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====Family Tree: Duplicates (Matching and Merging)====

It might be exciting to find your great-grandmother in FamilySearch Family Tree. But what about finding her four times—each record with a little different information?

This duplication can feel bewildering and frustrating. And yet finding an ancestor more than once in Family Tree is a fairly common occurrence. The reason for these duplicates (the term used when there are multiple records for the same individual) is because information in the tree comes from a variety of sources and because users can enter their own information directly into the tree. This class will teach you how to use FamilySearch features to resolve these duplications.<br>

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B37fYs3Uz0vTT0tsWHkxb2IzM2c/view?usp=sharing <b>Handout: Matching and Merging Duplicates</b>]<br>

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YzjisIlyeaKt2iNl1llL9-EU3oIR4A7w <b>Handout: Finding and Merging Duplicates in Family Tree</b>] (Montague)

====FamilyTree: Record Hints and Sourcing====

If you’ve poked around on your family tree on FamilySearch.org, you may have seen little blue boxes to the right of some of the names of people on your tree or in a Research Help box on the top right side of the individual screen. These blue boxes indicate there are record hints, which are shortcuts designed to help you find information about your family as painlessly as possible. FamilySearch is constantly scouring their digitized, indexed records to identify records that may match your family and these blue boxes signal to you that they might have succeeded. Linked to actual records that may include your family, these little hints can make a big difference on your family tree.<br>

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1B-wwNuwsrzf_kbocT3TuNgG6yzUs0hLy <b>Handout: Record Hints and Sourcing</b>] (Pearson)<br>

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mHEvEmN9uvdmIVI5Da7ZrG0xSMvaJr_E <b>Handout: Record Hints and Sources</b>] (Sewell)

====FamilyTree: Memories====

Learn how to upload and tag pictures, stories, documents and audio files using the FamilySearch Memories feature.<br>

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1L3rHlW6MetOSiTHJn8MdN-Y_nNe01mOe <b>Handout: FamilySearch Memories</b>]<br>

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ub57ydtt6ZayezEBl-mQ6U7dbrith6J0 <b>Handout: Memories</b>] (Montague)

====FamilyTree: Navigation====

The following topics are discussed:

<i>Personal settings:</i> Account, Contact, Notifications, Preferences<br>

<i>Home page:</i> Recent Ancestors, To-Do Lists, Quick Links to Partner Sites, Messages, Get Help, Indexing, Temple<br>

<i>Features:</i>Pedigree Views, Summary Card, Person Details, Memories, Find, Lists, What’s New, Record Hints, Research Suggestions, Data Problems, Lightbulb tips.

<i>Memories:</i> Gallery of Photos, Documents, Stories, Audio

<i>Search:</i> Historical Record Collections, Genealogies, Catalog, Books, Wiki

====findmypast.com====

Learn how the features of this family history program.  Findmypast has the largest collection of UK and Irish Parish records. They have the largest British and Irish newspaper collection and most comprehensive British military service record collection.  Findmypast is a FamilySearch partner.<br>

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_peydhuCWC2KJNrkp57rhA9Ft5GxX7Mt <b>Presentation: FindMyPast</b>] (Orman)<br>

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SVYkKxwohb9cDeNsvPtfEbjxDa_9MsrR <b>Handout: FindMyPast</b>] (Schaefermeyer)