Fresno North Stake FamilySearch Center Training

This class will take you through ways to digitize your photos and also simple ways to touch them up, crop them, etc. so they are prepared for placing in Memories. The second half of the presentation will cover some suggestions about the use of Memories - especially with regards to memories about living people. Link to the recording - here . Link to PDF file of the slides - here .

Have you ever been intimidated when you yourself or a friend needs help in a location of the world that you have no research experience?  This class will teach you about how valuable the FamilySearch Research Wiki can be to educating you and your patrons on how to research a locality.  It is very easy to use and everyone should refer to it often.  We will also discuss a sub-program of the Wiki called Guided Research which provides a super easy way to search for vital records in countries that are digitized and online.  Link to the presentation - here .   PDF of the slides - here .  

If there is one constant at FamilySearch that constant is change. Every six months of so it is wise to step back and review what has changed or been added. The past six months have been especially busy as FamilySearch has been updating most all of their page views so they will continue to work properly. Watch this presentation and see what has happend recently and even a little of what will happen soon! Link to the Presentation - here . Link to a PDF of the Slides - here .

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