The Tree – Pedigree to Person Page
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FamilySearch Fantastic and FREE! Basic Training Module #2 The Tree – Pedigree to Person Page 1 The Tree – Pedigree to Person Page The Tree is the area within FamilySearch where users can add and connect generations of their families through the Pedigree view or the Person Page. https://pixabay.com/en/map-of-the-world-compass-antique-429784/ 2 Overview Family Tree is the area within FamilySearch where users can access the records of family members, both ancestors and descendants, that have been entered into “The Tree”. You will learn about pedigree views and how to use them to add and connect generations of family members in Family Tree. You will also learn about the information available in a personal record called the Person Page. From the Person Page, you can view your relationship to 15 generations of ancestors or descendants, search for records, reserve ordinances, add or delete relationships, and much more. 3 Objectives After completing this lesson, you’ll be able to: 1. Display the four pedigree views in Family Tree and explain the advantages of each view. 2. Change the starting (root) person in Descendancy view without leaving the page. 3. Explain the features on the Summary Card. 4. Access your tree and show how to use the drop-down features. 5. Describe the information contained in the sections and boxes on the Person Page. 6. Demonstrate how to change the Preferred Portrait. 7. Add a person to the Watch List and explain its purpose. 8. Find, modify and print Family Group records and pedigree charts. 9. Explain Record Hints, Data Problems, and Research Suggestions and be able to dismiss them. 10. Standardise dates and places. 4 Landscape View in Family Tree After clicking on Family Tree from the Home Page: 1 4 1. You see one of four pedigree views 2. Use the plus or minus icons to enlarge or shrink the view. 2 3. Clicking on a v or > (arrow) will reveal more information, such as more generations, or more wives or children. 4. You can vary the information 3 displayed by checking or unchecking information and alert icons under Options. 3 The pedigree view last used on signing out of Family Tree will be the view displayed Landscape view on signing back in. Using the Landscape view in Family Tree Family + Tree + Landscape 5 Portrait view in Family Tree The Portrait view is similar to the Landscape view on the previous page, but is rotated 90° with descendants shown below and ancestors shown above. You do not see the ancestors of the starting person’s spouse. This view is excellent for printing a portrait chart. You can see which family members are missing a portrait at a glance. Portrait view Pedigree views in Family Tree Family + Tree + Pedigree + View Printing 4-generation pedigree charts, portrait pedigrees and fan charts … Family + Tree + Chart + Printing 6 Fan Chart View in Family Tree In Fan chart view you can simultaneously see: 1. Between five and seven generations from the 1 starting person in a variety of views. 2. Other wives and children at the bottom of the fan 3 will display if you click the white > (arrow) icon. 3. Clicking the Fan icon at the bottom of a person’s cell will open a new fan with that person in the Starting Position. Fan Chart view allows you to: • See missing family members at a glance. 2 • Print more generations at a time than any other Fan Chart view view. Select a person on the outer edge of the fan chart to put in the starting position, then switch to Descendancy view. It’s then easy to go down the lines of descendants to see your distant cousins. Using the Fan Chart in Family Tree Family + Tree + Fan + Chart Printing 4-generation pedigree charts, portrait pedigrees and fan charts … Family + Tree + Chart + Printing 7 Descendancy View in Family Tree Descendancy view is unique because it displays ancestors as parents with their children showing vertically beneath them (descendants). You can use this view to: • Expand the line forward in time instead of backward. • Locate possible gaps where children could be missing. • See ancestors that could be missing a spouse. • Trace collateral lines. • View more family members on one page than in any other view (if you do not show portraits) • View research hints and ordinances that can be reserved at a glance (lined up on to the right of a person’s name) Use Expand to change the starting (root) person Descendancy view in Descendancy view without leaving the page. Using the Descendancy view in Family Tree Family + Tree + Descendancy 8 Recents In Family Tree, when you click on 1. In the Go To box you can find a Recents you will see a list of the 1 person in your history list by last 50 people viewed. typing their name, or simply clicking on a name in the list below. If you type in an ID number, the system will find that person anywhere in the Tree and open their Person Page. When you click a name in the 2 2. To view a person in the main Recents history list, the system position of the Tree opens the Person Page for that click Recents, and then click individual. the tree icon to the right of a name. After adding an unconnected person, be sure to record their ID number in 3. Also available in Recents is the order to find them easily at a later date! facility to Add Unconnected 3 Person to Family Tree. Using Recents in Family Tree Family + Tree + Recents 9 Find Feature The Family Tree menu contains the Find feature that allows patrons to search for family members that may already be in Family Tree. Click on FIND in the submenu, type some vital information into the search window, click , and view the search results for a match. Narrow your search by clicking an exact match box , by adding information to other fields, or by adding spouse or parents. Don’t forget the option of clicking the right-hand tab to Find by ID. Using the Find feature in Family Tree Family + Tree + Find + Feature 10 Lists – People You are Watching When you select Lists from the Family Tree submenu, your Watch List is displayed. To place a watch on someone, go to their person page. Under the person's name in the top grey banner, click . A weekly email will then notify you if any changes to the vital information or sources connected with people you are watching. You can also view changes made in the last 30 days when you click on Changes to People I’m Watching. To see only changes made by others, click the box next to Hide Changes I’ve Made. Columns can be sorted, and you can search for names, ID numbers, places or other information The Watch List is a really using the Filter box. useful collaboration tool! Using the Watch feature in the Family Tree Family + Tree + Watch + Feature 11 Summary Card – The Bridge from Pedigree to Person From any of the pedigree views in Family Tree, you can click on a person’s name to see their Summary Card. This card is a quick view of information as well as a bridge to the more detailed Person Page. • Click on the Watch to add the person to your Watch List. • When you click on Memories, you will be taken to the matching section on the full Person Page. • If you hover over the Temple ordinances icons, you will see the date and temple where ordinances were completed. You can tell what the status of any ordinance is by the colour of the icon. Displays person in starting position on Tree. Takes you to the Person Page. Summary Card in Family Tree Family + Tree + Summary + Card 12 The Person Page #1 The Person Page in Family tree displays information and memories about a person. It also provides features to help you make the person's record more complete and accurate. When looking for information, begin at the top! Clicking on the Person link on a Summary card opens the Person Page in the Details view. Here you will see • Preferred portrait of your ancestor (if one has been selected from their Memories) • Name • Birth date and Death date (if known and entered) • All-important ID number of that person’s record in Family Tree. Takes you to pedigree view with that person in the starting position. Displays your relationship to an ancestor for up to 15 generations. Adding or replacing portrait photos in Family Tree Family + Tree + Portrait + Photo 13 The Person Page #2 Just below the summary information for your ancestor is a line of Quick Links (hyperlinks) as shown below: These Quick Links provide access to: • Details (landing page) • Collaborate (Discussions + Notes) • Time Line (with map) • Memories (Photos, Docs, Stories + Audio) • Sources • Ordinances Take time to explore the information contained in each of these areas. There have recently been major changes to the Person Page and the way it operates. Make sure you are fully conversant both with the new layout and all the information contained therein! Displaying the Person Page in the Family Tree Family + Tree + Person + Page 14 The Person Page #3 Below the Quick Links the Person Page divides in two: The RIGHT column The LEFT column mostly contains links to contains editable tools and functions information about the which can help with person, including your research. relationships. • Research Help • Life Sketch • Search Records • Vital Information • Latest Changes • Other Information • Tools • Family Members • Print A well-written Life Sketch can be most effective in reducing Try out the various print spurious record changes.