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Marjorie Kraus alerted us that the Person Page in ''FamilySearch'' was changing its format effective the end of February 2023. Here are some of the changes. | Marjorie Kraus alerted us that the Person Page in ''FamilySearch'' was changing its format effective the end of February 2023. Here are some of the changes. | ||
Old " | Old "Timeline" is now on the "About" tab. | ||
"About" page is not directly editable. Select the actual item to edit. This includes the following: | "About" page is not directly editable. Select the actual item to edit. This includes the following: | ||
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=== How to Index (February 22nd) === | === How to Index (February 22nd) === | ||
Craig Noorlander taught this class. He admitted he was not an expert on the topic, but he got a good overview from visiting the ''RootsTech 2023'' website and searching on Indexing. He found a video from a previous RootsTech presentation titled "Tips and Tricks for Indexing" particularly useful. There were 64 results to investigate for more information. | Craig Noorlander taught this class. He admitted he was not an expert on the topic, but he got a good overview from visiting the ''RootsTech 2023'' website and searching on Indexing. He found a video from a previous ''RootsTech'' presentation titled "Tips and Tricks for Indexing" particularly useful. There were 64 results to investigate for more information. | ||
Indexing is just looking at a handwritten record and deciphering enough information (usually names and addresses) so that handwritten record is now searchable with a computer. Then whoever searches for information on that name will find the record you indexed and will have to decipher the rest of it for themselves. | Indexing is just looking at a handwritten record and deciphering enough information (usually names and addresses) so that handwritten record is now searchable with a computer. Then whoever searches for information on that name will find the record you indexed and will have to decipher the rest of it for themselves. | ||
To get started, go to the ''FamilySearch'' website, log in, and on the top horizontal menu bar, select | To get started, go to the ''FamilySearch'' website, log in, and on the top horizontal menu bar, select Get Involved and then Indexing. A page with your personal progress on indexing pops up. Under the My Batches section, notice the Guided Tour section. Click on the gray Open Batch button to get a guided tour. | ||
To start indexing, go back to the My Batches section and click the blue Find A Project button. You can select Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced. If you click on Beginning, there won't be any projects except a few in Italian because so many of the youth are working on indexing. The available number of records available for indexing resets every Sunday. So click on Intermediate. Don't worry, if you feel like you have bitten off more than you can chew, you can always back out. Also, there are Reviewers who review every record that is Indexed, so you really can't screw anything up. So back to Indexing. If you have selected English, as of this writing, this will bring up some Bureau of Land Management tract records. | To start indexing, go back to the My Batches section and click the blue Find A Project button. You can select Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced. If you click on Beginning, there won't be any projects except a few in Italian because so many of the youth are working on indexing. The available number of records available for indexing resets every Sunday. So click on Intermediate. Don't worry, if you feel like you have bitten off more than you can chew, you can always back out. Also, there are Reviewers who review every record that is Indexed, so you really can't screw anything up. So back to Indexing. If you have selected English, as of this writing, this will bring up some Bureau of Land Management tract records. | ||
Projects are checked out in Batches. The default is one | Projects are checked out in Batches. The default number of batches to check out is one. Batches have an expiration date, but don't fret if you don't finish by that date--your work will still be saved. Leave the number of batches to check out at (1) for now, and click the Index button. You will be presented with a popup titled Project Instructions which describes what you need to do. There will also be examples in this popup. This popup has most of the information you need to know to index the selected batch. When you click on an example in this popup, a new web browser page will pop up, so just close this page when you are finished. Or keep it up to quickly refer to it while you are indexing. | ||
Noorlander mentioned a number of useful tips and tricks. | Noorlander mentioned a number of useful tips and tricks. | ||