Grow Your Family Tree

Roots and Branches

To earn the Roots and Branches Badge watch the videos below and complete the learning activity.

Estimated Completion Time: 45 Minutes

To learn more about family history activities, review the following article:
Understanding the focus person in Source Linker
Determining in Source Linker if a source matches your ancestor
Using Source Linker to attach sources
Using Source Linker to detach sources
Editing your family tree from Source Linker
Viewing the source image and side panel in Source Linker
Understanding the Source Linker screen layout

Roots and Branches Challenge:

You should have your 4-generation family tree completed on FamilySearch. Now you can add additional names by adding your siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. For this challenge, add additional names of living and deceased family members to your family tree.

Check Your Understanding


Question 1: What does the purple Compare icon indicate in Source Linker?
A. The information in both columns is identical.
B. The left column has information missing in the right column (Family Tree).
C. The source is attached to Family Tree.
D. There are no new details to add to Family Tree.
Question 2: What should you do if a detail in the record has a purple tag with the word "Different" inside it?
A. Ignore the detail as it is not important.
B. Automatically replace the detail in Family Tree with the new detail.
C. Use the small pencil icon to edit the information in Family Tree if it is more accurate.
D. Click the green plus button to add the detail.
Question 3: The green plus button appears when a new or previously unknown detail is found in the source.
True
False
Question 4: The purple Compare icon only appears if the source is not yet attached and contains new information.
True
False
Question 5: When the Different tag appears, you always need to replace the information in Family Tree with the new detail.
True
False