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Ancestry 1: Setup 2: Family Tree 3: Photos and Docs 4: Research 5: Help 6: Technology 7: DNA Ancestry App FamilySearch Projects | MyHeritage Projects | Findmypast Projects | - - - Translation Tips Music Ancestry Project 3: Docs, Stories, and Photos Goals and Choices Welcome to Ancestry Project 3: Docs, Stories, and Photos. The Goals for learning are shown below. Each Goal has links to Choices that you can work on, with steps, articles, and videos. You can start with Goal 1 and go Choice by Choice, or you can skip to any Choice you're interested in. To select a different Project, use the Project links above. Goal 1: Gather and safeguard your personal records Choices: A: Gather your own important records B: Gather photos and documents you have of your ancestors C: Make scans or paper copies of each document or photo to serve as backups D: Protect your original documents and backups E: Restore damaged photographs when possible F: Use Google Photos to store and organize digital photos Goal 2: Gather photos and documents of ancestors from others Choices: A: Contact living relatives or others who might have photos or documents for you to add B: Add photos and documents from others to your collection, and catalog them Goal 3: Interview living relatives about their memories and life stories Choices: A: Prepare for successful interviews B: Hold and record the interview C: Upload the interview audio or document to Ancestry D: Learn about oral histories Goal 4: Create and edit stories in your Ancestry tree Choices: A: View, edit, and print a life story B: Upload stories for persons in your tree C: Create stories for people in your tree D: Edit stories in your tree E: Manage media items for a person F: Develop skills in writing stories and bios G: Use the Story Scout feature to retrieve stories Goal 5: Prepare photos and documents to be uploaded Choices: A: Scan any physical photos or documents that you want to upload, or take photos of documents with a digital device B: (Optional) If necessary, crop or enhance photos or documents after scanning them Goal 6: Upload photos to your tree Choices: A: Upload photos B: Use the Gallery to view and edit photos and information C: View and edit information for Media Gallery items D: Edit and manage photos in the Gallery
Welcome to Ancestry Project 3: Docs, Stories, and Photos. The Goals for learning are shown below. Each Goal has links to Choices that you can work on, with steps, articles, and videos. You can start with Goal 1 and go Choice by Choice, or you can skip to any Choice you're interested in. To select a different Project, use the Project links above.
