Volume VIII, Issue 7
July 2014
FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLETTER
Compiled by Jackson and Sylvia Sonneborn, York, PA
MOBILE APP DEVELOPED
and a lot more fun to do your own family history
research. One of these mobile apps is the
FamilySearch Tree app. With this new app, you can
easily:
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Connect with an ancestor. View the photos,
life stories, and recordings you have added
to the ancestor. See spouses, children,
parents, brothers and sisters, and important
events in your ancestor’s life.
Make audio recordings and take photos of
important documents, family photos,
sources, and family events, and add them
to Family Tree.
Share photos, stories, and recordings with
your family.
Save and print charts that show generations
of your family.
If you don’t have much information in Family Tree,
you won’t see much in the app. But you can
change that by adding photos, stories, audio files,
and sources. For now, to add a person or correct
information, you have to go to FamilySearch.org,
but those features are coming to this app soon.
By Jess Barlow on Family Search Blog
https://familysearch.org/campaign/mobile/tree/?cid
=hp-1657
https://familysearch.org/blog/en/familysearch-treeapp/
https://tech.lds.org/blog/612-ldstech-broadcastjuly-11th-new-family-search-apps Click on "Watch
It Now."
FamilySearch Tree
FamilySearch recently introduced two new mobile
apps. These apps were created to make it easier
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This mobile companion to FamilySearch Family
Tree puts the power of heritage in your hands. You
can view a pedigree, a specific person, or
ancestors; you can find information for specific
ancestors. You can change portraits, view Details,
view spouses and children, parents and siblings,
sources, photos, and stories. You can listen to
audio recordings. You can also add sources,
photos, stories, and audio recordings to an
ancestor and print charts.
Go to the Apple Store in iTunes and search
for FamilySearch and you will find the new
app; it's free.
Below are some testimonials of people using this
app.
SOURCING YOUR RESEARCH
Documentation is so important in doing accurate
family history research and showing others where
you found your information. Sharing a primary
source on family tree may prevent a lot of
erroneous information from invading your
ancestors' records. One of the newer features that
I am enjoying using in Family Tree is the "Record
Hints." Found on the left hand side of the vital
statistics are the possible sources that the
computer is suggesting may be primary sources for
your ancestor. Of course, you need to open each
one and determine whether or not it is your
ancestor.
The hints can be found here:
"I love this app. I needed some family information
on a son-in-law, and I was able to retrieve it in
seconds! It saved so much time and was very
helpful!"
—Lexi
"I took the Family Tree app to a cemetery with my
parents and children. There was a deep connection
with our ancestors as we saw their photos and
stories in the tree."
—Wendy H.
Last night I used the Family Tree app to tell my 6year-old a bedtime story. He was instantly
entranced. Even after 45 minutes of reading
stories, my son wanted more."
—Mike S.
"I helped a group of young women learn about
Family Tree, and the room instantly came alive as
they read about and added stories of people they
know and love!”"
—Lynnae A.
"My family and I visited a few villages where my
ancestors lived. It was great to have quick access
to birth and death places, along with their photos."
—Sandy J.
Full Story
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Magnified, the record below appears in the
short amount of time it takes for your
computer to open an ancestor's record. Now
that is truly remarkable! Unfortunately, not all
sources may apply to your ancestor, but it is a
place to start. You must peruse each
suggestion to be certain it is you ancestor's.
For purposes of demonstration, I have chosen
the record of Jack's grandfather John
Haunfelder. When Jack opens each record
listed in the "Record Hints," he can then attach
each one to his grandfather as well as other
family members in that immediate family that
the record pertains to.
What's New: Recent Updates and Additions
to
the
FamilySearch
Website
During the last month, a few new changes have taken
place to the FamilySearch website. Check out what some
of these updates are and how they will enhance your
FamilySearch experience.
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Helpful New Additions to the Descendancy View:
Data Problems and Research Suggestions
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Add a Document To More Than One Person
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A New Way To Place a Person in the Center of
Your Fan Chart
Use Record Hints to Find Records of Your Ancestors
https://familysearch.org/blog/en/record-hints-findrecordsancestors/?et_cid=47414510&et_rid=767386822&linkid=
https%3a%2f%2ffamilysearch.org%2fblog%2fen%2frecordhints-find-records-ancestors%2f&cid=
Oftentimes, there will be no suggestions, but
you can then click on "Search Records," which
is found beneath the hints and do a more
inclusive search for your ancestor's records on
FamilySearch. Along the right hand side of the
source list, you can vary the template about
your ancestor to find additional sources. For
instance, a Henry F Smith may have always
gone by H F Smith. Thus if you change the
parameters for the search, you may find other
information. All of this information is coming
from records that have been indexed by
volunteers. Like the hints, you have the
opportunity to attach these sources found in
""Search Records" to your ancestor and any
family members referenced in the source.
If you have not used these new features, try
them. Learn how to attach the information to
your ancestors. You will be amazed at how
easy it is to document your records. Being a
person who has spent hours looking for
ancestor information on microfilm, I cannot
applaud the Family Search engineers enough
for the development of these tools.
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WHAT'S NEW AT FAMILY SEARCH?
https://familysearch.org/blog/en/whats-newat-familysearch/
http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Comm
unity/en/FamilyTreeCurriculum/level01/levelo
ne.html
Sandbox FamilyTree Training by
Elder Moon
August 14, 2013 By Nathan Murphy
Come play with us in the “sandbox” to learn
FamilyTree. FamilyTree is FamilySearch’s latest
product designed to create an accurate database of
the world’s families. New features are being
released weekly. Elder Moon, author of the
Sandbox FamilyTree Training, is an instructor for
the volunteers at the Family History Library in Salt
Lake City. He teaches waves of volunteers who are
then prepared to help the general public use this
powerful new tool. Through these online lessons,
everyone can now benefit from this highlyacclaimed training.
Why is it called a Sandbox?
It is called a “sandbox” because you are working
with live data in what looks like FamilyTree (even
though it is only a simulation program and doesn’t
save the changes you make to the actual
FamilyTree). You don’t have to worry about
crashing the program while you are learning how to
use it.
Course Description
There are 6 individualized lessons that anyone can
do, to learn all of the basic and intermediate
functions of Family Tree. There are written lessons
and videos that when used together give the best
experience. However, many individuals prefer just
to watch the videos or just to do the written
material. Some people do the whole set of lessons
and then come back and review when they run into
a problem, and others only look at the material
when they experience a problem and do not know
what to do. Taken from the FamilySearch Blog
SYLVIA’S GENEALOGY CORNER
Introducing a "Grunt"
Genealogist
After our Barefoot Family Reunion, I had the
pleasure of hosting my nephew Mark Hott in
our home for a few days as he went in pursuit
of his mother's ancestors. Mark is my late
brother Fred Hott's second son. He has been
working in family history a good many years
and has switched from our common ancestry
of Hotts to his mother's line - the Pfeils and
Millers. It was interesting to see him work his
lines.
SANDBOX
HTTPS://TRAINING.FAMILYSEARCH.ORG/TREE
Attach an Image of the record to an
existing source in FamilySearch
Comment from Patron: "It would be nice if we
could attach an image of the record to an existing
source. FamilySearch didn't have the image
attached to the record. I found it on the FH film.
I used the same source title but added "image of
record" see L7GZ-953".
What I have started to do is to create the digital
image of the source as a document (preferably
pdf). Upload to Family Tree as a document and
all individuals on the document tagged and linked
to Family Tree. Then in the FamilySearch
attached source, I added a note to the source
saying - "The digital image of this source can be
viewed in the Memories/Documents section for
this individual," followed by a reference ID, which
I make part of the document title for easy
identification. I also edit the title of the
FamilySearch attached source to accurately reflect
the actual year of the event - in place of the year
range.
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My nephew Mark Anthony Hott - a "grunt" work
genealogist
First of all, his earliest ancestor in this country
is Emil or Emmanuel Pfeil, who was born about
1844 in Germany. He and his soon-to-be bride
Elisabetha Reichel, born in 1834, immigrated to
the United States in 1866 and resided in
Reading, Pennsylvania. My proximity to
Reading brought Mark to my home. He went to
the Reading Historical Society and also across
the street to the Reading Court House, and he
returned to my home with a bonanza of
information. This is one of the important pieces
of information that he found:
Original Immigration Record of Emil Pfeil and
Elisabetha Reichel from Germany to Pennsylvania
in 1866
Next, Mark was able to find their birthplace in
the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church and
Town Records - 1708-1985
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town
Records, 1708-1985 about Emil Pfeil
The church and town records say that Emil and
Elisabetha were from Bietenkopf, Hessen,
Darmstadt, Germany. Now Mark has a location
for further researching overseas.
By looking for baptismal records in the
Lutheran Church in Reading, Berks County, he
was also able to find the baptismal records of
Emil's 4 children, among them his own
ancestor John F Pfeil. These records
documented the birth dates and locations of
birth of these children.
Marriage Record of Emil Pfeil and Elisabetha
Reichel in Pennsylvania in 1866
Soon after the couple arrived in America, they
married in 1866. The marriage record also
gave Mark information about the church the
couple attended. He could then deduce that
the children's baptismal records may also be
recorded in Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
Church and Town Records. First is the
marriage record.
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Mark already has obituaries for the Pfeil
children as he had already made a trip to the
local library in Cambria County, Pennsylvania,
where he grew up to obtain these and where
the family had moved.
Mark's Great-grandfather John Pfeil was the
father of his grandmother Marie Gertrude Pfeil,
who married Conrad Miller, father of Mark's
mother and my sister-in-law. I really loved
Mark's mother Lorrie Miller Hott who left this
earth all too soon at the young age of 45 from
cancer.
Mark's Mother - Delores Marie Miller Hott
Mark returned to my home with copies of the
original records, among them a naturalization
record. Later I was able to go on Ancestry.com
and familysearch.org and find many of the
original records posted there, but the grunt
work that Mark had done was impressive, and
he was able to return to our home with copies
of primary sources for his first immigrant
ancestors. He was also able to stand in the
same town where his ancestors may have
stood. That special feeling bonds us to our
loved ones.
When Mark left my home the next day, he
went in search of another of his ancestors - an
Elizabeth Riley. His ancestor, spoken of above John Emil Pfeil, was married to Clara Baker.
Her father was Henry F. Baker and her mother
was Elizabeth (Riley) Baker. He learned that his
second great-grandmother Elizabeth Riley was
born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. So his
departure from my home in York took him to
Lock Haven. He was able to report back about
his trip:
"Well, I got back to my brother John's house this
afternoon. Been on road to York, PA, and my Aunt
Sylvia and Uncle Jack's house and then to Reading PA
to do research at Berks County Historical society on
my Pfeil line. Didn't find everything I was looking for
but got some very valuable info, including my Great
Great Grandfather's naturalization papers from 1871 then back to York for the night. I went to Lock Haven,
PA, today looking for info on another portion of my
mom's line - the Riley's. That trip ended up being a
bust as they could not find any info I was looking for.
Well back to drawing board on that line."
My late brother Fred Warren Hott with his bride Delores
Marie Miller Hott in 1951 on their wedding day. These
are the parents of my nephew Mark Hott who was
visiting me to do the research.
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So the grunt work that my nephew did was
fruitful in Reading, but the trip to Lock Haven
did not yield anything new on the Rileys. On
the other hand, Mark is seeking after his dead
as our church has instructed us to do, and I
know that the Lord will open the windows of
heaven so that he will sooner or later find
those ancestors he is seeking. I admire him for
taking these side trips in an attempt to find
concrete evidence of his ancestors. He lives in
Alabama, and he has taken a week's vacation
from his work to attend two family reunions,
visit with relatives privately, and then take
some research trips while he was here. Mark is
50 years young and has been doing genealogy
for many years now. I love it that there are
family members younger than I am who are
adding relatives to our family tree. And I wish
Mark luck and joy as he continues the
sleuthing process of finding out about his
relatives.
Elder Allan F. Packer
There is a spiritual passport needed by
every person on earth to qualify for
exaltation. To enter, all the criteria must
be met.
https://www.lds.org/topics/familyhistory/rootstech/elder-packer
QUESTION:
I am the only genealogist in my family. To
avoid having my files lost, I'd like to will my files to The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. How, specifically should
the codicil to my will be worded in order to get the files to the
right person/department/organization within the church?
ANSWER:
By Robert Givens: Please go to
FamilySearch.org and to the Help Center found under "Get
Help" at the top right corner of the web page. Search for this
document: "Donations to FamilySearch or the Family History
Library"- you better clear things with them - they may or may
not want your materials. Here is a quote of a part of this
document. The last sentence probably is very applicable to
you: For a complete list of items and guidelines for donating to
FamilySearch, please see Donations Guidelines 2009 attached
to this document. A summary of the items FamilySearch
accepts is listed below: Materials must be readable, organized,
and accessible to help researchers identify individuals and
relationships by name, date, and place. Materials must add
new information to the FamilySearch collection, (duplicate
materials are not accepted). Materials must fit on available
shelf space. Materials must not violate current privacy or
copyright laws. FamilySearch accepts the types of materials
listed below: Autobiographies and biographies containing
genealogical material. Family histories with genealogical
information. Indexes to records. Local histories (limited). Well
organized collections of genealogical and research materials, (if
preapproved by the Family History Library Rights and
Acquisitions team).
QUESTION: Why can't I fine Everton's
Genealogical Helper?
ANSWER: Everton’s Genealogical Helper
magazine no longer publishes this magazine.
The last publication appears to be in 2009.
http://libguides.byui.edu/content.php?pid=972
6&sid=116330
OCTOBER IS FAMILY HISTORY MONTH PLAN SOMETHING SPECIAL
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IDEAS TO PROMOTE FAMILY
HISTORY
I do a monthly family history challenge and
have a bulletin board with a bare tree. As
members complete a challenge, they add a leaf
to the tree. So this month's challenge is to
participate in WWID. The date and time are on
the bulletin board, and I also wrote a blurb for
the ward newsletter. In addition, we have a
ward Facebook page, so I've posted it there,
as well.
This last Sunday, the ward council viewed the
video introduction for the Youth Temple
Challenge. In conjunction with both WWID and
YTC, the young men and women are getting
together at the meetinghouse on the 20th at
5:30. They've been asked to find a laptop to
bring, but I figure not everyone will be able to
get their hands on one. However, indexing especially for those just learning - is a great
two-person project. One person can read and
the other can type, and then they can trade off
after each obituary or each batch.
Before we get started, I'm going to have them
join our ward relative finder group
(http://roots-fb.cs.byu.edu/). I think it will be
fun for them to see how closely they are
related to the person sitting next to them.
Then we'll watch the overview of indexing
obituaries and pray there will be some
available to index when we finish, AND that
there will be enough bandwidth for everyone
to download a batch at the same time.
ARE YOU RELATED TO SOMEONE
FAMOUS? FUN! FUN! FUN!
If you have a healthy pedigree in Family Tree,
try this site to see your famous relatives. While
it is a real stretch, I found out that I am related
to Joseph Smith and also John Wayne many
generations apart. I am 10th cousin many
times removed to some of these people, but
nonetheless, this site shows my connection to
some important people.
So, I wanted to see what famous writers I am
related to. Click on "Relatives." Since I have a
full pedigree, it came up with these
connections to Famous Writers:
http://roots-fb.cs.byu.edu/
Use you LDS identification to log in. You will
need to download you pedigree file.
Select Groups to Find Relatives. Check box.
I'm also related to Emily "Dickinson (12th
cousin, twice removed); John Wayne (8th
cousin, once removed), and Nathaniel
Hawthorne (12th cousin, 10 times removed.)
Then I looked at early Mormon leaders. To
name a few, here are some of my common
ancestors:
I also was interested to see if I was related in
any way to the witnesses of the Book of
Mormon:
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You're Never too Young to Enjoy
Discovering Your Family's History
A beginning genealogist quickly became a
teacher at the Family History Library,
downtown Salt Lake City. Eleven year-old Ellie
Taplin learned how to find microfilms, search
them to find a name, scan, and enhance the
image-by Thursday of her first week. Now
she is helping others. Read Ellie's story here.
Pictures on Family Tree
I won't even tell the "Mayflower Millers" how
many Mayflower ancestors I have! The site is a
lot of fun. It is connected to Family Tree, so
you have to sign in with your account to get the
information. I have copied only the relative and
the relationship, but you are also given the
common ancestor. You can then click on "view"
and look at the actual line that connects you to
the named relative. Give it a try. It's fun, but a
14th cousin, 7 times removed is not a very
close relationship! It doesn't give you any
bragging rights!
Click or Control/click to access the site:
http://roots-fb.cs.byu.edu/
Calculating Cousins
LDS Tech announces the 2014 Gospel
App and Game Development Contest
Held as part
Conference.
of
the
2014
LDS
Tech
The contest begins immediately. Everyone is
invited to develop a gospel-centered iOS,
Android, or Windows game or app that will
help flood the marketplace with quality
entertainment alternatives for families. Go to
this link to see the submission dates and
more information.
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The system for adding pictures to Family Tree
is cumbersome. It should be obvious how to
choose the picture one wants to appear by
the person's name on their person page, but
it is not. I know it's possible to do this, but I
can't remember, and I've spent the last 15
minutes clicking everywhere to find how to do
it.
Click on the Portrait itself. That takes you to
all photos for the person. Click on the one
you want displayed as the portrait. It will
take a few minutes for the change to take
place.
Check out complete training at
http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Comm
unity/en/FamilyTreeCurriculum/index.html
Whether it's a third cousin or a fourth
five times removed, figuring out how
you're related to your long-lost relative
can
be
challenging.
Start
by
determining the most recent ancestor
you share; then use this handy
relationship
chart.
Visit
bit.ly/relationship-chart to enter you
email address and download it for free.
Source: Family Tree Magazine
Legacy Family Tree and FamilySearch
Family Tree
Learn how Legacy Family Tree interacts with
FamilySearch Family Tree. See how Legacy
can
search
FamilySearch,
exchange
information between the two, and how to
reserve and manage ordinances. (Presented
specifically for the LDS member, but is also
applicable to the general audience.) Also
learn how to manage research projects using
Legacy's progress meter. Go to
this site and select "Watch Video".
A Spirit That Can Type
-- on the back was the paragraph where I
was asking about Hardy's occupation, and on
the front -- in neither my handwriting nor
hers -- were scrawled those words "well
driller" across my name and address. We
were mystified.
I mentioned it in a letter to my uncle later,
and he misunderstood -- he thought it was
knowledge that I had. He responded by
writing, "The first time Pa told me his father
was a well driller, I tried to correct him,
saying 'You mean well digger, don't you?' He
answered 'No! I mean well driller!"
So, I'm convinced that Hardy Thompson was
a well driller, and I'm equally convinced that a
spirit wrote it down for me!
By Sue Nickum
A few years ago, I was publishing a memoir
written my grandfather when he was 94
years old. I was also pulling together other
family documents and photos to publish in a
second part of the book.
My mother was alive then, and she was
helping me as much as she could by mail. We
wrote letters to each other every single week
for many years, so you have to believe me
when I tell you that I had some ingrained
letter-writing habits.
In my research, I'd found a woman who sent
me quotes from a book to indicate that my
great grandfather (Hardy Thompson) had
been a retired miner. In one letter to my
mother, I mentioned that it was the first
reference I'd had to Hardy's occupation, and I
asked her if she knew this to be true. She did
not.
My letters were always 2 sheets, front and
back, generated on my computer. I always
finished at least the first sheet on Friday night
and the rest of the letter early Saturday
morning. That means that the first sheet sat
on my desk overnight.
A couple weeks later, my mother asked me
why I'd written "well driller" across my
letterhead on that letter. I hadn't. She tore
off that part of the letter and mailed it to me
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Tips for our very young readers
There are few moments so touching in the
New Testament as that memorable day when
the Savior of the world bid the children in the
crowds to draw near to him. Said Jesus,
"Suffer little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of
God." (Luke 18:16)
But if you've ever had a rambunctious toddler
running around the house, you know how
hard it can be to share any sort of spiritual
message. Toddlers have their own language,
attention span, and understanding, which
sometimes mean that parents need to get
creative to teach them about Christ.
Follow this link to find six tips for teaching
toddlers about Christ without pulling your hair
out.
Patriarchal Blessing Index
This is for FHC Directors
Film number 392631 through 392696, 66 rolls
were requested to be returned to general
access. The blessings can be requested online
so there is no longer a need for the physical
roll here.
I was wondering if you can
help me write a good obituary for
my Brother-in-law?
This may be the only thing ever written about
him. I love reading obituaries with detail and
celebration of a person’s life.
We are sorry for your loss. It is a great
opportunity to write an obituary for your Brotherin-Law. While indexing obituaries in FamilySearch
I find it interesting to read of people’s lives.
Obituaries will be read by acquaintances, loved
ones and those who are just interested in reading
about their neighbors. Use the deceased's entire
name. You can also include nicknames. Do a
short paragraph about the person’s death
information. Include the date, location, and cause
of death. It is preferable to include the age at
death and a personal comment, such as,
"surrounded by family" or "comforted by his
wife."
Give the deceased's birth information, include the
city and state and the full names of the parents.
Add a few paragraphs to tell about their life.
Include hobbies, profession, special skills, military
service or church callings as applicable. Some
people may have a favorite expression that others
would associate with the deceased, and it is
appropriate to include that in the obituary.
List the relatives that preceded him in death.
Start with the deceased's first name and then,
"was preceded in death by' followed by a list of
names and relationships. Do not include close
friends.
List the relatives who survive the deceased.
Immediate family members are customarily
listed, but you can also add names who are not
close relatives but close friends.
Include information about the grave site, flowers
and donations if there is a specific desire.
You may want to include thanks for persons and
institutions that provide care. Make a final
personal
comment
about
the
deceased.
Sometimes you can include a website where
condolences may be sent. Be careful with private
email and phone numbers.
We also strongly suggest that each person write
his/her own obituary. That is so that the facts
are correct.
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Face to Face: Live Facebook Event with
David Archuleta
If you missed the Facebook event with David
Archuleta, it is available to view.
Watch a recording of a conversation with
former American Idol contestant and returned
missionary David Archuleta, moderated by
Young Men general president David L. Beck
and Young Women general president Bonnie
L. Oscarson. David answers questions from
youth around the world and describes his
decision to postpone a successful music
career to serve the Lord. He also tells stories
from his mission, gives advice for future
missionaries, and shares his testimony in
word
and
song.
Here's
the
link: https://www.lds.org/youth/activities/mis
sionary-work/live-chat-with-davidarchuleta?lang=eng.
From Houdini to Disney: Finding Family
and Fame on FamilySearch Records
What a fun compilation of documents! Not
only can you find your ancestors on
FamilySearch, but you can dig up a little
world history along the way. Follow the link
to see the digital documents!
Documents, signatures, photos and other
records of famous people can be found within
the massive mountain of digital data. Earlier
this
week,
FamilySearch
International
announced the publication of its 1 billionth
image. Learn more at this link.
LDSTech Broadcasts- New Family
Search Apps
You can view archived broadcasts from LDSTech
at any time. The January presentation is by Hal
Rushton on "Gospel Content on the Feature
Phone." Another stream you may wish to watch
was presented by Jim Byer entitled, "Windows 8
Gospel Library." These two webinars will help
you organize your Sunday references on your
mobile devices
“Before Ellis Island, there was Castle
Garden”
Pennsylvania, Probate Records,
1683-1994
These records have just been added for
your researching pleasure.
This collection includes probate records
created in Pennsylvania counties. The records
include wills, estate records and indexes.
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The immigrant processing station of Castle Garden,
New York.
“All immigrants to America coming through New
York came through here to be processed.”
Browse through 3,200,560 images
Citing this Collection
"Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683- Upset
with FamilySearch/Family Tree
What is your family’s history in coming to
America?
Castle Clinton, also referred to as Castle Garden,
is a fort and national monument located in
Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan in
New York City. The structure has served as a fort,
theater, opera house, national immigrant
receiving station, and aquarium throughout its
long history. Today, Castle Garden is called Castle
Clinton National Monument and serves as the
ticket center for ferries to Ellis Island and the
Statue of Liberty. http://oak.ctx.ly/r/1b8f2
From August 1, 1855 through April 18, 1890,
immigrants arriving in the state of New York came
through Castle Garden. America's first official
immigrant examining and processing center,
Castle Garden welcomed approximately 8 million
immigrants - most from Germany, Ireland,
England, Scotland, Sweden, Italy, Russia and
Denmark.
Castle Garden welcomed its last immigrant on
April 18, 1890. After the closing of Castle Garden,
immigrants were processed at an old barge office
in Manhattan until the opening of the Ellis Island
Immigration Center on 1 January 1892. More than
one in six native-born Americans is a descendant
of at least one the eight million immigrants who
entered the United States through Castle Garden.
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Youth Temple Challenge
Elder Neil L. Andersen has challenged all youth to
take their own family's names to the temple.
"I want to challenge each of you to set a personal
goal to help prepare as many names for the
temple as baptisms you perform in the temple.
Again, my challenge for you is to prepare as many
names for the temple as you perform baptisms in
the temple.
There is something powerful in searching out
someone who needs temple ordinances, learning
who they are, and then being part of their
receiving these sacred ordinances. This is how
you become "saviors on Mount Zion." There is a
joy and satisfaction that is only understood
through spiritual feelings.
As you seek to contribute to this sacred work,
both by finding those needing ordinances and
then beginning their work in the temple, your
own knowledge and faith in the Savior will
increase, and you will receive a more certain
witness that life continues beyond the veil."
Look at the four steps to the challenge by
following this link. Add your name to the
challenge counter.
FAMILY HISTORY MEMBERS' GUIDE
Few teachers in the Family History Library bother
teaching from or about the Members' Guide to
Temple and Family History manual. Those lessons
are very nice, beautifully done, and are good
backgrounds for those just starting out. But they
are for another time and older technology.
With all the wonderful new features of Family
Tree, THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDMA'S
GENEALOGY ANYMORE, and WAHOO! I rejoice
every day that I get to use and teach Family Tree.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE NICE FEATURES:
A. The Search Records sourcing feature from
FamilySearch records where the sources are sooo
easily found and attached, with the original
document, right on to a person's page is just one
feature we are so thrilled about.
B. The Tree Connect feature that allows sourcing
from non-FS Internet sites, taking the information
from books, Ancestry.com, the Pioneer Overland
travel database, Wikipedia, findagrave, and on
and on, and with one scroll across the information
you want from these sites, after clicking on Tree
Connect, the whole Create a Source template fills
in automatically - well that is just plain amazing!
Important Updates to the Indexing
Program
Beta testing of the new indexing program has
officially started. You will soon be able to
index on a TABLET, such as the iPad, the
Nexus, the Kindle Fire and more. Indexing on
a tablet will not require software that you
have to download. You will simply use the
tablet's internet browser and visit the
indexing website.
There will also be a new "Getting Started
Experience."
Specifically, the new getting
started experience will allow you to:
Learn about the new program before making
the switch.
Try out a new type of record before
committing to index a batch.
Help new indexers get started more easily.
View this link to learn more about "The
Future of Indexing."
Who Do You Think You Are: TLC
C. The possible duplicate search leading to the
merge feature which cleans up duplicates and not
so great data therefore, leading us closer and
closer to just one correct record per person is just
remarkable.
D. The ability to add and edit anything, whether
we put the data into a record or not, is so
liberating
compared
to
the
rigidity
of
new.familysearch.org.
E. And adding photos and stories, and
collaborating so much more effectively with
relatives on our common ancestors who are
sharing more photos and stories than we had is
outstanding. I will continue to pray for the
engineers who are contributing every day to
making FT even better.
Cathy A
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July 20 - TLC is having a marathon of "Who
Do You Think You Are?" with the new season
starting July 23. http://www.tlc.com/tvshows/who-do-you-think-you-are
Who Do You Think You Are? will be airing all
new episodes of the hit series on TLC. Follow
today's top celebrities as they take a journey
to explore their ancestry.
Tip: Saving Your Spot in RootsMagic
Using Bookmarks
Posted by Bruce Buzbee
Every person in your family tree is important,
right? As much as we may hate to admit it,
sometimes certain persons are more
important than others. For example, imagine
wandering around through the outskirts of
your family tree when you realize it’s time to
shut down for the night. You wish there was
a way that you could just pick up where you
left off the next time you get on… and there
is.
Meet your new friend- the “Bookmark."
Bookmarks work just like they sound…
highlight a person on any of the main
screens, press Ctrl+B (or do “Search >
Bookmarks > Bookmark person” from
the menu), and RootsMagic will remember
that person for you. Any person you
bookmark will be listed in the Bookmarks tab
of the side list like this…
gets too long, you’ll want to make sure you
read last week's tip on incremental searching.
Your bookmarks are saved with your
database so you can keep them as long as
you wish, or you can highlight a bookmark in
the list and click the red X to delete it.
Bookmarks are also great for when you need
to temporarily go somewhere else in your
tree and be able to quickly return to the
current person. Just bookmark the person
you are on, go do whatever else you need to
do in your tree; then quickly jump back to the
original bookmarked person.
So remember, while every person in your
family tree is important, bookmarks let you
mark those that are the most important to
you at the time. And, to avoid any hurt
feelings, you might want to make sure any
living family members don’t notice his
absence from the bookmark list.
An Exciting New Tool! Find and Honor
Mormon Pioneer Ancestors
The arrow shows where the Bookmarks open
up.
Just select any bookmark in the list and click
Go, and RootsMagic will jump directly to that
person. There’s no limit as to how many
bookmarks you create, although if the list
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A new tool has just been launched that lets
FamilySearch users discover if they have
Mormon Pioneer ancestors, learn who they
are, see any photos, and read stories about
their journey.
To use the Pioneer Ancestor tool click here.
Developed jointly by the Church History
Department
and
the
Family
History
Department, this landing page scans a logged
in user of FamilySearch.org's Family Tree and
compares it to the Mormon Pioneer
Overland Travel database. It then lists any
ancestors who traveled to Utah between 1847
and 1868. You can then view data about
Companies or click to see Your Pioneer
Ancestors. "What would take a user hours
and hours of research to validate now takes
one click,” says Tim Cross, the FamilySearch
Product Manager for the project. "People
who use it love this tool," he concluded.
When should I save images as
Documents vs. Photos?
I have learned that I prefer to scan
documents, death certificates, and grave
markers as .jpg files instead of .pdf files. This
gives me additional flexibility to highlight the
names referenced in the document. For
example in a Last Will and Testament, there
are often multiple people listed. This method
allows me to easily find which people I have
already linked in the document.
I also do the same with photos of certificates
and grave markers. I upload them as
"documents" rather than "photos" so I can
highlight the names. This also helps when
reviewing vital information for a person. A
good general rule is if it has words, it's a
document; if not, it's a photo.
To change a photo to a document, go to the
photo page, then select the circle with the
italic "i" under people, albums, details and
event. Highlight the check box indicating the
image is a document, not a photo. It is then
placed in your documents section and not in
your photos section.
Multi page documents are generally better as
a .pdf. You can tag a document for a name
regardless of the format.
Outsmart Your Smartphone
Finding Research Opportunities in
FamilySearch Family Tree
The new Descendancy view in FamilySearch.org's
Family Tree opens up a world of possibilities to
those who believe that "all their genealogy has
been done." FamilySearch has produced a short
video explaining how to view works to aid you in
finding opportunities to discover cousins whose
Temple work may not have been done. Here is a
link to the video:
http://bcove.me/3cmca6ls
It is important to note that when an opportunity
is located in the descendancy view, you should
first check for duplicate entries and then verify
the information contained in FamilySearch.org.
There is no guarantee that the information is
correct or that the ordinance work has not
already been done, but by using the Descendancy
View, you can certainly find family members who
open up those possibilities if you are willing to
spend some of your time verifying the information
presented.
Your Desires, Your Choices, and Your
Technology
Have you ever thought about what your everyday
technological choices say about who you are?
In the April 2014 general conference, Brother
Randall L. Ridd, second counselor in the Young
Men general presidency, said, "Every day the
world seeks to influence your desires, enticing
you to buy something, click on something, play
something, read or watch something."
Have you ever felt like technology is
distracting you too much?
Download these wallpapers and print this
charging cord cutout to remind you to use
technology wisely. You can use them as
wallpaper for your phone, music player,
tablet, or computer.
Your desires determine
your agency.
And
your agency determines who you become.
Brother Ridd said, "Ultimately, the choice is yours.
You have agency. Each choice takes you closer to
or further from what you are meant to become;
each click has meaning. Always ask yourself,
'Where will this choice lead?' Develop the ability
to see beyond the moment."
DESIGN A WIKI PAGE:
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/User:
Parrisl_/sandbox3
So how do you educate your desires to help you
become the person God wants you to become?
Brother Ridd has offered four principles to guide
you.
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You Are a Modern Pioneer
You might think that the word "pioneer"
applies only to early Church members. But
this word actually refers to a person who
leads the way, showing others the correct
way to follow. By this definition, any modern
Church member who sets a good example
and stands up for his or her beliefs can be
called a pioneer.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks has said, "The days of
the pioneers are not past. ... In every nation,
in every worthy occupation and activity,
members of this church face hardships,
overcome obstacles, and follow the servants
of the Lord Jesus Christ as valiantly as the
pioneers of any age."
Just like our Church's early pioneers, you are
also asked to stand up for your beliefs
often. Learn more about how to stand up for
your beliefs. Watch the short video "You are a
Modern Pioneer".
What Does It Mean To Be a
Temple Name Submitter?
Repeating last month's article:
WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS!
Submission of names for temple work has jumped from
2.3% to 2.7% as presented at RootsTech 2014 - by
Elder Allan Packer and other speakers.
See:
https://www.lds.org/topics/familyhistory/rootstech/elder-packer
The 2.3% was the percentage of members who
submitted at least one name for Temple work in 2012 ...
that number went up to 2.7% in 2013.
As we know - the quarterly reports now include the
number of members submitting a name for Temple work
each quarter. That number is not supplied by the
wards/stakes - it is automatically reported by Salt Lake
and simply appears in the quarterly report with the data
that is supplied by the wards/stakes. We are now
tracking two statistics each quarter: Number of Members
(adults and youth) who submit names for Temple work;
Number of converts (12 and older) who submit names
for Temple work.
Here is clarification of how Family Search
counts submitters for temple work:
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"A submitter is any Church member who is a
registered FamilySearch.org user, is 12 years old or
older, and does the following two things:


Find—finds a name that is in FamilySearch
Family Tree or adds a name that is verified,
using genealogical sources, and that isn’t a
duplicate record
Print—prints a Family Ordinance Request
(FOR) form, which workers at the temple
can use to scan and print temple cards
Or…Share—shares names with the temple, which
means it goes to the temple inventory of names for
temple patrons to complete the ordinances for that
individual."
Read the whole article at
https://familysearch.org/blog/en/submitter/?et
_cid=47414510&et_rid=767386822&linkid=htt
ps%3a%2f%2ffamilysearch.org%2fblog%2fen
%2fsubmitter%2f&cid=
That means that one person could submit 500 names,
but he would be counted once while a friend who
submits one name to the temple also counts as 1.
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Use Facebook to Find, Join and
Contribute to Genealogy Interest Groups
Use Facebook, the social networking site, to find,
join and contribute to Genealogy interest groups.
The Family Tree Magazine article on the 101 Best
Genealogy Websites for 2014 included Facebook
in the "Best Social Media Websites" listing, saying:
"Don't think the king of all social media merits a
place on a genealogy website list? Download the
118-page "Genealogy
on
Facebook"
PDF
file containing 3,800 links. Everybody from the
Association of Professional Genealogists to the
WorldCat library database to us here at your
favorite genealogy magazine has a Facebook
page these days. We're beginning to think that
Mark Zuckerberg fella might be onto something."
The link for the 118-page "Genealogy on
Facebook" PDF File caught my eye - and it's FREE
to download. When you click on the link, you go
to the www.socialmediagenealogy.com website to
download the PDF.
The PDF link is
http://moonswings.files.wordpress.com/2014/04
/genealogy-links-on-facebook-april-2014.pdf.
Source: Randy Seaver
Newest Genealogy Records
Canada – FamilySearch has added some
334,000 indexed records to their collection of
Ontario birth records. This collection spans
the years from 1869 to 1912. Effective 1 July
1869, the province of Ontario began to
register births, marriages and deaths. Each
county kept a district registrar, which was
then sent to the provincial registrar. The birth
records in the FamilySearch collection can be
searched by name, gender, year and place of
birth. Please note that if you search by year,
not all the records in the collection have the
year listed. Access is free. [Historic Ontario
Birth
Records]
See
more
at:
http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/ne
west-genealogyrecords.html?awt_l=9PV1I&awt_m=J0jdBgjT
MAk.Vy#sthash.xwP4Ik5X.dpuf
US – The New York Public Library (NYPL) has
released an incredible collection of more than
20,000 maps with no known copyright
restrictions. These maps can be downloaded
in high resolution format for free. The
collection is diverse. Included are 1,100 maps
of the mid-Atlantic United States from the
1500s to the 1800s; 700 topographical maps
of the Austro-Hungarian empire from 1877 to
1914; 2,800 state, county and city maps
mainly of New York and New Jersey and
finally the really big one for genealogists:
10,300 property, zoning, topographical and
Sanborn fire insurance maps of New York city
from 1852 to 1922 as well as 1,000 additional
maps of the five boroughs and neighborhoods
dating from 1660 to 1922. The collection can
be searched by keyword. Access is free. [Free
Historic Maps of New York City]
The website also has a tool that allows you to
‘warp’ (overlay) historic maps onto modern
maps. We have talked about this before (the
Map Warper tool is about three years old).
Below is the YouTube video that describes
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how the process works. If you want to
download a high-resolution copy of a map for
your files, you need to do it through the Map
Warper tool. Access is free. Registration is
required. [NYPL Map Warper]
See more at:
http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/ne
west-genealogyrecords.html?awt_l=9PV1I&awt_m=J0jdBgjT
MAk.Vy#sthash.xwP4Ik5X.dpuf
The Value of an Oral History
One area of family history that is often
overlooked is the need to preserve the
memories and experiences of the older
members of our families. If you feel that
doing your "genealogy" is overwhelming, then
think about your oldest relatives and record
their oral histories. You can do this by
telephone or in person.
The first step is to realize that you probably
already have a perfectly adequate recording
device. If you have a Smartphone, you can
use its recording capabilities to record a good
quality sound file of your relative's stories and
memories. If you want a little better quality,
there are a whole spectrum of small, pocketsized, digital recorders that do an excellent
job of recording both speech and music.
These digital recorders come from a variety
of manufacturers and cost from around $30
to many hundreds of dollars. There is no
need to buy an expensive device; the less
expensive ones work perfectly well.
If you are wondering what to ask, there are
dozens, perhaps hundreds, of websites with
list of interview questions. For a start, see the
webpage entitled Steps to an Oral History
Interview on LDS.org.
SOURCE: Rejoice and be exceeding glad
blog.
Creating a "Problem List" in RootsMagic
If you have added records to your RootMagic
database over a period of time, you will make
typographic errors. Database data entry may
be error-prone with dates and unfamiliar
place names.
In RootsMagic 6, you can create a "Problem
List" from the Tools>Problem Search>
Problem List menu. This opens up a
"Problem Search" window where you can
select the problems to look for. Some of the
choices include; Individuals without sex
entered; Birth before parent's marriage; Birth
before parent's birth; Birth after mother's
death; Age at death should be less than 110
years; Mothers age between 14 and 50.
Once you assemble your list, clicking okay
quickly generates a list. You can "Save" the
list as a PDF file; then you can open it as a
reference as you fix errors.
President Eyring encourages us to
consider our example
You can be a great model, an average one, or
a bad model. You may think it doesn't matter
to you, but it does to the Lord. Each of us
can make a difference. We have been
prepared for our time and place in the last
days of that sacred work. Each of us has
been blessed with examples of those who
have made that work the overriding purpose
of their time on earth. Watch President
Eyring's video.
I see I can create and post audio files
using the Tree app.
Can I upload audio files to Family Tree using a
browser? Ron Tanner of FamilySearch says: "We
are working to add to Family Tree and Memories
the ability to display, play and upload audios. If
you record on mobile, it is being uploaded to your
memories and to the Family Tree person. We are
just not showing it currently."
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How NOT to Clean a Tombstone for FindA-Grave
A warrant was issued Wednesday for the
arrest of a Surgoinsville man who is being
charged with Trespass on or Injury to
Cemetery Property after he allegedly went
into a historic graveyard at New Providence
Church without permission and used a wire
brush to "clean" the inscriptions on
approximately 60-70 headstones.
Read the full account here.
Source: The Rogersville Review
Video Collections for Training Stake and
Ward Family History Leaders
I frequently refer to the need for Ward and
Stake leader to follow the guidelines in the
guidebook entitled, "To Turn The Hearts,
Leader's Guide to Temple and Family History
Work." To reinforce the teachings in the
guidebook, The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints has produced a series of
videos. Links to these videos are on
the Leader Resources page of the Family
History Callings section of LDS.org.
The video instructions fall into four
categories:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Featured Videos
Training for My Calling Videos
Individual Stories and Topics Videos
Leaders' Secrets of Success Videos
One of the key factors to success in
implementing family history activities in the
Wards and Stakes is following the guidelines
in the guidebook. From my own experience,
there are two key components to
implementing a successful program: first, that
each individual act in accordance with the
activities and duties outlined in the guidebook
and second, that the Wards and Stakes call
adequate numbers of qualified family history
and Indexing consultants.
Source James Tanner
YORK COUNTY CEMETERY PHOTOS
BY HARRY SENFTFamilyHart
http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/famil
yhart/
Disk #27 New Freedom Cemetery, Shrewsbury Twp,
York, PA (Indexed by Audrey LeRew)
[email protected]
Disk #31 Strickler's Cemetery, Hellam Twp, York, PA
(Indexed by Audrey LeRew)
Disk #31 Bairs Codorus Mennonite (Redone) Cemetery,
West Manchester Township, York, PA D
Disk #22 Pleasant Grove United Methodist Cemetery,
Windsor Twp, York, PA (Indexed by Audrey LeRew)
Disk #31 Springville Cemetery, Lower Windsor Twp,
York, PA
Disk #23 Saint
Pauls United Methodist Cemetery, Craley, York, PA
(Indexed by Audrey LeRew)
Disk #39 Jefferson Cemetery, Codorus Twp, York, PA
(Indexed by Audrey LeRew)
Disk #38 Garber Mennonite Cemetery, Menges Mills,
York, PA
Disk #38 Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery, Brogue, York,
PA (Indexed by Audrey LeRew)
Disk #18 Locust Grove United Church Of Christ
Cemetery, Windsor Twp; York, PA Disk #36 Bethany
United Methodist Cemetery, Felton, York, PA
(Indexed by Audrey LeRew)
Disk #33 Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Monaghan Twp,
York, PA
Disk #33 Mount
Pleasant Cemetery, Monaghan Twp, York, PA (Indexed
by Audrey LeRew)
Disk #51 Saint John the Baptist Episcopal and Memorial
Garden, York, York, PA (Indexed by Audrey LeRew)
Disk #13 to #16 Greenmount Cemetery, York, York, PA
indexed (Indexed by Deb
Hartman) [email protected]
Disk #51 has been posted on line
Cemetery Headstones Disk #51
1. Hopewell United Presbyterian Church Cemetery,
East Hopewell Twp, York, PA
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2. Mount Tabor Cemetery, Menallen Twp, Adams,
PA
3. Mummerts Meeting House Cemetery, Hamilton
Twp, Adams, PA 4
4. Old Round Hill Presbyterian Cemetery, East
Hopewell Twp, York, PA
5. Saint John the Baptist Episcopal and Memorial
Garden, York, York, PA
Pictures can be viewed on web link below
http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/H
arrySenft/
Worldwide Indexing Event
June 27, 2014 by Emma Young
FamilySearch Volunteers Set
Historic Record
FamilySearch volunteers are amazing! On July 20th and
21st, FamilySearch indexers and arbitrators from around
the world joined together to set an international record
for the greatest number of indexing participants in a
single day! We hoped to have an unprecedented 50,000
contributors in a 24 hour period. FamilySearch
volunteers excelled, surpassing that goal by 16,511!
That’s right—66,511 participants in one day! Incredible!
We are grateful for the patience and persistence of
many volunteers who faced technical difficulties due to
an overwhelming response.
These generous indexers and arbitrators made a true
difference. Each record and each name indexed and
arbitrated matters. It only takes one to open the door to
linking generations of families together. Without
question, thousands of lives will be changed as a result
of this day’s effort.
While the focus for this challenge was on the total
number of participants, a tremendous amount of
indexing and arbitration work was accomplished as well.
Here are the results for the number of records indexed
and arbitrated.
Indexed:
Arbitrated:
Total Records Processed:
4,682,746
941,932
5.7 million
Our ancestors deserve to be remembered. You can be
proud to be the one who made the difference for
someone else who is looking for their ancestors.
Because of you, they will know the joy of adding a new
branch to their family tree. Thank you!
Did you participate in this historic event? Celebrate with
us! Print and/or share this badge online to let your
friends know you helped make history! Visit the badge
page to download the badge.
We want to hear from you! Share your event day
experience in a comment below or email us at
[email protected].
For copies of Genealogy News, go to
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~payork/York2W
ard/
Thanks to Don and Jeanine Hartman of Utah for
posting the newsletter online for us. You can
contribute your family history of original York
County ancestors to them at http://familyhart.info
FamilySearch posts billionth digital
online image
Since 1894, the Church has been compiling, preserving
and providing access to the world’s genealogy records,
pioneering the use of microfilm as a records preservation
tool beginning in 1938 and amassing over the years a
collection of billions of images of historic records.
As microfilm was superseded by digital photography, the
Church’s FamilySearch genealogical service has been at
the forefront in use of that technological tool as well.
Now FamilySearch is observing a milestone: Early this
week it announced the online publication of its 1
billionth image of historic records, a feat that took only
seven years to achieve.
Of the images preserved digitally so far, approximately
70 percent have been converted from microfilm stored
over the past half century at the Church’s Granite
Mountain Record Vault, a remarkable facility excavated
from solid rock near the mouth of Little Cottonwood
Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City. Another 25 percent
of the images have been captured by camera crews sent
out by the Church to various locales around the world.
And 5 percent come from partnerships formed between
FamilySearch and various national, state, municipal and
religious archives.
In fact, the 1 billionth image came from such a
partnership, with an archive in Peru that houses civil
registration documents.
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HOW TO FIND AND CORRECT
DUPLICATES ON YOUR FAMILY TREE
Kathryn Grant explains how to find and correct the
duplicates in your common ancestors in the
FamilySearch Family Tree. Her free training video
explains how to take care of duplicates and gives
examples and forms that can be used by researchers.
The
website
is
http://www.usabledesignmatters.com/fh/index.html.
If you can't tell for sure that two people are the same
individual, do NOT merge them. It is better to have the
temple work duplicated, than to incorrectly merge two
people with the same name, but very different lives.
You should keep your own genealogy database,
separate from Family Tree, and use it as a roadmap or
guide to update Family Tree. That way, you keep your
research clean of errors others have made. There are
several good family history software programs you can
use. Check the compatibility list at the home screen of
FamilySearch for suggestions.
Having some temple work duplicated is not the end of
the world. Best case scenario -- someone who has been
waiting a long time gets his work completed. Worst case
scenario - a living person completes the temple work
and partakes of the spirit that exists in the temple, even
though it won't make a difference for the deceased
person.
There are so many good researchers working on the
FamilySearch Family Tree that, eventually, all of the
errors will be cleared up and the correct relationships
made....but it is a LOT harder, if two people have been
incorrectly merged.
Lana
WHY IS FAMILYSEARCH.ORG STILL UP?
Information from new.FamilySearch is still being
transferred to Family Tree. I am still getting Legacy
sources from nFS added to my Source Box and attached
to my people in FT. Also, all living people in the Family
Tree are still on nFS, not the Tree yet. Ron Tanner
mentioned this in one of his last two RootsTech talks.
Ann A. in VA
Wiki Tip
James W. Anderson
Early this year, FamilySearch began a massive indexing
project to index obituaries, first from the United
States, then from other parts of the world. The
obituaries will usually contain the name of the deceased
along with survivors, other relatives, other deceased
family members--particularly the spouse if he or she
passed on before, and even at times the minister, other
clergy member, or even the funeral director who
conducted the service,
One of the first projects to have at least a partial index
posted is the American Historical Society of Germans
from Russia obituaries collection. As of 30 June 2014, it
had 407,000 names in the collection. On each collection
FamilySearch posts, indexed or not, they post an article
on the Wiki describing how to use the collection. When
an index is posted, the article is updated with even more
information on the collection, including tips on how to
best search the collection for ancestors. There is an
article for this particular collection. It is a very good
example of what the articles for image and indexed
record collections are like and what they may contain.
Paste into your browser to open the record.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States,_O
bituaries,_American_Historical_Society_of_Germans_fro
m_Russia_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)
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FREE PARTNER WEBSITES ADD EXCITEMENT TO
FAMILY HISTORY
Exciting things are happening! Soon LDS members will
have free access to other great genealogical
websites: Ancestry.com, findmypast.com,
and MyHeritage.com. A recent consultant webinar
discussed these new partnerships. Watch the recording to
learn:
 How to access these sites now
 The advantages of each site
 Why the sites can be exciting to LDS members
 How access to these sites will be rolled out to
members
You can download the presentation slides for your own
use. You can also download the handout.
FamilySearch Blog
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Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
DICK EASTMAN REPORTS
http://blog.eogn.com/ July 2014 Articles
The following excerpts are from Dick Eastman's Online
Genealogy Newsletter and are copyrighted by Richard
W. Eastman. They are re-published here with the
permission of the author. Information about the
newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com.
FamilySearch Certifies More Thirdparty Software Products FamilySearch has
announced that ST ViewScan Premium and
MagiPhoto for Windows Phone are now Tree
Access
Certified.
Find-a-Record
Research
Assistance is now Tree and OrdinanceAccess
Certified . “Certified” means the product is
compatible with FamilySearch.org and has features
that conform to FamilySearch’s strict standards of
quality. 6/14
ONE DOLLAR BOOK SCANNING SERVICES You
can learn more about 1DollarScan’s services at
http://1dollarscan.com. Many questions are
answered in the FAQs (Frequently-Asked
Questions) at http://1dollarscan.com/faq.php.
6/30/14
PARTNER NEWS Details on new FamilySearch
partners may be found in the FamilySearch Blog at
https://familysearch.org/blog/en/partner-newsjune2/. 6/21/14
US National Archives Will Upload all its
Holdings to Wikipedia The US National Archives
and Record Administration (NARA) has announced
that it will be uploading all of its holdings to the
Wikimedia Commons. Dominic McDevitt-Parks, the
Wikipedian in residence at the National Archives
and Record Administration, stated, “The records we
have uploaded so far contain some of the most
high-value holdings … However, we are not limiting
ourselves … Our approach has always been simply
to upload as much as possible … to make them as
widely accessible to the public as possible.” You
can read more in an article in Wikipedia at
http://goo.gl/wpzXBj. 7/30/14 The newly-released
Open Government Plan 2014-2016 (available
at
http://www.archives.gov/open/open-
government-plan-3.0.pdf) provides many of those
details. You can read more in The Signpost, a
Wikipedia-hosted
publication,
at
http://goo.gl/3P6kWT. 7/14
PUBLISHING A BOOK You can learn more about
Liberio at http://liber.io. You can also sign up and
use the company’s free services at the same
address. 7/26/14
EASTMAN'S REVIEW OF ROOTS MAGIC
Nothing has changed since my earlier review,
except for the addition of many, many more
features in RootsMagic. Today, I feel even more
strongly that RootsMagic is an excellent genealogy
program for use on Windows, and that it is
available at a modest price. Indeed, my summation
remains the same: “All in all, RootsMagic is a
winner. It is a very powerful genealogy program
with all the features found in most competitive
programs, plus it is very easy to use and has a
modest price. I suspect that I will be
recommending
it
to
many
people.”
http://blog.eogn.com/2014/08/10/genealogysoftware-review-rootsmagic/ THIS IS WORTH
READING! 8/10/14
FamilySearch Adds More Than 10 Million
Indexed Records and Images to Canada,
Czech
Republic,
Ukraine,
and
the
United States The following announcement was
written by FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added
more than 10 million indexed records and images
to collections from Canada, Czech Republic,
Dominican Republic, New Zealand, South Korea,
Ukraine, and the United States. Notable collection
updates include the 3,427,354 indexed records
from the Canada Census, 1911, collection; the
1,334,575 image records from the Czech Republic,
Censuses, 1800–1945, collection; and the
2,545,965 indexed records from U.S., Idaho,
SoutheastCounties
Obituaries,
1864–2007,
collection. Search these diverse collections and
more than 3.5 billion other records for free at
FamilySearch.org.
8/8/14
http://blog.eogn.com/2014/08/08/2383/
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Findmypast Buys Mocavo
London, UK, 23 June 2014. Findmypast, the leading
British family history company, announced today
that it has acquired Mocavo, the fastest growing
genealogy company in the US. Findmypast, the
leading brand in the DC Thomson Family History
portfolio, has been at the forefront of the British
family history market for over a decade. It has an
established collection of 1.8 billion historical records
and an extensive network of partners including the
British Library, the Imperial War Museum, the Allen
County Public Library and Family Search. 6/24/14
Remove Text Formatting When Copying-andPasting
Have you ever copied some text from a web page
or a document and then wanted to paste it as
simple text into another application without
getting all the formatting from the original
source? It can be a problem. Simple copying-andpasting of formatted text often inserts extra
"garbage characters" into the output. In fact,
there is a simple solution. Simple, that is, if you
know about it. The unwanted characters typically
are formatting commands built into the
originating program. The problem is that not all
programs use the same formatting commands.
Read how to clean up your problems. Source:
Dick Eastman for items above.
Section
128
of
the
D&C: 24
"...Behold, the great day of the Lord is at hand;
and who can abide the day of his coming, and who
can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a
refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap; and he shall sit
as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall
purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and
silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering
in righteousness. Let us, therefore, as a church and
a people, and as Latter-day Saints, offer unto the
Lord an offering in righteousness; and let us
present in his holy temple, when it is finished, a
book containing the records of our dead, which
shall be worthy of all acceptation."
Find out how an Archbishop’s Palace may
have shaped one man who in turn helped
shaped the future character of a nation!
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (SMDPA) will
present a Special Events Educational Program on
Saturday August 23, 2014, starting at 11:00 a.m.,
at the Doubletree Hilton, 2400 Willow Street Pike,
Lancaster, PA.
This presentation and book signing will be of
special interest to all Mayflower Society, historians,
genealogists, England researchers, and history
teachers…
The Keynote Speaker Sue Allan, world renowned
author, historian, documentary advisor, consultant
on English history and genealogy. Sue will be
crossing the Atlantic for a one time presentation
and book signing in Lancaster PA
For ONLY $22.00, the program includes a Lunch
Buffet, Sue Allan’s FREE book signing of “In Search
of Scrooby Manor," Silent Auction to raise much
needed funds for our Plimoth Plantation
Pennsylvania classroom visits, many FREE
Giveaways, and meet General Society of Mayflower
Descendants (GSMD) Insignia Chair, Society of
Mayflower Members from PA, NJ, DE, CA, etc,
Documentary filmmakers and writers, and much
more!
You must complete Special Events registration form
to attend. See attached form and information or
visit www.sail1620.org to complete registration
form and to glance at current information about
Sue Allan and how to order her book(s).
Ancestry Insider,
We recently released a free tool called the Find-ARecord Research Assistant which connects to your tree
on FamilySearch and tells you where work can be done.
It generates different types of research opportunities,
such as finding missing information, finding missing
people, finding sources, and fixing problems. You can
read more about it on our blog, watch the demo video,
and try it yourself at www.findarecord.com.
Our goal is to help beginners know where to start and
guide them through the research process. We have
found that it is also useful for experienced genealogists
by telling them what areas of their tree need attention
or suggesting something quick to do when they're
unsure of where to work next.
We would love to have your feedback on the Research
Assistant. How could it be better?
Thanks,
Justin York
Genealogy Systems
Letter submitted to Ancestry Insider by Justin York.
Subscribe at http://www.ancestryinsider.org/
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Ferguson Fills in the Gaps in Multiple Acts by
Jessica Murray
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 “Second Chances and Emotional Reunions in the Next
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 “Have Your Tissues at the Ready! The New Series of
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 “What We Are Reading: July 25 Edition” by Amy
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 “Who Do You Think You Are? Recap: Mapping Cynthia
Nixon’s Ancestor“
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 “There’s a Fire! Remain Calm!” by Amy Johnson Crow
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 “Access the Revolutionary War Collection“ by Trevor
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 “Tip: Using ‘Share’” by Karen Lee
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Five-Minute Find: Your Civil War Ancestors in Historical Perspective
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Laughter and Tears by Brian Gallagher
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and Networking Opportunities by Juliana Szucs
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 How Historical Events Shaped Our Ancestors’ Lives
 Double Date: Julian Calendar or Gregorian Calendar
 FAN Club Research to Build Your Family Tree
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 Family History Conferences Offer Unique Learning
and Networking Opportunities by Juliana Szucs
Smith
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Results by Anna Swayne
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opens with Julie Walters by Brian Gallagher
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the Purple Gloves? by Amy Johnson Crow
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Juliana Szucs Smith
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Johnson Crow
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Five of Long Lost Family by Brian Gallagher
Smith
 AncestryDNA: You Can Now Share Your DNA
Results by Anna Swayne
 The new season of Who Do You Think You Are? (UK)
opens with Julie Walters by Brian Gallagher
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the Purple Gloves? by Amy Johnson Crow
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 Who Do You Think You Are? Recap: Rachel and
Kayleen McAdams Discover Land Grant for a
Loyalist
Videos - Between The Leaves
 Getting Younger Generations Involved in Family
History
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 What’s New at Ancestry.com: August 2014 Edition
 How Historical Events Shaped Our Ancestors’ Lives
 Double Date: Julian Calendar or Gregorian Calendar
 FAN Club Research to Build Your Family Tree
 Not All Colonial Americans Were Patriots
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Introducing the BillionGraves
with other users in your area and around the world.
been sealed to all of your ancestors, but are
your ancestors sealed to all of their
descendants? These cousins might be
missing from the Family Tree. A recent
consultant webinar discussed new tools and
resources on FamilySearch that can help you
quickly identify and find your missing
cousins.
In response to your numerous requests, we are
Watch the recording to learn how to:
!
Community
Over the last several months we have had countless
requests from our users for more ways to engage
happy to announce the release of the BillionGraves
Community where BillionGrave'ers can connect with
others all over the world in this great work to
document the world's cemeteries!
The BillionGraves Community is FREE for everyone
and is a place where you can further engage, ask
questions, leave feedback, connect with other users,
help each other with questions and support, create
groups in your state/country, start projects at nearby
cemeteries, and engage in a deeper and more
meaningful way! You can get to the community on
any page by click on "Community" in the menu, or
navigating to
http://www.community.billiongraves.com
· Identify which of your ancestors
might have missing descendants.
·
Choose
one
of
those
descendants who is probably
missing family members.
· Get your ward members excited
about family history using this
process.
· Help members find a place they
can start researching their family
history.
You can download the presentation slides for
your own use. You can also download the
handout.
Try it yourself, and then help someone else!
How to Submit a Name to the
Temple
If you, a ward, or family member are trying to find
ancestors who need temple ordinances, here are a
few tips that will help!
New "Help Center" User Interface
OR How to Use the Family Search Help
Center - VERY IMPORTANT
Is your family tree full, and is your family
history done? What if it’s not? You may have
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If you're looking for help using FamilySearch.org,
there is a new Help Center interface that makes
finding resources easy. You can select a specific
help topic, and see everything in one place. Check
out the new Help Center.
Descendancy View Now Live: Data
Problems and Research Suggestions
Two powerful new features have been added to the
Descendancy view: Research Suggestions and Data
Problems. They help you identify where people might be
missing in your tree and where you might be able to
improve the quality of your data.
COMPARING SYNCHING SOFTWARE
Let me preface by saying I'm pretty good on the
computer so it's not general lack of ability. :-) Ancestral
Quest required about ten times more steps to do things
that just doing them in Family Tree. It was ridiculous.
Roots Magic...
My list: (in ascending order of
importance)
1. No way to change links for pictures. Have to upload
pictures again. PAF had a way to redo the preface part
of the picture location (My son set up my computer
slightly differently and all my pictures couldn't be found.
I was grateful PAF let me do a quick fix.
You can easily do to this in RM by using the "Search >
Search and Replace" feature. In "Field to search" select
"Multimedia filenames".
Then in "Search for" add the portion of the path to the
pictures that needs to change. In "Replace with" add the
portion of the path where the pictures are now.
2. Lists ... I rely on creation of lists to make sure
incomplete ordinances get done. PAF allowed me to set
parameters like only people born between 1800-1902.
RM doesn't allow that. Instead of two pages, I got a 27
page report that took a half an hour to edit.
There are several ways to do this (reports, people tab,
groups) Using a group (5th tab on the side bar):
Create a group of people using whatever criteria you
want (like your example of "all people whose birth date
is AFTER 1 Jan 1800 AND all birth data is BEFORE 31
Dec 1902." Now you will have a side bar listing of just
those people.
3. It kept freezing up. I had great difficulty updating
ordinances because of the freezing up. Make sure you
are using the most current update. 99% of the time
when it appears to "freeze up," it really has not. It's
because of the large amount of traffic at FamilySearch
right then. Be patient and it will populate.
4. The tutorials drone. 88 minutes to get started.
Really? The quick start guide was not particularly
helpful....just lists of how great the software was. They
want you to listen to the droning tutorials or buy the
book. Almost everything you need is in the HELP files. It
is much the same as the book. RM now has a YouTube
channel with quick and short tutorials, with more to
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come. If you want to watch one of the webinars, I'd
suggest downloading it before watching. Then move the
slider bar over so that you skip the first few minutes of
talking and then focus only on the parts you want. Skip
the last few minutes of talking also. You can delete each
webinar when you are done.
5. and THE WORST THING.....PAF allowed me to put in
the baptism, endowment and sealing lines "Sub 27 Jun
2013"
I did this and probably have 800 names
outstanding right now with that type of notation. When
I went to RM and uploaded the gedcom, RootsMagic
showed the work as completed, not just submitted. So
it doesn't allow me to track and update the ordinances
that are pending. Can't do it on Family Tree because
they just disappear from the list. I will have to update
800 entries and I won't be able to tell which in the
75,000 person database are the ones I submitted and
can expect to be completed vs. the ones that novices
submitted and never finished and lost. I have gone
back to working in PAF.
This is also available in RM without having to enter the
"sub." Use the "FamilySearch Central feature." You can
access it by FILE > FAMILYSEARCH CENTRAL, or, add it
to the toolbar if it's not already there. There are filters
that are preset and others that you can set so that you
see just those ordinances that are not yet complete. In
the right box in the right side, you will see a section
called "What's New?" That number will change whenever
RM finds any changes in Family Tree that are different
from what you have in RM. If you keep up with that list,
you will keep your ordinances and data up to date. RM
does the searching in the background so those numbers
will change without you really doing anything.
The combo of PAF and Family Insight worked so
beautifully. It seriously makes me so sad. The only
other option I have is to print cards and take them to
the temple. Our temple is allowing that now...we have
stake files. But that's not a long term solution. This is
extremely simple inside of RM using the FAMILYSEARCH
CENTRAL as discussed above. This is one of the
webinars I'd suggest you watch.
Of course overriding it all is the messes that the
transition to Family Tree has left. I have families
(nonmember lines) that are so messed up with wrong
parents and kids that were fine on NFS.
I am
embarrassed to think that any decent genealogist who is
not LDS will think what a piece of junk this is! I won't
tell anyone about it.
A note to Michele:
Michelle, the most likely cause of what you are seeing is
either someone changing the data AFTER the records
were moved to Family Tree, OR, the mess was created
before the data moved over. Someone probably made
changes to the new.FS records after you had them fixed.
Then when they moved to the Tree, you saw them.
Make sure you click on the WATCH button on Family
Tree for each person you are concerned about. Then
you will get an email when someone changes it in the
Tree. Posted by another Family History Consultant
RootsMagic also has a terrific mailing list like this one (as
well as an online forum) to help answer questions like
this. I'd also suggest subscribing to it and you will
usually get help in a matter of minutes.
Sorry...you asked. :-)
Michele
MILLION SHORT
Google and other search engines are invaluable when
performing standard searches. Genealogists, however,
face different challenges in sifting through data which
may or may not be of interest in ancestral research.
There is now a new search engine, Million Short, that
specializes in searching less-common websites which
may hold information you are seeking. GenealogyInTime
has written about it in this article which describes how
this search engine works. The video below explains the
basic functionality of Million Short. Give it a try! Posted
by Generations Washington, DC
African-American Research Blog
Radio
Bernice Bennett has a Thursday evening radio show
dedicated
to
African-American
research: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bernicebennett
Posted by Generations Washington, DC
Whether your ancestor fought for the Union or the
Confederacy, Ancestors in a Nation Divided will help
you open the doors to his military service. You'll learn
about the battles he fought, camp life, injuries he may
have sustained and more. Your research will put you
alongside your ancestor in his Civil War journey. You’ll
learn about his experiences and in knowing what he
lived through, you’ll be able to appreciate his service all
the more. The Civil War changed this country’s path; it
shaped our nation into what we know today, and your
ancestor had a hand in that. Ancestors in a Nation
Divided will help you start learning about your Civil War
ancestor today. Ancestors in a Nation Divided is
currently offered as a PDF for just $9.99. Within the
next few weeks additional formats will be available
including Kindle and Nook. Best of all, we’ll also have a
paperback version that will be 8.5” x 11” in black and
white
for
$19.99.
Simply
go
to
http://theindepthgenealogist.com/idg-products/ to get
your copy!
Jen & Terri
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Here's an opportunity to use the Red
Cross WWI POW Records free from
Kimberly Powell's Genealogy Blog.
http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/http://grandeg
uerre.icrc.org/
Thanks, Lida Larkin
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR
ANCESTRY.COM CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
Do you have lots of ancestors in a family tree on
Ancestry.com? Do you wish there were an easy way to
move the information to FamilySearch Family Tree
without having to cut and paste it?
Tim Crabb, our guest presenter from Ancestry.com, will
show you:



How to exchange information between your
Ancestry.com tree to FamilySearch Family Tree.
How to submit names for temple work directly
from your Ancestry.com tree.
Exciting new features that Ancestry.com has
planned for the future.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear from one of
our great partners.
Register for the time that works best for you:




Wednesday, Aug. 20, 11 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 21, 1 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 21, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 22, 11 a.m.
After you register, an email will be sent to you
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on the next generation of capabilities of Ancestry.com.
In this role, Tim brings years of industry experience from
companies including FamilySearch, Microsoft, and
Novell. Tim is married with three children and lives in
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