User talk:Penfold

Middle Names on Person and Family Pages

WeRelate does not employ middle names on the title pages for Person and Family pages. The full names of people appears within these pages, but not as the page title. I noticed that you moved/renamed most of your Person and Family pages and added middle names to the titles. Could you please undo those changes and go back to using just given (first) name and surname for the page titles? We apologize for any confusion.--Kittydoc 13:58, 9 June 2007 (MDT)

Moving/Renaming Person and Family Pages

Hello. I saw your request for help at Wrhelp's discussion page. I have already moved/renamed the Richard Penneyfather and Emily Wise (1) family page for you. If the title of a person or family page is incorrect (for example, lists an unknown instead of the name of a person or spouse), you rename it by "moving" it. Click the green Move tab, make the desired changes to the title of the page to reflect how it should read (don't worry about index numbers--just leave them out; WeRelate will provide them automatically), provide a brief reason for the move/renaming, then click Move Page. Everything on your page will be moved to your new, properly titled page.

Hope this helps!

Mary--Kittydoc 07:12, 9 June 2007 (MDT)

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 12:23, 30 March 2007 (MDT)

Shared research pages

Just FYI, if you title all your shared research pages with one surname and one place (without abbreviation), they will be indexed into categories properly. It will be easier for your cousins to find your pages. For instance, if you create a page for Smith in Kentucky, it will be indexed in the Smith category, the Kentucky category and the Smith in Kentucky category. The next time someone creates a page for Smith in Kentucky they will come to your page instead of creating a second page for "Smith in Kentucky". It's all about making it easier networking with other genealogists.

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.

Likewise, if you title your page with multiple spellings, such as Smith, Smythe or Smothe or with added letters such as Smither/s or Smyth(er)(s), your page will not be put in the categories for each spelling but a new category will be created for your particular list. Your cousins may not have the same list and probably won't enter that exact list in their search. It will be more difficult for you to connect.

Click on a surname category link at the bottom of any person page to see the category index list. :-D--sq 12:23, 30 March 2007 (MDT)