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Lesson 1 - My Family Tree is Full of Nuts and Other Good Things Fulfilling our divine responsibility to our ancestors by learning how to use FamilySearch Family Tree. “Every hour spent on genealogical research, however unproductive it appears, is worthwhile. It is pleasing to the Lord. It is our testimony to Him that we accept the doctrine of the resurrection and the plan of salvation.” (Boyd K. Packer, “The Holy Temple” pg.255)

1.	Personalized Home Page and Person Profile Page a.	If you see the Blue Experiment Band click on it to get the new Dashboard b.	Ads – change from educational to Inspirational. c.	 Recommended Tasks – This is your “Manna from Heaven” box d.	Recently Viewed Ancestors – The last 50 people you viewed e.	Activity in your Tree – See what photos and documents your cousins are adding f.	To-Do List – Keep from forgetting something important g.	Discovery Box – Record sets your ancestors are found in. h.	Free Help 2.	Navigating – You can click on anything and everything. FamilySearch Logo takes you to your home page. 3.	Navigating Family Tree – The goal for Family Tree is to have every person who ever lived, identified and linked to their family so that all necessary Temple Ordinances can be performed and recorded. Family Tree in ONE world tree that we all share. We need to share politely and play nice with others. Members and non-members share the same tree. a.	Landscape View a.	Use arrows to open family options such as spouses and children. b.	Click Show to turn Portraits and Icons on and off. b.	Portrait View – Fun but not very practical for research purposes. c.	Fan Chart - See 4 generations at once. a.	Hover over a person to get an icon to change the focus person. b.	Click once on a person to open their details d.	Descendancy Chart a.	Select how many generations to view b.	Click on the side arrows to expand just this portion of the tree c.	Click on icons to view more details d.	Add people to the tree by clicking on the plus sign. 4.	Navigating Person Profile Page – This is the Workhorse of Family Tree. Fix Data Problems, Attach Sources, Add or View Spouses, Children, Parents and siblings, Attach and View Memories, Add Notes or Discussions, Request Temple Ordinances. a.	Page arrangement of Person Profile Page a.	Open and close boxes using the small arrows. b.	Rearrange Boxes by clicking on the gear icon on the right hand side. c.	The boxes on the left is where information for a person is stored. d.	The boxes on the right is the working side where we look for more information to add to a person. b.	Watch List and Relationships a.	Putting a watch on a person will allow you to be notified by email when someone makes changes to a person. b.	View Relationships only works within 4 generations from you. c.	Edits for Couples and Parents a.	Edit Icon by marriage data is for editing marriage information and removing/replacing spouses. b.	Edit Icon by children is for remove/replace of parents or child in this family. d.	Research Help – This is the “Manna from Heaven” box. See Data Problems, Record Hints and Research Suggestions e.	Search Records – Searches all INDEXED records in FamilySearch, Ancestry, Find My Past, and My Heritage. f.	Tools - Used mostly to search for duplicates in FamilyTree. g.	Latest Changes – See all the changes made to this person for the last couple of years. Use this to correct bad merges. h.	Print – I like to print a hard copy to use as a research log. i.	Memories of a Person – Change from Details to Memories and you can Add or View Photos, Documents, Stories, etc. Lesson 7 will have more about this feature. j.	Ordinances – Request Ordinances, Church Policy, Print, Share with Temple, Share with family by email, Legend to view different colors 5.	Find - Search for people throughout Family Tree. You can Find by name or search by ID 6.	Lists – This is where we can view and edit our Watch List. Click Hide Changes I’ve made so you can view changes made by other people. 7.	Navigating Memories – Memories at the top of the screen not an individual’s memories. a.	Gallery – This is all the photos, documents, stories and audio you have uploaded to Family Tree. Is is your personal gallery. b.	People – This is all the memories everyone has uploaded to Family Tree for your ancestors. c.	Find – This searches Title boxes and Description boxes of photos and documents. 8.	Navigating Search – Lesson 7 will dig deeper into using this section. a.	Records a.	Search Historical Records – The preference is to use FamilySearch from the Person Profile page instead of searching here. b.	Research by Location – Use this search to find what records are available for your locality. c.	Find a Collection – Use this when you know the name of a collection. d.	Brows all Published Collections – Use this to find Collections that haven’t been indexed yet. b.	Genealogies – Sometimes a look into the past can hel us clarify the record we are looking at today. We can use this section to reestablish facts after a bad merge. Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, IGI etc. are found here. c.	Catalog – I like to search the Catalog to see exactly what records are available. Not everything is online. Sometimes we need to go “Old School” and look at microfilm. For example: Salem and Payson Ward records from the 1800’s are available on microfilm. They are not indexed. They are not online and probably never will be. d.	Books - This section holds many surprises. You never know what you may find. If you find something here you may want to make a hard copy. The church has no control over other libraries and what they will keep online. e.	Wiki – Love this section! Use the map and start clicking. More on this in Lesson 7. 9.	Navigating Indexing – Pay it Forward. Learn about indexing here. 10.	Navigating Temple a.	Reserved – A look at your complete list. b.	Shared – Share with the Temple or email it to someone c.	Opportunities – 4 generations back d.	Filter – Use when looking for a specific person e.	Sort – Use to find specific ordinances needed f.	Legend – Decipher the colored boxes 11.	Messaging – Directly thru FamilySearch. You don’t need an email address anymore. 12.	Getting Help – Learning Videos, Tips, Wiki, Contact FamilySearch, Contact Local Help. This is where you find the link to the Salem FamilySearch Center. 13.	Where do I Start? a.	Mormon Pioneer tree vs. Convert tree b.	Previous research by yourself or others in your family c.	Experience d.	Personal life e.	 How many other “cousins” are working on your branch of the tree? Should you collaborate with others or find a different place on your tree to work? f.	Inspiration g.	Things to Keep in Mind a.	Harder – Brick Walls or Dead Ends, Foreign countries, the 1770s, 1800 to 1849, the 1500s, common names. b.	Easier – Close family members, the United States, 1850 to 1940, the 1600s, uncommon names. h.	Rings of your Tree - Start with yourself and work out on the rings of your tree. Make sure the information for each family is complete and accurate. Add memories and get to KNOW your family.