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1 What is Family Search
This document provides an overview of the key features and functionality of the FamilySearch family history website and tools. It explains how to set up a free FamilySearch account, access the Family Tree tool to build your family tree, view and navigate different layouts of the family tree, add individuals to your tree, view and edit person pages with details about an ancestor, attach sources and media like photos, and find research assistance features. The document is intended help new users understand the basic features and navigation of FamilySearch.
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1 What is Family Search
- 1. Module 1 -Getting Started
- 2. Module 1 index:Introduction to FamilySearch ●FamilySearch.org Account 4 ●Family Tree Toolbar 10 ●Family Tree Views 13 ●Icon Key 25 ●Adding a Person 26 ●Summary Card 31 ●Person Page 34 ●Research Help 48 ●Other Features 49 ●Memory Page 51 ●Living Persons 52
- 3. Tell Me AboutFamilySearch... FamilySearch is available to everyone— free of charge. FamilySearch provides a place to build your own family tree and to connect into the world’s family tree. FamilySearch provides access to billions of records and an opportunity to help build the database of digital records. FamilySearch provides assistance through volunteer staff at 1-866-406-1830 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) and at your local Family History Center.
- 4. Accessing FamilySearch... … andSign up for your Free Account Go to Familysearch.org…
- 5. Signing Up fora FamilySearch Account... Type your First and Last Names Choose a Username Choose a Password
- 6. Signing Up fora FamilySearch Account You will need an email address or mobile phone number to activate the account.
- 7. Signing Into FamilySearch... Goto familysearch.org to Sign In
- 8. Signing Into FamilySearch... fInputyour Username and Password
- 9. Accessing Family Tree… FamilyTree can always be accessed from the FamilySearch toolbar at the top of the home page
- 10. Toolbars... You can click this iconat any time to return to the home page You can go to any section of FamilySearch by clicking any of these links
- 11. Toolbars... These toolbars arefor Family Tree functions
- 12. Toolbars... Select a view Printyour pedigree
- 13. Landscape View... With youand your spouse in the center Displays a bowtie pedigree Children on the left Ancestors on the right
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- 15. Fan Chart View... SelectFan Chart
- 16. Descendancy View... Select Descendancy Select the numberof generations to display Click Show Displays a person and their descendants Uncheck Portraits to see more descendants
- 17. Inverting Colors... Then clickTree on the Summary Card Click a person’s name Click to invert colors
- 18. Viewing a Personin the Center of the Pedigree... Then click Tree on the Summary Card Click a person’s name
- 19. Viewing a Personin the Center of the Pedigree... A different couple is now in the center
- 20. Viewing a Personin the Center Works the Same in Other Views... Click the person’s name Then click the Tree icon
- 21. Using Dropdown inTree... Click the arrow next to the Tree icon to display a list You are always at the top of the list—click your name to return
- 22. Using Dropdown inTree... The last 50 persons who have been in the center are also displayed--click any name to put them back in the center
- 23. Using Arrows inLandscape View... Click an arrow next to a spouse to see other spouses Click any of these arrows to expand the pedigree Click a Children arrow to display a couple’s children
- 24. Moving the Pedigree... Placethe mouse cursor in the open (gray) space Then hold down the left mouse button and drag… …to view persons not shown on the screen
- 25. You will findthese icons displayed on each view of Family Tree except for the fan chart Reading the Icon Key... Temple icons indicate possible incomplete ordinances--they come in multiple colors Bright blue Record Hint icons suggest there are indexed records that pertain to that person Purple Research Suggestion icons suggest what additional research might be needed Red Data Problem icons suggest major errors--i.e. child born before parents, etc.
- 26. Adding a Person... SelectAdd Husband, Add Wife, or Add Child Adding living relatives is optional unless you need to connect to the deceased
- 27. Adding a Person... Entera first and last name Gender is automatically selected for spouses Select Living or Deceased Select a standardized date from the drop down list Add a birth or death date
- 28. Adding a Person... Starttyping a birthplace name (go from small to large, i.e. city, county, state, country) Click Next Standardized dates and places help the Family Tree program to work more efficiently to find sources. Then select a standardized place from the drop down list
- 29. Adding a Person... Fordeceased persons, FamilySearch tries to find a match If there is no Match, select Create NewReview the possible matches--if a match is found, select Add Person Living persons are private, no match will be found
- 30. Displaying a Person’sInformation... Click a person’s name And a summary card appears
- 31. Understanding the SummaryCard... Photo and Name
- 32. Understanding the SummaryCard... Birth and Death Information
- 33. Understanding the SummaryCard... The number of Sources, Memories, and Discussions
- 34. Displaying the PersonPage... Click Person Click the name OR To see more details about a person
- 35. Understanding the PersonPage... There are tabs at the top—Details & Memories
- 36. The sections ofthe Details page can be accessed by clicking a link OR by scrolling down the page Details Display...
- 37. Life Sketch... You mayadd a brief life sketch (up to 10,000 characters)-- This can be edited by anyone
- 38. Vital Information... Displays Name,Gender, Birth, Christening, Death, and Burial Click Open Details to see additional information
- 39. Editing and Sourcing VitalInformation... May show sources for the information Shows who contributed the information
- 40. Adding Other Information... Maycontain Alternate Names or additional information
- 41. Adding Family Members... Spousesand children are on the left Parents and siblings are on the right
- 42. Displaying Family Members... Theperson whose page you are on is bolded in black
- 43. Viewing a Different FamilyMember... Click any family member’s name To view their summary card Click Tree or Person to see their tree or person page
- 44. Adding a FamilyMember... Add a Spouse or a Parent Add a Child or a Sibling
- 45. Seeing Previously ViewedPersons... Click the Arrow next to Person on the Family Tree Tool Bar Your name shows up at the top; the last 50 viewed persons are below Click any name to view their person page
- 46. Sources... Attach evidence toverify information about an ancestor
- 47. Discussions and Notes... Discussdiscrepancies and questions with others Add notes to the person
- 48. Research Help... Record Hintsautomatically searches billions of indexed records to find records about your ancestor — >95% accurate Research Suggestions are also given
- 49. Other Features... Search foradditional indexed records about your ancestor Print any of these items for the person See a history of changes made to the record
- 50. Tools... Review and merge possibleduplicate records Report offensive items or inappropriate behavior Delete Person—use if you add someone by mistake; can’t be used for those added by others
- 51. Memories... May contain Photos,Documents, Stories, or Audio files Click Memories
- 52. Living Persons... ●Living personsare marked as Private Persons ●Only you can see the private details in your pedigree. Others can not see the information you add or change in these records. ●Your relatives will have a different record for each living family member and perhaps for each deceased member. ●Anyone may potentially see memory attached to a private record, especially if they are also attached to a deceased person.
- 53. New York TimesArticle The Stories That Bind Us By Bruce Feiler http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/ the-family-stories-that-bind-us-this- life.html?_r=0
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