Genealogy from the perspective of a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon, LDS)

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

New FamilySearch Certified Programs

In a blog about Partner News, FamilySearch announced six new certified programs. The blog is entitled, appropriately, "Partner News - May." Quoting from the announcement:
FamilySearch is pleased to announce Familienbuch, Fast Photo Game, Match Game, Multiple Parents, Multiple Spouses, and RootsBid are now certified by FamilySearch. “Certified” means the product is compatible with FamilySearch.org and has features that conform to our strict standards of quality. FamilySearch works with a variety of partners to help provide you with as many ways as possible to find, add, and share about your family members.
The short descriptions of the new programs is as follows:

Familienbuch
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Familienbuch 6.0 bietet eine umfangreiche Verwaltung der Familiendaten. Viele Einzeldaten können übersichtlich und einfach erfasst werden. Daneben stehen umfangreiche Auswertungern und Listen zum Ausdruck zur Verfügung.

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Click on pictures of your ancestors before time runs out, while avoiding non-ancestors. Fast Photo Game was created by two young women and their father for the Personal Progress program.

Match Game
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Play the classic match game with pictures of your ancestors with Match Game. Click on a card to flip it over. Then, click on another hoping to find the same ancestor. If they are a match, you get points. If not, you lose points and the two cards flip back over.

Multiple SpousesWeb
Multiple Spouses lets you search for ancestors who have more than one spouse in the Family Tree. The app searches the first 32 ancestors of the person whose FamilySearch ID is entered. This is aimed towards patrons who are looking for “step-ancestors” of whom they can search for their ancestors.
Multiple ParentsWeb
Multiple Parents lets you search for ancestors who have more than one set of parents in the Family Tree. The app searches the first 32 ancestors of the person whose FamilySearch ID is entered.

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RootsBid is a community-driven site allowing participants to submit and bid on family history projects around the globe, especially in specific locations that are inaccessible to the individual requesting assistance, or research skills and resources are lacking.

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