When doing genealogical research, we are generally looking for information that can be categorized into events – birth, baptism, education, marriage, occupation, death, burial, probate, etc. For this reason, the Genealogical NoteTaker program is oriented around the events in the life of one or more people (marriage, divorce, etc. will involve two parties, but most events only one). There are separate files for events, people (male and female are in one file, but are handled separately in all but person data entry), sources, repositories (where each source can be found), and notes. The main file is the Note file and it links to the Source, Event, and Person files. This allows for changes or corrections to be made in any one file and be updated throughout the entire system simultaneously.