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Our Scanner Sends Photos, Documents, Stories to Your FS Account

10/18/2014

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All family history centers in North America now have a Lexmark multifunctional printer (MFP). You may be using your new Lexmark as a printer and copier and not even realize that it has an amazing capability to scan directly to Family Tree! It is easy to attach scanned photos and documents to ancestor pages. As a bonus, you can also share these uploaded photos and documents with family and friends through social media. See the steps to scan photos or documents and then send they to your own account in FamilySearch Family Tree.


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  • You should see a FamilySearch icon on the Lexmark scanner display screen.
  • Click this icon, and then enter your FamilySearch username and password when prompted to do so. Click the word Next whenever it appears.
  • Be sure to choose your type of scan. Is it a photo or a document?
  • Place your document on the scanner bed. Remember: Do not use the autofeed feature!
  • Scan and upload your document.
After scanning your photo or document to FamilySearch, log in to FamilySearch.org. Once logged in, click Memories. From the Memories page, you click Photos or Documents to view your scanned photos or documents. Attach your scanned items to the correct person pages, or share them with your family on social media. It’s that easy!


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