1. A computer-implemented method for extracting personal information from a family history document, comprising: applying optical character recognition (OCR) to a digital image of a family history document to create an OCR copy; identifying a person's name in the digital image; extracting name data from the OCR copy representing the name; confirming accuracy of the extracted name data; publishing the extracted name data in a searchable format; identifying a family relationship indicator corresponding to the identified person's name in the digital image, and extracting relationship data from the OCR copy representing the family relationship indicator.
1. A computer-implemented method for extracting personal information from a family history document, comprising: applying optical character recognition (OCR) to a digital image of a family history document to create an OCR copy; identifying a person's name in the digital image; extracting name data from the OCR copy representing the name; confirming accuracy of the extracted name data; publishing the extracted name data in a searchable format; identifying a family relationship indicator corresponding to the identified person's name in the digital image, and extracting relationship data from the OCR copy representing the family relationship indicator. 7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising comparing the person's name with a database of names to assess correct spelling of the person's name, wherein the names in the database are organized by at least one of a historical time period, a gender, and a location.