u/Illustrious-Prior181

Hi everyone,

I'm Afro-Cuban and African American, and over the past year I've been helping my mom as she researches African and Latin diasporas. We have discussed that a lot of genealogy software seems designed around fairly straightforward family trees, but Black genealogy often comes with unique challenges because of slavery, migration, name changes, missing records, and oral history.

I'm curious:

• What information do you wish genealogy software made easier to record or visualize?
• Is there part of your research that lives in other mediums because your genealogy software doesn't handle it well?
• Is there something you wish Ancestry, FamilySearch, or another genealogy platform could do that none of them currently does?

I'm interested in hearing about workflows and frustrations, even small annoyances are welcome.

Thank you in advance, I'd love to learn from people with more experience than I have.