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Ottawa Ontario Stake Family History Centre www.ottawastakefhc.on.ca By Shirley-Ann Pyefinch, Director The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints Slide 2 Personal Ancestral File (PAF) www.ottawastakefhc.on.ca Download or view this presentation http://paftutorial.byu.edu/ On-line tutorial Down load PAF at www.familysearch.orgwww.familysearch.org Slide 3 Slide 4 What we will learn about PAF today: Creating a New File in PAF Filling in the Prepared by Defaults Views Available in PAF RINs and MRINs Notes Attaching Media Files Searchable Lists Help Function Printing Options GEDCOM Files PAF Companion Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Family View Primary Position Slide 8 Family View Shows the Primary Position Parents of the Primary Spouse of the Primary Children of the Primary Slide 9 Family View Moving the Primary Slide 10 Child in the Primary Position Slide 11 Solid Triangle Indicates Notes or Sources for that individual Slide 12 Solid Square Family View Slide 13 RINs and MRINs in PAF RINs are Record Identification Numbers which are assigned to each individual as you add your ancestors into PAF MRINs are Marriage Record Identification Numbers which are assigned to each marriage record that is added into PAF These numbers help to identify individuals and marriages and provide another way of searching and retrieving records in PAF Slide 14 RINs in PAF Slide 15 MRINs in PAF Slide 16 Edit Tab in PAF Slide 17 Edit Individual Screen- Adding Notes Slide 18 Edit Screen - Notes Slide 19 Edit Individual Screen- Add Multi Media Slide 20 Edit - Add Multimedia Slide 21 Add tab in PAF Drop Down Menu Slide 22 Add Tab in PAF- Adding A Child Slide 23 Adding Individuals Slide 24 View Tab From the View Tab button you can choose what view you would like to see 1. Family 2. Pedigree 3. Individual Slide 25 Pedigree View Slide 26 Individual View Slide 27 Search Tab Searchable Lists in PAF You can search through a variety of lists 1. Individual List 2. Marriage List 3. Descendancy List 4. Find by RIN/MRIN 5. Advanced Focus/Filter 6. Home Person 7. On FamilySearch Internet Slide 28 Search Tab Individual List Slide 29 Individual View Choosing Search Tab then On FamilySearch from the drop down menu, double click to perform a search on the Primary Position at familysearch.org website Slide 30 Searching at FamilySearch.org Slide 31 Search Results on FamilySearch.org Slide 32 Help Button Look for the ? icon Slide 33 Index Tab Decimal numbers for Diacritics Slide 34 Search Tab - How to Print Books Slide 35 Printing Options Slide 36 GEDCOM Files Genealogical Data Communication File GEDCOM files are computer data format files that were created by the LDS church in order to facilitate sharing and transfer of genealogical data It is now a standard type of file used throughout the globe in data sharing for genealogical researchers GEDCOM files are used to import and export data into PAF Slide 37 File- Import or Export Slide 38 Importing GEDCOM Files Slide 39 Completing the Import Process Slide 40 PAF Companion Add on software which allows you to manipulate your data in a more sophisticated manner Fan Charts Colour Ancestor and Descendant Charts It is a whole other presentation! Free basic version can be downloaded at www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org Full version costs $6.75 US and can be purchased on-line. Slide 41 Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Questions?? Ottawa Stake Family History Centre 1017 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON www.ottawastakefhc.on.ca Shirley-Ann Pyefinch Email: On_Ottawa@ldsmail.net