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-==== An explanation of the one tag one person philosophy of the designers of Family Tree.  ====
+==== FamilySearch Person Centric System introduces a Modern Linking Model.  ====
-Many genealogists are used to creating one source for a record and then simply editing the page number and attaching it to individuals. &nbsp;Since one page might contain from five to one hundred people, many might have the same source. &nbsp;The designers of family tree have a different vision. &nbsp;They want each person and each record to be specifically linked to each other. &nbsp;This takes advantage of some of the powerful aspects of a computer. &nbsp;Here is an explanation in one designer's words.
+FamilySearch is a person centric system. Each person listed in the indexed historical records collections has their own unique persistant archial link (URL) or person source and hense thier own uniue web page. Linking a person source, or page, from the historical records to a conclusion person in the Family Tree is the manner by which a research tells the system that the two people are the same. This system allows FamilySearch to account for each individual recorded in the records more accurately than does the ambiguous linking of images, which may contain many unspecified indivuals. &nbsp;
-) The FamilySearch system is person centric. We show links to images and to persons. There is no link shown to a birth certificate. Each person on the birth certificate will have their own link and each person on the certificate should be linked individually to the correct person in the Family Tree. This is true for all records. If you find the head of household on a census record, you will see listed all of the people in that household that he has a relationship with. Their names will be links to their records in the census. Please do not link the head of household's record to every person he is related to. Linking a person in the record to a person in the tree is the method you use to tell the system that these two people are the same.
-) If you link the indexed source for a person record in a collection to the Family Tree you get the image (if there is one) and collection information for free. These are associated with the person records.
-For example, with proper linking we could provide tools that:
+Each historical records person source is stored in the GedcomX data model which gives it deep internal awareness of it's person's data and relationships. It knows what vital data is present on the record and what that data means. It knows what relationships to other persons it's person has on the record and what those relationships mean. It knows what record (ex a census household record) it's person is found on, what image(s) that record is found on, and what collection the image is part of. In other words, if you link the person source in historical records to the Family Tree person you are simultaneously linking the record, the image, if available, and the collection since these are all associated with each other.&nbsp;
+Historically computing systems and data models could not support such internal knowledge and many genealogists are used to creating one source for a record or image and then attaching it to multiple individuals. &nbsp;Since one page might contain from five to one hundred people, many might have the same source. &nbsp;If that process is still followed in todays advanaced system the resaerch would be telling the system that the single person source in historical records is the same person as all the persons in Family Tree to which it is attached. That would represent the addition of incorrect information to the Family Tree.&nbsp;<br>
+For example, with proper linking of persons in the records to persons in the Family Tree FamilySearch will be able to provide tools that:
 • Suggest that you link other individuals in the same record to corresponding relatives of the ancestor. So you extract all the info from a record.
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 • Show what all the "individual" sources say about a particular conclusion (e.g., birth event).
-Most of these helpful features aren't possible if the people in the records are incorrectly linked to the people in the tree that aren't them. <br>
+Most of these helpful features aren't possible if the people in the records are incorrectly linked to the people in the tree that aren't them.
+The above explanation is true only for FamilySearch, or 3rd party records, that are encoded in the new GedcomX data standard. At present (Oct 17 2013) only FamilySearch uses this model, but there is significant interest from other record keeping organizations. Source links created to external images, documents, etc that are NOT encoded in GedcomX will not have any of the rich internal knowledge. They consist of largely a URL, whatever titles and citation infor the user provides and little more. These external sources may need to be linked to multiple persons in the old manner.&nbsp;
-===== The following explains how to accomplish this.  =====
+===== The following explains how to properly link a family in the FamnilySearch records.  =====
-. From the person page, click on the ''Search Records'' button. &nbsp;Choose a record. &nbsp;If there is only one name indexed in that source proceed as normal. &nbsp;(Click on ''Attach to My Tree'' and attach the record to your ancestor.) &nbsp;There may also be a father, mother, spouse, or child or other relative indexed in blue on the page. &nbsp;Click on the blue link for one of those other people. &nbsp;Now the page will change to show the title of the source with their name in it. &nbsp;Now click on ''Attach to My Tree'' and attach this record to the individual. &nbsp;So attach the father to the father, mother to mother, child to child, etc. &nbsp;Note that records for spouses can be attached to the marriage record which is a layer deeper than the person page. &nbsp;Click on ''Edit Couple'' to find this layer.
+. From the main page search form conduct a search of Records, or from the person page in Family Tree, click on the ''Search Records'' button. &nbsp;Choose a record from the search results. &nbsp;If there is only one name indexed in that source proceed as normal. &nbsp;(Click on ''Attach to My Tree'' and attach the record to your ancestor.) &nbsp;There may also be a father, mother, spouse, or child or other relative indexed in blue on the page. &nbsp;Click on the blue name link for one of those other people. &nbsp;Now the page will change to show the title of the person source with their name in it. &nbsp;Now click on ''Attach to My Tree'' and attach this record to the individual. &nbsp;So attach the father to the father, mother to mother, child to child, etc. &nbsp;Note that records for spouses can be attached to the marriage record which is a layer deeper than the person page, however this is not necessary for FamilySearch records since each person record knows about the persons present on it and what events it provides evidence for. &nbsp;If you need to attach non-FamilySearch reords to an event, click on ''Edit Couple'' to find this layer.
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 See Using the Source Box Master Copies for a suggestion as to how to create one record for each person in a source record that is not indexed.
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 Due to the open edit nature of sources &nbsp;that are created by users and even the notes fields on FamilySearch supplied sources it is probably good to make a copy of a source before you attach it to an ancestor because it is difficult to track when someone else may have made an edit to a source.&nbsp;Leave these clean copies unattached in a folder.
-==== Master Sources and Good Sourcing Ettiquette&nbsp; ====
+==== Master Sources and Good Sourcing Ettiquette&nbsp;  ====
 See <u>One tag one person philosophy</u> above if all names on a source record are indexed. &nbsp;If all names are not indexed on the source you should keep a "Master" source unattached. &nbsp;Store it in your source box and copy it editing it for the individual person and then attach it to only one person or if the source is for a couple to the couple relationship. &nbsp;Be careful editing or using others sources. &nbsp;You should not copy a source and change the note to make it apply to your ancestor. &nbsp;notes on the source record apply to all individuals who have that source attached. &nbsp;The individual who created the source may not realize that you have changed the source on their ancestor to talk about your ancestor.
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