Issue 13.17
There is a new banner inviting you to sign in to FamilySearch.org to see which individuals in the search results are already linked to your Family Tree. In the search results, if you are signed in, you can now see if a record is linked to someone in your Family Tree. It is a little green circle with a black pedigree icon in it. This is an awesome improvement, let me explain.
First the record has been found, and either microfilmed and then digitized or digitally captured. Then the record goes through the indexing process to make it easily searchable. Then the search results from these historical records are compared against the records already in FamilySearch Family Tree to see if they are connected. If not, they are supplied as Hints. If they are, you can see the record of the person the source is linked to. If they are not linked, you will be able to link the record to a person in Family Tree or create a new person. Imagine looking at a 1920 census record and being able to see which of the people on the census page are already in Family Tree, and which ones are not. I envisioned this happening years ago, where we could look for missing individuals. I’m happy to see it coming to fruition.
The FamilySearch Memories has been improved to help you in your family history efforts. It has a new Actions menu which allows you to rotate photos and documents to the left or right. This was a needed addition. You can also change photos to documents or documents to photos download, and perform other tasks. A new option allows you to filter the memories in your gallery to see which ones are not in an album. You will soon be able to import your memories into FamilySearch from different social media platforms, such as Facebook. In St. George, nearly 4,000 youth (ages 14 to 18) met Saturday, March 25, at the Dixie State University for a family history event called KINnect YOU. They broke a World Record uploading photos and documents. The youth uploaded 18,580 memories images and 12,187 tags on the uploads in 10 minutes.
Web indexing will be replacing the desktop indexing application and is being slowly rolled out during 2017. Leaders and consultants should be learning the application and preparing to train now.
For more information, contact Shanna Sullivan Jones shannasjones@msn.com