Thursday, October 17, 2013
Historic collaboration begins
More than 13 million records launched today on findmypast.com
LONDON, England and SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Annelies van den Belt, the new CEO of DC Thomson Family History, the British-based leader in online family history and owner of findmypast and Genes Reunited, has announced a major new partnership with US-based FamilySearch.org that will give family history enthusiasts access to billions of records online and new technology to collaboratively research their family roots.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Seven generation fan chart now available
Printing a Fan Chart
October 7, 2013 By FamilySearch

Option 1: You can display the fan chart, and print it from the Fan Chart view window.
1. Make sure the person you want to print a fan chart for is in the primary person position.
2. Click the Fan Chart icon located in the upper left of the screen. This will display the fan chart on the screen.

3.Click the Printer icon.

4. Click Print. You many need to wait a few minutes for the chart for format.

Option 2: You can print a fan chart from the person’s details page. To do so, follow the steps listed below.
1. From the details page, click the Fan Chart icon so that the fan chart displays on the screen.
2. Click the Printer icon. You many need to wait a few minutes for the chart for format.
3. Click Print.

The printable fan chart opens in a second tab of your browser. It takes a bit of time to get created. When done, it looks like this:

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Wiki Update: 75,000 articles published
FamilySearch Wiki Reaches an Important Milestone
October 1, 2013 By Steve Anderson

James Tanner, the creator and author of the Genealogy’s Star blog site has written an excellent blog post about this milestone event titled, 75,000 Articles now in the FamilySearch Research Wiki. James Tanner is an expert genealogist and writer. Tanner has contributed several useful articles to the Research Wiki, so he knows what he’s talking about. Click on his article and see what he has to say about this milestone event and see what happens when experts all work together to share knowledge about the world’s records.
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