Presenter: Dana Palmer, CG(R), CGL(R)

Learn how to find hidden “treasures” using Full-Text Search on FamilySearch. It’s a game changer! This presentation focuses on how to effectively find records using Full-Text Search on FamilySearch. Discussion will include navigating the site, limitations of using AI, searching tips including keywords, wildcards, exact searches, filters, Boolean terms, and variant spellings. Specific examples of searches using exact filters with locations, and keywords searches will be shown. Examples will also show how to find the record origin needed to cite the record from the image in the Full-Text Search screen. Tricks on using the catalog and DGS to search Full-Text will also be covered. This is a good introduction to anyone wanting to effectively find their family in the records on FamilySearch using Full-Text Search.

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