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Summary: About A New Leaf show Structure of the show Reasons for interest in Family History Rewards for Family History Tin Types Detail: About A New Leaf Show I have recently discussed three different shows centered on finding your roots through Family History. Each of these comes from different point of views and Family History objective. It is interesting to see how they tie into the Family History landscape. Each of the shows is enjoyable and provide a fun experience while at the same time giving tips and clues as to the reasons behind and the rewards of getting involved […]

Summary: About the Ancestors Show Principles Sources Start with yourself Understanding History Topics Detail: About the Ancestors Show There are several shows centered around Family History. I have discussed two of them recently in other articles, one that was a contest with prize money and another that helped those searching for missing members of the family such as biological parents. This time we’ll take a look at the show Ancestors. Ancestors explains how to do Family History research in a simple and understandable format. Wikipedia states that Ancestors was a public television mini-series produced by KBYU-TV in conjunction with the […]

Summary: Know who you are Long Lost Family Show Why seek? How it works How to search Deep Connections Detail: Know who you are You don’t really know who you are until you find out who your parents were. Where you were born was dictated by choices your parents made. Where they were born was dictated by the choices their parents made. They are not just names and dates and places, they are a part of you. Long Lost Family Show Nothing can get more “real” than finding lost members of your family, and the Long Lost Family show out […]

Relaxing with Relative RaceBy Dale E. Lee2021.06.23 Summary: Throw some fun in the mix Reality Shows Rules of the game Surprise twists Just have fun Detail: Throw some fun in the mix Some people think Family History is tough, with a lot of research, messaging and analyzing involved. Although it is true that it can be challenging, it can also be very rewarding. However, not everything you do in Family History has to be difficult, there are things you can do just for fun, but which may trigger ideas for things you can do to find your own relatives. Reality […]

Merge in FamilySearchBy Dale E. Lee Summary: Get the FamilySearch IDs of the duplicates that will be merged Do due diligence in making sure they should be merged In the family tree, click into the entry with the ID to survive Click on Merge By ID under the Tools Category in the right margin Enter the Possible Duplicate ID and click Continue Pull over info from right to left if different, correct and significant Click Continue to Merge Fill in Reason This Merge is Correct and Click Finish Merge Review the result of the merge to be sure it’s what […]

How to Add a Child Relationship in FamilySearch By Dale E. Lee 2020.03.20 Summary: – Get the FamilySearch ID of the person to be added to a parent to child relationship – Get the FamilySearch IDs of the parents you wish to add the child to – Verify that the child should be added to the parents involved – Scroll down to and view the Family Members section and look for Parents and Siblings – Click on Add Parent – In the Add Parents screen click on By ID Number – Enter the FamilySearch ID Number in the ID Number […]

How to Remove a Child Relationship in FamilySearch By Dale E. Lee 2020.03.08 Summary: – Get the FamilySearch ID person to be removed from a child-parent relationship – Verify that this person should be removed from the relationship – Click into the individual entry on FamilySearch – Scroll down to and view the Family Members section and look for Parents and Siblings – Click into the edit icon for the child to be removed from the child to parent relationship under the Parents and Siblings section – Be sure you don’t remove the parents from the relationship; you are trying […]

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How to Index By Dale E. Lee 2021.03.26 Summary: What is Indexing? Why is it important? Getting Started. Find a project. Find a batch. Read the Project Instructions. Extract the record(s). Utilize what you’ve learned. Detail: What is Indexing? OK. I admit the term Indexing is probably a misnomer. Maybe they should have called it Digitizing. But the reason they called it Indexing was to allow the document to be digitized and then entered into a computer database as text and afterward to build an Index on it. Computer indexes use the same concept as normal library card and or […]