Print Time Line
Why aren't you able to print a persons timeline. I get a message about a family members timeline but all you can do is look at at.
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can you include a url or screen shot of the specific item as an example?
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Melvin
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As far as I am aware, the "Time Line" in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' is just a helpful "Map" feature provided to give Users/Patrons an idea where one's Ancestors frequented, nothing more, nothing less ...
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Here is a "Knowledge Article" in 'FamilySearch'
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What is the timeline or map in Family Tree?
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where it states:
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In Family Tree, the Time Line section lists this person's information vertically in chronological order. You can also turn an optional map on or off to see your ancestor's life journey on a map.
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The time line also shows you the available record hints in context of the other life events. Seeing whether that record hint logically fits into the story of your ancestor's life is your first clue to whether this record really is about your ancestor.
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The map lets you see nearby places where your ancestor may have worked, attended school, or attended church. You can even switch the view to a satellite picture, and zoom in to see what a place looks like today.
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Brett
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Hi Melvin,
I assume you're talking about the Time Line on the Person page in Family Tree, and not the little timelines that sometimes come out in email campaigns from FamilySearch.
If that's correct, you've got a couple of options for printing the Time Line. They're all a little complicated, but if printing is important to you, it may be worth it.
- Use your browser's print function (usually Ctrl-P on a PC or Command-P on a Mac). This essentially prints a screenshot, so you may not get the entire Time Line, depending on how long it is. You can fit more by changing the orientation of your screen temporarily to Portrait (most people's screens are set to Landscape).
- Use your computer's printscreen function. For example, on a PC I can press Alt+PrtSc to take a screen shot of the current window. Then paste the screenshot into a graphics program like Paint (again, PC) or Snagit, and print from there. If the Time Line is too long to fit on the screen, you can scroll and take multiple screenshots, then put them together in a graphics program.
- The third option is to use a screenshot program (I use Snagit by Techsmith) that can automatically scroll a browser window and capture the whole thing. This should work in theory, and I've used it on other web pages, but I haven't tried it on the Time Line.
I hope that helps. I don't know your level of comfort with options like these, so if you have questions, please ask.
The Time Line is a pretty cool feature! If you'd like to learn more about it, you might be interested in this BYU Family History Library webinar:
Best--
Kathryn
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