Through the early stages of FamilySearch Family Tree (FSFT) people kept asking for the ability to upload new family records using GEDCOM. GEDCOM is a standard form for sharing your genealogy data from one genealogy program to another. It was developed by the LDS many years ago but hasn’t been updated for years. Still, it …
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The most important updates to make to FamilySearch Family Tree (FSFT) are to add sources. The second most important updates are to combine duplicate records of a person. The data in FSFT has come from many sources including the old Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File. Both of those were from people uploading or mailing …
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One of the most things we can do as a genealogist is to add source documentation to our records. FamilySearch Family Tree lets anyone add sources to a person in the database. It can be records that you have found on FamilySearch or a source from any other location on the internet or not. On …
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FamilySearch Family Tree was created so that anyone can edit data. The reasoning is eventually each date and place fact would end up with correct information. In the last posting I found the record of my ancestor, Dewitt Clinton Halsey. To make a correction of any fact you could first click on “Open Details” which …
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You probably haven’t heard of FamilySearch Family Tree (FSFT). It really isn’t a secret but FamilySearch has not made a public announcement as of yet. It is an advanced on-line linked family tree. The data in FSFT has been contributed by thousands of people over many years. It contains all the data from the old …
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I don’t know how I missed it but FamilySearch has completed posting their index to the 1940 US census. I like their index better than the one on Ancestry.com. It appears to be correct more often. Currently on the FamilySearch homepage, is a link on the upper right corner which says that “all 50 states …
FamilySearch has released their index of the 1940 census for NY State. An index has been available on Ancestry.com for almost 2 months for NY State. Other bloggers have been comparing indexes for other states and have found many differences. I have been following Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings and The Ancestry Insider who have really been …
Happy Independence Day. Related to the US Independence, I would like to tell about one of my ancestor’s that served during the Revolutionary War. His story is common among those that served. He never went very far from home and saw little action. His name is Jacob Wilklow and he was born in 1764 in …
Ancestry has completed indexing the 1940 census for New York State and is offering free access for a limited time. I couldn’t determine how long that free access lasts. You may want to go to this special web page as soon as possible. You also are going to have to sign up for a free …
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In less than 2 months more than half of the 1940 US census has been indexed, An incredible number of volunteers have stepped up to aid in the indexing which is on Family Search, Archives.com and FindMyPast.com. States that have been completed and can be searched are: Alaska Arizona Colorado Delaware Florida Idaho Kansas Nevada …