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https://familysearch.org/blog/en/common-mistakes-family-tree-data | https://familysearch.org/blog/en/common-mistakes-family-tree-data | ||
==== Making Hints More Accurate ==== | |||
Always accept an FamilySearch hint that is right, even when it is a duplicate because this reduces the possibility that another user will create a duplicate person to match the duplicate record. If you attach the duplicate source to the correct person, others will see your ancestor. When someone searches for a record of their ancestor, they will come to a screen that says, review match in Tree. They will see that the person is already in Family Tree If you declare it not a match they will be able to link that source to a duplicate person | |||
If this feels like clutter follow the instructions below to create a Title Source to seperate duplicate sources. Here is a sample picture. [Image: | |||
https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net...] | |||
Marking correct hints as not a match damage the hinting system. You are giving the hinting system incorrect information. It says oh I [the program] made a mistake; this record really does not belong to this person so I need to revise my [the program's] methodology for finding potential source matches. | |||
If you mark matching duplicate hints as "Not a Match", it will degrade the ability of Hints to connect correct sources to people. We have been advised by FamilySearch personnel that this is the worst thing to do. In the future, it may not give you hints for that family member that are valid because of the not a match you declared. It also reduces the likelihood of someone else clicking "Not-a-match" by mistake. | |||
Finally It tells the hinting system that it is not that person. Since there are often other people in the same record (spouse and/or parent and/or child), you are telling the system that those relationships don't belong to those people, either. | |||
It may seem wasteful to attach duplicate third party records when the same record is already attached in FamilySearch. But those third party records often have images attached. PLUS, sometimes they have more transcribed information. So we want both. | |||
In the future there are plans to let users "bundle" duplicate sources together. Meanwhile, please attach them and feel free to create a "Title Sources" | |||
==== FamilySearch Person Centric System introduces a Modern Linking Model. ==== | ==== FamilySearch Person Centric System introduces a Modern Linking Model. ==== | ||
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The landscape view does have nice flexibility in view options. These are accessed through the "Show" menu which is in the top right hand side of the page just under your name and the button "Help Others." Click "Show" and you see a drop down menu that allows you to choose which icons you want to see in your tree. The choices include: | The landscape view does have nice flexibility in view options. These are accessed through the "Show" menu which is in the top right hand side of the page just under your name and the button "Help Others." Click "Show" and you see a drop down menu that allows you to choose which icons you want to see in your tree. The choices include: | ||
*Request Ordinances | *Request Ordinances | ||
*Record Hints | *Record Hints | ||
*Research Suggestions | *Research Suggestions | ||
*Data Problems | *Data Problems | ||
*Portraits | *Portraits | ||
*Marriages | *Marriages | ||
*Invert Colors | *Invert Colors | ||
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Create a folder in your source box of ordinances that will be available at a certain date. See the instructions under "Uses for source box: Future Temple Ordinances/Wait List.<br> | Create a folder in your source box of ordinances that will be available at a certain date. See the instructions under "Uses for source box: Future Temple Ordinances/Wait List.<br> | ||
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=== Ways to Use Google Docs or other cloud programs in your work === | === Ways to Use Google Docs or other cloud programs in your work === | ||