Uploading Videos to Family Search Memories

Dennis J Yancey

Every little while we get posts to the community - of people wishing that Videos could be uploaded to FS Memories.

For various reasons I have no reason to think that is going to happen soon . . .

BUT I just wanted to share - that one option - is simply to create a story item that has the URL of a video on YOUTUBE

Youtube is really a much better platform for video sharing.

here is an example of an item I created:

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/128545977?cid=mem_copy

note when this approach is taken - the url will not be a clickable hyperlink

BUT none the less - it works - as a way to get to the video - copying and pasting the url to the browser.

Pretty clunky - - but it works just fine.

Miss Jessie

URL links to outside websites are in violation of the Upload Guidelines and policies

https://www.familysearch.org/legal/familysearch-upload-guidelines-and-policies

Content MAY NOT contain images, depictions, or descriptions of ....Links to outside websites (i.e. no URLs).

Dennis J Yancey

That indeed is what it states . . .

but apparently non clickalble hyperlinks are not flagged as in violation.

such pages do NOT trigger RESTRICTION/ABUSE processes.

and as far as I can tell FamilySearch Personnel and automated checking are allowing it.

Dennis J Yancey

there are thousands of memories items that have references to URLs

FamilySearch is not enforcing any restrction on urls

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/find?searchTerms=http%3A&searchType=text-search&searchCategories=IMAGE%2CPDF%2CTEXT%2CAUDIO%2CALBUM&page=1&maxRecords=50&firstRecord=0&_=1627150851151

Dennis J Yancey

and URL's are certainly allowed for FS "sources"

so I dont see the point of not allowing it on a Memories item.

Steve Wassom

I found this FamilySearch page that states that video URL's are acceptable:

https://www.familysearch.org/developers/docs/guides/integration-memories

Dennis J Yancey

Thanks

yes this was kind of a gray area for quite a while

and Im still not sure all at FS are on the same page . . .

but yes they seem to be ok with it in general.