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==== '''Photos/Documents'''<br> ==== | ==== '''Photos/Documents'''<br> ==== | ||
You can upload photos(or other images including documents) as further evidence of your ancestors | You can upload photos(or other images including documents) as further evidence of your ancestors. You can even organize these images into albums and attach them to stories or tag them to people. If you have a document in a foreign language, you can upload a scanned copy as a photo. Then link the translation as a story. | ||
==== Choosing whether to label an item as a photo or document<br> ==== | |||
Some people prefer to scan documents, death certificates, and grave markers as .jpg files instead of .pdf files. This gives additional flexibility to highlight the names referenced in the document. For example in a Last Will and Testament, there are often multiple people listed. This method allows you to easily find which people are already linked in the document. | |||
You can also do the same thing for photos of certificates and grave markers. Upload them as “documents” rather than “photos” so you can highlight the names. This also helps when reviewing vital information for a person. One rule is if it has words, it is a document; if not it is a photo. | |||
To change a photo to a document, go to the photo page then select the circle with the italic “i” under people, albums, stores details and event. Highlight the check box indicating the image is a document not a photo. It is then placed in your documents album not your photos album.<br> | |||
On the other hand multipage documents may work better as a pdf. You can still tag names as you would faces. | |||
'''Create Traceable Family Lines''' Put together 5 generation pedigree indexes as documents Then tag your direct line ancestors in each document. Every 5 generations an ancestor will appear in both pedigrees allowing you to bridge the link between them. Put these pedigrees in into a single album called my tree. | '''Create Traceable Family Lines''' Put together 5 generation pedigree indexes as documents Then tag your direct line ancestors in each document. Every 5 generations an ancestor will appear in both pedigrees allowing you to bridge the link between them. Put these pedigrees in into a single album called my tree. | ||