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there is nothing wrong with starting a tree with yourself or your parents. Noone but you will see any living people you enter into the tree. However if you prefer to start with members of your family who are deceased there is a way to do this. Go to the Person dropdown list and at the bottom is "Add unconnected Person". You could do this for each of your grandparents. Then bookmark the page where they come up. Once you have visited each page, they will come up in the person drop down list without your having to use your bookmarks. | there is nothing wrong with starting a tree with yourself or your parents. Noone but you will see any living people you enter into the tree. However if you prefer to start with members of your family who are deceased there is a way to do this. Go to the Person dropdown list and at the bottom is "Add unconnected Person". You could do this for each of your grandparents. Then bookmark the page where they come up. Once you have visited each page, they will come up in the person drop down list without your having to use your bookmarks. | ||
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==== Useful Keystrokes<br> ==== | |||
1. Hit the space bar after a date or place entry to get the standards library (Note if you don't standardize dates and places, FamilyTree can't put them in order. For instance,it can't organize children into the correct birth order if dates aren't standard.<br>2. Refresh the screen if you didn't get what you expected. It is probably cached to make the system run smoother. <br>3. Use two screens/windows/tabs to go back and forth between the tree and records<br> | |||
4. Right click on the "hints" so they open in a new window.<br> | |||
=== Tips for organizing temple work === | === Tips for organizing temple work === | ||