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== Class Notes for 2023 == | |||
''All of the classes for 2023 are being recorded. To see the videos, please contact Craig Noorlander at the FamilySearch Center.'' | |||
=== Maneuvering Through the New Person Page in FamilySearch (January 25th) === | |||
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 "Time Line" is now on the "About" tab. | |||
"About" page is not directly editable. Select the actual item to edit. This includes the following: | |||
* Brief Life History (Used to be Brief Life Story) | |||
** Computer will generate or you can edit it by clicking "Details" which takes you to Person page. | |||
* Photos and Memories | |||
* Timeline | |||
** Have to add Details to add to Timeline. | |||
** Click on items under "Show" to customize | |||
** Can add "View on Map." "Show Route" is a toggle. | |||
* Parents, Siblings, Spouse, Children | |||
* Sources | |||
* Name Meaning | |||
Details View | |||
* Print is under Tools | |||
* Add Other Relationship: apprenticeship, enslavement, etc. | |||
Collaborate: Can add one alert note per person. | |||
Vitals: Double columns are a new feature. | |||
Details Tab | |||
* Old list was too much. Now 3 sections: Information, Facts, Research Helps. | |||
* Latest Changes section has dates when changed and who you can email and ask about. If no email listed, FamilySearch can contact person for you. | |||
* Tools: You can change your layout settings. Doesn't affect anyone else's settings. | |||
* Will note "Possible Missing Child" if gap of more than 3 years between children. | |||
Merging: It will move info on left to right, but you can edit. | |||
Duplicate Sources: Don't be too quick to dismiss. There might be slight differences. If you dismiss, computer will stop giving you new hints. | |||
Memories Tab | |||
* You can record an audio memory. | |||
* Has a filter now to select photos, stories, documents, and audios. Can also sort by date, title, private, and newest added. | |||
Record Seek | |||
* Attaches a source from one place to another. | |||
* Go to website recordseek.com. On top bar, click and drag green button and it will add to your favorites bar in your internet browser. | |||
* If you're trying to figure out who is contributing to a Person page, change your personal settings by going to Your Name, then Settings, and then Permissions. Select Enable Relationship Viewing. If the person is related to you, their relationship should now show up. | |||
For more details on this class, visit the FamilySearch Center where there should be copies of the handout for this class. | |||
=== 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. | |||
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 "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. | |||
Projects are checked out in Batches. The default is one batch. 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. | |||
* Handwriting guide: click the pen icon. | |||
* Add a ruler: under Data Entry | |||
* Change the color and transparency of the ruler: under Batch | |||
* Need diacritical marks: click the ñ icon. | |||
A Batch is a collection of Entries that makes up a scanned image. An Entry is a collection of individual Fields. | |||
You can change the order of the entries to match the order of the data in the image. Just drag and drop. | |||
It is helpful to mark all fields in an entry blank before you begin completing the fields. This saves you the effort of marking every field which has no information blank. Click on the completely black rectangle icon. <CTRL> B is a shortcut for marking a single field blank. | |||
If a batch has more entries than the default, you will click the icon that adds entries. If there are fewer entries than the default, go to the first entry with no information and click the icon that deletes entries. | |||
Don't assume the sex of an individual, even if they are identified as Bachelor or Spinster. | |||
Regarding veterans and benefits records, if a veteran was still alive when he applied for benefits, he is considered a Living Veteran even though he is probably dead by now. | |||
If a page looks too hard to read, don't mark it as "No" or "No, it can't be indexed." Just go to your batches and check it to be sent to someone else to process. | |||
== Class notes for 2022 == | == Class notes for 2022 == | ||