Also email me if you want the .ged file.

• Likewise if you have genopro installed and want the .gno file then you can download that from the home page of the tree

I have a lot more to add including:

• another two boxes of ancient documents to sift through

• a couple of hundred great photos and associated info

• Some out of print books published by family members

• extra bits of tree I’ve been sent to look through for corrections/additions. 

• Lots of info on my wife's side of the tree

I also intend to:

• Cross link more photos between individuals and groups

• Re-include a google maps feature to show locations (I've had to temporarily remove that as google have changed some code which caused an annoying bug and popup stating that the map feature is broken. There is a fix but it is fiddly, so will take me a while).

• Improve the documentation of sources

• Join ancestry.co.uk for a month or two at least to upload the file there and then check in official records to make corrections/additions

• Include photos and info from Tommy’s line in the tree

• Get more photos from various people/sources

• Place individuals who are only annotated on large family photos

• Add keys and statistics to genograms

• Cross reference with other family trees online

• Read and transcribe the times cuttings on William Locks b. 1817

So there will be a good few updates to come yet. At some point I will presumably have to say that a relation is too distant to include, or better maybe I will just link from them to somebody else's tree from an individual we have in common. 

Maybe one day we’ll be able to join up every individual in http://tolweb.org/tree/ - we can stop at the first replicating molecule.

In the meantime please send any corrections/additions etc. to me (Stephen Locks) at steve.locks@gmail.com. I have taken care not to embarrass the living (or dead!) but if you see anything you want removed I can do that quickly. I've tried to use pictures and info people have either sent me for inclusion or that they've already shared on social media as nice photos and shared info of themselves.