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Start and Grow Your Family Tree on FamilySearch.org – Ben Baker
Start and Grow Your Family Tree on FamilySearch.org
Presentation Slides at http://www.slideshare.net/bakers84/start-and-grow-your-family-tree-on-familysearchorg-presentation
Ben Baker – [email protected]
Who Is This Presentation For? (One or more of the following)
Beginners at family history
Those with little to no experience with FamilySearch Family Tree
Those without multi-generational LDS ancestors
I have given several other presentations for more experienced and frequent users of FamilySearch
Family Tree which can be viewed on http://www.slideshare.net/bakers84
What Does FamilySearch Do and Why?
FamilySearch has access to billions of historical records on microfilm and original documents
Many of these records have been digitized into images that can be viewed online
Digitized images are then indexed by volunteers to make searching and record hints possible
Users can also upload precious family photos, documents and other memories of their family
FamilySearch has a collaborative family tree where all of this information comes together to
document your family history
For more information about why Mormons value family history so much see
https://www.mormon.org/values/family-history
What is FamilySearch Family Tree?
A single COLLABORATIVE, wiki-like family tree
FREE access to anyone worldwide (not just Mormons)
Promotes SOURCE BASED genealogy
Provides RESEARCH HELP to build your family tree
Integrates with MULTIMEDIA to add memories to your family
Support for 10 LANGUAGES with portions in 42 languages
How is Family Tree Like a Wiki?
“A wiki is a web application which allows people to add, modify, or delete content in
collaboration with others” – Wikipedia
Like Wikipedia and other wikis, Family Tree is maintained by volunteers and changes made to
data on pages is reflected to all users and change tracked
What are the Benefits of a Collaborative Family Tree?
Reduces duplication of effort
Increased collaboration arrives at the best information
Information added outlives contributors
We can all go further faster by working together
Start and Grow Your Family Tree on FamilySearch.org – Ben Baker
Some Numbers about FamilySearch
Over 1.1 billion people in the tree
Nearly 2.5 million users have contributed information to the tree
Evidence data in the tree continues to grow in quantity and quality
Over 291,000 unique visitors to familysearch.org every day
Over 600 million historical record sources have already been attached to persons in the tree
More than 1.6 million sources are added to persons every week by users
More than 10 million memories (photos, documents, stories and audio) have been uploaded
Why Get a FamilySearch Account?
Can search historical records without an account, but can’t link them to persons in the tree
Need an account to view or edit persons in Family Tree
Need an account to upload photos, stories, documents, etc. or link them to persons in the tree
Can’t collaborate with other users without an account
Start Building Your Tree by Adding Closest Relatives
Go to https://familysearch.org/first-run to go through the wizard to add closest relatives again
Note that all living persons in Family Tree will only be visible to you
View training for Family Tree at https://familysearch.org/ask/#/tree/ at any time
If you are LDS, be sure to link to your church membership record to automatically bring in all of
your relatives that are/were members of the LDS church into your tree
Make your e-mail public so other users can contact you more easily
Basic Ways to View Information / Navigate the Tree
Tree Views
o Landscape Pedigree – default view
o Portrait Pedigree – best view when there are lots of photos for beginners
o Fan Chart – shows an extra generation
o Descendancy View – great for looking down instead of up
Person Card
o Provides basic information about a person
o Provides links to jump to Tree View or Person Detail Page
o Tip: Middle Click or Ctrl-Click on Windows and Command-Click on Mac will open a new
tab with the Tree/Person
History List
o Provides history of most recently visited 50 persons in the tree
o Can filter and jump to any person in your list or a supplied person id
o Can also add a new person to the tree that isn’t connected to anyone else
Person Detail Page
o Research Help
Data Problems
Generally indicators of incorrect or missing data
Record Hints (are awesome!)
Start and Grow Your Family Tree on FamilySearch.org – Ben Baker
Search indexed records for you
Will find records based on all information, including maiden and
married names
Often overcome errors in records
Only present high confidence matches
Significant increase in sources attached since rollout – 1.6M per week
Research Suggestions
Suggestions for additional family members, etc.
o Life Sketch and Vital Information
o Other Information – Can record many more specific facts and events about persons
o Sources
Lists all sources attached to the person
Can tag sources as containing information about events
Links jump directly to records or web pages containing information
Can create sources from uploaded documents
Add custom sources for records not found on FamilySearch
Can reorder via drag and drop
o Search Records
Opens new tab with pre-populated search as starting point to look for records
Use search options to find matching records
Can search records on Ancestry, FindMyPast and MyHeritage too
o Family Members – View spouses, children, parents and siblings
Click the pencil edit icon to modify information or remove from family
Add additional children or siblings easily
Select preferred spouse or parents as desired
o Discussions – Provide way to collaborate with others regarding details on a person
o Notes – Allow addition of any information of note about the person
o Print Useful and Beautiful Charts
Pedigree, Portrait Pedigree, Fan Chart and Family Group Sheet
Can easily print various charts from any person detail page and some tree views
Pedigree Chart and Family Group Sheets are editable PDFs that can be saved
and modified later
Easy to share with others
o Show All Changes
Brings up the change log where details about all changes can be viewed
Click on blue links to see more information
Can view who made changes and contact them
Can restore some changes
Can view changes to some change types (i.e. all changes to birth) by clicking on
the title of the change or the History link from the person detail page.
Use User to User Messaging feature to contact other users about changes
o Tools
Possible Duplicates - Checks the system for duplicate persons that may need to
be merged
Start and Grow Your Family Tree on FamilySearch.org – Ben Baker
Report Abuse - Report if you see other users modifying data in obscene or
destructive ways
Delete Person - You can delete persons that you are the only contributor for. If
you see something else you feel should be removed, please call support.
Additional Features in Family Tree
Memories
o Upload photos, documents, stories and audio about your ancestors
o Link to their person detail pages in Family Tree by tagging
o Supports sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and via E-mail
Lists Tab
o Watch people you’re interested in
o Will receive weekly e-mails when others make changes
o Can review changes to the people being watched
o Lots of cool features described in more detail in FamilySearch Insider Tips and Tricks
presentation on SlideShare
Find Tab
o Search for persons already in the tree
o Can refine search in numerous ways
Seek to Achieve Regular Small Successes
Look to resolve indicator icons on your relatives
o Data Problems
o Record Hints
o Research Suggestions
o LDS Ordinance Icons for LDS church members
Add any memories you have
o Photos
o Documents
o Stories
o Audio
Try to work from closest to more distant
o Start with closest direct ancestors
o Make sure children for direct ancestors are recorded and also have indicator icons
resolved
o Move to grandchildren and great-grandchildren of your direct ancestors
Take Advantage of Freely Available Help
In-person help at thousands of FamilySearch Centers and Libraries worldwide
Online Helps - https://familysearch.org/ask
o Help Center
o Getting Started
o Learning Center
o Research Wiki
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