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Software Power Tools for Genealogists
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Goldie May provides software power tools for genealogists.
It's not another place for storing your conclusions; it's a place for your work in progress. Keep your data in FamilySearch Tree or your Ancestry tree and see if Goldie May can help.
"...this is the...coolest tool I've seen in 40 years!" - Vicki
Features:
* New timeline feature called "The Subway Map"
* Track projects & tasks lists
* Research log -- click to log, or log each page automatically
* Add citations & comments
* Save screenshots
* Bookmark windows & tabs to re-open later
* Locality research: Place-specific links to FamilySearch Wiki
* Place-specific links to catalogs of FamilySearch, Ancestry, and MyHeritage
* Collaborate with family, colleagues, & friends
* Access your data from anywhere (like the library!) because it's saved to the cloud
Goldie May is a FamilySearch Compatible Solution.
Goldie May is an authorized training partner of The Family History Guide.
Volunteering: In collaboration with the BYU Record Linking Lab, you can volunteer your time to attach records from the U.S. and U.K. Censuses to FamilySearch Tree. Like indexing, this is an altruistic effort to improve the Family Tree for others, especially new users. You'll attach records to existing people in the Tree and add new people.
On a personal note, I'm a software developer who worked in tech roles at three genealogy companies. Now I'm building Goldie May to be the tool I want for my own genealogy research. I hope it's also useful to you!
Goldie is my great-grandmother's name and May comes from a beloved ancestor on my wife's side of the family.
If you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear from you!
— Richard K. Miller
Latest reviews
- (2022-01-30) Olivia Morgan: Makes increasing the FamilyTree size infinitely easier and faster, would highly recommend giving it a try!
- (2021-09-26) Matt Armstrong: Really great extension that simplifies so many of the steps for keeping track of research. Particularly for me, as someone who is not only disorganized but also distracted by every rabbit hole I find, this helps to keep me on task and most especially know where to start each time I begin researching. A huge game-changer in the family history tech space.
- (2020-04-04) Eileen Phelps: The chief benefit of this extension in my opinion is that it points out which ancestors are well sourced and which have never had any updating since the old Book of Remembrance pages. Let's face it. Too many of us think our family history is "done," when the tree hasn't been pruned or fertilized for years. This is a great time for this utility to be launched, since more of us are housebound and need some constructive things to do with our browsers. It can also serve as a way to create a to-do list and "research log" that might be useful to whoever inherits our computer if we pass on sooner than we planned.
- (2020-03-30) Anne Marie G.: I was disappointed to see that this extension relies solely upon individuals added to Family Search's "one shared tree". I strongly encourage individuals to recognize that while Family Search's primary benefactor, the Church of Latter Day Saints, generously provides an outstanding array of digitized array of genealogical resources, their goal of building "one tree" offers zero privacy or control by family members who might not share their vision. I do not subscribe to the religious beliefs of the Church of Latter Day Saints, and therefore, cannot recommend a tool that is in line with their principles.
- (2020-03-25) Nicole Dyer: Great research log tool! The extension includes guided research steps to help you in each part of the research process - from creating an objective, to planning tasks, finding locality information, and even taking screenshots. Goldie May logs each website you visit - a great start for newbie research loggers!
- (2020-03-18) James Tanner: This is a fabulous extension that opens up a new world of learning about the FamilySearch.org website and other genealogical information. It is a must have for anyone who needs help with either FamilySearch or the FamilySearch Family Tree.
Latest issues
- (2022-05-11, v:2022.13) Debbie Simms: Sorry everything is wrong
This is the error code I get: a948ab9a. I still can't get in and I need to for my internship. - (2022-05-11, v:2022.13) Debbie Simms: "We're sorry something went wrong"
Every time I start Goldie May this evening this saying above is what I get. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app, but the same thing happens. - (2022-03-05, v:2022.08) Ron Flamm: Upgrade
I have uploaded the free version - Your website indicated that it can be upgraded. I am interested in the subway map, and it looks like the upgrade is the way to get it. I attached the extension to both Microsoft edge and google chrome. I can not figure out how to upgrade so I can try the subway maps. We are related 9th cousins three generations removed - https://www.familysearch.org/en/connect/787b5034-edf8-465c-b6fa-f301452de294/friend/MMMM-3Y1 - (2021-07-06, v:2021.15) GM: Goldie May extension for Firefox
Will this extension be made available for use with Firefox? - (2021-07-05, v:2021.15) Julia M: Loading guidance for fan chart and women in censuses
Each time I try to bring up the "Women in 1900 and 1910 Census" while I have my fan chart showing in FamilySearch, it takes a very long time to load or it fails to load! I just see the circle spinning in the Guidance area of Goldie May. I am giving a class tomorrow on this great program and I would really like to demo this valuable feature. I have been practicing today and one time, I got an error message after waiting a long time, saying that it couldn't find any women in my FS for that time. Another trial, it worked and another time, it just kept spinning. I hope that you can help me right away! - (2021-05-07, v:2021.12) Molly Totoro: Chrome Issues
I purchased the one year "mid level" version of Goldie May after learning about this powerful app at RootsTech Connect. Currently, I'm having major difficulties with Chrome (browser hijacked by malware - UGH). Is there a way to use Goldie May with another browser (or plans to do so in the future?) I hate that I made the purchase - love the app - but cannot use it. - (2021-03-12, v:2021.6) Aubrie Worsley: GoldieMay Pro not letting me log in
Hi Richard, I'm having trouble getting my Goldie May to log me in with my account-I haven't been able to use it for 4 days now and it's killing me bc all my friends are trying to do collaborative research with me now that they downloaded it. I tried logging into the free version with my moms and it worked fine, which is strange. If I restart my whole computer, it at least lets me press the "Login with FamilySearch" button, but then it goes back to the welcome screen after I enter my user name and password and doesn't let me do anything else. Hope to hear from you soon, Aubrie Worsley - (2021-03-07, v:2021.5) Dianne Ely: Caprock Genealogy Conference
Greetings: I am the coordinator for the 4th Annual Caprock Genealogy Virtual Conference being held April 17, 2021. We are anticipating an attendance of 90 people this year, and we are seeking door prize donations from genealogy organizations and businesses. All donations should be sent to: J. Dianne Ely 2101 Ghost Dance Trail Amarillo, TX 79124 [email protected] 806.674.4375 A copy of the 2021 Caprock Genealogy Conference flyer is available upon request. Please let me know if you require additional information. Thank you in advance for your consideration. Dianne Ely - (2021-03-02, v:2021.5) Ed Mears: Firefox
Any future plans for making this extension available on Firefox? I don't like Chrome and use Firefox. The extension looks great and I would like to use it, but at 80+ I don't want to learn a new browser, too. - (2021-02-28, v:2021.5) Cheryl Marvin: Use on iPad
Does this work on an iPad using the chrome browser? I can’t find anything that tells me what the technical requirements are to use it. - (2021-02-26, v:2021.5) Mary Butash: Family Search tree
I was so excited about this app until I realized I would only be able to use it if I had a tree on Family Search. I do not and will not. Am I correct? I uninstalled the extension until I know. - (2021-02-25, v:2021.4) Karen Gilliland: not really getting in to the app
can't get into the log This is what I see when I open goldie may after logging in to Family Search: Guidance Your Research To start researching with Goldie May, choose one of your ancestors. You can pick someone below or anyone else on the FamilySearch Tree. (then there are a bunch of my ancestor's pictures in this space. If I click on one of them my familysearch screen comes up next to the Goldie May screen--but I don't get the Goldiemay screne that shows Guidance, My research, Start New Objective etc. after the pictures I have this box: Join an Objective If you've been invited to research with a family member, friend, or colleague, enter their passcode here to join them. Passcode Posted by Karen Gilliland - just now - (2020-06-18, v:2020.13) Melanie Nowend: Ancestry?
This extension is AMAZING!! Thank you so much! Will there be functionality for Ancestry.com coming soon? - (2020-04-18, v:1.3.0) Staynavytom: [email protected]
I copied this email address from your extension page. It doesn't work. [email protected] I heard of your extension through a podcast interview you recently had with someone (can’t remember now). I added the extension. Do I have to log into my FamilySearch account every time I do ancestry research for the Goldie May extension? If I know I’m going to do some research, should I log into the Goldie May before I start my ancestry browser? - (2020-03-22, v:1.2.3) Laralee Nelson: Keep the browser windows on the monitor they start at
I use two monitors, my larger one for doing my research as my laptop monitor is too small in its native resolution for me to easily read. When I activate or deactivate Goldie May, it moves the browser display to my laptop monitor. If you can code it to stay put, that would be a big help.