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LET'S GET TO KNOW FAMILYSEARCH

 


Task and Week #3.  

Hello Friends,   

So this week we wanted to just do some basic get to know FamilySearch.org.   There is so much 

information and many resources on FamilySearch.   The following pages are some of the simple 

things and ways to learn about an ancestor in the shared family tree.   The app and the website 

have a lot of interesting information on our ancestors.   It is so great to see things that we never 

knew existed.     

 

This is a picture of my great great grandfather.   I have heard stories of him all of my life but never seen a younger picture of him, until it was added to Family Search by someone I do not know.   It is a great place to learn more because there is sharing.  

 

 

Basic Overview of FamilySearch Person pages.  

 

A.    Getting to know the different pages


  1. Overview of Person Page 5 min.    Here is the explanation on Family Search Blog  

    about the person page. 

  2. Newbie's Guide to Navigating the FamilySearch.org Website   Done by Family 

    History Fanatics. 

  3. Different Videos for different views.  

    1.  Details   Detail Page Video This is by "The Family History Guide (TFHG)"

    2. Timeline  Video on Timeline  Done by Family 

      History Fanatics. 

    3. Sources  Adding sources  By TFHG

    4. Children and Spouse  View Children and Spouse By TFHG

    5. Memories  Evaluate Memories By TFHG

    6. Finding Page  Finding page By TFHG

    7. Ordinances Sister Bednar shows how to use Ordinance ready 

                                    By FamilySearch

As an intermediate task I am introducing Record Seek.   Record Seek is a tool that can add a 

reference to FamilySearch or Ancestry of a document that is found somewhere else.  This is a 

very cool tool and very easy to use once it is  installed on your browser.    This can be helpful 

when trying to record a source on FamilySearch that is located in another place. 

 

 

 

RecordSeek: a way to add sources

B.    RecordSeek can help with other sites to document knowledge.

  1. Brief Instructions on the Family Search Wiki

  2.   Video 5 min-- This is from BYU-I

  3. Simple and Quick video, about how to install and use  Record Seek

  4. Attaching with Records Seek

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