Full Text Searching Helps You Find Hidden Records (It's a Game Changer)

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4 күн бұрын

The good (no GREAT), the bad, and the UGLY. Latest updates on full-text searching at FamilySearch - what is better, what you need to beware of and my hack around my LEAST favorite aspect of this new feature.
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@1975DLR 2 күн бұрын

I have found that after you use the date filter which narrows it down by a decade, you can put a more exact number in the keywords like 1783

@AncestryAimee 2 күн бұрын

Yes! I mentioned that in the handout. Thank you for adding it!

@markstambaugh3273 2 күн бұрын

I found all kinds of information about a the biological mother of an adopted child using this tool. The mother was Choctaw living in Oklahoma. The land sales were over a 30 year period. I would sure like to find a photo of her next. There is if fact, is so much information via this AI tool you can begin to understand much of the life history of these family members.

@AncestryAimee Күн бұрын

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your experiences!

@deannacorbeil5571 2 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I already found a few records I've never seen before in just a few minutes of looking. I can see this will be my new obsession. lol.

@AncestryAimee 2 күн бұрын

Love it!

@GenealogyGrandmother 2 күн бұрын

Love the hack! Thanks for breaking it down. This tool has so much more to give and I really appreciate your insight and guidance. 🥰

@AncestryAimee 2 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@oddishpie Күн бұрын

I am excited for this! I played around with full text search when it was announced, but I've not had the time to deep dive. Thanks for the video!

@AncestryAimee 12 сағат бұрын

You bet!

@donnaroberts8791 2 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comprehensive explanation. I'm excited to explore the Australian land record options.

@AncestryAimee Күн бұрын

Have fun! Let us know how it goes!

@kathleenkelley1299 13 сағат бұрын

Great explanation and example. Appreciate the citation hack. My citations were really long and now I can clean them up

@AncestryAimee 12 сағат бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@eujackmac Күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!

@AncestryAimee 12 сағат бұрын

You are so welcome!

@mclyman-onkka3579 2 күн бұрын

If you go to the download on the transcription side of the page it will give the citation.

@AncestryAimee 2 күн бұрын

I’m just not a fan of their citation format. But it is there. Thanks!!

@denisepayne7283 Күн бұрын

Hi from DC

@janeimparl2733 2 күн бұрын

Hi Aimee ! I’m from Central Florida !

@d.t.r.8036 2 күн бұрын

Aimee -- your maiden name is one of the names in my direct line, a few generations back. Were your kin from the finger lakes region of NY, by any chance? Oh, and since I don't think you included this particular spelling variation in the examples you gave, I find that the n in the middle of the name gets dropped more than one might think.

@AncestryAimee 2 күн бұрын

Good point. Actually I don’t know. That line is my mystery. My great grandfather, in some records said that he was born in New York and in others, Australia. DNA hasn’t solved the mystery yet either. Maybe we are related!

@d.t.r.8036 2 күн бұрын

@@AncestryAimee I, as of now, have no indications where that line of mine was before NY, but perhaps we are. One thing I have learned when it comes to places in NY -- always be prepared to expect that a birth place listed as that of another country (Russia or Poland, for example) may actually be a reference to a city of that name in NY. In the early days of FS, I was quite baffled to see a birth place indexed as "USSR" until I learned what was really meant was "Russia, Herkimer County, NY" 😁 About citations from the full text feature: if you opt to use the download option from the side panel (the one that shows the transcription text), you get multiple options for what to include in the download and one of the options is to include the citation in the download.

@AncestryAimee 2 күн бұрын

@d.t.r.8036 true about NY. And about the citation feature. I mention that in the handout. Please always include that. But I’m not a fan of their citation format so I rewrite it and include things they don’t.

@patranye 10 сағат бұрын

Aimee, this was an excellent introduction to the new Full Text Search option on Family Search! I've found unknown facts and confirmation of suppositions by using it. Wonderful tool and love your citation hack! Thanks

@AncestryAimee 10 сағат бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!