You will need to have the photos/documents that you would like to upload on a flash drive, in your dropbox account or saved to your computer. You can scan them at your local FamilySearch Library or with your personal scanner at home. (NOTE: if you scan them at a local FamilySearch library or a secondary location, make sure you have a flash drive to save them to!)
Log in to your FamilySearch account. Click on the Memories button found in the tabs in the upper center portion of your screen.
On the next screen you will click the Add Memories button.
I've given an overview of what each button is in the image but just in case, the buttons just below FamilySearch offer the following options:
Overview walks you through adding memories
Gallery is your storage area of all items you upload to Memories
People is a photo index of anyone with a memory attached to them in your tree
Find allows you to look for someone by name from your tree.
By clicking Add Memories you will be taken to your Gallery (storage area where anything you upload to Memories will be saved). Do not worry if your page only has the green plus button and a grey box below it. It just means the blank canvas is ready to be filled with people from your tree!
Click on the green plus sign.
This screen allows you to either "drag and drop" the files you want to add or choose them from your computer, flash drive, dropbox or wherever you are storing your photos. You can select multiple photos at once or individual photos.
Once you have selected your files it may take a few moments for them to upload. Because FamilySearch is a family oriented website, all photos are screened before they are "available" for public viewing. Your uploaded photos will be ghosted out with "Screening" across them for about 24 hours while they are approved. In short, if the photo contains any nudity, drugs/alcohol or guns it will be removed. If you have photos containing any of these items or situations, crop the photo down to exclude them.
Once your photo(s) are uploaded you will be redirected to your gallery where the selected files will appear. Anything you upload will be stored to your gallery on FamilySearch.
By clicking on the small green person icon or "add title" button you will be taken to a screen that will allow you to identify the person or people in the photo you have uploaded. You will also be given the chance to add details regarding the photo to shed more light on the story.
The nice thing about Memories is once you have the photos uploaded you can come back and add details to them at your convenience. But don't let the information fade away so make notes at the time you gain access to the photos!
Add Title - Every photo needs a good caption! You can add a title to the photo that identifies the event being captured, the family name - whatever you want. But give it a title.
Details -
- Event Date: If you know the date, include it! It helps give at least an estimate of the ages of the people in the photo.
- Event Place: Helps to place the person or people at a certain location or area.
- Description: Was it a birthday party? Wedding? Christening? Family Reunion? If you know anything about the circumstances surrounding the time the photo was taken, add it.
- Photo Credit: This will list your username for FamilySearch and the date you added it.
- Stories: If you know any additional details in relation to the picture here is a great place to include it. "This picture was taken just before Sally jumped into Grandma's pool and Joe had to jump in the get her out."
- Add to Album: Yes, you can organize your Memories into albums. I don't have any great words of wisdom on how to do your organizing, so go with what works for you. Nuclear family, Surname, whatever works for you! But it is not required to separate photos into albums if you prefer not to.
Share - You can send photos to family members through FamilySearch via Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Email or copy the link and send it through your own personal email.
Favorites - Can't get enough of that cute picture of Grandma and Grandpa before he went to war? Click the heart and add it to your favorites so you don't have to go searching for it.
Now comes a really important step...tagging or identifying the person or people in the photo! This is a simple and painless step but the most important in my tiny opinion.
If there is only one person in the picture you are working on, click on the photo somewhere in the facial area. A circle will appear that you can enlarge or shrink the circle as well as move it around to surround the person you are identifying.
Once you have the circle where you like it, begin typing their name. If they are in your tree an autofill drop box will appear where you are typing and you can select the person you are looking for or continue to type their name.
If you are adding someone that is not in your family tree, click "add new".
Continue to do this until all of the people are identified in your picture.
Ta-dah! You have successfully added a memory to FamilySearch!
✍TAKE NOTE: If you upload photos to anyone that is LIVING, only YOU as the submitter will be able to see them until the person "tagged" in the photo has passed away. If you tag someone that is living in a photo with someone that has passed already, it will be available for public viewing.
You can add PDF files to Memories as well. The only difference is that when you go to identify any names in the PDF the tag will be a rectangle instead of a circle to fit the text that you are tagging.
Next Post: Memories App (iPhone edition) - uploading memories to your gallery from your phone!
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