This week we went into more detail on using the Person Page on FamilySearch.org. In order to be able to experience using the page, we found a person on my tree that we could work on. I chose Henry Lester 9NNP-HRR.
Here are some of the things we did:
1 - Watch - By clicking the watch button, I will receive notice if anyone else makes any changes.
2 - Duplicate - There was no duplicate, so we started to work on this page.
3 - Dates and Places - Needed to standardize both dates and places.
Clicked on the date/place for birth. (Then repeated for death.)
Edit.
Adjusted the date and place so the standardized list appeared.
Chose the correct entry from the list.
Reason - "Standardized date and place." This lets the next person know that I did not add or change the information, just put it into standardized form.
4 - Went to the Family Section and looked over what was there. We noticed that he has a sister that was born the same year as the oldest brother. This is something we will need to check.
5 - Went to the Source Section to see what sources have already been added.
6 - 1880 census shows the parents with Henry and two brothers, but no sister.
7 - Birth record for Martha shows she was born in England. Since this family was all born in the US, it appears that she should not be in the family. Her parents' names are similar, but the birth place tells us that these are not correct.
8 - Unlinked Martha by going back to the Family Section.
Click the pencil next to her name.
Remove or Replace.
On the pop up page, we clicked that we had reviewed the relationship.
Reason. In this case, we made sure the statement was specific so that the next person would understand clearly what we had done and why.
We will continue working on Henry Lester next lesson.
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