Assertion and conclusion
Every assertion gets its information and evidence type – primary or secondary, direct or indirect.
Proof standard
What the source says and what you conclude are two things
Mimir keeps each source's assertions apart from your conclusion. Conflicting information stands side by side until you have reasoned it out – and the reasoning becomes part of the tree.
Six statuses, never embellished
The status is derived from the sources and your evaluation – never stored on its own, so it can never be left wrong.
- Unsourced
- No source supports the fact yet.
- Sourced
- At least one source supports it.
- Confirmed
- Two independent sources support it. Family tradition counts only once.
- Proven
- You have concluded, with a proof argument.
- Disputed
- A source says otherwise.
- Disproven
- You have concluded the fact is wrong.
The tools
Citation templates per kind of source
Parish registers, censuses, probate, mortgage registers, court records, emigration records, local histories and newspapers – each with the fields it needs.
Research log and tasks
Where you looked, what you did not find, and what comes next – per person and for the tree.
Proof argument
Write the reasoning behind a conclusion, with the sources it rests on – while the evidence is still being weighed, or once you have concluded.
Oral sources weighed rightly
An oral account is weighed by how the informant knows it – were they there, or did they hear it from someone?
No lock-in
The whole tree out at any time: GEDCOM 5.5.1 or 7, GEDZIP with the photos, or Mimir's documented lossless JSON format.
Privacy you can stand behind
Living persons are filtered on the server, in exports and search too. Data is stored in Norway, and nothing is shared with third parties.