THE FED SETS NEW RULES FOR DNA CRIME SOLVING

This was posted a few weeks ago by the US Justice department.

Justice Department sets rules for using genealogy sites to solve crimes

It wants to balance justice with privacy concerns.

Investigators have used genealogy sites to solve a string of cold cases in recent years, but the US hasn't really had a firm stance on how and when to use those sites. There's now a basic framework in place, however. The Justice Department has established interim rules that determine how this forensic genetic genealogy can be used to tackle unsolved violent crimes. Officials portray it as striking a balance between the desire to solve crimes with the protection of privacy and civil freedoms.

The policy generally limits law enforcement to considering genealogy sites when a candidate sample belongs to a possible culprit, or when a likely homicide victim is unidentified. Prosecutors can greenlight the use of these sites for violent crimes beyond murder and sexual assault, but only when the circumstances create a "substantial and ongoing threat" to the public. Agencies can't use the sites unless a sample has first been uploaded to the FBI's DNA profile database and hasn't produced a match. Also, the investigators in the relevant jurisdiction need to have followed "reasonable investigative leads," and case info need to be entered into national databases for missing people and violent criminals.

There's more even after meeting these rules. FBI lab officials have to evaluate the suitability of a sample and suggest "reasonable" alternatives to genealogy sites when possible. The investigators must then agree with prosecutors that genealogy is a suitable option. If they get the go-ahead, they have to explicitly identify themselves as law enforcement to these sites, use only sites that make clear the police have access, keep data as private as possible and obtain consent from third parties before collecting any reference samples. Any analysis on a covertly-obtained sample will require a search warrant, and samples have to be limited to the identification purposes necessary for the case.

If there's a lead, the case holders have to turn back to conventional investigation methods.

Any genealogy profiles and account info will be treated as confidential, and there are tight controls on what happens if a suspect faces charges. If they're charged after a genealogy profile has been entered into an open DNA database, the investigators will have to remove that profile. Samples, profiles and accounts have to be destroyed once there's a verdict, while Department elements have to routinely document instances where genealogy sites were used, including the sites in question and the ultimate outcome.

The temporary policy takes effect November 1st, while a final policy is due in 2020. It's safe to say there's a clear goal at this stage -- the DOJ wants law enforcement to avoid using genealogy sites as much as possible, and leave an extensive record of what happened. It might not completely alleviate privacy concerns, but it could prevent obvious abuses of sensitive genetic data.

Via: CNET

Source: Department of Justice, (PDF)

RULE 6 OF GENEALOGY EXPLAINED

James Tanner in his blog, Genealogy's Star, discusses rule 6 of the Rules of Genealogy.

Expanded Commentary on the Rules of Genealogy: Rule Six

Posted: 26 Sep 2019 07:29 AM PDT

I have slowly been going back to the list of the Rules of Genealogy and writing about each individual rule. There are presently 12 Rules. Here is the current list from my blog post of 19 July 2019. 

• Rule One: When the baby was born, the mother was there.
• Rule Two: Absence of an obituary or death record does not mean the person is still alive.
• Rule Three: Every person who ever lived has a unique birth order and a unique set of biological parents.
• Rule Four: There are always more records.
• Rule Five: You cannot get blood out of a turnip. 
• Rule Six: Records move. 
• Rule Seven: Water and genealogical information flow downhill
• Rule Eight: Everything in genealogy is connected (butterfly)
• Rule Nine: There are patterns everywhere
• Rule Ten: Read the fine print
• Rule Eleven: Even a perfect fit can be wrong
• Rule Twelve: The end is always there

In this post, I am expanding on Rule Six: Records move.

Upon reflection, it is quite easy for even experienced genealogical researchers to find themselves in a situation where they ignore and are trapped by one of these rules. One of the common situations where this rule applies in the United States involves the so-called "burned counties." See "Burned Counties Research." As the FamilySearch.org Research Wiki article points out, "The phrase "burned counties" was first used for research in Virginia where many county records were destroyed in courthouse fires, or during the Civil War."

It is indisputable that records are destroyed by fires and other causes. What is meant by Rule Six is a simple fact, the records you are searching for may have been kept in some other location rather than the particular building, usually a courthouse, that burned down. Record loss is a real problem but it is not an excuse for failing to do systematic and careful research. In almost every case where someone has told me that their ancestors' records were lost in a courthouse fire, the person making this statement has not verified what, if any, records are still available. There is a statement on the FamilySearch Research Wiki page that summarizes what our reaction should be to "burned counties" in particular. The quote is "This is not magic. We cannot make missing records re-appear, but we CAN learn to make progress without them."

Another interpretation of Rule Six refers to the simple fact that records can be moved from their original location and could be found far away and even in a country different than that of their origin. I am writing here about "paper" records. The actual, physical recording of events. This commonly occurs when records are gathered to a "centralized" repository or when people immigrate from country to country or place to place. A good example of this rule is the entire United States Archives and Records Administration. This federal agency has vast warehouses of records parodied in the movie starring Harrison Ford called Raiders of the Lost Ark. Where is the warehouse and how do you gain access to the records?

Jurisdictional boundaries change, people move from place to place, governments rise and fall, all of these and many more conditions can cause specific records to be physically stored in places far removed from their original location. Genealogical research is part art and part science. Finding where records are located is more than simply looking online or referring to an excellent source such as the FamilySearch Research Wiki. Another example. Let's suppose you are looking for an ancestor that worked for a railroad in the United States. Where would you go to find his or her records? The Research Wiki has over 1,500 listings for railroad records. Where are all these records located? They are certainly not all in the same place. How many places do you think you might have to search?

It is true that records move and this rule is one that needs to be taught and emphasized continually.

HOW TO DIGITIZE YOUR FAMILY PHOTOS

how many of your photos and documents are safely digitized? the process used to be a monster task. It's a lot easier now.

Harry Horton posted a description of the process he went through. Then commented how it was easier now.

"Now I just had to get through all the physical photos. There were thousands of them. Feed scanners cost a fortune and flatbed scanners take an awful long time so I put technology to work and decided to scan them using my phone. When I started I had an iPhone 7+ which had a pretty good camera, and using the app Scannable it could straighten and crop the photos so they were virtually ready to process without image editing. Even so the process of “pick up camera, take image, put down camera, move photos to the side, and replace it with the next photo”, was quite long winded and didn’t get the best results. So I built myself a lightbox. A cardboard box, bottom up with a hole cut out in the top(bottom) where I could lay the phone and the camera could look through the hole. Inside the box I used an LED rope light (£10 off ebay) and stuck it to the walls of the box to give the proper illumination and positioned low down to prevent reflections. Then right at the bottom of the box, where the lip touched the table I cut out recesses so images could be fed in from one side and taken out the other. The Scannable app takes a shot whenever it finds a rectangular object in front of it, so I didn’t even need to touch the phone. Position photo in centre of lightbox directly underneath camera, app snaps an image, take photo out and position the next one. This way I could get through one hundred photos in 10-20 minutes. And to be honest the results were pretty damn good. OK, not professional digital archiving, but certainly a lasting family record that could be shared with others.

I worked through the physical photos like this in batches. Once a batch was scanned it was moved into PhotoMill, dated and geotagged then in to Photos and the people tagged before moving on to the next batch. For the older photos it becomes more difficult to know when or where they were taken and all you can do is infer the year and place, but it is still worth trying to date and tag every single one. If you have no idea of the location (such as a studio portrait which many very old photos are) then pick a default location such as the centre of the town where your family historically resided.

I went through a similar process for slides although I had to use a proper scanner for them, I had a Canon 9000F Mk II which did a good job, I also used this for scanning very important photos if I wanted very good quality. Once this was complete I had a full record of 19,000 photos of my whole family for 150 years and right around the globe and by uploading them from Photos to iCloud they are all with me everywhere I go in a portable easily searchable format. The earliest photo on my phone is dated 1853.

Archiving It is now essential that all this work is safely backed up.

Personally, I used my smart phone and a Shotbox (cost about $175) to do digitize many documents when access to scanners wasn't available. Many local public libraries, college libraries, as well as  FamilySearch libraries and Discovery Centers have automatic feed and flat bed scanners. Some also have the ability to digitize slides and negatives.

IF YOU CAN'T READ IT, TRY THIS

This is one way to improve your skill at reading old handwriting. It was posted by  Genealogy Tip of the Day. When It’s Difficult To Read Posted: 23 Sep 2019 08:07 PM PDT I’m transcribing a will from Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the mid-18th century. The handwriting is difficult to read. One way is to try and force yourself to figure out every word in order and struggle with them without reading the entire document. That’s a mistake–particularly when something is a challenge. Instead try and get as much of it as you can by doing a “relatively quick sweep.” Don’t read too quickly, but get the words you can and move on. Put brackets in those places you can’t immediately read and go forward. Sometimes reading more will help you read earlier parts of the document either because the handwriting is better or the same phrase is repeated to where it “clicks.” Then go back. Try reading it out loud. To build your skills, start with more recent documents and transcribe those. Read transcriptions of other documents. Become familiar with legal terminology and the way things are phrased. Transcription skills are not developed overnight.

HOW IS THIS FILE ORGANIZED

Land, probate and court records may seem disorganized, but they usually are. The secret is finding out how. Genealogy Tip of the Day posted this item.

Genealogy Tip of the Day

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Review That Index and Practice Posted: 19 Sep 2019 09:03 PM PDT When using any handwritten index to local land, court, or probate records for the first time, take some time to familiarize yourself with how it is set up and organized. Indexes can vary from one office to another and the indexing scheme that was used in one location can vary from what’s used in another. Assuming they are all the same can cause you to overlook records. This index from Clinton County, New York, indexed records by the name of the grantor and grantee, but the last names were not just broken up by the initial letter of the first name, they were broken up in to subsections based upon the first and second letters of the last name. A hurried researcher, not familiar with the index might overlook references needed. Another good exercise is to pick one record at random in the record books and then see if it can be found in the index. This section of the index only includes the last names beginning with the letter A and then having a second letter that  appears alphabetically between i and j in the alphabet (notice the A – i – l in the upper left hand corner of the image).

SIGNING OUT OF GOOGLE ISN'T AS EASY AS YOU THINK

If you've used Google on a Library computer and signed out, you may not have been completely signed out. That may sound a bit crazy, but if you sign into Google, It really doesn't want to let you go.

After signing out of Google on one of the Zone office computers, I was surprised the next day to find Google still knew me when I opened chrome. All of the tab settings were mine, not the standard ones. Consequently, the following was created.

HOW TO REALLY GET OUT OF GOOGLE ON LIBRARY COMPUTERS

1. Click EXIT (in upper right corner - 3 dots by photo)
2. OPEN CHROME
3. Click on person image
4. Click on CLOSE ALL WINDOWS
5. Click on 3 dots in the right hand corner of THE PERSON IMAGE in the center of the page
6. Click on REMOVE PERSON 

ANCESTRY TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF

"A New Leaf" is the title of a new TV series by Ancestry on NBC. You may want to check it out,

Posted by Ancestry Team on September 24, 2019 in Website

Hosted by Daisy Fuentes, “A New Leaf” Highlights the Value of Understanding One’s Family History

Set your DVRs and mark your calendars — we have a new television show debuting on NBC!

We heard your feedback: You love “Who Do You Think You Are?” – but also want to see everyday people embark on journeys of personal discovery too. So, we bring you – “A New Leaf”!

Each week “A New Leaf” will follow people on the cusp of key life inflection points, who using family history, genealogy, and sometimes AncestryDNA® analysis will go on a journey of self-discovery and learn from the past while looking to the future. In partnership with Ancestry, Fuentes will join families as they learn the importance of appreciating and understanding their family history and ancestors in order to make important life decisions. 

 We sat down with Jennifer Utley, director of research at Ancestry to learn what it takes to make “A New Leaf” episode come to life.

 “A New Leaf” will be included in the Saturday NBC morning programming block, The More You Know, beginning October 5, 2019.  Please check your local listings.

A REALLY BIG PHOTO ALBUM

If you're looking for a really big photo album, take a look at UNSPLASH.COM. Wikipedia says the following:

""Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing stock photography under the Unsplash license. The website claims over 110,000 contributing photographers and generates more than 9 billion photo impressions per month on their growing library of over 810,000 photos.[1] Unsplash has been cited as one of the world's leading photography websites by Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNET, Medium and The Next Web."

If you are interested in photography, take a look.

WHAT'S IN THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE?

County court houses can be a gold mine of information. The FamilySearch blog posted a complete guide to county courthouses. It is worth reading.  

County Records Yield Great Sources for Your Family Tree by Rachel Trotter

County records can be a great resource for researching your
family tree. Learn what you can do to discover the treasure trove of
information found in county records.

What Can I Learn from County Records?

County records, often referred to as county courthouse
records or courthouse records, can help prove family relationships and where
family members lived. You can also find occupations and other important
information in county records.

Ancestors’ names can be found in court
records when they have served as defendants, plaintiffs, witnesses, or
jurors. Ancestor names may also appear in records about the following:

• Probate and estates
• Naturalization
• Divorce
• Mortgage and lien
• Adoption
• Guardianship
• Licenses
• Appointment to public offices
• Taxes
• Civil and criminal lawsuits
• Property disputes
• Crime
• Election results

How to Start Searching County Records

Indexed county records, as well as digitized images of these
records, can be found online at sites such as Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org.  While both have many statewide databases,
Ancestry.com features more statewide databases where you can filter by county.
FamilySearch.org has more individual county databases.

One place you can find county records is in the FamilySearch Catalog. To get to the catalog, go to FamilySearch.org, and click Search in the toolbar at the top of the page. Then select Catalog from the submenu at the top of the new screen.

On the catalog search page, type the name of the place you wish to search, and then click Search. Look through the list of results for official county records of all types.

You can also see if any records can be found in state archives,
public and university libraries, and local genealogical and historical
societies. However, not every court record can be found online. Sometimes, the
best option is to go to the courthouse yourself. Here are some suggestions for
how to find the records you need at courthouses.

Have a Clear Objective

Because each county can organize its records differently and
business is still conducted in courthouses, searching county records can be
confusing and overwhelming. Knowing what specific information you hope to find will
help you navigate these records more successfully.

Visit the County Courthouse Website

Look at your county courthouse website before you go. The website
may have a directory for old records or online information that can help you
plan your trip to the courthouse. A phone call to the courthouse can also clear
up any questions you have about records before you go. Determine where the
various types of records may be accessed—some records may be stored in an
auxiliary facility.

Go to the Courthouse

Once you have exhausted online information, local libraries,
interlibrary loans, and phone calls, it is still wise to visit the courthouse because
you may find great evidence that wasn’t indexed online.

Look at Surrounding Counties

Counties often change boundaries over the years, so you may be looking in the wrong place. Check records of parent and neighboring counties when you come up empty in the county you think your family was from. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries can show what counties existed over the course of time and how the boundaries changed.  

Explore Other Resources

Some records may not be in courthouses because of fires and
other disasters. Thankfully, researchers and genealogists have done a good job
of preserving records.

To find information about where to locate the records you need, the FamilySearch Wiki is an excellent source, as is Ancestry.com. State archives and state libraries are also a must. Many have cooperated with filming by FamilySearch or Ancestry.com. State and United States district court records may also help you locate information pertinent to a county where your ancestors lived.

Start Looking for County Records

County records are a fun and interesting way to search for your
family history. The records serve as great follow-up sources for family
members. Spending a few minutes online can prove to be rewarding and can be a
fun journey to learn something new.

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Topics from this article and some of its material came from Laurie
Castillo’s class, “Determining What Records Still Exist: A Real-Life
Application of Burned County Research,”
at the 2019 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy.

The BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy is held annually and offers classes for genealogists and others wanting to learn about their ancestors. Keep an eye on the BYU conference page for announcements about next year’s schedule and when registration opens.

Laurie Castillo is VP of Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group and a Former VP/Board Member of the Utah Genealogical Association. She is also a BYU FHL consultant and teacher of 27+ years for webinars as well as a professional researcher and writer of 30+ years. She's presented at RootsTech, the BYU Family History Conference, BYU Education Week, and FGS/UGA. Her interests include history, mystery, geography, and genetics.

WHAT IS MOIETY? AND MORE

The genealogy Tip of the day has some interesting thoughts.

Moiety Posted: 26 Sep 2019 07:33 AM PDT The word “moiety” generally means half of something. The word is often used in real estate documents to indicate a half-interest in a piece of property.

DNA TEST SALE

This time of year we see DNA tests on sale.

Ancestry: may be $49 - best sale price for the year will be on Black Friday in the following weekend November 24 - December 2.

My Heritage: $59 this fall and occasionally at $49

DO SCOTTISH SPEAK ENGLISH?

The FamilySearch blog recently posted an interesting analysis of Scottish sayings. The question is are they speaking English or Gaelic?

Scottish Sayings Enliven Your Family History by Rachel Trotter

What’s in a Scottish saying? So much! If you have Scottish
blood, you probably have heard a saying or two that has been passed down
through the generations. If not, finding Scottish sayings and learning a bit
about the language is a fun pastime.

What Is Scottish English?

Scottish English is derived from English with some Gaelic mixed in. It’s easy to pick out Scots because of their accent, but because of Scotland’s multiple dialects, there is much more to decipher than people realize!

A dialect isn’t a specific language, but a form of language as it relates to an area or region. There are four main dialects in Scotland, and what you speak depends on where you live. These dialects are Insular, Northern, Central, and Southern. Within those dialects are sub-dialects.

As a whole, the Scottish dialect sounds very unique because
of all the ways it differs from traditional English. This is where so many
Scottish sayings derive from. Many are cute and anecdotal, and it’s fun to
discover their meanings and maybe even throw them into a bit of your family
culture as part of your family history.

Some of the Best Scottish Sayings

Historically, Scots are known for deep spirituality, coupled with a strong sense of humor and quite a bit of superstition. As you read these phrases, try to picture one of your ancestors saying them.

Let’s start with some that easier to understand and get to
the harder phrases as we go.

• “I’m going to the pictures.”—The “pictures”
  refer to the movie theater, so this phrase is fairly simple: “I’m going to the
  movies.”
• “I’m getting the messages.” At first, this one
  seems like it might not need translating because it relates to messages, but
  it’s not quite that simple. It means, “I’m going grocery shopping.”
• “I’m going ta skelp yer wee behind!” This one is fairly simple; it means, “I’m going to smack your little bottom.”
• “I’ll gie ye a skelpit lug!” This is similar to the previous; it means “I’m going to smack your ear!”
• “You’re a long time deid.” This saying means, “You’re a long time dead.” But in context, it means to enjoy life, because you’ll be dead much longer than you’ll be alive!
• “Yer aff yer heid!” This means, “You’re off your head,” or “You’re crazy!”
• “Haud yer weesht!” You’re likely to hear this one in a library; it means “Be quiet!”
• “Ah dinnae ken,” is an easy one—“I don’t know.”
• “Guid gear comes in sma’ bulk.” This is another fun one. “Good things come in small packages.”
• “Don’t be a wee clipe!” This is a good one for all parents to be able to say to fighting siblings, “Don’t be a little tattletale!”
• “Lang may yer lum reek!” This means, “May your life be long and healthy.”
• “Whit’s fur ye’ll no go past ye.” This phrase means, “Whatever is meant to happen to you will happen to you,” and it is often said when people complain.
• “Speak o’ the Devil!” This one means that you’ve been talking about someone and they appear.
• “Dinnae marry fur money!” This one means, “Don’t marry for money—you can borrow it cheaper.”
• “Do yer dinger,” is used when you've loudly expressed disapproval.
• “Keep the heid!” means to remain calm.
• “Gie it laldy,” which means to do something with
  gusto.

Scottish Sayings and Your Family History

If you have Scottish heritage, see if you can find some Scottish sayings used by some of your ancestors and record them on FamilySearch.org. If you can’t find any, it would still be fun to add the new ones you’ve learned to your family history. Add a bit about the dialect your ancestors may have spoken depending on the region they came from. Your family will love learning these phrases and may even enjoy trying to say a few of them!

SCOOTERS

So you thought those scooters buzzing around Salt Lake City are something new. Guess again!

Well, they might not be as new as you thought. Here is a photograph taken in 1916. That's 103 years ago:

This is the original electric scooter, called an Autoped.

The Eveready Autoped is one such device – it was the world's first scooter, manufactured in New York from 1915 to 1921. It sold for just US$100, 

LECTURES ONLINE

Lectures given at the MyHeritage Live 2019 conference in Amsterdam are now available online. The sessions, presented by world-renowned experts and valued MyHeritage staff, are now available on MyHeritage Education. If you missed the conference or the live stream, now’s your chance to take advantage of these fantastic recordings for free.

You can learn more in the MyHeritage Blog at https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/09/myheritage-live-2019-lectures-now-online/. That article also has links to all of the available video presentations that are now available online in MyHeritage Education

IMMORTALITY, SORT OF

Did you ever wish you could just have one more chance to talk to one of your departed loved ones? Well, you may be able to do that now thanks to a new app named "HereAfter".  When we talk of memories in FamilySearch, we're usually talking about photos, stories, audio recordings, documents and videos.

When Alan Kaplan's father became terminally ill with cancer, he did what many of us do, make recordings of his father's life. Then he had all of the recordings transcribed. Having doe that, the recordings and book sit on a shelf. So what's next? Could Artificial Intelligence bring some life into some of these memories?

The answer arrived in the form of "AndyBot", a virtual person who will live in the cloud for as long as there is a cloud. It will have all those memories, both written and oral, available on line similar to Amazon's Alexa. All those memories will be available for future generations. All they have to do as ask questions and listen to get stories and a lifetime's worth of advice long after his father  was gone.

For more information Check out "HereAfter" at their website at: https://www.hereafter.ai.

90,000 AND GOING STRONG

Family Search has announced that the 90,000th article has been added to the Wiki. 

90,000 Articles Published on the Free FamilySearch Wiki

Dick Eastman · September 23, 2019 · Online Sites · No Comments

The following announcement was written by FamilySearch:

The FamilySearch Research Wiki has published its 90,000th help article, with more added weekly. The free service launched 12 years ago to help patrons quickly with their personal family history research questions. Explore it for free at the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

The FamilySearch wiki is like discovering an unexpected treasure along your family history discovery journey. In a day when online consumers want what they are seeking within a few keystrokes and seconds, the FamilySearch wiki delivers. Go to the main page, and suddenly a world of databases, maps, countries and tutorials are at your fingertips.

The FamilySearch Research Wiki operates similar to Wikipedia. They are both wikis, allowing people to edit and create articles collaboratively. The FamilySearch wiki’s content is produced predominantly by staff and volunteers of the FamilySearch Family History Libraryin Salt Lake City. The wiki enables contributors to freely share their genealogical expertise with others. The inspiration for the content comes from patron interactions and questions and the ever-expanding historical record collections of FamilySearch.

So far in 2019, the wiki has had millions of viewers and 18 million page views. Nearly 7,600 new articles have already been published this year. The top five countries using the wiki are the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, and Germany. Content on the wiki is available in 10 languages as resources allow.

“The intriguingly interesting thing about the wiki is how diverse the 90,000 articles are,” said Danielle Batson, FamilySearch wiki content manager. “It is amazing to find such a wide variety of research subjects for locations all over the world.”

Here are just a few examples:

• • Sweden Feast Day Calendars help determine the exact date for feast days found in the Swedish church records.
  • English parish pages, including this example, give information about available records and parish history.
  • Birth and Death Date Calculators. Tombstones and other historical records sometimes list only the age at the time of death instead of the birthdate. This page links you to several online date calculators to help you find the birthdate.
  • United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards describes the historical records available, including a coverage table by state.
  • Mexico Guided Research lists the best available collections for birth, marriage, and death in Mexico according to the user’s specified location.
  • Archive of Free Monthly Family History Library Classes and Webinars gives links to webinars and handouts from past classes and webinars sponsored by the library.

The five most popular articles in 2019 are the following:

1. 1. Online Genealogy Records by Location Worldwide
   2. United States Genealogy
   3. United States Death Records
   4. Surname Distribution Maps
   5. United States Census Online Genealogy Records

The wiki is not the place to search by ancestral names—you’ll want to use FamilySearch’s vast record collections and Family Tree for that. Instead, it’s like having a team of reference specialists at your service to help you know what to try next in your family history quest. It provides research strategies and suggests records and resources that are most likely to help you discover the ancestors you’re seeking.

“It is the goal of our wiki teams to create, update, maintain, and add content. We encourage users to discover, gather, and connect to their family heritage. There is also a place on the wiki where people can contribute,” Batson said. Future content will focus on geographic locations that are still lacking reference resources.

To submit a wiki article, start your own project, or help edit, go to Get Involved in FamilySearch Wiki Projects.

FAMILYSEARCH COMPARE A FACE

James Tanner has posted an article about a great activity - Compare-a-Face. and more are there for everyone to use.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad... <noreply+feedproxy@google.com> Unsubscribe	Sep 20, 2019, 3:44 AM (6 days ago)
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Rejoice, and be exceeding glad...

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The FamilySearch Family Tree Compare-a-Face Posted: 19 Sep 2019 05:56 AM PDT Compare-a-Face is an interesting app included in the FamilySearch.org Family History Activities. https://www.familysearch.org/discovery/ Using this app, you can match up your own photo with that of any of your relatives that have photos in the FamilySearch Memories section. Unfortunately, there are no menu links to this Family History Activities section of the website. You can most easily find it by doing a Google search for FamilySearch activities. A link to the Activities page is also missing from the FamilySearch.org Site Map. This collection of activities is derived from the apps used in the Family Discovery Centers located in Salt Lake City, Seattle, Lehi, Layton, Ogden, and St. George. Only two of these, Salt Lake at the Family History Library and Seattle are directly linked from the FamilySearch.org website. There may be more of these Discovery Centers and you are welcome to leave a comment and let us all know about additional Family Discovery Centers. The Compare-a-face is interesting but if you have few or no photos in the Memories section of the website, your choices for comparison will be limited.