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A. View the following video by Diane Loosle

1. Video and Handout - from Diane Loosle (director of Salt Lake City Family History Library) a) http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/en/FamilySearch/FamilySearch_Tips/Player.html       b) http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/en/FamilySearch/FamilySearch_Tips/FamilySearch%20Tips%20PDF/FamilySearch%20Tips.pdf

2. Handout for Family Search tips http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/en/FamilySearch/FamilySearch_Tips/FamilySearch%20Tips%20Handout.pdf

B. Important points from the video and handout

1. Five Search Strategies – What are the 5 strategies a. Narrow Filters – parents, marriage, locations, countries b. Use “Wild Cards” - asterisk and question marks c. Add a Relationship – spouse, parents, other d. Add a Life Event – marriage, residence, etc e. Browse Images – show how to use the bottom of the “search” screen to get to “browsable images”

2. Exact, Close and Partial compared – have class give examples of each of the following a. Exact – put check in the box next to the field you type in       b. Close – question mark in the place of a possible “multi-answer” name or location c. Partial – asterisk for incomplete or missing information – must include at least 3 characters

3. Narrow vs. Broad a. Narrow would be a lot of information typed in       b. Broad would be the least amount of information typed in

4. Filtering Results – review the filtering possibilities on the left of the search screen and how to narrow down the results Click on 75 results per page, then use “control + f” to search faster

5. Types of Filters – Genealogies, catalogs (print), books, WIKI (see next page for examples)

C. Upload a Gedcom – log into FamilySearch.org, click on Search, then Genealogies, then “Submit Tree” (LINK)

D. Sandbox and Training using FamilySearch, by Elder Moon https://training.familysearch.org

1. http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/en/FamilyTreeCurriculum/level01/levelone.html 2. http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/en/FamilyTreeCurriculum/level02/leveltwo.html 3. http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/en/FamilyTreeCurriculum/level03/level%203.html

E. Decendancy Research (FamilySearch.org) – WONDERFUL – A great place to start!

1. Log in to FamilySearch.org to view your FamilyTree 2. Expand back to about the year 1700 on any line in your tree 3. Change the view to "Descendancy mode   4. Select “Generations 4”    5. Uncheck “portraits” in the dropdown "Show" menu on the right    6. Now use the “Show” menu to select and help with and explanation of all of the work needing to be added or corrected    7. Click any icon on the right for expanded information or directions

How to retrieve “not a match” sources that you have rejected

https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=allMatchingRecords&person= (enter the PID of the person)

Examples of Basic Wiki Searches 1. From the main FamilySearch page, highlight “Search” then, scroll down and click on “Wiki” (LINK) 2. In the “search box” type in a key word, category or topic, like: London, cemeteries, maps, parish, etc

Example: Type in the exact title of an article, like: FamilySearch Indexing: US, County Death Records, Overview 3. Type in “some of the words” that are in the title of the article, like: churches in lincolnshire england 4. At the bottom of every article there should be a “category” that you can click on to search further

Examples of Advanced Wiki Searches 1. Use all of the links on the main FamilySearch page, such as: catalog, books 2. Use Google type variations to narrow searches, like: a. quotes = “ “ b. range = .. (two periods between a range of items, for example 1800..1850) c. tilde = ~ (it is on the left of the one key on the keyboard) d. asterisk = * (global character, but you cannot use the ? In this wiki) e. delimiters = AND, NOT, OR, +, -, (many more = here is just one site that shows delimiters = “http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html” )

3. Here is a good source of tips for FamilySearch and also Google searches: https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Internet_Search_Tips

Click on “Get Help” - Quick Start to Family Tree, FAQs, Learning Center Video Courses, What's New Tips and Tricks, Other Resources, Help Center, Learning Center, Research Wiki, Contact Us, Call Us, Live Chat, Send Message, Find Local Help, Remote Connect, My Cases

1. http://broadcast.lds.org/eLearning/fhd/Product/en/handouts/Searching_for_Records_of_Ancestors.pdf 2. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1_1g7j-PaGAQnJ6V0dpSUpzMnc/edit?pli=1

Additional training tools: 1. https://beta.familysearch.org 2. https://training.familysearch.org

Mobile Apps: 1. FamilySearch 2. Memories (including audio) 3. More to come

1. http://FamilySearch.org – START with this 2. http://familysearch.org/partneraccess – or use “FamilySearch”, “sign in” and click on Partners (you might have to use the wiki) 3. http://Puzzilla.org – instead use Family Search “Decendency View” 4. http://RootsMapper.com – try using together with the next link 5. http://www.fallingrain.com/world - list of all cities and towns in the world 6. http://CreateFan.com or http://treeseek.com – use Fan Chart, but also “Source Tracker” 7. http://FindARecord.com – Tied to FS (helps with Cleaning up FamilySearch) 8. http://RecordSeek.com – How to add “Tree Connect” to your Browser 9. http://www.intute.ac.uk - Helping you find the best websites for study and research 10. http://GenealogyInTime.com – Good Research 11. http://MillionShort.com – Good Research 12. http://SearchEngineColossus.com – Find Country Specific Search Engines 13. http://Google.com/images – Great for finding pictures 14. http://Nitropdf.com AND http://Free-OCR.com – For PDF and Other Picture Documents 15. http://SortedByName.com – Search Social Security Numbers 16. http://SearchForAncestors.com – helps to learn Google searches 17. http://Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov AND http://Newspapers.com (use browse feature) 18. http://TenGenChart.com – Another Charting Program 19. http://Familysearch.org/campaign/pioneers#/ - Any Handcart Pioneers? 20. http://Roots-fb.cs.byu.edu – who are you related to?

List of helpful websites for research: (there are many more, so please email ones that you find, and I will include them here)

1. http://archives.utah.gov/research/guides/index.html - example of searching a state’s archives 2. http://www.granitegenealogytraining.blogspot.com - great link for genealogy training 3. http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/index.cfm - BYU special collections 4. https://www.startpage.com/ - safe browser, and advanced search option 5. http://www.ancestralheroes.com/ - military, war records 6. http://www.olddeathrecords.org/ - death, including some newspapers 7 . http://www.gendexnetwork.org/ - Genealogy Index from MyHeritage 8. http://www.searchforancestors.com/google/searcher.html – Google Training Use 9. http://www.cemeterycensus.com/ - source of some cemeteries 10. http://www.sog.org.uk/ - society of Genealogists in England 11. http://www.sardallas.org/GENEALOGYSITES.htm – good source of links 12. http://www.stevemorse.org - lots of links, with great sources 13. http://www.immigrantships.net - lots of information about different ships and more 14. http://www.naghs.org/ - National Archives, Libraries, Historical & Genealogical 15. http://www.linkpendium.com/ - find links to your family name

A) To Setup this Computer - please use the Chrome browser. Go to “Settings”- you MUST type “http://www.google.com” to see the options at the bottom of page - then click on Search Settings or Advanced Settings

1. Search settings (see appendix) = select all of the bottom options in each area, and move the slider to 100 per page 2. Advanced settings = study the settings and use information below

B) Advanced Google Searches – EXTREMELY Good Help

1. quotes = “ “ 2. delimiters = AND, NOT, OR, +, -, (many more = here is just one site that shows delimiters =           “http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html” ) 3. range = .. (two periods between a range of items, for example 1800..1850) 4. tilde = ~ (it is on the left of the one key on the keyboard,note: Google dropped this search symbol.) 5. asterisk = * (global character) 6. question mark = for just one character 7. site = site: (with no space after the colon, type the website address) 8. country servers = do a search for “google country” (replace the word country with the actual name of the country – then you will be in the            “google server for that specific country”      9.  google images = type in “google images” - (google now has facial recognition software)    10.  allintitle:subject (then add additional words)    11.  allinurl:subject (then add additional words)    12.  allintext:subject (then add additional words)    13.  link:subject (then add additional words)    14.  related:subject (then add additional words)    15.  view source = this is available from any browser, but a great tool    16.  cached websites = use the “down arrow” from the google search – or try “the wayback machine”

C) Advanced Google Tools - patents, VIN#, books, blogs, alerts, earth, population, capital, degrees, money, meters, etc

D) Practice - http://www.searchforancestors.com/ – Use this page to practice Google Searches - Search for your ancestors using this interactive directory of free genealogy search engines - Click on “Google Searcher” = to learn how to use Advanced Google Searches above

E) Chrome Extensions – MUST HAVES

1. Find-A-Record – Roots Search – Hope Chest – Ancestry Family Search Extension, Google Docs - Ghostery - Addons.mozilla.org

F) Safer Browsing PLEASE consider this ​       1.  http://www.startpage.com