We did a quick review of what we had worked on last week. I also shared a couple of things that I worked on during the week.
First, on the example we used last week, I did not think that John Wilmot was the correct father for my Eli, even though that is what shows in FS. So I did a little research. I was able to find the marriage of my Eli in Georgia in 1829. I also found a marriage for another Eli Wilmot in Connecticut in 1828. It is not likely that they are the same person. It puts further weight to my argument, since the birth record of Eli that shows John as the father occurred in CT. I still have not found a birth or early record for my Eli in NY, so I did not change the Family Tree. However, I did add a note in the Note section explaining what I had found and my opinion.
Secondly, I brought the Watch List email that I got this week. There were five names listed, on three of which I had made the changes. The other two I had looked up to see the change. In one case, sources had been added and I found that I already had those sources. I also had additional sources, so I spent a little time adding those sources to FS, as well.
In our example for our lesson, there was a hint that there was a non-standardized marriage place, so that is where we started. To work on a marriage relationship, go to the Family section of the Person page. To the right of the name of the husband and wife is a symbol that looks like a pencil and a pad of paper. Click on that. The pop-up page shows a section for the husband, a section for the wife, a section for marriage events, and a section for sources. We were interested in the Marriage Events section. We discovered that there were a number of dates/places listed, all of them the same basic information. Since they were all the same, and we only needed to have one, we deleted the extras.
To delete a Marriage Event:
Click on the Event
Click on Delete at the right of the box
Enter a reason for deleting. In our case, we just put "Duplicate entry."
Click the Delete button.
On the one date/place left, we needed to standardize the date and place. This was done just like we did the birth and death dates last time. Click Edit, enter the date or place, choose the correct entry from the standardized list, add a reason (standardized date and place), save.
The same process works for child/parent relationships. Click on the pencil symbol by the child, edit Father, Mother, and Child as needed. Use the Remove option to undo the link between child and parents. Remember that there are three links: husband to wife, child to mother, child to father. To get the spouse and child relationships correct, all three must be linked properly.
We then went to Ancestry.com and found our example on my family tree there. In Ancestry, the tree opens on the pedigree page. We found the person we wanted, clicked on the name, and then on Profile. That brings us to his personal information page. Since we were interested in linking to FS from Ancestry, we did the following:
Click on the tree looking symbol next to the word "search" in the upper right side of the page.
Sign in to FamilySearch
When linked, a blue check mark appears next to the tree symbol.
Click the tree symbol again.
Click on Compare Person on Family Search
Choose the person that matches
You then have two columns: FS information is on the left and Ancestry information is on the right.
You can compare line by line.
You can click on any piece of information that you want to add either way (FS to Ancestry or Ancestry
to FS).
Be sure that the information is correct. It is very easy to move information from one place to another by
making an assumption - that can get you in big trouble. I check what I have in RootsMagic first,
since that is the only source I have confidence in.
When finished, click on Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
I think that covers most of what we did. Next week I said we would start on actually searching for documents. Unless I change my mind, of course! You never know what I might do next!!
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