Video lessons
From installation to your first find
You asked what it really looks like. Here it all is on screen, step by step: how to install Nyshporka, connect the assistant, find your great-grandfather in an old book and build a family tree where every fact has a clipping from the scan.
- 11 lessons
- 78 minutes
- free
The lessons are in Ukrainian, with Ukrainian subtitles. YouTube will translate the subtitles into your language: ⚙ → “Subtitles” → “Auto-translate”.
Lesson 1 · What Nyshporka is · 7:07
1Getting to know it
7:07
What Nyshporka is
What it is for, how it works together with an assistant and what you need to start.
7:51
What it can do
A report on two families from Bessarabia in one evening: entries, a map, sources.
2Installation
8:32
Installation
Git and Nyshporka on Windows step by step — and what to do if something goes wrong.
5:34
Codex and the working folder
The assistant app, signing in and a project linked to the Nyshporka folder.
8:03
Setup through the assistant
The assistant checks and sets up Nyshporka itself; you only give permissions.
3Research
8:49
First research
From a surname and a village to the parish, its registers and what Supriaha has already read.
5:17
App
Overview, the library of files and what the assistant is doing right now.
7:02
Find and verify
A person in the books already read — and checking every candidate against the scan.
6:22
Evidence with clippings
Every fact in the tree gets a clipping from the scan, a reading and a translation.
8:17
Family tree and family website
A family tree with evidence and a family website with a map — on your computer.
5:35
A file from the internet
Find a file that is openly available, download it and add it to your records.
The series is growing: new lessons will appear here and on Nyshporka's YouTube channel.
Ready to try it yourself?
Nyshporka is free and runs on your computer: your scans stay with you. Start with lesson 3 — it walks you through the installation.