| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Language | You can configure Omega for foreign language evaluations: German, French, Portuguese and US English are supported. |
| Show signature | Determines whether a person's signature is displayed or not. |
| Show Kekulé numbers | Determines whether a person's Kekulé numbers are issued or not. Kekulé numbers are preceded by a # symbol. |
| Shorten the names of linked people | This feature identifies individuals who appear under their own number in numbered evaluation forms with significantly abbreviated information in cross-references. This saves space and avoids unnecessary repetition. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Show religion | Determines whether a person's religion is displayed or not. |
| Standard religion | Only relevant if "Show Religion" is enabled. The religion of a person belonging to the default religion will not be displayed. This is useful, for example, when creating a local family register for a place where the vast majority of people belong to a single religion. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Placement of sponsors | If no sponsorships are assigned, no sponsors will be issued. When entering data in the parent block, the sponsors of a person in the parent block of a family block are displayed if the person appears there as a participant or partner. If the person also appears in another family block as a child in the child block, the sponsors in that child block are not displayed. When entering information in the child block, sponsors are listed after the child's name and vital statistics in the child block of a family block. If the person also appears in another family block in the parent block as a participant or partner, the sponsors are not listed there. The setting in the footer is the same as the setting in the children's section , except that the sponsors are not displayed directly with the child but summarized for all children one after the other in the footer behind the children's section. If a setting other than "none" is selected, the following applies: If a person appears only in a parent block and not in a child block, their godparents will be displayed in the parent block regardless of the setting selected here. If a person appears only in a child block and not in a parent block, the child will be displayed in that child block if the settings are set to "Child Block" or "Parent Block ," and in the footer block below that child block if the setting is set to "Footer Block." |
| Sponsorship position | Choose whether the godparents should be listed on a separate line or on the same line as the baptism information. If the children's biographical data is listed on two lines, the godparents will always appear on a separate line, regardless of this setting. If the setting is selected in a row containing "Baptism," the child's marriage cannot also be displayed in the same row. With "Output Children Block | Partners in Children Block" enabled, the partners will always be displayed on a new row. |
| Distance before / % | The vertical spacing before the parentheses grouped into a single line when output in the footer, expressed as a percentage of the standard line height. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Full life events | When this option is enabled, all life events recorded for a person are displayed. When this option is disabled, the program decides which of the two life events in the event pairs */˜, †/□, and S⚭/K⚭ is displayed (see Merging Life Events ). This setting applies to all text-based evaluation formats. For pedigree charts, this can be configured separately under Evaluation Formats | Pedigree Chart . |
| symbol of death | For individuals of Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist faiths, an alternative death symbol can optionally be used for the death event in the evaluations. |
| Source separator | When life events are merged, the source information for those events is also merged. The default separator / can be replaced with a different string. Use quotation marks around the source separator. For example: "; " for a semicolon followed by a space. |
| No symbol for marriages before | Before this year, the symbol for church weddings will be discontinued (see special features of marriage symbols ). |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated places | When this option is enabled, the reports will display the abbreviations for places stored in the location database . These abbreviations appear in the abbreviation directory . |
| Show "resident" | Places from the place field ( Orte: on the index card ) are preceded by the text wohnhaft . |
| Mark the parents' locations | When this option is enabled, symbols or an asterisk are placed before the location information for parents to determine the origin of the location. |
| Summarize parents' locations | When this option is enabled, matching location information for both parents is grouped together and placed after the two parents with beide ... . |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| List of members | With numbered evaluation forms, it is optional to list either all or only the numbered persons in a newly created list of persons . |
| Distance by family block / % | The vertical spacing after a family block, expressed as a percentage of the standard row height. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| method | Data protection can be switched off or on using either personal or event-based methods. |
| Exclude signatures | Specifying the signature scheme for persons who are excluded from data protection. |
| Data protection via | The reference date for data protection purposes is generally the planned publication date of the analysis. The years from birth, marriage, or death specified below are subtracted from this reference date to obtain the date from which each birth, marriage, or death is subject to data protection. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Data protection level | Setting the level of data protection for personal data. |
| Years from birth | Time period that determines whether data protection applies if no date of death is specified. |
| Years after death | Time period that determines whether data protection applies. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Data protection level | Setting the level of data protection for event-related data protection. |
| Years from birth | Birth and baptismal dates that are the specified number of years or less before the reference date for data protection are subject to data protection. |
| Years from marriage | Marriage dates that are a specified number of years or less before the reference date for data protection are subject to data protection. |
| Years after death | Death or burial dates that are the specified number of years or less before the reference date for data protection are subject to data protection. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Start with number | Setting which number is used to start the running numbering of the family blocks in a numbered evaluation . |
| Minimum number of positions | Specifies the minimum number of decimal places for a number. Shorter numbers are padded with zeros on the left. Example: with setting 5, the number 278 is output as 00278 . |
| Separator | Cross-references in numbered reports appear as numbers in angle brackets, separated by the string specified here. Enclose the string in quotation marks. Example: |
| Big numbers | Configures whether numbers before the person in the parent block and in cross-references are displayed in bold in numbered reports . |
| Minimum number of positions | Specifies the minimum number of decimal places for a number. Shorter numbers are padded with zeros on the left. Example: with setting 5, the number 278 is output as |
| Placement of the number | In numbered reports, a sequential number precedes the family block. This setting determines whether this number is indented to the left of the family block ( indented ), flush with the text flow ( flush ), or placed on its own line before the family block ( extra line ). |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| type | The standard approach in genealogy focuses on the male line ( paternal setting). You can orient the analyses towards the female line by selecting the maternal setting. This only applies to the following analyses: pedigree, pedigree chart, and extended pedigree chart. |
| Multiple ancestor references | Specifies how multiple ancestors should be displayed. Generally, multiple ancestors are only displayed once. With the "First occurrence" setting, a reference to the number under which the multiple ancestor would appear again is added under the lowest number under which the multiple ancestor would appear again. With the "All occurrences" setting, a reference to the number under which the multiple ancestor would appear again is added under every number under which the multiple ancestor would appear again. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Full life events | When this option is enabled, all life events recorded for a person are displayed. When this option is disabled, the program decides which of the two life events in the event pairs */˜, †/□, and S⚭/K⚭ is displayed (see Merging Life Events ). This setting applies to pedigree charts. For all text-based evaluation formats, this can be configured separately under General | Life Events . |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| algorithm | Defines the selection rules according to which individuals establish their own family block in a local family register . Its use is described here . |
| Include signatures | Signature scheme that determines which persons are included in a local family register . Its use is described here . |
| Exclude signatures | Signature scheme that determines which persons are listed with reduced information in a local family register . Its use is described here . |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| List view | When selecting " One line," the list displays each person's name, dates of birth and death, and all spouses, separated by commas, on a single line. When selecting " Multiple lines, separated by tabs ," each person's name, dates of birth and death, and spouses are separated by tabs, with each marriage starting with the second marriage listed on a new line in the third column. Selecting " Marriages in separate lines" displays all marriages on separate lines. In this last case, L1 should be set to L1= 10.0 and L2= 80.0 . |
| Show all surnames | Displays either all or only the first last name of a person in a list . |
| Show alias | Determines whether the alias information is displayed in a list or not. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Header text | Enable or disable header text. A distinction is made between a short, single-line header and a long, multi-line header. The short header is displayed via pedigree chart analyses, while the long header is displayed via all other analysis methods. |
| Short header text | Selection and editing of the file containing the short header text. The strings Ensure that the single-line header text truly consists of only one line. You should only change the filename if you intend to use varying header texts. |
| Long header text | As before, for the long header text. For multi-line header text, a few blank lines can be appended to the end to create additional space between the header text and the following text during evaluations. |
| Description | Turn the output of the description of the file from which the evaluation is generated on or off. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| + symbols replace | This feature recognizes and replaces plus symbols in text fields and documents with the special character for deceased in reports. The symbols for buried and married are always replaced with their corresponding special characters. This setting should be deactivated, for example, if the plus sign (+) has been predominantly used for the cross as a hand gesture. |
| Show sources | Determines whether or not source citations are displayed. Sources are preceded by the text Q.: . |
| Show document 1 | Determines whether document 1 is displayed in the running text, as a footnote in the footer of a family block, as an endnote in the endnotes list, or not at all. |
| Show document 2 | as before, for document 2 |
| Show annotation for people | Decides whether notes on persons ( Anm.: on the index card ) are included in the running text, as a footnote in the footer of a family block, or not displayed at all. |
| Show annotation for marriages | as before, for the comments on the marriages |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bold footnote numbers | Mark footnote numbering in the footer block in bold. This does not apply to references to footnotes following the names in the parent or child footer blocks, which are always marked in normal type. |
| Footnote separator | Footnotes in the footer should either be separated by new lines or grouped together one after the other, separated by spaces . |
| Distance before / % | The vertical spacing before the first footnote in the footer, expressed as a percentage of the standard line height. |
| Distance between / % | The vertical spacing between footnotes in the footer as a percentage of the standard line height, when they are separated by line. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bold endnote numbers | Endnote numbering in the endnote list should be displayed in bold. This does not apply to references to endnotes following individuals in the parent or child sections, which are always displayed in normal font. |
| Distance between / % | The vertical spacing between endnotes as a percentage of the standard line height. |
Kinder aus 2. Ehe or Kinder * Adorf ,Anmerkung(en): above the footer| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| born/died | Decides whether life data is displayed in one or two lines in the parent block. |
| Marriage layout | When set to two lines, the note about the marriage appears after the date and place of the marriage; when set to three lines, it appears on a separate line below. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Linked parents | This setting applies to numbered reports . This applies to the parents of the subject or their spouses in the parent block of the family block, if these parents themselves are listed as subjects or spouses in another family block. In this case, either only the cross-reference ( Cross-reference only ) to the parents is displayed, or additionally the names of the parents ( Cross-reference and name ), or the names of the parents and all their places of residence ( Cross-reference, name, places of residence ), or the names, a place of residence and all occupations of the parents ( Cross-reference, name, place, occupations ), or the names, all places of residence and all occupations of the parents ( Cross-reference, name, places, occupations ). |
| Unrelated parents | This setting applies to all evaluation formats. However, in numbered evaluations, it only affects the parents of the participant or their spouses in the parent block of the family block, if these parents themselves are not listed as participants or spouses in another family block. With the "Name Only" setting, only the parents' names are displayed. With "Name, Places of Residence ," the parents' names and all places of residence are displayed. With "Name, Place, Occupations," the parents' names, one place of residence, and all occupations are displayed. With "Name, Places of Residence, Occupations," the parents' names, all places of residence, and all occupations are displayed. The "Complete Data" setting additionally displays all available information about the parents as supplementary information in the footer of the family block. |
| Parent placement | When set to "by name," a person's parents are displayed directly after their name in the parent block of a family block. When set to "at end ," the parents appear at the end, i.e., after all other data (birth, death, etc.) has been displayed. |
| Separate parents | Determines whether parental information ( Sv, Tv ) in the parent block of a family block is separated from the subject information by a comma or by a new line. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Linked partners | This setting applies to numbered reports . This concerns spouses and extramarital relationships of the subject or their spouses in the parent block of the family block, if these partners are themselves listed as subjects or partners in another family block. In this case, either the partner is not displayed at all ( do not display ) or only the cross-reference and the partner's name ( cross-reference and name ) or the partner's complete data ( complete data ) are displayed (see Special Features ). |
| Extramarital affairs | Indicates whether the subject's extramarital relationships are listed chronologically according to the birth date of the first child by that partner between marriages, or shown at the end after all spouses. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Distance before / % | The vertical spacing in front of the children's block, expressed as a percentage of the standard line height. |
| Alias in footnotes | The alias for unlinked children in the child block can optionally be displayed in the footnotes. This setting applies exclusively to the alias for a child in the child block who does not appear as a parent in another family block. For children who appear as a parent in another family block, the alias is not displayed when the child appears in the child block, but only when the child appears as a parent in the parent block. |
| born/died | Decides whether to output life data in the child block in one line with the name , in a new line below the name, or in two new lines below the name. |
| Numbering of the children | Set whether the children in the children's block are numbered with numbers or lowercase letters. |
| Summarize the children's origins | When this option is enabled, a single line appears above the children's block if all children were born or baptized in the same place. The birthplace or baptism location is then no longer shown for each individual child. |
| Numbering of the children | Set whether the children in the children's block are numbered with numbers or lowercase letters. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Show differing surnames | When this option is enabled, the children's block displays the surnames of children where at least one surname differs significantly from all surnames of the subject in the parents' block. |
| threshold | The difference between surnames is measured by the minimum number of insertions, deletions, and changes of letters required to transform a child's surname into a surname of the subject in the parent block (weighted Levenshtein distance). Surnames are recognized as different if this number is at least equal to the value set here. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Linked partners | In numbered reports, the child block initially displays no further information about a child other than birth/baptism. Each child then appears in a separate parent block under its own consecutive number. This option determines whether the year of marriage and the name of the child's spouse are also displayed in the child block, either on the same line as the child's first name or on a new line. |
| Unlinked partners | This option determines whether the marriages of children who do not appear in another parent block, especially in unnumbered evaluations, should be shown in one line , in two lines (date and place of marriage together with the note about the marriage separate from the name of the spouse) or in three lines (date and place of marriage, note about the marriage, and name of the spouse each separately). |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Reference to other children | Turns on or off the output of a reference to other children of the subject under a different number in numbered evaluations (see Special Features ). |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Distance before / % | The vertical distance in front of the footer block as a percentage of the standard line height. |
| Footer heading | Specifies whether the heading "Note(s):" above the footer is turned off or displayed in normal or bold format. |
| Distance from parents / % | The vertical spacing before and between the complete data of unlinked parents in the footer block, expressed as a percentage of the standard row height. |
| entry | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Show register | Decides whether the list of abbreviations is displayed or not. | |
| User-defined | Selection and editing of the file containing the user-defined abbreviations that should also appear in the abbreviation directory. Enter each entry on a separate line, containing the abbreviation and its full name, separated by a tab. Example: |
|
| Z.: | <TAB> | Witness(s): |
| Public Prosecutor's Office | <TAB> | Registry Office |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Show register | Decides whether the register of surnames will be issued or not. |
| Include lead names | Sets whether lead names are displayed in the register. |
| Fat Last Names | Set whether surnames are displayed in bold in the register. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Show register | Decides whether the register of first names will be issued or not. |
| Big first names | Sets whether first names are displayed in bold in the register. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Show register | Decides whether the register of professions and functions will be published or not. |
| Fat jobs | Sets whether professions and functions are displayed in bold in the register. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Show register | Decides whether the register of places will be published or not. |
| Fat places | Sets whether places in the register are displayed in bold. |
| entry | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Concise list of persons | Specifies that persons appear in the register without a place of residence. |
| Members - Show Register | Decides whether none, all, or only the numbered persons appearing in the evaluation should also be listed in a register of members of the evaluation. |
| Spouse - Show Register | Determines whether the register of spouses is displayed or not. Selecting "all spouses" means that all spouses are listed, while selecting "only foreign signatures" lists only those spouses whose signature does not match the specified signature scheme. |
| Spouses - with spouses | Spouses of individuals listed in the register of spouses can optionally be shown. In this case, the usual list of references is omitted, and instead, the spouse's number is shown after the respective spouse. |
| Multiple ancestors - Show register | Determines whether a register of multiple ancestors is output in the evaluation forms "ancestor list" and "extended ancestor list". |