October 23, 2016 - FamilySearch Person Page

Today we reviewed the different parts of the Person Page on FamilySearch. 

From the pedigree view, click on the name of the person who want to work on.  From the pop-up page, click on "Person" to go to the detail page.  Most of the work we will do will be from this page.  Today, we just looked at the various sections so we could get a good overview.

Some of what we talked about:

Some parts of the page:
1 - Vital Information - Birth and Death date and place. 
2 - Other Information - Alternate names, time line of events, personal information.  Click on the "Add" button to see some of the things that can be added to this section.
3 - Family Members - Shows the person as the parent (on left) and also as a child (on right).
4 - Sources - List of all sources that have been attached to person.  Includes sources from FamilySearch, Ancestry, and other places.  I choose to put the list in a certain order.  An item can be moved by left clicking with the mouse and then moving to desired spot on the list.
5 -  Discussion and Notes - Add as desired.  These can help you remember things, as well as be a resource for others working on the same person.
6 - Research Help - Includes hints for sources, problems, suggestions, etc.  This is a very useful section and is usually the place to start when working on an individual.
7 - Search Records - This is where we search to see what records are available.  By clicking on the site name, we can search the records for this person on that site.
8 - Print - Print pedigree charts or family group sheets.
9 - Latest Changes - Allows you to see all the changes that have been made to this individual.
10 - Tools - Check for duplicates, report abuse of any kind, delete a person if there are no links to other individuals. 

We will be going back and working on some of these in detail over the next couple of weeks.

 The first 3 things I always do:
1 - Watch.  I click the watch button if I want to know if anyone else does work on this page.  I get a weekly email with all changes.  I can then go in and look to see if I agree with the changes.  I can also see where other researchers have found new information that I want to copy to my files.

2 - Duplicates (near bottom of right hand column on the Person page).  We will do this in a future lesson.

3 - Standardize dates and places.  All dates and places need to be pulled from the list in order to get maximum benefit from the search engines.  We will also do this in a future lesson.