Sharing Events





GEDCOM events can be shared with other persons.
Shared events are marked with a
Shared events are helpful for census and residence records.


Right Click  to add the  Owner  column to the event table.
The  Owner  column shows the owner of the event and who the event is shared with.

Augean.com Events tab showing how to add an Owner column via the right-click menu. This displays shared event participants, helping genealogists track household members in census records without duplicate data entry.




Edit the event and select  Shared With 
Select to add a person to the event.
Select the person and
After adding the person to the event, edit the  Role  and add a  Note .

Augean.com Edit Census dialog displaying the Shared With tab and Add to Event pop-up. Genealogists can use checkboxes to quickly link family members to a single historical record and assign roles, ensuring consistent family tree data.




The shared events are viewable in the  GEDCOM  and the  Persons 

GEDCOM and Persons tabs in augean.com showing raw data for shared links nested under a census event. This helps researchers verify how shared household records are structured and centralized within their family history database.




The  census  event is now shared with multiple persons.

Harry Sitch ⟶ Mine               Displays the  census  event in Harry Sitch.
Vera Sitch ⟶ SharedDisplays the  census  event for his sister Vera Sitch.

 If the event doesn't show in the event stream, make sure Shared is selected.

Comparison of augean.com event windows using Mine and Shared timeline filters. Genealogists can see how a centralized census event owned by one person seamlessly appears in a relative's timeline, saving time and preventing redundant entries.



 The  Extended  event stream always shows the events of family members even if the event was not shared with them.
Hence, if we prefer not to share an event, just use the  Extended  event stream for the sibling, which will always show the census records that belong to other siblings and family.
In this example, the extended event stream for Vera Sitch, shows the census event originally recorded under Harry Sitch.
(and would continue to show this event, even if it had not been shared)

Augean.com Events tab with the Extended filter active. This helps family historians by automatically displaying extended family events, like a sibling's census record, providing broader historical context within an individual's timeline.