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To-Do List Step 9 - Manage your Family Tree
To-Do List Step 9 - Manage your Family Tree
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Build your family legacy with a family tree!

You and the family members you designate as Family Managers can add content to build and maintain your family tree on FamConnections.

You can create a relationship with an On Platform, Off Platform, or Pending Platform user, or add a record for a new living or deceased family member.

1. On the Navigation Bar, click on Family Tree.

2. Locate the family member you want to manage and click the user’s node. Options for View Profile, Edit Entry, and Add Relative display.

3. Click Add Relative so the Choose Relationship box displays.

4. Click on the relationship type you want to add. The Add [Relationship] box displays.

5. Click Search, type the name in the search box, and review the results. If the family member’s profile displays in the search results, click the profile to select it. If the profile does not display, click Add Manually. The Add Family Member form displays.

6. Add data to the fields to create the profile. If you would like to invite them to join the platform, select the option Allow this family member to claim this profile (Requires their email). The email field displays. Enter the family member’s Email address. Click Save.

7. If the Allow this family member to claim this profile (Requires their email) is selected, the system will execute the Invite a Family Member process. The user will receive an email invitation to join the family group.

8. Find more Family Tree related articles here.

9. Go back to your To-Do List and click on the empty square next to step 9 to mark it as done.

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