new.FamilySearch Beta 2 ScreenShots

Several people have been asking for some ScreenShots of the new.FamilySearch beta2 web site. Here is a link to a page with some Beta2 ScreenShots: http://newfamilyhistory.googlepages.com/home

GarysTurn wrote:Several people have been asking for some ScreenShots of the new.FamilySearch beta2 web site. Here is a link to a page with some Beta2 ScreenShots: http://newfamilyhistory.googlepages.com/home

Excellent! Thanks! The screenshots look great and I know a lot of people, I for one, are excited for the new Family Search site. The page of family history links was great too!

Wow! This looks AWESOME! I can't wait. Thanks for sharing!!

Uuuggghhh I can't wait to see the photos, my internet filter here at work won't let me in for some reason! Oh well, I'll check them out tonight.

Thanks for posting them.

Thanks so much for these shots. This helps answer a lot of my design questions. Kudos to the design team! Keep at it.

I'm very impressed as well. Will this be completely web-based and replace PAF?

ihenpecked wrote:I'm very impressed as well. Will this be completely web-based and replace PAF?

This has been discussed in other threads. I think the short answer is that there will be some API for accessing FamilySearch programatically. This would allow 3rd-party or open source software to integrate with FamilySearch in various ways. The whole solution appears to be a replacement of PAF.

ihenpecked wrote:I'm very impressed as well. Will this be completely web-based and replace PAF?

This new system could be used in place of PAF but most people will still use PAF or some offline program. There have been rumors that someday PAF will be dropped, but the latest I have heard is that either PAF will be upgraded to sync with newFamilySearch or a new open source program will be developed by the Church to replace PAF.

The days of using only the internet for Family History are still years away, you have to remember that the Church is worldwide and there are many areas of the world without internet access. There are still a lot of people in the US using dial-up and doing everything online with dial-up is not very efficient.

ihenpecked wrote:I'm very impressed as well. Will this be completely web-based and replace PAF?

The answer to the first is yes. The answer to the second depends on what you do with PAF. The most glaring issue to me is that the new FS won't store multimedia things to help make those names "come alive" such as photos. If you're only using the features of PAF 2 or PAF 3 then the new FS could replace it. If you're using all the features of PAF 4 or 5, then no.

In the new family search under me and my ancestors I have listed 6 children. I actually only have 4. 2 of my children are listed twice but so far I have found no way to combine the children that are listed twice.

Both of these children have one record from the membership and one from the old 4 generation program submitted by me.

I have asked the question several times to the send us feedback with no answer.

Dose anyone know how to solve this so that I will only have 4 children on the FGS?

I would even be glad to have someone help me using the sign in to help someone else if possible.

Thanks
Roger

Roger wrote:In the new family search under me and my ancestors I have listed 6 children. I actually only have 4. 2 of my children are listed twice but so far I have found no way to combine the children that are listed twice.

Both of these children have one record from the membership and one from the old 4 generation program submitted by me.

I have asked the question several times to the send us feedback with no answer.

Dose anyone know how to solve this so that I will only have 4 children on the FGS?

I would even be glad to have someone help me using the sign in to help someone else if possible.

Thanks
Roger

Select one of the duplicated children.
Click on "Possible Duplicates".
Does the duplicate child show up as a possible duplicate?



If so you should be able to check the check box and combine them by clicking "Compare Selected Records".
If not try clicking at the bottom on "Search for other possible duplicates" and see if it pulls it up then.

If that does not work. Check to see if both duplicates have the same birth dates.
If you are a contribuitor you should be able to correct your submission.
Then try "Possible Duplicates" again. Let us know if that works.

I clicked on each of my duplicate children.

One has me as contributer the other has me and the LDS Church Membership Records as a contributer.

Both records have the same date and place of birth. These children are living but it is my contention that I should be able to combine them or not see the church record for my living children. They are all adults.

Neither one shows possible duplicates. When I click on the Possible Duplicate it only shows the one record. With no way to do any combining.

Thanks for trying to help.

Roger

Roger wrote:In the new family search under me and my ancestors I have listed 6 children. I actually only have 4. 2 of my children are listed twice but so far I have found no way to combine the children that are listed twice.

I have noticed a similar issue with my ancestors. I haven't yet sent feedback but will. I think I know how to do it, but I better try it before I open my mouth. However, the fact your children are living may create complications.

Roger wrote:I clicked on each of my duplicate children.

One has me as contributer the other has me and the LDS Church Membership Records as a contributer.

Both records have the same date and place of birth. These children are living but it is my contention that I should be able to combine them or not see the church record for my living children. They are all adults.

Neither one shows possible duplicates. When I click on the Possible Duplicate it only shows the one record. With no way to do any combining.

Thanks for trying to help.

Roger

To combine your own children, you need to go to pedigree mode, put you in the main position (default situation). Then, you click on "Spouses and Children" on the left edge of the lower/details part of the window. Then, click (and maybe hold) on the little arrow to the left of the name of one of the repeated children. When a menu appears, select 'Combine with other siblings'. That's the only way to combine children.

HTH

Thanks for the info but it did not work. The instructions were fine it just did not combine the records.

I get the message when I try this that one of the records is read-only. Read only records cannot be combined with other records.

Roger

Did you say you had asked a question or given feedback? I'd definitely do that. The read-only issue might be one the developers should look at.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Yes I have sent several emails to the Send us feedback. The only answers I got were prior to beta2 testing.

I also got a call from a person who said they would check it out and call back but so far no return call.

I have found a message on the help screens and have followed the instructions plus I have sent a special message to support.

No fix but the messages said to wait for production to combine the records again. I don't know when this may happen but I will wait. At least there is hope that it can be fixed.

Thanks
Roger

GarysTurn wrote:This new system could be used in place of PAF but most people will still use PAF or some offline program.

I wonder if there has been any consideration to an offline version at some point in the future using something like the Adobe's new Apollo platform.

Offline version of online apps seems to be a growing trend.

mactoph wrote:I wonder if there has been any consideration to an offline version at some point in the future using something like the Adobe's new Apollo platform.

Offline version of online apps seems to be a growing trend.

Have you seen the discussion about an API for the new FamilySearch system and encouragement for development of multiple local desktop record managers? I don't recall which threads, but they're in my subscribe list. PM or email me for thread URLs if needed.