No Dead Ends: Finding Your Way Through Family Roadblocks
No genealogist works their way through their family history without coming across the challenges of what looks like a dead end: no records, no obvious next step, unidentified parents and more. Learn about the tools, techniques, and ways of thinking of professional genealogists to find ways to get around those road blocks and continue your ancestral journey.
Syllabus: No Dead Ends
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FamilySearch Family Tree: Correcting Relationships
Families with similar family names, including the names of children, can get placed in incorrect relationships resulting in mixed up families and family structures. Proper research and care must be taken to establish correct family connections. Techniques for correcting incorrect family, marriage, and individual relationships will be reviewed.
Add an Existing Family Tree to FamilySearch
This is for new users to FamilySearch who have already built a family tree using another website or software program. This will show you how to add your family tree to FamilySearch Family Tree and begin to enjoy the many benefits of FamilySearch. Options covered in the demo for adding your tree include the following:Ancestral QuestVideo: Upload Data to FamilySearch Family Tree . This uses Ancestral Quest’s “Link/Upload Groups” feature available with the Ancestral Quest full license (paid).Video: Syncing AQ/PAF Data with Family Tree (Basics) . This uses features available with the Ancestral Quest Basics (free) license.Find Ancestral Quest in the Expo Hall for help and product information.RootsMagicVideo: Matching Records with RootsMagic and FamilySearch Family Tree . This shows how to match your tree with persons in FamilySearch’s Family Tree.Video: Sharing Data with RootsMagic and FamilySearch Family Tree . This shows you how to add data to FamilySearch’s Family Tree.FamilySearch GenealogiesUpload Your Tree . Upload your GEDCOM to FamilySearch and selectively add your data to the shared Family Tree.
FamilySearch Family Tree: Records, Hints, and Sources
Families with similar family names, including the names of children, can get placed in incorrect relationships resulting in mixed up families and family structures. Proper research and care must be taken to establish correct family connections. Techniques for correcting incorrect family, marriage, and individual relationships will be reviewed.
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