Generate Sosa numbers (SL)

This functionality makes it possible to manage the genealogical numbering of individuals in a genealogy.

The possible numberings are the Sosa-Stradonitz, d'Aboville, and Sosa-d'Aboville numberings.

In genealogy, these numberings make it possible to easily identify, for a given individual (the "De Cujus"Cujus"), his ascendants (Sosa), his descendants (d'Aboville) or both (Sosa-d'Aboville).

The term De Cujus comes from the Latin expression whose entire formula is "Is de cujus successione agitur" and designates that of the succession of which we are debating.

The term Sosa-Stradonitz refers to two famous genealogists: on the one hand Jérôme de Sosa, a Spanish Franciscan monk, who in 1676 used this system (invented, it seems, by Michel Eyzinger at the end of the 16th century), on the other hand Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz, who, from the end of the 19th century, took up and popularized the system advocated by Sosa.

The numbering of Aboville owes its name to the genealogist Jacques d'Aboville (1919-1979) who is at the origin.

The Sosa-d'Aboville numbering is an Ancestris invention and combines the two previous numberings.

Several numberings can coexist at the same time in the same genealogy. The tool allows you to add and remove them as you wish.

It is also possible to maintain dynamic numbering each time an individual is created or deleted. We do not recommend this possibility on large genealogies because it is both unhelpful and resource intensive.

Description

From a reference individual, the Sosa numbering is carried out going back in the direction of the past. It is generally accompanied by a numbering of the generations.

De cujus

The de cujus is the individual taken as a reference in the Sosa numbering, the one who receives the number 1, and which is also called root.

1. In Ancestris, do not confuse the root Sosa (ie the de cujus)cujus) with the root of the dynamic tree. Indeed, the fact of changing root in the dynamic tree does not modify either the choice of de cujus nor the Sosa numbering which results from it.
2. The de cujus “Sosa” should not be confused with the de cujus of the Aboville numbering, which is the common ancestor from which this other numbering originates.

To come back to the de cujus "Sosa", this one is freely chosen by the genealogist, who, most often, quite naturally attributes himself to this number 1. But nothing stands in the way of any other choice: his spouse, his daughter , his great-grandson, etc. The younger the person chosen as the de cujus, the more likely the individuals to carry a Sosa number are. And anyway, in Ancestris, this choice is not definitive: as we will see, the application indeed makes it possible to change of cujus easily and instantly.

Numbering principle

The numbering principle is simple: regardless of the individual taken into consideration, his father's number is equal to double his, and his mother's number to double plus a unit (in other words, his mother is equal to her father's number plus one).

• Example. An individual has the number Sosa 14. Therefore, his father has the number 28 (ie 14 * 2) and his mother the number 29 (ie (14 * 2) + 1).

With the exception of the de cujus (whose sex can be either male or female), all even numbers designate men, therefore, fathers (even = father), while the odd numbers, women, therefore, mothers (iMpair = Mother).

• Example. Number 15891 designates a woman, while number 59948 designates a man.

The two members of the same parent couple (the same family, in the sense that this word takes in a Gedcom file), respectively bear two consecutive numbers, the even for the husband (the father), the odd one who immediately succeeds him. , for the wife (mother).

• Example. The numbers 6 and 7 represent the maternal grandparents of the de cujus, namely: the father (6) and mother (7) of the mother (3) of the de cujus (1).

Generation indication

The custom is that each generation (or each degree of ancestry) is calculated and numbered from the de cujus: the latter constitutes the first generation, his parents, the second generation, his grandparents, the third, etc.

Thus, for each generation, the smallest number is the same as the theoretical number of this generation.

• The smallest Sosa number of the first generation is 1: this generation therefore includes only one individual, the 1 (the de cujus)
• The smallest Sosa number of the second generation is 2: this generation therefore includes two individuals, the 2 and the 3 (i.e. the two parents of the de cujus)
• The smallest Sosa number of the third generation is 4: this generation therefore includes four individuals, the 4, the 5, the 6 and the 7 (i.e. the four grandparents of the de cujus)
• The smallest Sosa number of the fourth generation is 8: this generation therefore includes eight individuals, the 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 (i.e. the eight great-great parents of the de cujus)
• Etc.

The Sosa numbering and this method of calculating generations therefore produce an ascending tree always having the same structure: an individual in the first generation (the de cujus), two in the second (both parents of the de cujus), four in the third (the four grandparents of the de cujus), eight to the fourth (the eight great-grandparents of the de cujus), and so on.

When Ancestris displays the Sosa number, it also displays after it, the generation number calculated in this way.

• Example. Paternal grandfather of paternal grandfather: Sosa 16 (Gen 5).

Sosa and Ancestris

Nowadays, the computerization of genealogical research has made the Sosa system much less essential: indeed, genealogy software worthy of the name is obviously capable of managing, in an automated and secure manner, the various links between individuals of 'a single file, without any recourse to this numbering method.

For this reason, the Gedcom standard has not provided for any particular label to indicate the Sosa number.

However, as this numbering system is still very popular among genealogists, Ancestris can perfectly take it into account. For this, the numbering must have been generated. It is under these two conditions that certain views will display the Sosa number of each individual.

To indicate the Sosa number, Ancestris uses a special label starting with the character "_" (underlined): the _SOSA label, which indicates the Sosa number, followed by the generation number of the individual concerned.

Sosa numbering generation

Display the individual destined to become Sosa number 1 and open the Contextual Menu (right click).

Another alternative: go to the Edit menu and select Number Sosa individuals.

• For example, from the Table of entities, right-click on the future of cujus. Choose the Manage Sosa d'Aboville numbering command.

The Sosa / d'Aboville numbering options panel which is displayed then allows you to adjust certain parameters (selection of the desired numbering type, choice of patient, etc.), then to start the treatment.

When a direct ancestor of number 1 is added to the genealogy file, their Sosa number is not automatically displayed. In this case, the process should be redone in order to generate a new numbering which will take into account the newly registered individual.

Likewise, when the user decides to modify his Sosa number 1, he must once again follow this process from the newly chosen de cujus.

 

D'Aboville numbering

In genealogy, the Aboville numbering designates a method of numbering all the direct descendants of an individual taken as a reference.

Overview

From a reference individual, the numbering of Aboville is carried out in descending, that is to say in the direction of the present.

De cujus

In the numbering of Aboville, the de cujus is the individual taken as a reference, in other words, the common ancestor from which this numbering starts. It is assigned the number 1.

Numbering principle

An Aboville number is made up of several numerical elements separated by dots, the first element (or prefix) relating to the de cujus, the last (the one on the right), to the individual himself.

It is for this reason that the de cujus number contains only one element: the number 1, the latter possibly being accompanied by a letter (1a, 1b, 1c, etc.)

Apart from the de cujus, each individual destined to receive an Aboville number is necessarily a direct descendant of this de cujus. The number of each of these descendants always includes:

• first of all the Aboville number of its immediate parent (the father or mother of this individual)
• then the birth order number of this individual, within the siblings to which he belongs

Examples.

• 1.1 means the first child of the de cujus
• 1.2 means the second child of the de cujus
• 1.3 means the third child of the de cujus, etc.
  
• 1.1.1 means the first child of the eldest of the de cujus
• 1.1.2 means the second child of the eldest of the de cujus
• 1.1.3 means the third child of the eldest of the de cujus, etc.
  
• 1.2.1 means the eldest child of the de cujus's second child, etc.
  
• 1.4.2.1 means the eldest child of the second child of the de cujus's fourth child, etc.

When an individual "from Aboville" (a descendant or the de cujus himself) is part of several families (in the event of remarriage, for example), the numerical element which represents him is accompanied by a lowercase letter. following the chronological order of these different families: a for the first family, b for the second, c for the third, etc.

Examples.

• 1b.3 means the third child (from a second marriage) of de cujus
• 1.3a.2 means the second child (from a first marriage) of the third child de cujus, etc.

Generation count

If the Aboville numbering is unable to indicate the sex of the individuals (unlike the Sosa numbering), it does, however, make it possible to know the generation to which the individual considered belongs thanks to a rapid calculation. It is in fact the number of digital elements contained in the number of an individual which indicates the number of generations separating this individual from the de cujus (including the extreme generations, that of the de cujus and that of the individual).

Examples.

• 1.3 means 2 generations
• 1.2.1 means 3 generations
• 1.5a.2.3 means 4 generations
• 1.3.2.4b.2 means 5 generations

D'Aboville and Ancestris

Nowadays, the computerization of genealogical research has made numbering systems (from Aboville or other) much less essential: indeed, genealogy software worthy of the name is obviously capable of managing, in an automated and secure manner. , the different links between individuals in the same file, without the slightest recourse to these numbering methods.

For this reason, the Gedcom standard has not provided for any particular label to indicate the Aboville number.

However, as this numbering system is still very popular among genealogists, Ancestris can perfectly take it into account. For this, the numbering must have been generated.

To indicate the Aboville number, Ancestris uses the _DABOVILLE tag.

Generation of the Aboville numbering

Once the plugin is installed, it is advisable to generate the Aboville numbering by choosing the appropriate command in the Contextual menu: Manage the Sosa d'Aboville numbering.

The Sosa-d'Aboville numbering options panel which is displayed then allows you to adjust certain parameters (selection of the desired numbering type, choice of patient, etc.), then to start the numbering.

 

Sosa-d'Aboville numbering

As the name suggests, the alternative numbering Sosa-d'Aboville is a hybrid of the two systems Sosa and d'Aboville. It allows to number all the individuals having common genes with the de cujus, while maintaining a distinction between, on the one hand the direct ancestors (the "Sosa"), and on the other hand the collaterals (brothers, cousins, small -cousins, etc.)

From a de cujus "Sosa", the Sosa-d'Aboville method generates a double numbering.

1. Each direct ancestor of the de cujus (each individual "Sosa"), receives a classic Sosa number.

2. Each “non-Sosa” individual descending from a “Sosa” ancestor receives an “Aboville” type number, generated from the closest Sosa ascendant. The prefix (the first numeric element) of this particular number is not 1 (as in the “strict” Aboville numbering), but the number of the nearest Sosa. This is how among the children of Sosa 6, we will find, the Sosa 3 (the mother of the de cujus), but also the numbers 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, etc. (the brothers and sisters of the de cujus).

Example: the number 4-1.2 corresponds to a cousin or cousin of the de cujus on the paternal side, in other words the second child of his uncle and aunt.

The property associated with this numbering uses the _SOSADABOVILLE label.