FamilySearch Best Tools (2024)

[@uraniumu242]

Because of your channel I spent 3 days of my 5 day vacation in the Mormon genealogy center in Salt Lake City. I guess I caught the bug. Now I am back to the 13th century where my ancestor was Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland. My 10 year old granddaughter is now getting into it.

[@douginorlando6260]

Nice channel! Useful, helpful, and a positive experience

[@GenealogistBuchanan]

Nicely done Connie. Note that there is a "To Do" list on the signed-in Home Page.

[@GenealogyTV]

Yes... but I'd like it globally throughout the site to access it from anywhere.

[@GenealogistBuchanan]

@@GenealogyTV Right. In the meantime, maybe keep one tab open on the signed-in home page.

[@bevleeming6703]

Learned a few things. Love the timeline feature. That's a good tip to name the URL in a Word document. I have been pasting the URL into Word and then right clicking it to change the name but your method is much easier. Thanks! 😊

[@larryhb1]

Tip for those using ancestry site for their family tree: you can add the family search ID to an individual profile on your tree under ‘also known as’.

[@litebriteeyes]

Love this! 😅

[@mistiroberts1576]

I love Family Search

[@suzannecrosdale2629]

This was so helpfull.

[@donaldf.switlick3690]

The Fan Chart needs a marker (arrow) at the last posted ancestor when the tree extends farther than the chart shows. The same for descendants as needed.

[@DoomWaffle]

Well, hey there, family! I'm also descended from the Vanhoys of Surrey NC. Specifically John's uncle, Abraham Vanhoy and his wife Verlinda Marshall.

[@GenealogyTV]

Well, who knew?

[@777nebulaz]

Please, do you know how I'd find research paths for my Portuguese side? They are from rural towns and I've found little to no records, just information from family members.

[@GenealogyTV]

www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Portugal_Genealogy

[@Bad_Artist_]

I use Family Search frequently, but I often wondered whether it's possible to do a search by address, instead of by name? Example: Who lived at 99 ABC Street in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania in the 1900 US Census? Love your channel, Connie, and have learned a lot!

[@GenealogyTV]

I would try to search City Directories. That's a good question. I tried Search>Records using just my address where I grew up in the place field but then I had to add a surname. I did find my father about the 5th person down with that address. So I had to have a surname in there... Great question for FS.

[@Bad_Artist_]

@@GenealogyTV The reason I asked -- The surname on the ship's manifest was obscured, due to poor handwriting, while the address was a little more clear. I will try City Directories and do my best with the illegible surname. Thanks again, Connie!

[@RonAck01]

Speaking of Family Search, how do you handle those putting wrong information on your relatives? I have a person who says they are part of the Mormon's research and has changed things making it wrong. I correct it and it gets changed back. Like you I've been doing this many years and constantly find wrong information on FS. Thanks for the great videos and information.

[@GenealogyTV]

Write a brief proof argument and state it in the notes area and mark it as an alert on the right side.

[@RonAck01]

@@GenealogyTV Thank you

[@patriciajrs46]

Connie, quetion: how can I be sure that I have found my relative when there is no dna from that relative that can be used to make a match? I am looking for my paternal great grandfather. His name is very common, thus the confusion from so many results. Please help.

[@GenealogyTV]

Hopefully it is sourced with documentation.

[@ccsully4101]

Thanks for all the info. I have a question: My grandfather had a heart attack and died in NJ. However he was a resident in NY. Which state would issue the death certificate? I'm trying to get a record of it, Thanks

[@GenealogyTV]

The county where the person died.

[@richardpaz1919]

Is this a re upload? I thought I I just saw this?

[@GenealogyTV]

Just reposted it.

[@richardpaz1919]

@@GenealogyTVthanks I knew I had a feeling I saw it hahah thanks!!!

[@fionag2312]

@@richardpaz1919 I had just watched this a few days ago... I was sure of it,.....was starting to think I was going mad 😆

[@patriciajrs46]

The about tab does not show up on my android phone, at the family search site. I have no working computer.

[@celticbelle4004]

When I researched my tree on FamilySearch, I found information that I did not add. There were a lot of errors, too. Are the trees we enter private or can anyone add to them?

[@Jan-xp8yi]

FamilySearch is a collaborative tree, anyone can make changes. I only make changes if I have documentation to back up the information. Then I add the reason I update information, I wish everyone did

[@Namnodnol]

I also spend much of my time on FS correcting other people's mistakes. Many are obvious mistakes too and often take no account of the information and sources already attached to entries. Recently I had an example of a distant branch of my family that I had tracked from birth to death through the census returns and birth and death registrations from 1841 to 1911. Some days later one of my notifications was showing changes to the branch. The User had deleted two people and replaced them with two others of the same name but born in a different part of the UK and to a different mother. I changed them back and in my notes I explained why and even gave them the names and ID numbers of the parents their people belonged to. They are now shown in the correct tree/family so the User obviously realised their error. Unfortunately, not all do and continue to change existing trees without offering any explanation or sources other than the ubiquitous "Gedcom Data".

[@karolynpieren5129]

Why don’t you add the profile picture from Ancestry to FS on the Jensen woman?

[@ClauJos]

I created a partial tree on Family Search about a year ago with the intention of adding more later from my large tree on Ancestry. I recently visited Family Search again and see that more ancestors have been added by someone else -- and they are not my ancestors! What can I do to correct this? I wrote the corrections in the notes section but the tree is still wrong and I don't see an option to override what someone else entered.

[@GenealogyTV]

Go to the notes on the right column in the Ancestors profile and add the Alert check box. That will flag anyone who comes to that ancestor saying to read the notes before making changes.

[@ClauJos]

@@GenealogyTV Thanks but I am trying to find out how to actually correct the tree. Is there a way I can replace the ancestral branch they have added to MY tree with the correct one? By adding one wrong ancestor, they have ruined all the previous generations as well.

[@anitacoraluzzi]

Hello, I feel your frustration having just begun adding my own family information to the FamilySearch world tree a few months ago. I have been doing family research for about 33 years and I would just like to say that I am not a member of the LDS church but I am always grateful to them for all the work they do and for the absolutely immense amount of genealogical records they share with all of us. Specifically addressing your dilemma with incorrect information you’ve found in your FS tree; I found I had to slow down and learn how to fix these problems as they arose. The FS software engineers have included numerous tools for researchers to address these situations as you come across them; incorrect information or incorrect children attached to parents, duplicate entries, etc. However, it is necessary for us to learn how to use these tools. I have found one of the best ways for me to learn is by watching how-to videos on my tablet at the same time I am working on my laptop in the FS tree. I can pause (or rewind) the video and go “do” the thing, then get a true sense of how it works. We all learn differently, but one of the best instructors (for me) I have found is connected with the BYU Library Family History channel which can be found here on KZbin and the instructors’ name is Kathryn Grant. BYU Library Family History channel KZbin link: www.youtube.com/@BYULibraryFamilyHistory/videos Kathryn Grant’s clear, concise, informative class videos have helped me tremendously in learning how to navigate through some of the more difficult to understand FS tree dilemmas such as how to merge individuals or remove a child that does not belong to a couple, etc. I learn something new every time I work in the FamilySearch tree :-) But Connie did answer your question about using the notes and alert on the right side panel widget to collaborate with other family researchers & let them know about your sources and reasons for including certain information on your ancestor profile pages. Take some time to carefully review each of your ancestor profile pages on the FS tree, explore all the side widgets to see what information they contain and how that information can help you! It’s good stuff. Sorry for the length here….and Connie, thank you for your highly informative videos! Regards, Anita Sheahan Coraluzzi

[@mistiroberts1576]

The fan chart wont open in the app for me

[@GenealogyTV]

You're right.

[@mistiroberts1576]

@@GenealogyTV maybe it just works on the website?

[@SH-ws1wg]

I have just realised.... somehow I had become unsubscribed !!! I'm back you explain things really well and don't jump to many important steps which......... a lot of people do.....

[@sidneyking11]

I have a question about incorrect information on a death certificate. My GGGF death certificate information was filled out by his daughter, the line that ask who was his father she put her initial with her married name. In Family Search people keep adding back that name as his father. it so aggravating to keep removing the tree connection to him. That id number keeps showing up. How to correct this for good? I added a note to the image record of the death certificate the D.F Defarg is not his father name but that does not help at all. It shows up in all the popular family tree websites.

[@GenealogyTV]

Go to the ancestor on FS. Scroll down the details tab. On the right there is a notes section. Open that up and click Alert. Then type your comment about this repeated error. What this does is put an alert message on the top of the ancestors profile saying to read the alert before making changes.

[@tomroberts7221]

The problem with Family Search is people coming along and wiping it out. That recently happened with my Van Zandt line. That line is well documented by the Van Zandt Society. Now I have to restore it. Very disappointing and annoying.

[@nancyvega1580]

Is there a way to save my family tree on a pen drive?

[@GenealogyTV]

Not sure what a pen drive is. Sorry.

[@donaldf.switlick3690]

The "Detail View" at "Vitals" needs a place to add dates for "Divorced" or/and Immigration or/and Naturalization or better yet any "Additional Info."

[@MerryLucious]

Go into the edit function for the couples' Marriage date information. You can 'add event' named "Divorce" to their information there.

[@donaldf.switlick3690]

@@MerryLucious TY, I found this option, but Divorce does not display in Vitals and under Marriage is not prominently displayed as a separate category.

[@firejack007]

I am connected to GW also through Mildred Reade's grandmother on my mother's side. Which I guess means we are a distant relation.

[@GenealogyTV]

Well there you go cuz.

[@woodturner1954]

rerun?

[@GenealogyTV]

Yes... I had to edit something in the other version.

[@staceybenson2259]

We're cousins through your mother's line.

[@GenealogyTV]

Well hey cuz!

[@jackrowe5571]

I get very frustrated with your teaching style! You jump too quickly and cram too many variations into your productions. I would prefer more and shorter episodes, so I could incorporate the idea. This shotgun approach is too much, too fast.

[@GenealogyTV]

Thanks for the feedback. You might like my brand new channel www.youtube.com/@genealogytv2 it is a much slower paced channel... with zero editing.

[@uraniumu242]

That is why KZbin has a sure button

[@totopcat]

It is possible to use little box top right with cc for showing written version of speech. Also, click xbox other little box like a daisy and click 75% rate of delivery for speech to slow. Stop and start in chunks another option. Hope that helps

[@totopcat]

Not sure how Xbox bit got in that 😮

[@donaldf.switlick3690]

The information at "Alternate Spouses" are cross mis-matched at "Portrait View" and "Landscape"