lesson 4: document (using partner sites)

The more you know about a person, the easier they are to identify in a record:
names of parents, siblings, spouse, or other relatives
where and when they were born/married/died
occupation

Look for a source to attach to one of your relatives:
a census
birth
death
marriage

Fill in the most complete information available for dates, full names, alternate spellings.

You just may find additional family members who need their work done!

Family Search has improved their engine searching capacity that works in the background based on the information you input.  They provide record hints that have helped me discover additional children who died young and weren't picked up in a census.

Family Search has 3 billion names from all over the world.  But they have partnered with other companies to provide access to 3.5 times the records.  (For example, Ancestry has 14 billion historical records from around the world.)  You can

Tip: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can sign up for free access to FamilySearch partner sites, where they can find even more historical records. (annual savings of $900).  Visit FamilySearch.org/partneraccess/ for more information.

How to Search different sites and transfer information

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