FamilySearch Classes
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The History of Family History
The History of Family History
This class covers Family History from before Christ until today,
it includes:
1. Recording
2. Gathering
3. Organization
4. Storing of Our Precious Records
Learning the Basics of FamilySearch
Learning the Basics of FamilySearch:
You want to do your family history, but it has been a long time – or you haven’t ever done it and don’t know where to start. Maybe you have been called to be a Family History Consultant and want some additional support. The St. George FamilySearch Library is offering a one-day class that will cover the basics of using FamilySearch to learn more about your ancestors.
You will be introduced to:
1. Creating and building your own family tree
2. Learning more about helpful resources available in Family
Search
3. Beginning your research to extend your family
4. Signing up for the partner sites offered to members of LDS
Church
5. Understanding “Memories” – adding your photos and stories
to your family tree
6. Becoming comfortable with handling duplicate records
7. Using “Descendancy” research
You want to do your family history, but it has been a long time – or you haven’t ever done it and don’t know where to start. Maybe you have been called to be a Family History Consultant and want some additional support. The St. George FamilySearch Library is offering a one-day class that will cover the basics of using FamilySearch to learn more about your ancestors.
You will be introduced to:
1. Creating and building your own family tree
2. Learning more about helpful resources available in Family
Search
3. Beginning your research to extend your family
4. Signing up for the partner sites offered to members of LDS
Church
5. Understanding “Memories” – adding your photos and stories
to your family tree
6. Becoming comfortable with handling duplicate records
7. Using “Descendancy” research
Discovering Your Family Tree in Family Tree
Discovering Your Family Tree in Family Search:
This class will help you learn how to navigate the Tree and how to locate and how to work in Family Tree.
You will NEED: Your own FamilySearch account. If you need help to get an account come to the library before the class.
The following topics will be addressed in this class:
1. How to navigate in FamilySearch
2. Adding names and information
3. How to add family names and details
4. Editing names when they are incorrectly entered
5. Adding Sources using the Source Box and using
6. How to attach (enter) records and sources
7. How to use Hints offered by FamilySearch
8. Using the Sandbox
9. Looking at and navigating a Temple List Names for the LDS Preparing and printing FOR’s
This class will help you learn how to navigate the Tree and how to locate and how to work in Family Tree.
You will NEED: Your own FamilySearch account. If you need help to get an account come to the library before the class.
The following topics will be addressed in this class:
1. How to navigate in FamilySearch
2. Adding names and information
3. How to add family names and details
4. Editing names when they are incorrectly entered
5. Adding Sources using the Source Box and using
6. How to attach (enter) records and sources
7. How to use Hints offered by FamilySearch
8. Using the Sandbox
9. Looking at and navigating a Temple List Names for the LDS Preparing and printing FOR’s
Memories On Family Tree
Memories On Family Tree:
This is a 3 hour hands on class covering how you can attach photos, documents, stories, etc. to an ancestor. Adding visual pictures and records helps to make them real. These additions help to tell their stories. Now on FamilySearch you can even attach audio files. Once you find a ancestor, you may find that another relative has already added even more information. This class will show you how to find what, if anything has been added and help you to understand what can be accomplished in the ‘Memories’ part of FamilySearch.
If you have photos or documents, bring them on a flash drive.
If you need help, come prior to the class and someone can help you scan the photos, stories, etc. you may have onto your flash-drive.
If you do not have pictures, you may find that others have added some of your family's pictures. You can learn how to add them to your family members too.
Class members will learn:
This is a 3 hour hands on class covering how you can attach photos, documents, stories, etc. to an ancestor. Adding visual pictures and records helps to make them real. These additions help to tell their stories. Now on FamilySearch you can even attach audio files. Once you find a ancestor, you may find that another relative has already added even more information. This class will show you how to find what, if anything has been added and help you to understand what can be accomplished in the ‘Memories’ part of FamilySearch.
If you have photos or documents, bring them on a flash drive.
If you need help, come prior to the class and someone can help you scan the photos, stories, etc. you may have onto your flash-drive.
If you do not have pictures, you may find that others have added some of your family's pictures. You can learn how to add them to your family members too.
Class members will learn:
- What works as a document - Find what media is already on FamilySearch
- How to add and tag photographs
- How to create a family Album on FamilySearch for you and your family to view
- How to add Audio records
- How to use the ‘Help’ feature and to use the YouTube Channel
- How to add Photographs, Documents and Stories
- How to edit and add, correct and discover other family pictures available in FS
Sources & Hints in Family Tree
Sources & Hints in Family Tree:
This is a 1 ½ hour hands-on class with the focus on
how and why sources validate and strengthen the records you add to your family records.
This class will help to understand the purpose and need of adding sources to your family as well as how to add them.
Class members will learn how to:
a. Add Sources found in FamilySearch and other sources
b. Create a source from a record you have
c. Using your Source Box
d. Tagging Sources
e. Merging records and sources
f. Use Tree Connect to add sources from g. Use the ‘Learn” button and YouTube
This is a 1 ½ hour hands-on class with the focus on
how and why sources validate and strengthen the records you add to your family records.
This class will help to understand the purpose and need of adding sources to your family as well as how to add them.
Class members will learn how to:
a. Add Sources found in FamilySearch and other sources
b. Create a source from a record you have
c. Using your Source Box
d. Tagging Sources
e. Merging records and sources
f. Use Tree Connect to add sources from g. Use the ‘Learn” button and YouTube
Matching & Merging Duplicates in F. T.
Matching & Merging Duplicates in Family Tree:
This is a 90 minute class.
Every genealogy tree is not perfect especially when several different people may add information to the same Tree. A tree may be missing
people, have people who don't belong, have incorrect dates, duplicate
records and more.
The focus of this class is to learn how and when to correct errors with roper supporting proof that can likely be accepted by other family
members.
Class members will learn:
This is a 90 minute class.
Every genealogy tree is not perfect especially when several different people may add information to the same Tree. A tree may be missing
people, have people who don't belong, have incorrect dates, duplicate
records and more.
The focus of this class is to learn how and when to correct errors with roper supporting proof that can likely be accepted by other family
members.
Class members will learn:
- 1 How to identify duplicates
- 2 How to effectively locate duplicates
- 3 How to "Add" and how to "Find" options to avoid duplicates
- 4 The rules of Merging and deleting records
- 5 How to get needed onsite help
Descendancy Research
Descendancy Research:
This is a 1 ½ hour class with Hands on help and learning.
When your g.g grandfather left the ‘old country’ and came to America, he probably left behind siblings and cousins who had children and grandchildren, etc.
These are your family also, and you can find them by doing what is called Descendancy Research.
This can be a ‘gold mine’ for finding more of your family names.
Come and Discover:
a. The Descendancy View on FamilyTree
b. Color coded hints from FamilySearch
c. Effective use of the Fan Chart d. Locating family members yourself e. Pandora’s Hope Ches f. Using Puzzilla
g. Issues with merging
This is a 1 ½ hour class with Hands on help and learning.
When your g.g grandfather left the ‘old country’ and came to America, he probably left behind siblings and cousins who had children and grandchildren, etc.
These are your family also, and you can find them by doing what is called Descendancy Research.
This can be a ‘gold mine’ for finding more of your family names.
Come and Discover:
a. The Descendancy View on FamilyTree
b. Color coded hints from FamilySearch
c. Effective use of the Fan Chart d. Locating family members yourself e. Pandora’s Hope Ches f. Using Puzzilla
g. Issues with merging
FamilySearch Strategies
FamilySearch Strategies:
This is a 90 minutes hands on class.
There are many more features under the ‘Search’ button than many people know. This is where researchers will find valuable locations and methods that may have not come up in other searches.
Come to learn & discover:
This is a 90 minutes hands on class.
There are many more features under the ‘Search’ button than many people know. This is where researchers will find valuable locations and methods that may have not come up in other searches.
Come to learn & discover:
- How to drill down from a broad search
- How to search within a record group
- How to use films that have been digitized but not yet indexed but which can still be searched
- How to attach an un-indexed record to your ancestor
- How to use ‘TreeConnect” to attach ‘off site’ records
- How to locate and use the Genealogy records such as the old Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File What Batches are and how to search them How to find Online Family History Books in Print
- How to use The Library Card Catalogue to further your research
FamilySearch Wiki
FamilySearch Wiki :
This 1 1/2 hour class will help class members to realize what a
powerful genealogy research tool the FS Wiki is and how it is geared to save time and to provide specific information of how and where to gather information and research.
In this valuable class, members will learn:
This 1 1/2 hour class will help class members to realize what a
powerful genealogy research tool the FS Wiki is and how it is geared to save time and to provide specific information of how and where to gather information and research.
In this valuable class, members will learn:
- What the Wiki is and how to access it
- Why you need the Wiki in genealogy research
- What kind of information can be found there
- How to search and learn from the Wiki
- How to find specific records, sources, etc.
- How and why to use the links and other information leasers
FindMyPast
FindMyPast:
This is a 1 ½ hour, hands-on class.
FindMyPast is an excellent source particularly for research in England, France, Germany, and the Norwegian countries as well as in the Unites States. Membership in this website is free to LDS members.
FindMyPast has excellent videos and tutorial information. Just like Ancestry and My Heritage, this easy to use website often can have the information you have hoped to find. Class members will be impressed by the ease of use and outstanding tutorials offered there.
You will learn how & why to consider adding your tree onto this site as well as how to locate and save records. This class is worth your time.
MyHeritage
MyHeritage
This is a 90 minute hands on class.
MyHeritage is truly one of the largest and most exceptionally developed genealogy sources. It is organized in such a way that it is
If you are LDS we will show you how to obtain a free account, if you non LDS we will show you how to access the site free through our FHC Portal.
You will learn how to put a tree on MyHeritage, the benefit of doing that.
Also you will learn how to use the site to connect you with ‘ ' 'cousins’ and how you can find and use the many records housed on the site.
American Ancestors - LDS Interface
American Ancestors:
A 1½ hour class with hands on. American Ancestors is the website of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, the oldest genealogy society in the world.
They have records from all over the world but the bulk of their collection is for early New England, England and Canada.
American Ancestors allows LDS members to have a free account to part of this website.
You will learn how to setup your account., how to access records, and training
Find Your Elusive Ancestors
Find Your Elusive Ancestors
Finding Buried Treasures in FamilySearch.
Several ways will be shown on how to locate ancestors with FamilySearch search techniques to locate and use browsable records that have not yet been indexed. In this class we will find un-indexed:
1. United States draft registration records
2. Probate documents from 19th century American
Midwest
3. Hispanic Catholic baptismal records
We will also find the actual images of records whose original microfilm images are marked “image not available” and the extra information those images may provide.
Finding Buried Treasures in FamilySearch.
Several ways will be shown on how to locate ancestors with FamilySearch search techniques to locate and use browsable records that have not yet been indexed. In this class we will find un-indexed:
1. United States draft registration records
2. Probate documents from 19th century American
Midwest
3. Hispanic Catholic baptismal records
We will also find the actual images of records whose original microfilm images are marked “image not available” and the extra information those images may provide.