How to use the EAYRS family website

The site contains Family Cards, detailed Person Sheets and graphical ancestor Trees. 

Many blue names and small symbols are clickable.

Start here

Open the family tree

Opening page and navigation menu
  1. Choose Search when you know part of a name.
  2. Choose Surnames to browse by family name.
  3. Choose Index to browse individual people alphabetically.
  4. Use your browser’s Back button to retrace your route.

Find someone

Search box with matching records

Results appear while you type. Enter a surname, a forename, both names, or a Reunion record number. Use the dates to distinguish people who share the same name. Select the X to close Search.

Family Card

Annotated Family Card
  1. Parents are at the top.
  2. Select a main name for that person’s Person Sheet.
  3. Select the small tree symbol for that person’s Tree.
  4. Select another spouse number to see the Family Card for that relationship.
  5. Select a child to move forward to the child’s Family Card.

Person Sheet

Annotated Person Sheet

This page gives the fuller individual record: dates, places, parents, spouses, children and record number. Names link to other Person Sheets. Choose Family in the top menu to return to the related Family Card.

Ancestor Tree

Annotated ancestor Tree

The selected person is on the left and earlier generations extend to the right. Select a name to open that person’s Family Card. On a wide screen, more generations are visible.

The hidden spouse-and-children list

Tree with spouse and children list open

Select the small down-arrow after wording such as “2 spouses 4 children”. A panel opens with spouses and children; selecting a name redraws the Tree around that person.

Phone or tablet

Mobile menu open

Tap the three horizontal lines at the upper right to open the menu. Rotate the device to landscape to reveal more of the Tree. Tap directly on blue names or small symbols.

Privacy and accuracy

Living people born after 1925 may appear as Confidential, Male or Confidential, Female. Some facts are well documented and others remain provisional, so use the website as a guide to research rather than proof by itself.

Corrections and additions: email martin@eayrs.com. Include the person’s name, record number where visible, the proposed correction and its source.