NEW! Since the submission of the topic of today’s presentation there have been new features added to FamilySearch.org –General Public can submit trees –Save Photos & Stories –Pedigree & Fan Charts

Overview Family story tips FamilySearch.org LegacyStories.com iPad apps: Legacy Stories, Heirloom, & Evernote Others: 1000memories.com

Getting Started

Interview & Writers Block Overwhelming when you say, “Tell me about your family” Gather stories of all kinds. They can be as small as a few sentences and as long as several pages (or a book) Plan for a small topic: Occupations, all the houses you lived in, schools attended, etc.

Record the Interview Worst is paper notes because you leave out information that later can be important Do an audio or video recording If you plan on using it in a book or in a podcast get a signed release. –Don’t get bogged down with paperwork if it interrupts a story!

Other Ideas How did you meet dad? What was your wedding day like? Tell me the story of …. (holes in the radiator, the broken arm, or the pink cat) –Something funny, major life or world event If someone is being evasive or gives different answers at different times there maybe more to the story! Ask time bracketing questions if dates are elusive (Where were you heard about Pearl Habor?)

Keeping the Context After you finish the interview be sure to record: Who, What, When, Why and Where you conducted the interview Transcribe the interview with names -Jeri:Mom, “When did you first go to the USO for a dance?” -Eleanore(mom): “I had gotten sick and had to come home from nursing school. I volunteered at the USO in Tyler.”

Other Tips Plan if it’s a formal interview (sometimes its better to just capture the conversation!) Learn how to record on an iPhone, iPad or small voice recorder. (check your batteries!) Don’t run the interview more than an hour without a break. Bring out a photo and have the person tell you about the photo.

Collecting Stories

iPad Apps Search on Audio Recorder and you get 283 results (free – 6.99) My favorite way EvernoteApp from evernote.com

Evernote.com Create Note of Audio, Photo (any image), text or.PDF files (premium) Can create all three on the same note Create a new note and it automatically adds a geographic tag (address or nearby town) or uses a calendar entry Bring up evernote – Add a new note and click record. You can attach an audio file recorded in any software up to 25 MB for Free and 100 MB for Premium.

More on Evernote A Premium User can create a directory and share with only other family members or make it public A PDF and image files are automatically indexed. (Photo has to be of text that their OCR can decipher ) Take a photo of photo or page of text and add it to a note

LegacyStories.org Upload a photo and make a recording of family talking about the photo (talking photos) Link your photos and stories to any family on FamilySearch.org Story prompts, slide shows, Multimedia Stories Accounts are inheritable One shoebox is free ($5 a month, other longer plans at a discount)

iPad Legacy Stories app Currently in review for an update – Keep looking in App store

FamilySearch.org Log into an account (or create one) Can save family tree now Upload GEDCOM from other program –Current limitation no notes, sources or multi- media links uploaded ( you add after people created) Google ‘Family Tree: Quick Start Guide’

1000memories.org One of many photo album sites (bought in October last year by Ancestry.com) Has an Android & iPhone App Can share your photos on your family tree on Ancestry.com ($) Problem – If your tree has many people you will be unable to find the person on the iPhone. You will have to attach it through a web brower into your Ancestry.com account.

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Family Search

Enter or upload Tree GEDCOM – Genealogy Exchange Format Current limitation no notes, sources or multi-media links uploaded ( you add after people created) Compares to current submitted Trees (you get to say if it’s a match and what facts will be attached to the tree) Watch people of the same name Submit only a few names at a time or hand enter them

Person View

Pedigree Chart

Fan Chart

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