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  Task #4      A.  How to attach Source or Hint On May 30th during the adult fifth Sunday, I tried to demonstrate how to  attach a source or use the hint.   This is a great way to start researching  on FamilySearch.org   Using sources and hints is an effective way to get  to know your ancestors and some of the records where they are listed.    I have found several new people who were left off of the FamilySearch  Family Tree and are present in these sources.    It is also a way to start to  learn what records are and what records are available on FamilySearch.    Hint or Tasks in FamilySearch can be a quick and easy way to do just a few  minutes of family history.  It is possible to ignore or skip a hint if it does not  make sense.   In attaching hints I have also found lost people.   Sometimes  our four generation pedigree only included our direct line ancestor.   I have  had multiple experiences where the hints lead to another sibling or missing  person in the family tree.    I would

Sharing and Saving Family Video: FamilySearch and YouTube.

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                                                                                                                                                                            The Family History Bug has Bitten!!                              It is Father's Day and the beginning of Summer.   It is the time when we are ambitious with how we are going to get lots of things done.     Well this week, we were trying to organize photos to make memory books and we found some video of Grandpa, who passed last year.   I told Chris that I had heard of a workaround on how to share videos through FamilySearch and he made it work.   YAY!   This post is written by Chris Reed.     Adding Family Videos to Family Search Family Search doesn’t allow adding video by default, but the following workaround will allow  you to add family videos to Family Search.   Sign into YouTube with a Gmail account that you use frequently so that it is always  active and follow the process to verify your account by going in