Getting Started
Basic SILKin Screen
Open/Create a Context
Add People/Unions
Detail Display
Terms of Reference/Address
Making Dyads
Multiple Kin Terms or None
Reserved Words & Characters
Restrictions on Names & Comments
Drawing and Editing Charts
Ego, Alter & Linking Kinsmen
Date Formats
Labeling Options for People
Editable vs Display-Only
Reshaping the Chart
Moving People & Unions
Deleting Relationships
Deleting People & Unions
Multiple Charts
Links Between Charts
Deleting Charts
Printing Charts
Context Editor
What Is A Context?
The Context Editor"
Deleted Records
User-Defined Properties
Editing A Domain Theory
Suggestions
Getting Suggestions
Act on Suggestions
Undo an Action
Editing Preferences
Preferences Control Learning
Ignorable Percent
Maximum Percent
Sub-Pattern Matches
Induction
Polygamy
Capturing Surnames and Birth Dates
Snap To Grid
Help for Adoptions
Save Interval
Kin Type Priorities
Fonts for Printing
Editing Definitions
Theory Editor Window Layout
What Is A Horn Clause?
Rules For Writing Horn Clauses
Pre-Defined Terms
Auxiliary Terms
Validating and Accepting Definitions
A Sample Session
Automatic Variable Generation
Editing Comments
Non-Genealogical Factors
Introduction
Adoption
Adoption Procedure
Clans
Deleting Special Relationships