Sandbox Activity
Landscape Navigation
This lesson is done in the Sandbox. To do the lesson
Go to the web site https://training.familysearch.org/ or
click on the menu Return to Your Account. Sign in
using your FamilySearch username and password.
The above image shows the landscape view. The
person in the middle is located in the main position.
When moussing over the tree a cursor with four arrows
shows. By clicking and dragging the mouse, the tree
will move around the screen.
1. Drag (move) the tree around the screen.
Moroni and Anna should be in the main position on
your screen for this activity.
Expand or collapse the tree by clicking on arrow at the
beginning or end of each tree.
If your screen does not look like the one above then go
to the lesson and Reset Your Account.
2. Click on the arrow to the left of Richard and Eliza.
Now drag the screen to the right and click on the
arrow to the left of Lawrence and Josephine.
3. How many generations of descendants are showing?
The top left of the screen should have Landscape
selected.
4. Drag the screen to the left and click on the arrow to
the right of Robert and Ann.
1 8. Click PRINT and describe the chart that is displayed.
9. How many generations are displayed on the Pedigree
Chart?
10. Close the tab showing the Pedigree Chart by
clickonk on the “X” on the right of the tab (In
Google Chrome).
5. Do the following steps:
• Click on the arrow on the right of Mark
• Click on the arrow to the right David
• Both trees are blank
How many trees can be displayed at one time?
6. Collapse tree by clicking on the back arrow.
7. Practice expanding and collapsing your tree.
The show menu allows you to display your tree in
different ways.
11. How many blue Research Suggestons are displayed
on your screen?
12. Uncheck the box by Research Suggestons and look
at the Tree. How many boxes are showing?
On the right side of the screen are icons for Print and
Show.
2 13. Click SHOW. Uncheck some of the squares and
describe below what happens to the Tree. Practice
checking and unchecking boxes.
14. Click Invert Colors and describe what happens to
the display
15. Click the arrow to the left of Robert and Ann.
What is displayed when this arrow is clicked?
Henry has more than one set of parents and this will be
discussed in the next activity.
17. Mouse over Moroni and click on his name. The
person summary card is displayed. List the items that
appear on the summary card.
16. Click on the arrow between the image of a male
(portrait) and Henry’s name. What information
shows when this arrow is cllicked?
Multiple spouses will be discussed in more detail in the
next activity.
18. Click Tree icon on Moroni’s summary card, where
does this person appear on the tree?
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Practice this activity again by putting other individuals
in the main position of the Tree.
3 19. Expand the tree in the opposite direction to show
descendants. Click on another line and note how
the first goes away.
20. Can you display both descendant and ancestral
lines at the same time?
Yes No
21. Move a descendant of Moroni to the main position
on the tree and write down their full name and ID
number below.
Name: _____________________________
ID: _______________________________
22. Click on another individual on the tree to see their
person summary card and click on Person to go to
the Person Details page.
23. Place Moroni into the main position on the tree.
The person details page is displayed. This page
contains all of the information and details about a
person.
24. Click on his name and select Person.
25. Click Tree above Moroni’s picture. Who is placed
in the main position? Why?
4 26. Go back to Moroni’s Person Details page by
clicking on his name and selecting person.
29. Find Henry and Lidia on the tree and click on the
down arrow that says children.
27. Click View Tree beside Moroni’s name. Who is
now in the main position?
28. Summarize what you have learned about Tree vs.
View Tree.
The Tree icon takes you to the person who was
previously in the main position. The View Tree icon
puts the person showing on the person page in the main
position.
30. Place your cursor inside the children box and scroll
up and down. How many children does Moroni
have?
Make sure Moroni is in the main position of the tree
before continuing.
5 36. What do the symbols displayed in figure B
represent?
The above symbols make the Tree a more powerful tool.
Look at the screen captures below and answer the
questions that follow.
31. Click on Harriet and the person summary card will
appear.
Click Tree
Record Hints show possible sources for individuals in
the Tree. Using the Record Hint feature is discussed in
the section on sourcing. Record hints can’t be displayed
on the Sandbox.
32. Who is in the main position on the tree?
33. Click Harriett’s father henry and from the person
summary card
Select Tree.
34. Who is in the main position now?
Research Suggestions can be useful tool to help further
research or like the above suggestion that would help
validate existing research.
37. Click on the Research Suggestions by Moroni and
list three different suggestions that are displayed.
A.
B.
C.
Extra Practice
A
B
35. What do the symbols displayed in figure A
represent?
38. Click on the arrow below a couple and display their
children. Practice doing this activity for several
couples on your own tree.
6 39. Click on one of the children and the person
summary card will appear.
Click Tree
The child is now in the main position.
42. Click on one of the individuals in the tree history
and describe what you see.
40. Click on the child’s father and from the person
summary card
Select Tree.
Who is in the main position now?
43. Click on one of the individuals in the person history
and describe what you see.
44. Practice the following items:
• Expand tree (pedigree)
• Collapse tree
• Move tree around with your mouse
• Move different people to the main position
such as parents, children or spouses etc.
41. The arrows to the right of tree or person display the
• Look at person summary page
last 50 places that have been accessed on the tree.
Click on the arrow by tree then click on the arrow
• Look at person details page
by person. Describe what you see below.
• Change from one spouse to another
• Bring a child to the main position
• Look at a child’s person summary card
• Look at a child’s person details page
• Look at all the menus and become familiar
with them
• Go to different people marked in the history
Go to your own account in FamilySearch.org to do the
last part of this activity. https://familysearch.org/
45. Click on your name on the top right corner to see
the pull down menu above.
The history from both tree and person are the same. An
unconnected person can be added from both places, this
will be discussed in a latter lesson.
Settings -- allows editing of account
Source Box -- shows sources stored for later use
Sign Out -- logs out of program
7 46. Click on settings and explore the 5 options.
In the contact tab it is very important that you choose at
least one option that allows other people to contact you.
Most individuals allow others to see their e-mail.
Others can’t share unless something is public.
47. Go to https://familysearch.org/ and use your own
account to practice and review the lesson
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