use TreeConnect for books, any site outside of FamilySearch, and any databases not having indexes within Records. go to RecordSeek.com and follow instruction to add TreeConnect button. David Samuelsen On 5/27/2013 10:34 AM, Ann Amadori wrote: > FamilySearch has live Research Assistance available via chat or phone. > See https://familysearch.org/ask/researchAssistance > > Missionaries also answer phone calls to 1-866-406-1830in the US. Other > countries' phone numbers are listed under Get Help at > https://familysearch.org/ > > > In addition, these Tree Tips that I have compiled might help someone > with sources: I have more if anyone is interested in the whole list of 11. > > 2. If you want to use a book from books.FamilySearch.org as a source for > someone in your Family Tree, be aware that the URL in the top of your > browser is temporary. You should be able to find a permanent link to > your book, however. Look for the 'Copy Link' button in the top right > corner by the title of the book. Click on 'Copy Link'. It opens the > permanent link that you can copy by using Ctrl-C. Then you can paste it > using Ctrl-V into the web page field of the source you are creating. > > 3. Use the little 'Copy' button located beside 'My Source Box' on the > landing pages of the sources you find in FamilySearch.org. This copies > what has been indexed so you can paste the indexed data into the notes > field in your source. It does not pick up household information on > census records, however. You'll have to copy that separately, if you > want it, or click on the name of each member of the family individually > and copy what is indexed for each one. You can paste this indexed > information into separate sources or into one, as you choose. If you > make one source, be sure to attach it to each person mentioned in the > source. > > 4. If you find a source attached to one of your Family Tree ancestors > that is not in your Source Box and you want to attach it to a > relationship or to someone else, click on the title of the source you > want, click on 'view' then add it to your Source Box as you would any > other source you find on familysearch.org <https://familysearch.org/>. > The entire source, including notes will be copied and you will still be > able to tell to whom and to which relationships it has already been > attached. > > 5. Tree Connect is a useful tool for creating sources you find on > websites, including <familysearch.org>familysearch.org > <https://familysearch.org/>, and putting them in your Source Box. Go to > recordseek.com <http://recordseek.com/> and drag the green 'Tree > Connect' button to your browser bookmark bar. From a landing page for a > source infamilysearch.org <https://familysearch.org/>, findagrave.com > <http://www.findagrave.com/>, paid sites like ancestry.com > <http://www.ancestry.com/>or another site, click on the 'Tree Connect' > button you added to your browser bookmark bar and it will copy the URL, > citation and a title into the proper source fields. If you highlight the > indexed information on the landing page, it will put that in the Notes > field. This utility works in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. > I have not found it to work with Internet Explorer. > > 6. Another use for Tree Connect is to upload images from your computer > and create a Source in your Source Box. > a. Click on the Tree Connect button in your browser bookmark bar and > sign in to familysearch.org <https://familysearch.org/>. > b. Skip the first form that appears. Instead, click on Upload > Media in the top right corner. From the next screen, click on the green > Add Files button, then locate the image/s you would like to use in your > source. You can choose more than one at a time. > c. Click on the blue Start Upload button. > d. Once your file/s have been uploaded, click on the teal colored > Create Source button at the bottom of the page. > e. Fill in the Title and Notes fields and save to the folder of your > choice in your Source Box. > > 7. It is very important to put a transcription of the source data in the > Notes field in Family Tree. If a website outside of FamilySearch > disappears, the information from it will persist in Family Tree. > Sometimes sources for life events are not available at FamilySearch or > anywhere else. The more information we can attach to our ancestors from > whatever source available, like a book, gives clues to others and, > hopefully, better information will be forthcoming in the future. > > 8. The link to the Family Tree Training materials, including the > webinars on Editing Relationships, Sourcing and Merging, is > FamilySearch.org/tree-training <https://familysearch.org/tree-training>. > You must be signed in to access them. Another source of help is > FamilySearchtraining.com <http://familysearchtraining.com/>, a set of > videos used to train missionaries working in the Family History Library > in Salt Lake. > > 9. Be sure to attach sources to your husband-wife AND parent-child > relationships to prevent others from coming in behind you and deleting > correct relationship data. > > Ann A. > > On 5/27/2013 10:07 AM, Don Strack wrote: >> Is there a place on the web to ask questions, and discuss best practices >> for adding and editing sources in FS-FT? >> >> I have many patrons who are computer savvy, and simply want some guidance >> on how to add their sources to FS-FT. Many patrons are very confused about >> what goes where in the Sources form. >> >> For now, I am advising them to do Custom Facts and Custom Events. Then in >> the future when the programmers are able to get the sources form, and some >> sort of free-form notes working, then the custom sources can be properly >> entered where they belong. >> >> Don Strack >> >> 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 >> > > > 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 >