Is there an option for searching within your own family tree for a specific person or line?
I've been working on a line I thought I found in my fan chart years ago, but I can't trace the members back to me within 15 generations, and I'd like to figure out where I found them in the first place.
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@Cassidy Wadsworth
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Cassidy
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Short Answer: It depends what you mean by "Searching" ...
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We have the ...
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- "Find" feature/function/facility
- "Pedigree" View (ie. Landscape; Portrait; Fan Chart; and, Descendancy)
- And, if you a "Watching" individuals/persons, there is the "Watch" List
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I find the latter the best option.
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You can "Watch" up to 4000 individuals/persons.
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When you are working on a line, choose an individual/person in that line to "Watch"; then, you can go to you "Watch" List to more easily find them again, later - to get back to that line.
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People I'm Watching
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/list/people
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Changes To People I'm Watching
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/list/changes
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Now ...
That said ...
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We do not have our OWN "Tree" in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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We ONLY have "Branches", that are interconnected, in this SINGLE "One" World "Tree", for all of us, that is "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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"Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' is NOT like "Ancestry_com" or the like.
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We DO NOT have "Private"/"Personal" 'Trees' in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' like other "Websites"; and/or, 'standalone' personal programmes.
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We do not even, own; or, manage; and, are NOT even responsible for, the "Deceased" individuals/person in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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"Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' is built on a "Open Edit" Platform - hence, why any registered User/Patron can "Edit" (ie. Add, Delete; and/or, Change) ANY "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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I hope this helps.
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Brett
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ps: Of course ...
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There is always one of the many "Third Party" Applications that are "Certified" to work with "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch', that can be found in the "Solutions Gallery" of 'FamilySearch'
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https://partners.familysearch.org/solutionsgallery/s/
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I think what he is trying to do - is retrace a line from him to a known person 30 generations (or so) back and he cant remember the exact line of descent . . .
he can find the person and he can find his own record - I think he wants to be able to connect the dots between the two - as he did once in the past but cant remember how it goes now.
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@Cassidy Wadsworth
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Cassidy
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Of course, there is another option ...
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Another option is to try using "RelativeFinder" by BYU.
BYU = "Brigham Young University", the Church university.
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"RealtiveFinder" is one of the "Third Party" Applications that are "Certified" to work with "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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"RealtiveFinder" has many 'bells and whistles', that "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' does not.
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In "RealtiveFinder" there is an option to, "Connect with [a] Deceased Person", between your ("Living") self and a "Decaesed" individual/person, in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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Give that a go.
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And, also, 'Enjoy' some of the many other available "Features".
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I hope this helps.
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Brett
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I believe "Relative Finder" as well as FS "View my relationship" only go back about 12 generations.
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Dennis
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As far as I am aware, "RelativeFinder" goes more than the 'limited' 12 Generations that "Family Tree" does.
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"RelativeFinder" now only does 16 Generations; whereas, it used to do 64 Generations; but, the 'site' traffic has increased to a point where this has become unfeasible.
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16 is better than 12.
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Unfortunately, you will not directly get 30.
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But, you can go back from the 16th Generation.
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Brett
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maybe you could take all you great grandparents and use relative finder to find the link between them and the person 15 (30) generations back - thus placing it within the 12 generation limit.
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Thank you! I'll check into that.
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The Fan view of a tree can be set to go back 7 generations, on a PC use Ctrl-F to find the name. Not a solution for everything, but a good tool.
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