Personal Ancestral File 5.2

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Personal Ancestral File 5.2

• The Church of Jesus Christ
• of Latter-day Saints
• Valley Forge Family History Center

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Uncle Bill has been working on his line. He uses
the Family Tree Maker program. Can I use his
information in PAF?
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GEDCOM, GEDCOM, GEDCOM, GEDCOM

• GEDCOM is a computer data format created by The
  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for
  storing genealogical information so that many
  computer programs can use it. PAF and
  FamilySearch both use GEDCOM.

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Beta vs VHS

• Using a GEDCOM is like taking a video recorded in
  Beta format and playing it on a VHS machine.
• Its a translator.

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How To Import a GEDCOM

• From the File menu, click Import.
• Find where the file is located.
• Select the file.
• Click Import.
• Choose the import options that you want.
• Click OK.

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• A word of caution about GEDCOMs...
• Dont import the information immediately into an
  existing PAF database. Import it into a new
  database, CHECK IT, then import it into your
  existing database.

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Match/Merge
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Using Global Search Replace

• You can use Global Search and Replace to change
  all instances of
• All or part of a place-name. This is useful if
  you need to correct spelling errors, add missing
  place levels, and spell out abbreviations. For
  example, you could change all occurrences of
  Chicago, IL to Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

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• All or part of the path and name of a multimedia
  file. This is useful if you have moved your
  multimedia files to a new folder.

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Using Global Search Replace

• From the Tools menu, select Global Search and
  Replace.
• From the Search and replace text in drop-down
  box, select the type of global change that you
  would like to make.

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• In the Search for field, type the text as it
  currently appears in your database.
• In the Replace with field, type the text that you
  would like to change the text to.
• Click OK.

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Im Popular Now

• My nephew in Orlandos has a project in
  elementary school on genealogy and cousin Cyndi
  wants to know if I can print out our genealogy
  for him.
• Uncle Allen in New Orleans wants to see what I
  have already done so that he can fill in any
  missing pieces.

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• Both have computers. Cyndi is using Family Tree
  Maker and Uncle Allen is using the Legacy
  genealogy program.
• No problem, because I can send them a GEDCOM file.

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Export

• After you have typed information into your
  database, you can share it with other people. To
  do so, you need to export it in a GEDCOM
  formatted file.

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To Export Information

• From the File menu, select Export.
• Click Standard GEDCOM 5.5.
• Select Char Set ANSEL.

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Selecting Individuals

• To select all of the individuals in your
  database, click All.
• Or to select some of the individuals, click
  Partial and then Select. Use relationship
  filters and field filters to select the names you
  want.

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Include Options

• Click the "Include" options that you want.
• Click Export.

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Saving the GEDCOM

• Select the drive and folder where you want to
  save your submission.
• Type a name for the file, and click Export.

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Thats It!!!

• When the export process is complete, a screen
  will appear telling you how many names were
  submitted. Click OK.

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Grand Aunt Edna

• Uncle Bill told his Aunt Edna, all about the work
  Ive been doing. Shes the oldest person in our
  family. She has a computer, but doesnt want to
  learn a genealogy program. She uses her computer
  for e-mailing family and friends. She will give
  me updates if I send her my information.

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Web Pages

• I could print out my genealogy and mail it to
  her, but because she understand e-mail it would
  be quicker to send her our genealogy as web
  pages.
• I can create web pages. I dont post them to the
  Internet, just send her the pages that PAF
  creates.

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Creating Web Pages

• Click the Create Web Page button. (It looks like
  a piece of paper with a globe.)
• Select the type of web page.

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Selecting Individuals

• If you chose Ancestors or Descendants, select the
  starting individual.
• If you chose Selected Individuals, use the
  Advanced Focus/Filter feature to select the
  individuals you want to include.

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Options

• Select the options you want.
• Click Next.

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Next Screen

• Type the information requested on the next
  screen.
• When you are done, click Finish.

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• All this in just a matter of minutes!!!
• Then just send it as an attachment to an email.
• Aunt Theresa will be impressed!!!

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Printing

• You can print pedigree charts, family group
  records, individual summaries, and many other
  types of reports.
• Start by clicking on the Print icon (it looks
  like a printer).
• Then choose the appropriate tab.

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Pedigree Charts

• A chart that shows an individual's direct
  ancestorsparents, grandparents,
  great-grandparents, and so forth. A pedigree
  chart may contain birth, marriage, and death
  information.

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Family Group Sheet Report

• A printed form that lists a familyparents and
  childrenand gives information about dates and
  places of birth, marriage, and death. Also
  called a family group sheet.

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Ancestry Reports

• A pedigree chart containing names and
  information about the people on it.

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Descendency Charts

• A report that lists an individual and his or her
  children and their spouses and children.

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Books

• An option that allows you to print Ahnentafel
  charts or modified registers.
• A table that lists the name and date and place of
  birth, marriage, and death for an individual and
  specified number of his or her ancestors. The
  first individual on the list is number one, the
  father is number two, the mother is number three,
  the paternal

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• grandfather is number four, the paternal
  grandmother is number five, and so forth.
  Ahnentafel is a German word meaning ancestor
  chart or ancestor table. This chart is also
  called a continental pedigree.

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Individual Summary

• A printer version of an individual record.

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Scrapbook

• A report that shows the photographs and other
  scanned images that are associated with an
  individual. Each image can be accompanied by its
  file name, caption, and description.

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Custom Reports

• An option that allows you to design reports that
  contain the information and format that you want.

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Lists

• An option that allows you to print various lists.

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Calendars

• An option that allows you to print calendars
  showing names, birth dates, and other information
  about individuals in your database.