Three suggestions for new features in FamilySearch
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Richard L Nelson said: Hello. I have three suggestions for new features in FamilySearch:
1. A point in time map of my ancestors (This lets me select a year, and then I can see a map of where my living ancestors were in that year -- or at least where they were based on the most recent life event.
2. A feature to allow me to select two different ancestors and see how they are related. I thought of this one because I was working down a decendency tree from an ancestor in the 1400s and found an 11th cousin, but when I went to his profile and selected to see how I was related, the system actually showed me how my wife was related to that person. I guess she was more directly related to him than I was. So, I have been trying to find common ancestors between my wife and I and it is like finding a needle in a haystack.
3. Related to the previous suggestion, I think a feature that showed the common ancestors (all of them) between two people would be very interesting.
1. A point in time map of my ancestors (This lets me select a year, and then I can see a map of where my living ancestors were in that year -- or at least where they were based on the most recent life event.
2. A feature to allow me to select two different ancestors and see how they are related. I thought of this one because I was working down a decendency tree from an ancestor in the 1400s and found an 11th cousin, but when I went to his profile and selected to see how I was related, the system actually showed me how my wife was related to that person. I guess she was more directly related to him than I was. So, I have been trying to find common ancestors between my wife and I and it is like finding a needle in a haystack.
3. Related to the previous suggestion, I think a feature that showed the common ancestors (all of them) between two people would be very interesting.
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Howard Norman Camp said: On item #3 - Try using BYU's RelativeFinder. It will show ALL of the common ancestors of both you and the person you are researching. You will access it at https://fhtl.byu.edu/ plus much more neat FamilySearch add-on's.0
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Amy Archibald said: For item #1:
In the Family Tree, on the person's detail page, the next tab to the right of "Details" is called "Timeline" and will provide you a map with pin points of where the person was at key life events.
OR, you can check out "Where Am I From?" which also contains a map and timeline feature for multiple generations:
https://www.familysearch.org/discover...0 -
Amy Archibald said: For item #2:
Relative Finder allows you to identify the relationship between 2 deceased people in the FamilySearch Family Tree.
https://relativefinder.org/#/two-dece...0 -
Tom Huber said: Relative Finder has the added advantage of being able to export the generated relationship map as a PDF file, which can then be printed, retained locally, or sent to someone else.0