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RecordSeek Tree Connect - Source Tool for the FamilySearch Family Tree

Presenter: Cina Johnson Ohana Software/Real-Time Collaboration Customer Service and Training

FamilySearch has chosen to make links to online documents the backbone of their source citations. To give you the freedom to create sources from any website or personally owned documents, we present RecordSeek Tree Connect by Real-Time Collaboration. This FamilySearch certified product can link the source directly to your ancestors on the FamilySearch Family Tree and put the source into Source Box so you can attach it to several different people. If you have a scanned document that you want to use as a source, that document can be uploaded to our website and a source will be created.

This webinar will teach you how to use Record Seek Tree Connect to add sources to your family on FamilySearch. This great new tool is FREE so come join us and begin sourcing your family's records on FamilySearch Family Tree.

Newspapers: Critical Resource to Complete Your Family Tree

Presenter: Thomas Jay Kemp Director, Genealogy Products NewsBank, Inc.

Learn how to document the daily life of your ancestors in over 300 years of fragile, rare newspapers, books and documents. See how you can click and read articles about your ancestors, obituaries & marriage notices, military reports and even the sermons preached at their funerals! History comes alive as you climb beyond the names and dates on your family tree to the recorded details of their lives. Join librarian, lecturer, newspaper expert, and GenealogyBank.com's Thomas Jay Kemp for this one-hour webinar on U.S. newspaper research, including a demonstration of the historical newspapers, books, and documents available at GenealogyBank.com.

FamilyInsight for Beginners

Presenter: Cina Johnson

This class is designed to help new and returning users learn how to use FamilyInsight. We spend time learning what the program does and how to open your genealogy file into FamilyInsight. You will be familiarized with the screen layout as we review the fundamentals of using each feature (mode) of the program. Some of these features include finding out if you have unlinked people or pedigrees, or duplicate records for some individuals, in your file. You will learn how you can improve your file by correcting your place names so they are consistent and recognized by the new FamilySearch.

By cleaning up you file, not only will it be a better quality file but you will be better prepared to search for your family in the new FamilySearch using the Simple Update and Full Synchronization mode. FamilyInsight is a powerful but often underutilized tool and this class will help you make better use of the program.

FamilyInsight: Compare and Sync - The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

Presenter: Cina Johnson

The Compare and Sync Mode of FamilyInsight is a life saver for all family historians and the best innovation since sliced bread! Have you ever updated your file on one computer and forgotten to transfer it to another computer and ended up with two files each containing new but different data? Have you gotten files from other researchers or the Internet but didn't want to add everything to your good file? Compare and Sync is the answer to your needs. We will cover how to use this mode to find the differences between two files and selectively update the main file with information in the secondary file. See how the filters can help you focus your work and much more.

SharingTime - Increasing Productivity on the new FamilySearch

Presenter: Cina Johnson

You can increase your productivity by using SharingTime (TM) to add new features and functionality to the new FamilySearch website. By using SharingTime, you can quickly search for additional source documents on several internet sites; E-mail collaborators in seconds; focus your research on ancestors that are closest to being ready for temple work; see where your ancestors lived; and easily identify individuals without parents (end of line). This webinar will help you to learn how you can use SharingTime to your advantage.

Simple Update: An Alternative to Search IGI and Full Synchronization

Presenter: Cina Johnson

Since the old website for the IGI has been disabled, the Search IGI mode of FamilyInsight no longer works and will be removed in future updates. Many of our users will be happy to know that Simple Update works similarly to the Search IGI mode and the transition to Simple Update should be easy. Additionally, under some circumstances, there are advantages to using Simple Update rather than Full Synchronization

FamilyInsight: Beyond the Basics 2

Presenter: Cina Johnson

If you are comfortable using FamilyInsight but want to better utilize its features, this class is for you! We will go beyond the basics of simple clean up and updating and show you how to use the program to better advantage. Join this class to take your use of FamilyInsight to the next level!.

FamilyInsight: Synchronizing Your File with FamilySearch using FamilyInsight Presenter: Cina Johnson Learn to use FamilyInsight to synchronize your file with the new FamilySearch website. We will synchronize some records to give you experience with different situations so that you can begin updating your records, merging FamilySearch duplicates, and contributing information with confidence. When using FamilyInsight you have full access to your records vision of the complete new FamilySearch records, thus reducing the possibility of mistakes

Preparing Names for the Temple Using FamilyInsight and Ordinance Tracker Presenter: Cina Johnson This class is aimed for the LDS user who wishes to provide temple ordinances for their ancestors. We will use FamilyInsight to synchronize a family and review the rules regarding qualifying a name for temple work. We will reserve the ordinances and use Ordinance Tracker to either print a Family Ordinance Request or move the cards to the temple file.	Windows Media Player Quicktime
FamilyInsight: Trim - Delete - Separate Presenter: Cina Johnson Trim - Delete - Separate - What do these have in common? They are actions you can take in FamilyInsight to clean up your file or clean up the new FamilySearch. This class will delve into trimming your file to share with others, control its size, or delete branches that do not really belong on your tree. We will also work with AncestorSplit and the Separate feature in Full Synchronization to separate (split) records that were inadvertently combined on the new FamilySearch. These features will help you as you try to maintain the quality of your file and/or the new FamilySearch.	Windows Media Player Quicktime
FamilyInsight: Beyond the Basics If you are comfortable using FamilyInsight but want to better utilize its features, this class is for you! Learn how to link people, add other data, fix "places" that contain descriptive information instead of a place name and much more. Join this class to take your use of FamilyInsight to the next level!	Windows Media Player Quicktime

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