Family Search Website www.familysearch.org www.alanmann.com/byu

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Family Search Website www.familysearch.org
www.alanmann.com/byu

• 4 major sections
• Home
• Search
• Share
• Library
• Also at the top right corner there are other
  options. Feedback, Site Map, Glossary, and Help

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Home

• Welcome This is the Home Page
• News designed to inform you of any features
  that have recently been added or changed in
  FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
• Family Search Questions Has a list of frequent
  questions asked
• Product support more answers to your questions
  and the products provided
• Order/download you can order any and all
  products and supplies that the Church provides

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Feedback page
Feedback you must be signed into the
www.familyhistory.org site to use this feature
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Site Map
This outlines each area of the website and helps
you know where items are.
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You can look up foreign words and find their
meaning. There are many other words that can be
looked up here also. Remember, you can also use
the Custom Search
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Help screen
Got a question, find the answer here.
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Type your question here
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Order and Downloads
Order any products that the Distribution centers
have from this site and have it shipped to your
home. You will have to have a user name and
password.
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Search

• Search for your ancestors enter names and
  search
• Research guidance helps guide you through your
  search with ideas
• Research helps all publications of the Family
  History Library, guides, forms, word lists and
  much more
• Web sites search by place or subject
• Family History Library Catalog this is the same
  as downtown catalog

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Search for Ancestors
If you want to do a parent search just fill
in the father and mothers name (leave out the
maiden name) and do your search. If you use
All Resources, you run the risk of missing
people and matches when searching. You should
search each database separately.
If you use exact spelling, you could miss some
matches. Check for different name spellings.
Remember The more information you fill in the
more it will limit your search. Put in as little
as possible.
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Search for Ancestors
This hightlights each area and tells you how many
hits there are. When you click on an area it
will rescan that area and give you the hits found
there.
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Search for Ancestors
If you ever see a Batch No, you can click on it
and then search all the names that were extracted
in that batch. You might be surprised to find
more family names. After you click on the Batch
number it takes you back to the input screen.
See next slide.
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Batch Number Search
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Batch Number Search
There could many pages to scroll through here.
But listed is every name that was on that
extraction.
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Batch Number Search
Clicking here will take you to the input screen.
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Submission Number Search
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Submission Number Search
The submission number Search in Pedigree Resource
File. Allows you to see every name submitted by
that person in that single submission.
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Research Guidance will tell you what records
exist for that time period, in that place and
outlines how you can go about finding what you
are looking for.
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You can find research outlines, guides, forms,
maps and world lists, and much more.
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You could find family websites and more here.
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Do your search from home for books, films, fiche
and then go to the library and read those items.
This would help to better prepare you for your
library visit.
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Share

• Share your Genealogy upload GEDCOMs
• Collaboration with others Share information
  with others

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You must sign in before using the features on
this tab
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You can share your GEDCOM, by uploading it to
FamilySearch.org
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This collaboration site is not as useful as
Rootsweb or Ancestrys sites. They will email
you when there is an addition.
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Library

• Family History library
• Family History centers find a library when you
  travel
• Family History Library Catalog
• Education list of all class at the library,
  seminars that are coming and much more

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This is the same catalog that is at the Library.
When you want to print something from this area,
look to the bottom of the page and where it will
say For a printable version of this record,
click here. You will get a better print by
doing this.
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Catalog search
To get the microfilm number click on the View
Film Notes
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Want to take a class or learn something new about
Family History. There are many classes offered
here. You can also learn of up coming
conferences and seminars. The Family history
library has classes going all the time. You can
get a calendar of classes by clicking on the
Family History Library Classes
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• Features
• To Do lists what records you should check
• For records that can be checked online it gives
  you links to take you there
• Maintains inventories of places you can do
  research, and the records that are available.

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• Reports help you search soundex codes,
  alternative spellings, ages calculated to the
  census, and other helpful information.
• Price 24.95 at www.Gensmarts.com
• You can try it for free before buying, to see how
  it can help you in your research.

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GenSmarts