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A little bit about this web site, how it is structured and what the objectives are.
The objective for this site is to integrate a lot of different information to form the basis for a comprehensive view into the genealogy and history of Duval County. To do this I have had to build databases to hold the following information:
- Ancestral Records, Family Trees and Heraldry
- Births Marriages and Death Records
- Cemeteries, Graves and Headstones
- Locations of Historical Importance (including Cemeteries)
- Spanish Land Grant information and maps
Having decided on the overall structure, I then had to determine how to display the different types of information, so decided on the following strategies:
- Everything must be accessed through any of the regular web browsers
- Data nust be stored in an industrial strength database system - I used MS SQL
- Mapping or geographical information had to be displayed as a layer on Google Maps
- Family Tree information needed to be also displayed in a chart format to easily visulaize some of the tricky relationships
- Everything had to be easily searchable, including the chart displays and maps
This is a Work in Progress, so bear with me!
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