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Showing posts with label byu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label byu. Show all posts
Saturday, March 10, 2018
50th Annual BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy
The following is from BYU Confernce on Family History and Genealogy
BYUtv - Relative Race Season 3
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Thursday, February 04, 2016
Relative Race Promotion for RootsTech
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Monday, July 20, 2015
New Episodes of The Story Trek
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Family History Internet Sites
Kip Sperry, BYU Professor of Church History and Doctrine, who teaches family history, sent me a link to his updated website listing Family History Internet Sites. As I was going over the list I realized he just did the work I had been meaning to do. Build a list of my commonly used genealogy websites (LDS emphasis) and attach it to my blog as a page. So not only am I reporting he has a very useful list, especially to those of us wanting some LDS links, I have made it even a little easier for you to find it. If you forget to bookmark his site you can look on the pages link under the title of the blog to find it.
The direct link is here: https://sites.google.com/site/familyhistoryinternetsites/
The direct link is here: https://sites.google.com/site/familyhistoryinternetsites/
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
BYU Family History Library Quarterly Class Schedules
The following is from FamilySearch and the BYU Family History Library.
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Saturday, January 31, 2015
Special Event February 10 (the day before RootsTech Innovator Summit)
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Tuesday, September 09, 2014
FamilySearch Developers Conference Sept, 25th, 26th
The following is from BYU Continuing Education.
About the Conference
The FamilySearch Developer Conference (DevCon) is a technology conference designed for programmers and software companies interested in the Family History market. This event is for developers who want to improve their application design and programming skills and to meet, discuss and share with experts and peers in the industry. FamilySearch DevCon offers something for everyone, regardless of experience in family history or programming solutions. Come to hear great keynotes, learn from other experts, discuss industry issues and opportunities, connect with existing and new friends, and participate in social activities that include team programming challenges that may take some into the late evening and early morning.
Focus on Programming
The conference follows a two-day format with lunch and dinner included on the first day and lunch as an additional paid option for the second day. The Hack-a-thon activity begins the evening of the first day and ends the morning of the second day. The presentations, workshops and activities fall into three major areas of focus that enhance individual and team abilities to provide winning products.
- Knowledge to Define – Industry Landscape, Research, User Needs, Trends, and Vision
- Methods to Create and Deliver – Platforms, Frameworks, SDKs, Libraries, Languages, Tools
- Activities to Develop Teamwork – Workshops, Panels, Demos, Eat, Code, and Play Together
Everyone Can Participate
- Speakers
- We are inviting the submission of presentations, panels, ideas, demos and topic discussions for FamilySearch DevCon 2014 sessions. Sessions should inform and motivate both those seeking to begin projects and those continuing to improve innovative solutions through software and websites. Submissions of sessions will be accepted until August 29, 2014. The earliest submissions will get the best times and locations. Please select the participation tab to submit your session type and topic.
- Open Meetings
- The schedule presents various times that rooms are available to hold your own meeting. When you arrive, please sign-up on the board outside rooms 2265 and 2295. You can also grab a table in the Community Room anytime one is available. Just try not to use a table for a meeting for more than an hour.
- Mealtime
- Meet new people by being friendly with the people you sit with. Don’t just sit with people you already know.
- Hack-A-Thon
- Pick a project and join a team. Join forces to kick out a prototype application in 8 hours or less.
- For more information visit: http://ce.byu.edu/cw/fsdc/
Thursday, August 07, 2014
BYU Fmaily History and Genealogy Conference - Day 4
Friday, 1 August 2014 was the fourth and final day of the BYU Family History & Genealogy Conference. I didn't take as many pictures today, but I did get a chance to capture all the presenter's pictures from the classes I attended.
There was such a wonderful variety of classes to attend at this conference that it's really hard to recap them all. What I want to leave with you are my personal thoughts.
Elder Paul F. Koelliker in his keynote planted a question that ran through my head all during the conference and afterwards. "What is it going to take to move the body of the saints? What will it take to move the majority of the members of the church from going to the temple to do ordinance work for names at the temple, to them bringing the names to the temple?"
He said "At the heart of change is our love for our family and the desire to do the father's will. It is on our shoulders to do this work. To teach others. We must obtain personal knowledge and share our knowledge with others."
While I attended the conference I saw terrible things happening around the world. Surely we live in trying times. Yet in my safe little corner, trying to learn and do the father's will of redeeming my kindred dead, I found peace. I saw that the Lord is in control. He is hastening his work and providing inspiration. Amazing technological advancements have happened during my life time, and there is so much more to come. As the pace is quickening around the world in the final scenes of our existence, there is an amazing race to gather the records of humankind. It doesn't matter who is providing the records or where we are putting them, what matters is we are doing it.
David Rencher gave an over-view of the role The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has played in family history work. I stand in awe how FamilySearch through its partnerships has quickened the pace of preserving records around the world and making them available to us. FamilySearch understands we don't care where the records are, just that we want access to them.
David Rencher's in his keynote address related how he took a VIP group through the Ogden Temple Open House. It is a beautiful edifice, the craftsmanship is the best that humans can do. He knew there was an unseen element of scrap left over in its construction, but all he saw was a beautiful building. He reminded us that the duplication of ordinances (our scrap) is the price we are paying to produce the beautiful family history of humankind and to see that the work is done.
Using that example he said we need to let beginners get involved. We need to help teach them, but let them learn through trial and error. They will get things wrong, but they will grow and learn to do things right. We need to not worry about the mistakes and duplication that happens. The important thing to remember that even though the goal is to have the most accurate lineage link data of humankind on the planet, time in the temple is never wasted. Rencher said he watched individuals not of our faith during the temple tour sit in the celestial room and openly weep. That just touched my heart.
He said, the brethren are clear on this point, even though we may by accident be performing ordinances for someone that has already had their work done, that time in the temple is not wasted. President Thomas S. Monson's message of Hastening the Work in the June 2014 Ensign said: "We are going to make mistakes, but none of us can become an expert in family history work without first being a novice. Therefore, we must plunge into this work, and we must prepare for some uphill climbing."
Rencher said, "We are here at the conference to continue to climb that upward hill. We come to learn, or see if there is something better, or a better place to climb to find information we so intently desire. We learn the ways to advance this work."
I testify that I did learn ways to advance this work while attending the BYU Family History & Genealogy Conference. The most important thing I came home with was the understanding that its OK if beginners make mistakes. My fear of making sure people "got how to do genealogy right" made me paralyzed in trying to explain what I knew from a lifetime of doing it. It is so hard for me to explain how my heart has turned in this matter. We need to teach to their hearts and then the learning will come through their desire to do it better. The element of scrap while constructing the Family Tree will one day be swept clean. Trust in the Lord he knows what he is doing.
See ya tomorrow, for tomorrow is always another genealogy day!
There was such a wonderful variety of classes to attend at this conference that it's really hard to recap them all. What I want to leave with you are my personal thoughts.
Elder Paul F. Koelliker in his keynote planted a question that ran through my head all during the conference and afterwards. "What is it going to take to move the body of the saints? What will it take to move the majority of the members of the church from going to the temple to do ordinance work for names at the temple, to them bringing the names to the temple?"
He said "At the heart of change is our love for our family and the desire to do the father's will. It is on our shoulders to do this work. To teach others. We must obtain personal knowledge and share our knowledge with others."
While I attended the conference I saw terrible things happening around the world. Surely we live in trying times. Yet in my safe little corner, trying to learn and do the father's will of redeeming my kindred dead, I found peace. I saw that the Lord is in control. He is hastening his work and providing inspiration. Amazing technological advancements have happened during my life time, and there is so much more to come. As the pace is quickening around the world in the final scenes of our existence, there is an amazing race to gather the records of humankind. It doesn't matter who is providing the records or where we are putting them, what matters is we are doing it.
David Rencher gave an over-view of the role The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has played in family history work. I stand in awe how FamilySearch through its partnerships has quickened the pace of preserving records around the world and making them available to us. FamilySearch understands we don't care where the records are, just that we want access to them.
David Rencher's in his keynote address related how he took a VIP group through the Ogden Temple Open House. It is a beautiful edifice, the craftsmanship is the best that humans can do. He knew there was an unseen element of scrap left over in its construction, but all he saw was a beautiful building. He reminded us that the duplication of ordinances (our scrap) is the price we are paying to produce the beautiful family history of humankind and to see that the work is done.
Using that example he said we need to let beginners get involved. We need to help teach them, but let them learn through trial and error. They will get things wrong, but they will grow and learn to do things right. We need to not worry about the mistakes and duplication that happens. The important thing to remember that even though the goal is to have the most accurate lineage link data of humankind on the planet, time in the temple is never wasted. Rencher said he watched individuals not of our faith during the temple tour sit in the celestial room and openly weep. That just touched my heart.
He said, the brethren are clear on this point, even though we may by accident be performing ordinances for someone that has already had their work done, that time in the temple is not wasted. President Thomas S. Monson's message of Hastening the Work in the June 2014 Ensign said: "We are going to make mistakes, but none of us can become an expert in family history work without first being a novice. Therefore, we must plunge into this work, and we must prepare for some uphill climbing."
Rencher said, "We are here at the conference to continue to climb that upward hill. We come to learn, or see if there is something better, or a better place to climb to find information we so intently desire. We learn the ways to advance this work."
I testify that I did learn ways to advance this work while attending the BYU Family History & Genealogy Conference. The most important thing I came home with was the understanding that its OK if beginners make mistakes. My fear of making sure people "got how to do genealogy right" made me paralyzed in trying to explain what I knew from a lifetime of doing it. It is so hard for me to explain how my heart has turned in this matter. We need to teach to their hearts and then the learning will come through their desire to do it better. The element of scrap while constructing the Family Tree will one day be swept clean. Trust in the Lord he knows what he is doing.
See ya tomorrow, for tomorrow is always another genealogy day!
Thursday, July 31, 2014
BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference - Day 3
Thursday, 31 July 2014 was the third day for the BYU Family History & Genealogy Conference. There is one more day left to go. I'm getting a little smarter using my camera so there are more pictures today. Sorry to not give you more details on the classes right now. I just run out of time after the class to write up all the great things I have been learning. The variety and selection of classes has been great!
Here's today's slideshow.
Here's today's slideshow.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
BYU Family History & Genealogy Conference - Day 2
Wednesday, 30 July 2014 was the second day for the BYU Family History & Genealogy Conference. I'm already tired and there are two more days to go! This was the first day with all the vendors there. They will all be there again tomorrow, so stop by if you have a chance. Only a few vendors in the hallway will be there on Friday.
My son Phil stayed home to recover from yesterday. He's getting over a recent surgery and our 10 hours adventure Tuesday was a little too much. Sadly you have to put up with my photo taking "skills". The only class I attended and didn't take photographs in was with the Ancestry Insider. I have to protect his identity after-all.
Here's today's slideshow.
My son Phil stayed home to recover from yesterday. He's getting over a recent surgery and our 10 hours adventure Tuesday was a little too much. Sadly you have to put up with my photo taking "skills". The only class I attended and didn't take photographs in was with the Ancestry Insider. I have to protect his identity after-all.
Here's today's slideshow.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
BYU Family History & Genealogy Conference - Day 1
Tuesday, 29 Jul 2014 was the first day of the BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference in Provo, UT. The conference is a four day event. Wednesday and Thursday all the vendors will be there. The vendors are free to visit so if you're in the area stop by.
My son Phil helped take some pictures of the days events for me. I hope you enjoy the highlights.
My son Phil helped take some pictures of the days events for me. I hope you enjoy the highlights.
Friday, June 27, 2014
2014 Family History and Genealogy Conference
I'm excited to be an official blogger for the BYU 2014 Family History and Genealogy Conference. I hope to see you there!
2014 Family History and Genealogy Conference
July 29-August 1, 2014 ::: BYU Conference Center, Provo Utah
The 46th annual BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy will offer more than 100 classes, allowing participants to gain new skills and helpful information.
Class topics include:
- Youth and Genealogy
- LDS Family History Callings
- FamilySearch Family Tree
- DNA Research
- Google Genealogy
- ICAPGen
- U.S. Research
- Methodology
- International Research
- Scandinavian Research
The conference will be in the BYU Conference Center (770 East University Parkway, Provo, Utah).
For a free black and white copy of your family’s genealogy fan chart, please visit (genealogywallcharts.com). Family ChartMasters is also offering a free fill-in the blank chart to BYU Family History Conference Participants (familychartmasters.com). Order these charts online by clicking on the name of the company. Your free chart is available for pick up at the Family History and Genealogy Conference.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
BYU Family History Library Classes
The following is from FamilySearch.
Family History Beginners, Researchers, and Consultants,
We invite you to attend the free family history classes held the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at the BYU Family History Library. Visit the BYU Family History Library website found here for updates and to see the many resources they have to offer.
To see a list of classes for the second quarter of 2014, click here.
We hope to see you there on:
April 27
May 11 No classes due to Mother's Day
May 27 No classes due to Memorial Day weekend
June 8
June 22
The FamilySearch Team
BYU Family History Library Classes
Family History Beginners, Researchers, and Consultants,
We invite you to attend the free family history classes held the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at the BYU Family History Library. Visit the BYU Family History Library website found here for updates and to see the many resources they have to offer.
To see a list of classes for the second quarter of 2014, click here.
We hope to see you there on:
April 27
May 11 No classes due to Mother's Day
May 27 No classes due to Memorial Day weekend
June 8
June 22
The FamilySearch Team
Monday, November 04, 2013
Message to attendees of 50 Years of Excellence - Family History Conference
The following is from ICAPGen.
A Message from ICAPGen/UGA/BYU Center for Family History & Genealogy:
Our 50 Years of Excellence Conference is just a few short days away!
Our 50 Years of Excellence Conference is just a few short days away!
If you haven’t signed up for the Gala Banquet on Friday night at 6:30 at the Sky Room, there’s still time! But you must buy your ticket by tomorrow,Tuesday, November 5 at 12:00 Noon at http://icapgenuga.eventbrite.
Parking:
Friday parking will be in Lot 45Y, directly west of the Stadium. There will be two shuttles running continuously between the Stadium and the Joseph F. Smith Building beginning at 8:00 am Friday morning until everyone has been returned to the parking lot following the banquet at about 8:00 pm.
Saturday you may park directly underneath the Joseph F. Smith Building.
Registration will open at 8:00 am both Friday and Saturday mornings. Be sure to arrive early enough to allow time for the shuttle.
We still have spaces available for the tour of the Family History section of the Harold B. Lee Library on Friday, November 8, at 5:15 pm, between the last class and the Gala Banquet at 6:30 pm. If you are interested in signing up for the tour, please send an email to mindisteve@aol.com to reserve a space.
If you have signed up for one of the computer lab/workshops or for a consultation, you will be contacted by email in the next day or so, if you haven’t already.
See you this weekend!
| 50 Years of Excellence - Family History Conference | |
| Hosted by ICAPGen/UGA/BYU Center for Family History & Genealogy | |
| Friday, November 8, 2013 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 5:00 PM | |
| Joseph F. Smith Building - BYU, Provo, UT 84604 | Directions | |
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Discount! Celebrating 50 Years: UGA, ICAPGen, and the BYU Center for Family History Event
The following is from FamilySearch.
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Monday, October 14, 2013
“50 Years of Excellence” Fall Conference 2013 Registration Open
The following is from the Utah Genealogical Association.
Fall Conference 2013
“50 Years of Excellence”
co-sponsored by ICAPGen, UGA and BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
Takes place all day Friday and Saturday, November 8th and 9th at the Joseph F. Smith Building on the BYU campus. There will be a complimentary shuttle on Friday from the satellite parking area near the southeast corner of the football stadium -Lot 49Y. Parking on Saturday will be under the Joseph F. Smith building.
The keynote speaker on Friday is Tim Cross with the Latest and Greatest in FamilyTree. For an additional charge there will also be a banquet for those wishing to attend on Friday in the Sky Room of the Wilkinson Center to celebrate the 50th year of professional standards as administered by ICAPGen.
Featured are 66 classes in 6 tracks which include accreditation preparation, methodology, internet resources, European classes, North American classes, Technology and Computer labs and demos.
Registration is open now at the following website: https://icapgenuga.eventbrite.com
Thursday, September 19, 2013
UGA, ICAPGen & BYU Center for FH & Genealogy 2013 Fall Conference
The following is from the Utah Genealogical Association.
UGA, ICAPGen and BYU Center for Family History & Genealogy 2013 Fall Conference
Are you a newcomer to family history? Or do you aspire to become a professional genealogist? We have a wonderful conference, "50 Years of Excellence", planned on November 8 and 9 at BYU that will help you to accomplish your goals no matter your level of expertise. We are also marking the 50th year of the establishment of professionalization standards for genealogists as administered by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen).
Sponsored by ICAPGen, UGA and the BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, this conference offers everything from professionalization classes to classes on the very basics of genealogical research. Many ethnic classes from all over the world will be available and the latest in computer and technological advances in genealogical research will be featured in several computer labs. There will also be an “Ask an Expert” session where you can get one on one advice on your research challenges.
To learn more and to register starting October 1st, please go to http://ugagenealogy.org/
UGA, ICAPGen and BYU Center for Family History & Genealogy 2013 Fall Conference
Are you a newcomer to family history? Or do you aspire to become a professional genealogist? We have a wonderful conference, "50 Years of Excellence", planned on November 8 and 9 at BYU that will help you to accomplish your goals no matter your level of expertise. We are also marking the 50th year of the establishment of professionalization standards for genealogists as administered by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen).
Sponsored by ICAPGen, UGA and the BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, this conference offers everything from professionalization classes to classes on the very basics of genealogical research. Many ethnic classes from all over the world will be available and the latest in computer and technological advances in genealogical research will be featured in several computer labs. There will also be an “Ask an Expert” session where you can get one on one advice on your research challenges.
To learn more and to register starting October 1st, please go to http://ugagenealogy.org/
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Conferencia Iberoamericana de Genealogia (Spanish Language Family History Conference)
The following is from the FamilySearch Blog.
Brigham Young University and FamilySearch would like to announce a unique and exciting Spanish language family history conference. There has never been a conference like this in Utah and may not be another one of this nature again for many years to come.
This unique conference will feature expert genealogists from throughout the Hispanic world. These teachers and presenters are experts in the areas they will be presenting in. The Spanish experts will focus on many of the challenges and resources for those with Latin and Hispanic heritage. This will be an opportunity for attendees to connect with and get help from specialists from genealogical communities in many Latin countries.
To learn more about signing up for this unique family history conference, visit the Conferencia Iberoamreicana de Genealogia webpage. To see a list all the classes and other social events and experiences offered by the conference, visit the main blog page. There will be a track of classes in Portuguese and another track in English; the other five will be in Spanish.
Share this information with your friends, research societies, and anyone else who might have ancestors from any of the Spanish speaking countries throughout the world. This is a conference that you will not want to miss.
This conference is a joint effort of Brigham Young University and FamilySearch.org.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed at Recent BYU Conference
One of the classes I attended at the recent BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference was "What's New in Legacy Family Tree 8" by Geoff Rasmussen. I always love to learn about new versions of software. I wish I had images but hopefully this write up on what Geoff demonstrated and discussed will do.
Geoff told us Legacy Family Tree 8 will be available in the next month or so. We saw a demonstration on a
pre-release version of Legacy 8 that was just given to Geoff an hour before the
class. At BYU you could purchase Legacy 7 for $20 and then get the update for
free. You would get the Legacy 8 book that day but the CD would ship later. If you buy Legacy 7 after the conference you still get the upgrade free.
There was a question asked if Legacy would be releasing a Mac version of the software.
Geoff said that with things moving to the cloud, in the next couple of years it
won’t matter if you’re on Apple or PC. That was a rather curious comment. Does
that mean Legacy 9 would be an online program?
Geoff did
mention his new book “Legacy Family Tree - Unlocked!” based on his webinar series “Watch Geoff Live”. The book was written using Legacy 8.
He also
said there would be a free update to Legacy 7 that week that would have the new
Family Tree interface. The class was two weeks ago and just tonight I
discovered there was a new update released on 13 Aug 2013 for Legacy 7.5.0.267. It does
appear to be working with the Family Tree now.
Curiously I haven’t seen any mention on the Legacy Mailing Lists about
this update.
New in
Legacy 8
FamilySearch
It will
be working with the FamilySearch Family Tree when it is released but adding
sources will come later. In the past when you clicked on the FamilySearch
button in Legacy it would take a while to load. Now it’s instant. The look is similar to the way it was with New FamilySearch. There is a heart icon to
show you the living people. There are also some new filtering options. I also
saw that they were using the new FamilySearch logo.
Reports
& Charts
1. Origins
Report – created in response to one of Geoff’s children asking where they come from.
This report will tell you what percentage of “blood” you have from various countries of
origin. The percentages are based on your ancestor’s place of birth recorded in your
database. It’s a good way to see the count of your ancestors and what countries
they are from.
2. Migration
Report – It shows a person’s descendants and where they are on the country and state
level. You can
3.
Pedigree Charts with Citations. They devised a way to simplify the numbering
system so sources can be reference on the pedigree chart. Next to the events for
a person will be a super-scripted numeral that references a separate source page.
The source page has numbered paragraphs the will list all the sources for that
event. A person’s birth could be number 1, their marriage number 2, all the sources
for that event will be in its own paragraph.
4. Source
Labels – you can print out labels with your source citations so you can affix
it to the actual source document.
5.
Picture Appendix – this was not covered in class but it is in the handout. It
says there is a new Picture Appendix to your books.
Color
Coding
Mary Hill
the author of “Mary Hill Color Coding System” was in the audience. Legacy has had
her color coding system in their program for a long time. You can now color
code from two starting points (one for you and one for your spouse, for
example) and track the eight great-grandparents’ lines. You can use any color or
level of that color you want. If your line intersects with another colored line
it will give you both colors on that one person.
Migration
Mapping
The
Mapping button has always shown you a map with a list of places where a person
lived. The list is now sorted chronologically. There is a play button that
animates the ancestor’s movement through time and how they migrated from place
to place. You can click on a location to zoom in and view it. It also includes
the events of family members and their locations on the map.
Instant Duplicate
Checking
When you
add a new person to your database it will check if the person is already in
your tree. It will give you the possible duplicate and allow you to merge them.
My Toolbar
Legacy 8
uses a ribbon for the menu like the charting program does. If you double click
on a title it will hide the buttons below to give the program more room. You
can add your own custom buttons now. Geoff had a button for the AniMap program,
when you clicked on it; it launched the program for you. He also had one setup
to launch a website. So the customized button is allowing you to add a short
cut to other programs on your computer and internet favorites.
Potential
Problem Alerts and Gaps
A little
red exclamation point (!) will appear next to a person that contains a
potential problem. If you hover over it, it will tell you what the potential
problem is. It will also show you any “Gaps of Unusual Size”, alerting you to
too many years between the births of the children, or to many years between the
marriage and the first child’s birth. That
could suggest possible missing children. You can mark items not a problem and
adjust the alert setting criteria. Problem Alert’s will also appear on a person’s
edit screen next to the individual facts.
Shared Events
You can
now add an event and then share it with other individuals. Instead of copying a
census fact to all the family members you can now share just one event between
them all. It will give you a list of family members to select to share the
event with. You can also specify each person’s role in the event. The shared
events are included in the reports.
Chronology
View
Shared
event are included in the chronology with an indicator and their assigned role.
Under Options you can now include extended family members, such as
grandparents, and grandchildren.
Wall
Charts
1. Family
Bow Tie chart displays the ancestors of the husband and wife on either side, as
well as their children in the middle.
2.
Descendant chart with left-to-right formatting.
Statistic
Report
They have
extended the number of statistic reporting in your database. From the list you
can go to anyone in your database. You can create a search list out of any of
the results. Here are some of examples given: family statistics, individual
statistics, birth by era, longest living individual, average life span of individuals,
and average life span by century, gender, average age for man or women when
married, and most popular name.
Tagging
You can
see all 9 tags on the screen. In Advanced Tagging you will see a count total
for the number of people in each tag.
Pictures
In the
tools there is a “Media Re-linker” to help you move pictures from one computer
to another. Another feature is the “Gather My Media Files” button. It will tell
you if your files are all over your computer and help you gather them into one
top folder.
Sorting
When adding
new children it will auto sort their order. It will also automatically sort
your events. The person’s age at the time of the event now appears. You can
over-ride the auto sort if needed.
Sources
I don't recall Geoff mentioning this part of the handout on Sources. This is what the description says. "In addition to the new Source Labels, Legacy's new Source Quality settings let you record the quality (original vs derivative, primary vs secondary, etc., direct vs indirect) of each source as you attempt to prove your conclusions. The Source Clipboard has also been expanded to load up to five different citations that can be assigned at the click of a button."
As I have time I will write up more about the other classes I attended at the BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference.
See ya tomorrow, for tomorrow is always another genealogy day.
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