Memorial Page Now that Family Tree includes photos etc. - we can set them up every relative with instant 'memorial' pages - no need for multiple sites. This is a powerful use of the new family tree - that will appeal to people who have no in genealogy research. Tom On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Snow, Donald R <snowd@math.byu.edu> wrote: > Nancy, the Memorial Pages on the Fold3 website are free for everyone at > home or anywhere and you can set them up for anyone else you want for > free. Several years ago Fold3 set up Memorial Pages for everyone in the > US Social Security Death Index and you can put photos, images of > documents, information, etc., on that page. Or you can set up a new > Memorial Page and put them there. It's the other data on Fold3 that > requires a subscription or going to a FHC to view. I don't think the > Church is connected to Fold3, other than to have it available on the FHC > Portal, like Ancestry. Incidentally, Ancestry bought Fold3 a few years > ago and changed the name from Footnote to Fold3. The name Fold3 stands > for the third fold on the American flag which the US gives to a vet's > family when he or she dies. We've been posting pictures, documents, and > information on Memorial Pages on Fold3 for several years and have put > the links to them in Family Tree. That was long before we could post > photos and stories on Family Tree itself and we still can't post images > of documents on Family Tree. So Fold3 is one place to put images of > documents and put links to them in Family Tree. > > Regarding putting an image in your Source Box, it sounds like you are > talking about the image of a document and not a photo of the person > because you wouldn't need your Source Box to post the photo of a person > on Family Tree. If so, what about doing a screenshot of the document > and posting that on a Fold3 Memorial Page and then putting a link to it > in your Source Box to put in Family Tree? I guess the only question > would be whether you have the right to post the image of the document > since you don't own the document itself. > > Don > > > On 5/2/2013 9:48 AM, Nancy Gibert wrote: >> Why is the church connected with Fold3 so people have to subscribe or be at >> a FHC? >> >> Also I am at a FHC right now and I see the image I want to put in my source >> box but I don't see how when I am in Fold3 site. Is there a way? >> >> Thanks >> Nancy >> >> >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics > Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah - snowd@math.byu.edu > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message