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Marjorie Kraus taught this class. Her focus today was how to attach sources from an indexed image. She will address working with unindexed images later in the year. | Marjorie Kraus taught this class. Her focus today was how to attach sources from an indexed image. She will address working with unindexed images later in the year. | ||
When reviewing a source, it is important to read the entire source. Whenever possible, look at the original document since indexing only includes | When reviewing a source, it is important to read the entire source. Whenever possible, look at the original document since indexing only includes parts of an original document. Some sources have multiple documents associated with them. Be sure to examine all of the documents associated with a particular source. | ||
When looking at a record for a person in Family Tree, a little blue document icon will show up on the right side of the person's record if there is a hint for this person. Click on the blue icon to see the source. | When looking at a record for a person in Family Tree, a little blue document icon will show up on the right side of the person's record if there is a hint for this person. Click on the blue icon to see the source. | ||
Sometimes you will see what appears to be duplicate sources. It is important to not | Sometimes you will see what appears to be duplicate sources. It is important to not click "not a match" on any of these items because you will never get a hint on that person again. Kraus says it is better to have duplicate sources. | ||
What if a source you want to attach to a person is attached to a different person's record? This will be indicated by an icon of a triangle with "!" inside. Under the icon will be "Detach?". DO NOT PRESS Detach until you research this thoroughly! Clicking Detach? will remove the source from another person's record. You will not be able to attach this source to your person's record unless you detach it from the other person's record. | What if a source you want to attach to a person is attached to a different person's record? This will be indicated by an icon of a triangle with "!" inside. Under the icon will be "Detach?". DO NOT PRESS Detach until you research this thoroughly! Clicking Detach? will remove the source from another person's record. You will not be able to attach this source to your person's record unless you detach it from the other person's record. | ||
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Once you determine that the source you want to attach to your person really should be attached, document in the "Reason" box the exact reasons why. Then message the person who originally attached the source incorrectly and explain why you have detached their source. Otherwise, you may end up in a war with the other person. | Once you determine that the source you want to attach to your person really should be attached, document in the "Reason" box the exact reasons why. Then message the person who originally attached the source incorrectly and explain why you have detached their source. Otherwise, you may end up in a war with the other person. | ||
Some attachments are classified as "unfinished." You have four options to deal with these: | |||
# Attach the record to people already in Family Tree | |||
# Add individual and attach record to them | |||
# Do nothing--no relationship--do more research | |||
# Dismiss unfinished attachments--duplicate or other | |||
Sometimes it is useful to change your view to a different focus person. In the source linker, people are listed according to their relationship to a focus person. The focus person is listed with his or her spouse. Parents appear in a section above, and children and siblings are in the sections below. To change the focus person, just click the button that says "Change X" where X is an icon of a person. | |||
== Class notes for 2022 == | == Class notes for 2022 == | ||