Episode 95 Paper Preservation and Answers to Ancestry Family Trees

Published: Aug. 24, 2010, 10:54 p.m.

b'Published August 24, 2010 NEWS: Genealogy Gems Podcast has been selected for inclusion in the brand new podcast director for the Blackberry launched by Research in Motion known as RIM. \\xa0 Listener Rick Rissmiller wrote in:"GREAT news about the Blackberry app. Right now I download from i-tunes each week and save on my\\xa0laptop then connect the blackberry and transfer so I can listen as I do thing around the house. I am a new lsitenere and have downloaded all of your previous podcasts and each week as I sit on my tractor mowing and triming 3 acres I listen to 3+ hours of great information and entertainment from you. Thanks for all the great work." Thanks for the Shout Outs from the following genealogy bloggers: Susan Peterson\\xa0- \\xa0 Tonia Kendrick\\xa0- \\xa0\\xa0 A. C. Ivory - \\xa0 Upcoming Genealogical Events: New RootsTech ConferenceFebruary 10 \\u2013 12, 2010Salt Lake City Utah\\xa0\\xa0 Alberta Family Histories Society Saturday, October 16, 20108:00M - 4:00 PMDeerfoot Inn HotelCalgary, AB, Canada\\xa0 New England Historic Genealogical Society and Ancestry.comFamily History DaySaturday, October 16, 2010Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center Boston.\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 Lisa\\u2019s upcoming appearances:Family History Expo October 8 & 9, 2010\\xa0 Pleasanton, California \\xa0 The Hemet San Jacinto Genealogical Society SeminarSaturday, October 23, 2010Classes include Solving Family History Mysteries with Google EarthWhat You Must Know To Save\\xa0 Your Research From Destruction.\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 California Genealogical Society SeminarSaturday Oct. 30, 2010.\\xa0 This is going to be a Google DayOakland, CA The TV show Who Do You Think You Are? has been renewed for a second season, which it looks like will probably air after the first of the year.\\xa0 \\xa0 New Family Tree Magazine Podcast Episode August 2010 episodeYou can subscribe to the for free in iTunes \\xa0 MAILBOX: How to Fix Relationship Mistakes in Your Online Family TreeJennifer Hodnett, Product Manager for Ancestry.com "In your Personal Member Tree you may find later that a spouse you previously entered really was married to a different person or that a child really belonged to a different set of parents. You can now easily fix relationship mistakes in your tree by detaching and reattaching individuals in your tree." First, bring up the profile page for the child you want to detach from the mother.\\xa0 \\xa0On that Profile page, click on the brown Edit this person button, located just below the name of the person at the top of the page. On the next screen, there will be 5 tabs at the top.\\xa0 Click on the Relationships tab, which will be the second one from the right.\\xa0 This will display the individual\'s current relationships. Now, to dissolve or break this relationship, find the name of the individual you want to detach from this person and click the Remove link to the far right of their name.\\xa0 In the case described at the beginning, you\\u2019ll want to look for the incorrect mother and click the Remove link next to her name. A pop up will appear that will ask you if you are sure you want to remove this relationship. Assuming you\\u2019ve selected the correct person, click the OK button to finish detaching this person from the selected mother. o\\xa0\\xa0 Be reassured that doing this will not remove this person from your tree; it only detaches them. You can still find this person from the List of All People in your tree. 5 .After selecting OK, you\\u2019ll return to the Relationships tab for the detached child.\\xa0 You now want to return to the child\\u2019s profile page and you can do this by clicking the Return to [name of person] button at the top left corner of the page. 6.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 6. Once you\\u2019re back on the profile page, click on the Add Mother link under the name of the father in the \\u201cFamily Members\\u201d module on the page\\xa0 7.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 7. A box will appear that will allow you to add the mother.\\xa0 In the Add Mother box, at the top of the page, look for the link to \\u201cselect someone already in your tree\\u201d and click it.\\xa0\\xa0 8.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 8. You will then be directed to a list of all people in your tree.\\xa0 Find the name of the correct mother and\\xa0 click the orange Select button next to her name.\\xa0 9.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 You will end up back on the child\\u2019s profile page and will be able to see under the \\u201cfamily Members\\u201d module that the correct mother is now assigned to that child.\\xa0 You can now repeat the process for each child that needs to be changed. My thanks to Heather Erickson at Ancestry for connecting me with Jennifer, and Jean I hope this helps you out.\\xa0\\xa0 I will also have a short video including graphics that demonstrated this answer to the question of how to correct mistakes in your Ancestry online family tree. Will wrote in recently to follow up to Will Clifton\\u2019s email\\xa0 which I read on Episode 94 of the podcast.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u201cYour podcasts continue to be informative and fun to listen to. Keep up the great work! regarding Will Clifton\'s question on where to access the the nonpopulation schedules - some of them are available on Ancestry.com.\\u201d Selected U.S. Federal Census According to Ancestry, the Non-population schedules contained in this database include agriculture, industry/manufacturers, social statistics, and supplemental schedules. For , look for the . Lucy writes:\\xa0 "I listen to your podcast every morning on the way to work hoping that by the time I get home, I can remember one tidbit that I can use. I am needing some help.\\xa0 I need to find a good scanner. I want to locate a good quality scanner that I can scan both color and black and white.\\xa0 Article by Rhonda in the January 2005 issue of the magazine.\\xa0 "The Skinny on Scanners."\\xa0 on the 2005 compilation CD and as a Plus article on the website.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 If you\\u2019ve purchased a scanner recently that you think is really good drop me a line at genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com or leave a voice mail at 925 272 4021 and I\\u2019ll share it on the next episode and see if we can help Lucy out. Lucy also sent me a message from her iPhone asking for more information on the Genealogy Gems iPhone app.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0The advantage to having the Genealogy Gems Podcast app\\xa0 is that you can: \\xa0- stream and listen to the show without having to download it and take up storage space - It includes Bonus content on most episodes: extra audio, video, images, documents. - You can visit the website, email me, or call the show right from the app. - You can listen to the show in the background and be able to do continue doing other functions on your device. \\xa0 GEM:\\xa0 Paper Preservation with Scott Haskins There\\u2019s one common challenge that every single genealogist must content with \\u2013 and that\\u2019s how to deal with all the paper.\\xa0 An more specifically, how to care for most precious papers amongst our collection.\\xa0 The old, perhaps damaged one of a kind documents that we can\\u2019t afford to loose.\\xa0 Scott M. Haskins is the author of the book\\xa0 "How To Save Your Stuff From A Disaster." null'