It's a Family Thing

To think that the entire human family is connected into one gigantic tree is mind-boggling. Everyone of us is a leaf on that tree, and we all fit perfectly onto one of its branches. Finding our place in the tree certainly isn't a trivial task, but tools like New Family Search help make it possible.  In my software engineering class we are seeking to simplify this process further with a project called the Twenty Minute Genealogist. Essentially, the project stems from this question: "If I had only 20 minutes in a week to do genealogy, what would software have to do for me to make that time effective?" I work on the iOS application, specifically the portion of the app that deals directly with the New Family Search servers. It can get pretty difficult and sometimes I just want to pull my hair out. Rough it may be, but developers like me work on tools like New Family Search and the Twenty Minute Genealogist with the hope that they will be used by our brothers and sisters to one day unite our human family together forever.