Saturday, May 3, 2025

New Projects Available on Familysearch.org

 Indexing, for the Modern Era

Help us make more names searchable even faster by indexing with an AI companion, from the Get Involved > Opportunities page. https://www.familysearch.org/en/getinvolved/opportunities
Verify Places in the Family Tree to make it more accurate and searchable.
Quick Name Review
Full Name Review
Family Review
Review Record Hints

(I see that some of these opportunities are not yet fully implemented. Some patience may be needed.)

Tips for Reviewing AI-indexed Historical Records 
If you are doing the Review of AI-indexed historical records, note that the names in the green background have been attached by AI. Sometimes they are different people than those shown on the right side of the screen in Family Tree. I have investigated many of these instances and usually the AI was right, but not always. 
An automatic solution I have found to often work, is to click "Change Person" on the right side, and paste in the ID chosen by the AI. Suddenly the green areas may line up perfectly, and that record is done. 
Sometimes missing step or adoptive parent relationships need to be added. (e.g. Family Tree assumes that parent-child relationships are biological. In a marriage record, the child may name a step or adoptive parent.)
If the spouse shown in the record does not match the one shown in Family Tree, you can click Change Spouse to Choose the correct spouse or Add them to the Family Tree.
I hope these tips are useful. I find this more challenging than traditional indexing, but I love being able to see immediate results in the Family Tree. - Bill

A Tip for Verify Places
I have reviewed place names often over the past few years. It has changed somewhat recently. Currently, the system often confuses place names in the UK with those of my chosen country (Canada) with similar names. 
I expect this to improve, but for now, I often find myself using right-click > Open new Tab to check where this person and their family lived. 
But if the Residence is shown on the left side of the screen use that as the place name. (copy and paste)
Or I can click on Skip, and move on to the next record. (- Bill)



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