Lesson #4 Gather What Has Already Been Done

Gather What Has Already Been Done.

Gather from your family any compiled genealogy or other information; Bibles, Diaries and Journals, Biographies, Letters, Memorial Cards, Church records, civil records, citizenship records, fraternal Records, Funeral Cards Genealogical records, Histories, Legal papers, Military Records, Newspaper Clippings; birth, marriage, obituaries, social page, School Records, Albums, Photographs.

Pedigree Resource File* – These are family genealogy and are the most current records PRF, or Pedigree Resource File, is a rapidly expanding collection of family trees submitted by people worldwide to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . The Church publishes these family trees in CD and DVD sets. PRF currently contains 140-million names; however, the collection continues to grow as thousands of people submit their family trees each month. You can go to www.Familysearch.org impute the names you are looking for and see if they appear in the PRF However it can only be accessed for download at the FHC or by buying the sets. Some features are you can download a partial pedigree or as many generations as you want. For contact purposes they have the names address and sometimes the email of the submitter . ! CAUTION. Do not import this record or any record into you database until it has been first verified and corrected.

DOS Ancestral file .* The are the original genealogy Records published by the church in the old DOS operating system from the old Archive sheets. This file has not been updated since the early 1990’s however don’t pass it by because there are hundreds of genealogies that are on this database that are fund nowhere else.( only available at FHC ) Bring a3x5 floppy as the program does not recognize the flashdrives. This record cannot found on the Internet or familysearch site..only at FHC and not all of them still have this record. We have it at the Ivins FHC.

Ancestral File- http://www.familysearch.org/ This program was the first to go online and has many of the records that the pervious DOS version had..however some record it seems were lost. These are linked family genealogies but you can only print or download the files five generations at a time. This requires a knowledge of match/merging and how to download and upload GEDCOMS. Most of the 4 generation pedigree charts and family Group Record that were originally kept in the Genealogy Library have been transcribed in addition the patron generated 4 generation records in the eighties and early nineties. You can also access this from the menu bar in PAF go to “tools” then scroll down to “familysearch internet” genealogy service. Bring the person you want to search in primary position in PAF after you have brought up familysearch.org then click on this button in tools menu. This will take you directly into what records are available instead of having to type in the name on the sites search page.

New Family Search - http://www.new.familysearch.org/ This is the new website for collaborative genealogy. This site is not yet available in all places. A username and password are required which you must use your confirmation date and church record number to register for access to the records.. Lessons for using this site are available on this. The concept behind this site is to correct and combine all duplicate records submitted to the church through its previous programs; Four Generations, Ancestral File, and Pedigree Resource File. Temple work will now be prepared from this program replacing Update My Records and Temple Ready now used at the FHC. There are cautions with using the information from these records as there are with any collaborative genealogy. The records are only as good as the sources and those who interoperated the sources. Many errors have been found, good research practices and sources are needed to correct these records.

Online collaborating websites

Ancestry.com – http://www.ancestry.com/  This is free at some Family History Centers. One of the premiere search sites for collaborating with others and getting records for verification of personal data. Fee Based . $160 a year for United States and $300 for the world access. The search is free and depending on what records you find it may be worth it.

Google it. http://www.google.com/ then in search field put genealogy+name you want searched.

Altavista.com - http://www.altavista.com/ search engine then in search field put genealogy+name you want searched

Rootsweb.org - http://www.rootsweb.org/ (Free)

• Name Search (Family Tree) to see what other people have completed.
• Sources noted
• Email addresses of those that have added informtion
• SSDI
• US city /County locator (if you have a city and not a county it will locate the county)

Cyndis list - http://www.cyndislist.com/ (Free)This has a ton of information


US Gen Web - http://www.usgenweb.org/ (Free)The information here is updated by voluteers and varies in each area. This one you go to the state then the county for information.

World Gen Web - http://www.worldgenweb.org/ - (Free)The information here is updated by voluteers and varies in each area. This one you go to the continent then the country for information.


http://www.genealogy.com/ (Free)This is a message board with additional information

Temple ordinances records

Update My Records ( part of the Temple Ready program at FHC ) not updated since Dec 1999 but quicker.