Know which facts are proven
A source for every date, place and relationship
Family charts mix records with guesses. Research view keeps them apart: unproven facts fade, sources that disagree are flagged, and the chart shows exactly what is still left to find.
A Chart Looks Equally Sure of Everything
A birth year copied from a parish register and a birth year someone remembered at a funeral look exactly the same on a family chart. Months later, nobody remembers which was which. Genealogists call the fix the Genealogical Proof Standard: cite a source for every fact, weigh the evidence, and resolve the conflicts.
Research view builds that habit into the chart. Each fact carries its own evidence, the drawing shows how well each fact is supported, and the gaps become a to-do list instead of a surprise.
Without sources
Mária Tóth
1876–1941 · b. Makó, Hungary
Which of these came from a record? Which from a story?
In Research view
Mária Tóth
1876–1941 · b. Makó, Hungary
- Birth: Makó baptisms (L4) says 1876, 1900 census (L3) says 1877
- Birthplace: Makó baptisms, entry 203 (L4)
- Death: no source yet, so it fades
Four Levels of Evidence
Each source type suggests a level, and you can always change it. By default, level 3 and up counts as proven.
L4
Proven
Birth, marriage or death record, church register, military record
L3
Very likely
Census, newspaper, ship manifest, letter, DNA match
L2
Probable
A relative’s account, a client’s own report
L1
Plausible
Family story, a guess worth checking
What Research View Does
Everything a careful researcher tracks, kept on the chart itself
Unproven facts fade
Turn on Research view and every date, place and relationship without enough evidence is drawn faded. Proven facts stay solid, so the chart itself shows the work left to do.
Evidence on every fact
Attach a source to a birth year, a birthplace, a marriage or a parent link. Note the page or entry, add a link to the image, and write down why you believe it.
Sources that disagree
When a baptism says 1876 and the census says 1877, the person gets an amber dot. Pick your conclusion and both sources stay on record. Mark a claim disproven so nobody adds it back.
Impossible facts, caught
A death before a birth, a child born after the mother died, a 12-year-old parent, a divorce before the wedding. The checker flags them on the chart, with a one-click fix. Included on every plan.
Read a record with AI
Paste an obituary or upload a photo of a certificate or census page. The AI matches it to people on your chart and shows each fact with the quote it came from. Nothing changes until you approve.
One source library
Every document gets a list of its sources with how many facts each one backs. Rename a source once and every citation updates. A source nothing cites can be deleted.
About, before, after
Record a date as about 1876, before 1880, after 1850 or estimated. Marriages and divorces get real dates and places instead of a text label.
Export with sources
Add a sources page to a PDF export that lists each source and the facts it supports, person by person. Keep the faded styling or print every fact solid.
GEDCOM sources in and out
Import a GEDCOM from Ancestry, RootsMagic or Gramps with its sources, page citations, quality ratings and transcriptions. Export it back out with every citation intact.
From Obituary to Sourced Facts in Seconds
Paste the text of an obituary, or upload a photo of a certificate, register page or census sheet. The AI reads it, matches the people to your chart and proposes each fact with the words it came from. You decide what goes in.
The record
“KOVÁCS, Anna (née Szabó), 75, of Cleveland, died March 3, 1979. Born in Szeged, Hungary in 1903, she came to Cleveland in 1929 with her husband József, who preceded her in death in 1968.”
What the AI proposed
- Anna, death 3 March 1979: adds the exact date to the year on the chart
- Anna, birthplace Szeged: fills an empty field
- Anna, birth 1903: backs what is on the chart
- József, death 1968: backs what is on the chart
A fact that disagrees with your chart is added as a claim for you to resolve. The reader never overwrites a value.
How It Works
Turn on Research view
Use the Research button in the toolbar. The panel shows how many facts are proven and lists what is still left to find. Next unproven jumps to the next gap.
Add sources as you find them
Click a person, then the chip beside any fact. Choose an existing source or add a new one. The source type suggests a confidence level, which you can change.
Settle the disagreements
Amber dots mark facts where sources disagree. Keep the value you trust, or use the other source’s value. Every claim stays on record with its source.
Share the proof
Export a PDF with a sources page for a client, a relative or a society journal, or a GEDCOM that carries every citation back to your genealogy software.
Included in the Clinical Plan
Research view comes with the Clinical plan at $29 a month, alongside the protections sensitive family history deserves:
- Unlimited genograms and AI, including the record reader
- Zero-knowledge encryption and HIPAA-ready Clinical Mode
- Mac and Windows desktop app with local saving
The impossible-facts checker is included on every plan, including Free. Compare plans
Frequently Asked Questions
Which plan includes Research view?
Research view is part of the Clinical plan ($29 a month), including Institutional seats. The impossible-facts checker, which flags dates that cannot be true, works on every plan, including Free.
What counts as proven?
Each piece of evidence gets a confidence level from 1 (plausible) to 4 (proven). By default a fact counts as proven at level 3 or higher, so a census or newspaper is enough but a family story is not. You can raise the bar to level 4 in Settings.
Will turning it on change my existing genograms?
No. Research view is off until you turn it on, and it is saved per genogram. Turning it off only removes the fading. Your sources and evidence stay attached to the facts.
What happens when two sources disagree?
The fact is flagged with an amber dot on the chart and a "Sources disagree" chip in the panel. You choose the conclusion. The other claim is kept with its source, so you can always see why you decided, and you can mark a claim disproven so it never counts.
Does the AI record reader change my chart on its own?
No. It proposes facts, each with the exact quote from the record and a confidence level, and says whether the fact fills an empty field, backs what is already there, adds an exact date or disagrees. You tick the facts you want. A disagreement is added as a claim to resolve, never as an overwrite.
Can I bring sources in from Ancestry or RootsMagic?
Yes. GEDCOM import reads source records, per-event citations with page numbers, quality ratings and transcriptions, and dates marked about, before or after. Files without quality ratings get a level suggested from the source title, so a census starts at level 3 and a vital record at level 4.
Is it only for genealogists?
No. Therapists and social workers use the same tools to separate what a client reported from what a relative or a medical record confirmed. The source types include Client report, Family member account and Medical record.
Stop Guessing Which Facts Are Real
Open any genogram, turn on Research view, and see at a glance what your sources support and what they don’t.
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