A User's Guide to the New Familysearch Website (February 2011)
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A User’s Guide to the New FamilySearch Website (February 2011) Publicado por FamilySearch Internacional Salt Lake City, Utah © 2007, 2011 por Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Todos los derechos reservados Impreso en los Estados Unidos de América Aprobación del inglés: 06/2008. 36798 002 Este documento se puede copiar y descargar para uso incidental en la Iglesia o para uso personal sin fines comerciales. A User’s Guide to the New FamilySearch Website (February 2011) Contents Preface: Obtaining Updated Information. xiii Chapter 1: Introduction to the New FamilySearch Website. 15 What the New FamilySearch Website Does. 15 Registering to Use the New FamilySearch Website. 16 Information Required for Registration. 17 Registering for an LDS FamilySearch Account. 18 Signing In and Signing Out. 20 Solving Problems When You Cannot Sign In. 20 Retrieving a Forgotten User Name for an LDS FamilySearch Account. 21 Retrieving a Forgotten User Name for a FamilySearch Account. 22 Changing a Forgotten Password for an LDS FamilySearch Account. 22 Changing a Forgotten Password for a FamilySearch Account . 23 Getting Help. 24 Seeing Help for Each Screen. 24 Learning from Tutorials. 25 Printing Instructions. 25 Using the Help Center. 25 Changing Your User Profile for an LDS FamilySearch Account. 34 User Profile Options for an LDS FamilySearch Account. 35 Changing Your User Profile for a FamilySearch Account. 37 User Profile Options for a FamilySearch Account. 37 Setting Preferences. 38 Preference Settings. 39 Preference Settings for the Watch Feature. 40 Using the New FamilySearch Website for Someone Else. 40 Contributors and Submitters. 42 TempleReady Submission Files. 42 New FamilySearch Website: User’s Guide (Latter-day Saint Version) © 2007, 2011 IRI iii Chapter 2: Navigating, Finding, and Printing Information. 43 The Home Page. 43 What Each Option on the Home Page Does. 44 Displaying Your Family Information. 46 Changing to a Different View Screen. 47 Why Your Family Tree Does Not Contain All of the Information That You Expect to See. 47 The Family Pedigree with Details View. 48 The Family Tree View. 49 The Individual List View. 50 The Difference Between a Family Pedigree and a Traditional Pedigree. 51 Seeing Family Information on the Family Pedigree with Details View. 53 Moving Individuals Around on the Family Pedigree with Details View. 53 Returning to a Previously Viewed Individual on the Family Pedigree with Details View. 54 Switching to Other Spouses and Other Parents on the Family Pedigree with Details View. 55 Seeing Family Information on the Family Tree View. 55 Displaying an Individual’s Ancestors on the Family Tree View. 56 Displaying an Individual’s Descendants on the Family Tree View. 57 Moving an Individual to the Main Position on the Family Tree View. 58 Returning to Yourself or a Previously Viewed Individual on the Family Tree View. 59 Resizing the Family Tree View. 59 Moving the Family Tree View. 60 Displaying More Generations on the Family Tree View. 60 Displaying Fewer Generations on the Family Tree View. 61 Highlighting the Path to Yourself on the Family Tree View. 61 Displaying Different Spouses and Parents on the Family Tree View. 61 Straightening the Path between One Generation and Another on the Family Tree View. 63 Displaying Family Information on the Individual List View. 63 Sorting Information in the Individual List View. 64 Resizing the Columns in a List. 64 Reordering the Columns in a List. 65 Displaying a Family Group Record. 65 Seeing Details about Individuals and Families. 66 Information Found in the Complete Details. 67 Seeing Contributors, Notes, and Sources. 76 iv © 2007, 2011 IRI New FamilySearch Website: User’s Guide (Latter-day Saint Version) Contributor Names. 78 Seeing Information about Living Relatives. 79 Reporting Living Individuals Mistakenly Displayed in the System. 79 Adding Information about Living LDS Church Members. 80 Information That You Can See from LDS Church Membership Records about Living Individuals. 80 How the System Displays Living People. 81 Rules Used to Determine If an Individual May Still Be Living. 82 Searching for Deceased Individuals. 82 Search Results. 84 Refining a Search. 85 How the Exact Check Boxes Affect Search Results. 86 How the Exact Check Box Affects a Search for Names. 88 How the Exact Check Box Affects Searches for Dates. 88 How the Exact Check Box Affects Searches for Places. 88 Printing Information. 88 Using Certified Third-Party Computer Programs to Print Information. 89 Chapter 3: Adding New Individuals and Families. 91 When to Add Information. 91 How the System Helps You Enter Accurate Information. 91 Linking Individuals Who Are Already in the System into Your Family Line. 92 Entering a New Individual into Your Family Line. 93 Indicating Where the Individual Fits into Your Family Line. 93 Entering the Name and Gender. ..