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== How to Get Documents in Family Tree  ==
<span style="font-size:32px; color:#25CD34;">'''** UPDATED Steps with Pictures Guide, 17 August 2020 ''' '''"Putting Documents as Sources in FS Family Tree"'''</span>
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Guide to '''Putting Documents in FamilySearch Family Tree as Sources.''' This '''Lesson Guide''' contains written '''Steps''' and '''Images''' that show how to add both online and unpublished documents to your Tree. Following this lesson guide leads to a valuable ''hands-on'' practical experience for the beginner/intermediate level FT user in attaching these kinds of records to their ancestors.


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 desireable to enter a document as a Source in a person's Details page in Family Tree.&nbsp; This is particularly true when the document establishes the name, date and place of a vital event (i.e. a birth register or birth certificate).&nbsp;  


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 need to already be or be made into digital format (.jpg, .png, .tif, .bmp, and .pdf files <15 MB) and that file ought to be added to Family Tree using the STEPS found in this '''2020 Steps with Pictures Guide'''. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
While documents found in the Family Search digital databases can be easily attached as a source to a person, (see FS "Attach ......"), often they are found on other websites (free or subscription) or the actual documents is in the possession of a family member or other individual.&nbsp; =


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=== Other FT Entry Level Task Guides (STEPS with Pictures)  ===
Adding images: [[Help:Images and files|Help:Images and files]]


1. [[Putting Photos and Documents as Memories in FamilySearch Family Tree]] <br> 2. Attaching FamilySearch (FS) Records to Family Tree Using the Source Linker<br>
Missionary lessons: [[FamilySearch Wiki:Missionary Training Lessons|FamilySearch Wiki:Missionary Training Lessons]]  


=== Related FT Resources  ===
*FSFamilyTreeUserGroup Resources: "Adding Sources in Family Tree"[http://fsfamilytreeusergroup.com/resources.php] by Heather McPhie. Audio visual presentation of how to add sources.
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How to Get Documents in Family Tree[edit | edit source]

= There are many instances where it is desireable to enter a document as a Source in a person's Details page in Family Tree.  This is particularly true when the document establishes the name, date and place of a vital event (i.e. a birth register or birth certificate). 

While documents found in the Family Search digital databases can be easily attached as a source to a person, (see FS "Attach ......"), often they are found on other websites (free or subscription) or the actual documents is in the possession of a family member or other individual.  =



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