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Ben Baker
A Whirlwind Tour of
FamilySearch Resources
Thomas Tolman Family Organization
Semi-Annual Meeting
October 20, 1012
Learning Resources
• Research Wiki – Community-built research advice
• Learning Center – Genealogy courses by area, subject and skill level
• Discussion Forums – Post questions
• Tech Tips – How to apply technology to family history
• Getting Started – Videos and other items for beginners
FamilySearch Centers
• Find a family history center near you
• Links to other learning resources, library catalog, etc. that can be
accessed from other links as well
Ways to Give Back – Anyone can help
• Gift of time – Index records to produce searchable indexes
Can do in short time periods
Great for youth
Practice mission language or learn a new one
• Gift of knowledge – Contribute to research wiki
• Gift of money – Donate to help further the work
• Gift of insight – Volunteer to evaluate new FamilySearch products
FamilySearch Blog
• Updates on latest happenings at FamilySearch
• Announces new features, newly available records, etc.
Signing in with your LDS Account
• LDS church members receive access to additional resources
• Need membership number to sign up
• Additional search results when searching historical records
• Additional self help resources including regarding temple ordinances
• Access to temple ordinance data and reservations
• Must be signed in to see FamilyTree
• Non-LDS church members can get accounts too
Help
• Videos, manuals, FAQs, etc
• LDS-specific helps require log in as an LDS member
Records Tab
• Used to search indexed historical records
• Use logo to return to main familysearch.org
site to perform searches
• Don’t forget to sign in to get more results
(LDS church members have access to some
records the public does not)
Trees Tab
• Can search user submitted trees such as Ancestral File
(AF) and Pedigree Resource File (PRF)
• Can submit GEDCOMs still (more features in future)
• Not to be confused with Family Tree tab at top
Catalog
• Search entire Family History Library catalog by
various criteria
Catalog Search Results
• Learn to use facets to narrow results by Year,
Category, Availability and Language
• Shows items that have been digitized and/or
indexed (online availability)
Family History Books
• Digitization effort for all books in FH Library
• Also has books from other locations
• Many books have been OCRd and can be searched
• Access search from Books tab or
books.familysearch.org
Books Search Results
• Can refine results here as well
• Click on link to view book
• Some books are searchable (have been OCRd)
All Record Collections
• All Record Collections link from main page can
also be used to find specific collection and
search or browse records
Historical Record Collections
• Narrow search by collection name and/or
Place, Date, Collection Type facets
• Selecting a collection allows collection specific
searches
• Camera icons indicate which collections have
digital images - can browse collections that
are not yet indexed
• Click on Last Updated to see what collections
have been updated recently
Records Being Added Daily
•Over one million images processed every day
•As of 2012 23% of vault is digitized
•Expect to have all 2.4 million rolls of microfilm
at vault digitized in 3-4 more years
•Over 200 cameras at archives throughout world
•Ongoing effort to digitize FH Library books
Family Tree Tab
• Must be logged in to see tab
• How to get access (invite link not necessary soon)
http://www.familysearch.org/invite/familytree_tab (LDS)
http://www.familysearch.org/invite/public1 (non-LDS)
• Lots of training resources (videos, manuals, guides, lessons, etc.)
https://familysearch.org/tree-training
FamilySearch Family Tree
• Will replace new.familysearch.org soon
• Public access, not just LDS church members
• Ability to attach sources
• Can edit data/relationships others contributed
• Flag non-matching duplicate people
• Provide justifications for all changes
• Change history – can restore previous edits
Tree Tab
• Tree view of ancestors and children
• Click on names to bring up Person Card
• Use View Tree link to place ancestor at main position
• Use View Person link to open person page
Person Tab
• Place to view/edit all information about a person
• Vitals (name, birth, death, etc)
• Other information
• Family Members
• Sources
• Discussions
• Temple Ordinances
• Change History
• Merge or Mark Not-a-Match Possible Duplicates
• Future Additional Tools
Search Tab
• Look for people in the tree by name or ID number
Watches
• Add watches to people you’re interested in
• More critical in open-edit Family Tree system
• Will receive weekly e-mail of changes others
make to these people
• Use Watch List tab to manage your watches
Temple Ordinances
• Reserve temple ordinances at
bottom of person page
• Click on drop down arrows to
view ordinances for additional
parents/spouses
• Use Temple tab to manage
reserved ordinances
History Drop Down
• Use History drop down to return to
previously viewed persons
Sources
• Links historical documents to people in the tree
Historical Records Search Results
• Camera icons indicate records with digitized images of originals
• Add life events/relationships to narrow searches
• Filter results by particular collections, places, dates etc. (facets)
• Webinar on obtaining better results from searches
https://familysearch.org/blog/familysearch-webinar
Source Box
• Add records to source box to be able to
attach to people in tree
• Found easiest to work with two windows
or tabs open. One for records and other
with the tree.
• Each person in a record has a different link
and should be attached separately
Adding Sources to a Person in Family Tree
• Go to Source Box to attach from list of sources you’ve
added from FamilySearch record searches
• Can create a new source to anything
• FamilySearch records will have a tree icon and will
auto-generate a lot of citation information and may
improve over time
• Anything with a URL can be attached (Ex. Record on
Ancestry, picture on Flickr, personal web site, etc.)
• Don’t need a URL, can just enter a normal citation
• Clicking on icons will jump directly to source
• Can tag sources as having information specific to birth,
death, etc.
Edit Bad Data
• Edit or delete conclusions and relationships with change history
• Justifications for changes
Possible Duplicates
Merge Duplicates or
Mark Not a Match
For more information, see manual, handouts and webinars at
https://familysearch.org/tree-training
Q & A