How do I visualize on screen a tree I uploaded as a GEDCOM file?
I imported a GEDCOM of a family tree into FamilySearch, and now I can't find it.
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Here are step by step directions:
1) Click Search then Genealogies to come to the Genealogies page:
2) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and find the "Upload your individual tree" button:
3) Click on "Upload Your Individual Tree" to see all the GEDCOMs you have previously uploaded. (If there are no trees here, that means you deleted, permanently, all the trees you uploaded which would explain why you can't find them now.)
4) Make a note of what you named your file. Here I named mine "Anna Maria and family."
5) Go back to the main Genealogies page, and look for the "Explore one of our collections" section.
6) Scroll that panel to sideways until you see Pedigree Resource File.
7) Click on "View All Trees In This Collection." and in the page that comes up type in the name of your tree in the keyword search box.
8) In this case there are 11 results. Scrolling down the list I find:
7-8 alternate) Type in the description of the tree or terms that should be in the description if you remember what that would be. This time I get just one result.
9) Click on the name of the tree to go to the search page for just that tree. Here you can see the description of the tree that you also could have used for searching.
10) Search for any name that should be in it:
(Notice that there is a submission ID on this result list.)
11) Click on any name. This will get you into the tree and you can wander from there:
As a shortcut for the future, if you keep track of the Submission ID you can use that in the main Genealogies page search box after clicking More Options, entering it like this with just the Submission ID and Collection:
To get a full list of deceased people in the file:
As with elsewhere in trees, you cannot search for living people and only you will be able to see living people in the GEDCOM file. You can only get to them by finding a deceased relative in the tree then moving in the pedigree chart to the living person.
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In my "article" above, the reason stated for going to "upload" was to get the name of the uploaded tree. Then, after going back to the main Genealogies page, you can use that name of the tree to search in the Pedigree Resource File section:
4) Make a note of what you named your file. Here I named mine "Anna Maria and family."
5) Go back to the main Genealogies page, and look for the "Explore one of our collections" section.
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From familysearch.org Click the Search Tab then Genealogies then scroll down under “Search for a specific tree” enter in the Keyword Search box
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What do I enter into the Keyword Search Box?
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I don't really use Genealogies myself. Someone who does will likely give you more explanation. See Link below
How do I find the GEDCOM file that I uploaded? Article Id: 1610 January 28, 2022
To view your GEDCOM contributions in FamilySearch, follow the steps below:
Steps (website)
While signed in to FamilySearch, click Search.
Click Genealogies.
Scroll down to the section titled "How is FamilySearch Genealogies different from FamilySearch Family Tree?".
Click Upload Your Individual Tree.
You can see all GEDCOM files you uploaded in the My Uploaded Trees section.
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Thank you for your input. I have done all that. The tree (GEDCOM file) that I'm looking to open/visualize has been successfully imported (it is not my personal family tree; it's another one entirely). It shows just fine in "My Uploaded Trees" section under FamilySearch>Search>Genealogies. No problem there. I simply can't OPEN that tree and have it show in tree format on my computer screen.
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Unfortunately, that article is incorrect: the "Upload" button does not give access to the tree in the Genealogies section. Clicking the "View" link there goes to the (badly flawed) compare-and-add process, not to the Genealogies section.
My usual method for checking my uploaded file is to go to Search - Genealogies and use the search fields to look for one of my great-grandparents (depending on which side I want to look at -- uploaded files skip living people, so there's no connection). It helps that nobody else has a Julianna Trnyik uploaded, and only my godmother has another Teréz Gaiter.
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Yes - I was about to say that I always search for my paternal grandfather. His/our surname is not uncommon, but he had very few descendants, and I'm the only genealogist. I always also include his confirmation name as part of his given names. Even if someone has copied my work, it's unlikely they will have done that.
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