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4 Family Search Memories
This document provides instructions for adding various types of media to memories in a genealogy software or website. It describes how to add photos, documents, stories, audio files and how to tag people in photos. It also provides directions for organizing memories into albums and navigating between different views of a person's memories.
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4 Family Search Memories
- 1. Module 4 -Memories
- 2. Module 4 Index- Memories • Adding Photos Within Memories 3 • Tagging Photos 13 • Adding Titles and Descriptions 21 • Attaching Photos to the Tree 23 • Adding Docs Within Memories 26 • Adding Stories 29 • Adding Audio 33 • Changing the Displayed Portrait 35 • Using the Gallery 37 • Adding Multiple Photos 38 • Organizing Memories 42
- 3. Adding Photos WithinMemories... Click Memories on the Person Page
- 4. Adding Photos... OR, clickMemories on the Summary Card If the photo contains multiple persons, copy all other names and ID #’s before proceeding
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- 6. Adding Photos... The firsttime you add a photo, check the box to accept the Submission Agreement
- 7. Adding Photos... Photos mustbe “G” rated, they are screened and made public
- 8. Adding Photos... Photos mustbe .bmp, .jpg, .png, or .tif format and 15 MB or less
- 9. Uploading a Photo... Openthe folder that contains the photo that you would like to add You may need to change the view on your computer to see which photos are which (this is different for different operating systems)
- 10. Uploading a Photo... Selectthe photo (or photos) you want and drag to the center
- 11. Uploading a Photo... Theupload has completed but the photo doesn’t show up
- 12. Adding Photos... Check thebox (or boxes) to add the photo (photos) you want To Add Photos to this person, click here Optional--Reload the page if you want to see the photo before adding
- 13. Tagging a Photo... Thered icon means the photo is not tagged The entire photo shows up as Peter
- 14. Tagging a Photo... Taggingallows you to display only a portion of the photo on the portrait and allows you to identify all persons in the photo Click the red icon to tag the photo
- 15. Tagging a Photo... Clickon the photo to tag Peter
- 16. Tagging a Photo... Dragany of the white boxes in the corner to enlarge the tag
- 17. Tagging a Photo... ClickSave Then drag the circle to center on the person
- 18. Tagging a Photo... Peteris now tagged
- 19. Tagging Another Person... Clickon Caroline, resize, and center the tag Type the name (use maiden name for females) If the correct person shows, click their name to tag; if not, click Add New
- 20. Editing or Removinga Tag... To edit or remove the tag, click on the persons name Then click Edit Tag or Remove Tag
- 21. Adding a Titleto a Photo... Click to add a title If you want to add a title later, click on the photo on the Memories page to get to the Add Title screen
- 22. Adding a Titleto a Photo... Type the title Click Save You may also add a description Click Add Description to save
- 23. Attaching a Photo... Ifyou selected Add New Person when tagging, the photo isn’t attached to the person in Family Tree
- 24. Attaching a Photo... Thenclick Attach to Family Tree Click the red icon
- 25. Attaching a Photo... ClickSearch to Find the person Type in the ID# you wrote down and Select OR
- 26. Adding Documents... Click Add Thenfollow the same steps as when adding photos
- 27. Adding Documents... Rules arethe same as photos except you can also add pdf files
- 28. Adding Documents... ● bmp,jpg, png and tif files ●Tagging is similar to tagging photos ● pdf files ●Multi-page documents can be uploaded--use pdf if you have a multi-page document ●Tagging works differently for pdf files--the entire document is linked to each person that is tagged
- 29. Adding Stories... ● Addpersonal memories of yourself, your parents, grandparents, etc. ● Type a story, or copy any digital text file and paste into stories--if you type a longer story directly in Family Tree, it may time out and you could lose information ● Most histories, etc., created since the early 1990’s are available in a digital text format--better than scanning ● Some can be found online--they can be copied and pasted
- 30. Adding Stories... From thePerson Page in the Memories section.... Works somewhat differently than photos Then click Create New Story Click Add
- 31. Copying and PastingStories... Add a photo if you like Copy and paste, or type the story Click Save Add a Title
- 32. Adding Stories... Check thebox And click Add Stories Or the story will not be attached to the person
- 33. Adding Audio... Click Add,steps are similar to photos Supports mp3 and m4a files up to 15 MB
- 34. Navigating Back toa Summary Card... Click a name Then click the name from the drop down listThe Summary Card will appear and you can then click on the name to go to the Person Page
- 35. Changing the DisplayedPortrait... Then select a different photo From the Person Page, click the portrait to change.
- 36. Changing the DisplayedPhoto... Reload the page and the new photo appears
- 37. Using the Gallery... Toadd many photos, select Gallery under Memories This page will then open. Then click here.
- 38. Adding Multiple Photos... Pictures,documents, or audio can be uploaded in this area. Drag and drop the files or click on Choose Files to find the file on your computer. Take note of the types of files that are supported. To Create a Story, click here.
- 39. Adding Multiple Photos... Afteradding the files, click on each one to add a Title, Description, and Tag You can click on any of these files at any time to edit the Title, Description, or Tag
- 40. Add a Title andthen be sure to click Save Add a Description and then click Add Description Then Tag each of the people and attach them to the Tree just as described before. Adding Multiple Photos...
- 41. Adding Multiple Photos... Becareful when downloading Memories from the Gallery instead of the Person Page because you don’t see the photos that others have attached to the person Go to the Person Page and look at the person’s photos or you may attach the same photo again
- 42. Organizing Your Memories... Fromthis Gallery home page, you can click each of these to see just Pictures, Documents, Stories, or Audio Or click here to look at all of them. You can also create albums
- 43. Organizing Your Memories... Createan album by clicking on New Album Then type in the name of your album
- 44. Organizing Your Memories... Toadd files to an album, click on the check mark for each file that you would like in your album Then click Actions and Add to Album Click on the check mark a second time to uncheck the file OR click the X to cancel the Action.
- 45. Organizing Your Memories... Thenchoose an album and click Add to Album
- 46. Organizing Your Memories... Rightclick on a Memory And a small window will open to give you options on what to do with that Memory
- 47. Organizing Your Memories... ClickPeople to see all of the Memories attached by anyone to all of your ancestors
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