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glx summary

Show a comprehensive profile for a person

Synopsis

Display a full summary of a person including identity, vital events, life events, family relationships, other relationships, and an auto-generated life history narrative.

The person can be specified by exact ID (e.g., "person-abc123") or by name substring (case-insensitive). If multiple persons match, all matches are listed for disambiguation.

Sections displayed:

  • Identity: name, sex, alternate names (birth, married, maiden, AKA, etc.)
  • Vital Events: birth, christening, death, burial
  • Life Events: census, immigration, naturalization, military service, etc.
  • Family: spouse(s) with marriage info, parents, siblings
  • Relationships: godparent, neighbor, household, employment, etc.
  • Life History: auto-generated biographical narrative
glx summary <person> [flags]

Examples

  # Summary by person ID
  glx summary person-abc123

  # Summary by name search
  glx summary "Jane Webb"

  # Summary in a specific archive
  glx summary "John Smith" --archive my-family-archive

Options

  -a, --archive string   Archive path (directory or single file) (default ".")
  -h, --help             help for summary

SEE ALSO

  • glx - GENEALOGIX CLI - Manage and validate genealogy archives

Licensed under Apache License 2.0