Quality Markers Guidelines

• Acts as a placeholder / draft

• Secondary sources incl. other internet-based family trees. Non-primary (& tertiary) sources incl. genealogy books/resources paraphrasing or copying data w/o conducting independent research. Second-hand sourcing may be unverifiable to the general public but is put forward in good faith, e.g. family interview notes.

Meets minimum requirements for Biography structure. See Biographies.

• Provides clear evidence the person existed.
• Name is known in full or part (e.g. a woman whose last name at birth is unknown but who is known by her first name and/or last name of her spouse).
• Country and/or region where the person lived for some period is known.
• At least one source of good quality (not internet family trees) with citations sufficiently detailed/readily identifiable.
• If Birth Year is unknown then it should be estimated. See Estimated Dates.
• If Death Date is unknown then it need not be estimated.

Biographical Content: follows Styles and Standards Guidelines.

• While there may be a significant omission (such as names of parents are unknown), other key data are available.
• There may be limited primary sources and hence more reliance on secondary sources and/or sources of moderate quality.
• In-line citations: preferred but optional.

A thorough 3-Star profile will have:

• All data fields completed with relevant project-specific requirements, and with evidence sourced in the Biography.
• Name fields are in accordance with relevant regional/project guidelines, if any.
• Location data fields indicate known locality, area, country and/or region.
• 'Certain/uncertain/confidence' buttons are used for father, mother, marriage data; all others preferred but optional.
• Biographical content includes:
  • At least one parent identified.
  • Evidence for Birth/Baptism or a reasonable approximation of birth year.
  • All known marriages listed.
  • All known children listed.
  • Evidence for Death/Burial or a reasonable approximation of a year of death.
• A Research Notes Section is still optional; however, if there are conflicts in the evidence, discussion notes say why conclusions appear reasonable.
• Sources and Citations: Good use of primary sources:
  • No absolute reliance for any key data on sources of moderate or poor quality.
  • No use at all of internet family trees as sources.
  • In-line citations used throughout.
  • All citations are sufficiently detailed for the sources to be readily identifiable.
  • Source links are highly preferred but optional.
  • ‘Source List’ [i.e. a separate list to those listed under 'References'] and ‘See also’ section is optional.
• Categories preferred, but optional.
• Images, if used, are relevant, sourced, and have no copyright issues.
• Quality: Use of Checking Tools:
  • Current Suggestions indicate no issues.
  • 'Suggestions' marked false have been reasonably marked.
  • ‘BioCheck’ findings indicate no issues.