Area FH Newsletter February 2011

1. Ancestry.com. If you notice that your FHCentre Director has a larger smile than normal . . . perhaps it is at least partly due to the announcement that the library edition of Ancestry.com is available in all FHCs!!!  The announcement was sent out on Feb 8.  Ancestry.com is available in the FHC Portal under Premium Subscription services.
2. Leader’s Guide to Temple and Family History – Turn the Hearts The guide is available on lds.org.  Go to Menu then Serving in the Church then Melchizedek Priesthood then Leader Resources then scroll down.  The guide will be officially printed and distributed with a DVD in a few months.  Lots of wonderful information in the guide – and for those of you graphically inclined – there are lots of pictures and quotes! You will also notice as you go to the Leader’s Guide on the lds.org web site that there is an online interactive version of the new Handbook 2 Administering the Church.
3. nFS Training Site Please remember not to put test, trial or ficticious information to nFS.  When you want to use try out features or teach, then use the training.familysearch.org web site which has only ficticious information.  Treat it as your sandbox!
4. nFS Reference Manual Did you know there is a 71 page reference manual for nFS?  You can find it if you go to the Help Center, then Training and Resources then click on More in the area titled Training and Other Helpful Resources.   On the title page it says “This manual is intended to be used with the new FamilySearch User’s Guide and information available in the Help Center.”    The Reference Manual is considerably shorter than the User Guide. There is a link for Feedback. MIA
5. How do you find PAF on new version of familysearch.org? Click on Learn at top of screen and search for Software.  Look for item PAF and Other Genealogy Software (usually number 3 on the list of results).  At the end of the first paragraph in the article there is a link (Click Here) to get the download.
6. Indexing Please continue to encourage indexing.  Great progress was made last year, but there is much more to be done. The scanning of microfilms is ahead of the indexing.  Great to invite your friends and neighbours to do!  Did my first batch on a Mac this past week.  Worked just fine.
7. Webinars There are lots of really good webinars available to help us learn.  Recently I came across some on the Legacy Family Tree site to help with Indexing! If you are new to indexing, please watch Jim Ericson’s introductory webinar first at http://www.millenniacorp.com/_videos/webinars/20101006fsindexing/indexing.html.  if you go to  http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Webinars.asp, to see the archived webinars you will find one which includes tips and tricks for experienced indexers.  There are more webinars at http://rootsmagic.com/Webinars/ on Rootsmagic topics . . . and the list goes on.  Do you have any favourite webinar sites for FH?  Please share.
8. How do you find online FH courses through FamilySearch.org? Go to Learn at top of screen and search for Online Courses. First item in results is How-To Genealogy Learning Online with links to FamilySearch courses, BYU courses, NGS course, National Institute for Genealogical Studies and more.

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