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[[Training for FamilySearch Family Tree|Family Tree Training]]  
[[Training for FamilySearch Family Tree|Family Tree Training]]  


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=== What's Up?  ===
=== What's Up?  ===
Guide to '''Putting Documents in FamilySearch Family Tree as Sources.''' This '''Help handout''' contains written '''Steps''' and '''Images''' that show how to add both online and unpublished documents. <br>  
Guide to '''Putting Documents in FamilySearch Family Tree as Sources.''' This '''Help handout''' contains written '''Steps''' and '''Images''' that show how to add both online and unpublished documents. <br>  


There are many instances where it is desirable to enter a document as a Source in an individual's Details page in Family Tree.&nbsp; This is particularly true when the '''document establishes/verifies the name, date and place of a person's vital event''' (i.e. birth register/certificate, marriage record, etc.).&nbsp;  
There are many instances where it is desirable to enter a document as a Source in an individual's Details page in Family Tree.&nbsp; This is particularly true when the '''document establishes/verifies the name, date and place of a person's vital event''' (i.e. birth register/certificate, marriage record, etc.).&nbsp;  
[[Image:Getting One of a Kind Documents in FT.PNG|center|647px|Getting One of a Kind Documents in FT.PNG]]


While documents found in the Family Search digital databases can be easily attached as a Source to a person, using the Source Linker, (see Wiki page [[Attaching FamilySearch (FS) Records to Family Tree Using the Source Linker]])'''often documents are found on other websites (free or subscription) or in the &nbsp;possession of a family member or other individual'''. &nbsp;Records found in these other places ought to be added to Family Tree using a different series of STEPS that are found on the above mentioned handout. <br>  
While documents found in the Family Search digital databases can be easily attached as a Source to a person, using the Source Linker, (see Wiki page [[Attaching FamilySearch (FS) Records to Family Tree Using the Source Linker]])'''often documents are found on other websites (free or subscription) or in the &nbsp;possession of a family member or other individual'''. &nbsp;Records found in these other places ought to be added to Family Tree using a different series of STEPS that are found on the above mentioned handout. <br>  
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=== STEPS Handout with Pictures  ===
=== STEPS Handout with Pictures  ===
[[Image:Attaching Documents as Sources1.jpg|left|640px|Attaching Documents as Sources1.jpg]] [[Image:Attaching Documents as Sources2.jpg|right|640px|Attaching Documents as Sources2.jpg]] <br> <br>


[[Image:Attaching Documents as Sources1.jpg|left|647px|Attaching Documents as Sources1.jpg]] [[Image:Attaching Documents as Sources2.jpg|right|647px|Attaching Documents as Sources2.jpg]] <br> <br>
<br><br> [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/2/21/Attaching_Documents_as_Sources_in_Family_Tree.pdf To view, save, and print above handout] <br>  
 
<br> [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/2/21/Attaching_Documents_as_Sources_in_Family_Tree.pdf To view, save, and print above handout] <br>  


=== How to Use "Putting Documents as Sources..." Handout  ===
=== How to Use "Putting Documents as Sources..." Handout  ===


This Help Guide/Handout can be used by a single individual, in a one-on-one mentoring session or in a class setting. It is designed to provide hands-on practice in performing the titled task by following written STEPS with associated PICTURES.  
This Help Guide/Handout can be used by a single individual, in a one-on-one mentoring session<br>or in a class setting. It is designed to provide hands-on practice in performing the titled task by <br>following written STEPS with associated PICTURES.  


=== Other FT Entry/Intermediate Task Handouts (STEPS with Pictures)  ===
=== Other FT Entry/Intermediate Task Handouts (STEPS with Pictures)  ===