Determine Which Ordinances Have Already Been Done

Use of the PAF Insight Tool

Introduction: 

PAF Insight may be purchased through www.ohanasoftware.com for use at home ($30 for a CD; $20 to download from the internet).

Use of PAF Insight for checking the IGI requires registration.  If you are not yet registered to use the IGI, obtain a User Name and Password by Registering at www.familysearch.org and following the directions.  Registration requires your church membership number and your confirmation date.

Updating Procedure:

1. Open your database in PAF 5.2.  Click Tools.  Choose PAF Insight.  Choose Search IGI. 
    PAF Insight will open your file if you have already signed on with your database.  
2. When you are successfully signed on to www.familysearch.org  “Ready” will appear in the
    upper right hand corner of the Individual List.

3. If you are not already signed on, PAF Insight will prompt you to sign on.  Do so.  If you have not
    yet filled out your information for signing on or if your information is incorrect:  Click  PAF Insight
    Tools. Click Options.  Click www.familysearch.org  tab.  Fill in your User Name and
    Password information and click OK.

4. The Region for the IGI search is defaulted to All Regions.  If desired, use the pull down menu to
    select a specific region and narrow the search.

After you have signed on using this data base, PAF Insight will show all qualified records that have a missing or incomplete date or missing place in an individual ordinance field.   (Note:  Other Lists are available by clicking the down arrow by the List field.  PAF Insight Help lists these additional options as well as more detailed instructions for using PAF Insight. FYI: Individuals are listed in order of RIN # when the program opens.  You may change to alphabetical   order by clicking on  Primary Name. The Details view of the Individual List is shown when the program opens. You may view the information for each individual by clicking on the tabs for Spouses and Children, Notes, Individual, etc.

To Search and Update from the IGI

1. Select an individual to search for by clicking an individual’s name in the Individual List.  Click
    Search.

2. Possible Matches will be added to the Duplicate Name Column with their % match possibility
    listed in the next column.

3. The tabs that are pink indicate where there are differences.   Your database information will
    appear on the left and the IGI information on the right.  Click on the pink tabs to compare
    information.

4. When you find information you would like transferred to your record, make sure the box by
    that information is checked and then click on Update. 

A Source citation will be added to your records when you update from the IGI, unless you have chosen to have no sources added by selecting Tools, then Options, then Family Search, and last Don't add any sources.

New Individuals may often be added to your records:  To add a spouse:  Click add as new spouse.  To add a new father or mother:  Click add as new father or add as new mother.  (Be careful— It will add another father or mother or spouse if you have one already in your file.  If this occurs, the extra addition will need to be merged [via PAF Insight] or deleted.)

Save Your Information: 

Information will not be saved in your database until you Save.  This may be done "as you go" (File, then Menu, then Save.) or upon completion of the updating process.  It is recommended that you Save frequently.  PAF Insight will prompt you to Save when you leave the program if you have not already done so.  After PAF Insight closes, you will need to back-up your file. (File, then Menu, then Save.)  Your information is not saved to take home until you do a back-up

Hints for Searching the IGI

1. If you have found a match for a person with little information such as a surname only search,
    update the information you want and do the search again.  The added information may be enough
    to find further matches.

2. If you have a married couple and are having trouble finding information on one spouse, update
    the one that you can find information for and then try the other spouse again.

3. The IGI, and thus PAF Insight, will not be able to find all misspellings of a name.  If you think that
    a certain name could have been misspelled in a way that wouldn’t be automatically found then try
    altering the spelling.  An example of this is Aslachsdatter which can be found if spelled
    Aslachsdatter, Aslachsdotter, Aslaksdatter, Aslaksdtr, etc. but not if misspelled Aslachdatter
    without the "s". Look at records where the individual is listed as a spouse or parent and see if there
    is a major discrepancy in spelling.

It is recommended that updates be limited to no more than 200 individuals per sitting.

PAF Insight Help includes more detailed instructions. 

Lessons are available at www.ohanasoftware.com

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