Fresno North Stake FamilySearch Center Training

Traditionally, searching for people or records at FamilySearch has been a challenging process.  You either get too many results that the right person or record can't be found or you get so few results that what you want is missing.  This presentation will focus on helping you find a person's record in Tree and also how to find a document to answer your research question.  In doing this best search techniques will be covered. Link to video Link to PDF file of the slide deck

The Source Box is probably the most used and least understood part of the FamilySearch suite. It is here that all of our sources can be stored and filed.  Many of us really don't know how to use it to its maximum usefulness.  This presentation will learn how to use the source box to it's potential.  As an added bonus at the end of the presentation the use of Master Sources for items like books that need to be sourced multiple times will be explained. Link to recording Link to PDF of the slide deck

 Puzzilla is an outstanding product to use when you want to find people to add to your FamilySearch Tree.  The key feature of this program is the ability to see a large amount of your tree on one screen. Special Features are the ability to track where you have worked previously in your tree and identifying all the people with possible duplicates in a large area of your tree. It has a free basic version and a paid ($39.95 per year) version that is available at all Family History Centers. Link to the Recording Link to the PDF of the Presentation Slides

Recently FamilySearch added a new feature to the newly designed Home Page.  In the middle column is a feature that lets you create a post that will show up on the new Home Page and is viewable only by you and your friends.  You can now add a photo to this post from either images in your FamilySearch gallery or from your Google Photos account.  This presentation takes you through this process - which is quite easy to do. Link to the Recording  

  One of the most misunderstood features of the FamilySearch Family Tree is collaboration. Since the Family Tree is a wiki and thus collaborative in nature, it behooves us to understand why we need to collaborate, how we can do this and how to be a good collaborator.  Collaboration has enabled the Family Tree to become more accurate over time and will be the key to its growing better in the future.  Link to the Recorded Class Link to a PDF document of the Slide Deck

 How do you use the Descendancy View to find new names to add to the Tree at FamilySearch?  Watch this presentation to learn how to best use this FamilySearch tool to help you grow the Tree. Link to Presentation Link to PDF of the Slide Deck

We all know how to source records we find at FamilySearch.  But what do we do when the record that needs sourcing is not found there?  This presentation will provide you with two manual ways to create a non-FamilySearch source and two automated ways to create the same kind of source.  Watch and learn how easy it can be to source records to the tree from virtually anywhere. Link to recording Link to PDF of Slide Deck