The use of genealogical programs in historical demography. Case study: the manor Škvorec at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Abstract

The article focuses on the possible uses of genealogical computer programs in historical-demographical studies. It describes the user interface of selected genealogical program Ihiksoft Lineage 4.0 and its advantages for the use of methods of historical demography.

At the end there are presented the results of the case study of the manor Škvorec, where the method of the reconstruction of families was applied precisely using this genealogical program.

Keywords

• use
• genealogical
• programs
• historical
• demography
• Case
• study
• manor
• Škvorec
• turn
• eighteenth
• nineteenth
• centuries