Getting Started With Your Family Tree
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Getting Started With Your Family Tree AFAS 2010 April 2014
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Getting Started With Your Family Tree. AFAS 2010 April 2014. http://www.familysearch.org. Why FamilySearch ?. Website is FREE Run by the Church of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) STRONG focus on ancestors as part of their core belief system Working on the family tree is a church mandate - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Getting Started With Your Family Tree
AFAS 2010April 2014
http://www.familysearch.org
Why FamilySearch?
O Website is FREE
O Run by the Church of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)O STRONG focus on ancestors as part of their core belief
systemO Working on the family tree is a church mandate
O Church has collected many records from all over the world over the past several decades
O Those records are helpful for people EVERYWHERE
What You Can Do At FamilySearch
O Search records
O Learn research tips & strategies
O Record your family tree O Including photos, documents, and stories
O Give back – help index records
Your First Step
O You will be recording your family tree on the FamilySearch website
O You will need to log onto the website and create an account
O Email me a screenshot with the FamilySearch website showing your name - by Sunday, April 6th (11pm)
Example Screenshot
To Create An Account
To Create An Account (cont’d)
Tips for Talking to Family Members
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VucOF5tNR8
