Issue 14.15
FamilySearch changes things a lot, they even joke about it. Recently they have started rolling out a new view for the pedigree chart called the landscape view. It is a lot different than the traditional pedigree that it will be releasing. It is out to 25% of users as of this writing. It will continue to roll out slowly so it won’t cause any server problems until everyone has it.
The new view adds many significant improvements. I was a bit surprised by it at first, thinking it was kind of busy looking, but as I have gotten used to it, I really like it. It now shows the marriage information for each couple, which is nice because you can easily see if a marriage date and place is missing. You can scroll to move the new view. The photo for each person displays on the pedigree view. I hadn’t notice I was missing my mother-in-law’s parent’s photos before looking at this new view. The preferred photos show right on the pedigree.
There are indicator icons for research suggestions, data problems, record hints and LDS information that display for each person. They even added another color scheme, you can invert between daybreak and nightshade. They simplified the alternate parent and spouse selector, which makes it better for users of smaller devices. You can also identify the descendant because direct descendants of an ancestor stand out in contrast to their spouses. This helps when you go up your tree and can’t remember how to get back down.
The hover actions are gone and the links to additional information are always displayed. This is great support for touch pad devices. If you don’t like seeing all of the indicator icons, you can click Show in the upper right corner and choose what you want to see and turn them off and on. You can print your pedigree chart right from the screen. Some people love it; some don’t like it at all. But I think you will get used to it and really like it. Sign into FamilySearch.org and see if you are one that has the ability to see it.
For more information, contact Shanna Jones shannasjones@msn.com (435) 628-4900.