Three very good additions have been added to the FamilySearch Family Tree to help in sharing pictures, identifying how many tagged items have been added to a photo, and how to locate a person's Personal ID Number (PID) in Family Tree. Click "Read More" to learn more.
Find Photos and Stories
in Google Search by Matt Wright
For some time you have been able to search for photos from within the Photos and Stories tool on FamilySearch.org. We recently made the same index available to Google, meaning that Google searches now have access to the words, names, and phrases that are included in the tags, titles, and descriptions for the photos you upload and the stories you share. So, the priceless family memories you add to Photos and Stories just might be found and enjoyed by relatives and friends that are not yet familiar with FamilySearch. Visit Google Search and give it a try!
in Google Search by Matt Wright
For some time you have been able to search for photos from within the Photos and Stories tool on FamilySearch.org. We recently made the same index available to Google, meaning that Google searches now have access to the words, names, and phrases that are included in the tags, titles, and descriptions for the photos you upload and the stories you share. So, the priceless family memories you add to Photos and Stories just might be found and enjoyed by relatives and friends that are not yet familiar with FamilySearch. Visit Google Search and give it a try!
Badges
If you are seeing small blue dots all over the Photos and Stories pages, don't worry. You are simply seeing a new indicator (“badge”) that tells you at-a-glance how many tagged people, comments, and stories have been added for each photo.
There is also a " badge" that shows the number of albums in which the photo appears. Since it would be impossible to show all of the comments, stories, album names and people names all at once, the badges let you know how many more there are without having to click on each item to check.
If you are seeing small blue dots all over the Photos and Stories pages, don't worry. You are simply seeing a new indicator (“badge”) that tells you at-a-glance how many tagged people, comments, and stories have been added for each photo.
There is also a " badge" that shows the number of albums in which the photo appears. Since it would be impossible to show all of the comments, stories, album names and people names all at once, the badges let you know how many more there are without having to click on each item to check.
Learning How and Why to Use Personal Identification Numbers (PID)
Every person listed in Family Tree is assigned a personal identification number—called a PID. The number can be found in several places.
It is simple to link the faces tagged in the photos you upload to people listed in the Tree using the PID. A tag in a photo will show a red dot with an exclamation point, indicating that the person is not linked to Family Tree. Clicking on the person reveals the “Link to Family Tree” option which, when selected, brings up the “Identify this person in Family Tree” dialogue box. At the bottom of the dialogue box is a place to paste in the PID of the person for whom the link is created.
This is a quick and easy way to provide links that will allow other family members to see the photos you upload. If you have the Family Tree open in one window and the Photo Tools open in another, it is easy to copy and paste the PID number into the right place and make the link available.