Fabulous For Christmas

Friday Is For Fun

 

An old man calls his son and says, "listen, your mother and I are getting divorced. Forty-five years of misery is enough".

"Dad, what are you talking about?" the son screams.

"We can't stand each other any longer," he says. "I'm sick of her face, and I'm sick of talking about this, so call your sister and tell her." and he hangs up.

Now the son is worried. He calls his sister. She says, "like hell they're getting divorced!" She calls their father immediately. "You're not getting divorced!" Don't do another thing. The two of us are flying home tomorrow to talk about this. Until then, don't call a lawyer, don't file a paper. DO YOU HEAR ME?" She hand up the phone.

The old man turns to his wife and says, "Okay, they're both coming for Christmas and paying their own airfares.

Regularly Check the FamilySearch Blog: Here Some Changes In Family Tree Announced There

When you are viewing a historical record and you click Attach to Family Tree, the source, until now, has been automatically added to your Source Box. You now have the option to attach the source without adding it to the Source Box.

The option is available during the last step of the process, which is:

1. Find a historical record that is about one of your ancestors who is in Family Tree, and click Attach to Family Tree.

2. Find the person by using the Possible Matches tab, the History List tab, or the ID number. In this case, I’m using the ID number:

3.  When the right person comes up:

• Enter a reason that you are attaching the source.
• Click the Add Source to Source Box checkbox if you want this source to be added to your source box.
• Click Attach.

Attach Browse-Only Images as Sources, and Edit the Title

When you are viewing an image from an unindexed (“browse only”) collection on FamilySearch, you can now attach that image to a person in Family Tree as a source. You can also edit the title of that source, since the title that is automatically generated may not have much meaning. During the attaching process, you have the option to include this item in your source box or to leave it out.

An important thing to note: The option to attach an image (rather than an index page) is available for browse-only images. For indexed images, you must still begin the attaching process from the page containing the indexed information.

1. Find the image that you want to use as a source.
2. Click the Sources option. (This option shows up on browse-only collections.)

3.  Click one of the following:

• Click Attach to Family Tree if you know the person in Family Tree you want to attach it to. From here, you can edit the title, select the person, and enter a reason.

If you click Person, you see your Family Tree history list. You can select a person from there or enter the ID number of a person who isn’t on the list.

• Click Add to My Source Box if you want to do the attaching later. From here, you can edit the title to something more meaningful.

How True It Seems

I May Live In Salt Lake City Now; But I Am Still A Seahawk

Some People Need A Lot Of Training

This Is Fascinating: Rootsmapper

 

This is a picture that I snipped from my screen. It is the migration patterns of my first 8 generations as seen from https://rootsmapper.com/.

Rootsmapper is on of the new FamilySearch partners. I am guessing they are part of the new Discovery Centers experience I wrote about here in the article about the Discovery Centers: 

You just login at their home page (your photo from family tree, if you have uploaded one your migration pattern appears.

Yes, I immigrated from Pocatello to Seattle To Salt Lake City. Or is that emigrated?

Their website is simple, not a lot of options. The action takes place when you select another generation. Like this one where I chose two. The results are embedded into a Google Map, therefore you can change sizes and move it around. It shows that my family went from Utah to Idaho to Washington, and now I am back.

Click on one of the numbered pins and it identifies that ancestor, with a little graphic of the pedigree relationships. Pretty cool. To make the graphic get simpler to view the trash can on the left removes a specific pin and line. 

Running the 3rd generation graphic shows my first ancestor crossing the pond. It shows my Pennsylvania and Indiana roots. Enlarged I can see it clearer.I can see those who came west.

Whoa, look at the 4th generation. Am I a Brit or what?

Actually here is something I had not known before, or ever noticed. It kind of disappoints me. It's the Cornwall, England Connection with John Franklin Rich. He was born in Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England. He went straight to Utah. I was a missionary in Cornwall. I was one of the first group of missionaries to return since the early missionaries in the 1830's. I was there for months. I loved Cornwall but didn't know that one my ancestors came from there. I could have been looking for other ancestors. Yikes that is disappointing. What a lost opportunity. 

 Here is a 7th generation clip: Yep, more Rich's in Cornwall. Three of them right there in Truro, my assigned area. Oh, man this ticks me off. I'm Cornish. No wonder I loved Cornish Pasties.

 

Now it's your turn to go play. It is a cool site.

And Moses Spoke With God

A Little Star Wars Like Fun on Friday Is For Fun

A Welcome New Update In Family Tree

Within the Family Members display, we now display relationship types between a child and his or her parents. Non-biological types are listed including the date, if the relationship contains one, and the relationship type. See the example below.