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One thing mentioned that is not in the handouts had to do with the fire that destroyed many records from World Wars 1 and 2. If you have discharge papers, draft records, etc. of your relatives, they can be sent to the National Archives to help reconstruct the missing records. | One thing mentioned that is not in the handouts had to do with the fire that destroyed many records from World Wars 1 and 2. If you have discharge papers, draft records, etc. of your relatives, they can be sent to the National Archives to help reconstruct the missing records. | ||
=== An Introduction to ''MyHeritage'' (May 22, 2024) === | |||
Craig Noorlander introduced us to some new features in ''FamilySearch'' before beginning today's class. By visiting familysearch.org/en/labs/ you can explore some experimental features. For example, you ordinarily cannot see any living people on your tree except yourself. But the experimental feature lets you invite other living people to see your tree. Then when they accept your invitation, you can add to each other's trees. | |||
''MyHeritage'' has two different versions: the Library version which is available at FamilySearch centers, or the regular version which is available for a price (or free if you are a church member). Noorlander called the help desk at ''MyHeritage'' to find out what the difference was between the versions. Surprise--no one knew. Through trial and error, Noorlander found that when using the Library version, when you tried to see sources available for someone, a window would pop up saying you needed to log into your ''MyHeritage'' account, which is the premium (free for LDS) version. At this point, he left behind the Library version and showed what you can do with the premium version. | |||
''MyHeritage'' has a lot of sources that can be explored, such as passenger manifests for people sailing between various countries. Some of these manifests have a lot of personal information on passengers, such as height, hair color, eye color, complexions, and even if someone is a polygamist or anarchist. | |||
MyHeritage has many tools that can analyze your family tree, such as Family Statistics--a fun feature. Here you can see what the most common last or first names are, who had the most children, who lived the longest, who was married the most number of times, what zodiac signs were the most common, etc. There is also a tree consistency checker that can check for problems such as children that are older than their parents, children that were born to parents too young or too old to have progeny, etc. There is also a feature that graphs when people were alive along a timeline, sort of like a GANTT chart for your family tree. | |||
''MyHeritage'' also has some minor photo-editing capabilities, such as enhance. A more interesting feature is a tool that can animate a single photo. An AI Time Machine tool takes a series of photos taken at different times and animates them. | |||
Noorlander said an annual subscription for ''MyHeritage'' runs around $300, but you can get the first year at half price if you purchase a $40 DNA kit. | |||
==Class Notes for 2023== | ==Class Notes for 2023== | ||