Recording "No Children" or "Not Married" in FamilySearch

 

How often has someone looked for children or a marriage date only to discover the couple had no children or they were never officially married? Both are valid facts that need recording to prevent one from repeating a needless search, but how do you do this in FamilySearch?

Once you are logged into FamilySearch, go to the individual's profile.

 

Now scroll down to "Other Information: and click on "Add Information" and note a list of "Events" and further down "Facts" are there in a drop down menu.

You'll note you can choose "No Children" or "No Couple Relationship", etc. under Facts, or create a "Custom Event or Custom Fact" aid future researcher as well as sharing important information about the person.

Once selected you can insert any additional details to back up the statement.

Taking this extra step will save time as one now knows not to search for children if there were none. 

While it would be nice to have this information right below the couple's marriage, this is where it is placed in FamilySearch. Taking a moment to review the added information can save one time.

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Pirates of the Pedigree

Pirates of the Pedigree

Come and enjoy lots of classes in the comfort of your home all week! Join Family History Expos and researchers from around the world as we celebrate 15 years of service to the genealogy community!

This is totally online and classes will be broadcast. 

There will be door prices and should prove to be a very helpful conference for all who are looking to pick up some additional tips on locating their ancestors.

Click here to view their full schedule!

It's free to watch, but to view the recording and the handouts, register at https://www.familyhistoryexpos.com/eventregistration/index/190

Be sure to attend my class "Scotland Research Strategies" on Wednesday, the 17th at 10 am Mountain Time! 

Class Description: Case Study: Using a set of records, in a step by step process, to unravel a family legend and extend a family pedigree. Using ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, FamilySearch.org, Scan and other Scottish websites.

Here is the link to attend:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fDadAQVFTNmbgcDC6j_Gug

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Apps Blossoming Everywhere!

These days, each day seems to bring a new application to help us with our genealogical research, a definite plus to all those who are out there looking for those elusive ancestors!

Beginning with Roots Tech and now just finishing up with FGS, each conference brings news of new apps and features that are amazing to those of us who have been researching for years.

Breaking through some of the research barriers can be a matter of just adding seemingly innocent historical events through timelines to be made aware of a new place to locate records or of a new record set completely. Twile did this in its run as part of the "Innovator Showdown" in February. However, it continues to be a great tool to anyone at any point in their genealogical/family history research. Whether you are starting in the present or working in history, their unique way of adding in the historical is perfect for all generations. Their sample video is amazing!

The FamilySearch Family Tree application comes in 10 different languages! A couple of the features are:

• View information about the ancestor, including the names and dates of the ancestor’s spouse; children; parents; and brothers and sisters; and important events, such as birth, marriage, and death
• View the photos and stories that are in Family Tree

If you are concentrating on pictures and stories, the "Memories" application by FamilySearch will keep you connected to FamilySearch Family Tree and allow you to interact and add those favorite stories and photos to share whenever the opportunity is there.

We will continue to bring you more information on these and other great new tools to aid your genealogical/family history research!

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Caution: Relying On "1" Family Database File

As more and more enthusiasm for Family History/Genealogy develops, more and more individuals are taking advantage of all the wonderful tools, online databases and records to learn about their own family history. This is indeed a great and wonderful thing! Where do you keep your family information?

There are online programs where you can place your family tree as well as various software programs that also provide your family history on your own computer, which is best for you? We discuss just three here.

Ancestry.com and MyHeritage.com allow you to create an online family tree and add media. If an individual is not a member they can not see the tree. Ancestry.com allows you to also make a tree public or private. 

FamilySearch.org FamilyTree allows you to create a tree and add media but because it is a Wiki, others can change what you have entered. You can check a "Watch" box so if someone does change it you would be notified by email, 
but it can still be changed.

All the above and others are accessed through the Internet, if it goes down you have "No Access".  There are other situations that also happen to prevent access to these precious family records if only in one location.

It is recommend that you work with one of the three many software programs to link and sync your original data to FamilySearch.org so that you always have the correct information for your family on your own computer should there be instances where names, dates and places have been changed. 

While it is quick and easy to enter information into FamilySearch, it is worth it to either enter it there and then download it into a software program or enter it into your software program and upload it to FamilySearch. Either way will make it so that you have your own copy of your family history on your own computer. 

All 3 programs also create the Family Ordinance Request needed for temple work and many other outstanding features. The three software packages that are completely FamilySearch Certified to do this are:

1) Ancestral Quest 2) Legacy FamilyTree 3) Roots Magic

There are many other different programs that have been certified to work with FamilySearch.org, here is a link to that page: https://familysearch.org/apps/category/tree-software

Conclusion 

Seriously consider using a software program for your own use on your own computer and add to the other programs as you wish to share.

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Technology Can Help You Record, Store and Organize Research with Research Ties..

One of the quickest things one learns when doing any kind of research is the amount of paper, books, pictures and different types of media that accumulates at a rapid pace. Additionally, keeping them all connected can become a nightmare.

While researchers are diligent at carefully recording and citing sources, being efficient can be overwhelming depending on the particular project.

Starting with the objective of the project/research, a researcher can scan a document if it is not digital, record the location with a proper citation and connect the two together forever while the paper method can easily get lost among the collection of documents as the research project progresses.

Its easy to allow the program to search for previously recorded documents and finds instead of having to manually go through pages and pages of already conducted research. Research Ties greatly helps to prevent duplication of work and effort resulting in increased research time and analysis. 

There is plenty of assistance in getting started and using all the features in the program as is indicated under "Learning Center":

Additional tips can also be found in their blog which always covers various topics with screen shots to help visualize the how to...

One can try out Research Ties for 14 days for free, the annual cost for your logs and 10 GB of space to store the documents that go with the logs is just $30 a year.

To learn more about this fantastic tool, visit Research Ties, and bring your genealogy research into the 21st century!

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Claire (*)

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Building Bridges: Learning from Others' Experiences: How DNA Solved Parentage

Normally when I share thoughts and ideas, I tend to concentrate on more concrete things, however, after reading the book, Finding Family by Richard Hill, I felt it wise to share my thoughts on this book.

This is one of those books that once you start reading it you don't wish to put it down until you have finished, yes, it is that interesting as well as informative in the process of locating ones biological parents under the difficult circumstances of closed records, sealed documents, individuals who were sworn to secrecy combined with those who could have helped having already passed away.

From the moment you begin, the reader brings you right into his life as it was at the point that he discovers he is adopted which happens as he goes for his physical before heading off to college. This is a point in life where he has had time to mature and act in an adult manner. He does this brilliantly as he works through how to handle this shocking and unexpected news with his adoptive parents at this point in his life.

During his 10th grade biology class he learned how parent's DNA recombines in their children and two parents with blue eyes should produce a child with blue eyes, his were brown. His teacher simply stated at the time that he should notice that their text book didn't even go into green or gray eyes and it was just a simple way to help understand DNA which didn't cover mutations and so he brushed it off at the time.

Along the way, individuals and friends in the family aid him in his long journey to discovering who his real parents are, his persistence in keeping detailed notes, which he referred to multiple times over a period of 30 years, made all the difference in his success. The hunt for his mother took less time then the hunt for his father.

His journey begins with following the paper trail but ends up through various DNA testing over time to finally bringing closure to discovering who was his biological father. 

Never once does he diminish the roles of the parents that raised him for he understood the difference between biological parents and adoptive parents.

This is definitely worth reading if you wish to learn ways to go about discovering who ones' biological parents are if you are in this situation. Additionally, if you are someone who helps others it is also worth reading.

Its available either from your public library or on multiple sites where you purchase books.

Enjoy!

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Building Bridges: Just How Do You Learn?

Understanding how one learns is very helpful no matter what career one decides to pursue, but when introducing younger individuals into the world of genealogy and family history research it becomes an advantage that will inspire and guide the individual teacher to match tasks and abilities successfully.

Most people realize that each one learns differently, according to Learning-styles-online.com, "Everyone has a mix of learning styles...there is no right mix nor are styes fixed. One can develop abilities in less dominant styles as well as improving styles already used".

There are 3 different learning styles: Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic and Tactile. Each way of learning allows an individual to develop the best they can in a perspective field. (1)

From the above chart, it is easy to find genealogical and family history tasks to match the learning style of your family members so they have a successful and interesting experience learning about their ancestors.

Here are some genealogical and family history activities according to learning styles that may lead to greater success in ancestral research for younger generations.

Visual: Fan Charts, Online Presence, Hunting in Cemeteries, Collecting photographs
Auditory: Remembers names, dates & places, data entry, family website, organizing family artifacts
Kinesthetic & Tactile: Historical Research, Historical re-enactments, learning about historical events in different time periods, adding the details

(1) http://www.upb.pitt.edu/uploadedFiles/Learning%20Styles%20Inventory.pdf

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