{"id":34600,"date":"2026-06-24T06:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=34600"},"modified":"2026-06-24T06:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:39:41","slug":"updated-familysearch-full-text-searching-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/updated-familysearch-full-text-searching-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated FamilySearch Full-Text Searching webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full-Text Searching at FamilySearch July 2026 Update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>our most popular presentation&#8211;informal, thorough, &amp; easy to understand and follow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Michael brings thirty years of actual teaching experience to the presentation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re excited to offer this revised presentation on the&nbsp;full-text&nbsp;searching at&nbsp;<em>FamilySearch<\/em>&#8211;reflecting changes made to the site since our last recording in January of 2026. We\u2019ve redesigned our presentation as this functionality continues to change. And\u2026we have an extensive handout complete with forms to help you find more people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have purchased an earlier version of this presentation&#8211;email me at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mjnrootdig@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;for the code to order this revision for $10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fully Utilizing&nbsp;Full-Text&nbsp;Search: Revised&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your purchase includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A 90 minute (or more presentation)<\/strong>\u00a0you can view as often as you want.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Detailed handout<\/strong>\u00a0with charts and forms to help organize your searches. Charts and forms sent as separate files you can edit and customize and not as a locked PDF you have to re-create yourself as a new document.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll be including and discussing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Determining what is in&nbsp;Full-Text&nbsp;Search\u2014<\/strong>what you can access at home and what you will have to be in a FamilySearch facility or affiliate to access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seeing How AI Transcriptions are different<\/strong>\u2014they aren\u2019t like the transcriptions made by humans. That can change your approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remembering that&nbsp;Full-Text&nbsp;means every word<\/strong>\u2014approaches need to differ as we aren\u2019t looking up a name in an index any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Asking Who<\/strong>&nbsp;is in the record? We aren\u2019t just searching for the main person like we did with traditional indexes. We\u2019ll discuss how to determine who could be mentioned in a record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Determining How to search?<\/strong>&nbsp;There are a variety of ways to search and filter results. We\u2019ll see how each one works to help determine the best strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Creating search strategies<\/strong>\u2014how&nbsp;full-text&nbsp;search changes your approach and why just dumping terms in search boxes is not always effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Determining what you found<\/strong>&nbsp;The interface does not always make this clear. We will show you how to get beyond the confusion and help you get enough detail for a citation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Creating effective problem-solving approaches<\/strong>\u2014what to do when you cannot find something you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Demonstrating practical examples<\/strong>\u2014completely new people and families from our previous presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/ncp\/payment\/67D7Z5H4ZQHJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pre-order for $25<\/a>&nbsp;(release date 1 July 2026).&nbsp; Price is $32 after release date. 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