Focus your research.

Problem: For whom should I search in the 1860 census?

Genelines helps by showing all those people who were alive when a given historical event occurred. The following example shows that everyone in the immediate family group should have been recorded in the 1860 census since their life bars all intersect with the occurrence of that event. Note that the life spans of the grandparents and children are estimated i.e. there are no recorded birth and death dates. These people would not have been revealed in a date search with your standard genealogy database program. However, because Genelines estimates their life spans it becomes very obvious that they were likely to be alive when the 1860 census was taken.