From SGFSL Blog Staff
The holiday season is nearly upon us. Precious opportunities to record stories, take pictures of family members and gather memories of events and places can become priceless. When you have a smart phone loaded with the FamilySearch apps that are ready to gather and share memories, stories and pictures, you will be prepared to save the moments you never want to forget.
Not only can you preserve those precious moments, but you can actually share your family history records, your photos, your stories, and memories instantly when you want to share.
Last July & August, FamiySearch published several informative articles about their new apps. . . (Click "ReadMore")
The holiday season is nearly upon us. Precious opportunities to record stories, take pictures of family members and gather memories of events and places can become priceless. When you have a smart phone loaded with the FamilySearch apps that are ready to gather and share memories, stories and pictures, you will be prepared to save the moments you never want to forget.
Not only can you preserve those precious moments, but you can actually share your family history records, your photos, your stories, and memories instantly when you want to share.
Last July & August, FamiySearch published several informative articles about their new apps. . . (Click "ReadMore")
The following article explains how and why the apps can be used. Following it there are three links for more articles concerning the new Family-Search Apps.
Using the New FamilySearch Mobile Apps for iOS and Android!August 5, 2014 By Jesh BarlowViewing Family Tree and adding digital files has recently gone mobile! Two new apps—FamilySearch Tree and FamilySearch Memories—now make it easy to connect with your ancestors wherever you are. You can swipe, pinch, and tap to view your ancestors who are in Family Tree and to add photos, stories, documents, and something new—audio files.
Preserve in Family Tree
When you add photos, stories, documents, and recordings, they are accessible from any device and will be preserved for all the future generations of your family. When you are connected to the Internet, the items immediately appear in Family Tree. When you are offline, the items are added the next time you connect to the Internet.
Select a Language
The apps are available in 10 languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Use the settings in your device to select the language.
How the Apps Are Different
The FamilySearch Tree App
FamilySearch Tree displays your ancestors in a portrait pedigree, which lets you see how the generations fit together. You can also select a specific ancestor and do the following:
The FamilySearch Memories App - the Android Apps will be available soon.
FamilySearch Memories displays all of the photos, stories, and audio recordings that you store in the app and that you have added to Family Tree. (They are not divided up by ancestor. For example, you see all your photos in the order that you added them.) With this app, you can do the following:
This app is great for taking photos and recording stories at family gatherings, interviewing a grandparent, or taking photos of the photos in a family album. You don’t have to navigate to a specific ancestor. You can capture all the photos and recordings you want and later tag them to the people in your family tree.
Download the Free Apps
FamilySearch Tree operates on mobile devices (such as iPhones and iPads) with iOS 7 or above and on Android devices version 2.3 or above. You can download the app free from the iTunes App Store or from Google Play Apps.
FamilySearch Memories is available only for mobile devices with iOS 7 or above. It is not currently available for Android device, but FamilySearch is working to have it available soon.. You can download the app free from the iTunes App Store.
Link 1 - Using the FamiySearch Memories App
Link 2 - FamilySearch Tree - Android Apps on Google Play
Link 3 - They're here! FamilySearch Introduces Two New Mobile Apps
Using the New FamilySearch Mobile Apps for iOS and Android!August 5, 2014 By Jesh BarlowViewing Family Tree and adding digital files has recently gone mobile! Two new apps—FamilySearch Tree and FamilySearch Memories—now make it easy to connect with your ancestors wherever you are. You can swipe, pinch, and tap to view your ancestors who are in Family Tree and to add photos, stories, documents, and something new—audio files.
Preserve in Family Tree
When you add photos, stories, documents, and recordings, they are accessible from any device and will be preserved for all the future generations of your family. When you are connected to the Internet, the items immediately appear in Family Tree. When you are offline, the items are added the next time you connect to the Internet.
Select a Language
The apps are available in 10 languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Use the settings in your device to select the language.
How the Apps Are Different
The FamilySearch Tree App
FamilySearch Tree displays your ancestors in a portrait pedigree, which lets you see how the generations fit together. You can also select a specific ancestor and do the following:
- View information about the ancestor, including the names and dates of the ancestor’s spouse; children; parents; and brothers and sisters; and important events, such as birth, marriage, and death.
- View the photos and stories that are in Family Tree.
- Add photos, stories, and audio recordings (of your ancestor’s voice or of people sharing stories about your ancestor).
- Add sources to the ancestor.
- Share the photos and stories for the ancestor.
- Print a pedigree chart, fan chart, and family group records for the ancestor.
The FamilySearch Memories App - the Android Apps will be available soon.
FamilySearch Memories displays all of the photos, stories, and audio recordings that you store in the app and that you have added to Family Tree. (They are not divided up by ancestor. For example, you see all your photos in the order that you added them.) With this app, you can do the following:
- View photos and stories and listen to audio recordings that you have added to Family Tree.
- Add photos, stories, and audio recordings to your ancestors in Family Tree.
- Share the photos and stories.
This app is great for taking photos and recording stories at family gatherings, interviewing a grandparent, or taking photos of the photos in a family album. You don’t have to navigate to a specific ancestor. You can capture all the photos and recordings you want and later tag them to the people in your family tree.
Download the Free Apps
FamilySearch Tree operates on mobile devices (such as iPhones and iPads) with iOS 7 or above and on Android devices version 2.3 or above. You can download the app free from the iTunes App Store or from Google Play Apps.
FamilySearch Memories is available only for mobile devices with iOS 7 or above. It is not currently available for Android device, but FamilySearch is working to have it available soon.. You can download the app free from the iTunes App Store.
Link 1 - Using the FamiySearch Memories App
Link 2 - FamilySearch Tree - Android Apps on Google Play
Link 3 - They're here! FamilySearch Introduces Two New Mobile Apps