User talk:Bjstock

Welcome

Welcome to WeRelate, your virtual genealogical community. We're glad you have joined us. At WeRelate you can easily create ancestor webpages, connect with cousins and other genealogists, and find new information.

Create Webpages

The first thing to do is launch Family Tree Explorer, then select File in the Family Tree Explorer menu and give your family tree a name. You can either upload your GEDCOM or create person and family pages one at a time. To upload your GEDCOM, select File in the Family Tree Explorer menu and then click on Import and choose the GEDCOM file to import. The system will create a editable web page for each person and family in your GEDCOM. To create a page manually, select Add in the Family Tree Explorer menu and click on Add new person; enter the given (first name) and surname (last name), select Add, then fill in the blanks and save.

The Family Tree Explorer is a Flash application and will need to use some space in your computer to cache the files. That's computer talk for "If you store some ancestor page information on your computer, you will be able to view more pages faster. Otherwise, the system has to fetch each page every time you edit or look at it. This would make navigating your tree very slow.

Connect with other genealogists

You should always sign in when you are editing or adding pages. Use the signature button to sign your work (the swiggle, second from the right, above the edit box). That way others with similar interests can find you. If you click on the blue user name on any page, you will go to that person's home page. You can leave a message on his/her Discussion page. The Discussion page button is in the light green second level menu bar above.

Great things you can do at WeRelate

Please see the Great things you can do at WeRelate article.

Thanks for participating in your virtual community.--sq 12:34, 30 March 2007 (MDT) Ask Randy at Rootsweb how to fix the abbreviation problem. You can search Rootsweb for People b. KY and get results that include Kentucky and Kentucky, USA

Shared research pages

When abbreviations are used, the system thinks that the abbreviation is a different place. So, it won't put "Kentucky" articles in the same category with "KY". If you title your page with an abbreviation, for example "Smith in KY", and your cousin titles a page with "Smith in Kentucky", your articles will not be in the same category. Thus, it is less likely that you will connect with that cousin. The same is true if you title your page with multiple locations. For instance, if you title your page with "KY, OH and MT", it will be placed in the "KY, OH, and MT" category. A cousin searching for "Smith in Kentucky" won't see your page in the right category index. Click on a surname category link at the bottom of any person page to see the category index list. :-D--sq 12:34, 30 March 2007 (MDT)

9 April 2007 Ask Randy at Rootsweb how to fix the abbreviation problem. You can search Rootsweb for People b. KY and get results that include Kentucky and Kentucky, USA

Hicks07.ged Imported Successfully

The pages from your GEDCOM, "Hicks07.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the family tree explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.

-WeRelate agent 16:34, 29 March 2007 (MDT)

HicksDescendants.ged Imported Successfully

The pages from your GEDCOM, "HicksDescendants.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.

-WeRelate agent 12:28, 8 April 2007 (MDT)

Hi Betty Jo,

When I searched for Stockton, I got this; Person:Andrew Stockton (2) - Genealogy ... and Rebecca E. (Crutcher) Stockton. A.J. Stockton was born in Johnson ... name given="Andrew Jackson" surname="Stockton ... http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Andrew_Stockton_(2)

When I clicked on it, it said there was no information for him. ???