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Imagine some software which could intuitively help you record and manage your history research...

Imagine no more.

Meet Name & Place.

Discover the features you need to run your research project.

Manage the records and sources

Manage your records and sources

Record all your research content in a structured and connected database. Link people, and the places they touch, through detailed facts and events, along with the source document, the reason these elements exist in your research.

More about records and sources

Build up your project in layers, with each new source

Keep track of every single fact identified in your sources, from the most significant to the more trivial.

Name & Place integrated historical source data

Source-centric management

View facts and events from the person / place or the source.

Explore your project

From the highest level to each detail, examine each person and place, and how they interact with others over time.

Equal emphasis

Places are treated with equal importance to people, e.g., list all baptisms in a church as well as the record against each name.

Manage your census data

Data collection

Transcribe your records straight into Name & Place or use our import tools to bring in pre-transcribed files.

More about data collection

Logically input your records, either individually or as a collection.

Easy to use forms make data entry simple while the import tools enable you to load, for example, an entire census return in one go.

Managing census records in your database

Intelligent form input

Custom designed for each source, with places to store each fact, i.e., witnesses, executors and recipients of a will.

A suite of import tools

Making it easy for you to move your data to your Name & Place project, via various import methods.

Academic standards

Record your sources to full academic standards, with detailed referencing and accurate citations.

Analyse your history research data

Analyse your data

Identify trends and outcomes from your project research in a tabular reporting or graphical form.

More about data analysis

Gain a truly holistic view of your research over time.

Select a record source or a grouping of facts and events to view in a clear visual format.

Analyse your population trends and other historical data

Navigate through the analysis

Click on a category to drill down through the data, to the individual person, fact or event.

Find paths to further research

See trends and anomolies, which generate questions as well as answers, i.e., why a population movement occurred or how occupations changed.

Map your historical data over time

Manage places

Record each place an event or fact occurred, opening a world of mapping and analysis.

More about places

Identify the places that life occurred.

Detailed geocoding for each place, with a hierarchy to group into streets, villages, parishes and more.

Pin each event and fact to its place on a map

Pin each event and fact to its place

From births, to residences, to places of work, each moment in your project is captured.

Design a hierarchy for each place

Places great or small are recorded within a hierachy, i.e., a house on a street, a gravestone in a churchyard.

Navigate your project through maps

Analyse how facts and events interact and change over time through the interactive maps.

Share your history research data findings

Share your research

Make selected information public through your dedicated project website or data exports.

More about sharing

Promote your project

Take advantage of the global reach of the internet to find interested parties or communicate findings to fellow researchers.

Share your research with an included project website

A website for your project

Add narrative about your research, with a gallery of images, in a dedicated project website.

Connect with other researchers

A website contact form for others to get in touch with you.

Store your one-place or one-name study data

Designed for your needs

A data structure designed with the flexibility to accommodate your project's specific requirements.

More about the data design

A genuine one size fits all approach

The unique interaction of people to places and sources provides the building blocks upon which to develop your project.

Detail all the occupations and the industries in your research

Studies of a place

Research of a single village over time and the people who came and went.

Studies of a name

Encompassing a single surname project (one-name study and tracking DNA results) or heraldry research.

House histories

Examining the life of the bricks and mortar and how the property evolved over time in its place.

Local history studies

Delve into a study of a churchyard, factory, school, war memorial or ship (places can move).

Manage your research project in a dedicated cloud software environment

A cloud solution

Manage your research project in a dedicated cloud software environment.

More about the cloud

Access to your research from anywhere, at any time.

Name & Place uses the latest web technologies to provide a high quality database solution with analytical tools.

The latest web technologies to provide a high quality history research database solution with analytical tools.

Device independent

Works on any computer, tablet or phone.

Secure data storage and backup

Business class computing power gives you all the advantages without the worry.

Web publishing

Publish real-time updates to your free project website.

Automatic software updates

Regular new features and enhancements, as well as keeping the technology up to date.

Our ongoing support

You receive our full support, whether that is technical help or you simply need some advice in managing your project.

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