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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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==== Searching for Duplicates<br> ==== | ==== Searching for Duplicates<br> ==== | ||
Possible duplicates only shows 3 star matches and above. And when we submit names for ordinances only 4 star and above are considered. Sometimes records with exact matches do not show up in the duplicates. One factor that can cause this is that one record does not have standardized dates and or locations. | Possible duplicates only shows 3 star matches and above. And when we submit names for ordinances only 4 star and above are considered. Sometimes records with exact matches do not show up in the duplicates. One factor that can cause this is that one record does not have standardized dates and or locations. | ||
This is a very complicated issue. In new FamilySearch many more possible duplicates were displayed and the result was that a significant amout of incorrect combining created numerous "hidden records" and much confusion. FamilyTree is trying to avoid merges poor quality merges between well sourced individuals and ones that don't have enough information to determine if they are truly the same individual. | This is a very complicated issue. In new FamilySearch many more possible duplicates were displayed and the result was that a significant amout of incorrect combining created numerous "hidden records" and much confusion. FamilyTree is trying to avoid merges poor quality merges between well sourced individuals and ones that don't have enough information to determine if they are truly the same individual. | ||
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Depending on where you start ( the specific record), you may see different results in the duplicates page. This is because different information is used as the basis for the search. Sometimes duplicate records are missed. If you strongly believe there may be a duplicate record, Here is an alternate way to search.<br>1. Use the find function to search for individuals in the tree - using this function you can add or change information such as birth location etc. This allows a much wider view of possible duplicates. <br>2. Examine each record you find and determine which ones you believe are really duplicate records. Write down the ID's of each duplicate. <br>3. Use the possible duplicate screen but then the merge by ID function to combine the duplicate records. | Depending on where you start ( the specific record), you may see different results in the duplicates page. This is because different information is used as the basis for the search. Sometimes duplicate records are missed. If you strongly believe there may be a duplicate record, Here is an alternate way to search.<br>1. Use the find function to search for individuals in the tree - using this function you can add or change information such as birth location etc. This allows a much wider view of possible duplicates. <br>2. Examine each record you find and determine which ones you believe are really duplicate records. Write down the ID's of each duplicate. <br>3. Use the possible duplicate screen but then the merge by ID function to combine the duplicate records. | ||
The above procedure will allow you more choice in your search but <u>you must be very careful</u> in your search. For example, 6 people with the same name were born in the same small town in England within a 6 year period. One of them is the spouse of your ancestor but you cannot be sure which one. Two of them actually have the same parents names. It would be incorrect to merge these records. Just because they are close in time and location does not mean they are the same individuals and sometimes records have been linked incorrectly in the past so they might show the same spouses. One way to tease records apart is to look at the individuals in new.familysearch.org<br> | The above procedure will allow you more choice in your search but <u>you must be very careful</u> in your search. For example, 6 people with the same name were born in the same small town in England within a 6 year period. One of them is the spouse of your ancestor but you cannot be sure which one. Two of them actually have the same parents names. It would be incorrect to merge these records. Just because they are close in time and location does not mean they are the same individuals and sometimes records have been linked incorrectly in the past so they might show the same spouses. One way to tease records apart is to look at the individuals in new.familysearch.org<br> | ||
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Save a copy of your | Save a copy of your Family Ordinance Requests. Then put them in folders by who you sent them to. Then when you know the work is complete, you can delete the file. | ||
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Create a folder in your source box of ordinances that will be available at a certain date. See the instructions under ways to use your source box.<br> | |||
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Due to the open edit nature of sources that are created by users and even the notes fields on FamilySearch supplied sources it is probably good to make a copy of a source before you attach it to an ancestor because it is difficult to track when someone else may have made an edit to a source. Leave these clean copies unattached in a folder. | Due to the open edit nature of sources that are created by users and even the notes fields on FamilySearch supplied sources it is probably good to make a copy of a source before you attach it to an ancestor because it is difficult to track when someone else may have made an edit to a source. Leave these clean copies unattached in a folder. | ||
=== Future Temple Ordinances/ Wait List<br> === | |||
You may have people for whom you could do ordinance work when they will have been dead 110 years or one year for near relatives If you have ancestors that you are aware of that are approaching significant dates this you can set up a folder in your source box labeled something like "Wait List" | |||
<br>Then you can create a source out of the URL to their person page. You can title the source with a Date to take action. Then whenever you are in family search you can review the wait list folder and determine if any of these ancestor's dates have come to pass. <br> | |||
==== Master Sources and Good Sourcing Ettiquette ==== | ==== Master Sources and Good Sourcing Ettiquette ==== | ||
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"XYZ Family genealogy published 1888" Attached to herman xyz (PID) Files located at Dropbox | "XYZ Family genealogy published 1888" Attached to herman xyz (PID) Files located at Dropbox | ||
"def Town Records 1658-1788" Attached to maybell def (PID) " <br> | "def Town Records 1658-1788" Attached to maybell def (PID) " <br> | ||
Please feel free to comment about any of the individuals listed or if you have information about persons who should be added. I have listed and tagged each of the names with a small commentary on how I learned about them. Comments of significant interest will be edited into the story by me. Please contribute any significant facts about any of these individuals to their individual pages and or memories. Additionally if any of the persons tagged in this story need to be merged with another Family Tree ID please tag the surviving person in this story and leave a comment" <br> | Please feel free to comment about any of the individuals listed or if you have information about persons who should be added. I have listed and tagged each of the names with a small commentary on how I learned about them. Comments of significant interest will be edited into the story by me. Please contribute any significant facts about any of these individuals to their individual pages and or memories. Additionally if any of the persons tagged in this story need to be merged with another Family Tree ID please tag the surviving person in this story and leave a comment" <br> | ||
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