Do you track the ‘growth’ of your genealogy database or your Ancestry tree?
I started tracking my statistics over a year ago. In January, I created a new table in my bullet journal to track the growth of my tree in 2019. At the first of each month, I record the data in my journal.
For my tree, I pull the statistics from two different sources. In RootsMagic, I look at the DATABASE PROPERTIES.
In Ancestry, I click on the down carrot by my tree name to open the Tree Menu.
I then select the TREE OVERVIEW to access the statistical summary.
When I look at these stats, I want to see growth — not only in the number of people but also in the sourcing for the people in my tree.
The following data was collected on July 1st.
- RootsMagic People: 13486
- Rootsmagic Families: 4511
- RootsMagic Events: 37971
- RootsMagic Place: 3993
- RootsMagic: Sources: 3861
- RootsMagic: Citations: 52871
- Ancestry People: 13027
- Ancestry Photos: 6640
- Ancestry Stories: 1538
- Ancestry Records: 7535
Wanting to visualize the growth I’ve made over the last 6 months, I entered my data into a spreadsheet and created a graph for my RootsMagic people and citations data.
Even though I’ve gotten bogged down with acquiring and transcribing deeds, my statistics show that I am learning more about the people in my tree and that I am adding documentation to those people. Even though it may feel like I’m stagnating, my statistics show a different story.