searching just my own family tree, not FS's entire data base for people
I would like to have the option to search just my personal family tree, both living and deceased people, rather than all of the people in all of FS's data bases. I use FS as my primary genealogical program to both find and store information. I don't have the bandwidth to maintain comprehansive records in more than 1 genealogy program. I think there are many others who would like to do so as well. As I work through (scan and attach) all of the hard copy data (pictures, letters, documents - wills, birth, marriage, & death records) my parents spent 20+ years collecting as they drove across the US, I move from family to family across 6-7 generations. I can't remember how I'm related to all of the people in my tree and being able to search just my tree would be very helpful.
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The fact that this is a very common request would indicate this should be something to be considered by the FamilySearch developers. However, the common response to all similar requests is based on the hard fact that Family Tree is a community project, so there is no such concept as "my tree".
For those with a limited amount of relatives whose records they wish to maintainn, the "Following" feature allows one to keep track of up to 4,000 individuals. These can be sorted alphabetically and can now even be labelled, with terms like "Ancestor" or "Maternal Ancestor", etc., to give some sense of their relationship. From your "Following" list you can link directly to that person's FT page or their "Tree". So, even without having all of ones relatives under "Following" it is relatively easy to get to most, if not all, of the branches in Family Tree in which they appear.
In short, if this facility is still not adequate for you, you really do need to acquire some personal software (that interacts with the Family Tree program) both to help with your specified needs and for back-up purposes.
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The fact that this is a very common request would indicate this should be something to be considered by the FamilySearch developers. However, the common response to all similar requests is based on the hard fact that Family Tree is a community project, so there is no such concept as "my tree".
For those with a limited amount of relatives whose records they wish to maintainn, the "Following" feature allows one to keep track of up to 4,000 individuals. These can be sorted alphabetically and can now even be labelled, with terms like "Ancestor" or "Maternal Ancestor", etc., to give some sense of their relationship. From your "Following" list you can link directly to that person's FT page or their "Tree". So, even without having all of ones relatives under "Following" it is relatively easy to get to most, if not all, of the branches in Family Tree in which they appear.
In short, if this facility is still not adequate for you, you really do need to acquire some personal software (that interacts with the Family Tree program) both to help with your specified needs and for back-up purposes.
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