Help and Training for FamilySearch Family Tree (new.familysearch.org)

Syncing with the new FamilySearch website

Author: Karen Pittman

Karen has graciously shared her quick guide to synchronizing you PAF file with the new FamilySearch website

How to Synchronize Your PAF with New FamilySearch


Handouts to Help with Training for FamilySearch family tree

Gary and Bob's Guide to Teach Members New FamilySearch

NEW July 2010

By Gary E. Hooste, Family History Trainer for Avon Ward in Indianapolis West Stake. With modifications by Robert E. Strange, Director, St. Anthony Idaho FH Center

Link to Gary and Bob's Guide

Faye Guthrie's Classes

Author: Faye Guthrie

Faye Guthrie of Heathmont, Australia has generously donated these resources to help others to use FamilySearch family tree. (new.familysearch.org).

  • Week 1: An Introduction To New Family Search

  • How To Register For New FamilySearch

  • Week 2: Combining People/Records in FamilySearch family tree

  • Week 3: Let's Take Some Ancestors to the Temple! How to do a Family Ordinance Request (FOR)

  • Week 4: Deleting and Disputing

  • How Do I Claim My Legacy Link Contibution?

  • How to Create a Partial GEDCOM

  • Progress Tracking Sheets for Working with FamilySearch family tree

    Author: Claudia Ross
    NEW September 18, 2008

    Claudia Ross is the Staff Trainer for the Brigham City Family History Center. She wrote, "In our training, we have found it very helpful to work through one page of a printed pedigree chart at a time and coordinating it with a checklist. The checklist keeps you organized as you gather your ancestors from the new FamilySearch database, including combining duplicates, editing information, and checking ordinances. Because it is working so well in our center, I would like to share our checklist with others." This is perfect for synchronizing your file through FamilyInsight.

  • Progress Chart 1
  • – Paternal and Maternal tracking sheets, including spouse of childrenin PDF format
  • Progress Chart 2
  • – Five Generation tracking sheet, including children - tracks edits in PDF format
  • All 3 Progress Charts
  • – The paternal, maternal and 5 generation tracking sheets apear on different tabs in this Excel spreadsheet
  • Instructions

  • Additional Lessons on Family History are available on our Lessons Page

  • View the Lessons page





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