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then concentrate on Lesson 3-Using the Dashboard===== | then concentrate on Lesson 3-Using the Dashboard===== | ||
====[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/1-research-process-introduction HELPING OTHERS GET STARTED WITH FAMILY HISTORY, 48 LESSONS]==== | |||
====Tips for Using FamilySearch.org/search==== | ====Tips for Using FamilySearch.org/search==== | ||
This is a collection of HISTORICAL Records that spans billions of names across hundreds of collections—including birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, IGI extracted, and more. This online database stores all the historical documents and is available for searching. You can instantly search through hundreds of millions of records for information about your ancestors at '''''[https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch.org/search]'''''<br>■FamilySearch.org/search protects privacy. No information about living people is publicly available.<br>■For women, use maiden names to find birth and marriage records, but married names for<br>census and death information.<br>■Add five years to life spans<br>■Try different spellings of a name (Miller, Milr).<br>■Try different forms of a name (Elizabeth, Liz, Liza).<br>■Immigrants often changed their names.<br>■If you can’t find information about a person, look for information about family members. | This is a collection of HISTORICAL Records that spans billions of names across hundreds of collections—including birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, IGI extracted, and more. This online database stores all the historical documents and is available for searching. You can instantly search through hundreds of millions of records for information about your ancestors at '''''[https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch.org/search]'''''<br>■FamilySearch.org/search protects privacy. No information about living people is publicly available.<br>■For women, use maiden names to find birth and marriage records, but married names for<br>census and death information.<br>■Add five years to life spans<br>■Try different spellings of a name (Miller, Milr).<br>■Try different forms of a name (Elizabeth, Liz, Liza).<br>■Immigrants often changed their names.<br>■If you can’t find information about a person, look for information about family members. | ||
Getting Started training videos are found at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VucOF5tNR8&list=TLk1TtLoBczOjVn5TwuuBqbBP6ufA_E67g FamilySearch Videos] Watch the Getting Started 1, then 3, 4 listed at right. | Getting Started training videos are found at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VucOF5tNR8&list=TLk1TtLoBczOjVn5TwuuBqbBP6ufA_E67g FamilySearch Videos] Watch the Getting Started 1, then 3, 4 listed at right. | ||
===='''Drilling Down into FamilySearch.org'''==== | ===='''Drilling Down into FamilySearch.org'''==== | ||