Online Family Tree
Recording Other Important Events

The Online Family Tree is not just limited to recording births, deaths, and marriages. You may record all sorts of important events in the lives of your ancestors. For example, you may want to record the date an ancestor graduated from college or enlisted in the military. You may want to keep track of certain religious events in your familial past. Recording these dates can be important because they may signify when historical documents were created about your ancestors.

To add an important date for one of your ancestors, follow the instructions below:

1. From the main Online Family Tree page, click the Online Family Tree file you want to add information to. The Pedigree View of the Online Family Tree will display.
   
   
2. Highlight the individual you want to add information to by clicking on their name. You will know a person has been highlighted by the change of background color from tan to turquoise.
   
   
3. Click Edit from the menu bar. A drop down menu will display.
   
   
4. Click Edit Individual from the drop down menu. A separate browser window will launch displaying an Edit Individual page.
   
   
5. Click the Add Event button located on the right side of the page. A drop down menu will display.
   
   
6. Select the type of event you want to enter from the drop down menu and select OK. The event with blank date boxes will display above the Notes section of the page.
   
   
7. Enter the date of the event in the Date field.
   
   
8. Enter the location of the event in the Place field.
   
   
9. To enter source information regarding the event, click the page icon located directly to the right of the event. A separate browser window will launch displaying the Add Sources page.
   
   
10. Click the Save button.

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