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Please, Just the Facts, Ma’am. Just for Sherlock. Sourcing on FamilySearch Family Tree. Sourcing on FamilySearch Family Tree. Why? . By Cathy Pearce Anderegg – May 2014. #1. First Presidency Temple Policy Message . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Please, Just the Facts, Ma’am
Sourcing onFamilySearchFamily Tree
Just for Sherlock
Sourcing on FamilySearch Family Tree
Why?
By Cathy Pearce Anderegg – May 2014
#1. First Presidency Temple Policy
Message "Because of the sacred nature of this work, members should be diligent in assuring the accuracy of all information submitted for ordinance work." (Letter dated 16 June 1995 and signed by the First Presidency for all Church members, Ensign, September 1995, page 80) Validating information involves documenting and presenting the information used when submitting a name for ordinances. Submitting many names without research is not adhering to the counsel from the brethren. Please research and accurately identify ancestors before submitting names for temple ordinances.
Be a Star!
#2. The Open Edit Format of
Family Tree Also the Open Edit Format
Demands Sourcing
What is Open Edit Format?
It is where anybody can change anything on Family Tree: namesdates, places, relationships, etc.YIKES!
Checking the CHANGE LOG on a person’s page, allows you toRESTORE data that was changed,
And placing a WATCH on ancestors, alerts you by email thatdata has been changed, BUT …
STOP THIEF!
Adding Sources Greatly Lessens the Chance that
Someone will Change your Data
So How Do We Do Research and Add Sources?
But Is Research a Swear Word? Shhh!
Start at FamilySearch.org
And Sign In
Sign In, Click Name,
Click Settings
In Contact FieldMake Your Email
Public
That way relatives can work with you to make things better!
WE LOVE
YOU SOMUCH!
Then Click on Family Tree to see Your
Pedigree
See You. Then Navigate to someone who needs
Sources
Click the Name of the
Relative Who Needs Sources
From SummaryCard Click Person
On Person Page, See Research Help
Click SEARCH RECORDS
What? No Hours Spent at Microfilm Readers?
Nope, It’s Easy Peasy. Digitized Sources Show! Click
on Name.
See Indexed Record for Almira as mom of dead
child
Also see OtherRelatives, her Husband, SpouseOf Deceased
Click Attach
HUG yourself for
Indexing Records
Confirm this is the Same
Person
Check Husband, Father,Mother,Etc.
Click Attach
Give Good Reason for Attaching
Source Attached to Almira. Now Attach to Other Relatives
her on Record
Click Review
Attach Source to All Family Members on Record -
Husband
Change Spouses here
If more than one
Give a Good Reason for Attaching to Person
Click Attach
Attach to Another Person on the Record – the Deceased
Child
Add Deceased’s Data to Family Tree from
Source
Add Data - Then
Attach
See Sources on Person Page!
GOOD JOB!
#3. Sourcing is FUN!
Let’s Add Sources from . . .
Almira May Clawson Miller
Several Items Listed for Her
From Ancestry.comPhotos, Trees, Records
But Be Careful.
Many Errors Here!
From Family Tree Maker Online
Pedigree
Careful.
Errors
Abound!
My Trees.com – Fees Sites
All May Partner with FamilySearchErrors,Errors,Errors
Just Be Careful. Only FS
guarantees URL Links will Persist over time
And FSHistoricalRecords – Sources -Are the Most ErrorFree. So STARTTHERE!
More Google Items
Her Son
Findagrave.com for Her Son
What Else Can you Find on the Internet?
Pioneer Overland Travel Companies
Obituaries and Wikipedia Pages,Wills and Legal Documents,Court Records and Photos,
Videos and Much, Much More
See Slide Show Made
For Funeral, Wedding, etc.
Remember - Only FS
guarantees URL Links will Persist!
And FSHistoricalRecords – Sources -Are the Most ErrorFree
Easiest Way to Attach Sources
from the Internet
Use RecordSeek’s Tree Connect
to Attach Internet Sources
To Easily Fill in the Create a Source Template on Family
Tree
Click to Automatically Fill in This
Template
For Internet Sources
So Now You are a Real
Genealogist!
So Now You are a Real Genealogist!
Because …
You Know How To Source and do Research (Yikes!)With the Best of Them!
Congratulations!
The End
P.S. Sourcing wasn’t that
Hard …
And it wasn’t that Bad,Was it!
Ooops - Wait
The Real End
R Kehrer’s Blog Starts