Person ID: The Person ID must be unique and should consist of an upper case "I" followed by a number (no more than 9 digits). An available, unique ID will be supplied when the page is first displayed and whenever a different tree is selected, but you may enter your own ID if desired. To check if the ID you have entered is unique, click Check. A small pop-up window will tell you if the ID is in use or not. To automatically generate a new unique ID, click Generate. This will locate the highest number in your database and add 1. A small window may briefly appear and disappear. To ensure that the displayed ID is not claimed by another user before you can save your record, click Lock. NOTE: If you are using this software in conjunction with a PC/Mac-based genealogy program which also creates IDs for new individuals, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that keep all IDs in sync between the two programs at all times. Failure to do this may result in collisions and may also cause your photo, history and headstone links to become unusable. If your desktop program creates IDs that do not conform to traditional standards (for example, the "I" is at the end, not the beginning), you can edit the "prefixes.php" file that came with TNG to change the convention TNG uses to match this.

Branch: If Branches exist and you are not assigned to a particular branch, you may elect to assign this individual to one or more of the existing branches. This will limit access to this person's data to users with sufficient permissions.

Names: Enter the individual's first and/or last name. If you have elected to support surname prefixes as a separate entity (so the prefixes are ignored during sorting), enter the prefix portion in the box labeled Surname Prefix. If this box is not visible, go to the Setup/General Settings and check the option to use surname prefixes.

General Individual: To add notes or sources to the individual in general, click the buttons next to this label.

Living: If this person is alive, and if you wish to restrict access to this person's data to users who are logged in with sufficient privileges, check this box.

Dates: When the full date is known, always enter it in the standard genealogical format, DD MMM YYYY (for example, 18 Feb 2003).

Places: List place information from local to general, separating each locality by a comma (for example, "Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA"), or select an existing place name by clicking Find.

More: Additional information may be entered for many events. Where more information for an event already exists, this is indicated by an asterisk (*).

Notes: Notes may be linked to individual events (existing records only). Multiple notes can be associated with any given event. To create a note for an event, click on the Notes button next to the event. Existing notes are indicated by an asterisk (*). For further information, see the Help link on the Notes page.

Sources: Sources may be linked to individual events (existing records only) by creating citations. Multiple citations can be associated with any given event. To create a citation for a source and link it to an event, click on the Sources button next to the event. Existing citations are indicated by an asterisk (*). For further information, see the Help link on the Citations page.

Other Events: Use the buttons below the Other Events box to add, edit or delete non-standard events. The order in which the events are displayed is determined by date (if applicable), and by the event types' assigned priority. This priority may be changed when editing the event types. NOTES: Changes made here are written to the database as they are made, meaning that they are already saved before you save the rest of the Existing Person information.

Parents: Edit the family where the current individual is listed as a child by clicking on the family ID link associated with any set of parents. To edit the individual information for either parent, click on the parent's name. Indicate a relationship between the individual and this set of parents by choosing from the dropdown list (optional). To change the order in which multiple parent sets are displayed, enter numbers in the appropriate boxes. To remove the current individual as a child in this family, check the box next to Unlink current individual as child.

Spouses: Edit the family where the current individual is listed as a spouse by clicking on the family ID link associated with that spouse. To edit the individual information for a spouse, click on the spouse's name. To change the order in which multiple marriages are displayed, enter numbers in the appropriate boxes. To remove the current individual as a spouse in this family, check the box next to Unlink current individual as spouse.