Is it possible to link an 'album' to an individual so that it appears in their memories page?

JoyBDoyle1

I posted abt 400 letters written by an ancestor in an album so entitled. I would like to link just the album to the ancestor, so I don't clog her memories page with countless letters. Is that possible?

I've done the same with poetry written by an ancestor and would like for just the link to the album to appear in her memories page rather than crowd out all of her photos.

NidaFL

@JoyBDoyle1 , in regard to linking an album to an ancestor, no. However if you have saved the 400 letters in a PDF format they could be uploaded as a single memory to that individual, provided the PDF conformed to the requirements for uploading PDF Can I upload a PDF to Memories?

lstolk36

Joy, thank you for posting the letters in an album. Linking just the album to your ancestor is very doable.

Organize your memories by placing them in albums. Here's how: 

Steps (website)

1. Sign in to FamilySearch.
2. At the top of the page, click Memories.
3. Click Gallery.
4. In the toolbar on the left, under Albums, click New Album.
5. Enter your album name and click Save.

also

Adding items from the Gallery

1. Sign in to FamilySearch.org
2. Click Memories, and then from the drop-down menu, click Gallery.
3. Hover over an item you want to add to an album, and then click the check mark that appears within the item. 
4. Notice the new colored bar near the top of the page. On the right side of the bar, you see how many items are selected. 
5. Select all the items you want to add to an album.
6. On the left of the colored bar, just below Gallery, click Actions, and from the drop-down menu, click Add to Album.
7. Next to the album name where you want to add the items, click the open circle. Or to create a new album, click next to New Album, and enter a name for the new album in the box. 
8. Click Add to Album.

We wish you much success, and are pleased that you don't clog her memories page with countless letters. if you have difficulty with this process please reach out to us.

Michael Tew

I think a missing feature in Family search is the ability to add PDF files, audio files, and photos to a Story for an ancestor's memories page. The concept is similar to an album in the My gallery but could be used with a subset of media related to a specific event or topic of an ancestor's life.

Most of the instructions for an Album is for use in My Gallery. I think there is confusion between My Gallery and the Memories page of an ancestor

Michael Tew

I notice that I can no longer add audio files to a story in memories for an individual. Apparently family search has determined that they no longer want to provide the ability to nest media types together.

I think providing ability to add audio files, documents, photos to a story would provide better organization and make finding content regarding a particular topic in an ancestor's memory more realistic. For example, my father has over 600 entries in his memories. It would be nice to Group pictures, audio files, and documents together on his memory page to reduce clutter and make it easier to scan through available memory topics.

When Family Search was doing a survey a couple of years ago, I mentioned this but it appears they decided to go a different direction.