Edgewood Ward

7 JUN 2015

Dan Eliason, Assistant Ward Clerk

AUDIO FILESon

SEARCH FAMILY

WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN EASILY ADD A WEALTH OF INFORMATION TO OUR FAMILY HISTORY

• Document any family moment

• Recitals• Graduations• Reunions• Memorials• Old photos and documents• Stories, jokes, and sayings

• Recording options:

• Pictures (new live shots or old photos and documents)

• Sounds (new live audio or existing tracks)

• Text (new with keyboard or cut and paste)

MEMORIES on FAMILY SEARCH OPENING PAGE

File TypesPhotos .jpeg .jpg .png .tif .tiff .bmp up to 15MB

Stories Type (or paste) into FamilySearch templateDocuments .pdf .jpg .tif .bmp .png up to 15MB

Audio .mp3 .m4a up to 15MB

From the opening page, click on Memories and pull down to Audio.

CREATING NEW AUDIO FILES• Use anything handy to record the sound of the person talking.

• Your cell phone might work fine.

• Try to have a quiet background.

• Have specific questions to get them started.

• Favorite horse, when did you first meet your spouse, how old was Bubba when he died?

• Practice a bit to ensure the speaker can be heard.

• Many of us older folks can’t enunciate too loudly.

Note: Don’t worry too much about the above. It is more important to get the speaker to “just tell the story” rather than

make a perfect presentation. Extemporaneous comments are often better than ones that are overly structured.

CONVERTING AUDIO FILES

• Older file Types (WAV, WMA, AIFF, AU, PCM) must be converted to mp3 or m4a.

• Ways to convert files

1. Cheap way:• If it is already digital:

• Put the old file into your computer , download a free converter and run the file.• If it is on tape or CD:

• Play the file into your computer through the microphone.

2. The medium price, medium techie way:• Buy a Cassette Tape-to-MP3 Converter ($50 to $90)

3. Sure, expensive way:• Take it to a converter store: ~$29/hour.

• If you don’t have an old cassette tape player, buy one for $5 at Desert Industries.

• Get an adapter cable with a male headset jack on both ends (about $7 at Best Buy?).

• Plug one end into the cassette player, the other end into the computer microphone connection.

• Open up the Sound Recorder on the computer, press Start Recording and then press Play on the cassette player.

EXAMPLE OF “CHEAP” WAY TO CONVERT AUDIO FILES

WHAT TO DO NOW?• If you recorded the file by the previous method, it should have copied directly into the mp3 format.

• If not, there are a number of free converter programs available.

• The FamilySearch file size limit is 15MB so you may need to trim the file down. You also may want to cut out blank spaces—or simply divide the file into segments for posting in different places.

• There are many free Cut/Trim programs. Chrome is associated with one that seems easy to use.

• Using a browser, log onto http://mp3cut.net/

1. Click on the Open file button and navigate to your desired file.

2. Move the slider arrows to encompass the section you want to save, then press Cut.

3. They confuse us a bit here by calling the save function Download. But it does just that, downloads your trimmed file and saves it wherever you designate.

You then associate the audio file to people just as you do with photos.

• FamilySearch Tree & FamilySearch Memories• Available in the apps stores

• You can now do most everything on the smaller devices that you can do on larger computers.

New FamilySearch AppsFor

Cell Phone And Tablet

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THE MEMORIES MOBILE APP

• Snap photos of any family moment, like recitals, dates, graduations, reunions, and memorials.

• Take photos of old photos and documents.

• Record audio interviews with family members and capture details of their life stories and favorite memories.

• Write family stories, jokes, and sayings with the keyboard, or use the mic key to capture what you say.

• Enrich written stories by adding descriptive photos.

• Identify and tag relatives within a memory to automatically add it to their collection in Family Tree.

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THE TREES MOBILE APP

• Browse your family branches and see portraits of relatives you’ve never seen.

• Discover facts, documents, stories, photos, and recordings about your ancestors.

• Easily add memories and records about your relatives.

• Preserve and share those old photos and documents that are hidden away in storage.

Adding or updating ancestor details like names, dates, and relationships is not currently available, but is coming soon…………..

HELPFUL REFERENCES

• https://familysearch.org/blog/en/audio-file-upload-feature-family-tree/

• https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/DIGITAL_SOUND

• https://familysearch.org/blog/en/familysearch-introduces-moble-apps/

• Video Lessons: https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/familysearch-memories/1169

• And/or https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/how-to-add-photos-to-your-family-tree/1187

• Printed directions

• Photos: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_1g7j-PaGARU9TRWwwWGpDX1U/view?pli=1

• Stories: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_1g7j-PaGAcjFCN1A4ZVBUVXc/view?pli=1