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| Summer at the Lake in PA., taken by Bob Woolley |
This photograph exemplifies the beauty and serenity of a lazy summer day. Likewise indexing, to me, is an example of the beauty of providing a service to others, to our Lord and to our ancestors. A service that has resulted in over three billion searchable records at FamilySearch that help others find their ancestors. How beautiful is that? How do you feel when you finally find a record on-line that supports your family records? That is only possible because someone took the time to help create a computer searchable index.
I am so very thankful for all of you who are indexing and arbitrating in our Stake. Your contributions are beyond words of mere thanks!! Keep up the good work and help someone else learn how to index too.
Writing a Life Sketch in Family Tree
Have you consider writing a life sketch for your ancestors in FamilySearch Tree? You might want to view these guidelines before you start and maybe you will find the answer as to why you would even consider doing such a thing. Go to this link to see a one page handout that will be of great help:
Several reasons why I would want to do this are listed below for your evaluation:
- Life sketches lend stability to the record.
- It is a brief, about 1,500 words, thus a sketch - avoid personal pronouns
- Include facts that will help other researchers
- Calls attention to the problem of other people merging or editing your information
- Everyone can see it at the top of the profile
Accidents Happen!
Have you ever added someone to your tree by mistake and you don't know how to get them out of your tree? I have and it wasn't funny. It took awhile till I figured out how to delete him or unlink him from the parents. I found a great short video that will show you how to handle situations like this. Click on the link below and go watch this video, or visit with you Ward Family History Consultant for help.
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