Timelines for Organizations
This feature is new to build 19. As I added organizations and jobs people were holding at these organizations I found it interesting to add more context by providing an organizational timeline. Separately we have timelines for people, places, and organizations, but I was looking for something different. Instead of a linear timeline, I wanted a parent line for an organization, that showed the start and end date of an organization. Then on separate graph lines, I want to see when people worked for that organization, identifying their occupation or role in the company. In the case of a military organization, it would provide their rank. I was finding multiple families working for the same company. So, determining their start and end date would show more family context. This can be challenging without company documents. One useful source I found was City Directories. At least for males, it tells me their occupation and company. As more city directories come online this becomes easier. For
