Genealogy For Dummies. Helm April Leigh
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Название: Genealogy For Dummies
Автор: Helm April Leigh
Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited
Жанр: Зарубежная образовательная литература
isbn: 9781119411987
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4. Click the Add a Fact link in the dotted box in the left column of the screen (under the Facts column).
The Add a New Fact or Event pop-over box appears.
5. Select the event type from the drop-down box, as shown in Figure 1-7.
One or more fields appear on the page depending on the event that you selected.
6. Fill out the fields and click Add.
The information that you entered now appears in the Facts column.
FIGURE 1-6: The Facts tab.
FIGURE 1-7: The Add Fact or Event drop-down box.
Citing Your Sources
A source is any material (book, document, record, or periodical, for example) that provides information for your research – for more information on sources see Learning about Sources earlier in this chapter. We strongly encourage you to cite the sources of all facts and information that you enter into profiles on your family tree.
Follow these steps to cite a source for a fact you’ve added to your tree:
1. Display the profile page for the person you want to cite a source for.
Follow Steps 1 through 3 in the earlier section “Beefing Up Your Profile.”
2. Click the Add Source link.
The link is located in the dotted box in the middle column under Sources. The Create Source Citation Information page appears, as shown in Figure 1-8.
3. Click the Create a New Source link under Step 1 onscreen.
The link appears just below the Select a Source drop-down box. The Create a New Source page appears.
4. Fill out fields for the source of the information.
You don’t have to fill out all fields. The only required field is Title.
5. Near the bottom of the page, click the Create a New Repository link.
A repository is a place that holds the source you’re citing, such as a library or a person’s house, in the case of the location of family photos. The Create a New Repository page appears.
6. Fill out the fields to describe the repository. When you’re finished, click the Save Repository button to save the repository and return to the Create a New Source page.
Note that after you’ve created a repository once, it’s then available for you to use in future citations.
7. Click the Save Source button.
The source title is now reflected in the drop-down box under Step 1 on the Create Source Citation Information page.
8. Complete the fields under the Citation portion of the source (Step 2 on the Create Source Citation Information page).
The Detail field is the only required field in this section.
9. Under Step 3 on the Create Source Citation Information page, select the box next to the fact or event that you want the source to document.
10. Click the Submit button.
FIGURE 1-8: Create Source Citation Information page.
Getting the Full Media Experience
To provide a rich experience for your sources, consider adding media. For example, you can scan a birth record of an ancestor and add the image of the actual record as part of your source citation.
Follow these steps to add media to your Ancestry.com family tree:
1. Display your family tree and open the personal profile to which you want to add media.
2. Click the Gallery tab.
3. Click the Upload Media image in the middle of the screen.
The Upload Media page appears.
4. Click the Content Submission Agreement link.
We think it is always a good idea to read the submission agreement so that you know the terms and limitations of posting content to the Ancestry.com site. Click the back arrow on your web browser to return to the Upload Media screen.
5. Drag the photo that you want to upload onto the dotted box labeled Drag or click here to upload.
Alternatively, you can click on the green Choose Files button that launches a dialog box and select a file. While the files are uploading, the progress bar appears on your screen. After the upload is complete, the photo appears, along with some fields to fill out including Title and Details.
6. Replace the title of the image in the Title field.
The Title field must be filled in. The default title is the filename of the imported image. The filename isn’t always a descriptive title, so feel free to make the name more meaningful.
7. Change the media type in the drop-down box (under Details).
8. Fill in the Date, Place, and Description fields if you have this information.
9. If you want to attach media to additional people in your family tree, click the Add link and enter the person’s name in the box that appears.
For example, if you want to attach a photo of a family to each of the people in the photo who are included in your family tree, attach the photo to the names of the appropriate individuals.