FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLETTER
NEW FAMILY SEARCH IS
LIVE FOR WASHINGTON
DC TEMPLE DISTRICT
ON SEPTEMBER 20
The wait is over. The official date for
the rollout for the Washington DC
Temple District has finally arrived, and
that is September 23, 2008. But we
learned that you really can get onto it on
Saturday, September 20.
OPENING INSTRUCTIONS:
1.
Go to welcome screen at
https://new.familysearch.org
2.
Select “Register for the new
Family Search.”
The “Enter
Your Membership Screen” will
appear
3.
Enter
your
Membership
Number & Confirmation Date.
Also enter the security text on the
registration menu. Click Continue.
4.
New Family Search will match
your membership information
with Church Records. Review
the information and click “Yes”
if it is your information.
5.
Read Conditions of Use
Statement.
6.
As you continue, you will see
your User Profile with some
information
from
Church
Records filled in. Add your
phone number and e-mail so that
Family Search Support can
respond to your future questions.
7.
Enter a Sign-in name and click
Continue.
8.
Enter a Password twice and
click Continue.
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9.
Select your password recovery
questions.
10. Enter a Contact Name for
yourself, like JSonneborn, and
click Continue.
11. Click the box for each type of
contact information you would
like NFS to display, and then
click Done.
12. You are now registered and
have access to new Family
Search.
13. You will now be taken to the
new Family Search home page.
14. Browse around to become
familiar with the information.
15. Click on “Me and My
Ancestors” to open into the
pedigree of your ancestry.
Membership #_____________________
Confirmation date__________________
User Name________________________
Password_________________________
Make a record of your information
above and keep it in a safe place for
future use. Form from Terry Glasgow.
This newsletter is compiled by Jack and
Sylvia Sonneborn, family history consultants
of the York 2nd Ward, for use within the
ward. It is also e-mailed to parties interested
in family history, but it is not an official
publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
klompen@verizon.net
slysyl@verizon.net
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For copies of Genealogy News, go
to
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
/~payork/York2Ward/
Thanks to Don and Jeanine
Hartman of Utah for posting the
newsletter online for us.
NEW FAMILY SEARCH
SOME BASIC INSTRUCTIONS
FOR OPERATING IN NEW
FAMILY SEARCH
You can operate NFS by using the Home
Page tabs along the top, or the information
to the left. To begin, click on the left bold
“See Me and My Ancestors.” There will be
a horizontal pedigree chart at the top. The
dark gray box should have your name in it.
If your children are listed, they will be listed
to the left. If they are not there and are
living, you can add them but only you can
see them. If deceased, they may already be
listed. If you do not connect to any
ancestors, begin by using the buttons at the
bottom left of the pedigree view to add
children, or click in a block, “Add or find
husband/wife.” As you add father and then
grandfather, if your temple work is
completed, it will begin to connect and will
add more people from the New
FamilySearch automatically.
To move around in the pedigree, click on the
arrows to the left of the names in the
children spaces or to the right of the
ancestors’ names.
You can move any
ancestor into the gray box by clicking the
little arrow pointing left,
right beside the
ancestor’s name.
When using the SEARCH function to locate
ancestors, there is a principle “More gets
less, and less gets more.” This means the
more data filled in the blanks before starting
the search, the fewer records it will find; if
less data is entered in the fields, the search
will find more records. If you don’t find the
person right away, try to simplify the search
by reducing the information provided for the
search. If needed, keep reducing down until
there is just the person’s name and country.
On the other hand, if you have the search
finding too many records, try adding some
more information to the search, and it will
reduce the records it finds.
There is a special case when searching for
people from countries and groups that used
the naming convention called patronymics.
The patronymic is a component of a
personal name often appearing as a
surname that is based on the name of one's
father. The suffix -son or –sen for 'son' or d?ttir 'for daughter' is added to the father's
given name to form the child’s patronymic
surname. Carl, the son of Peter Larson,
would become Carl Peterson. Even when a
family had an established surname, the
patronymic surname may have been used in
some records or when extractions from
records were done. In these cases, you may
want either to create the patronymic name
for the search or search without any
surname (just include the father’s first
name).
One other suggestion on searching, if you
have a last name with multiple parts like "de
la Vega" or "van der Linden" and don't find
what you're looking for, try the Single Name
Field instead of the multi-name field. They
yield different results.
CHANGING VIEW:
To change the
default pedigree view, in the upper right
hand corner, click on Change View. You
can also display a pedigree that covers the
whole page, or you can display the Family
Group Record (FGR). You can edit in the
FGR by using the Edit links. If you want to
print the FGR, start at the bottom of the FG
record and click and hold and move to the
top and then print “selection.” In many of
the FGR’s, there are pages of source
information that you will not want to print.
BOTTOM OF SCREEN BENEATH THE
PEDIGREE:
SUMMARY: In the pedigree, click the
name of the person whose information you
wish to view, and his name will appear in
the horizontal box below the pedigree.The
data on an individual can be seen in
Summary. The Summary view looks nice
and clean, but the information may not be to
your liking. For instance, the form of the
name may not be complete. You can click
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on the down arrow at the end of the name,
and any additional names that have been
combined will appear in a window that
opens. You can click on the one that you
like. Or you can add another name by
clicking at the bottom of the window.
Repeat this for birth and death information,
but if you add information, be sure to list
both the date and location to get a complete
piece of information. Beside the changed
information, it will list your name as the
person changing the viewed information.
DETAILS view has an expanded view of
the items. This Details view is often more
useful when trying to clean up information
on the person or for doing more research.
For example, it can show if someone tried to
change data on a person you have combined
with someone in your pedigree. This might
show a dispute on one of the records you
combined with someone in your pedigree.
These may not be visible in the clean
Summary view.
If you submitted the
information, you can edit it. If you did not,
you cannot edit, but you can add a dispute or
add another opinion. This will allow the
submitter to collaborate on the information
or fix the information. Since you can
change only information that you have
submitted, you may find information
contributed by a deceased relative but
cannot edit it. If you click on his name,
there will be a note telling that you cannot
edit the information, but if you are that
person or have a good reason for claiming
the information as you own, you can declare
legacy.
LDS ORDINANCES: Click on this to see
almost instantly what temple work has been
completed and if any needs to be done. If
there has been duplication, it should show
the oldest date of an ordinance. If a
spouse’s work is listed as needed several
times, then switch to the spouse and
combine the duplicate records. Go back to
the other spouse’s record, and the opposite
spouse should be listed only once.
TIME LINE: Click on this box to see a
time line of the ancestor whose name is bold
on the pedigree and listed in the box at the
bottom of the page. You can add other
events.
MAP: Click on map to see red markers
indicating the location of events in the
person’s life. Click on a red marker to see
details of the event.
PARENTS AND SIBLINGS: Click on
this box to see the highlighted ancestor’s
parents and brothers and sisters. If there are
duplicate siblings, combine them on this
icon . Look for instructions below.
CAUTION: BE CERTAIN WHEN YOU
ADD HUSBANDS AND WIVES THAT
YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT SPACE ON
THE PEDIGREE. IT IS DIFFICULT TO
DELETE THEM WHEN YOU MAKE A
MISTAKE.
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN:
View
children and use the same icon
to make
changes.
POSSIBLE DUPLICATES: Click on this
block to see if there are duplicates What if
you CAN’T FIND A PERSON on nFS that
you know is there? You are sure that he
should be there! This happens. FIRST, do
a thorough search on New FamilySearch,
including the refined search; see the search
tips in this document. SECOND, for LDS,
if the search does not find him and you have
reason to believe the temple ordinances have
been done, do NOT resubmit him. Try
searching
the
Internet
International
Genealogical Index (IIGI) on
http://www.familysearch.com, or on the CD
IGI in a Family History Center, or look for
the completed ordinance cards in your
possession. When you find the person,
carefully copy down the data in detail. Then
go back to New FamilySearch at
http://new.familysearch.org and enter the
data exactly the way the other records
showed it. This often will help you find that
record in New FamilySearch.
COMBINING DUPLICATE
RECORDS
COMBINING in New FamilySearch means
linking different records about the same
person. This is also referred to as putting
ALL RECORDS – correct or incorrect –
about the same person into one folder. The
individual records are NOT changed.
Because of multiple database systems that
the church combined, there can be many
records on the same person. New
FamilySearch already combines records that
are 100% the same, but the rest is left to us.
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If there is a small number of records,
combine all of them. If there are excessive
numbers of records, combine the best
matches till you get to the point that you
have all the data on the person. Stop there
for now. In time, those who own those other
records may help combine the others with
yours. Attitude Change: We need to have
a positive attitude that this is not “my”
family history but God’s family history.
Combine even incorrect information so that
the submitter can find his record and not
perform duplicate work!
 COMBINE WITH CAUTION. It
is easy and relatively fast to
combine records. We should be very
sure that the records are of the same
person before combining. A family
who lost a child would often give a
later child the exact same name. So
combining individuals with the
same parents and same names can
often be a mistake.
 ADVANTAGES OF
COMBINING: Combining all of
the information about individuals
and families into one place has these
advantages:
 Since you need to look in only one
place, you spend less time looking
for
information
about
your
ancestors. You and your relatives
see the same information about
individuals and families. You can
easily work together to evaluate the
information. You can add new
information and make corrections in
one place, and everyone can see
them. When an individual’s temple
ordinances
are
done,
that
information is added to the same
place. This eliminates the risk of
temple ordinances being done more
than once for an individual and his
or her family.
 HOW TO COMBINE: Go to the
“Possible Duplicates.” In a matter
of seconds, it will show duplicates.
Check the box beside those that you
feel are the same party. Then click
“Compare in More Detail.” The
records will appear side by side.
Even if the information differs, if
you know it is the same person, go
to the bottom and click one of the
“Yes” buttons (they mean the same
but the second one makes some
people feel better). If different,
click “No.” Check all records. Then
click “Done” and then click on
“combine records.” Then just click
through the buttons until the record
is combined. Go to “Details” and at
the bottom click on “Combined
Records” to see what is combined.
You can un-combine those you
think are in error (but so can anyone
else.) You can also refine your
search to try to find others not
showing up. When you combine,
also check “Spouses and Children”
and “Parents and Siblings.” If you
find duplicate siblings, go to the
arrow
in front of the child’s
name. Click on it to open a dropdown window. You can delete or
dispute the individual, dispute the
relationship to father or mother, and
combine the siblings. Your child
will appear on top in the next screen
and all siblings of that sex will be
displayed below. Check on duplicate siblings. You can combine if
you are sure it is the same person
without comparing, or you can
compare the records in more detail
and decide whether to combine or
not.
ADDING DATA to your family tree can be
done in several ways.
 During the initial rollout to the LDS
church, when first registering and
getting started, New FamilySearch
will look for an LDS church
membership record for members.
If found, it adds it to your pedigree
along with any immediate family
members shown on your church
membership record.
 When we have searched and not
found an ancestor, we can type in
the information on that person, or
we can use a commercial software
program to sync the person.
 When we have searched for an
entire family unsuccessfully, we can
upload a GEDCom file with the
information created by our home
computer’s genealogy program or
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

sync the family from a compatible
software program to NFS.
There
are
restrictions
and
limitations.
1) Any GEDCom created from
the records in Ancestral File,
Pedigree
Resource
File
or the online temple records
will be rejected.
2) GEDCom files of 1,000
names or more will be
rejected.
I
recommend
keeping the GEDCom to a
single family unit. DO NOT
ADD
AN
ENTIRE
GEDCOM AS IT WILL
GENERATE TOO MANY
DUPLICATES.
3) Upload information on a
person only after a thorough
search for him on New
FamilySearch has shown he is
not there.
In the near future, software
programs will help us sync our
home databases with what is on
New FamilySearch website. These
include Ancestral Quest, Legacy,
RootsMagic, Family Insight. AQ
12.1 is already doing that. There is a
charge for these programs. PAF
will not be updated but is still a
good program to keep as a
repository, esp. for notes, sources
and pictures,
ADDING A DISPUTE TO
INCORRECT
INFORMATION
Many have been frustrated with inaccurate
records on the Internet that we could not get
corrected. New FamilySearch comes to the
rescue with the ability to DISPUTE
information or leave an alternative opinion
about data in other records that we do not
own. Before creating a dispute (think of as
an Internet Post-It), please consider the
following:
 Contact the submitter/owner of the
record about the issue and share
your evidence. He may gladly
correct the record, especially when
you have more to support your point
of view than “I know it.” It can be
difficult to find some submitters to
Ancestral File and Pedigree
Resource File, especially when the
submittal was made a long time ago.
 In most cases, when collaborating
with another submitter, do not
dispute that the person does not
exist. Focus on particular events,
dates and places in question.
 Only when all efforts to contact the
record owner have failed should we
put a dispute on the record. In the
dispute, explain the details being
challenged and what evidence there
is to support the claim. Re-read it
before doing the final posting.
 Don’t use disputes for every
minor issue; use them only
when
it
is
sufficiently
misleading.
 Use the dispute sparingly; only
you can remove a dispute you
create. It is more difficult to
remove one than create one.
There are cases where the owner
of a record may alter his record
regarding what you disputed;
then the dispute no longer
applies. In some cases the
dispute icon will still be there,
and in some cases it may not be
visible, but it could reappear
again if someone else enters a
record with the same inaccurate
data.
As we learned about new Family Search
from Family History Support, the teachers
begged us to not get angry when we find
incorrect information. Just dispute or add
another opinion and try to work out the
correct record.
HOW TO DISPUTE:
To
CONTACT
submitter:




the
dispute
Find a record with the dispute icon
.
Go to Details view
Click the item that was disputed
In the popup, it will show the
submitter. If the submitter provided
contact information, clicking on the
name would send an email to the
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person. Of course, it is possible that
the email address will no longer be
good.
To ADD a dispute: Symbol
 Find a record where you know the
data is wrong and you have
supporting evidence. You may
Search to find the record.
 Click on the person’s name, even in
a pedigree chart, to see the
individual’s record.
 Click on the Details view. You will
see the dates and places have
hyperlinks.
 Find the individual data item (like a
date or place name) that is wrong.
Click on it.
 A little popup will offer you a link
“dispute.” This adds the dispute to
the record. If you own the record, it
will offer “delete or dispute.”
Now in the Details view, it will
show up as crossed out with a
symbol after it to indicate it is
disputed.
To REMOVE a dispute:



Find a record where you put the
dispute. You should keep a record
of disputes as there is no list.
In Details view, click on dispute
symbol
or the crossed out data
item.
The popup will offer you as the
owner a link saying “remove my
dispute.” Click it.
WHEN SHOULD I NOT RESUBMIT
INFORMATION?
While not a part of New FamilySearch, it is
important to remember that when there are
errors on ancestors’ records, the LDS
ordinances do NOT need to be
resubmitted to the temple. Ordinances are
usually valid even when some information is
not complete or correct.
We are advised not to resubmit records with
these types of errors:
- Variations in spelling of the names
- Event dates off by a few days or years
- Location variations
- Misreading the name from the original
source record
- Because of a policy change on 1 July
1969, all sealing of a child to parents
ordinances on or after that date are valid
even if the wrong mother's name was
given. The word "mother" used in the
temple ordinance takes precedence over
any name that was given.
By Alan Jones
DECLARING LEGACY
TO RECORDS
OWNERSHIP is an important principle
with New FamilySearch. You own what you
enter. Others own what they enter. A person
can only edit what he owns. This provides
safety for your records. Sometimes records
were posted by you in Ancestral File or
Pedigree Resource File, or were posted by
an owner who has passed away or is willing
to relinquish his claim to the data. In these
cases, as a family member, you can claim
ownership via Link Legacy.
DECLARING
LEGACY
OR
OWNERSHIP OF RECORDS:
Find a record that you want to claim
ownership.
A. In the individual’s Details View,
click the owner’s name or “Multiple
Link.” Click the contributor's name
(often a cryptic version of his name)
whose information you would like
to claim as your own.
B. Click the Declare This Legacy
Contributor as Yourself link.
C. Describe why you deserve to claim
ownership. This could be that you
submitted the data to Ancestral File
or Pedigree Resource File, or that a
deceased parent submitted it. If the
submitter is living, get permission
from the current submitter/owner; in
the request to have nFS change
ownership, specify the reason for
your request, your relationship to
the current owner, and how you got
permission. If your user profile
does not give your e-mail address,
enter one in the field provided so
you can receive notification about
your claim.
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D. Click the Submit Request button.
Family Support will make a
decision in 2-3 weeks. If you are
approved as owner, you can then
correct errors or update data in old
Ancestral File or in Pedigree
Resource File records.
By Alan Jones
PREPARING
NAMES FOR THE
TEMPLE
FAMILY ORDINANCE REQUEST
(F.O.R. or FOR) is the new way to take
names to the temple. Online, create the FOR
from home, print it, and take it to the temple.
The temple scans the barcode and pulls the
names from the New Family Search (nFS)
website.



DO NOT print a new FOR per
each individual’s name.
So list at least 2 but no more than
you can have done within one
month.
I recommend 2 to 50 names on
each FOR.
HOW TO BE A HELPER
Family History staff members are able to
log into someone else’s account and help
them work on their family history.
Typically, this would be the Family
History Consultants in the Ward. To
start, log in and click on “Sign In To
Help Someone Else.” The Helper needs
the person’s full name, birth date, and
their helper access number (this is
initially the last 5 digits of their
membership number). Non-LDS FHC
staff workers will have a recognized user
id number assigned. They can change
their access number when they wish
under the Update My Profile. When
helping someone, 1) do not print a FOR,
2) do not submit a request to gain
ownership of a legacy posting, 3) do not
upload a GEDCom, and 4) do not submit
feedback. The Helper is not able to edit
the person’s Profile, correct church
membership records, or correct temple
ordinance information. At present
because of a technical problem, we are
encouraged NOT to get onto someone’s
account as a helper when they have not
already registered on new FamilySearch.
HOW TO PREPARE A FOR
(FAMILY ORDINANCE REQUEST)
By Alan Jones
Click on the person on the pedigree. In
the bottom view, click on “LDS
Ordinances.” It will tell the status of the
temple work – Completed, In progress,
Ready. If a person is “Ready,” click on
Ready and then decide if you will do the
temple work or send it to the temple. If
you want to add others, click No, that
you do not want to print a FOR. Add
other names that are ready for temple
work then or later. Print the FOR to take
to the temple to have the cards printed
for you to do the work. If you indicated
that you want the temple to do the work,
the temple will take care of the person’s
work from that point. Make a list if you
send the work to the temple, as you will
not get cards back. Check nFS updates.
LESSONS FOR FAMILY
HISTORY
CONSULTANTS
Family History Consultants
should
complete the Family Search lessons and
print a certificate. Access this on the Home
page of NFS. Click on “Help Center,” then
click on the “Training and Resources” tab,
and then click on E-Learning Courses.
Each segment of the lessons will take about
10 minutes.
At the end, print two
certificates, one to keep in your records and
one to place in your Family History Center.
There are also other valuable lessons at that
site. It formerly was the “dimensions” site.
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SYMBOLS or ICONS:
Blue checkmark by Temple.
Ordinances are done.
(Some ordinances may be in
progress or not needed.)
Green Arrow to Temple.
Ordinances are needed.
The work is “Ready” to do.
Small Exclamation Sign by
Temple. Ordinances are
reserved for you to do. They
are “In Progress” or “Needs
More Information”
Exclamation Sign by Person.
This individual has more
relationships than the new
FamilySearch can show.
Man and woman on Pedigree
Multiple spouses.
Asterisk on Pedigree.
Multiple parents.
Down Arrow. Edit options
(delete, dispute, combine,
and so forth).
This symbol appears
immediately in front of a
name. Move individual to
main position on the family
pedigree. You can also move
in either direction by clicking
the arrows to the left and right
of names on the pedigree.
The couple will move one block
to left or right.
Crossed Out symbol.
Information is disputed.
The previous information was compiled
by Alan Jones and revised by Sylvia
Sonneborn. We want to thank Alan for
sharing this information and doing the
groundwork for this handout. This is
also available as a handout from Sylvia
at slysyl@verizon.net.
A LETTER FROM ANCESTRAL
QUEST’ S GORDON FINDLAY OF
INCLINE SOFTWARE
All:
We know that many PAF 5 users and
Family History Center consultants are
anxiously awaiting the release of
FamilySearch Certified PAF Add-ins to
help them synchronize PAF 5 data with
the Family Tree of
new.FamilySearch.org. Incline Software
released Ancestral Quest 12.1 over a
month ago to a limited group, and we are
now ready to open up access to any PAF
5 user who would like to synchronize
their PAF 5 data with
new.FamilySearch.org, and to any
Family History Center that would like to
have a copy of AQ 12.1 available for
their patrons.
Things you should know about this
certified PAF add-in:
* Incline Software gave a copy of the
AQ source code to the LDS church in
1999, from which PAF 4 and PAF 5
were derived. So if you are familiar with
PAF 5, and you use Ancestral Quest
12.1, most of it will feel very familiar to
you.
* Even though AQ 12.1 is a full program
that could replace PAF 5, you can also
use AQ simply as an Add-in for PAF 5.
If you don't care to use all the features of
AQ, simply use the new features that
synchronize your PAF 5 data with
new.FamilySearch.org and ignore the
rest of the program. After you install AQ
to your computer, you will find it listed
in the "Tools" menu of PAF 5. You can
use this tool, and focus on AQ's menu
labeled "FamilySearch" to synchronize
your PAF 5 data with nFS.
* You can download LDS ordinance
data directly from NFS into your PAF
file. You will find this easier than using
the old methods of searching through the
IGI to update your temple data -- in part
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because the FamilySearch team has
already combined many of the duplicate
records that used to exist in the IGI.
* You can try AQ 12.1 for free for 60
days. After the 60 days, you can
continue to view your PAF 5 data with
NFS IDs, you can continue to link your
PAF records to NFS, and import Family
Lines from NFS without purchasing a
key to fully unlock the program. To
otherwise exchange data between your
PAF file and NFS, you would need to
purchase a key after 60 days. Family
History Centers are granted a free
license to activate AQ on all the
computers in their center. If you would
like to receive the unlock key for your
center,
send
a
request
to
ancquest@ancquest.com.
* There are screens to let you quickly
link any of your PAF 5 records with
their corresponding records in the
Family Tree of new.FamilySearch.org
* You can use some extra options in the
Advanced Filtering to determine which
of your records are linked to nFS and
which are not
* You can import new records and data
directly from nFS into your PAF 5 file
* You can upload your PAF 5 records
and data directly to nFS
* You can download ancestral lines from
NFS directly into either a new PAF file,
or into your existing PAF file. This will
include all LDS ordinances for these
people. (This feature will continue to be
free, even after the 60-day trial expires.)
* If you download LDS ordinances
labeled "Ready" -- indicating that they
can be submitted for temple work, you
can quickly find these records using the
Advanced Filtering by searching for
"Any Ordinance Date"
matching "Ready".
* AQ 12.1 has been out of beta testing
for 6 weeks, now, and is being released
to the third phase of its roll-out.
To download a copy of this new
FamilySearch certified PAF add-in, go
to this web page:
www.ancquest.com/Ver12-1Info.htm
[You will not need to retype PAF into
AQ. When you open AQ, it will seek
your PAF files and display them in AQ.
PAF needs to be closed. When one file
is updated, both AQ and PAF will be
updated.]
Whether you already have training on
how to use the new.FamilySearch.org or
not, you will certainly have questions
about how to synchronize your PAF 5
data with the Family Tree. We
recommend that you watch the tutorial
we have provided for PAF 5 users. It is
available on this page:
http://www.ancquest.com/Ver121Tutorials.htm
Be aware that the FamilySearch team is
expected to provide us with additional
processes (called APIs) that will allow
AQ to give you more options in the near
future. For now, AQ 12.1 provides the
tools you need to start linking your PAF
5 records with NFS.
In the near future, AQ will also provide
these other capabilities not yet in the
program:
* Allow you to download sources from
NFS into your PAF 5 file (AQ will let
you view the NFS sources now, but you
cannot yet make them part of your PAF
5 file)
* Allow you to create a source for each
record or piece of information you
download into your PAF 5 file from
NFS
* Allow you to separate improperly
combined persons in NFS
Of course, you can only use these new
features in AQ if you have an ID on the
new.FamilySearch.org site. This means
that most people in Utah and the Pacific
northwest cannot yet use them, but we
know that those of you who do have
access to NFS will be excited to start
using these tools immediately.
Good luck,
Gaylon Findlay
Incline Software
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https://consultant.familysearch.o
rg/consultant/home.do - Site for
Priesthood Leaders and Family History
Consultants to register
Lessons for Consultants:
Log onto
New Family Search, “Help Center,” click on
“Training and Resources” and then click on “Elearning Courses” and select New Family Search
lessons.
https://new.familysearch.org
Site of the New Family Search – use after 9/20
www.familysearchindexing.org Site for members to assist with indexing of
censuses and other digitized records
www.labs.familysearch.org – Site
where members can use the indexed records.
Click on “Records Search”
www.familysearch.org
- Site of
family history records before combining into
NFS. Download PAF, use IGI, use library
catalog. Free 1880 census, SSDI, much more.
www.lds.org – Official Church site
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FamilySearch Wiki is in beta. It's a
public site. We welcome all to visit,
read, edit and add to it. The address is
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_P
age
FamilySearch Wiki is a large, on-line
library where you can find thousands of
articles and how-to instructions about
doing family history. Since this is a wiki
Web site, you can add to existing articles
or write new articles. If you have
information on how to do family history,
please write an article and share it on the
Wiki.
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FamilySearch Forums is also in beta. It
is also a public site. We are currently
advising people to go there to ask their
research questions. You're welcome to
answer any post in the Forums. The
address
http://familysearchsupport.org/vbb/index
.php
QUOTES FROM PRES.
JOSEPH SMITH
This evening I stumbled across these two
quotes by the Prophet Joseph Smith in
my papers and thought I would share
them with members. These are such
powerful quotes that someone might
benefit from the inspiring message.
"This is the spirit of Elijah, that we
redeem our dead, and connect ourselves
with our fathers which are in heaven,
and seal up our dead to come forth in the
first resurrection; and here we want the
power of Elijah to seal those who dwell
on earth to those who dwell in heaven."
(History of the Church 6:252).
"All those who have not had an
opportunity of hearing the Gospel, and
being administered unto by an inspired
man in the flesh, mush have it hereafter,
before they can be finally judged. It is no
more incredible that God should save the
dead, than he should raise the dead."
(History of the church 4:425-426).
By Mary S. Scott of Michigan
MESSAGE FROM THE
EDITORS
Since we are finally almost there, we
have decided to dedicate this issue of
Genealogy News to new Family Search.
We had received a four-page handout
from fellow family history consultant
Alan Jones. We looked it over, liked it,
and Sylvia decided that there were some
other important facts to add for the help
of beginners, and so she did. Thanks,
Alan. This information is not meant to
take the place of nFS overviews or
tutorials. It’s just a handy sheet to help
you remember what to do. We testify
that family history work is under the
direction of the Lord, and we wish you
success as you seek your own records.
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